US09505284B1
A trailer suspension system has an axle, a pair of frame hanger brackets, dual trailing arm beams, and a spring. The pair of frame hanger brackets are mounted spaced apart underneath the trailer. The dual trailing arm beams are connected rigidly to the axle at one end and resiliently connected to a respective one of the frame hanger brackets with a pivot means bushing at the other end. The spring intermediate the trailing arm beam and the trailer to support the trailer load. Wherein, the axle connection center is the center of the patch that connects the axle to the longitudinal trailing arm beam, thereby reducing the stress on the axle as well as increasing the stability of the suspension system.
US09505281B1
A torsion hitch receiver is provided having a draw bar that is adapted to be received by a vehicle mounted receiver. The torsion hitch receiver has an upper and lower torsion assembly with arms that are linked to a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly has an array of receivers that are sized to receive an accessory draw bar. Applying a downward force to the receiver assembly causes rotation of the arms.
US09505280B2
A trailer hitch connected to rear frames has, on each side, a fixed member fixed to a rear end surface of the corresponding rear side frame. The rear surfaces of the fixed plates are connected to each other by a cross member. A hitch support for supporting a hitch ball is provided at the center of the cross member. A front surface upper portion of each of the fixed members is supported by an arm of a fixed bracket fixedly installed to the corresponding rear frame, so as to swing freely in a longitudinal direction.
US09505269B2
A pneumatic tire is provided with center blocks defined by a central main groove, shoulder main grooves and central axial grooves, and shoulder blocks defined by the shoulder main grooves, shoulder axial grooves and the tread edges. The tread profile comprises a center arc of a radius of 250 to 550 mm and a shoulder arc of a smaller radius and has a camber quantity of 5.5 to 9.0 mm. The center blocks and shoulder blocks are provided with sipes each having an axially outer open end and an axially inner closed end disposed at specific positions in relation to the axially inwardly adjacent main grooves. The total sipe number on the shoulder blocks is more than the total sipe number on the center blocks.
US09505262B2
The present invention is applicable to the technical field of wheels. Provided are a wheel (100) and a vehicle comprising the same. The wheel (100) comprises a wheel hub (10) and a wheel housing (20 , said wheel hub (10) being mounted on a wheel axle, and a tire being mounted outside said wheel housing (20). Said wheel (100) further comprises a plurality of spring strips (40), each of said spring strips (40) comprising a loop (41), each of said loops (41) comprising a top end and a bottom end; the top end of said loop (41) is connected to the outer wall of said wheel hub (10), and the bottom end of said loop (41) is connected to the inner wall (21) of said wheel housing (20); each of said spring strips (40) comprises at least two free ends (42) that are cross-linked with each other, a first slot (411) is provided on one of said at least two free ends (42), and a portion of the other free end is set as a narrow strip which is inserted into said first slot (411). Thus, the present invention enables running wheels to have a good shock-absorbing effect, thereby making it convenient for an operator to control the speed and direction.
US09505258B2
Systems and methods provide targeted cooling for portions of print media during a radiant drying process. One embodiment comprises a radiant dryer and a control system. The radiant dryer includes a radiant energy source within an interior of the radiant dryer that dries a colorant onto a continuous-form medium. The radiant dryer further includes a plurality of independently actuated cooling jets within the interior that apply a cooling gas to the medium. The control system determines regions on the medium where the colorant is at risk of overheating, and directs the cooling jets to apply the cooling gas to the regions.
US09505256B2
The present disclosure is drawn to coated media substrates, as well as related systems and methods. In one example, a coated media substrate for inkjet ink printing can comprise an ink-receiving layer coated on at least one side of a substrate, and can be formulated for accepting an inkjet ink composition. The ink-receiving layer can comprise an optical brightening agent, an organic acid salt, a binder, a pigment, and a low-molecular weight polymeric carrier having a weighted average molecular weight less than 50,000 Mw.
US09505254B2
A substrate coated with a markable ink formulation, comprising a thermo activated acid generator (TAG) and a halochromic leuco dye. The thermo activated acid generator is selected form the group consisting of: an amine salt of an organic metal compound comprising boron or silicone and amine neutralized polyalkylnaphthalene polysulphonic acid derivatives. Further, the substrate is covered by a thermoplastic polymer layer, such that the ink formulation is situated between the substrate and the thermoplastic polymer layer and/or in the thermoplastic polymer layer.
US09505253B2
A method and apparatus for transferring a principal substance applies the principal substance onto a surface and deposits drops of a gating agent onto a first portion of the principal substance applied to the first surface. The depositing of each drop of gating agent is individually controlled. A second portion of the principal substance not covered by the gating agent is transferred from the first surface to a second surface. A printing system adapted to transfer principal substance from a first surface to a second surface is also disclosed, wherein the printing system exerts mechanical pressure between the first surface and the second surface.
US09505243B2
Provided is a printing apparatus having a printing unit with recording elements arranged in a width direction of a print medium. The printing apparatus includes a printer printing a correcting chart to the print medium, a correcting-chart density information obtaining device obtaining density information on the correcting chart printed to the print medium, and a print-medium deformation determining device setting at least two different numbers of the recording elements as moving average widths from the density information on the correcting chart, calculating moving average values of the density information of the recording elements for the moving average widths, calculating a standard deviation using the moving average values for the small and large moving average widths, respectively, and determining that deformation occurs in the print medium when the standard deviation used as a determination value exceeds a threshold.
US09505236B2
When an inkjet printer includes suction means for sucking the outside air into the inkjet printer, a heated recording medium is rapidly cooled by the air flowing in a vicinity of a discharge port for the recording medium. This causes fluctuations in surface temperature, resulting in degraded image quality. Accordingly, the inkjet printer has both a configuration capable of directly sucking, into a carriage, the outside air sucked into an apparatus, and a configuration of preventing the air from passing through an inside of the carriage. Thus, a temperature of the inside of the carriage can be reduced effectively. In order to prevent a reduction in temperature of the recording medium in the vicinity of the discharge port, a heater is arranged so as to increase a heating capacity of heating. Through temperature control on the heater based on a temperature of a region that is easily reduced in temperature, a local reduction in temperature of the recording medium is suppressed.
US09505230B2
A compliant micro device transfer head and head array are disclosed. In an embodiment a micro device transfer head includes a spring portion that is deflectable into a space between a base substrate and the spring portion.
US09505225B1
A spill proof, user-friendly dispensing system that protects users from exposure to toxic fluids (e.g., Ethylene Glycol used in MICR ink) includes a bottle loading mechanism for feeding ink or other fluids to a respective supply tank of an image forming device, and a quick connect gravity feed multipurpose bottle apparatus. Ink replenishing bottles can be inserted upright into holder of the bottle loading mechanism, connected to a supply tank, and folded back out-of-the-way in a dispensing position. The bottle may be rotated from a gravity feed position to a rotated position for removal and installation while the bottle remains in the holder. The bottle when empty may be used to collect waste from the image forming device.
US09505224B2
A recording apparatus includes a housing body, an opening/closing member, attached to the housing body via a pivot shaft so as to be capable of rotating freely, that covers the surface of the housing body on one side thereof, and an ink tank having an injection port for filling an ink holding chamber with ink used in recording. Here, the ink tank is disposed so that one end thereof is positioned within the housing body on the opposite side of the housing body as the side in which the pivot shaft is provided, and has a stepped shape including a step portion, the step portion being provided on a side of the ink tank that is further from the pivot shaft. The injection port is provided in the step portion, and when the opening/closing member is opened and the ink is to be filled.
US09505221B2
An ink jet recording method includes delivering a non-aqueous light-curable ink composition stored in an ink container from the ink container to a head via an ink delivery path and discharging the ink composition from the head toward a recording medium. The non-aqueous light-curable ink composition contains a radically-polymerizable compound and has a surface tension of 25 mN/m or less. The non-aqueous light-curable ink composition stored in the ink container has a dissolved air content of 7 ppm or more. The non-aqueous light-curable ink composition has a dissolved air content of 30 ppm or less at delivery from the ink delivery path to the head.
US09505220B1
A catcher (42) for collecting ink from non-printed drops and returning the ink to a fluid reservoir (40), the catcher includes a flow channel (47) having a plurality of branches (110); a structure to split a portion of each branch into two parallel sections to permit fluid to pass through either section; and wherein the flow of the two parallel sections (122) merge into a single flow downstream of the structure.
US09505212B2
There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus including: a modulation portion which generates a modulation signal pulse-modulated from a source signal; a gate driver which generates an amplification control signal based on the modulation signal; a transistor which generates an amplification modulation signal amplified from the modulation signal based on the amplification control signal; a low pass filter which demodulates the amplification modulation signal and generates a driving signal; a feedback circuit which sends back the driving signal to the modulation portion; a boosting circuit which supplies a voltage which has been boosted based on any one of a first clock signal and a second clock signal to the gate driver; a boosting control portion which controls boosting in the boosting circuit; and a piezoelectric element which is displaced as the driving signal is applied.
US09505207B2
A color proofing apparatus, including an engraved roller (12) having a pattern of ink accommodating cavities on its peripheral surface, a back pressure cylinder (14) forming a nip with the engraved roller (12), a conveyor (16) adapted to feed a sheet (18) of a print substrate through the nip in synchronism with the movements of the peripheral surfaces of the engraved roller (12) and the back pressure cylinder (14), and an optical sensor (30) disposed at the conveyor (16) for measuring a color value of the sheet (18) that has passed through the nip.
US09505205B2
A print head assembly (119) for printing a print medium (PM) onto a workpiece (W) through a printing screen (105) which includes a screen element having a pattern of printing apertures therein, the assembly comprising: first and second carriages (141) which are in use movably supported on respective ones of first and second guides (117); and first and second print head units (143, 145) which are mounted in adjacent, parallel relation to and between the carriages, wherein the print head units each comprise first and second print head actuators which are mounted on respective ones of the carriages, and a support member (151) which extends between the print head actuators, such as to be movable vertically thereby, and in use supports a printing element.
US09505203B2
A method for manufacturing printed elements may include receiving an order including data representing indicia. The indicia may be printed by dye-sublimation on a surface of a first material. The first material may be positioned adjacent to and between a second material and a dye retention layer. The first material, the second material, and the dye retention layer may be compressed and heated, such as in a thermalbonding process, to secure the first material to the second material. Custom-ordered indicia of a comparatively high quality may thereby be imparted to printed elements, including textile elements, cushioning elements, and a variety of other products.
US09505201B2
A method for manufacturing a ceramic device is provided including fixing a ceramic substrate to a reinforcing plate via a sacrifice layer, forming a groove, which penetrates the ceramic substrate and the sacrifice layer and reaches the reinforcing plate, on an upper surface of the ceramic substrate to divide the ceramic substrate into plural ceramic substrates, and removing the sacrifice layer.
US09505187B2
A method of producing an optical compensating resin film for a polarizing plate including casting a resin exhibiting a glass transition temperature of 150 to 200° C. determined via DSC via a solution casting to form a film; peeling the formed film; conveying the film at a temperature of 60° C. or less for at least 90 seconds; and stretching the film.
US09505186B2
A method of manufacturing a decorated semi-rigid plastic article, carton, package, or box, including: defining a select region of a semi-rigid plastic film or sheet according to a design requirement; applying a clear, colored, or highly reflective coating onto the select region, positioning said coating relative to an embossing form, said embossing form containing at least one Optical Element, bringing the embossing form and coating into intimate contact, hardening, drying, or curing the coating such that it permanently adopts the mirror image of at least one Optical Element, and separating the coating from the embossing form such that the semi-rigid plastic film or sheet contains a selectively applied Optical Element. The above method of manufacturing the semi-rigid plastic article has simple steps, simple operation and low cost. A semi-rigid plastic packing box manufactured by the above method containing both see through transparent regions and select Optical Elements is also provided.
US09505182B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for manufacturing an airfoil component. The system can include: a geometrical mold; an elongated flexible sleeve having a closed-off interior and positioned within the geometrical mold, wherein the elongated flexible sleeve is further positioned to have a desired geometry; an infusing channel in fluid communication with the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve and configured to communicate a resinous material thereto; a vacuum channel in fluid communication with the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve and configured to vacuum seal the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve; and a glass fiber layer positioned within the closed-off interior of the elongated flexible sleeve.
US09505181B2
In a method for producing a shaped part, a closing movement is executed by displacing at least one of two mold halves of a high-pressure resin transfer tool from an open position into a pre-closure position of the resin transfer tool such that an opening gap between the mold halves is sealed air-tight by a sealing device of the resin transfer tool to thereby enclose a cavity. The cavity is evacuated by pumping air out of the cavity, and the closing movement is continued by displacing at least one of the two mold halves from the pre-closure position into a final closure position, in which the mold halves are sealed against one another by a further sealing device to allow filling of the cavity, enclosed by the two mold halves, with resin without leakage during a high-pressure resin transfer molding process.
US09505176B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing three-dimensional components, using a three-dimensional printing method, an auxiliary structure being additionally formed beyond an extension of the one or more components during the construction of components. The invention also relates to an auxiliary structure for components produced by means of three-dimensional printing methods, the auxiliary structure being constructed along with the component and extending beyond a dimension of the one or more components.
US09505175B2
A three-dimensional printing device including a main body having a reference side and a support side, a plurality of driving units disposed on the main body connecting the reference side with the support side along an axis, a carrying unit including a plurality of axial connection portions, a plurality of sensing units disposed on the reference side and respectively corresponding to the axial connection portions and a control unit coupled to the driving units and the sensing units is provided. The carrying unit is assembled on the driving units and driven by the driving units to move between the reference side and the support side. Each sensing unit detects that each corresponding axial connection portion arrives at the reference side and accordingly produces a termination signal, and the control unit synchronizes operations of the driving units according to the termination signals.
US09505173B2
A three dimensional printing device has a sterilizable printer assembly including at least one printing head, a printing platform, and a driving mechanism adapted to perform a movement of the at least one printing head relative to the printing platform along three degrees of freedom; a printer housing enclosing the printer assembly in a sterile manner, at least one aseptic connector fluidly connected to a corresponding one of the at least one printing head.
US09505171B2
An additive layer manufacturing method for producing a shaped article, comprising providing a powdered thermoplastic polymer material (7, 8) having a re-solidification temperature at most 10% below its melting temperature on the Celsius scale, depositing successive layers of the powdered polymer material (7, 8) and selectively sintering each layer prior to deposition of the subsequent layer so as to form the article, wherein during its production the article is maintained at a temperature above the glass transition temperature and significantly below the re-solidification temperature of the polymer.
US09505168B2
In a process of welding pieces of tubing into films with a central electrode the central electrode is divided to facilitate the welding in a single process. In the case of tools with or without a central electrode, electrode lamellae lying next to one another have a free visual connection between edges lying towards the insert piece to obtain a tight welded joint.
US09505166B2
A rectangular substrate is used as a mold after it is provided with a topological pattern. The substrate has A-side and B-side opposed surfaces, the A-side surface being provided with the topological pattern. The A-side surface includes a central rectangular region of 1 to 50 mm by 1 to 50 mm having a flatness of up to 350 nm. Use of the mold-forming substrate prevents the occurrence of a pattern misalignment or pattern error between the step of forming a pattern on a mold-forming substrate and the transfer step. Transfer of a fine size and complex pattern is possible.
US09505160B2
An extruder has a discharge opening formed into a rectangular shape by a pair of end surface forming walls and a pair of side surface forming walls. A die configured to discharge a rubber material pressed out towards the discharge opening as two bands separated from each other at the discharge opening is provided having a height spanning between the pair of end surface forming walls and inserted so as to be movable and adjustable in the axial direction of the discharge opening at the center of the pair of side surface forming walls. The width between the left-right side surface of the die is formed at dimensions that become smaller from the base surface toward the tip surface. A convex curved surface configuring the left-right side surfaces is formed having a radius of curvature that becomes smaller from the base surface toward the tip surface of the die.
US09505158B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for operating an injection molding machine. For example, a molding system (100) to manufacture a molded article (103) in a mold-cavity system (200) by using a molding material (101) is provided. The system (100) including pressure-control system (126) coupled with the system (200); and controller (160) operatively coupling to system (126), controller (160) having controller-usable memory (162) tangibly embodying set of controller-executable instructions (500) to direct controller (160), including mold-unpack instructions (520), including instructing controller (160) to control system (126) to reduce, after solidification, at least in part, of material (101) being located in a nub region (214) of system (200), internal pressure of material (101) received in system (200) while system (200) remains isolated from stream of flowable-molding material, beyond any reduction of internal pressure in material (101) resulting from cooling of material (101), so that reduction in internal pressure of material (101) is enough to permit safe opening of system (200) while permitting safe extraction of article (103).
US09505137B2
A tip end part of a main arm member of a Scott Russell mechanism is enabled to be brought close to a base end part of a sub arm member. A Scott Russell mechanism device is formed into a boomerang-like shape such that a main arm member coupled to a sub arm member is curved to detour a coupling position. Thus, when the coupling angle is changed so that a base end part of the main arm member and a base end part of the sub arm member are most separated from each other, a tip end part of the main arm member can be moved close to right beside the base end part of the sub arm member. With the Scott Russell mechanism device, a moving range of the tip end side of the main arm member can be enlarged.
US09505131B2
In an elastic-deformation-compensation control device (10), a first dynamic characteristic calculation unit (300) performs filtering processing with respect to a motor-angle command value (θmc) outputted from a motor-angle-command-value calculation unit (600), and outputs a processed motor-angle target value (θmd). A second dynamic characteristic calculation unit (400) is provided with a high-frequency cutoff characteristic having a cutoff frequency which is lower than that of the first dynamic characteristic calculation unit (300), performs filtering processing with respect to the output from an axial force torque calculation unit (200), and outputs a processed axial force torque compensation value (fd).
US09505130B2
A system for performing remote welding operations on an apparatus is disclosed. The system may generally include a welding chamber configured to house the apparatus and a robotic welder positioned within the welding chamber. The robotic welder may be configured to perform an actual welding operation on the apparatus. In addition, the system may include a welding simulation device positioned outside the welding chamber and a controller communicatively coupled to the robotic welder and the welding simulation device. The welding simulation device may be configured to perform a simulated welding operation corresponding to the actual welding operation. The controller may be configured to track the movement of the welding simulation device and control the operation of the robotic welder based on the movements of the welding simulation device.
US09505123B2
A tool handle includes a cavity to receive a T-handle tool. When the tool handle is placed on the T-handle tool, the tool handle provides a better grip of the tool handle to apply greater torque. The tool handle includes a protrusion which is able to detachably couple with the T-handle tool. Once coupled with the T-handle tool, the tool handle is able to be grasped by a user to rapidly turn the T-handle tool. In some embodiments, the T-handle tool includes an added tool. A tool container is able to store T-handle tools and the tool handle. The tool container includes a locking mechanism to lock the tools in place and a tamper prevention mechanism to ensure the locking mechanism is not tampered with while the tool container is in the store.
US09505105B2
A rotatable handle for a wrench includes a fixation rod, a first handle body, and a second handle body. An end of the first handle body is rotatably and axially movably sleeved onto to an end of the fixation rod, and the other end of the first handle body is adapted for being fixed with a wrench head. An end of the second handle body is rotatably and axially movably sleeved onto the other end of the fixation rod, and the other end of the second handle body is adapted for being fixed with another wrench head. Therefore, the relative angle between the two wrench heads can be adjusted appropriately by the relative rotation of the first handle body and the second handle body.
US09505099B2
A surfacing apparatus supported adjacent a substantially vertical surface of a structure for applying an even and uniform texture to the surface of the structure using a selectively adjustable force exerted on a texturing means to engage the surface of the structure. The surfacing apparatus is suited for horizontal and vertical movement in controlled prescribed paths under controlled and prescribed pressure from the adjustable tensioning means.
US09505095B2
A power tool comprising: a body (103); a dust catching attachment (120) attachable to the body (103); an engagement mechanism portion (151) which engages the body (103) with the dust catching attachment (120); and a spacing member that biases the body (103) and the dust catching attachment (120) in a state that the body (103) and the dust catching attachment (120) are engaged to each other by the engagement mechanism portion (151).
US09505090B2
A vehicle body manufacturing apparatus includes: a jig frame structure in which an upper jig frame out of multiple upper jig frames is replaceably disposed according to a vehicle type; a clamp jig that clamps a work of a vehicle body supported by the jig frame structure; an articulated arm that supports the clamp jig movably relative to the vehicle body; a fitting member provided in the clamp jig; and a fitting receiving member that is provided in the upper jig frame and guides the clamp jig to a predetermined clamp position of the vehicle body by fitting to the fitting member.
US09505089B1
A clamping device utilizing the principle of leverage comprises a body, a L-shape front clamping leg, a pair of L-shape rear clamping legs, a spring clip, and a braided ground wire. Both the front and the rear clamping legs are slidable on the body and fixed by wing screws so that the position of the body relative to the front and rear clamping legs is adjustable and hence the clamping size and clamping force are also adjustable. Copper tips are added to the legs to eliminate sparkling while welding. A braided wire can be connected to the body for grounding purpose.
US09505086B2
In a method for detecting flaws in continuous laser welding processes, including a sensor measures plasma emission spectrum in a range of wavelengths between λmax and λmin in N channels, each measuring radiation strength emitted in the band centered at wavelength λi (1≦i≦N) and width Δλi. Deviation detection is based upon calculating intensity relationships of signals measured at specific wavelengths and in comparison with pre-determined threshold values. A calibration phase ensures a series of K weldings is performed, under optimized conditions, for each a number J of spectra OJ,K, is acquired, each one corresponding to a vector of N intensity values at wavelengths λi, 1≦i≦N, and a series of weldings K′ is then performed, (K′≠K), a single welding parameter A is altered by a known quantity, for each welding being acquired a sequence of J′ spectra AJ′,K′, (J′≠J), which are stored.
US09505085B2
A method for producing a linear weakening in a flat decorative material having a point-like or spot-like area of action progressing along a machining direction of a laser light beam on the decorative material. The decorative material is set transversely with respect to the machining direction in the area of action in order to obtain a different weakening depth profile on the left and right of the weakening line predefined by the machining direction.
US09505084B2
In joining members to be joined (1, 1) by heating the members to be joined (1, 1) that are mated with intervening an insert (2) while applying opposing loads to the members to be joined (1, 1), so as to allow eutectic reaction to occur between the members to be joined (1, 1) and the insert (2) to discharge a eutectic melt from a joining plane along with an oxide film (1a) of the members to be joined, the members to be joined (1) are brought into contact with the insert (2) so that the oxide film (1a) is broken by a stress concentrating means previously provided at least one of joining portions breaks to produce a starting point of the eutectic reaction.
US09505083B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a node by welding at least one first stranded wire comprising individual wires to at least one second stranded wire comprising individual wires, the stranded wires being of different materials, in a compression chamber with adjustable height and width of an ultrasonic welding device, the width being adjusted by means of at least one lateral slide and the height by changing the distance between a sonotrode and a counter electrode of the ultrasonic welding device, the at least one first stranded wire being welded with a higher specific energy, under a higher pressure or with a greater ultrasonic vibration amplitude than the at least one second stranded.
US09505082B2
A metal foil extending outward from an electrode plate is sandwiched between a first metal member and a second metal member, and ultrasonic vibration is caused to act upon a plurality of sites of action from the first metal member side to join the metal foil to the first metal member and the second metal member. The first metal member has a Vickers hardness of at least 40 Hv and not more than 75 Hv.
US09505077B2
In the field of manufacturing container bodies by means of resistance seam welding machines, at least a disturbance variable is collected, particularly errors in cutting the metal sheet. Because of this collection of disturbance variables, at least a control variable is automatically changed in order to compensate or to diminish the influence of the disturbance variable on the welding seam quality.
US09505076B2
A shielding gas filter assembly for a welding apparatus. The filter assembly includes a filter housing having a filter disposed therein. The filter assembly also includes a filter guard coupled to the filter housing and configured to receive shielding gas. The filter guard includes a tamper resistant portion configured to inhibit an object from contacting the filter when the object is inserted into the filter guard.
US09505074B2
A weaving control device of a multi-joint robot, which achieves high-precision weaving, and suppresses occurrence of weaving movement error stemming from the movement of another joint axis and the dynamic characteristics of the motor driving the joint axis. The weaving control device contains: a signal computation unit that computes the target position signal for each axis; a filter computation unit that computes a target command signal resulting from low-pass filter processing of the target position signal; and a motor control unit that drives each axis with the target command signal as an input. The frequency characteristics of the gain of the motor control unit are configured in an approximately flat manner, and the dynamic characteristics from the target position to the motor output angle are similar to the filter. A weaving signal correction unit computes a target position signal having a corrected gain on the basis of filter characteristics.
US09505061B2
A chuck for a power tool has a central receptacle, arranged in the body of the chuck, having a locating opening for axially inserting a shank-type tool. A reducing sleeve is arranged at least partly in the central receptacle, and a clamping device is provided for at least locally reducing the cross section of the central receptacle. A fixing device is provided which specifies a defined arrangement of the reducing sleeve in relation to the locating opening both with the chuck clamped and with the chuck unclamped.
US09505054B2
In an injection apparatus, a first cylinder and second cylinder for driving an injection cylinder connected to an injection plunger are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the injection cylinder. A piston of the first cylinder and a piston of the second cylinder are synchronously driven by driving means. A directional control valve and first flow rate adjustment circuit are provided between one end of the injection cylinder and one end of the first cylinder. Moreover, second flow rate adjustment circuit is provided between the other end of the injection cylinder and the other ends of the first and second cylinders.
US09505051B2
A method and apparatus for performing an assembly operation. A tool may be macro-positioned relative to an exterior of a fuselage assembly. The tool may be micro-positioned relative to a particular location on the exterior of the fuselage assembly. An assembly operation may be performed at the particular location on the panel using the tool.
US09505050B2
A forging machine is described having at least one clamping head (6) for a work-piece (5) and having a rotational drive, which is controllable in dependence on the engagement of the forging tools (3), for the clamping head (6). To provide advantageous drive conditions, it is proposed that the rotational drive comprise at least one hydraulic motor (11), which is connected to a pump circuit (12), and which is connected to a hydraulic circuit (17), which is connected in parallel to the pump circuit (12), for the periodic supply and discharge of a predefined quantity of hydraulic medium in dependence on the stroke frequency and/or the stroke location of the forging tools (3).
US09505048B2
A hydroforming mold includes a lower die holder, a lower die, a pair of upper dies, a back pressure die, an upper die holder, and a pair of axial feed push rod assemblies. The lower die is disposed in a groove base of the lower die holder. A lower mold cavity for receiving a pipe blank is provided on the lower die. The two upper dies are clamped on the lower die, and can move along the top portion of the lower die. The back pressure die is disposed between the two upper dies. The axial feed push rod assemblies are respectively sealed at an end portion of the pipe blank and the two upper dies. Each of the axial feed push rod assemblies has a runner for introducing fluid into the pipe blank, so as to axially push the two upper dies to move close to each other.
US09505045B2
Leveler equipment includes a leveler body, a first roll cassette for a roller leveler, and a second roll cassette for a tension leveler. The roller leveler is formed when the first roll cassette is attached to the leveler body, and the tension leveler is formed when the second roll cassette is attached to the leveler body.
US09505029B2
A process for forming a polymer film on a substrate through an intermediate organometallic layer is disclosed. A self-assembled monolayer (SAM) containing an initiator for living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization is formed on the organometallic layer followed by living polymerization such as controlled radical polymerization of a polymerizable monomer component.
US09505024B2
A method of producing a printed image on a low-porous or non-porous medium. The method encompasses applying a pretreatment fluid including a liquid vehicle, at least one polymeric binder, and an associative thickener to the low-porous or non-porous medium; and applying an aqueous pigment ink composition to the pretreatment fluid applied to the low-porous or non-porous medium, wherein the pretreatment fluid has a viscosity of about 10 cps to about 1000 cps and a surface tension of about 16 dynes/cm to about 30 dynes/cm and the viscosity of the pretreatment fluid allows mixing of the pigment ink composition with the pretreatment fluid.
US09505023B2
Apparatuses and methods are described for distributing gas which may be applicable in the field of polymer oxidation and melt curtain ozonation in particular. Ozone applicators and other features of ozonation apparatuses, which may be used separately or in combination, are also described.
US09505015B2
A fluid delivery device having a trigger actuated sprayer assembly for dispensing a liquid with features such as a bottle with a concavity, a clip around the bottle neck, a sprayer assembly with a bottle filling conduit and a translucent neck window on the sprayer assembly for viewing the bottle filling conduit. The fluid delivery system includes a bottle with a concavity in the side wall attached to a body. A pump in the body receives fluid from the bottle via a fluid inlet conduit and discharges the fluid from a fluid discharge conduit. Also provided is a kit including (i) a fluid delivery device with a bottle, and (ii) one or more fluid refill containers, wherein the bottle and the container(s) include matching indicia of the fluid such that the bottle is only filled from a container with the fluid indicated by the matching indicia.
US09505014B2
A rotary atomizing head enables cleaning by decomposing from the atomizing head, and enables internal cleaning without decomposing to individual components when paint is changed to a new one of another color. A structural component has a front wall acting as a hub, side wall extending rearward from an outer circumferential perimeter of the front wall to make a circumferentially continuous plane, legs each having a pawl and a bottom wall. The structural component is detachably mounted in a central concavity of an atomizing head body. A bottom wall of the structural component has formed a spoon-cut recess. The central concavity has an inclined circumferential wall, and the side wall of the structural component has an inclined outer circumferential surface complementary with the circumferential wall of the atomizing head body to get in substantial contact with the circumferential wall throughout the entire area of the outer circumferential wall.
US09505006B2
Discussed herein are methods and devices for storing, handling, loading or dispensing of pipette tips. Some embodiments allow repetitive loading of an array of multiple pipette tips that are stored in a nested configuration.
US09505005B2
A tube sorter includes a rack stocker configured to have stocked therein a sample rack capable of holding one or more sample tubes. A transporting section is configured to transport the sample rack and a tube conveyor is configured to unload a sample tube from the sample rack and load the sample tube onto a sample rack supplied from or stocked in the rack stocker. A rack pushing mechanism is configured to convey an empty sample rack or a sample rack to be emptied to the rack stocker.
US09505004B2
The present disclosure is related to a device for controlling thermal convection velocity of a biochemical reaction. The thermal convection velocity controlling device includes a base body for disposing a tube which is movable, wherein the tube is filled with a buffer of the biochemical reaction; a heating source located at a bottom of the tube or at a side of the tube to heat the buffer; and a flow rate adjusting apparatus for controlling a thermal convection flow direction of the buffer in the tube, whereby the flow rate adjusting apparatus changes a flow velocity and a flow time of the buffer. The present disclosure is also related to a method for controlling thermal convection velocity of a biochemical reaction using the device.
US09504999B2
Methods for the rapid synthesis of catalyst are provided, as well as catalyst formed from such methods. One method of the rapid synthesis of catalyst comprises forming a homogenous solution comprising a precious metal precursor and a catalyst substrate, reducing the precious metal precursor to precious metal nanoparticles, and depositing the precious metal nanoparticles onto the catalyst substrate to form catalyst particles. The reducing and depositing steps comprise controlling a rate of increase in temperature of the solution with microwave irradiation until the solution is a predetermined temperature and maintaining the solution at the predetermined temperature with microwave irradiation. The method further comprises detecting completion of the reduction and deposition and ceasing microwave irradiation upon detection.
US09504997B2
Chelating ligand precursors for the preparation of olefin methathesis catalysts are disclosed. The resulting catalysts are air stable monomeric species capable of promoting various methathesis reactions efficiently, which can be recovered from the reaction mixture and reused. Internal olefin compounds, specifically beta-substituted styrenes, are used as ligand precursors. Compared to terminal olefin compounds such as unsubstituted styrenes, the beta-substituted styrenes are easier and less costly to prepare, and more stable since they are less prone to spontaneous polymerization. Methods of preparing chelating-carbene methathesis catalysts without the use of CuCl are disclosed. This eliminates the need for CuCl by replacing it with organic acids, mineral acids, mild oxidants or even water, resulting in high yields of Hoveyda-type methathesis catalysts. The invention provides an efficient method for preparing chelating-carbene metathesis catalysts by reacting a suitable ruthenium complex in high concentrations of the ligand precursors followed by crystallization from an organic solvent.
US09504991B2
A process for regenerating a silica-supported depleted alkali metal catalyst is described. The level of alkali metal on the depleted catalyst is at least 0.5 mol % and the silica support is a zero-gel. The process comprises the steps of contacting the silica supported depleted alkali metal catalyst with a solution of a salt of the alkali metal in a solvent system that has a polar organic solvent as the majority component. A re-impregnated catalyst prepared by the process of the invention any comprising a silica zero-gel support and a catalytic metal selected from an alkali metal in the range 0.5-5 mol % on the catalyst, wherein the surface area of the silica support is <180 m2/g is also described. The invention is applicable to a process for preparing an ethylenically unsaturated acid or ester comprising contacting an alkanoic acid or ester of the formula R1—CH2—COOR3, with formaldehyde or a suitable source of formaldehyde.
US09504986B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for multi-component metal-organic materials (MOMs) systems that exhibit permanent porosity and using MOMs to separate components in a gas mixture, methods of separating polarizable gases from a gas mixture, and the like.
US09504985B2
Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) is produced by apparatus and methods wherein a ClO2 gas produced in the apparatus is quickly introduced into a fluid stream to be treated with said gas. To this end, the apparatus has an interior chemical reaction chamber which houses an internal fluid flow tube having a fluid impervious upper section and a porous lower section that respectively define two zones within the interior chemical reaction chamber.
US09504982B2
Thermochemical reactor systems that may be used to produce a fuel, and methods of using the thermochemical reactor systems, utilizing a reactive cylindrical element, an optional energy transfer cylindrical element, an inlet gas management system, and an outlet gas management system.
US09504977B2
The invention relates to a rotary disc device (1) in a rotary fluidized bed, the outer edge of said disc rotating inside, and faster than, the fluidized bed, thereby allowing: the rotation speed of the fluidized bed to be accelerated, solid particles and/or micro-droplets to be supplied to the fluidized bed or to the free central area, and different annular areas of the fluidized bed to be separated. The invention also relates to methods for transforming solid particles or micro-droplets on contact with the fluids flowing through the rotary fluidized bed or for transforming fluids on contact with solids in suspension in the rotary fluidized bed, using said device.
US09504970B2
Mixing valve turbulence generators and methods are disclosed. Embodiments include turbulence generation apparatuses and methods that increase the turbulence of, impart swirl to, reverse the direction of, create tortuous paths for, and/or accelerate the mixing of hot and cold fluid within a valve assembly. Alternate embodiments include angled radial slots, angled surfaces and fin-like baffles to enhance the mixing of hot and cold fluids.
US09504969B2
Paunch-sludge from an abattoir is mixed with the fatty DAF-float from an abattoir, and placed in a shearing vessel. The mixture of the two material thickens the medium in which the matted strands are contained, enabling shearing to be more effective; so much so that paunch-sludge can now be sheared to a homogeneous liquid. The technique can be used with other sludges and other fatty waste materials.
US09504964B2
A method for operation of a filtration module 4 including a housing 5 with at least one filter element 7 positioned therein, the filter element defining a first space 10 in the housing at a feeding side of its filtering surface and a second space 11 at an opposite permeate side thereof, a fluid feed 14 opening out in the first space at the feeding side of the filter element, and a permeate outlet 17 in flow communication with the second space at the permeate side of the filter element, in which the filter element is placed in an upright position. The permeate outlet is positioned at a lower end of the filter element, and a gas feed 18 is provided opening out in the second space at said permeate side of the filter element. During filtration, pressurized gas is fed into the second space.
US09504960B2
An apparatus for reducing an exhaust gas for heavy equipment is provided, which can satisfy the intensified diesel engine exhaust gas regulation conditions through further providing of the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device in addition to the diesel particulate filter (DPF), and minimize an influence of vibration due to engine driving through mounting of the diesel particulate filter (DPF) and the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device on the cowl frame. The apparatus for reducing an exhaust gas includes a cowl frame mounted on one side of the main frame that is adjacent to the engine to reduce an influence due to vibration of the engine; a diesel particulate filter (DPF) having one end portion that communicates with the other end portion of the exhaust pipe and is mounted on an upper end portion of the cowl frame, provided with diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) therein, and capturing particulate matters; a mixing pipe having one end portion that communicates with the other end portion of the diesel particulate filter, one side of which communicates with an injection device injecting a reducing agent; and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) device mounted on an upper end portion of the cowl frame to communicate with the other end portion of the mixing pipe to accelerate a reduction reaction between the injected reducing agent and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the exhaust gas.
US09504954B2
In one example, we describe a method and system that uses iron oxide as its sole sorbent, specifically micron-sized nano-porous iron oxide particles. The sorbent is housed inside a horizontally rotating sorbent bed. The horizontally rotating sorbent bed is housed inside of a larger secondary compartment. At the top of the secondary compartment, there is an escaped sorbent particle containment membrane. One example uses a self-cleaning horizontally rotating sorbent drum membrane design that unclogs particulates lodged in the membrane by reversing particulate air flow direction during a small portion (e.g., about 20 degrees) of each full 360 degree rotation of the drum. When air flow passes through the porous horizontally rotating sorbent drum's membrane, which occurs at the location where the rotating sorbent bed membrane comes into contact with the air feed manifold, particulates are air-dislodged from the inner facing surface of the drum's membrane. Other variations are discussed.
US09504949B2
According to the present disclosure, arrangements, systems, components, features and methods for separating hydrophobic fluid such as oil entrained as aerosols from gas streams, such as crankcase ventilation gas streams are described. The components specifically described include a filter cartridge with preferred features for interaction with a filter housing, and a filter housing with preferred features for convenient installation. Methods of assembly and use are also characterized.
US09504942B2
A filter incorporating a vessel defining an interior space, the vessel having a ceiling and a floor; filter media contained within the interior space; a helically threaded port which opens the vessel's interior space at the ceiling; a turn plate having a an outer edge; a retainer ring and snap ridges combination which interconnects the turn plate and the vessel, positions the plate beneath the floor, and facilitates circumferential motion of the plate's outer edge; a turn handle connected operatively to the plate, the turn handle being adapted for impelling the turn plate's circumferential motion; and ratcheting hook and ridge combinations which further interconnect the turn plate and the vessel, the hooks and ridges being adapted for, upon turning of the handle, translating a limited screw tightening torque to the ceiling's helically threaded port.
US09504939B2
A filter element includes a substantially cylindrical center tube having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a central longitudinal axis. The filter element also includes filter media extending circumferentially around and longitudinally along the center tube, and a plate connected to the center tube proximate the first end. The plate includes an orifice and a cap. The orifice includes a pilot feature configured to locate the filter element at a single circumferential position relative to the longitudinal axis, the cap extending from a top surface of the plate toward the second end and having an inner wall configured to mate with a drain plug. In such embodiments, the orifice and the cap are disposed radially inward of an inner circumference of the center tube, and at least one of the orifice and the cap extends circumferentially around an additional longitudinal axis spaced radially from the central longitudinal axis of the center tube.
US09504933B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for synthesizing nitroalkanes by reaction of a hydrocarbon feedstock with aqueous nitric acid. The apparatus may be designed such that it can synthesize more than one nitroalkane using the same equipment.
US09504923B2
A system for managing game-playing experiences includes one or more game-playing devices provided with communication interfaces for exchanging game-playing experiences therebetween. Each device includes computing hardware coupled to a graphical interface for presenting an interactive game thereupon. The computing hardware is operable to execute one or more game software products recorded on machine-readable data storage media for generating the interactive game. The one or more game software products include a game experience software module (GESW) for generating metadata concurrently with recording the game-playing experience substantially as presented via the graphical interface which enables the recorded game-playing experience to be subsequently managed prior to communication for distribution for viewing. Optionally, the metadata includes one or more metadata events which are searchable when subsequently viewing the game-playing experience.
US09504922B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for detecting unusual performance in a game. The game has a participant. The method calculates for the participant, a performance metric. The method compares the performance metric to a threshold value. Based on the comparison, the method optionally connects to a server. In some embodiments, the connection is for uploading a set of data from the participant to the server. The server, of some embodiments, broadcasts to the participant. The broadcast is a one-way transmission. In some embodiments, the broadcast includes a distribution based on a set of sample participants. In these embodiments, the set of sample participants comprises a representative sample of all the participants in the game. The threshold value, of some embodiments, is based on the broadcast and in some embodiments, the broadcast includes a histogram. The connecting occurs, in some embodiments, when the performance metric exceeds the threshold value. The connection, for some embodiments, includes a two-way connection. In some embodiments, the method also tracks for the participant, a participant improvement factor. The participant improvement factor is based on an average performance level for the participant. The method stores the participant improvement factor. The threshold value, in some of these embodiments, is based on the participant improvement factor. The method of some embodiments tracks for the game, a game improvement factor. The game improvement factor is based on an average performance level for several participants in the game. The method stores the game improvement factor. The threshold value, in some of these embodiments, is based on the game improvement factor. In some embodiments, the method examines the uploaded data for particular characteristics. In some embodiments, the particular characteristics indicate the likelihood of cheating activity.
US09504918B2
To provide a video display system for allowing a user to look at and listen to video and sound on various means. A video display system has a video display device and a portable video display device, connected to each other for communication. The video display device produces own device video data and own device sound data to be displayed and reproduced, respectively, on the video display device; displays the own device video data and reproduces the own device sound data; encodes these data into a data format which the portable video display device is able to handle, to thereby produce other device video data and other device sound data; and sends to the portable video display device. The portable video display device receives these data, and decodes and displays the other device video data, and decodes and reproduces the other device sound data.
US09504917B2
An example image processing system and method uses a control device including a movement detector. Gesture inputs corresponding to a gesture made by moving the control device are used for animation. An animation begins based on at least one gesture input received prior to completion of the gesture and the animation is modified based on at least one gesture input received after the beginning of the animation.
US09504912B2
A controller for a video game is disclosed. The controller may be a generally U-shaped steering wheel including a pair of hand grips attached to and extending from a base connector. The ends of the hand grips may be angled downward. The design of the hand grips together with the downwardly extending ends provides for an ergonomic design of the controller with easy access to controls on the hand grips whether the controller is grasped with a pronated or supinated hand positions.
US09504907B2
A shooting simulation system. The system includes a plurality of communication devices with each communication device associated with a separate player. In addition, each mobile phone includes an A-GPS device for determining a location indicia of the communication device and a mechanism for communicating the location indicia to a network. A game server communicates with the network for relaying the location indicia of each communication device to all of the communication devices. Each communication device includes a mechanism for determining a directional orientation of the communication device when aimed and a processor for determining if a simulated targeting of another player is a hit or miss based on the location indicia of a shooting communication device, the location indicia of a communication device of a targeted player, and the directional orientation of the shooting communication device.
US09504897B2
Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. In one example, an athletic monitoring device may include or be associated with multiple types of movement sensors and switch between the sensors or use both depending on various factors including type of workout. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment used and the like. In one or more examples, the parameters may be automatically determined based on location. User workouts and accomplishments may also be celebrated through messages from celebrities, family, friends and other users. In some cases, the messages may be triggered by various conditions. Coaching may also be provided to the user to help improve workouts and overall athletic performance. Running routes may also be automatically tracked, stored and shared.
US09504896B2
Systems and methods for determining a time of a passing at a reference line of an RFID tag traveling along a route and a time of lapsing of the tracked RFID tag on the route, the system have a plurality of spaced apart tag reader systems for wirelessly obtaining tag reads, wherein at least one of the tag reader systems is space apart from the reference line. The timing system receives a plurality of tag reads and determines the time of passing of the RFID at the reference line responsive to the plurality of received tag read messages received from the plurality of tag reader systems.
US09504891B1
The present invention proposes a baseball bat, which comprises a hollow handle region extending along an axis and including a connection section; and a barrel region extending along the axis and connected with the connection section. The barrel region has thermoset resin layers and at least one flexible chain polymer layer, which exists within the thermoset resin layers, so that the barrel region does not harden after shape forming. The barrel region of the baseball bat can absorb vibration during batting and improve the stability of the batted ball.
US09504880B2
Lace designs for footballs are provided. The laces have geometries that improve the aerodynamic characteristics of the football during flight. Additionally, the placement of the laces on the football is selected to maximize aerodynamic performance of the football during flight.
US09504863B2
A quint configuration fire apparatus includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis and having a storage area configured to receive a ground ladder and a fire hose, a pump coupled to the chassis, a water tank coupled to the chassis, a ladder assembly including a plurality of extensible ladder sections, the ladder assembly having a proximal end that is coupled to the chassis, and a single rear axle coupled to a rear end of the chassis. The ladder assembly is extensible to provide a horizontal reach of at least 100 feet and a vertical height of at least 105 feet.
US09504862B2
A fire-extinguishing device of the type integrated into an aircraft, is for the controlled transportation and evacuation of fire-fighting material and may be activated from the aircraft while it is in flight, onto the area which is on fire. The fire-extinguishing device comprises at least one closed independent receptacle (3) filled with the fire-fighting material, housed within a container, which is fastened to the aircraft, which includes at least one collapsible outlet hatch for the at least one closed independent receptacle (3) and which, upon opening, frees the gravitational fall of the fire-fighting material. The at least one closed independent receptacle (3) has a built-in fill valve, with an anti-drainback mechanism which guarantees that the at least one closed independent receptacle (3) is leak tight. The built-in fill valve can be accessed through the at least one collapsible outlet hatch.
US09504861B2
A safety line traveller (1) including a traveller body (3) having an open sided receiving channel (11) for receiving a longitudinal section of the safety line (2). An occluder element (5) is moveable between an open position in which access into and out of the channel (11) via the open side is at a maximum, and a closed position in which access into and out of the channel via the open side is at a minimum. The open side of the channel (11) being at least partly occluded by the occluder element (5) in the closed position.
US09504856B2
Composition containing, in a cosmetically or dermatologically acceptable medium, a compound that may be obtained by reaction between: an oil bearing at least one nucleophilic and/or electrophilic reactive function, and a junction group capable of establishing hydrogen bonds with one or more partner junction groups, the junction group bearing at least one reactive function capable of reacting with the reactive function borne by the oil, and also comprising at least one unit of formula (I) or (II):
US09504849B2
A method to enable a laser to interact with a structure behind a barrier includes calculating a set of characteristics for a first laser channel to be effective to tunnel through the barrier and calculating a second set of characteristics for a second laser channel to be effective to interact with the structure, generating said first laser pulse to form a tunnel through the barrier and prior to closing of the tunnel, generating the second laser pulse to travel through the tunnel to interact with the structure. A treatment unit associated with this method has a control panel in communication with an electronics package. Data entered into the control panel enables the electronics package to calculate the first and second sets of characteristics and drive a first laser generating a laser pulse of the first laser channel followed after a delay by a laser pulse of the second laser channel.
US09504848B2
Medical devices with a light source and antimicrobial solution include a solution retainer adapted to retain an antimicrobial solution against a user; a fiber optic cable; a light termination on the fiber optic cable that provides light from the fiber optic cable to the antimicrobial solution in the solution retainer; and a light source that provides a light of a predetermined wavelength to the fiber optic cable. Medical device includes a container, a bowl, a full body suit, garments for body parts, a helmet, and a catheter.
US09504846B2
Systems, methods, and devices relating to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). A circuit having at least two inductors is used in a TMS device. A small inductor adjacent to the patient's head and a large inductor away from the patient is used. The inductors are coupled to the circuit using multiple semiconductor switching subsystems. The subsystems, when activated, couple the inductors to the circuit and the inductors act as a single inductance. When deactivated, the subsystems decouple the inductors from the circuit and each inductor individually recovers or dissipates/discharges energy stored within. Since each inductor dissipates energy separately from each other, a much shorter dissipation or recovery time is achieved in the inductor close to the patient's brain as compared to the larger inductor. While dissipating or discharging, the small inductor induces electric currents in the brain to thus achieve stimulation and elicit action potentials.
US09504845B2
An electrical system having an underlying structure resembling the double helix most commonly associated with DNA is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications.
US09504842B2
An electronic medical system is described. The system comprises an external RF power transmitter configured to emit a first power signal via an electromagnetic coupling, said RF power transmitter being configured to emit said first energy signal with a power no greater than 1 W. The system further comprises an implantable medical device comprising: at least one receiver antenna configured to receive said first energy signal via an electromagnetic coupling; an RF power receiver module configured to extract a second energy signal having a power of at least 1 milliwatts and to be powered by said second energy signal; a power actuator module, operatively connected to the RF power receiver module, powered by said second energy signal. The power actuator module is configured to deliver a medical treatment to at least a target tissue of a patient on the basis of a control signal generated by the RF power receiver module.
US09504836B2
Various aspects relate to a method. In various embodiments, a therapy of a first therapy type is delivered, and it is identified whether a therapy of a second therapy type is present to affect the therapy of the first therapy type. Delivery of the therapy is controlled based on the presence of the therapy of the second therapy type. Some embodiments deliver the therapy of the first type using one set of parameters in the presence of a therapy of a second type, and deliver the therapy of the first type using another set of parameters when the therapy of the second type is not present. In various embodiments, one of the therapy types includes a cardiac rhythm management therapy, and the other includes a neural stimulation therapy. Other aspects and embodiments are provided herein.
US09504833B2
In various method embodiments for operating an implantable neural stimulator to deliver a neural stimulation therapy to an autonomic neural target, the method comprises using the implantable neural stimulator to deliver the neural stimulation therapy to the autonomic neural target, and evaluating an evoked response to the neural stimulation bursts. The neural stimulation therapy includes a plurality of neural stimulation bursts where each neural stimulation burst includes a plurality of neural stimulation pulses and successive neural stimulation bursts are separated by a time without neural stimulation pulses. Evaluating the evoked response includes sensing the evoked response to the neural stimulation bursts where sensing the evoked response includes sensing at least one physiological parameter affected by the neural stimulation bursts, comparing the sensed evoked response against a baseline, and determining if the evoked response substantially returns to the baseline between neural stimulation bursts.
US09504829B2
In various examples, a stimulation lead for at least partial implantation within a patient includes an elongate lead body and a sheath selectively attachable to the lead body. The sheath includes a fixation member. The fixation member includes a retracted configuration in which the fixation member is disposed proximate the sheath. In a deployed configuration, the fixation member extends radially outwardly from the sheath to anchor the stimulation lead within the patient. In a removal configuration, the fixation member is radially inwardly collapsible toward the longitudinal sheath axis with the lead body removed from within the sheath.
US09504828B2
A device for conveying power from a location external to a subject to a location within the subject may include a flexible carrier and an adhesive on a first side of the carrier. A coil of electrically conductive material may be associated with the flexible carrier. A mechanical connector may be associated with the carrier opposite the adhesive, wherein the mechanical connector is configured to retain a housing and permit the housing to rotate relative to the flexible carrier. At least one electrical portion may be associated with the carrier in a manner permitting electrical connection to be maintained between the flexible carrier and the housing as the housing is rotated.
US09504827B2
The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems used for the treatment of and/or promoting recovery from various neurological disorders and conditions, including epilepsy and other seizure disorders and movement and other related disorders; for promoting recovery from acute or chronic brain injury (e.g. stroke, hypoxia/ischemia, head trauma, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and other forms of brain injury, for awakening and/or promoting the recovery of patients in various levels of coma, altered mental status or vegetative state); or for promoting recovery from chronic daily headache and migraine and related disorders via external (cutaneous) stimulation of the sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve in the face and forehead. More specifically, devices and electrode assemblies configured for stimulation of the supraorbital, supratrochlear, infraorbital, auriculotemporal, zygomaticotemporal, zygomaticoorbital, zygomaticofacial, nasal and infratrochlear nerves are disclosed.
US09504826B2
An apparatus for personal skin treatment includes an RF generator and an applicator with at least a pair of electrodes mounted on the distal end of the applicator. The electrodes are configured for applying an RF voltage to a subject skin. The RF voltage generator supplies the electrodes with the RF voltage. The applicator includes a source of illumination illuminating the treated skin segment.
US09504823B2
Provided is a micro-current therapy device using high electric potential to provide high electric potential therapy by generating high electric potential as high voltage induced from a high-voltage transformer, and regulating micro-current of the generated high-electric potential. The micro-current therapy device supplies commercial AC power through a power unit. When a frequency operation signal is inputted through an operation unit, a control unit generates a relay control signal and a high-potential current control signal according to the frequency set by the operation unit. A relay unit supplies or cuts off the commercial AC power supplied from the power unit according to the relay control signal. A high-voltage output unit outputs a high electric potential by boosting up the commercial AC power outputted from the relay unit. A current regulating unit regulates the high electric potential current, thereby applying the optimized high electric potential to a therapy part of a user.
US09504818B2
A neurostimulation paddle lead, method of neurostimulation, and neurostimulation system are provided. The neurostimulation paddle lead carries a plurality of electrodes comprising at least four columns of electrodes having a spacing between two inner electrode columns less than a spacing between the inner electrode columns and adjacent outer electrode columns. The inner electrode columns may also be longitudinally offset from the outer electrode columns. The methods and neurostimulation systems steer current between the electrodes to modify a medial-lateral electrical field created adjacent spinal cord tissue.
US09504817B2
A disposable set (5) for establishing a fluid connection between a fluid dispensing unit (17) and a dosing device adapted to dispense the fluid into a patients' vein, the disposable set comprising a length of a tubing (15) for establishing a fluid connection from the fluid dispensing unit towards and into the dosing device, wherein the tubing (15) comprises a first (1) and a second (10) tubing part, and a releasable connection (11,12), wherein the first tubing part (1) comprises two or more one-way valves (3, 24) which are provided to prevent a backflow from the patient in the direction of the fluid dispensing unit (17) in the closed position of the releasable connection.
US09504808B2
A safety balloon catheter includes a flexible, multi-lumen balloon catheter and a hollow barbell-shaped stretch valve. The balloon catheter has a proximal catheter end, a balloon defining a balloon interior to be inflated with an inflation fluid, a hollow inflation lumen extending through the catheter to the balloon interior and shaped to convey the inflation fluid to and from the balloon interior, and a hollow second lumen parallel to the inflation lumen; and a balloon drainage port fluidically connecting the balloon interior to the second lumen. The stretch valve is shaped to permit a fluid to pass therethrough and positioned in the second lumen to at least partially slide therein such that, in a steady state, a distal barbell end of the stretch valve prevents the inflation fluid from passing through the drainage port and, in an actuated state, the distal barbell end slides within the second lumen to permit the inflation fluid to pass through the drainage port and into the second lumen.
US09504787B2
An ambulatory infusion device for the infusion of a liquid drug into a patient's body over an extended time period includes an infusion cannula designed to be placed in the patient's subcutaneous tissue. At least two subcutaneous electrodes are comprised by the infusion cannula and are placed in the subcutaneous tissue. An impedance measuring unit is operatively coupled to the at least two electrodes and is configured to measure at least one impedance value between the at least two electrodes. A variation of the at least one impedance value reflects a displacement of interstitial fluid by drug upon drug administration. An event trigger unit is operatively coupled to the impedance measuring unit and being configured to evaluate the at least one impedance value and to generate an event trigger if evaluation of the at least one impedance value indicates the occurrence of an administration anomaly.
US09504783B2
A fluid dispensing system 3 for dispensing one or more fluids from one or more reservoirs 2 to a patient, the fluid dispensing system comprising a particle filter 13 for preventing particles of a size larger than a predetermined size from being injected into the patient. The invention also relates to a reusable interconnection set 1 comprising a particle filter 13 for use in such a fluid dispensing system 3. The invention also relates to the use of such a fluid dispensing system 3 or reusable interconnection set 1 for dispensing a fluid or contrast fluid to a patient.
US09504781B2
Peripheral arterialization devices and methods of using the same. In an exemplary embodiment of a catheter for facilitating venous arterialization of the present disclosure, the catheter comprises an elongated body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a lumen defined therethrough along a longitudinal length of the elongated body, the elongated body configured to attach to a graft at or near the proximal end of the elongated body and further configured to permit fluid to flow through the graft, through the lumen, and out of one or more apertures defined within the elongated body at or near the distal end to facilitate venous arterialization upon at least partial implantation of the catheter into a vein of a patient.
US09504780B2
Systems, methods, and compositions for removing organophosphate toxins from blood are disclosed herein. The compositions include a lipid-based capture particle that displays BChE that binds to the toxin. The methods include acoustically separating toxins bound to lipid-based capture particles from blood factors of whole blood.
US09504776B2
A cannula for moving fluids between a pump and the circulatory system of a patient. The cannula includes a liner having an intermediate portion between a proximal portion and a distal portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal portions. At least the intermediate portion of the liner is constructed from a tissue in-growth material for supporting the growth of endothelial cells. A jacket surrounds at least part of the liner.
US09504773B2
Counterpulsation methods and systems for assisting the heart of a patient involve, for example, coordinating the operation of a pulsatile pump to suction blood from an artery through a blood flow conduit while the heart is in systole and expel the blood into the blood flow conduit and the artery while the heart is in diastole.
US09504760B2
The present invention relates to a preferably nebulizable pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable protein-based nanocarrier preferably in the size range 150 to 300 nm and a preventative or therapeutic amount of an active agent for use in the prevention and/or treatment of an allergic and/or inflammatory disease of the lower airways in a mammal. Preferably, the active agent is a CpG oligodeoxynucleotide (CpG-ODN), and preferably the composition exhibits a prolonged clinical effect.
US09504752B2
It is intended to provide a sterilizer, an oral cavity sterilizer, a sterilization method, a sterilization apparatus, and a sterilizer evaluation method capable of enhancing a sterilization effect. The sterilizer including hydrogen peroxide and a catalase activity inhibitor containing scutellaria or green tea is brought into contact with a sterilization target. Next, the sterilization target is irradiated with light having a wavelength of 350 nm to 500 nm using a light emitting device formed of a semiconductor laser. By the light irradiation, the hydrogen peroxide is photolyzed to generate hydroxy radicals, and sterilization is achieved by the thus-generated hydroxy radicals.
US09504748B2
An aqueous dispersion comprises a silicone composition dispersed in an aqueous phase. The silicone composition comprises a product of a reaction of (a) an alkenyl-containing organopolysiloxane having an average per molecule of at least 2 alkenyl groups and (b) an Si H containing siloxane having an average per molecule of at least 2 Si H moieties. The dispersion also comprises a hydrosilylation catalyst, a polymeric film former and a surfactant of molecular weight below 1600. The composition is stabilised in dispersion form by the surfactant dissolved in the aqueous phase and the polymeric film former, and is capable of forming a tacky layer on drying.
US09504739B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods that effectively support innate immunity and/or disperse pathogenic biofilms using readily available, nontoxic, natural substances, while supporting restoration of normal microbiotic homeostasis. In one embodiment, the subject invention provides anti-biofilm compositions comprising one or more probiotic organisms, anti-microbial honey, and other ingredients such as prebiotic compounds, other hive products, green tea derivatives, other plant derivatives, and vitamin D3.
US09504737B2
An immunity-inducing agent comprising as an effective ingredient a specific polypeptide is disclosed. These polypeptides were isolated, by the SEREX method using a cDNA library derived from canine testis and serum from a cancer-bearing dog, as a polypeptide which binds to an antibody existing specifically in serum derived from a cancer-bearing living body. The polypeptides can induce immunity in a living body and cause regression of a tumor in a cancer-bearing living body. Therefore, these polypeptides are especially effective as a therapeutic and/or prophylactic agent for a cancer(s).
US09504723B2
A method for optimizing the therapeutic effects provided by CBD on the one hand, and the psychoactive effects provided by THC on the other hand, in a sublingual medicament, the method includes the steps of obtaining a concentrated extract of cannabis in which the concentration of CBD is known and the concentration of THC is known, formulating a hydrophilic mixture containing ingredients such as sugar, corn syrup, xylitol, purified water, organic flavorings, coconut oil, and concentrated extract of cannabis, wherein the amount of CBD is as high as possible and where the amount of THC is precisely controlled, forming lozenges, and administering the medicament.
US09504720B2
This application provides a substance containing disrupted cells of an anti-inflammatory lactic acid bacterium and having an effect of preventing or improving arthritis in a subject, a composition containing the substance and the preparation method thereof, and a method for enhancing the effect of preventing and improving arthritis with the use of the substance.
US09504718B2
Methods of using adipose derived regenerative cells in the treatment of renal diseases and disorders
Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with renal conditions, diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in processed lipoaspirate are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic renal benefit.
US09504713B2
The present invention comprises compositions that provide anti-glycation activity comprising a mineral extract composition or a mogroside/mineral extract composition or a mogroside composition. Such compositions are useful for methods of preventing, treating and inhibiting the effects of glycation in the body. The methods of the present invention comprise use of anti-glycation composition for the treatment and prevention of glycation related conditions including diabetes, atherosclerosis, arthritis, mental conditions and vision impairment.
US09504712B2
The present invention relates to the use of polyunsaturated fatty acids and one or more components which have a beneficial effect on total methionine metabolism selected from the group consisting of vitamin B12 and precursors thereof, vitamin B6 and derivatives thereof, folic acid, zinc and magnesium, in the manufacture of a preparation for improving the action of receptors. This preparation is advantageously applied in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, epilepsy, schizophrenia, paranoia, depression, sleep disorders, impaired memory function, psychoses, dementia and ADHD.
US09504706B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). The disclosed methods include administering to an individual in need of such treatment a composition that may include an IRAK1/4 inhibitor. In other aspects, the method may include administration of a BLC2 inhibitor.
US09504695B2
Provided are methods, compositions, systems, and kits for treating metabolic syndrome or a disorder associated with metabolic syndrome, e.g., obesity, dyslipidemia, and/or a diabetic condition, comprising administering systemically to a subject one or more compounds of the Formula (I) and/or (II): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, stereoisomer, polymorph, tautomer, isotopically enriched derivative, or prodrug thereof, wherein , L, R1, R2, Z, X, A and B are defined herein.
US09504694B2
This disclosure provides novel isoquinolidinobenzodiazepines. These compounds can also be incorporated into antibody-drug conjugates.
US09504692B2
The invention relates to a compound for use in treating a cancer, wherein the cancer depends on the proteolytic activity of the MALT1 protease, and wherein the compound has the general formula (I) wherein X is N or C; Y is S, O, SO2, SO, NH, CO, CH2, CH═CH, or CH2—CH2; ( )z is a C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl chain; A is NR3R4, or OR5, or HET; R1 and R2 in each occurrence are independently selected from —H, —CH3, —OH, —OCH3, —SCH3, —F, —Cl, —CF3, —NH2, and —COOH; R3, R4, and R5 are H, or C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl groups, and HET is a heterocyclic ring of 5, 6, or 7 members, wherein the ring atoms can be C, O, N, or S, the ring can be saturated or aromatic, and the ring can be substituted with H or C1-C5 linear or branched alkyl groups; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, enantiomer, diastereomer, racemic mixture, crystalline form, amorphous form, unsolvated form or solvate of said compound. The compound of the invention may further be used in the treatment of MALT1-dependent immune diseases.
US09504681B2
A solid oral controlled-release dosage form of hydrocodone is disclosed, the dosage form comprising an analgesically effective amount of hydrocodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and controlled release material.
US09504676B2
The present invention relates to the C-13 molecule (methyl 2-{5-[(3-benzyl-4-oxo-2-thioxo-1,3-thiazolidin-5-ylidene)methyl]-2-furyl}-benzoate) and to organic molecules functionally equivalent to the C-13 molecule, capable of inhibiting the binding of an antibody or antibody fragment with the human Syk protein tyrosine kinase, to the use of these molecules for the production of medicaments for the prevention or treatment of diseases dependent on metabolic pathways involving Syk, and also to a method for identifying such molecules.
US09504672B2
The present invention provides novel crystalline polymorphic forms of MDT-637, in particular, crystalline polymorphic forms with physicochemical properties specifically suited for drug production, amorphous formation, composite form, and methods of preparation thereof. The novel polymorphs described herein are useful for the treatment of respiratory disease, such as disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
US09504669B2
The present invention is directed to novel cytotoxic spliceostatin analogs and derivatives, to antibody drug conjugates thereof, and to methods for using the same to treat medical conditions including cancer.
US09504665B2
The present invention provides for a method of treating OCD or an Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorder (OCSD), such as BDD or ADHD, using a high-dose glycine treatment.
US09504652B2
The present invention is directed to nanostructured Aprepitant compositions, process for the preparation thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The nanoparticles of Aprepitant according to the invention have an average particle size of less than about 200 nm. The stable nanostructured particles of the invention are presented by increased solubility, dissolution rate, permeability and bioequivalent or enhanced biological performance characterized by significantly decreased fed/fasted effect compared to the reference and marketed drug. Aprepitant is a chemical compound that belongs to a class of drugs called substance P antagonists (SPA). It mediates its effect by acting on neurokinin 1 receptor. Aprepitant is manufactured by Merck & Co. under the brand name Emend for prevention of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) and for prevention of postoperative nausea and vomiting.
US09504651B2
The present invention provides apparatus and processes for producing liposomes. By providing a buffer solution in a first reservoir, and a lipid solution in a second reservoir, continuously diluting the lipid solution with the buffer solution in a mixing chamber produces a liposome. The lipid solution preferably comprises an organic solvent, such as a lower alkanol.
US09504641B2
A method of treating a patient who has extravasation of blood from an intravascular compartment to an extravascular compartment. An agent is administered to the patient which mitigates a harmful effect of break-down products of blood at an extravascular site, resulting in the patient having reduced morbidity and mortality. The morbidity and mortality of the patient is further reduced by concomitant administration of a suspension of submicron protein spheres having a molecular weight of ranging from 780 billion Daltons to less than 0.8 billion Daltons.
US09504639B2
Composition for treating keratinous fibers, more particularly human hair, comprising in a cosmetically appropriate vehicle a) at least one organic and/or inorganic acid, b) at least one direct dye and c) at least one compound of the formula (I).
US09504638B2
The present invention relates to a personal cleansing composition with an antimicrobial effect. The personal cleansing composition is in the form of a bar soap and contains zinc pyrithione and a soap surfactant. When dispersed in an aqueous solution at 1 wt %, the personal cleansing composition of the present invention is characterized by a pH value ranging that is higher than about 9.6 and lower than about 10.3. The present invention also relates to a process for forming an antimicrobial bar soap as described hereinabove.
US09504637B2
Dyes, compositions comprising dyes and methods for using the same are provided.
US09504633B2
There is provided a novel water-in-oil type emulsified cosmetic comprising a diester of neopentylglycol with isononanoic acid. Said cosmetic exhibits not only the refreshed feeling on use without unfavorable stickiness after application, but also proper oily feeling. There are obtained good affinity to the skin, little occurrence of creasing and/or make-up deterioration, no oily sheen upon the elapse of long periods of time after application, and little irritation to the skin and excellent safety to the skin. In addition, the present cosmetic is able to be removed with commercially available cleansing agents. Moreover, the dispersibility of pigments as well as the storage stability is excellent.A water-in-oil type emulsified cosmetic comprising (A) 10 to 60 parts by mass of a diester represented by the following formula (I): (B) 1.0 to 11 parts by mass of a nonionic surfactant, (C) 0.3 to 11 parts by mass of an oil-soluble and/or water-soluble thickener, (D) 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of fine particles, and (E) 5.0 to 75 parts by mass of water, wherein the total of (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) is 100 parts by mass.
US09504631B2
A teether is provided for infant use. The teether comprises an exterior portion and a mouthpiece wherein the mouthpiece includes a substantially U-shaped biting section comprising first and second arms extending from a central portion. At least part of said central portion is resiliently collapsible upon application of pressure thereto during use of the teether by an infant.
US09504625B2
A vibroacoustic system has a shell for containing water to which transducers are mounted. Multi-channel input signals cause the transducers to drive the shell to effect distinct, but coordinated tactile and aural stimuli providing a unique combined vibratory and auditory water experience for the user.
US09504621B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for sacral and trochanteric support and off-loading. The system provides a ultra low pressure plenum and a positioner. The patient body size and size and corresponding surface area of the positioner control the amount of gas which is displaced evenly against the walls of the ultra low pressure plenum to allow the combination of the ultra low pressure plenum and the positioner to slightly lift a patient from a bed surface, thereby offloading the sacrum and trochanter.
US09504620B2
A method for automatically varying the internal air pressure in at least one inflatable air bladder associated with at least one zone of a pressurized mattress system to achieve an optimal zone air pressure for a patient. The method includes a step of incrementally decreasing the zone air pressure of the at least one zone until more than a predetermined percentage or portion of the patient is directly supported by a substrate disposed below the at least one inflatable air bladder. The method then determines the appropriate increase in zone air pressure to achieve the optimal zone air pressure for the patient.
US09504617B2
A mobility securement system, and method for securing a wheelchair or other mobility device, and its passenger, within a public or private vehicle. The system includes two attachment members, two vehicle anchor assemblies, and at least one fixed or moveable bumper, and may further include a fixed or moveable barrier. A tensioning assembly is operable connected to at least one attachment member and vehicle anchor assembly. One or more moveable bumpers may extend and articulate to apply a force against one or more points of the mobility device that are not coplanar with vehicle wall. The mobility securement system may further include a rear barrier which may move, swivel or articulate.
US09504612B2
An absorbent article including features facilitating toilet training of a wearer is provided. The article includes at least a first appearing graphic that changes from an initial, less visible state to a subsequent, more visible state in the absence of wetness, thereby to provide positive encouragement to a child during toilet training. The appearing graphic becomes less visible if subjected to liquid. A wetness sensation member may also be provided to give tactile, negative sensation to the child, thereby giving feedback received by at least two different senses. Additionally or alternatively, a second appearing graphic, different from the first appearing graphic, may be provided to increase a child's interest in the toilet training process. The first and second appearing graphics may become visible at different times, thereby providing a sequential or spaced reveal of the image.
US09504610B2
The present disclosure is directed, in part, to a method of forming an absorbent article. The method comprises providing a nonwoven substrate comprising a plurality of fibers. At least some of the plurality of fibers comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers. The fibrils comprise a lipid ester having a melting point greater than 35° C. The method comprises incorporating the nonwoven substrate into the absorbent article.
US09504603B2
Injection devices for delivering pharmaceutical compositions into the eye are described. Some devices include a resistance component for controllably deploying an injection needle through the eye wall. The resistance component may be disposed on the injector device, or on a portion of the injection device housing, or on a drug reservoir. Some devices may be removably attached to a drug reservoir, for example, through a luer connector. Other devices may comprise internal luer seal for securely connecting a drug conduit of the device to the luer cavity of a drug reservoir. Yet other devices may comprise a priming-enabling element to facilitate the drug priming of a shielded needle. Related methods and systems comprising the devices are also described.
US09504602B2
An improved heating pad which minimizes or eliminates skin burns due to improper uses in three ways: by monitoring an absolute temperature of each surface of the heating pad; by monitoring a temperature difference between each surface of the heating pad, where a small temperature difference indicates that both sides of the heating pad are covered; and by monitoring the duty cycle of a heating element, where a large off portion of the duty cycle indicates both sides of the heating pad are covered.
US09504596B1
A lumbar-sacral orthosis comprises in combination a first lateral belt portion having a dorsal end portion having two substantially parallel horizontally extending upper and lower slots, the first lateral belt portion having a third slot, a second lateral belt portion having a dorsal end portion having two substantially parallel horizontally extending upper and lower slots, the first lateral belt portion substantially parallel horizontally extending upper and lower slots and the second lateral belt portion substantially parallel horizontally extending upper and lower slots being substantially aligned, a central dorsal portion, the central dorsal portion attached to the first and second lateral belt portions by an upper pin extending from the central dorsal portion through the upper slots, and a lower pin extending from the central dorsal portion through the lower slots, such that the first and second lateral belt portions may be moved with respect to one another.
US09504592B2
An Ankle-Foot Orthosis, or AFO, has a vertical portion and a horizontal portion joined together. The horizontal portion is fixed to a shoe, which is selected by a user, by separating at least part of the sole such that the horizontal portion can be adhered near or between a midsole of the sole of a shoe. The horizontal portion provides the necessary structure needed to connect a shoe to the vertical portion of the AFO such that a user suffering with a weakness or deformity can walk with a more normal gait. In an alternate embodiment, the AFO is removable from a shoe such that it can be replaced onto the same or a different shoe.
US09504589B2
A stent graft delivery system (50) has a stent graft (74) retained on it. The stent graft has an exposed proximally extending self expanding stent (76) which is retained in a distally opening capsule (78) at the distal end of a nose cone dilator (58) on the delivery system. A trigger wire (80) extends from a release mechanism (82) the distal end of the delivery system into a first aperture (84) in the capsule, around a proximal bend (86) of the exposed stent and out of the first aperture in the capsule and extending proximally into a second aperture (88). The trigger wire prevents premature release of the exposed stent.
US09504581B2
A modular humeral head resurfacing implant including a head, an anchoring stem, and a modular extended articulation flange. The head includes an exterior hemispherical articulating surface defining a terminating rim, an interior concave surface opposite to the exterior articulating surface, and a first coupling mechanism proximate to the terminating rim. The anchoring stem is coupled to the interior concave surface and extends along a stem axis that extends through an axial center of the head. The articulation flange includes a second coupling mechanism configured to cooperate with the first coupling mechanism to fasten the articulation flange to the head and an outer articulating surface that is curved along substantially its entire length and is substantially flush with the exterior hemispherical articulating surface when the articulation flange is fastened to the head.
US09504575B2
Described herein are methods and compositions comprising a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite. The methods described herein can be used to prepare a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite and further provide mixtures that can be molded into a desired shape. Also encompassed herein are compositions comprising a mixture of silk polymer and hydroxyapatite having a desired shape, which can further be implanted, for example, to facilitate bone healing or tooth structure or support. Such compositions can also include agents, such as therapeutic agents, or cells.
US09504554B2
The production of microstructured surfaces in magnesium alloys, containing zinc as the major alloying element, in particular in absorbable implants such as stents, wherein microstructures in sizes of up to 5 μm (micrometers) are generated on a magnesium alloy base body of the absorbable implant, for example of the absorbable stent, by way of optionally combined, pickling and electrochemical micropolishing processes, and allow better adhesion of a polymer coating (including higher break resistance) and higher corrosion resistance. The microstructured surface is produced out of the bulk material and exhibits no delamination from the base material during the mechanical deformation of the implant.
US09504542B2
A device for cleaning teeth, allows the simultaneous cleaning of the teeth of at least one arch. The device includes: a single or a double arc-shaped tray which can enclose the teeth of one arch or both arches at once and which, via the free edge(s) thereof, can be fitted to the corresponding gum or gums, the tray made from a flexible material allows reversible deformation and is compatible with medical use; and fluid-injection/-removal elements for injecting fluid into the tray and removing fluid from the interior thereof. Once the tray is in place on the teeth, the fluid-injection/-removal elements subject them to repeated cycles of fluid injection/removal to clean the teeth by the combined action, within the tray, of fluid circulation over and between the teeth and mechanical action of the tray's internal surface on the teeth, resulting from the deformation of the tray during the injection/removal cycles.
US09504530B2
Disclosed is a surgical navigation system for tracking an instrument relative to a patient. The system can track a portion of the patient, an instrument, and/or both relative to image data, a coordinate system, an atlas, a morphed atlas, or combinations thereof. The system can include a tracking device on the instrument to provide six degree of freedom information regarding the location of the instrument.
US09504520B2
An apparatus for operating on tissue comprises a handpiece, an elongate shaft, an end effector, a firing beam, and a modular motor. The end effector has a pair of jaws configured to open and close upon tissue. The firing beam comprises a blade insert with a sharp edge operable to sever tissue captured within the end effector. The modular motor is insertable into the handpiece. The modular motor comprises a drive gear that engages a plurality of components disposed within the handpiece. Rotation of the drive gear drives longitudinal translation of the firing beam within the elongate shaft. Longitudinal translation of the firing beam opens and closes the jaws of the end effector relative to tissue. Longitudinal translation of the firing beam also severs tissue captured between closed jaws of the end effector.
US09504519B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. A knife assembly having a cutting blade disposed at a distal end thereof is also provided. The knife assembly is translatable relative to the end effector assembly between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the cutting blade extends between the jaw members to cut tissue grasped therebetween. The knife assembly includes a proximal component and a first distal component that includes the cutting blade. The proximal and first distal components are removably coupled to one another to facilitate replacement of the first distal component. Methods of preparing such forceps for reuse are also provided.
US09504512B2
An electrosurgical instrument and apparatus for use with the instrumentA bipolar electrosurgical instrument for use with an electrosurgical generator. The bipolar electrosurgical instrument incorporates a transformer having an input side or end electrically connected to the electrosurgical generator and an output side or end electrically connected to said bipolar electrosurgical instrument. The inexpensive bipolar electrosurgical instrument can be used with most conventional bipolar electrosurgical generators as well as with bipolar electrosurgical generators specifically designed for use with said instrument.
US09504509B2
An implant 1 for sternal osteosynthesis has a clamp 10 with a first prong 101, a second prong 102 and a connecting portion 100. In the connecting portion 100 is formed a member 11 for the purpose of providing engagement with or for positionally stable support for a compatible supporting member of a bending tool (not shown). On both sides of the connecting portion 100 of the clamp 10, the member 11 has protrusions, which, together with the edges of the connecting portion, form angles for the purpose of engagement of the bending tool.
US09504507B2
Injector device for introducing biocompatible material into deep anatomical areas, positioned at the spine, the pelvis, the rachis and other similar locations, including a cannulated body and a piston for delivering the biological material equipped with a shaft, in which the cannulated body has a distal end, facing towards a user, and a proximal end, facing towards the anatomical area, in which the cannulated body includes a rectilinear section, equipped with a longitudinal axis, an inner lumen, in which the proximal end comprises an extrusion mouth of the biological material, in which the cannulated body also includes an end section that is curved and/or bent at the proximal end and in which the cannulated body is integral and rigid.
US09504503B2
A system, devices and methods are provided for facilitating stabilization of periarticular fractures. The system includes a compression plate and one or more of a cerclage cable for encircling the bone and securing the compression plate to the bone, a crimp lug for securing the cable in tension relative to the bone and/or a plate, and a supplemental plate coupled to the compression plate and adapted to receive bicortical or unicortical bone screws to further secure the compression plate relative to the bone. In addition, the system includes a cable tensioner for temporarily retaining the cable in tension and then applying a tension to the cable until a desired compression is effected between a plate and bone and while a cable retaining structure is secured to the cable to retain the applied tension on the cable. Also provided is a jig for use with plates for minimally invasive fracture stabilization.
US09504500B2
The present disclosure provides a transverse connector having first and second spinal rod connecting members disposed on opposing ends of a cross member. Each spinal rod connecting member is configured to connect to a spinal rod. The first and second spinal rod connecting members are configured for multidirectional articulation relative to the cross member.
US09504495B2
An implantable orthopedic assembly comprises a bone fixator and head assembly for securing a stabilizing rod to the spine. The head assembly allows multi-axial repositioning of the bone fixator relative to the head assembly. A primary drive interface located on the bone fixator may be used to adjust the depth of bone penetration when the bone fixator and head assembly are substantially coaxial. A secondary drive interface located on the head assembly may be used to adjust the depth of bone penetration while independently adjusting the stabilizing rod position when the bone fixator and the head assembly are not coaxial, transferring torsional loads to the bone fixator.
US09504494B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an implant having a protrusion. The protrusion aids in the insertion and placement of the implant as well as the spinal fixation element. In certain embodiments the protrusion may be configured as a guide for the insertion of the spinal fixation element as well as closure mechanisms for connecting the spinal fixation element to the implant.
US09504491B2
A method is provided including introducing a delivery device through a vessel wall to a treatment site within one of a peri-adventitial space or a pericardium adjacent a coronary blood vessel and delivering a treatment agent through the delivery device. The treatment agent is delivered through the delivery device according to conditions that hydraulically dissect tissue planes within the peri-adventitial space. A kit is provided including a delivery device having a needle to be advanced through one of an epicardium of a heart and a wall of a coronary blood vessel into a peri-adventitial space and a treatment agent comprising particles having an average diameter on the order of 15 microns or more to be delivered through the delivery device into the peri-adventitial space.
US09504490B2
Improved ear ventilation tubes and spring loaded insertion devices for use with the of tubes whereby perforation and insertion steps take place substantially simultaneously with an aspiration step following.
US09504482B2
The present invention provides a surgical instrument for guiding a drill into bone, the surgical instrument comprising; an elongate body comprising a shaft having a handle towards its proximal end and a head towards its distal end, wherein the head comprises a mouth and jaw assembly, and the shaft comprises a lumen aligned with the longitudinal axis of the shaft and extending from the proximal end of the surgical instrument to the mouth of the shaft, wherein the lumen is suitable for receipt and passage of a drill, and the jaw assembly comprises a pair of opposed reciprocating arms.
US09504481B2
Methods and devices that displace bone or other hard tissue to create a cavity in the tissue. Where such methods and devices rely on a driving mechanism for providing moving of the device to form a profile that improves displacement of the tissue. These methods and devices also allow for creating a path or cavity in bone for insertion of bone cement or other filler to treat a fracture or other condition in the bone. The features relating to the methods and devices described herein can be applied in any region of bone or hard tissue where the tissue or bone is displaced to define a bore or cavity instead of being extracted from the body such as during a drilling or ablation procedure.
US09504477B2
An apparatus and methods are provided to penetrate a bone and associated bone marrow using a powered driver having a gear assembly and a motor. The powered driver may include an indicator operable to show status of a power supply associated with the powered driver. The power supply may include a battery power pack having a diamond shaped cross section. The powered driver may have a handle with a corresponding cross section.
US09504465B2
A suturing instrument is configured for to apply sutures to approximate, ligate, or fixate tissue in, for example, open, mini-incision, trans-vaginal, or endoscopic surgical procedures. The suturing instrument includes an elongate body member, a needle exit port, a needle receiving port, and a needle deployment mechanism. The suturing instrument eliminates the need for a preassembled needle and suture and reduces or eliminates the possibility of needle loss during suturing.
US09504459B1
A surgical apparatus for use in assisting the performance of a procedure on an eye, the eye having a front and rear, a cornea, an iris defining a pupil, and a lens capsule behind the iris. The apparatus has a frame with a front and rear, a first portion and a second portion. The first frame portion has at least one iris engagement portion for being operatively connected to the iris to exert a pressure upon the iris that maintains the pupil in an enlarged state. The second frame portion has a curved edge configured to guide movement of an instrument in a curved path with the first frame portion operatively connected to an iris.
US09504455B2
A shaft being, e.g., flexible, that includes an elongated outer sheath, at least one drive shaft disposed within the outer sheath and a ring non-rotatably mounted on the at least one rotatable drive shaft and at least one light source mounted within the shaft, such that, upon rotation of the at least one rotatable drive shaft, the ring alternately blocks and allows light from the light source to be detected. The shaft may also include a moisture sensor disposed within the outer sheath of the shaft and configured to detect moisture within the outer sheath. The shaft may include couplings that connect a distal end of the outer sheath to a surgical attachment and a proximal end of the outer sheath to a remote power console.
US09504452B2
A process for realizing a device (1) for collecting and transferring samples for molecular biology, the device including at least: a support body (2) having at least a first portion (2a), and a plurality of fibers (6) attached and arranged on the first portion (2a) of the support body (2) by flocking, such as to define a flocked collecting portion (3) destined to collect, on the said collecting portion, (3) a quantity of the sample for molecular biology, the process including at least a step of pre-treating the plurality of fibers (6) with a surfactant, the step of pre-treating the plurality of fibers (6) with a surfactant being performed after application of the fibers on the support body (2) by flocking and/or before application of the fibers (6) on the body (2) by flocking and/or wherein the surfactant is added to the fiber (6) during production of the fiber (6).
US09504449B2
The disclosure includes a method of acquiring high-resolution ultrasound images using an array of transducers using successive transmission matrices. Implementations include operations for determining inter-transducer correlation matrices of an area of interest and an unwanted area; determining a characteristic matrix of the area of interest from the product of the inverse of the inter-transducer correlation matrix of the unwanted area and the inter-transducer correlation matrix of the area of interest; calculating eigenvectors and values of the characteristic matrix to define a transmission matrix; adjusting the image acquisition rate and image quality in order to define eigenvectors for firing; multiplying a reception matrix comprising the acquired signals completed by data set to zero corresponding to the firings not effected by the inverse of the transmission matrix to obtain a complete data set; reconstructing a high-resolution image of the area of interest as in synthetic aperture echographic imaging methods.
US09504441B2
Using three-dimensional mapping images at different time phases obtained by mapping motion information, a peak value of motion information in a local region is retrieved in each of the time phases. On the basis of the result, a locus line or the like indicative of fluctuations with time in the local peak region is generated and displayed so as to be, for example, superimposed on a mapping image. By observing the locus line on the mapping image displayed, the observer can directly grasp the state of the space-time propagation of mechanical excitement of the heart.
US09504431B2
A detector of a gamma camera is configured such that a radioactive point source is positioned within a field of view at a fixed distance from the detector. A predetermined number of gamma photons emitted by the point source and passed through a collimator are acquired. A system-specific planar sensitivity is computed for a combination of the collimator and detector using the number of gamma photons acquired, a time duration of the acquisition, and precalibrated radioactivity data of the point source corrected for decay that occurred after a precalibration time. A deviation of the computed system-specific planar sensitivity from a class standard sensitivity value for a combination of the radioactive point source, the collimator, and the detector is computed. A class standard sensitivity value for a combination of a radiopharmaceutical, the collimator, and the detector is scaled by the computed deviation, yielding a scaled system-specific sensitivity value for the radiopharmaceutical.
US09504427B2
A method (500) can comprise performing principal component analysis (PCA) on data corresponding to a subset of a plurality of signals and a selected template to generate a virtual lead and an optimized template (530). The method can also comprise calculating a cross correlation on the virtual lead and the optimized template to determine a strength of linear dependence between the virtual lead and the optimized template to determine regions of interest (ROIs) of the virtual lead (540). The method can further comprise detecting peak correlation coefficients in the virtual lead (550). The method can still further comprise comparing the amplitude of each of the ROIs of the virtual lead with the selected template to determine an error between the template and each ROI of the virtual lead (560). The method can yet further comprise averaging the ROIs to generate averaged data (570).
US09504426B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for compensating for motion induced artifacts in physiological signals extracted from a video of a subject being monitored for a physiological function in a non-contact, remote sensing environment. The present method identifies a center frequency from a physiological signal obtained from processing a prior video segment. Since a moment to moment change in pulse frequency from one video segment to a next is not very large, signals obtained from sequential video segments can be repeatedly processed and an adaptive band-pass filter repeatedly re-configured and used to filter a next video segment, and so on. Using the teachings disclosed herein, a motion-compensated continuous cardiac signal can be obtained for the subject for continuous monitoring of the subject's cardiac function via video imaging. The teachings hereof provide an effective means for compensating for movement by the subject during video acquisition. Various embodiments are disclosed.
US09504422B2
A portable system is provided for measuring a ketone, such as an acetone, in the breath or other bodily fluid of a user. The system includes a portable measurement device that analyzes fluid samples and generates corresponding ketone measurements. The portable measurement device communicates with an application which runs on a smartphone or other mobile device of the user. The application tracks, and generates graphs of, the ketone measurements, and may include various features for facilitating the analysis of the measurements.
US09504418B2
An allergy testing system comprises a skin test device having a grip portion for holding the device. One or more legs extend from the grip, and each leg is oriented to interact with a well containing a potential allergen. Each leg has a test head, and each test head has a plurality of elongated spike members. The elongated spike members have a sharp end configured to receive the potential allergen from a well and to puncture a patient's skin. In addition, each test head has at least one touch activator. The touch activator is longer than the plurality of elongated spike members, such that during an allergy test, the touch activator comes into contact with the skin prior to the elongated spike members, causing the touch activators to activate nerve tissue that blocks transmission of pain, resulting in a reduction of pain and/or discomfort during testing.
US09504412B2
Described are methods and systems for determining clusters of glucose data that can be utilized to provide insights to the person with diabetes, such as, for example, when a certain number of measurements during a predetermined time period is less than a predetermined threshold so that the subject is notified that the number of glucose measurements is less than optimum for management of diabetes.
US09504411B2
A handheld diabetes management device for managing blood glucose test data and continuous glucose monitoring data includes a port configured to receive a test strip, a wireless transceiver, a communications processor, and a user interface processor. The communications processor communicates with the wireless transceiver to periodically collect glucose measurement data from a continuous glucose monitoring device and to store the glucose measurement data in a first data storage module. The communications processor is operable to consume electrical power at a first rate. The user interface processor communicates with the communication processor to receive the glucose measurement data and operable to display the glucose measurement data on the device. The communications processor operates asynchronously from operation of the user interface processor to collect the glucose measurement data and the user interface processor operates to consume electrical power at a second rate that is higher than the first rate.
US09504402B2
Implantable medical devices (IMD) configured for implantation within a recess formed in a cranium of a patient, as well as associated methods, are described. In some embodiments, the IMD includes a top external surface and another adjacent external surface, e.g., a side surface, which are oriented with respect to each other to define an acute angle. A connection module for an electrical lead or catheter may be included on the top external surface. Embodiments of the invention may facilitate implantation of an IMD within a recess formed in the cranium of a patient at a location remote to an incision made in the scalp of the patient.
US09504387B2
A device or assortment of devices is provided for measuring temperature and/or other biological parameters, and locating cattle or other types of animals in a remote, continuous and autonomous way. This allows early detection of sickness and other biological states, especially epidemic outbursts or cattle rustling, thus facilitating the early reaction of owners and/or authorities.
US09504384B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a light emitting unit configured to emit light; an optical unit configured to induce an optical influence to the light from the light emitting unit, the optical unit having an astigmatic lens configured to generate astigmatism with a plurality of focal lengths; a detecting unit configured to detect the light emitted in the light emitting unit, radiated outside through the optical unit, and reflected by an object; and a measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the object based on astigmatism generated in the reflection light detected in the detecting unit.
US09504383B2
The visual search test makes it possible to establish a parameter for binocular coordination that is useful for detecting an oculomotor abnormality, in particular in the context of detecting dyslexia. A system for assisting in the detection is also described.
US09504375B2
A light source device includes a light source unit, a light condensing unit that includes a condenser lens which condenses light from the light source unit and a collimator which renders the condensed light into parallel light having a predetermined diameter, and a wavelength variable interference filter which emits light having a wavelength depending on a gap dimension of a pair of reflection films. The predetermined diameter is smaller than a size of a facing region of the wavelength variable interference filter where the pair of reflection films faces each other.
US09504373B2
The illumination system comprises an arthroscope, endoscope or other suitable surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end of the cannula to the distal end of the cannula, thereby illuminating the surgical field. The surgical field is thus illuminated through components that do not occupy space that may otherwise be used for the optics of the arthroscope. The arthroscopic illumination system further comprises one or more illumination sources disposed at the proximal end of the cannula. The illumination source may be optically coupled with the cannula at the hub or other appropriate location. The cannula comprises a sterilizable polymer which functions as a waveguide. A waveguide is a material medium that confines and guides light. When in use, the light source connected to the hub provides light which may be guided to the distal end of the cannula or any other suitable location. Thus, the sheath provides structure-guided illumination resulting in the illumination of the surgical site.
US09504371B2
An endoluminal surgical instrument has first and second steering controls on a handle. A flexible shaft attached to the handle has a distal steerable end including a first link and a second link separated by a plurality of intermediate links. First and second steering elements, such as pairs of steering wires, are linked to first and second steering controls and to the first and second links. One or more of the links is pivotable through an angle of at least 30 degrees relative to an adjoining link. The set back position of the second steering elements from the first steering elements, and the pivoting capability of the links allows the steerable end to be steered into a small bend radius. This makes the instrument highly maneuverable for use in endoluminal surgery, such as incision-less surgery of the stomach.
US09504359B2
A bathroom wall unit includes a molded wall panel formed of a polymer and defining a recessed pocket. A flexible substrate supporting mosaic tiles is illustratively coupled to a rear wall of the recessed pocket. Surface treatment is illustratively provided within linear indentations in the wall panel to simulate grout lines. A corner bracket illustratively includes first and second trios of arms supporting seals and defining first, second, and third recesses for receiving mounting flanges of a pair of wall panels and a locking device of an inner sealing body to provide additional seals with the wall panels.
US09504354B1
A combination barbeque and smoker apparatus, fabricated of stainless steel, which includes an open vessel portion, having a plurality of walls and a floor portion; a cover moveable from an open position to a closed position covering the open end of the vessel to define an enclosed space; a metal grill positioned on the open end of the vessel upon which meat would rest to barbeque or smoke; a continuous pipe positioned in a space between an inner vessel wall and. an outer vessel wall, in a pattern along the rear and side walls of the vessel, the pipe receiving pressurized natural gas from a gas source, such as a pressurized tank; a plurality of openings in the upper wall of the continuous pipe for releasing pressurized gas through the openings; and a device for igniting the gas exiting the openings for defining a source of heat along the length of the pipe into the cover space when the cover is in the closed position for receiving and directing heat downward onto meat resting on the metal grill.
US09504353B1
A Grill including one or more of: (a) Dispenser; (b) Fire Access Door; (c) Cooking Grid Elevator; (d) Ceramic Heat Deflector; (e) Secondary Cooking Grid; and (f) Ceramic Flange as possible components. The Dispenser may include a port opening in the side of the grill sealed by a cap. A Dispenser is adapted for insertion into the port opening and includes a supply shaft. The Dispenser may include a follower rod adapted to advance wood chips or other cooking or smoking mater along the supply shaft. The Fire Access Door is a moving portion of the grids that is hinged via a pivot rod. The Cooking Grid Elevator serves as a raiser bracket that elevates the grids from the surface position of the fire ring. The Ceramic Heat Deflector may also be placed atop the fire ring. The Secondary Cooking Grid may be placed atop the primary cooking grids of the grill thus creating additional grid surface area. The Ceramic Flange, a feature provided by the grill's molding, is located at the top of the grill's ceramic base portion.
US09504345B2
Curtains are provided which have fastener/s and, in some cases, strut/s arranged along a screen. The strut/s extend to elevation/s below and/or above the fastener/s. An upper strut may have a lower degree of stiffness than a lower strut. In some cases, the fastener/s are arranged at least 20 inches from the screen's upper edge. Systems are described which include a disinfection apparatus and any of such curtains. Other systems include any of such curtains attached to an edge of a room divider. Easily assembled and disassembled room dividers are described which include cord/s and/or pole/s, installed or portable device/s for supporting the cords/poles, and fasteners for attaching a curtain to the cords/poles. A disinfection apparatus is described which includes a shield extending to an elevation at least two feet above a germicidal light source and borders at least one third of a continuous region surrounding the germicidal light source.
US09504344B2
Provided is a storage unit for depositing articles for subsequent retrieval. The storage unit includes a plurality of storage compartments with at least one retractable and foldable shelf member within each storage compartment. The storage unit also includes a set of doors configured to cooperate with each other and movable between a closed configuration which disallows access to the plurality of storage compartments and an opened configuration which allows access to the plurality of storage compartments. A control system which includes a computer, a processor board and software is also included with the storage unit. The control system may receive and process an input allowing the set of doors to be moved to an open configuration and may selectively define an access opening between the set of doors for accessing a storage section selected from at least one of the storage compartments.
US09504343B2
A method for operating a feeding device, the feeding device including a feed arm operative to transfer food from a food compartment to a feed position, typically adjacent an individual. The method includes operating the feeding device in a predetermined pattern or sequence to retrieve food from the food compartment. The method uses multiple utensil pathways whereby the feeding device includes an initial utensil pattern or sequence and a subsequent pattern or sequence.
US09504340B2
A food carrier configured for use in decorating, storing, serving and transporting food in a single device. The food carrier includes a turntable base having a body and a rotating member that rotates about a central axis relative to the body, a serving platter configured to removably secure to the turntable base; and a lid configured to engage the turntable base. The turntable base has a plurality of locking mechanisms to secure the rotating member relative to the body. The lid may be lockable to the turntable base by at least one locking mechanism.
US09504322B1
A storage rack with a spring device has a bracket constructed to be fixed to a vertical surface, and a frame oriented substantially parallel to the vertical surface which is pivotably connected to the bracket. The bracket and the frame have one or more attachment locations for pivotably connecting to opposite ends of the spring device. The frame has at least one mounting location for releasably attaching at least one object support. The spring device is constructed to generate a lift force to deploy the frame and an object supported by the at least one object support to a substantially horizontal storage position. The lift force may be tuned by adjusting the connection of the spring device between the pivotable connections with the bracket or the frame.
US09504319B2
An adjustable storage rack configured to support a variety of devices, including valve regulated or flooded lead acid batteries. In one embodiment, the adjustable storage rack includes a series of stanchions, a series of side rails extending between at least two of the stanchions, and a series of end rails extending between two of the side rails. The adjustable storage rack may also include a stanchion adjustment assembly slidably coupling one of the stanchions to one of the side rails. The adjustable storage rack may also include first and second end rail adjustment assemblies. The first end rail adjustment assembly slidably couples a first end portion of one of the end rails to one of the side rails, and the second end rail adjustment assembly slidably couples a second end portion of the end rail to a second one of the side rails.
US09504318B1
An apparatus for providing utility receptacles on a work surface. The apparatus has a housing structure having a pair of sidewalls, a rear wall, a bottom section and a top section that is attached to the sidewalls. The top section includes a central section and at least one bendable tab extending from the central section to a distal end. The central section has at least one opening therein that is sized and shaped to receive a utility receptacle. The central section has a transverse slot along which the bendable tab can be bent with respect to the central section. The bendable tab can be bent 90° with respect to the central section. The bendable tab has at least one transverse slot along which a first portion of the bendable tab can be bent with respect to a second portion of the bendable tab.
US09504316B1
The present disclosure provides a desktop assembly and height adjustment frame mechanism that facilitates height adjustment of a desktop. The desktop assembly and height frame adjustment mechanism includes a desktop assembly having upper and lower platform surfaces; and a frame adjustment mechanism for adjustably supporting the desktop assembly. The frame adjustment mechanism further includes: an upper support frame, including a left upper bracket and a right upper bracket; a base support frame, including a left lower bracket and a right lower bracket; an X-shaped support frame that pivotally connects the upper support frame and the base support frame, wherein the X-shaped support frame further includes a pair of left and right first pivot legs pivotally interconnected at the center to a pair of left and right second pivot legs; a pair of hydraulic cylinders which facilitate raising and lowering the upper and lower platform surfaces; and a pair of locking levers pivotally attached to the upper platform.
US09504313B2
A cover for a dental appliance, such as a toothbrush, includes an exterior sleeve or sheath and an expansible foraminous interior cup. The head of a toothbrush is removably nested within the interior cup. The exterior sheath is formed from a pliable material which may be twisted around the head of a toothbrush to isolate it from the ambient. A disinfectant is disposed within the interior cup either by impregnation thereof or by an additional layer and which is in contact with the bristles of the toothbrush head. The disinfectant is water soluble and is activated by contact with water and/or saliva and absorbs the same when in contact therewith to minimize and/or reduce the redeposition of germs and bacteria when the brush is next used. A dispenser may be utilized therewith which removably stows both a toothbrush and a plurality of the covers.
US09504308B2
Disclosed is a fluid reservoir shell that provides protection for the fluid reservoir of a personal hydration system. The fluid reservoir shell is rigid and does not collapse easily under external pressure. The fluid reservoir shell is sized to contain the fluid reservoir but still fits in a personal hydration system pack. The shell protects the fluid reservoir and prevents the fluid reservoir from leaking due to excessive external pressure. The fluid reservoir shell disclosed includes a shell top piece and a shell bottom piece, which couple together to enclose the bladder of the fluid reservoir. The fluid reservoir shell provides ready access to the fill port and the drink tube of the fluid reservoir when the fluid reservoir is contained in the fluid reservoir shell.
US09504302B2
A hair styling device comprising two jaws, at least one jaw (1) of which having a resiliently mounted heating plate (16) that is allowed to move in such a way, that when the hair styling device is fully closed, both a first maximal gap at a proximal end of the heating plate (16) between the heating plate (16) and a mating element of the other jaw in the absence of a detachable holder (5) with a hair treatment agent, and a second maximal gap at the proximal end of the heating plate (16) between the detachable holder (5) and the mating element of the other jaw in the presence of the detachable holder (5), are within a range of about 1 mm-1.5 mm.
US09504297B2
A foldable chair includes a stick shank, a collar sleeve movable between distal and proximate positions on the stick shank, a carrier sleeved on the stick shank, and a seat unit. The seat unit includes a middle portion pivotally connected to the collar sleeve, and left and right wing portions hinged to the middle portion. When the collar sleeve is displaced from the distal position to the proximate position, the seat unit is convertible from a use state, where middle portion is coplanar with the left and right wing portions, to a collapsed state, where the middle portion is at an included angle with each of the left and right wing portions.
US09504290B2
A walking shoe that senses a fall and urges a user of the shoe to perform movement for fall prevention. When the walker stumbles or almost falls, a microprocessor is activated, based on a sensing signal of a pressure-sensitive sensor that senses a pressure applied to a tread to detect a lifting velocity and/or a lifting amount of the foot based on a detection signal of an acceleration sensor, and when the lifting velocity and/or the lifting amount is lower than a reference value, the microprocessor actuates a stimulator that stimulates a bottom of the foot. At this time, since the user reflexively lifts the foot, the user can avoid stumbling.
US09504285B2
An eyelash holder includes a base and at least one eyelash mount supported on the base. The eyelash holder has a curved lateral side defining an eyelash positioning edge, and includes two holding slots being distal from one another and extending into the eyelash positioning edge.
US09504279B2
An atomizing nozzle of an electronic atomizing inhalator is provided. The inhalator includes a casing body, a closure wall at the opening of the front end of the casing body, a gas-outlet aperture on the closure wall, and a rear closure provided at the opening of the rear end of the casing body. A gas-inlet aperture is in the rear closure. A liquid-container and heater are provided in the cavity formed by the casing body, the closure wall and the rear closure. An airflow-passage connecting to the gas-outlet aperture is provided between the casing body and the liquid-container. A liquid-guiding device closes the liquid-container at the opening of the liquid-container. No liquid-storage medium is provided in the liquid-container. A connection-passage for connecting the airflow-passage and the gas-inlet aperture is provided between the liquid-guiding device and the rear closure. The heater is provided on the top of the rear closure, contacting the lower surface of the liquid-guiding device, with at least part of the heater located in the connection-passage.
US09504277B2
A fog distribution head for a fogging apparatus, which has: a fog inlet, and at least two fog outlets, each suitable for placing the inlet in communication with the outside of the head. The head includes at least two plugs suitable for plugging the respective outlets. Each plug is suitable for plugging a single one of the outlets, the plugs being movably mounted with respect to a frame of the head, independently from one another.
US09504276B2
The present invention relates to a method for reducing the concentration of pathogenic organisms such as Listeria spp. in fermented food products. The method comprises the steps of: (i) providing a food material, (ii) mixing said food material with a starter culture, (iii) mixing the food material with at least one adjunct culture in form of a bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species, (iv) subjecting the mixture provided in step (iii) to a fermentation process, said fermentation process being conducted at conditions that are sub-optimal for growth of the bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species in order to provide a limited acidification and allow for a high production of bacteriocin, and obtain a fermented food product. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of bacteriocin-producing Pediococcus species as an adjunct culture for securing microbial safety of fermented food products.
US09504272B2
Producing soluble oat flour with an increased level of avenanthramides by using enzymes to precondition whole oat flour prior to extrusion.
US09504270B2
Process for removing pesticides from ginkgo biloba extracts, and extracts obtainable by said process
Process for removing pesticides from Ginkgo biloba extracts, which involves submitting an extract obtained by conventional methods to the following steps: a. Liquid-liquid extraction of the extract to obtain a medium polarity fraction containing ginkgo terpenes and pesticides not removable with hexane, and a high polarity fraction containing ginkgo flavone glycosides; b. crystallization from the medium polarity fraction obtained at step a) to give an intermediate with a ginkgolide content of not less than 50%; c. crystallization from the residual solution obtained at step b) to give an intermediate with a bilobalide content of not less than 50%; d. mixing of the high polarity fraction obtained at step a) with the ginkgo terpene intermediate and the bilobalide intermediate obtained at steps b) and c).
US09504265B2
The present invention relates to filling compositions comprising an encapsulated oil, and optionally a free liquid oil. The encapsulated oil comprises at least 40% w/w of a liquid oil encapsulated in a matrix material. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the filling composition and its use in composite food products.
US09504251B2
This disclosure relates to the field of molecules having pesticidal utility against pests in Phyla Arthropoda, Mollusca, and Nematoda, processes to produce such molecules, intermediates used in such processes, pesticidal compositions containing such molecules, and processes of using such pesticidal compositions against such pests. These pesticidal compositions may be used, for example, as acaricides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, and nematicides. This document discloses molecules having the following formula I, or any agriculturally acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, X1, Q, and n are as described herein.
US09504247B2
A cooling system for preserving tissue is disclosed. The cooling system comprises a base member, a temperature control sleeve constructed of a thermally conductive material, and a selectively removable lid member. The base member defines a reservoir and receives the temperature control sleeve. The temperature control sleeve at least partially defines a tissue collector chamber that is configured to receive a tissue collector. The temperature control sleeve is in communication with the reservoir. The reservoir is configured to receive a cooling medium. A slit formed within the tissue collection chamber that is sized to receive a tubing connected to the tissue collector therethrough. The lid member is configured to be selectively attached to the base member, and permit access to a tube mount for the tissue collector when the lid is attached to the base member.
US09504246B2
A snake killing tool includes an outer body and a handle extending into the outer body. The handle retains a blade member at its bottom end. The outer body defines a pair of tines arranged to grasp a snake. The blade member is arranged for sliding movement within the bottom end of the outer body down to abutting contact with the tines. The blade member may be deployed mechanically or manually in a downward direction to sever the head of a snake.
US09504245B2
A deterrent device can include an elongated base having a plurality of spikes coupled to the base that are configured to extend from the base such that the spikes alternate on each side of the base between a lower-angled spike and an upper-angled spike. The base can further include first and second wings that each has a width that is at least twice a width of the base.
US09504244B2
Provided is a system and method for dispensing bait for the monitoring or control of pests. A garbage container includes garbage a storage member and a wheel assembly, which supports the storage member. The wheel assembly includes at least one wheel member and an axle joining the wheel member to the garbage storage member. A bait holding station is located inside the wheel member. Pests may enter the interior of the wheel member through an entrance aperture formed in a wall of the wheel member, such as an axle-engaging portion of the wheel member.
US09504243B1
A rodent trap apparatus includes a mounting assembly connected to a support surface. The mounting assembly includes an access hole. The apparatus includes a canister assembly connected to the mounting assembly. The canister assembly includes a restricting orifice aligned with the access hole. The apparatus includes a lid assembly connected to the canister assembly. The access hole and the restricting orifice allow a rodent to enter the canister assembly but not exit the canister assembly.
US09504228B1
An odor-removing trap system for removal of noxious gases emanating from cat litter boxes. The present invention provides an apparatus including an enclosure for capturing, filtering and removing noxious gases associated with cat waste products. Such gases rise upwardly within the enclosure wherein the gases are trapped and drawn from the enclosure. In one embodiment the gases are urged into an exhaust conduit disposed in fluid (i.e. air) transfer communication with the enclosure and flow to the exterior of the building by convection, air pressure or by vacuum created by a brushless fan motor. Such fan motor is powered by a battery pack or, alternatively, is electrically connected to an AC power source and can be actuated automatically by a motion detector whenever a cat enters the enclosure. In alternative embodiments the noxious gases are drawn through an air filter assembly including an activated charcoal filter element and absorbed therein.
US09504216B2
A squash cultivar, designated squash line PN294, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of squash line PN294, to the plants of squash line PN294 and to methods for producing a squash plant by crossing the squash line PN294 with itself or another squash cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a squash plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic squash plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to squash cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from squash line PN294, to methods for producing other squash cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from squash line PN294 and to the squash plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid squash seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing squash line PN294 with another squash cultivar.
US09504213B2
A sprinkler system is controlled to ensure that a given geographic area receives sufficient watering without being over-watered. The sprinkler system, capable of being programmed to deliver a desired amount of water in accordance with a desired daily watering schedule, is programmed to deliver the desired amount of water every day unless interrupted. Rainfall information is received, and a signal is sent to interrupt the sprinkler system, causing the sprinkler system to: a) follow a predetermined watering schedule when there is no rain, in which case the sprinkler system delivers the desired amount of water following a predetermined number of days, n, without watering, or b) increase n by 1 or more days if the rainfall information indicates at least one significant rain event capable of providing the desired amount of water, and c) return to a) when n expires.
US09504209B2
A spray nozzle for an irrigation sprinkler is provided, where the nozzle includes a constriction having a reduced cross sectional flow area achieved using a plurality of channels.
US09504208B2
A planter system has a base and an insert. The base is to be placed in the ground and includes a top, outwardly extending lip to limit the depth that the planter may be inserted into the ground. The base includes water drainage apertures and an upper channel to direct water into the interior of the base. The insert includes water drainage apertures and preferably at least one vertical channel to direct water from the upper channel along the exterior of the insert and into the base.
US09504197B2
An agricultural tillage implement, including: a frame tube; and a disc blade hanger mounting assembly. The disc blade hanger mounting assembly includes: a disc blade hanger; at least one L-shaped bolt; and an L-shaped clamp, the L-shaped clamp being connected to the at least one L-shaped bolt and clamping the frame tube and the disc blade hanger together by way of the at least one L-shaped bolt.
US09504196B2
A foot rest for a post-hole digger and post-hole diggers using the foot rest are disclosed. The foot rest includes two portions, one attached to each shaft of the post-hole digger. The two portions have structure that allows them to engage one another when the two shafts of the post-hole digger are vertical. The foot rest does not extend beyond the bore diameter of the post-hole digger. Thus, in order to keep the user's feet on the relatively short foot rest, the contact surface of the foot rest may be angled. In some embodiments, the foot rest may be symmetrical, so that either side may be used as the upper surface. A post-hole digger including the foot rests typically includes at least two foot rests, spaced from one another and facing different directions along the shafts of the tool.
US09510488B2
A motor drive unit includes a housing in which a heat sink and at least one electronic component to be cooled by the heat sink are disposed. An end of the heat sink which is opposite to the electronic component is inclined relative to a horizontal plane so as to prevent a cutting fluid dropping from the heat sink from falling onto another electronic component located below the heat sink.
US09510484B1
A system that includes four racks arranged in a cruciform arrangement having a center, when viewed from above. Each rack has a front and a rear, with the rear of each rack facing the center of the cruciform arrangement. Each rack includes at least two electronic components, a cooling system connected to the rack and arranged to draw cool air into the rack to cool the electronic components and expel hot air from the rack via the rear of the rack, a panel movable from a first position not blocking the rear of an adjacent rack to a second position blocking the rear of the adjacent rack, and a rail system connected to the rack and for moving the rack from an operating position forward to a non-operating position.
US09510479B2
A self-contained fluid-cooled electro-optical plug in type module capable of being exchangeably mounted in an external chassis incorporates electronic or electro-optical devices mounted on one or more interposers which provide electrical power and electric and optical signal connections to the devices and are also provided with fluid conduits through which a cooling fluid is circulated in a closed-loop cooling path to a heat exchanger for transferring the heat generated in the devices to external heat disposal equipment in the mounting chassis.
US09510477B1
A server includes a chassis, a protecting component and at least one power supply. The chassis includes a case, a cover and a lid. The cover is disposed on the case to form at least one accommodating space, and the lid is detachably disposed on the case and covers the cover. The protecting component is assembled on the cover and includes a pressed sheet spring and a first blocking sheet spring. Both the pressed sheet spring and the first blocking sheet spring includes a bending section, and the bending sections are separated apart. The two sheet springs are fastened to the cover to form a fastening part, and the two sheet springs are connected to each other to form a movable part. The two sheet springs move simultaneously when the movable part is moved relative to the cover. The power supply is removably disposed in the accommodating space.
US09510476B2
A server includes a housing having a server-module storage space, a power source disposed in the rear side inside the housing, and a pair of server modules having horizontally symmetrical and vertically reversible shapes. When a pair of server modules is properly inserted into the housing of a server, they can receive electric power from the power source via connectors. Even when a pair of server modules is vertically reversed and inserted into the housing of a server, it is possible to secure electrical connection between the power source and the vertically reversed server modules. An erroneous insertion preventing measure is applied to the server-module storage space and a back panel fixed to a riser card, attached to each server module, so as to prevent erroneous insertion of server modules into the housing of a server. This may establish compatibility and standardization between server modules for use in servers.
US09510470B2
An article includes a flexible electronic component and a flexible support coupled to the flexible electronic component. The flexible support is configured to support the flexible electronic component but also limit local bending of the flexible component. The flexible support defines a plurality of hinge points configured to facilitate movement of the article. The plurality of hinge points are positioned such that the article has a desired bending range.
US09510469B2
Provided is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display panel for displaying an image, a back cover mounted on a rear surface of the display panel, and a curvature adjustment unit mounted on the rear surface of the back cover to adjustment a curvature of the back cover according to user's manual manipulation.
US09510462B2
A method for fabricating a circuit board structure is provided. The method includes providing a first circuit board and a second circuit board, wherein the area of the second circuit board is less than the area of the first circuit board. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are combined by a surface mount technology to form the circuit board structure having a portion with a different number of layers.
US09510453B2
A package carrier suitable for carrying at least a chip is provided. The package carrier includes an insulating layer, a patterned circuit layer, a plurality of conductive connection structures, a plurality of pads, a solder resist layer and a surface treatment layer. The insulating layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The patterned circuit layer is embedded in the second surface and has a bonding surface. The second surface and the bonding surface are coplanar, and the patterned circuit layer comprises at least one die pad. The conductive connection structures are embedded in the insulating layer and connected to the patterned circuit layer. The pads are disposed on the first surface and connected to the conductive connection structures respectively. The solder resist layer is disposed on the second surface, and the surface treatment layer is disposed on the bonding surface.
US09510450B2
A printed wiring board includes a insulation layer, a first conductive layer embedded into first surface of the insulation layer and having surface exposed on the first surface of the insulation layer, a second conductive layer formed on second surface of the insulation layer and protruding from the second surface of the insulation layer, a via penetrating through the insulation layer and electrically connecting the first and second conductive layers, a solder-resist layer covering the first conductive layer and having an opening structure forming an exposed structure of the first conductive layer, and a metal layer formed on the exposed structure and protruding from the first surface of the insulation layer. The exposed structure of the first conductive layer includes pads positioned to mount an electronic component to the first conductive layer, and the metal layer has a solder layer formed on the metal layer and having a flat surface.
US09510439B2
Systems and methods described herein provide for a circuit board having multiple fault containment regions therein. The circuit board includes a first fault containment region defined, at least in part, by first and second metal layers coupled to ground. The first fault containment region includes a first signal layer between the first and second metal layers, a third metal layer between the first and second metal layers, the third metal layer connected to the first signal layer to provide a return path for the first signal layer, and a fourth metal layer between the first and second metal layers, the fourth metal layer connected to the first signal layer to provide power to the first signal layer. The circuit board also includes a second fault containment region in a plurality of layers below the first fault containment region.
US09510432B2
The present invention provides a method of monitoring the operation of a radiation source fuel droplet stream generator comprising a fuel-containing capillary and a piezo-electric actuator (500). The method comprises analyzing the resonance frequency spectrum of a system comprising the fuel-containing capillary and the piezo-electric actuator in particular to look for changes in the resonance frequencies of the acoustic system which may be indicative of a change in the properties of the system requiring investigation.
US09510431B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method of automatically balancing ionized air stream created in bipolar corona discharge is provided. The method comprises: providing an air moving device with at least one ion emitter and reference electrode connected to a micro-pulsed AC power source, and a control system with at least one ion balance monitor and corona discharge adjustment control; generating variable polarity groups of short duration ionizing micro-pulses: wherein said micro-pulses are predominantly asymmetric in amplitude and duration of both polarity voltages and have a magnitude of at least one polarity ionizing pulses exceed the corona threshold.
US09510425B1
Disclosed is an LED bulb having a current-compensated driving circuit. A compensation current 352 is coupled to a main driving capacitor used to power LEDs and functions to keep the load current more constant. This has dual advantages of saving power and making the light output more uniform. Saving power also means that the circuit runs cooler than without compensation. Additionally this circuit includes an inductor placed in line with a driving capacitor. The inductor functions to reduce rapid current influx to the capacitor during operation of the driving circuit, which reduces EMF and reduces component stress. One benefit of using an inductor is that most of the current absorbed by the inductor is provided back to the circuit during a later portion of the AC cycle, which also limits energy losses by the driving circuit.
US09510417B2
A voltage conversion unit including a coil and a first switch converts an AC voltage into a first voltage, which is a DC voltage, by controlling the first switch to be on in an on-pulse period of a first drive signal. A constant current drive unit is supplied with the first voltage and generates a drive current Id having a current value according to light control information. An LED control unit compares brightness based on the light control information and reference brightness, generates a first drive signal based on an error between the first voltage and a target voltage representing a target of the first voltage, when the brightness is higher than the reference brightness, and generates the first drive signal having a predetermined fixed on-pulse period when the brightness is lower than the reference brightness.
US09510400B2
An LED-based replacement light includes a plurality of LEDs, an LED controller for operating the LEDs, a user input interface in communication with the LED controller, a housing for the LEDs, the LED controller and the user input interface, and a connector disposed at an end of the housing and shaped for connection with a light socket. The LED controller establishes different operating states for the LEDs that include only a limited number of discrete ON states. The user input interface is configured to receive user input, and in response to the user input, activate the LED controller to operate the LEDs according to one of the different operating states.
US09510398B1
Induction heating apparatus are disclosed herein. An example induction heating apparatus disclosed herein includes a housing and a susceptor wire positioned in the housing. The susceptor wire is composed of a material having a relatively high magnetic permeability and a relatively high electrical resistivity sufficient to induce an eddy current in the susceptor wire when a magnetic field is applied to the susceptor wire via an induction source. The magnetic field generates the eddy current in the susceptor wire when a temperature of the susceptor wire is below a Curie point of the material of the susceptor wire. The susceptor wire limits heating to a temperature that is equal to or less than a Curie temperature associated with the material of the susceptor wire.
US09510394B2
Enhanced safety for electrical appliance, such as toaster, toaster ovens or rotisseries, is provided by a circuit arrangement which removes power from all or a portion of the appliance upon detection of potentially dangerous conditions as well as activating a visual or audible alarm. The circuit arrangement includes sensors and circuitry for detecting various types of dangerous or hazardous conditions.
US09510385B2
Examples to establish a connection between wireless-enabled devices involve collecting first biophysical signal data via a first wireless-enabled device, using the first biophysical signal data as a key to decrypt encrypted information received from a second wireless-enabled device to recover first information, and establishing a wireless connection between the first wireless-enabled device and the second wireless-enabled device based on a comparison of the first information and second information stored in the first wireless-enabled device.
US09510379B2
The present invention is an information processing apparatus which obtains identification information of an electronic device and makes communication with the electronic device via a network based on the identification information. When a portable telephone (11) is placed on an input display section (2) of a personal computer (1), a reader/writer built in the personal computer (1) reads a telephone number of the portable telephone (11) stored in an RF tag built in the portable telephone (11). Based on the telephone number, a telephone line is connected between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1). Data is interchanged between the portable telephone (11) and the personal computer (1) via the telephone line.
US09510372B2
A method and apparatus for establishing a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A first device may establish the D2D connection with a second device. The first device only knows information on neighbor devices of the first device, and a network does not know the information on neighbor devices of the first device. The first device determines whether to establish the D2D connection with the second device or not, based on at least one of a proximity between the first device and the second device based on a profile of the second device obtained through a neighbor discovery procedure, a presence of data to be transmitted to the second device, and a preference for the D2D connection of the first device.
US09510369B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for sensing and/or transmission coverage adaptation using interference information. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include determining, at a node, a degree of interference at the node; receiving, at the node, at least one message from at least one neighboring node, the at least one message including another degree of interference observed at the at least one neighboring node; and adjusting, by the node based on the degree of interference at the node and the at least another degree of interference, at least one of a receiver sensitivity of the node, a clear channel assessment detection range of the node, or a transmit power of the node. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US09510365B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of receiving scheduling information for data transmission in a first uplink subframe, and transmitting uplink data based on the scheduling information. The uplink data transmission period includes the first uplink subframe, and further includes, if the second subframe immediately before the first uplink subframe is a subframe including a downlink period, a guard period and an uplink period, and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, an uplink period of a second subframe.
US09510360B2
A system and method for coordinated scheduling of a telecom device to avoid multiplexing of control signaling and data signaling is disclosed. The method includes defining a round trip time for signaling transmissions. The method further includes allocating the signal transmissions and signal retransmissions for uplink transmissions which are directed by a first scheduling mode and downlink transmissions which are directed by a second scheduling mode to take place in a subframe time position where control signaling transmissions are not being transmitted in subframes where data transmissions and retransmissions are being transmitted. This system and method are particularly useful for telecommunication devices in power limited situations.
US09510358B2
A method (200) for a controlling node of a cell (110) in a cellular system, the method comprising (205) the use of Radio Link Control Acknowledged Mode, RLC AM, and scheduling (210) transmissions in the downlink and uplink directions to/from User Equipments, UEs (115, 120, 125), in the cell (110). The scheduling comprises taking into account a priority which each UE has for its transmissions, and counting (215) the number of scheduled transmissions for a UE in a first of said directions since its latest scheduled transmission in the other of said directions. If (220) the count has reached a predetermined value, the priority of the UE in the other of said directions is increased (225), and when (230) the UE has been scheduled for a transmission in said other direction, the counting in said first direction is restarted (235) from an initial value.
US09510356B2
There is proposed a mechanism for controlling communications conducted in multiple frequency bands, in particular for controlling interference caused by intermodulation distortion. When the UE obtains information that an interference caused by an intermodulation distortion produced by a set of first communications performed on at least a first and a second frequency and a second communication performed on a third frequency is present, an indication to the eNB for indicating that an interference situation caused by intermodulation distortion exists. The eNB receiving this indication is enabled to acquire parameters related to the interference situation caused by the intermodulation distortion, and to control, on the basis of the acquired parameters, a communication with the UE by changing communication properties for reducing the interference caused by intermodulation distortion.
US09510347B2
In one embodiment, a particular node operates a distributed routing protocol in a shared-media communication network, and distributes timeslot allocations using the routing protocol, where the particular node as a parent node allocates a pool of timeslots available to child nodes of the parent node. The parent node specifically allocates particular timeslots from the pool to particular child nodes according to particular flows from a source to a target in the shared-media communication network in order to meet a defined time budget for a resultant time-synchronized path from the source to the target.
US09510342B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and device for transmitting and receiving a downlink control channel for controlling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting a downlink control channel from a base station to a terminal, and the method may comprise: a step of determining whether a downlink subframe is of a first type or a second type; and a step in which if the downlink subframe is of the first type, the number of OFDM symbols for transmitting the downlink control channel is set to a preset value (N), and the downlink control channel is transmitted using N OFDM symbols.
US09510338B2
A data transmission method and a data transmission device are disclosed. A method for receiving control data by a terminal can comprise the steps of demodulating downlink control information (DCI) including an assignment flag and downlink (DL) resource allocation; and demodulating physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) data by using the DL resource allocation, wherein when the PDSCH data is demodulated on the basis of a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS), the assignment flag indicates information on a reference signal (RS) used for the demodulation of the PDSCH data or information on a PDSCH transmission antenna port.
US09510333B2
A method for resource allocation, method for channel state information transmission, base station and user equipment. Wherein the method for resource allocation includes: determining, by a base station, that it is necessary for a UE to report aperiodic CSI of relevant downlink CCs; and allocating, by the base station, corresponding resources to the UE according to the number of the relevant downlink CCs. The base station allocates corresponding resources to the UE in accordance with the number of relevant downlink CCs, resource allocation is flexible, and the transmission of UCI in case of multiple carriers is supported.
US09510328B2
Disclosed are methods for allowing a wireless communication device (or “user equipment” or “UE”) to receive signaling information when there is a power imbalance between a primary cell (“Pcell”) and a New Carrier Type (“NCT”) secondary cell (“Scell”). In one aspect, the UE reduces its downlink bandwidth to cover only a carrier of the Pcell, receives control signaling information, if present, and then increases its bandwidth to cover carriers of both the Pcell and Scell.
US09510326B2
The present invention relates to a method for a terminal to transmit acknowledgement information in a wireless communication system including: determining whether the transmission of a scheduling request is set in one uplink subframe, where acknowledgement information on downlink transmission in a downlink subframe set including M(M≧1) downlink subframes is to be transmitted; and transmitting the acknowledgement information by using a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) format and the resource. Here, if there is no Semi-Persistent Scheduling releasing Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the downlink subframe set, if the acknowledgement information corresponds to only one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) indicated by the detection of a corresponding PDCCH received on only a Primary Cell in the downlink subframe set, and if a Downlink Assignment Index value of the PDCCH is 1, the acknowledgement information and the scheduling request may be transmitted using PUCCH format 1b.
US09510306B2
An apparatus may include a set of transceivers comprising three or more transceivers each operable to communicate via a wireless communications standard different from each other transceiver and a driver to output an enable signal when a first transceiver of the set of transceivers is active. The apparatus may also include a processor circuit and a real-time frame synchronization module operable on the processor circuit to receive a first frame synchronization input signal to delineate first receive and first transmit periods of a radio frame of a first transceiver of the set of transceivers, and to generate a frame synchronization signal to align receive and transmit periods of each of a multiplicity of additional transceivers of the set of transceivers to the respective first receive and first transmit periods of the first transceiver. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09510305B2
An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.
US09510303B2
The present invention discloses a method. The method includes: receiving, through N receive channels, N signals sent by a transmit end, where the N signals include a channel estimation sequence; determining a total receive power of an ith receive channel; determining a channel matrix according to a received channel estimation sequence; determining a useful receive power of the ith receive channel according to the channel matrix and the total receive power of the ith receive channel; determining, according to the channel matrix and a receive power that is required by single-channel communication, a receive power required by the ith receive channel; and sending a power adjustment message to the transmit end if the useful receive power of the ith receive channel does not match the receive power required by the ith receive channel, so that the transmit end adjusts a transmit power of an ith signal.
US09510300B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling uplink transmission power in a wireless communication system. A terminal transmits a random access preamble in a secondary cell, and receives a random access response in a primary cell. The terminal determines a transmission power for an uplink channel transmitted in the second cell based on the transmit power command (TPC) within the random access response.
US09510298B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device, and a system for transmitting data based on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). The method includes: adjusting, according to current physical resources, a channel quality indicator (CQI) fed back by a terminal to obtain an adjusted CQI and determining an initial transmit power corresponding to the adjusted CQI; calculating an optimum number NRV of redundant versions (RVs) according to a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain, the adjusted CQI, and a requirement on quality of service of the terminal; adjusting the initial transmit power according to the optimum number of RVs and the adjusted CQI; and using NRV transmit time intervals (TTIs) and the adjusted transmit power to transmit NRV RVs of a transport block (TB) to the terminal. The embodiments of the present invention further provide a base station, a terminal, and a system for transmitting data.
US09510292B2
Systems and methods of limiting wireless discovery range. A transmitting device may limit wireless discovery range by adjusting one or more transmission attributes of a discovery message, measuring inter-device distance based on range determination messages, or any combination thereof. A receiving device may limit wireless discovery range based on one or more attributes of a received discovery message, measuring inter-device distance based on range determination messages, or any combination thereof. Discovery messages may include a range adaptation bit indicating whether range adaptation is to be performed.
US09510279B2
An intelligent multiple access communication (MAC) control apparatus and method are disclosed. The intelligent MAC control apparatus includes a connection control unit, a resource management unit, a session control unit, a flow control unit, and a determination unit. The connection control unit connects at least one Radio Access Technology (RAT) and a wireless network. The resource management unit collects RAT information including information about available resources and radio state of the RAT. The session control unit checks the QoS of at least one connection target service. The flow control unit determines the priority of the connection target service, and selects a preferential connection target service. The determination unit determines a connection RAT for performing the preferential connection target service based on the QoS and the RAT information.
US09510271B2
Systems, methods, and devices for address format detection are described herein. In one aspect, a method of detecting whether an addressing format is supported by an access point on a wireless network is disclosed. The method includes transmitting a request to an access point using an addressing format including a source address field and a separate transmitter address field. In some aspects, the request may be an address resolution protocol (ARP) request or an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) ping request. The request includes the source address field set to a first address and the transmitter address field set to a second address; monitoring transmissions of the access point to determine whether the access point transmits a response to the request that includes a destination address equal to the first address; and determining whether the access point supports the addressing format based on the monitoring.
US09510270B2
An apparatus and a method for managing beacon messaging period in a vehicular communication provide adaptive control on beacon messaging period by using packet delivery ratio (PDR) which is measured.
US09510267B2
A data sending method of a terminal, including sending a data frame to a relay, where the data frame includes a relay information bit, the relay information bit identifies whether the relay needs to forward the data frame, and if the relay information bit indicates that the relay needs to forward the data frame, the data frame is forwarded to an access point by the relay; and receiving a response message of the access point, where the response message is used indicates that the data frame is correctly received by the access point.
US09510251B2
A continual learning process is applied to a class of risk estimate-based algorithms and associated risk thresholds used for deciding when to initiate a handoff between different types of network connections that are available to a mobile device having telephony functionality. The process is implemented as a virtuous loop providing ongoing tuning and adjustment to improve call handoff algorithms and risk thresholds so that handoffs can be performed with the goals of minimizing dropped calls and unacceptable degradation in call quality as well as avoiding premature handoffs. Device characteristics, environmental context, connection measurements, and outcomes of call handoff decisions are crowd-sourced from a population of mobile devices into a cloud-based handoff decision enabling service. The service evaluates potentially usable handoff decision algorithms and risk thresholds against archived crowd-sourced data to determine how they would have performed in real world situations and delivers improved algorithms and risk thresholds to the mobile devices.
US09510247B2
A mobile communication system comprises: at least one terminal; a source base station to which the terminal is connected before movement of the terminal; a target base station to which the terminal is connected after the movement; a gateway device that connects the source base station and the target base station to a core network; and a core network node provided in the core network, wherein: the gateway device determines by itself, or makes query to the core network node to determine whether or not to preferentially treat the terminal by the target base station when the terminal moves from the source base station to the target base station; and the gateway device notifies to the target base station preferential information indicative of whether or not to preferentially treat the terminal by the target base station.
US09510244B2
A method for operating of a terminal in a communication system is provided. The method includes receiving first information for cell reselection, reconfiguring an expiration time of a cycle of a timer of the terminal based on the received first information for cell reselection, and determining second information for cell reselection at the reconfigured expiration time of the cycle of the timer of the terminal for cell reselection.
US09510241B2
A carrier selection method and a base station are provided and are applied to the field of communications technologies. The carrier selection method includes: obtaining load status information corresponding to a control channel of a first base station on each carrier, where the load status information is used for indicating a load amount of the control channel; selecting, according to the load status information, from multiple carriers corresponding to the first base station, a carrier corresponding to a control channel with a relatively small load amount as an operational carrier for a second base station or a primary cell carrier for a user equipment served by the second base station. Carrier selection is implemented.
US09510232B2
Methods and computing systems for determining a committed information rate for a plurality of cell sites are described. Data associated with throughput of combined voice and data traffic communicated between a core network and the plurality of cellular sites is received. An oversubscription ratio for the committed information rate is determined based on a predetermined service outage threshold and a plurality of peak throughput values of the combined voice and data traffic over a plurality of time periods. An oversubscribed committed information rate for the plurality of cellular sites is determined based on the oversubscription ratio.
US09510223B2
Systems and methods for correcting frequency error in a received signal include: receiving a satellite signal, the satellite signal having a bandwidth and a center frequency; determining the profile of the satellite signal; computing the center frequency of the satellite signal based on the profile of the received signal; and generating a reference signal at the computed center frequency. The systems and methods may further include computing a center frequency of each of a plurality of satellite signals based on the computed center frequency. Determining the profile may include sweeping a tuner above and below a given reference frequency; measuring the received signal strength during the sweeping operation; and determining the profile based on the received signal strength.
US09510209B2
Techniques for providing a small cell deployment plan are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for providing a small cell deployment plan. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured to determine a time period in which network congestion is experienced within a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may also be configured to receive measurement data from mobile communications devices of users within the mobile communications network at or around the time period. The one or more processors may further be configured to assess performance of the mobile communications network based upon the measurement data. The one or more processors may also be configured to perform simulation analysis to determine impact of placing an additional base station at one or more locations with the mobile communications network. The one or more processors may additionally be configured to provide a recommendation for deployment of one or more base stations based on the simulation analysis.
US09510208B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one example, a sequence may be determined based on at least one of: an operator identifier associated with an operator using a spectrum or a clear channel assessment (CCA) slot index associated with the operator using the spectrum. At least one channel based on the determined sequence may be used to communicate over the spectrum.
US09510206B2
A spectrum resource reconfiguration method is disclosed. The method includes: after spectrum resource configuration is triggered, a spectrum resource configuration decision is generated, and spectrum resources are configured to a to-be-configured link according to the configuration decision. Also disclosed are a spectrum resource reconfiguration device and system for implementing the method. In the disclosure, a spectrum resource Database (DB) is set and stores currently available spectrum resources and used spectrum resources. In this way, when insufficient spectrum resources occur on some links or spectrum resources are unavailable, a system may configure corresponding spectrum resources to the links according to currently available spectrum resources, so that it is ensured that the links with insufficient spectrum resources have available resources, thereby ensuring development of as many services as possible. By means of the technical solution of the disclosure, the use of spectrum resources is more reasonable, all spectrum resources may be fully utilized instead of being limited to specific spectrum resources, thereby maximally utilizing the spectrum resources.
US09510197B2
An electronic equipment comprises a sensor circuit operative to measure at least one electrical property of a user at a plurality of frequencies to thereby capture frequency-resolved electrical characteristics of the user. The electronic equipment comprises a processing circuit operative to perform a comparison between the frequency-resolved electrical characteristics of the user and reference characteristics to authenticate the user. The processing circuit is operative to perform an unlocking operation based on a result of the comparison.
US09510196B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for authenticating a user on a mobile device. The method may include initiating authentication of the user for access to the mobile device, where access to the mobile device is granted upon successful authentication of the user by the mobile device. The method may also include performing face recognition analysis on an image of a face of the user to determine an identity of the user. Furthermore, the method may also include determining whether a first pulse information and a second pulse information associated with the user indicate a pulse match. The method may also include authenticating the user for access to the mobile device when a pulse match is determined and the determined identity of the user has permission to access the mobile device.
US09510188B2
Methods may be provided to operate a wireless device including memory with dummy subscription information stored therein. Such methods may include transmitting an attach request message over a radio interface to a mobile communication network, wherein the attach request message includes the dummy subscription information. After transmitting the attach request message, active subscription information for the mobile communication network may be received over the radio interface, wherein the active subscription information is different than the dummy subscription information. In addition, the active subscription information for the mobile communication network may be stored in memory.
US09510187B2
A cellular telephone, system and method are provided which are capable of transferring a portion of or an entire telephone directory consisting of a plurality of telephone numbers to another cellular telephone via a remote central station. The remote central station receives the telephone directory and stores the same in memory for either temporary or permanent storage. The telephone directory can then be transferred from the remote central station to the same or another cellular telephone for storing the telephone directory within a memory of the cellular telephone. An individual, a company, or other entity, utilizing the remote central station, in order to store and transfer a telephone directory from a cellular telephone to the same cellular telephone or to at least another cellular telephone, pays a fee to at least one operator of the remote central station for providing and/or performing the receiving, storing and transferring services.
US09510182B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for onboarding users of devices newly enrolled with a remote service. According to various embodiments described herein, a computing environment operated by an enterprise can be employed to disable a function of a client device owned or operated by a user. The computing environment is employed to determine a role of the user. Content to be presented on the client device can be determined based at least in part on the role of the user. In response to a determination that the content has been presented to, viewed, and/or consumed by the user of the client device, the computing environment may remotely enable the previously disabled function of the client device.
US09510181B2
A telecommunication device configured to capture an image of a unique identifier or a data representation code is described herein. The unique identifier or data representation code is associated with a subscriber identification module (SIM) for accessing a telecommunication service of a telecommunication service provider. The telecommunication device is further configured to provide the image or data extracted from the image to a remote activation server of the telecommunication service provider and receive, in response, an indication that the telecommunication service has been activated for the SIM.
US09510178B2
A method for a fallback core network node within core network nodes for a first mobile terminated call towards a mobile subscriber initially assigned to a failing ore network node (failing CNN). The method includes receiving data associated to International Mobile Subscriber Identity and Location Area Identifier (LAI) of a mobile subscriber handled in the failing CNN. The method includes receiving a service request from a home location register (HLR), whereby the service request indicates that the fallback CNN is acting as a fallback CNN for the failing CNN, and sending a response to the service request towards the HLR comprising the roaming Number assigned by the fallback CNN. The method includes initiating a paging request towards the radio network comprising said received LAI of said mobile subscriber, and sending a Service Request towards the HLR comprising the Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network Number of the mobile subscriber.
US09510177B2
A method and apparatus for neighbor discovery in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A neighbor seeking wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may send a first beacon based on configuration information provided by the network. The neighbor WTRUs receive the first beacon and may send either a report to the network or send a second beacon to the neighbor seeking WTRU. The network may then provide neighbor WTRU information to the neighbor seeking WTRU. The neighbor discovery may be performed within a pre-defined group of WTRUs that is formed based on proximity to the WTRU and/or an attribute of the WTRU. The neighbor discovery procedure may be performed to find neighbor WTRUs in case where a WTRU fails to find any network. A neighbor list may be generated by the neighbor seeking WTRU by measuring reference signals transmitted by neighbor WTRUs on an uplink to the network.
US09510174B2
The present invention relates to a method for emergency message broadcasting of vehicular wherein transfers emergency message to peripheral vehicles in regards to vehicular communication network method of IEEE 802.11p/WAVE communication standard base. Emergency message broadcasting method according to the present invention features in promptly transferring emergency message to peripheral vehicles even when vehicles are in access to different channels in SCH (Service Channel) interval according to multiple channel operation wherein defined by IEEE 1609.4 of WAVE communication standard.
US09510165B2
A system and method for supporting multiple simultaneous connections to different access networks for use in Push-to-talk-over-Cellular (PoC). One or more servers interface to a plurality of wireless communications networks to perform advanced voice services for mobile units therein, including the PoC call session. The servers and mobile units communicate with each other using control messages, and the servers switch voice frames between the mobile units. At least one of the servers manages the PoC call session by acting as an arbitrator, and controls the sending of the control messages and the voice frames to and from the mobile units. At least one of the mobile units and at least one of the servers use multiple simultaneous connections to the plurality of wireless communications networks to communicate with each other.
US09510159B1
A method includes receiving one or more messages including a first message from a first mobile device. The first mobile device is wearable. Based at least in part on the first message, the first mobile device is associated with a first user. Steering wheel movement data during a first time period and movement data from the first mobile device during the first time period are also received. Based on the steering wheel movement data and the first mobile device movement data, it is determined that the first user occupies a vehicle driver seat.
US09510151B2
To improve convenience of a function of rearranging and conveying information registered in an address book. A mobile phone, if any one of users registered in an address book is selected, obtains location information of a mobile phone owned by the selected user from a location search server. The mobile phone, by comparing location information of a home or an office of the selected user registered in the address book and the location information of the mobile phone obtained from the location search server, decides an indication sequence of plural communication addresses registered in the address book for the selected user.
US09510143B2
A software LBS trigger is initiated by a wireless device to request a set of proximate location information points relating to, e.g., points of interest, location tagged blogs, etc., based on the user's current location. The LBS trigger may be initiated when the user moves, and may include speed of the user to define a proximate area within which the user's device will be presented with relevant location information upon reaching. The size of the proximate area may be based on available memory in the wireless device, and/or on network bandwidth limitations. If walking, a smaller proximate area is defined, or if moving fast, the area of close proximity is larger. The location-based information points are stored locally on the user's device, and presentation to the user when the user gets closely proximate to the relevant information point.
US09510140B2
A method and system for configuring a mobile computing device to a docking station using near field communication is disclosed. A mobile computing device may scan an NFC tag integrated with the docking station to gather docking-station information. This docking-station information may be used by the mobile computing device to (i) configure its interface connector to match the docking connector, (ii) establish a communication link with the docking station and/or a host computer connected to the docking station, or (iii) authenticate the docking station to the mobile computing device or vice versa.
US09510138B2
In at least some embodiments, a communication device includes a transceiver with a physical (PHY) layer. The PHY layer is configured for body area network (BAN) operations in a limited multipath environment based on a constant symbol rate for BAN packet transmissions and based on M-ary PSK, differential M-ary PSK or rotated differential M-ary PSK modulation. The PHY layer is configured to transmit and receive data in a frequency band selected from the group consisting of: 402-405 MHz, 420-450 MHz, 863-870 MHz, 902-928 MHz, 950-956 MHz, 2360-2400 MHz, and 2400-2483.5 MHz.
US09510135B2
The present disclosure provides a device, system and method to present electronic content on a first mobile electronic device in communication and configured to receive electronic content from a second electronic device.
US09510126B2
A sound field control device according to the present disclosure includes a display target object position information acquisition unit for acquiring position information of a viewer from information obtained by imaging, and a virtual sound source position control unit for controlling a virtual sound source position on the basis of the position information. Thus, it becomes possible to optimally adjust virtual sound source reproduction in consideration of size or orientation of a head. Accordingly, it becomes possible to provide a sound field without unnatural feeling to viewers.
US09510124B2
A sound enhancement system (SES) that can enhance reproduction of sound emitted by headphones and other sound systems. The SES improves sound reproduction by simulating a desired sound system without including unwanted artifacts typically associated with simulations of sound systems. The SES facilitates such improvements by transforming sound system outputs through a set of one or more sum and cross filters, where such filters have been derived from a database of known direct and indirect head-related transfer functions (HRTFs).
US09510122B2
A calibration system built in an electronic device with noise suppression is provided. The calibration system includes a first audio receiving module, a second audio receiving module and a correction module. The correction module corrects an adjustment value of the first audio receiving module and the second audio receiving module. The adjustment value is for adjusting gains of audio received results of the first audio receiving and second audio receiving.
US09510109B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone device is provided in the present disclosure. The MEMS microphone device includes a first electromagnetic shielding cover defining a first accommodating space; a second electromagnetic shielding cover received in the first accommodating space and defining a second accommodating space; a MEMS chip and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) chip received in the second accommodating space. The first electromagnetic shielding cover and the second electromagnetic shielding cover cooperatively provide dual electromagnetic shielding protection for the MEMS chip and the ASIC chip.
US09510105B2
Provided is an electronic device including a housing and an acoustic device configured to generate vibration sound that is transmitted through vibration of a part of a human body. The acoustic device includes a panel configured to be joined to the housing; a piezoelectric element configured to be joined to the panel for vibrating the panel; and a vibration adjusting unit configured to be joined to the panel and vibrated together with the panel by the piezoelectric element. With the above configuration, a frequency characteristic is improved.
US09510099B2
Provided is a speaker device with which high strength can be obtained for the connection between an outer peripheral region of an edge and an attachment part of a frame, even while reducing a size of the speaker device without sacrificing a breadth of a diaphragm and the edge. This speaker device (10, 20, 30) includes: a diaphragm (11, 21) that radiates sound; an edge (12, 22, 32) arranged in an outer periphery of the diaphragm (11, 21); a frame (13, 33) arranged in an outer periphery of the edge (12, 22, 32) and including an annular attachment part (13a, 33a) connected to an outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) of the edge (12, 22, 32); and an annular connecting member (17) arranged between the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a) and adhered to the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b) and the attachment part (13a, 33a). A width of the connecting member (17) is greater than a width of the outer peripheral region (12b, 22b, 32b), and an inner diameter of the connecting member is less than an inner diameter of the edge (12, 22, 32).
US09510097B1
An electronic device and a waterproof sheet thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a housing having a sound guiding opening, a sound unit assembled inside the housing and positioned with the sound guiding opening, and a waterproof sheet covering the sound guiding opening and including a waterproof foam layer and a waterproof double-sided adhesive layer. The waterproof foam layer includes an outer side surface and an inner side surface. The waterproof double-sided adhesive layer includes a waterproof foam member, first and second waterproof adhesive side surfaces adapted to two surfaces of the waterproof foam member. The first waterproof adhesive side surface is bonded to the inner side surface. The waterproof double-sided adhesive layer further includes a central through hole passing through the waterproof double-sided adhesive layer and positioned with the sound guiding opening. The second waterproof adhesive side surface is bonded to the outer surface of the housing.
US09510076B2
Disclosed is a waterproof earphone structure including a main body with a rear cavity and a front cavity for installing a waterproof module and a shielding module respectively, and a speaker body installed in the main body. The waterproof module includes first and second waterproof elements installed in the rear and front cavities of the main body respectively. This structure not just allows users to sense external sounds only, but also improves low-frequency noise interference and water-resistance. Since the first and second waterproof elements are formed with pores having a diameter smaller than 0.6 mm and arranged apart from one another, external low-frequency noises are suppressed. Further, the effect of surface tension prevents water from entering into waterproof devices or soaking the interior of the earphone. Users enjoy good sound quality since the sound is transmitted through the pores. In addition, the shielding module provides an anti-dust effect.
US09510074B2
A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) optical sensor including an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall and a sidewall connecting the top wall and the bottom wall. The sensor further including a compliant membrane positioned within the enclosure, which is configured to vibrate in response to an acoustic wave and having a grating formed therein. A reflector is formed directly on an inner surface of one of the bottom wall or the top wall of the enclosure. A light emitter is positioned within the enclosure along a side of the compliant membrane opposite the reflector, the light emitter is configured to transmit a laser light toward the grating and the reflector. A light detector is positioned along the side of the compliant membrane opposite the reflector, the light detector configured to detect an interference pattern of the laser light, which is indicative of an acoustic vibration of the compliant membrane.
US09510073B2
An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include a body including an outlet and an audio collecting device provided on one side of the outlet, the audio collecting device including a microphone that collects audio input. The audio collecting device may include a housing body including an opening in which the microphone is installed, a housing cover provided on one side of the housing body, and a noise insulation space defined by the housing body and the housing cover. The microphone may be received in the noise insulation space.
US09510066B2
Disclosed are apparatus and related methodologies for transmitting data related to utility conditions between monitoring locations and a central and/or data collection facility using a meter reading system. Collection of both corrected and uncorrected data from meters is achieved to thereby provide backup data in case of corrector failure. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides for the collection of telemetry data and alarms from correctors and recorders over a meter reading system. Two-way communications over a meter reading system is also provided to permit data transmission to selected endpoint devices.
US09510065B2
A communications unit is provided that can be coupled to a building's telecommunication wiring to provide an automated mechanism for isolating the building's wiring from a PSTN, while also providing a telecommunications connection to an alternative communications network via, for example, broadband or cellular networks. The communications unit can further be configured to be coupled to an alarm controller unit of a security system, thereby permitting the security system to communicate with a remote server system without loss of alarm data. The communications unit can also be configured to permit the legacy security system to provide normal disconnect functionality of building telephones from an outgoing telecommunications line while an alarm condition is present.
US09510064B2
Video clips are generated from a sequence of video data for delivery and playback on demand. Each clip (101, 102, 103) is identified by an event marker (1) and a pre/post event ratio (PPER). The pre/post event ratio determines the relative duration of the clip before and after the element defined by the event marker. In response to a request for video clip data, identified with reference to the event marker (1), the discrete elements (1, 2, 3, 12) of video data making up each clip are allocated to a sequence starting with the element associated with the event marker (1) and following in an order (2, 3, 4, etc) determined by the pre/post event ratio. This allows clips having different durations but having the same PPER to be transmitted to different receivers dependant on channel capacity or reliability. The receiver may compile clips of a selected length by compiling the elements starting at the event marker and adding the elements in a sequence, before and after the event marker, determined by the PPER until a clip of a required length is complete. A sequence of several clips can be compiled, the event markers for different clips having different priorities such that if a short sequence is required, the low priority clips are omitted or abbreviated.
US09510059B2
A method acquires program guide information in an image signal receiver, and program guide method and apparatus using the same. In the program guide apparatus, information immediately required by a user is obtained first, and information of less preferential channels is obtained next, thus presenting a smooth interface to the user. The method of acquiring program guide information for channels includes acquiring the program guide information for each channel by scanning accessible channels while a received program is not displayed. The program guide apparatus includes a tuner tuning a channel, a program guide information detector, a memory, a key input, a microprocessor, and a character signal generator.
US09510052B2
There is provided a broadcast receiving terminal that includes a reception unit, a display unit, and a reservation unit. The reception unit receives, over a network, content information, the content information including trailer information and reception reservation information. The display unit displays trailer content. The reservation unit reserves reception of the broadcast program.
US09510049B2
Methods and apparatus to monitor media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes obtaining demographic information of a user associated with a media device, the media device including monitoring functionality. An agreement is presented to the user via the media device. The monitoring functionality is enabled to monitor at least one of media presentation or user interaction via the control processor if the agreement is accepted.
US09510042B2
A first location of a user in a customer premises may be determined. A display is provided of a user interface that includes an adjustable element. A determination is made that the user has moved to a second location in the customer premises. The display of the user interface is adjusted such that the adjustable element is adjusted.
US09510034B2
A plug and play method of viewing live and recorded contents includes the steps of: requesting information of a capturing device by a remote control center; sending an accessing request from an Internet-enabled receiving device to the remote control center through Internet; verifying whether the information of the capturing device matches with the accessing request from the receiving device by the remote control center; and establishing a communication channel between the capturing device and the receiving device to enable contents captured by the capturing device to be transmitted to the receiving device in a live manner through Internet.
US09510031B2
Systems and methods for adaptive bitrate streaming of alternative streams of video encoded at resolution and sample aspect ratio combinations and maximum bitrates in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a source encoder configured to encode a source video stream as a plurality of alternative streams of video for playback on a playback device includes a processor configured to receive multimedia content including source video data having a primary resolution, a primary sample aspect ratio, and a primary frame rate and to encode the source video data as alternative streams of video, where the resolution and sample aspect ratio of at least one of the alternative streams of video are selected to have an aspect ratio that is the same as a predetermined display aspect ratio and at least one of the alternative streams is encoded at a maximum bitrate.
US09510016B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for video coding and decoding with reduced bit-depth update mode and reduced chroma sampling update mode. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding at least a portion of a picture using at least one of a reduced bit-depth update mode and a reduced chroma sampling update mode that respectively reduces at least one of a bit-depth and a chroma sampling of a residue signal corresponding to the portion.
US09510005B2
The present invention relates to a method of encoding blocks of values, e.g. DCT blocks, generated in accordance with an image compression scheme. The values are expressed as a set of bit planes, each bit plane comprising, for the values, all bits with a specific significance. In each bit plane at least one parameter is determined (7) in accordance with a predetermined definition, the parameter defining a partition of the bits in the bit plane which encloses all set bits. All bits in the partition are transferred (8) to a bit stream that may be truncated. This provides a method with low complexity. The invention further relates to a corresponding encoding device, a corresponding decoding device, and a corresponding bit-stream.
US09510004B2
Systems and methods for multi-layered rate control for scalable video coding. A parameter value may be calculated based on a current layer target bit rate and a current layer buffer state for a frame in a video stream. The frame may include a lower layer and one or more higher layers. A determination may then be made as to whether the current layer is the lower layer. If the current layer is the lower layer, a determination may then be made as to whether a coupling request has been received from a higher layer in the frame. If the coupling request has been received from the higher layer in the frame, the parameter value for the current layer may be increased based on a buffer state threshold value of the higher layer in the frame.
US09509999B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes computing hardware. The computing hardware is configured to: identify a current picture to be predicted using at least one type of inter layer prediction (ILP), the type of ILP comprising one or more of inter layer motion prediction (ILMP) or inter layer sample prediction (ILSP); and control: (1) a number of pictures that may be resampled and used to predict the current picture using ILMP and (2) a number of pictures that may be resampled and used to predict the current picture using ILSP, wherein the computing hardware is configured to control the number of pictures that may be resampled and used to predict the current picture using ILMP independent of the number of pictures that may be resampled and used to predict the current picture using ILSP.
US09509995B2
To let decoder side motion vector derivation (DMVD) coded blocks be decoded in parallel, decoder side motion estimation (ME) dependency on spatially neighboring reconstructed pixels can be removed. Mirror ME and projective ME are only performed on two reference pictures, and the spatially neighboring reconstructed pixels will not be considered in the measurement metric of the decoder side ME. Also, at a video decoder, motion estimation for a target block in a current picture can be performed by calculating a motion vector for a spatially neighboring DMVD block, using the calculated motion vector to predict motion vectors of neighboring blocks of the DMVD block, and decoding the DMVD block and the target block in parallel. In addition, determining a best motion vector for a target block in a current picture can be performed by searching only candidate motion vectors in a search window, wherein candidate motion vectors are derived from a small range motion search around motion vectors of neighboring blocks.
US09509994B2
The present application relates to an apparatus for programmable video size reduction with dynamic image filtering for use in block-based video decoding system. The invention improves the image quality within low video memory requirements and allows for efficient decoding of higher resolution video to be displayed on a lower resolution display device.
US09509992B2
An image compression/decompression device achieving increased utilization efficiency of the memory bandwidth in the access to the memory used for the compression/decompression operation while maintaining ill effect on the images at a low level is realized. The image compression/decompression device comprises a data conversion unit which reduces the data access rate when original images (as input images at the time of performing the compression) and reference images (used for performing the interframe prediction) are stored in the memory by accessing the memory. The access to the memory is performed in an address sequence (order) that differs between data write and data read. This makes it possible to increase the utilization efficiency of the memory bandwidth, and further to reduce the capacity of the buffer memory used for the data read.
US09509991B2
A processor is configured to receive input data, divide an individual frame into blocks, compare the blocks with corresponding blocks of a first prediction frame for and identify changed blocks. In order to obtain an efficient solution for processing and reproducing frames, the processor is configured to include in generated intermediate data the blocks identified as changed blocks, and generate a change indicator indicating the positions in the individual frame of the identified changed blocks and identified unchanged blocks.
US09509987B2
Collaborative sighting is performed using plural optical sighting apparatuses that each comprise: a camera unit and a display device. Geometric calibration of the camera units with respect to the imaged scene is performed by detecting features within captured images, generating descriptors from respective patches of the image at the features; detecting corresponding descriptors from different images, and deriving the geometric calibration from the positions in the respective images of the corresponding descriptors. A target location in the image captured by a first optical sighting apparatus is designated and a corresponding location relative to the image captured by the second one optical sighting apparatus is identified from the geometric calibration. The display device of the second optical sighting apparatus indicates where the corresponding location lies relative to the displayed image.
US09509985B2
In an image processing apparatus, images that can be comfortably viewed by a viewer with less eyestrain can be displayed on a display device. In the image processing apparatus in which a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image can be simultaneously displayed on a multi-screen, if the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image are simultaneously displayed on a display device, the three-dimensional image is converted into two dimensions, and is output to be displayed on the same screen in the same dimensions. Alternatively, in the image processing apparatus in which a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image can be simultaneously displayed on a multi-screen, if the three-dimensional image and the two-dimensional image are simultaneously displayed on a display device, the two-dimensional image is converted into three dimensions, and is output to be displayed on the same screen in the same dimensions.
US09509982B2
An image processing system according to an embodiment includes a display unit capable of displaying stereoscopic images by displaying a group of parallax images and a display control unit. The display control unit displays an operation screen for receiving operations on medical image data on the display unit, displays selection information for selecting medical image data on the operation screen, and controls whether the selection information will be displayed as a stereoscopic image or a planar image depending on the content of medical image data selected by the selection information.
US09509975B2
Improved methods for acquiring, storing, transmitting and displaying stereoscopic images are disclosed. Some of the benefits of these include simultaneous left/right view acquisition, transmitting and displaying images remotely from a stereoscopic camera, stereoscopic digital zooming wherein a subset of pixels is displayed, pan-tilt-zoom choosing of the displayed image, and interactive adjustment of images. Methods of using embodiments of the disclosed apparatus are capable of producing high resolution, real-time, stereoscopic image data while avoiding or mitigating the deleterious effects of spurious parallax.
US09509974B2
The present invention provides a method for providing 3D stereo image. The method comprises: accepting a request submitted from a client system by an intermediate server system; selecting an image server based on the request and responding to the client system from the image server through a processor in the intermediate server system; requesting at least one 3D stereo image by the client system from the image server according to the response; and providing the at least one 3D stereo image to the client system by the image server system. The present invention also provides a system for providing 3D stereo image.
US09509970B2
In one example, a method includes identifying a pixel in an image frame that is a candidate for causing crosstalk between the image frame and a corresponding image frame in a multiview image system. The method further includes, for a pixel identified as a candidate for causing crosstalk, applying crosstalk correction to the pixel. The method further includes applying a location-based adjustment to the pixel, wherein the location-based adjustment is based at least in part on which of two or more portions of the image frame the pixel is in.
US09509967B2
To avoid accelerated progression of deterioration of a semiconductor laser, an LED, and the like to extend their lives while adjusting a balance of a plurality of colors, such as R, G, and B, by feedback control, a deterioration controllable monochromatic light source module is configured to: calculate a substantial upper limit Iu, determine an operation coefficient hx based on a deterioration coefficient dx, perform feedback control of the output current Ix of each drive circuit, and output a light intensity detection signal to the outside. An integrating control circuit calculates a monochromatic light intensity sum σ by a sum of light intensity detection signals from the monochromatic light source modules belonging to the same wavelength band and determines a light intensity target signal so that a ratio of the monochromatic light intensity sum σ to the monochromatic light source modules in different wavelength bands is a predetermined ratio.
US09509959B2
An electronic device and a control method thereof are disclosed. The electronic device includes: a touch screen; a camera; a microphone; and a controller configured to display the execution screen of a predetermined application on the touch screen, control the camera and the microphone to operate upon entering reaction capture mode, acquire a reaction image by capturing a video or still image of a user through the camera upon detecting the user making a facial expression or gesture through the camera or the user's voice through the microphone, and display the acquired reaction image on the touch screen. Accordingly, an image of the user seeing a predetermined screen running on the touch screen can be capture and displayed on the touch screen.
US09509949B2
An electronic device and a method of controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a communication unit configured to receive image data and a controller configured to obtain identification information of a participant from the received image data, to obtain personal information of a plurality of candidates, to identify an attendee among the candidates based on the identification information of the participant and the personal information of the candidates, to sort non-attendees other than the attendee among the candidates based on a predetermined time, and to transmit an alarm to other electronic devices corresponding to the non-attendees.
US09509948B2
A method performed by a videoconferencing device, the method comprising: maintaining a database (129) comprising multiple records, each record including bit rate information and relating to a particular endpoint identifier; initiating a videoconference call with a target endpoint (101, 103); identifying (S2) one or more records in the database (129) that relate to the endpoint identifier of the target endpoint (101, 103); identifying (S5) one or more records in the database (129) that relate to the endpoint identifier of one or more endpoints located in a common zone with the target endpoint (101, 103); using bit rate information from the identified records to calculate (S4, S7, S8) an initial video bit rate for the videoconference call; and initially transmitting video to the target endpoint (101, 103) at the calculated initial video bit rate. Apparatus configured to implement the foregoing method.
US09509943B2
A lens apparatus detachably attachable to an image pickup apparatus, the lens apparatus includes a variable magnification lens arranged to move along an optical axis when changing magnification, a focus lens (105) arranged to move along the optical axis so as to perform focusing, position detection means for detecting a position of the focus lens, lens control means for acquiring normalized position information of the focus lens based on position information of the focus lens, and a memory arranged to store electronic cam data representing a position relation of the variable magnification lens and the focus lens corresponding to a plurality of object distances and, and a sensitivity of the focus lens calculated based on the normalized position information of the focus lens.
US09509940B2
According to one embodiment, an image output device includes a buffer into which video information input in stream data is written per block, a determination unit configured to determine whether the buffer is in an overflow state due to slow reproduction, and a buffering control unit configured to switch a buffering pattern of the video information based on a determination result of the determination unit.
US09509936B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method of browsing content and in particular, to an apparatus and method of browsing content that allows a user to easily browse desired contentAn apparatus for browsing content according to an aspect of the invention includes an apparatus including a metadata storage unit storing information on content, which is classified according to a first classification basis, a second classification basis, and a third classification basis, a browsing-guide-generation unit generating a browsing guide with the first classification basis and the second classification basis as axes, and arranging the generated browsing guide with the third classification basis as an axis, and an output unit outputting the browsing guide.
US09509926B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes analog signal output units including pixels and configured to output analog signals based on pixels, and signal processing units. Each of the signal processing units is provided correspondingly to one of the analog signal output units and including a gain application unit configured to apply a gain to an analog signal by using only passive elements and an AD conversion unit. In the gain application unit, a portion that contributes to application of a gain to the analog signal is constituted only of passive elements. The gain application unit selectively outputs a first amplified signal obtained by applying a first gain to the analog signal or a second amplified signal obtained by applying a second gain to the analog signal smaller than the first gain. The AD conversion unit converts, from analog to digital, the first or second amplified signal.
US09509907B2
An example of an information processing device displays a moving image on at least one display device. The information processing device first acquires moving image data which includes at least one piece of data of panorama moving image including panorama images each representing an image of a range wider than the range displayed on the display device and also includes at least one piece of data of non-panorama moving image including non-panorama images each representing an image of a range substantially the same as the range displayed on the display device. The information processing device reproduces the at least one piece of data of panorama moving image and the at least one piece of data of non-panorama moving image in an order defined by the moving image data during a time duration from a start to an end of the moving image.
US09509905B2
Methods and systems are provided that use images to determine lighting information for an object. A computing device can receive an image of the object. For a pixel of the image, the computing device can: apply a first lighting model to determine a first estimate of a bi-directional lighting function (BRDF) for the object at the pixel, apply a second lighting model to determine a second estimate of the BRDF for the object at the pixel, determine a third estimate of the BRDF based on the first and second estimates, and store the third estimate of the BRDF in lighting-storage data. The computing device can provide the lighting-storage data. The BRDF can utilize a number of lighting parameters, such as a normal vector and albedo, reflectivity, and roughness values.
US09509901B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a display unit, an interested-position obtaining unit, a zoom operation obtaining unit and an image-processing unit. The imaging unit is configured to image an image of an object through a lens. The display unit is configured to display the image imaged by the imaging unit. The interested-position obtaining unit is configured to obtain specification of an interested position in the image displayed on the display unit. The zoom operation obtaining unit is provided for the lens and is configured to obtain a zoom operation. The image-processing unit is configured to perform, on the image, an electronic zoom processing of enlarging the interested position, in accordance with the zoom operation.
US09509894B1
Systems and methods of capturing imagery are provided. In particular, vibration can be induced in an imaging platform to eliminate blur in one or more images captured by the imaging platform. For instance, vibration having one or more predetermined characteristics can be induced in the imaging platform. The induced vibration can correlate to a sine wave. A collect period can then be identified corresponding to at least a portion of the period of the sine wave wherein the line of sight of the imaging platform approximates an ideal line of sight for eliminating relative motion between the imaging platform and a region of interest. One or more images of the region of interest can be captured by the imaging platform during the collect period. The one or more captured images can then be sent to a remote computing device for processing.
US09509891B2
A method for positioning a focus lens assembly, the focus lens assembly being movable along an optical axis relative to an image sensor, comprises: moving the focus lens assembly against a mechanical stop; and moving the focus lens assembly from the mechanical stop to a frame focus position for exposure of a frame.
US09509885B2
In a case where dither processing is performed as image forming processing, a reference position of a dither matrix to be used is changed in units of predetermined printing execution. Such a change prevents continuous lighting of a light emitting element and fixation of a lighting position, and suppresses speed of deterioration in the light emitting element with time.
US09509879B2
A multi-function peripheral (MFP) receives authentication information and permits use of the MFP when authentication of a user based on the authentication information succeeds. The MFP inhibits timer transmission setting of image data when a password included in the authentication information is used continuously for transmitting the image data.
US09509877B1
Examples include an indication of whether a print job is a cut media or continuous media print job. Examples include acquisition of information indicating whether a print job to be printed on a printing device is a cut media print job or a continuous media print job, and determination of when reflected intensity of output light reflected within the printing device has crossed a detection threshold.
US09509876B2
A control method for a printing apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image to generate image data includes printing, via a printing unit, an adjustment image, which is used to adjust a printing position, in such a way that the adjustment image is in contact with an end of a sheet, detecting the end of the sheet based on adjustment image data generated by the reading unit reading the adjustment image printed on the sheet by the printing unit, obtaining an amount of shift in the printing position based on the detected end of the sheet and the adjustment image data, and controlling, based on the obtained amount of shift in the printing position, the printing unit to print an image on the sheet.
US09509874B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a housing configured to accommodate therein the image forming unit, a reading device, which is provided above the housing, and which is configured to read a content on the sheet, a protruding part, which protrudes from a side surface of the housing, and which is positioned within an outer edge of the reading device projected on a virtual horizontal plane when the protruding part is projected on the virtual horizontal plane, and a wireless board for a wireless communication, at least a part of the wireless board being arranged within the protruding part.
US09509872B2
An image reading apparatus includes a storage storing shortcut information having specific information for specifying an external apparatus as a transmission destination of read data and associated reading setting values set through an input device, and a control device which, when the input device receives an operation of selecting one shortcut information, determines whether activation information indicating the setting that the specific application is to be activated at the external apparatus specified by the specific information included in the selected shortcut information is stored, executes a first scan operation in accordance with reading setting values included in the selected shortcut information when the activation information is stored, and executes a second scan operation in accordance with reading setting values preset in the external apparatus specified by the specific information included in the selected shortcut information when the activation information is not stored.
US09509866B2
An image forming apparatus includes a processing circuit, a memory, a data reception circuit, a bus, and a transmission amount control circuit. The processing circuit concurrently executes a plurality of jobs including a fax job and a print job. The memory is used for a work area of the processing circuit. The data reception circuit stores the image data received via the communication network in the memory. The bus connects a plurality of modules including the processing circuit and the data reception circuit to the memory. The transmission amount control circuit reduces an amount of data transmission from the data reception circuit to the memory via the bus when the processing circuit executes the print job concurrently with the fax job, compared with a case where the print job is executed concurrently with any job other than the fax job.
US09509852B2
A new audio echo cancellation (AEC) approach is disclosed. To facilitate echo cancellation, the method adjusts for errors (called drift) in sampling rates for both capturing audio and playing audio. This ensures that the AEC module receives both the signals at precisely the same sampling frequency. Furthermore, the far-end signal and near-end mixed signal are time aligned to ensure that the alignment is suitable for application of AEC techniques. An additional enhancement to reduce errors utilizes a concept of native frequency. A by-product of drift compensation allows for excellent buffer control for capture/playback and buffer overflow/underflow errors from drift errors are eliminated.
US09509849B2
Calls placed to a call recipient bypass the terminating messaging system, creating an enhanced message in the call originator's messaging system and delivering the enhanced message using alternate routing information. A caller creates enhanced messages for a call recipient even when the call recipient's messaging system does not support such functionality. The caller also embeds stored content and/or use links in the enhanced messages to allow the message to be modified and/or deleted before it is accessed by the call recipient.
US09509841B2
A telephony system is presented that enables a phone to access a directory and use the directory in conjunction with other phone functions. The system includes a server with a telephony management software (TMS) unit, a telephony application programming interface (TAPI) unit, and an application unit. The application unit includes a control module, a function module, a filter module, a presentation module, a phone interface module, and a storage interface module. A server sends a signal to a phone regarding the contents of a directory. A server also enables a user to navigate through the directory, filter the directory, and perform call functions on phone numbers associated with directory entries.
US09509832B2
Recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, including: receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device; receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device; identifying one or more location zones; and determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.
US09509830B2
A system and method are provided for controlling a mobile device. The method includes, during use of the mobile device, interpreting at least one item, the at least one item corresponding to data or events detectable on the mobile device. At least action may then be determined, which are associated with the at least one item, each action capable of preemptively executing at least a portion of a task using features available on the mobile device. At least one of the actions may then be executed and a result associated with the execution of the at least one action provided.
US09509828B2
A method of providing notification information in an electronic device includes establishing a wireless communication between the electronic device and an external device, detecting an event to be notified in the electronic device, obtaining a status of the electronic device, and determining whether to transmit an notification on the event to an external device, based on the status of the electronic device. An electronic device includes a transceiver configured to establish a wireless communication between the electronic device and an external device, and a processor configured to detect an event to be notified in the electronic device, obtain a status of the electronic device, and determine whether to transmit an notification on the event to an external device, based on the status of the electronic device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09509827B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of managing at a mobile device execution of an application on a computing device. For example, an apparatus may include an execution manager to manage at a mobile device execution of an application by a computing device, the execution manager to communicate with the computing device over a wireless communication link between the mobile device and the computing device, and to execute at the mobile device a front-end to control interaction between a user of the mobile device and the application according to a configuration of the mobile device.
US09509821B2
A method to mute automatically unwanted phone calls or messages on mobile communications devices with iOS operating system consists of a mobile communications device with iOS operating system, an application software, silent ringtone and a blacklist contact with blacklisted phone numbers that can be frequently updated with community reported harassing phone numbers.
US09509819B2
A data handling unit and a method therein for handling information regarding call events in a Multimedia Telephony Service, MMTel, network are provided for enabling call logging, wherein a SIP Message comprising call log information referring to a call event is generated for the call event and sent to a storage server. The method comprises receiving information on at least one call event, generating a SIP Message comprising call log information referring to the call event, and sending the generated SIP Message towards a storage server.
US09509818B2
To automatically sort multiple contacts of a user, in some examples, a system may be configured to monitor physiological signals, which reflect the emotional responses, of the user during communications between the user and his/her contacts and, further, to classify the contacts into multiple contact groups that may be sorted by the emotional responses of the user.
US09509816B2
A mobile phone adapting device for an external lens is provided, which includes a first body, second body, a lens adapting ring and a connecting member. The first body fixes a mobile phone to the mobile phone adapting device, and the mobile phone has a mobile phone lens. The second body includes a plate movable in a direction parallel to a first axis or a second axis. The lens adapting ring fixes an external lens to the mobile phone adapting device. The connecting member connects the second body and the lens adapting ring. The connecting member moves along a third axis for adjusting the distance between the external lens and the mobile phone lens. The mobile phone adapting device further includes a hood disposed between the lens adapting ring and the mobile phone to prevent ambient leak light from interfering with optical images inside the lens adapting ring.
US09509813B2
A housing for an electronic device is described. The housing has a front housing and a rear housing attached to the front housing. The rear housing has a first opening over a non-removable battery and at least one antenna integrated into an outside surface of the rear housing. The front housing and the rear housing define an enclosure containing the non-removable battery. The housing includes a battery cover attached to the rear housing at the first opening. The housing also includes a removable rear cover attached to the rear housing. The rear cover conceals the battery cover and provides structural support to the rear housing.
US09509811B2
A Serving Call Session Control Function, S-CSCF, within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, core network. Notifications are sent to a Home Subscriber Server, HSS, of the IMS core network, indicating IMS registration state changes of users. Delivery failure of a notification of an IMS registration state change sent to a HSS and relating to a given user is detected. An association between an identifier of the given user and an indication of said delivery failure is stored in order to indicate a loss of IMS registration state synchronization for the given user between the S-CSCF and the HSS. An event requiring an IMS registration state change for the user is detected. A determination is made that a delivery failure indication associated with the user's identifier is stored. The HSS is notified indicating the required IMS registration state change and of a previous loss of the IMS registration state synchronization.
US09509810B2
A method of providing information regarding an Ethernet frame, within the Ethernet preamble of the Ethernet frame, comprises inserting into the Ethernet preamble an inter-line-card header that includes a start control character, a version number, a parity bit, a source port, a destination port, and a forwarding domain entry; and preserving said inter-line-card header, inside of said Ethernet preamble, in a Media Access Control (MAC) sub-layer in said Ethernet frame. The method may include a step of selecting the decoding format for the inter-line-card header corresponding to the version number and/or forwarding other Ethernet frames according to additional forwarding information provided by the forwarding domain entry. The inter-line-card header may be preserved in the MAC sub-layer by keeping the Ethernet preamble at the beginning of an Ethernet frame received over an Ethernet backplane, and passing the combined preamble and associated Ethernet frame to an inter-line-card header processing module.
US09509807B2
A method and Bridge in a Provider Backbone Bridge Network, PBBN, for enabling frames from a Higher Layer Entity attached alternatively to a Provider Instance Port on an I-Component of a Backbone Edge Bridge or to a Customer Backbone Port on a B-Component of the Backbone Edge Bridge, to reach an intended entity in the PBBN. A Virtual Instance Port Service Access Point, VIP SAP, is configured for every VIP and every Higher Layer Entity configured on the I-Component. An Enhanced VIP Port Connectivity function utilizes the VIP SAP to tunnel customer-initiated Layer 2 Control Protocols, L2CPs. A Special Multiplexed SAP handles the frames of the Higher Layer Entity, and is assigned an I-SID value that is universally recognized to identify the L2CPs. A Service Instance Multiplex Entity utilizes the Special Multiplexed SAP to transfer frames between the Provider Instance Port or the Customer Backbone Port and the entity inside the PBBN.
US09509805B2
An ECN flow controller (22) reduces packet header compression overhead due to high ECN rate. It includes an ECN filter (24) configured to redistribute, with at least approximately maintained ECN rate, ECN-CE marks among headers to reduce switching between ECN-CE marked and ECT marked headers.
US09509801B2
A network accessible node facilitates management of a fleet of portable communication devices (EIR terminal), including portable data terminals and/or barcode readers, by directing performance of software upgrade and/or configuration update actions by one or more members of the fleet of EIR terminals. The node can be configured for use in managing the reprogramming of the one or more EIR terminals. In one embodiment, the node can be disposed in a common local facility and connected to a common local area network with the at least one EIR terminal.
US09509798B1
An internet-based content platform that includes subscribable channels is provided. The internet-based content platform provides channels to end users. The internet-based content platform receives a selection of a paid channel from the list of channels from the end user. The paid channel includes a plurality of media items including at least one paid media item and at least one free media item. The internet-based content platform receives a selection of one of the plurality of media items from the end user. The internet-based content platform determines whether the selected media item is a free item or a paid item. When the selected media item is a paid item, the internet-based content platform requests subscription information of the end user. When the selected media item is a free item, the internet-based content platform provides the at least one free media item to the end user.
US09509795B2
A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be utilized to generate and/or maintain multimedia data files. Context data tags may be created to tag the generated multimedia data files, enabling identification of multimedia data files without directly accessing the contents of the multimedia data files. Context data tags may comprise such attributes as time/date stamps, location, subject, environment, scheduling, and/or biometric information. The WMC device may maintain user preference information, which is unique to the WMC device capabilities and/or to a specific device user. The user preference information may be utilized to specify attributes that may be utilized in creating context data tags for multimedia data files. The user preference information may be maintained in the WMC device and/or externally. Tagging operation may be performed dynamically, and a remote device may be utilized to perform tagging operations and/or to maintain the user preference information.
US09509794B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for ensuring quality of a check-in stream for an application. During operation, the system initially receives a check-in stream metric for the application. The system also receives a threshold metric value for the check-in stream metric. Next, the system calculates a metric value based on the check-in stream and the received check-in stream metric for the application. The system determines whether the calculated metric value satisfies the received threshold metric value, and in response to the calculated metric value satisfying the received threshold metric value, executes the application using the check-in stream.
US09509793B2
Content (e.g., files such as streaming audio or video) may be efficiently cached and delivered in a network. In one implementation, a method may include receiving, from a requesting computing device, a request for a segment of a content item, the request indicating one or more positions in the content item that define the segment of the content item. The method may further include determining a second segment of the content item, different from the first segment of the content item, in which the second segment of the content item is aligned so that an end position of the second segment of the content item matches an end position of one of a number of predetermined segments for the content item. The method may further include obtaining the second segment of the content item and transmitting the obtained second segment of the content item to the requesting computing device.
US09509792B2
An approach is provided for determining context-based groups based on context information. An input from a device specifying one or more criteria to determine a context-based group from among a plurality of other devices is received. The context information associated with the plurality of other devices is determined. The context-based group is determined based, at least in part, on the context information and the criteria.
US09509790B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for providing presence information for a principal without a presence or other user agent. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide for publication of presence information independent of a presence agent or other user agent, presence network, or presence server as well as subsequent ways for authorized presence watchers to subscribe to presence and receive notification or query presence information for a principal. Stated another way providing presence information for a principal can comprise receiving presence information related to a first entity from a device without a presence agent at a presence information service and providing the presence information related to the first entity from the presence information service to a second entity.
US09509788B2
The present invention relates to a system and method of effective physical data aggregation and its logical analytics by way of utilizing socially interacting and networking platforms to create meaningful association and relevancy between the captured physical data. The physical data associated by social networking platforms results in creation of reduced data set for analytics and requires low processing requirements for application usage.
US09509786B2
Techniques are presented to enable a network element in a network to receive a request from an application on a device, the request being encapsulated in a packet that includes a header that contains a physical layer identifier of the device to which the application does not have access. The physical layer identifier at the network element may be obtained. A response may be sent to the application on the device, the response containing at least one of the physical layer identifier of the device and location information of the device.
US09509785B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for providing location approximation and discovery of wired servers in a network. Specifically, a network device can store information indicating that a first client device, with a first set of one or more characteristics, selected a particular shared device from a plurality of shared devices of a first type. The network device then receives, from a second client device, a request for a shared device of the first type. Subsequently, the network device determines that the second client device is associated with the same first set of characteristics as the first client device that selected the particular shared device. Responsive to such determination, the network device presents the particular shared device as an option for selection by the second client device.
US09509784B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide a system and methods for dynamic re-localization and manifest chunking in a content delivery network. In one implementation, a request for content is received. A first manifest subset is provided using a network component in response to the request for content. The first manifest subset identifies a first set of one or more content segments and a second manifest subset. The first set of one or more content segments constitute a portion of the content, and the second manifest subset is identified at a tail of the first manifest subset. The first set of one or more content segments is served in response to separate requests. A request for the second manifest subset identifying a second set of one or more content segments is received. In another implementation, localization errors are remedied by replacing a relative identifier with an absolute identifier.
US09509779B2
An information processing apparatus includes plural communication interfaces, a storing unit, an acquisition unit, and a selection unit. The plural communication interfaces are connected to plural communication networks that are independent of each other, and receive data from a terminal connected to the communication network and transmit data to the terminal on the basis of positional information that indicates a position of the terminal on the communication network. The storing unit stores correlation information including correlation between a user of the terminal at the time when data are received from the terminal and one of the plural communication interfaces that is used. The acquisition unit acquires user information that indicates a user that commands transmission of data to the terminal. The selection unit selects one of the plural communication interfaces on the basis of the correlation information and the user information.
US09509768B2
An online system transmits third-party content originating from a third-party system to a client device. The third-party content includes a pointer to a third-party application associated with the third-party system. When the client device receives an interaction with the third-party content from a user of the client device, the client device executes the third-party application and generates an attribution identifier from which the user's identity cannot be determined. The attribution identifier is transmitted to the online system. Subsequently, the client device determines information describing interactions by the user with the third-party application that is transmitted to the third-party system along with the attribution identifier. The third-party system transmits the attribution identifier and the information describing interaction with the third-party application to the online system, which matches the attribution identifiers to associate the interaction with the third-party content with the interactions with the third-party application.
US09509765B2
Systems and methods for asynchronous processing of messages that are received from multiple servers. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first processing thread, in a non-blocking mode, a plurality of sub-application layer protocol packets from a plurality of servers; processing one or more sub-application layer protocol packets received from a first server of the plurality of servers, to produce a first application layer message; writing the first application layer message to a message queue; processing one or more sub-application layer protocol packets received from a second server of the plurality of servers, to produce a second application layer message; writing the second application layer message to the message queue; and reading, by two or more processing threads of a processing thread pool, two or more application layer messages including the first application layer message and the second application layer message from the message queue, to produce two or more memory data structures based on the read application layer messages.
US09509749B2
Systems and methods for providing transaction identifiers for application performance management in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a first computer system, a first message; identifying, based on a pre-defined byte pattern, an incoming transaction identifier within the first message; responsive to failing to identify the incoming transaction identifier, generating a new transaction identifier; transmitting, to a second computer system, a second message associated with the first message, the second message comprising a transaction identifier provided by one of: the incoming transaction identifier or the new transaction identifier; and transmitting, to a third computer system, a third message representing a log record, the third message comprising the transaction identifier.
US09509745B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for programming server-side real-time web communication applications. A JAVA application programming interface (API) is provided for web application developers to write JAVA applications on a server to control, manage, and mediate HTML5 endpoints that communicate with the JAVA applications. Each JAVA application can be a JAVA component that are annotated with a plurality of JAVA objects provided by the JAVA API, wherein the plurality of JAVA objects can also establish communication between HTML5 applications endpoints, and holding the state of the communication. The container can integrate with other enterprise technologies such as JMS and enable the JAVA applications to integrate with applications and services exposed by other providers, e.g., FACEBOOK. The JAVA API can be used to write applications that can connect with legacy IMS systems and services using existing JAVA APIs such as SIP servlet.
US09509741B2
Techniques for snapshot capture for a communication session are described. According to various embodiments, a communication session is established that includes a video feed that is streamed between devices involved in the communication session. The video feed is sampled to extract still images (e.g., frames) from the video feed that include images of a particular participant in the communication session. A snapshot is then selected from the images based on one or more selection criteria, such as an image score for the snapshot. Should a quality of the video feed fall below an acceptable video quality threshold during the communication session, the snapshot is used in place of the video feed for a visual representation of the participant during the communication session.
US09509738B2
A layered syndicated feed or content is provided having layers defined according to a media type (e.g., text, graphic, audio, or video) wherein each layer has a plurality of levels such that each level provides either inclusive or exclusive content of the layer's media type in varying degrees of detail or depth. Furthermore, a system is provided for requesting and storing user and mobile device profiles indicative of the syndicated content layers and levels that the user is interested in receiving and that the user's mobile device is capable of receiving.
US09509734B2
A method for setting-up a data connection during a group voice service between several group members as a user of a mobile communication network. In a first method, functions of an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) are used and a session initiation protocol (SIP) and a controlled data connection between an emitter, a terminal and one or several receivers is produced. Each user is allocated to a group voice service identity (VGCS-ID) an IMS group identity (IMS group ID) and is routed to an application server in the IMS with the aid of the user. A data group voice service is developed between the users. In a second method, each user is routed to the service nodes via GPRS using a group voice service identity (VGCS-ID) and an IP address of a service node, which acts as a relay and a data group voice service is carried out between the users.
US09509730B2
A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for identifying a subscriber home domain in a communication network are described. A national subscriber profile is partitioned into regions and a NAPTR resource record is modified to identify in which region a particular subscriber is located. In response to a calling party requesting that a connection to a called party be established, a database is queried to provide a modified NAPTR record which identifies the region in which the called party is located. A connection can then be established without polling each region.
US09509727B2
Session parameters and/or information regarding session parameters are provided to a target device from a location server in a periodic assistance session. For example, the location server starts an unsolicited periodic assistance session, and transmits information indicating the unsolicited assistance session is periodic as well as any relevant session parameters to the target device. The location server may change session parameters “on the fly,” and inform the target device of the modified session parameters. The target device may initiate a session and requests certain parameters, to which the location server responds with an indication as to what parameters the target device will actually receive. Additionally, the target device may modify the session parameters, and the location server can respond to the target indicating whether or not the modification was accepted or if the modification was accepted in a modified form.
US09509725B2
The invention relates to a session border controller, method and computer program for receiving in a first network, from a second network, an indication indicating a type of a network interface between the first network and the second network, wherein the indication is received during establishment of a communication session through the first network and the second network, and processing the communication session based on the type of the network interface.
US09509721B2
When a user having an age less than a threshold age (a child user) attempts to access an online service or perform actions using the online service, the online service obtains parental authorization from an additional user having a parental relationship to the user. The child user may identify the user having the parental relationship and the online service verifies the validity of the identified user's account, the age of the identified user, and/or a connection between the identified user and the child user having a parental relationship type. The online service may make these verifications based in part social and transactional information associated with the identified user's account. Upon successful verification, the online service allows the identified user to authorize account creation for the child user, and/or manage the account and actions of the child user.
US09509718B1
A storage system for application servers is disclosed. The storage system comprises a network-attached storage device comprising a plurality of files that include a plurality of server applications in a plurality of network zone directories. Each of the network zone directories corresponds to one of a plurality of network zones. Access is restricted between each of the network zones. The storage system also comprises one or more application servers in each of the network zones. Each application server is configured to mount only a network zone directory of the network zone directories corresponding to a network zone of the network zones within which the corresponding application server resides based on a policy associated with the network-attached storage device and access one or more of the files including at least one server application of the server applications in the network zone directory.
US09509714B2
A method comprising: loading a web page in a web browser, wherein the web page comprises a call to an anti-injection client-side code; loading the anti-injection client-side code in the web browser; and executing the anti-injection client-side code in the web browser, to: (a) intercept an injection of a node into the DOM (Document Object Model) of the web page, (b) compare the injected node with a list, and (c) based on the comparison, permit or block execution of the injected code.
US09509698B2
One embodiment disclosed herein serves to establish a trust relationship for sharing resources between a trustee tenant and a trustor tenant in a cloud network. It comprises receiving a requirement file (REQ) from the trustee tenant said file including at least one permission desired by the tenant, searching for and identifying at least one opportunity file sent by a trustor tenant, this file including at least the permissions, and storing information representative of a trust relationship for sharing resources between the tenants.
US09509684B1
A gateway device comprising a processor and a memory, the processor is configured to receive a resource request message from an endpoint associated with a user, the resource request message including an external token, a resource operation, and a resource identifier. The processor is also configured to retrieve, from the memory, an authentication identifier associated with one of the endpoint and the user based on the external token and authorize the resource operation with a directory service using the authentication identifier. The processor is further configured to receive an authorization token from the directory service and initiate the resource operation with an internal resource using the authorization token.
US09509677B2
A software application executing in a first local operating environment may be used to connect to a remote server that requires a credential of a user to complete a transaction. In a second local operating environment that operates external to the first local environment, a user may be authenticated based on a user input received in the second local operating environment. The credential of the user may be securely communicated to the remote server from the second local operating environment. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09509673B2
Content stored on a server may be selected using a user device and enabled on a central device. The identity of the central device may be authenticated without transmitting user credentials corresponding to the user, user device, user account, etc. A central device identifier can be sent to the server via the user device. An encrypted version of the central device identifier may be returned to the user device and to the central device. The central device can send the encrypted and unencrypted version of the identifier to the server, and the server can transmit the desired content to the remote device based on a comparison of the encrypted and unencrypted identifier.
US09509668B2
Provided is a content distribution method which allows a source device to safely distribute copyrighted content to a sink device in response to a request from the sink device as a trigger. The content distribution method includes a list transmission step S11, a content request step S12, and a content transfer step S13. In S11, a source device transmits metadata which includes a format identifier indicating that content is distributable under the specification of the HDCP and the URL of the content. In S12, a sink device makes a request for content identified by the URL after adding information necessary for authentication processing to the request. In S13, the source device creates an encryption key by performing the authentication processing on the sink device in accordance with the information necessary for the authentication processing, encrypts the content using the encryption key, and transfers the encrypted content to the sink device.
US09509667B2
An improved method and system for digital rights management is described.
US09509657B2
An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive request data to an application via a global network allocated to the information processing apparatus, the request data including a global address specified as a destination address; a determination unit configured to determine, based on the request data, whether the application is to be executed by another apparatus connected via a private network and allocated with a private address; a change unit configured to change the destination address in the request data from the global address of the information processing apparatus to the private address of the another apparatus when the determination unit determines that the application is to be executed by the another apparatus; and a transmission unit configured to transfer, to the another apparatus, the request data including the private address of the another apparatus as the destination address.
US09509644B2
A method and system for sharing content in an instant messaging application are disclosed. According to one embodiment a computer-implemented method comprises logging content accessed by a first client, and a list of accessible content is updated and provided to the first client. A request is received from the first client to share first content of the list of accessible content with a second client, and a message is delivered to the second client, the message containing a link to the first content.
US09509643B1
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for identifying relevant content from a messaging platform. The method can include: identifying a context account; identifying a set of initial accounts of the messaging platform; selecting a set of relevant accounts from among the set of initial accounts; selecting a set of messages authored by the set of relevant accounts based at least on a recency of each of the set of messages; and providing the set of messages in response to a request.
US09509638B2
Methods and systems for bridging network packets transmitted over heterogeneous media channels are provided. According to one embodiment, a network switching/routing blade server comprises network modules, including a first and second set operable to receive packets having a first and second framing media format, respectively. A single bridging domain is provided by a shared bridging application. A memory stores data structures for translating between the first and second framing media formats via an intermediate format. The netmods pass a received packet, through a switching fabric, to the bridging application, which determines a relay location for the packet and whether the relay location is among the other set of netmods. Responsive to an affirmative determination, the bridging application uses the translation data structures to translate the packet before relaying the packet to the relay location.
US09509635B2
An apparatus and method for allowing a plurality of playback devices to stream content of a master device simultaneously is provided. When the master device selects one of the playback devices as a reference device and multicasts a synchronization packet to the playback devices, the playback devices determine a synchronization time by comparing their own synchronization packet reception time with a synchronization packet reception time of the reference device. When the master device streams content, into which a time stamp is inserted based on the time of the reference device, the playback devices play the content based on the determined synchronization time. Therefore, even when the playback devices have different network latencies from the master device, the playback devices may accurately perform synchronized content playback.
US09509628B2
A system that accesses managed devices in a heterogeneous network includes a controller, coupled to the managed devices, having processor hardware, an operating system running on the processor hardware, an application framework layer that provides low level communication and resource management to the operating system, and a mapping layer that that provides data routing for the system and includes a plurality of user equipment devices, coupled to the controller, that communicate with the managed devices through the controller, where the controller and the user equipment devices provide messages for the managed devices in a first format and where at least some of the managed devices receive messages in a plurality of different formats and wherein the mapping layer converts messages in the first format to at least one of the different formats prior to providing the messages to the managed devices. The first format may be a CoAP/LWM2M format.
US09509623B2
An information processing device configured to process packets received from a plurality of sources includes a buffer configured to store the packets received from the plurality of sources, a first processing unit configured to transmit, to a source of a first packet, a request to stop transmission of the first packet and configured to discard the first packet if the buffer does not have an available region for storing the first packet received, and a second processing unit configured to transmit, to the source of the first packet, a request to retransmit the first packet if the buffer has the available region.
US09509622B2
Techniques are presented herein to facilitate the monitoring of occupancy of a buffer in a network device. Packets are received at a network device. Information is captured describing occupancy of the buffer caused by packet flow through the buffer in the network device. Analytics packets are generated containing the information. The analytics packets from the network device for retrieval of the information contained therein for analysis, replay of buffer occupancy, etc.
US09509618B2
A method, terminal and program, the method comprising: at a second terminal, receiving a first signal transmitted from a first terminal via a communication network; transmitting a second signal from the second terminal to the first terminal; outputting the first signal from an output device associated with the second terminal; determining a balance between a characteristic of the first signal and a characteristic of the second signal, wherein the characteristics affect a processing resource required to process the first and second signals, the determined balance comprising a decision concerning the characteristic of the first signal; and sending the decision to the first terminal so as to advise the first terminal to adjust the characteristic of the first signal as transmitted from the first terminal.
US09509613B1
Disclosed herein is a method for deadlock avoidance in a network comprising partitioning in a module, a set of virtual lanes into deadlock avoidance virtual channels; where each deadlock avoidance virtual channel comprises a plurality of virtual lanes; assigning each incoming packet at the module to one of the deadlock avoidance virtual channels, and within the deadlock avoidance virtual channel to a virtual lane whose relative index corresponds to an absolute index of the virtual lane the packet would have been assigned to if the network was not provisioned with deadlock avoidance virtual channels; and transitioning each packet as it traverses the module from one deadlock avoidance virtual channel to another deadlock avoidance virtual channel when a deadlock avoidance policy so demands it.
US09509605B2
A method is provided performed by an access point for handling uplink communication in a communication system comprising the access point and a wire line network node connected via wire line to the access point. The method comprises receiving an encrypted and/or integrity protected packet data unit, PDU, from a user equipment (UE) wirelessly connected to the access point and detecting type of the received PDU, the type of PDU being any of a signaling radio bearer type or a data radio bearer type. The method further comprises encapsulating the received PDU by setting a header to the PDU, which header comprises an identity indicating the detected type of PDU and an identity indicating a source address and/or a destination address of the PDU, and sending the encapsulated PDU to the wire line network node. Provided is also a corresponding method performed in the wire line network node.
US09509586B2
A system with a device including a hardware processor is configured to perform operations: receiving, by the device, a message over a wired medium, wherein the message has a frame including (a) a MAC address as a source MAC address for the frame and (b) a second MAC address as a destination MAC address for the frame, extracting, by the device, the frame from the message received over the wired medium, and wirelessly transmitting, by the device, the frame without modifying the source MAC address and without modifying the destination MAC address.
US09509581B2
A method of monitoring data traffic across a gateway device connecting a first and a second networks includes comparing values obtained from data counters in the gateway device with defined amounts of data sent from the first to the second network or received from the second network in the first network. The method allows for detecting unauthorized or unwanted traffic as well as locating data loss in the first or second networks.
US09509580B2
A power manager in a network monitors a set of multiple interconnected network elements for failures. During non-failing operation, the multiple interconnected network elements cooperatively communicate amongst each other to provide one or more computer devices connectivity to a core network. In response to detecting a failing network element in the set, the network power manager adaptively controls power settings of at least one non-failing network element in the set of multiple interconnected network elements. Via power control notifications, power settings of the non-failing network elements that depend on the particular failing network element can be reduced to save power in the network. Subsequent to correcting the failure, when the particular network element is functioning properly again, the network power manager notifies the non-failing network elements in the reduced power mode to switch back to a standard power mode and standard operational mode again.
US09509566B2
The present invention relates to a primary apparatus for generating an output for use with a secondary apparatus, both apparatuses having a first configuration and second configuration respectively. A configuration validator determines if the first and second configurations are compatible with each other. A conflict module determines conflict between the first configuration and the second configuration. A corresponding system, software and method are also disclosed.
US09509560B2
Various embodiments of systems and methods for unified configuration for cloud integration are described herein. In an aspect, the method includes rendering a unified configuration interface within a cloud application for performing cloud integration. The unified configuration interface includes a first widget to configure an external system for integration with the cloud application and a second widget to configure an integration flow (iflow) between the external system and the cloud application. The iflow defines data flow between the configured external system and the cloud application. Subsequent to receiving a confirmation of the selected iflow, integrating the external system with the cloud application to share data in the cloud.
US09509556B2
A method of supporting a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) at a network device is disclosed. The method starts with initializing the network device for operating distributed resilient control protocol (DRCP) on an intra-portal port (IPP) coupled to a neighbor network device using an intra-port link (IPL). The method continues with the network device checking that DRCP is enabled at the IPP and then enters an expired state. The network device then receives a DRCPDU and determines that the received DRCPDU is associated with the first portal it is assigned to. It determines that the received DRCPDU is compatible with the network device, and records neighbor network device's state information included in the received DRCPDU as state operational variables of the neighbor network device at the network device, wherein the neighbor network device's state information includes DRCP variables for the IPP.
US09509554B1
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and articles associated with remediation execution. In embodiments, a set of policy test failures may be selected for remediation. The set of policy test failures may be associated with a computer network with a number of nodes. For each failure within the set of policy test failures, a remediation script may be obtained to remediate a corresponding policy test failure. The remediation scripts may be selectively provided to nodes that are affected by policy test failures, for execution by the nodes. A remediation script result for each remediation script executed may be received. Based upon the remediation script results, it may be determined whether or not execution of the remediation scripts was successful.
US09509547B2
The invention includes methods of using IMS Centralized Services, ICS, in the selection of a service domain relating to a call involving a User Equipment, UE, being served by a CS access network. In one aspect a method includes receiving a request from a routing node, such as a Mobile Switching Center, MSC, or a Gateway Mobile Switching Center, GMSC, for a service domain selection at a Service Control Point, SCPin the UE's IMS network (801). The SCP has a Service Domain Selection, SDS, function, which retrieves data relating to the UE from a Domain Selection function (802). Based on the retrieved data, the SDS selects either the IMS service domain or the CS service domain as the service domain for routing the call (803), and sends an indication of the selected service domain to the routing node (805). Other aspects include methods for domain selection at the originating and terminating sides of the call, and network entities configured to carry out the methods.
US09509546B2
A modulation processor (500) comprises a first processing stage (110) and a second processing stage (120). The first processing stage (110) comprises a phase generation stage (117) arranged to generate a phase signal (PM) indicative of a phase of a modulation signal (S), a differentiation stage (118) arranged to generate a frequency signal (FM) by differentiating the phase signal (PM), and a first bandwidth reduction stage (113) arranged to generate a first output signal (FM_LP) by reducing a bandwidth of the frequency signal (FM). The second processing stage (120) is arranged to generate a second output signal (AM*) proportional to the modulation signal (S) with its phase retarded by an angle equal to an integral of the first output signal (FM_LP).
US09509536B2
In a communication apparatus which performs wireless communication over a plurality of lines, a reduction in transmission efficiency is prevented from occurring. A communication apparatus is provided with: a plurality of reception units which receive signals of the same content from an opposed station over a plurality of lines using wireless communication; a quality determination unit which determines qualities of the plurality of lines based on the received signals of the same content; a modulation scheme determination unit which determines a modulation scheme to be used for the wireless communication based on the quality of only a line over which communication is possible when it becomes impossible to perform communication over a line among the plurality of lines; and a transmission unit which transmits information indicating the determined modulation scheme to the opposed station.
US09509530B2
A transmitting circuit is connected to a communication line and configured to transmit a primary signal, being a current signal, to the communication line by changing a current flowing from a transmission unit via the communication line. A receiving circuit is configured to receive a secondary signal which is generated by converting the primary signal transmitted from the transmitting circuit to a voltage signal by a current/voltage converter provided between the transmission unit and the communication line. Specifically, the primary signal, being a current signal transmitted from a communication terminal, is converted to the secondary signal being a voltage signal by the current/voltage converter. As a result, communication can be performed even when the impedance of the communication line is reduced, facilitating introduction of a communication system.
US09509523B2
A method for protection switching in an Ethernet ring network is provided. According to an aspect, the protection switching method includes: at a first node on the Ethernet ring network, detecting link failure; at the first node, determining whether a port through which a protection switching message has to be transmitted is on a forwarding path; and at the first node, generating a protection switching message based on the result of the determination; and at the first node, transmitting the protection switching message.
US09509522B2
A gateway routing bridge of a data center, obtains nicknames of designated routers (DR) of a multicast group in each virtual local area network (VLAN); calculates distribution trees rooted at each DR; receiving a multicast data packet from a multicast source of the multicast group which inside the data center; and sends the multicast data packet on the distribution tree rooted at the DR which corresponds to a multicast address and a VLAN identifier (VLAN ID) of the multicast data packet.
US09509519B2
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, receive a subscription from an application server where the subscription identifies a session event and/or sub-events occurring in a communication session for which the application server requests user location information, provide subscription information based on the subscription to core network nodes of the mobile communications network, receive user location information from the core network nodes responsive to a detection of a triggering event corresponding to the session event of the subscription, and provide the user location information to an IP multimedia subsystem network for delivery to the application server. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09509511B2
Method and system for identity based encryption are described. The method comprises obtaining public parameters and a public key set from a central server, where the public parameters include a friendly prime, a torsion group prime order, an super-singular elliptic curve, a first torsion group, a pre-computed Tate pairing value, a first elliptic curve point and a second elliptic curve point, and a distortion map, and where the pre-computed Tate pairing value is generated by the central server. Further, a receiver key set of elliptic curve points based on a receiver identity of a receiver is determined, where the receiver key set is a subset of the public key set. Further a receiver public key based on the receiver key set is computed. Further, the data is encrypted using the Tate pairing value and an encryption component, wherein the encryption component is computed based on the receiver public key set.
US09509505B2
Exemplary embodiments provide various techniques for managing groups of authenticated entities. In one exemplary computer-implemented method, an entity accesses a group roster that includes a first group identifier identifying a first group, a first group digital certificate associated with the first group, and a first entity identifier identifying the entity being a member of the first group. The entity also receives a request to update the group roster. Here, the request includes a second group identifier identifying a second group and a second group digital certificate associated with the second group. In response to the request, the entity replaces the first group identifier in the group roster with the second group identifier. Additionally, in response to the request, the entity replaces the first group digital certificate with the second group digital certificate. The replacements change a membership of the entity from the first group to the second group.
US09509498B2
A method of transmitting authorization data, said authorization data for authorizing a process. The method comprises securely providing an encryption key to an encrypter and a decrypter; encrypting at the encrypter input authorization data with the encryption key; converting the encrypted data into an optical code pattern; displaying the optical code pattern on a display device; reading the optical code pattern with an optical reader; converting the optical code pattern into received encrypted data corresponding the encrypted data; decrypting the received encrypted data at the decrypter to generate decrypted data corresponding to the input authorization data, and authorizing the process with the data corresponding to the input authorization data.
US09509493B2
An encrypted first polynomial that is obtained by encrypting, in a homomorphic encryption method that handles a polynomial processing, a first polynomial, is received from another computer. The first polynomial is represented by using, as coefficients, components of a first binary vector generated from first data in first order that is either ascending order or descending order with respect to degree of the first polynomial. Then, a predetermined processing in an encrypted text space is performed by using the encrypted first polynomial and an encrypted second polynomial that is obtained by encrypting a second polynomial in the homomorphic encryption method. The second polynomial is represented by using, as coefficients, components of a second binary vector generated from second data in second order that is different from the first order with respect to degree of the second polynomial. Then, a result of the predetermined processing is sent back.
US09509484B2
A transmission scheme for a plurality of transceiver pairs, the transmission scheme including a partition of at least a downlink transmission portion of a data transmission frame into a plurality of precoding intervals, each precoding interval being associated with a respective active group of transceiver pairs, each active group of transceiver pairs including a plurality of transceiver pairs, each precoding interval terminating no earlier than the end of a respective downlink data transmission period associated with at least one of the transceiver pairs in the respective transceiver active group, wherein, a different respective precoder is associated with each the active groups and wherein, at least the transmitting ports of the first transceivers, which are not members of an active group, turn off.
US09509482B2
One embodiment of the present specification discloses a receiving method. The receiving method comprises the steps of: cancelling interference caused by a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) of a neighboring cell from a bit string received from a serving cell; determining weight to be applied to the bit string; applying the determined weight to the bit string; and decoding the bit string to which the weight is applied. In the step of determining the weight, it is possible to determine the weight to be applied depending on whether or not CRSs collide with each other between the serving cell and the neighboring cell that causes the interference.
US09509474B2
Provided is a wireless communication device. A PHICH reception unit determines whether a received signal in a PHICH region is an ACK signal or a NACK signal. When doing so, the PHICH reception unit does not receive a PHICH in a subframe in which a terminal monitors an E-PDCCH. A control signal reception unit outputs a retransmission prompting signal to a signal allocation unit when the signal outputted from the PHICH reception unit is a NACK signal and when a UL grant was not detected. Meanwhile, when a UL grant was detected, the control signal reception unit outputs the detected UL grant to the signal allocation unit. The signal allocation unit maps the transmission signal in accordance with the retransmission prompting signal and the UL grant and transmits the transmission signal from a wireless transmission unit.
US09509472B2
Methods, devices and a system for transmitting an SRS and a UE are provided. A network node transmits an SRS configuration information set to a UE, wherein the SRS configuration information set includes first configuration information indicating the configuration of a first SRS and second configuration information indicating the configuration of a second SRS, wherein the first SRS is transmitted on a cellular uplink and used for performing uplink channel measurement during cellular communication; and the second SRS is transmitted on a D2D link and used for performing channel measurement of the D2D link during D2D communication. The solution addresses the problem of the configuration and the transmission of a reference signal existing in the conventional art when D2D communication is introduced into a cellular system, realizes the compatibility of D2D communication with cellular communication and avoids the noticeable increase in UE design and realization complexity.
US09509466B2
In a network, a first network station (61) communicates with a second network station (65) using a first channel (45) from a plurality of channels. The first channel (45) has a central frequency (46). A third network station (62) communicates using a sub-channel (55) of the first channel (45). The sub-channel overlaps the first channel (45). The sub-channel (55) has a center frequency (56) that varies sufficiently from the center frequency (46) of the first channel (45) so that the first network station (61) and the second network station (65) do not lock onto packets transmitted from the third network station (62). The center frequency (56) of the sub-channel (55) is closer in frequency to the center frequency (46) of the first channel (45) than to a center frequency of any other channel in the plurality of channels.
US09509460B2
A method of receiving downlink signal at a user equipment in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The present invention includes receiving an information related to a reference signal of a neighbor cell from a serving cell and performing an interference handling in resources in accordance with the information related to the reference signal of the neighbor cell, wherein the information related to the reference signal of the neighbor cell comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a cell ID (identity) of the neighbor cell, the number of ports for transmitting the reference signal of the neighbor cell, an frequency information for transmitting the reference signal of the neighbor cell and an time information for transmitting the reference signal of the neighbor cell.
US09509449B2
Systems and techniques for managing channel reservation in a full-duplex wireless network. A transmitting node sends a media access control frame to a receiving node, including an integrity check field in a header of the frame. Upon performing an integrity check and determining that the media access control frame is addressed to itself, the receiving node sends a transmission so as to reserve the channel. If the receiving node has no data to send, the transmission may be an acknowledgement field, and if the receiving node has data to send, the transmission may be a media access control frame including an integrity check field in a header of the frame.
US09509432B2
An optical spectral-temporal connector, having multiple connector modules, interconnects a large number of nodes in a full-mesh structure. A wavelength-division-multiplexed link from each node is de-multiplexed into wavelength channels individually directed to different connector modules. Each connector module has a set of star couplers, each star coupler connecting to wavelength channels from a respective set of nodes through spectral translators. Each spectral translator cyclically shifts a spectral band of a wavelength channel so that, at any instant of time, spectral bands of signals at inlets of any star coupler are disjoint. A spectral router connects outlets of the set of star couplers to a respective set of nodes. A spectral-translation controller prompts each spectral translator to shift to a new spectral band. Several arrangements for time-aligning all the nodes to the connector modules are disclosed.
US09509431B2
The invention provides a method and apparatus for controlling an optical network unit to restart upon completion of downloading new software. Upon completion of downloading a new software version, an optical network terminal firstly determines a type of an active image request to be transmitted based upon stored values, of a RstDelayTimeRange attribute and of a RstDelayTrafficThreshold attribute, corresponding to the optical network unit, and then transmits the active image request to the optical network unit. The determined active image request may be a first active image request to instruct the optical network unit to immediately restart and activate the new software version that has been downloaded, or may be a second active image request to instruct the optical network unit to set an activation flag and a third active image request to instruct the optical network unit to immediately restart, both of which are used in combination.
US09509425B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting signals in a cellular system are provided. The method includes estimating power of a dominant interference cell and detecting a signal by reducing a detection performance degradation caused by an interference signal of the dominant interference cell. The dominant interference cell includes a cell, other than a serving cell, causing an interference.
US09509422B2
A direct broadcast satellite (DBS) reception assembly may comprise an integrated circuit that is configurable between or among a plurality of configurations based on content requested by client devices served by the DBS reception assembly. In a first configuration, multiple satellite frequency bands may be digitized by the integrated circuit as a single wideband signal. In a second configuration, the satellite frequency bands may be digitized by the integrated circuit as a plurality of separate narrowband signals. The integrated circuit may comprise a plurality of receive paths, each of the receive chains comprising a respective one of a plurality of low noise amplifiers and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters.
US09509419B2
A communication circuit includes a receiver path, a frequency translating loop filter and a signal source circuit. The frequency translating loop filter includes an auxiliary mixer, and a frequency translating filter backend circuit such as a filter. The signal source circuit can be shared with a transmitter path. When the receiver path receives an external signal, the auxiliary mixer and the frequency translating filter backend circuit perform high-frequency filtering. When the receiver path need not receive the external signal, the auxiliary mixer up-converts a low-frequency auxiliary signal provided by the signal source circuit to a high-frequency domain, and the up-converted signal is received by the receiver path. Thus, an operation parameter of the receiver path can be adjusted and calibrated according to a response of the receiver path.
US09509418B2
A wireless docking station (100) for docking with a wireless mobile device (120), the wireless docking station including: a platform (110) for docking with the wireless mobile device (120); an interface (230) to a radio; a plurality of antennas (221, 222, 223, 224, 225); an antenna switch (220); a signal sensor (210); and a control unit (240); wherein the control unit (240) controls the antenna switch (220) to connect one of the plurality of antennas (221, 222, 223, 224, 225) to the interface (230) based on signals transmitted from the docked wireless device and detected by the signal sensor (210).
US09509416B2
Many communication systems operate based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signaling and/or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signaling. Within such systems, narrowband interference, which may alternatively be referred to as narrowband ingress, narrowband ingress interference, narrowband noise, etc., may adversely affect one or more subcarriers or tones causing a reduction in performance or even link failure. Such narrowband interference may affect only one or a relatively few tones employed within such communications. When the narrowband interference is identified, a transmission may then be made including one or more information-free tones. A device that receives such a transmission then uses those information-free tones to reduce or cancel the narrowband interference. Such processing may be performed in the frequency-domain, the time domain, or both.
US09509415B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system for generating electromagnetic waves having a fundamental wave mode, and directing the electromagnetic waves to an interface of a transmission medium for guiding propagation of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09509414B2
The present invention provides an encryption and decryption method and device. In the method, a first optical transport network (OTN) transport device encrypts, according to an initial vector (IV), a key, and an encryption algorithm that are preset, data received by the first OTN transport device, and sends the IV and the encrypted data to a second OTN transport device; and the second OTN transport device receives a value of a high-order counter in the IV and the encrypted data that are sent by the first OTN transport device, where the encrypted data is data encrypted by using the IV, the preset key, and the encryption algorithm, and decrypts the encrypted data according to the preset key, the IV, and a decryption algorithm corresponding to the encryption algorithm.
US09509402B2
A light source emits a modulated light, and a radio-frequency transceiver disposed therewith emits a radio-frequency signal. A mobile device may receive either or both signals and determine its position based thereon. The light and radio-frequency sources may be disposed in node in a network of said sources, and the nodes may communicate via the radio-frequency transceivers.
US09509401B2
Proposed is a method for providing additional information to a mobile communication terminal by means of visible light communication in an information display device having an LED backlight unit. For this purpose, the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from a mobile communication terminal, a request for additional information on an object in a content image when a content image is being displayed on a screen of an information display device; determining whether or not there exists additional information corresponding to the request; and controlling, if said additional information does exist, the light emission of the LED backlight unit so as to transmit said additional information in the form of visible light to the mobile communication terminal. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide various additional information corresponding to the request from the mobile communication terminal.
US09509397B2
A number of users interface with a network via a multiplex module, on a communication path established between the multiplex module and a point of presence. Some users may be served by one or more first channels of the communication path while one or more remaining users may be served by one or more additional channels of the communication path. Users having a basic service level agreement may be served by the first channels while users having an extended service level agreement may be served by the one or more additional channels. Allocation of users to distinct channel types based on their service level agreements may apply at a primary point of presence or may apply at a redundant point of presence.
US09509396B2
A low noise block circuit includes a first input signal trace configured to receive a first satellite signal centered at a first frequency; a second signal trace configured to receive a second satellite signal centered at a second frequency; a combiner having a first input connected to the first input signal trace and a second input connected to the second signal trace, and configured to combine the first and second satellite signals to generate and output a combined satellite signal; and an analog-to-digital converter element having a first input coupled to receive the combined satellite signal, and configured to convert the combined satellite signal from an analog signal to a digital signal.
US09509395B2
Provided is a system and device, and for use with a satellite for communicating between a vehicle and a base station. The system comprises a peripheral device, an access point to link the peripheral device to an onboard satellite communication device, and the onboard satellite communication device. The device is programmable, has a software dialer, and a messaging controller for the onboard satellite communication device. Also provided is a method for communicating between a vehicle and a base station.
US09509392B2
Method, receiver and computer program product for processing a signal transmitted over a wireless network from a plurality of spatially separated transmit antennas of a transmitter using a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output transmission. The signal is received at a plurality of receive antennas, the signal comprising a plurality of data streams. The channel quality for each of the data streams in the received signal is determined and based on the determined channel quality of the data streams, the number of independent data streams that can be supported in the Multiple-Input Multiple-Output transmission of the signal is determined. An indication of the determined number is transmitted to the transmitter.
US09509386B2
A radio that calculates an SINR on a basis of received preamble information received by an antenna and corresponding preamble information stored in advance corresponding to the received preamble information, the radio including: an integration unit that calculates a phase signal for each symbol with respect to the received preamble information; a power value calculation unit that calculates a power value on a basis of the phase signal; a correlation calculation unit that calculates a desired signal power from a correlation value between the phase signal and the corresponding preamble information; and an SINR calculation unit that calculates an SINR value from the power value and the desired signal power.
US09509383B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting, by a terminal, channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: subsampling a code book for four antenna ports, including sixteen precoding matrixes; and feeding back the CSI on the basis of the subsampled code book, wherein the CSI includes at least one of a rank indicator (RI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) and a channel quality indicator (CQI), and if the RI is 3, the subsampled code book can be determined so as to minimize a chordal distance between subsampled code words.
US09509379B2
A method for generating a codebook includes applying a unitary rotation to a baseline multidimensional constellation to produce a multidimensional mother constellation, wherein the unitary rotation is selected to optimize a distance function of the multidimensional mother constellation, and applying a set of operations to the multidimensional mother constellation to produce a set of constellation points. The method also includes storing the set of constellation points as the codebook of the plurality of codebooks.
US09509368B2
The method and a device determine a parameter that characterizes a number of spare positions to be used for cancelling the crosstalk of lines joining a digital subscriber line vectoring group. The vectoring includes cancelling the crosstalk caused by a maximum number of lines of the vectoring group and reserving the number of spare positions. In order to provide a method and a device for determining a number of spare positions such that the vectoring group operates efficiently, the method includes determining a residual crosstalk metric that depends on a residual crosstalk between at least two subscriber lines of the vectoring group; and determining the parameter that characterizes the number of spare positions depending on the at least one residual crosstalk metric by successively modifying the parameter until the residual crosstalk metric fulfills a termination condition.
US09509367B2
A method of per-tone spreading in single carrier block transmissions, includes generating a block of modulated symbols, and performing the per-tone spreading on the block of the modulated symbols. Also, a transmitter configured to perform per-tone spreading in single carrier block transmissions, includes a modulator configured to generate a block of modulated symbols, and a spreader configured to perform the per-tone spreading on the block of the modulated symbols.
US09509342B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for error correcting code (ECC) decoding. A soft information module may be configured to determine whether to obtain an indication of the accuracy of a data value for a variable node of an ECC decoder such as a low density parity check (LDPC) code decoder. A score module may be configured to assign and update a score for the variable node. The score may be based on the accuracy indication and on a count of unsatisfied check nodes of the ECC decoder that are associated with the variable node. A precision for the score may be based on an estimated number of errors for the received code word. A check node update module may be configured to update check nodes associated with the variable node based on the score.
US09509340B2
In an example implementation of this disclosure, a message passing low density parity check (LDPC) decoder may, during decoding of a first group of bits, lock a first variable node upon a bit-value probability of the first variable node reaching a determined threshold, and lock a first check node upon all variable nodes connected to the first check node being locked. The LDPC decoder may cease decoding the first group of bits upon all variable nodes of the LDPC decoder being locked, all check nodes of the LDPC decoder being locked, reaching a maximum number of iterations, or reaching a timeout. During a particular iteration of the decoding of the first group of bits in which the first variable node is locked, the LDPC decoder may refrain from generating a bit-value probability for the locked first variable node.
US09509334B2
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment determines whether a target character string is registered in a first dictionary, the target character string being a compression target contained in input data, outputs a compression code corresponding to the target character string when the target string is registered in the first dictionary, searches the target character string in first data when the target character string is not registered in the first dictionary, the first date accumulating character strings that are a part of the input data and have been determined to be not registered in the first dictionary, registers a matched character string in a second dictionary different from the first dictionary when the target character string is searched in the first data and outputs a compression code corresponding to a registration number of the target character string in the second dictionary.
US09509323B2
A fractional-N frequency synthesizer that suppresses integer boundary spurs. A frequency synthesizer includes a fractional-N phase locked loop (PLL) and a reference frequency scaler. The reference frequency scaler is coupled to a reference clock input of the PLL, the reference frequency scaler includes a programmable frequency divider, and a programmable frequency multiplier connected in series with the programmable frequency divider. Each of the divider and multiplier is configured to scale a reference frequency provided to the PLL by a programmable integer value.
US09509320B2
This frequency synthesis device comprises a servo circuit for the control of a frequency provided as output by a reference frequency received as input, with this circuit comprising a first phase accumulator clocked at a frequency linked to the reference frequency, a first digital-to-analog converter, a phase comparator, a loop filter and a controlled frequency oscillator providing an electrical signal oscillating at the output frequency. It further comprises a feedback loop connecting the output to the phase comparator, comprising a second phase accumulator clocked at a frequency linked to the output frequency and a second digital-to-analog converter. A reduction in dynamics by quantization is provided between each phase accumulator and each respective digital-to-analog converter, with this quantization being carried out by truncation of digital values of accumulated phases at the output of each phase accumulator.
US09509319B1
A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit that receives an input signal and generates clock and sampled output signals includes a phase-frequency detector (PFD) circuit, a control circuit, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a current-controlled oscillator (CCO) and a data sampler. The PFD generates intermediate and fine digital control signals. The DAC receives the intermediate digital control signal as a coarse digital control signal and the fine digital control signal and generates an output current. The CCO receives the output current and generates the clock signal. The coarse digital control signal is used to coarse calibrate a frequency of the clock signal and the fine digital control signal is used to fine calibrate the frequency of the clock signal. The data sampler receives the clock signal and samples the input signal at the frequency of the clock signal to generate the sampled output signal.
US09509313B2
A semiconductor device comprising first layer comprising multiplicity of first transistors and, second layer comprising multiplicity of second transistors and, at least one function constructed by the first transistors are structure so it could be replaced by a function constructed by the second transistors.
US09509310B1
A driver circuit configured to produce a pair of output signals from a pair of input signals.The proposed solution brings improvements over conventional LVDS and subLVDS driver circuits because it enables the use of a single driver circuit (also known as “buffer”) which is compliant with both LVDS and subLVDS transmission standards. This allows flexibility with MCUs for instance the automotive industry. Further, proposed solution has the advantage of saving die size in comparison to a solution where two buffers would have been used for different transmission standards. Further, high speed transmission rate is maintained since transmission is performed for one standard at the time.An integrated circuit, a printed circuit and a data processing circuit are also claimed.
US09509308B2
A method for converting data signals from one power supply voltage domain for use in another power supply voltage domain. The method includes receiving the data signal at a first node of the integrated circuit, wherein the first node is within the first power supply voltage domain. The method also includes generating a first intermediate differential signal from the data signal via a first conversion circuit of the integrated circuit. The method further includes communicating the first intermediate differential signal to a first cross-coupled latch, wherein the first cross-coupled latch generates a first output signal based on the first intermediate differential signal. The method also includes outputting the first output signal from a second node of the integrated circuit, wherein the second node is in the second power supply voltage domain. Other embodiments, such as an integrated circuit, and an input device, are also provided.
US09509299B2
Disclosed is a control circuit for control of a semiconductor switching device, such as an IGBT. The control circuit comprising a first feedback path between a first electrode and a control electrode of said semiconductor switching device which has a capacitance. The circuit is operable such that the capacitance in the first feedback path is dependent on the voltage level at said first electrode. In another embodiment the control circuit is operable such that a feedback signal begins to flow in the first feedback path immediately as the semiconductor switching device begins switching off, thereby causing a control action on the semiconductor switching device.
US09509298B2
A driving module, for a display device, includes a first transistor comprising a gate coupled to a first node, a drain coupled to an output end, and a source coupled to a first positive voltage source; a second transistor comprising a gate coupled to a second node, a drain coupled to the output end, and a source coupled to a first negative voltage source; and a voltage generating unit, coupled to an input end, a second positive voltage source and a second negative voltage source for generating a first voltage at the first node and a second voltage at the second node; wherein a difference between a first positive voltage of the first positive voltage source and the first voltage is smaller than a first threshold and a difference between a first negative voltage of the first negative voltage source and the second voltage is smaller than a second threshold.
US09509297B2
A circuit has an operational voltage supply node that carries an operational voltage having an operational voltage value, a reference voltage supply node that carries a reference voltage having a reference voltage value, and a sub-circuit and switching circuit between the operational voltage supply node and the reference voltage supply node. The switching circuit is in series with the sub-circuit and controls a current through the sub-circuit based on a difference between the operational voltage value and a nominal operational voltage value.
US09509286B2
A driving circuit used in a transmission line includes an operational amplifier and an output circuit. The operational amplifier is used for receiving a voltage signal to generate an output. The output circuit is coupled to the operational amplifier and used for receiving the output of the operational amplifier and determining current(s) passing through the output circuit to generate an output signal of the driving signal so as to adjust the output impedance of the driving circuit to match the transmission line; the output impedance of driving circuit is adjustable and determined by the current(s) passing through the output circuit.
US09509285B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit having a pulse latch circuit and an enable circuit. The latch circuit is configured to receive a first signal at an input lead and drive the first signal to an output lead in response to an enable signal. The enable circuit is configured to be active to generate the enable signal to enable the latch circuit to receive the first signal when the first signal is different from a second signal on the output lead and is configured to default the enable signal to suppress the first signal so as not to be received at the latch circuit when the first signal is the same as the second signal.
US09509279B2
A filter device includes a first LC parallel resonance circuit having a first inductance and connected between a line connecting an input terminal and an output terminal and a ground potential, a second LC parallel resonance circuit having a second inductance and connected between the line and the ground potential, and at least one elastic wave resonator that is connected between an end portion of the first LC parallel resonance circuit and an end portion of the second LC parallel resonance circuit. Attenuation-frequency characteristics of an LC filter including the first LC parallel resonance circuit, the second LC parallel resonance circuit, and a capacitive property and attenuation-frequency characteristics of the at least one elastic wave resonator are used.
US09509275B2
A quartz vibrating device that includes a quartz vibrator supported upon a case board in a cantilever state. The quartz vibrator is electrically connected to first and second mount electrodes by first and second conductive adhesive layers. A total S (mm2) of bonding surface areas of portions bonding the quartz vibrator to the case board by the first and second conductive adhesive layers is in a range of S≦−0.001t+0.22 when a thickness of a quartz substrate is t (μm).
US09509274B2
One example includes a superconducting phase-shift system. The system includes an all-pass filter comprising at least one variable inductance element. The all-pass filter can be configured to receive an input signal and to provide the input signal as an output signal that is phase-shifted relative to the input signal based on a variable inductance provided by each of the at least one variable inductance element. The system can further include a phase controller configured to provide a phase-control current to control the variable inductance of the at least one variable inductance element based on a characteristic of the phase-control current.
US09509272B2
On aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The at least one conducting element comprises at least one cermet such that the conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body. The bushing includes an electrical filter structure. The at least one conducting element provides at least a one conducting section of the filter structure and the base body provides at least one dielectric section of the filter.
US09509266B2
A RF power supply system for delivering periodic RF power to a load. A power amplifier outputs a RF signal to the load. A sensor measures the RF signal provided to the load and outputs signals that vary in accordance with the RF signal. A first feedback loop enables control the RF signal based upon power determined in accordance with output from the sensor. A second feedback loop enables control the RF signal based upon energy measured in accordance with signals output from the sensor. Energy amplitude and duration provide control values for varying the RF signal. The control system and techniques are applicable to both pulsed RF power supplies and in various instances to continuous wave power supplies.
US09509256B2
An apparatus includes: a plurality of amplification stages, each stage comprising a cascode transistor; and a bridge circuit coupled between gate terminals of cascode transistors in two adjacent stages of the plurality of amplification stages, the bridge circuit including a plurality of diodes.
US09509253B2
A circuit may include an amplifying circuit and a t-coil inductor. The amplifying circuit may include an input node, an output node, an amplifier, and a feedback loop. The feedback loop may be coupled between the input node and the output node. The amplifying circuit may be configured to receive a current signal on the input node and to output a voltage signal based on the current signal on the output node. The t-coil inductor may include a first portion and a second portion. A first node of the first portion may be coupled to the input node of the amplifying circuit and the second portion may be included in the feedback loop.
US09509251B2
An amplifier module includes a module substrate. Conductive interconnect structures and an amplifier device are coupled to a top surface of the module substrate. The interconnect structures partially cover the module substrate top surface to define conductor-less areas at the top surface. The amplifier device includes a semiconductor substrate, a transistor, a conductive feature coupled to a bottom surface of the semiconductor substrate and to at least one of the interconnect structures, and a filter circuit electrically coupled to the transistor. The conductive feature only partially covers the semiconductor substrate bottom surface to define a conductor-less region that spans a portion of the bottom surface. The conductor-less region is aligned with at least one of the conductor-less areas at the module substrate top surface. The filter circuit includes a passive component formed over a portion of the semiconductor substrate top surface that is directly opposite the conductor-less region.
US09509249B2
A heat is taken from a photovoltaic panel (1) using air that flows through the photovoltaic panel (1) unit with an air cooler (2). The unit has an air intake opening (3) and an outtake vent (4) and the air flow is enforced by a natural draft of a chimney (5), to which the photovoltaic panel (1) unit is connected to. At least a part of the chimney (5) is exposed to solar radiation. Outtake vents (4) of several photovoltaic panel (1) units can lead to one chimney (5), preferably through thermal collectors (6) and piping. The air in the chimney is warmed up by solar radiation, the air ascends towards the chimney (5) mouth and the chimney (5) natural draft created in this way enforces air flow within the photovoltaic panel (1) unit. Even the air cooler (2) of the sucked air can form part of the system—preferably in the form of a ground-coupled heat exchanger (9). The chimney (5) can be equipped with heat-absorbing surface and it can also have a supporting wind device transforming wind energy into a natural draft within the chimney (5).
US09509244B2
An electric power generation system may be constructed of multiple similar generator modules arranged between a rotor and a stator. The rotor may be coupled to and/or integrated with a turbine that is configured to rotate in the presence of a fluid stream such as wind or water. Each generator module may have a rotor portion configured to generate a magnetic field having at least one characteristic that changes with respect to the rotational speed of the rotor. Each generator module may further have a stator portion configured to generate an alternating electric current responsive to the magnetic field. The generated electric current may be controlled by the stator portion of the generator module in order to magnetically control the rotational speed of the rotor and the turbine. Separation between the rotor and stator portions of the generator module may be magnetically maintained.
US09509229B2
A power conversion circuit connected to a three phase alternating current line is controlled in a PWM system. To control an arm corresponding to each phase, first to third carrier wave signals are generated. The first to third carrier wave signals include two signals having phases, respectively, offset by 180 degrees from each other. This allows a zero phase component to less frequently reach a peak value and be accordingly reduced as time averaged. This can reduce a zero phase harmonic component generated from a power supply apparatus.
US09509228B2
A rectifier circuit with a semiconductor element is disclosed. The semiconductor element includes at least one field effect transistor with a control electrode, and at least one driver. The driver cooperates with a voltage sensor, and controls the field effect transistor to a conducting state. The semiconductor element includes the voltage sensor insulated from the at least one field effect transistor. The voltage sensor includes a separate sensor electrode, and a sensor capacitance of the voltage sensor forms a non-linear voltage divider with a reference capacitance.
US09509219B2
A power supply system includes: a switching power supply for converting an AC voltage from an AC power supply into a DC voltage; a latching relay provided on an AC input line for switching a connection state of the switching power supply with the AC power supply in response to a relay drive signal; a control device for generating a relay control signal; a relay drive circuit for generating the relay drive signal in response to an input of the relay control signal and driving the latching relay by the relay drive signal; a battery for supplying electric power to the control device and the relay drive circuit when they are connected; and a switch for switching the connection state of the battery with respect to the control device and the relay drive circuit.
US09509215B2
A circuit for generating an output current includes a control signal generating circuit that is configured to generate a control signal. The control signal is a function of a level of an analog input voltage signal, and a level of the output current is a function of a level of an analog input current signal and the level of the analog input voltage signal.
US09509213B1
A charge pump device with NMOS transistor circuit is provided for low voltage operation. The charge pump stage, comprising four NMOS transistors and three capacitors, is configured to alleviate the substrate body effect and the charge transfer loss. The charge pump circuit can be constructed on a p-type semiconductor substrate directly without deep N well isolation. The circuit is driven by two non-overlapping complementary clock signals, which can be generated easily with an integrated fabrication. The charge pump device can be implemented with a multiple stage to provide a stable high voltage output.
US09509210B2
For starting-up a power converter, an AC rectified voltage is generated upon power-up of the power converter. A depletion mode transistor generates a first voltage from the rectified voltage. The first voltage is inputted to a controller of the power converter to provide power for operation of the controller before an output stage of the power converter starts outputting power. A gate biasing voltage is generated from the first voltage and supplied to a gate terminal of the depletion mode transistor to bias the gate terminal of the depletion mode transistor.
US09509209B2
An inverter for driving a motor generator has series connection units, each of which has two switching elements, connected in series, in high and low voltage sides, respectively. A drive unit is arranged for each switching element. A gate of the switching element is connected to an emitter thereof through a first cutoff resistance and a first cutoff switching element in the drive unit. The gate of the switching element is also connected to the emitter thereof through a second cutoff resistance and a second cutoff switching element in the drive unit. A resistance value of the first cutoff resistance is higher than a resistance value of the second cutoff resistance. A software cutoff process is performed when the switching element is in a completely turned-on state so that the first cutoff switching element is turned on and the second cutoff switching element is turned off.
US09509204B2
Motion-damping systems and methods that include motion-damping systems are disclosed herein. The motion-damping systems include a flexible body that is configured to extend within a gap that is defined between a base structure and an attached component. The motion-damping systems further include a magnetic assembly and a ferromagnetic body. One of the magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body is located within the flexible body and the other of the magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body is operatively affixed to a selected one of the base structure and the attached component. The magnetic assembly and the ferromagnetic body are oriented such that a magnetic force therebetween retains the flexible body in physical contact with the selected one of the base structure and the attached component. The methods include methods of installing and/or operating the motion-dampening systems.
US09509191B2
An electric motor includes a rotor having a rotary shaft, a pair of ball bearings for supporting the rotary shaft, and two brackets having bearing housings for holding the ball bearings. The motor further includes a washer between one of the ball bearings and an end wall of one of the bearing housings. The washer includes a plurality of claws. The washer is configured including a ring-shaped yoke and the claws the center parts of which are fastened to the yoke. These claws are configured to be bent in a U-shape, and the center part of the U-shape is fastened to the yoke.
US09509189B2
A magnetic wedge comprises a first element of magnetic material extending longitudinally along a first direction and second element of non-magnetic material coupled to the first element and having at least one skew portion relative to the longitudinal extension direction of the wedge.
US09509185B2
A rotor includes a shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets arranged around the shaft in a circumferential direction for permanent excitation and attached to the shaft by an adhesive bond, and a flux conducting device provided for conducting a magnetic flux of the permanent magnets. The flux conducting device has a plurality of soft-magnetic flux conducting elements. Each flux conducting element is placed between two of the permanent magnets and adhesively bonded thereto.
US09509183B2
Various embodiments include apparatuses adapted to include a dynamoelectric machine rotor with a modified outer surface. In some embodiments apparatuses include a dynamoelectric machine rotor including a rotor body having a spindle, pole regions, the pole regions having a non-uniform radial distance from an axis of rotation of the rotor to an outer surface of the pole regions and a plurality of slots in the outer surface of the rotor body, the plurality of slots being spaced apart in a circumferential direction of the rotor body, each of the plurality of slots extending in an axial direction of the rotor body.
US09509180B2
A brushless motor for the electric power tool is configured such that a rotor having a magnet is radially disposed on the inner side of a stator having winding wires, and a bonded magnet is used as the magnet of the rotor.
US09509179B2
A system and a device for wirelessly transferring power without a cable are provided. A wireless electromagnetic receiver includes a first device configured to oscillate based on an electromagnetic field. The wireless electromagnetic receiver further includes a second device configured to transform the oscillation of the first device into a power, the second device being in contact with the first device.
US09509176B2
Systems and methods for optimal planning and real-time control of energy storage systems for multiple simultaneous applications are provided. Energy storage applications can be analyzed for relevant metrics such as profitability and impact on the functionality of the electric grid, subject to system-wide and energy storage hardware constraints. The optimal amount of storage capacity and the optimal operating strategy can then be derived for each application and be prioritized according to a dispatch stack, which can be statically or dynamically updated according to data forecasts. Embodiments can consist of both planning tools and real-time control algorithms.
US09509167B2
An apparatus for wirelessly receiving power comprises a battery at least partially covered by magnetic material and a radio frequency (RF) charge energy receiving antenna surrounding the magnetic material and electrically coupled to the battery through a circuit card assembly (CCA).
US09509164B2
There is disclosed a dynamic boost charging system having a monitoring component configured to measure total DC current and/or battery current and a reporting component configured to transmit output data of the total DC current and/or battery current measured. A battery charger control system in operable connection with the monitoring component receives the data of the total DC current and/or battery current measured by the monitoring component, and is configured to: obtain an initial time and/or charge measurement; determine a time and/or charge to complete a recharge cycle based on the time and/or charge measurement; selectively use at least two preset DC output voltage settings, one of the at least two preset DC voltage settings being a float voltage, and another of the at least two preset DC voltage settings being a boost voltage; and maintain the boost voltage until the time has passed the charge has been provided.
US09509161B2
A charging apparatus and a method for a battery-powered electronic device are provided. The charging method includes detecting a connection of a charger, checking a charging power and a discharging power of a battery while charging the battery with an output of the charger, determining whether the electronic device is in a normal charging state according to a difference between the charging and discharging powers, restricting, when the electronic device is in an abnormal charging state, supply of operation power from the battery, and supplying, when the electronic device is in the normal charging state, the operation power from the battery.
US09509157B2
A power bank device includes a load node, a power-supply circuit, an output circuit, a detecting unit, and a control circuit. The power-supply circuit provides an output current via the load node. The output circuit generates an output voltage at the load node according to the output current. The detecting unit generates a detecting signal according to the output current. The output circuit includes an impedance circuit. The control circuit, according to the detecting signal, controls the output circuit to switch an impedance of the impedance circuit, thereby down-regulating the output voltage and the output current.
US09509150B2
A charging circuit and a control method for charging different brands of mobile devices are disclosed. The charging circuit comprises: a universal interface connected to a mobile device to be charged; a charging adaptation unit comprising at least two types of charging circuitries, wherein the charging adaptation unit is connected to the universal interface and configured to provide a corresponding charging circuitry for the mobile device; a voltage conversion unit connected to a charging power source and configured to adjust an output voltage of the charging power source to a charging voltage for the mobile device; and a current detection unit connected between the voltage conversion unit and the charging adaptation unit and configured to detect a charging current, wherein the charging current is configured to determine the corresponding charging circuitry for the mobile device. The charging circuit and the control method thereof can charge different brands of mobile devices by means of a single universal interface, and can also charge a mobile device by means of another mobile device, which makes the use of mobile devices more convenient.
US09509149B2
A power management system comprises a power generation equipment that generates power and a storage battery that stores power, and is connected to a power grid. The power management system comprises: a control unit that controls an operation mode of the storage battery so as to start charging the storage battery when a voltage value of the power grid exceeds a predetermined system voltage threshold value.
US09509144B1
A configurable power distribution system is provided and includes a power input from a power source, a power output device having a first power connection and a second power connection, a voltage monitoring device and a plurality of relay devices connected with the voltage monitoring device and the power output device. It should be appreciated that the plurality of relay devices are configurably responsive to the voltage monitoring device, and the power output device is connected to the plurality of relays such that the power at the first power connection and second power connection is responsive to the configuration of plurality of relay devices.
US09509141B2
A wind turbine device having in one embodiment a diesel generator to initialize a black start in case of a blackout of an electricity network is disclosed. For performing the black start, the diesel generator provides a predetermined voltage to a power output of the wind turbine device in order to imitate the electricity network in its running state. A wind park is also disclosed, the wind park having in one embodiment at least two wind turbine devices. In one embodiment a wind park controller provides the same reference value for the phase angle φ for the at least two turbines.
US09509136B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for ESD protection with adjustable trigger voltage decoupled from DC breakdown voltage for semiconductor devices including field effect transistors (FETs), and particularly to metal-oxide-semiconductors (MOSFETs) fabricated on silicon-on-insulator (“SOI”) and silicon-on-sapphire (“SOS”) substrates are described. The apparatus and method are configured to change reverse biased drain junctions which in turn can control the DC breakdown voltage and the trigger voltage.
