US09511582B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein are directed towards flexographic printing of microscopic high resolution conductive patterns (HRCP). These HRCP may be printed using one or more formulations for high polarity and stable viscosity inks for use in the flexographic printing process. The inks may be water permeable, UV curable, and configured to resist loss of integrity when exposed to water and atmospheric moisture.
US09511574B2
Two workpieces composed of a resin workpiece and a resin workpiece, or composed of a resin workpiece and a glass substrate are bonded to each other such that troubles, such as an alignment shift and breakage etc. are not generated, while ensuring bonding uniformity. A first workpiece is placed on an inverting stage of an inverting stage unit, a second workpiece is placed on a work stage of a pressurizing stage unit, and UV light is radiated from a light irradiation unit. Then, the inverting stage is inverted 180°, the workpieces are overlapped each other on the work stage, and the workpieces are pressurized and pre-bonded to each other. Then, the workpieces in the pre-bonded state are transferred to a heating stage by a transfer means, the temperature of the workpieces is increased to a predetermined temperature by heating the workpieces, and the temperature is maintained until bonding is completed.
US09511569B2
A multilayer film structure is disclosed which comprises at least a first layer made of a bio-based polymer composition; a tie layer comprising one or more ethylene copolymers and one or more inorganic fillers; and optionally at least one additional layer.
US09511553B2
A method includes: a main body processing step of forming a lens main body having the concave lens surface; a molding step of coating a molding resin on the concave lens surface, pressing a microstructure forming mold, having a molding surface portion transferring the reflection preventing part formed on the surface of a deformable base body part thereof, against the concave lens surface, and curing the molding resin; and a mold release step of exerting a moment of a force relating to the surface top of the molding surface portion so as to deform the base body part to gradually separate the microstructure forming mold from an outer peripheral side thereof in a direction in which the concavo-convex shape of the reflection preventing part extends, thereby performing mold release.
US09511551B2
Device for embedding an insert into a rubber profiled element in a given direction, is provided herein. The device includes: at least one means for feeding a thread continuously, a moving support capable of moving on a structure in a rectilinear reciprocating movement between a raised position and a lowered position, at least one hollow needle having a channel of longitudinal axis XX′ inside which the thread is able to run, which needle is fixed by one of its ends to the base of the moving support and has at its other end a tip capable of penetrating said rubber profiled element, and a cutting means arranged on the support, having a blade capable of cutting off the thread.
US09511549B2
Anisotropic thermal energy guiding shells and methods for fabricating thermal energy guiding shells are provided. An anisotropic thermal energy guiding shell includes an interior volume defined within the anisotropic thermal energy guiding shell, a plurality of thermally conductive fibers, and at least one component attachment region. The plurality of thermally conductive fibers are arranged to guide thermal energy received by the anisotropic thermal energy guiding shell non-uniformly relative to the at least one component attachment region according to a thermal energy management objective. A method for fabricating a thermal energy guiding shell includes forming a composite fabric of thermally conductive fibers, impregnating the composite fabric of thermally conductive fibers with a resin, curing the impregnated composite fabric of thermally conductive fibers, and forming the impregnated composite fabric of thermally conductive fibers into the thermal energy guiding shell.
US09511548B1
Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure are disclosed herein. The methods include operatively attaching a charge of composite material to a flexible substrate to define an initial conformation for a composite-substrate assembly and locating the composite-substrate assembly and a layup mandrel proximal to one another. The methods further include pressing the composite-substrate assembly against an outer surface of the layup mandrel to deform the composite-substrate assembly to a final conformation. The methods also include affixing the charge of composite material to the outer surface of the layup mandrel and releasing the charge of composite material from the flexible substrate while retaining the charge of composite material on the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The systems include the flexible substrate, the layup mandrel, and an assembly deformation structure that is configured to press the composite-substrate assembly against the outer surface of the layup mandrel.
US09511538B2
A fabrication method of forming thermoplastic composite laminate parts with tailored and varying thickness in a continuous process. Automated equipment or hand lay-up are used to collate parts or components into a multi-layer stack. Each stack contains all plies, including ply build-up areas, tacked in the proper location to maintain orientation and location. Ply consolidation tooling contains all necessary part features and is coordinated to the customized multiple ply stacks to form a single integrated thermoplastic composite laminate potentially having areas of differing thickness from the multiple ply stacks.
US09511535B2
A resin mold includes a resin layer having a depressions and protrusions pattern formed in the surface thereof, and a release layer including a mold release agent and formed of uniform thickness on at least the depressions and protrusions pattern of the aforementioned resin layer. The aforementioned resin layer has a solvent soluble resin, and an additive that has bleeding ability with respect to the solvent soluble resin, has a substituent group capable of coupling with the aforementioned mold release agent, and has a substituent group having compatibility with the aforementioned solvent soluble resin. The aforementioned additive is localized in the vicinity of the aforementioned resin layer surface. The group of the additive capable of coupling with the mold release agent condenses with the aforementioned mold release agent so that the aforementioned resin layer and release layer are bonded together.
US09511531B2
A method of forming a thermoplastic article, comprises steps of: a) positioning at least one preheated first component being hollow and having at least one open end in two co-operating first mold halves; b) extruding a blow-moldable thermoplastic material into the first component and closing the mold halves; and c) blowing the blow-moldable thermoplastic material inside the mold halves to form an article on which the first component is fixedly engaged. The method is simple in implementation, low in cost and easy in modification, and by which a thermoplastic article of varied colors, patterns, materials, and/or functional components being fixedly mounted on its outer surface could be realized.
US09511528B2
A method of forming a dry adhesive by includes forming an electrospun non-woven of a spinnable polymer, wherein the polymer fiber forming the non-woven is aligned. A dry adhesive is provided that comprises aligned polymeric nanofibers. The polymeric nanofibers may be formed from a mixture of highly spinnable material is combined with an adhesive component to further enhance the adhesion onto substrates. The non-woven can further be processed by plastic deformation to create microprotrusions.
US09511525B2
Injection molding parts onto a carrier web located between mold halves, each mold half having a cavity, resulting in molded articles having parts on both sides of the carrier web. Polymer flow into the cavities is assisted by application of ultrasonic energy to the mold. After the molding operation, mold halves are separated, and the carrier web is advanced, or indexed, to a next position for another molding sequence. Articles produced include lenses with part of the carrier web between lens halves, and a carrier web bearing an array of molded parts.
US09511523B2
The disclosure relates to a calibrator including a first plate opposing a second plate, the first plate having a first foam-expansion surface adjacent to a first anti-static surface, the second plate having a second foam-expansion surface adjacent to a second anti-static surface, wherein the first foam-expansion surface and the second foam-expansion surface are aligned to form a foam-expansion region, and wherein the first anti-static surface and the second anti-static surface are aligned to form an anti-static region. The disclosure also relates to a method of producing a polyetherimide foam, the method including passing a liquid polymer mixture comprising a polyetherimide through the calibrator.
US09511516B2
An apparatus including a mold having a top opening which leads to an inner chamber. The mold may include a first, second, third, and fourth walls, and a bottom which enclose the inner chamber. The apparatus may further include a first and/or second devices which are configured with respect to the mold to supply first and/or second mixtures of quartz and resin to the inner chamber of the mold. The apparatus may include transportation sheet which lies in the inner chamber of the mold and on an inside surface of the third wall of the mold, and which is sandwiched between the first wall and the third wall of the mold and the second wall and the third wall of the mold. The first and second devices may include means for moving the mold to allow placement of the first and/or second mixtures in specific areas of the inner chamber.
US09511513B2
A composite tube is made by applying a mixture of individual reinforcing fibers and a resin onto the interior cylindrical wall of the spinning mandrel.
US09511512B2
A mixing apparatus includes a main agent supply unit that supplies a main agent to a main agent pipe and a curing agent supply unit that supplies a curing agent to a curing agent pipe. A mixing pipe, with which the main agent pipe and the curing agent pipe merge and through which the main and curing agents pass, has a static mixer and a dynamic mixer that sequentially mix the main and curing agents. A discharge pipe discharges a sealant obtained through the static mixer and the dynamic mixer. An in-system decompressor sets at least the static mixer and the dynamic mixer in a decompressed atmosphere before the main and curing agents are mixed.
US09511500B2
A cutting tool includes an upper handle, a lower handle, a blade, at least one quick release device and a connection part. The cutting tool features on that both the blade and the connection part are pivoted quickly by the quick release device without any special tools. When the cutting tool is in an open state or a closed state, the quick release device disposed on the connection part is switched and moved in a circular part on one end of the blade so as to cut.
US09511495B2
A monitoring control method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying an area map for monitoring, and determining a virtual boundary on the area map. The area map is a specific space of the indoor or outdoor and displays objects or articles that are within the specific space of the indoor or outdoor. The virtual boundary constitutes a movement area for a monitoring target therewithin.
US09511487B2
An installation device for a vehicle cylinder and an installation assembly having the same are provided. The installation device includes a main body, at least one lateral member and a plurality of swingable abutting members. Each said swingable abutting member disposed between the main body and the lateral member protrudes outside the lateral member and is slidably disposed in one radial sliding slot disposed on the lateral member. Each said swingable abutting member is provided for being assembled to a valve to be installed into the vehicle cylinder. The installation assembly further includes a driving mechanism assembled to the installation device for pushing the valve into the vehicle cylinder.
US09511465B2
In a precision machine tool wherein a spindle head 20 that is movable in the up and down direction is disposed on a column 14 disposed on a bed 10 and a water storage space for storing temperature-regulated cooling water is formed inside the column 14, the column 14 has, in a lower part thereof, intake ports 38a and 38b through which cooling water is led into the water storage space, the column 14 has, in an upper part thereof, a drain opening 40 through which a cooling water is led outside, and an air vent hole 49 through which air in the column is discharged is formed at a position higher than the drain opening 40.
US09511463B1
An article of manufacture, a portable lathe jig device for use with a lathe and hand tools, such as router is disclosed, with a top U-shaped unit with fences and stop plates slidably engaged to a bottom U-shaped unit and the units are movable or locked together with knobs with threaded tightening bolts.
US09511461B2
A manufacturing apparatus is presented. The manufacturing apparatus comprises a tool support movable along multiple axes; a tool mounted on the tool support for performing a manufacturing operation on a workpiece; and an ancillary device releasably mounted on the tool support and used in conjunction with the tool, the ancillary device moveable along at least a first axis independent of the movement of the tool.
US09511460B2
In order to improve a lathe includes a machine frame, a workpiece spindle unit arranged on the machine frame and having a workpiece spindle housing and a workpiece spindle rotatingly drivable about a workpiece spindle axis in the workpiece spindle housing. A supporting unit which is arranged on the machine frame and in which a workpiece receptacle rotatable about the workpiece spindle axis can be supported on the machine frame radially to the workpiece spindle axis, in such a manner that rotary machining operations other than longitudinal turning are possible in a simple manner. It is suggested that the supporting unit have a bearing member receptacle, in which a guide bushing for longitudinal turning can be supported in the area of its workpiece receptacle in a longitudinal turning version of the lathe and the workpiece spindle unit can be supported in the area of its workpiece receptacle radially to the workpiece spindle axis in a short turning version of the lathe.
US09511459B2
The invention relates to a system for installing or uninstalling a removable battery of an electric or hybrid vehicle characterized in that the system is fully integrated in the vehicle and does not require any outside assistance. To summarize, the jack (3) can vertically handle and drop the battery (2) when the locks (4) securing the battery below the vehicle (1) floor are open. For reinstalling the battery, the parking assistance system of the vehicle guides the vehicle above the battery, whereas the lifting device can cope with the unavoidable positioning errors. This battery dropping system is useful for batteries exchange, batteries renting or maintenance, and for adapting the battery's configuration to the forecasted loads or usages of the vehicle. Important cost and fuel savings along CO2 emission cuts are expected from this device. In fact, the vehicle no longer carries a heavy battery when it is not necessary. Even more, adapting batteries to vehicle usages allows decreasing vehicle design loads with impacts on costs and vehicle performances. In addition, the device can also be used as an automatic and high-power electrical connector.
US09511457B2
A method of balancing a gas turbine engine rotor comprises the step of obtaining a rotor disc with a circumferential array of balance tabs projecting from a peripheral rim of the disc. Stress shielding scallops are defined in the rotor disc between the tabs. The balancing is achieved by removing material from at least one of the tabs.
US09511455B2
A substrate inspection device and a component mounting device are provided. The solder inspection device and the component mounting device respectively have substrate support devices that support a rear face of a printed circuit board. The substrate support device includes backup pins that support the rear surface of the printed circuit board, a location determiner that determines locations of the backup pins, and a backup pin locator that places the backup pins at the locations of the backup pins determined by the location determiner. The location determiner determines positions for supporting areas of the rear face of the printed circuit board where an electrode is covered by a resist film and where neither electronic component nor solder is present, as the locations of the backup pins.
US09511448B2
A laser machining system for machining a work-piece includes a laser scanning head, external optical subsystems, and an image acquisition device. The external optical subsystems correspond to optical channels that include a first optical channel and a second optical channel. The laser scanning head controls an optical path so that a laser beam is directed and focused on the work-piece through the first optical channel and the second optical channel at different times. The first optical channel and the second optical channel correspond to respective specific portions of the work-piece to be machined by the laser beam. The image acquisition device is positioned to view the work-piece through the optical path. The image acquisition device acquires via the first optical channel one or more images of the work-piece to determine a displacement of the work-piece with reference to a best optical focus position of the second optical channel.
US09511447B2
A turbulator fabrication process and a fabricated article are provided. The turbulator fabrication process includes providing a system configured for directing a first fusion energy and a second fusion energy, positioning a turbulator material on a substrate, and directing the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy toward the turbulator material and the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy modifies the turbulator material forming one or more turbulators on the substrate. The fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator.
US09511443B2
A welding system includes a first sensor associated with a welding helmet and configured to sense a parameter indicative of a position of a welding torch relative to the welding helmet. The travel speed sensing system also includes a processing system communicatively coupled to the first sensor and configured to determine a position of the welding torch relative to a workpiece based on the sensed first parameter.
US09511435B2
A method for controlling a brazing process, including the steps of applying a welding current through an electrode (52) pressed to a metal surface (83) of a workpiece to form a welding arc. Further steps are continuously measuring the welding current and the welding time, continuously determining supplied energy on the basis of the welding current and the welding time, digitally switching current supplied from batteries of a DC source (10) and to maintain a substantially constant welding current, interrupting the supply of welding current when a predetermined amount of energy has been supplied and supplying heat to batteries when a temperature of the batteries is below a predetermined value. The apparatus comprises a control module (31) with a central unit (26)and a power control unit (28) wherein the central unit (26) and the control unit (28) are operatively connected for continuously measuring the welding current, a switched circuit module (12) producing a substantially constant welding current of a predetermined value and a first temperature transducer (36) provided in the vicinity of batteries included in the DC source (10). A heat transfer means (34; 70) is activated when the temperature of the batteries is below a predetermined value.
US09511434B2
A method for electrical discharge machining a workpiece includes the steps of: presenting an elongate electrode to the workpiece with a spark gap therebetween; flowing a dielectric fluid in the gap; eroding the workpiece by electrical discharge between the tip of the electrode and the workpiece; displacing the electrode in a direction aligned with the long axis of the electrode to maintain the gap as the electrode wears and the workpiece is eroded; and simultaneously with the displacement, producing vibratory movement of the electrode, the vibratory movement being aligned with the long axis of the electrode.
US09511425B1
A jig device holding a work piece is used with a milling machine that cuts from the work piece a prosthesis having a surface essentially free of defects. The jig device is inserted repeatedly into the machine in the same predetermined location, even upon inverting the jig device. This maintains the spatial relationship between the jig device and milling so, at start up, they are always in the same exact spatial relationship. The milling machine partially cuts through a first side of the work piece to form in the work piece a cavity having a surface part corresponding to at least a portion of the prosthesis being made. The jig device is then removed from the machine, inverted and reinserted into the machine at the same predetermined location. A support material is placed in the cavity prior to reinserting the jig device. Upon reinserting the jig device, the machine precisely cuts through an opposed side of the work piece to form within the work piece a prosthesis having a surface essentially free of defects. The prosthesis is supported within the work piece by the support material. The prosthesis and support material are separated to complete our method.
US09511419B2
An impact pad for use in tundish of continuous casting steel during pouring out of molten steel (6) from the casting ladle into the tundish. The impact pad (1) has side walls (2) provided with barriers (3) distributed spaced apart and staggered in height and in length in the whole extension of the walls (2) or part thereof, the impact pad (1) still comprises an impact bottom (5) provided with corrugations (4) uniformly distributed and staggered in its entirety or part thereof.
US09511396B2
Systems and methods for safe on-line pigging decoking of a coker furnace tubes and which also permits on-line spalling operations.
US09511392B2
A method for coating metal surfaces, in particular surfaces of wheels made of an aluminum alloy, in a multi-step method, wherein the metallic surfaces are first contacted with an aqueous composition predominantly containing silane/silanol/siloxane/polysiloxane and thereafter contacted with an aqueous composition predominantly containing at least one phosphonic compound.
US09511391B2
A fluid reservoir comprising: a slide cylinder (11); a neck (12) that defines an outlet opening (13); an internal shoulder (14) that connects the slide cylinder (11) to the outlet opening (13), the internal shoulder (14) being provided with an annular groove (15) that extends in line with the slide cylinder (11), such that the internal shoulder (14) defines an annular collar (16) that connects the annular groove (15) to the outlet opening (13); and a follower piston (2) that is engaged to slide in leaktight manner in the slide cylinder (11), the piston (2) defining at least one sealing lip (21) that is received in the annular groove (15) when the reservoir is empty; the fluid reservoir being characterized in that the annular collar (16) is formed with at least one radial channel (17; 17′) that connects the annular groove (15) to the outlet opening (13) of the neck (11).
US09511384B2
Provided is a liquid atomizer including a housing fitted with an inlet connectable to a liquid supply line. The housing can include a cavity with a longitudinal axis in flow communication with the inlet, at least one opening for emitting atomized liquid, and at least one vortex generating member formed with a vortex generating path in fluid communication with the cavity.
US09511376B2
A sluice plate for capturing and concentrating heavy metal particles has a main plate and a plurality of spiral pockets. The main plate includes a main body and a drafting surface over which a processing mixture flows. The plurality of spiral pockets traverses into the main body through the drafting surface, wherein the plurality of spiral pockets collects heavy metal particles from the processing mixture. Each of the plurality of spiral pockets has a lateral wall that tapers from an upper opening to a lower face. An inner lip is perimetrically and helically positioned along the lateral wall. The inner lip and the tapered nature of each of the plurality of spiral pockets facilitates the movement of the processing mixture within the plurality of spiral pockets, along with the stratification of the heavy metal particles.
US09511371B2
A bran removing wire-mesh tube includes: bran removing wire-mesh tube parts 28 divided in more than one in a circumferential direction in planar view; and a plurality of support pillars 33 erected at intervals in the circumferential direction to respectively fix both side edges of the divided bran removing wire-mesh tube parts 28. Each of the support pillars 33 is provided with an elongated resistor 34 that suppresses grains from moving in the circumferential direction along with rotation of grinding type grain cleaning rolls 26. The resistor 34 is urged by an elastic member 37 to a position at which the resistor 34 protrudes toward the inside of a grain cleaning chamber 30. Further, the resistor 34 is provided so as to be movable in a radial direction to a position farther from the grain cleaning chamber 30 due to resistance from the grains.
US09511368B2
A device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial using a magnetic structure, and a method of transporting, trapping and escaping of the single biomaterial using the same are provided, and a method is provided for controlling movement and direction of the single biomaterial including soft magnetic micro structure and magnetic structure in a linear, square storage, apartment type, radial soft magnetic micro structure. Accordingly, the device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial and the method for transporting, trapping and escaping single biomaterial using the same can control movement on the lap-on-a-chip with increased precision and ease, by using magnetic force, and thus can be advantageously used in the field of magneto-resistive sensor, or categorization of single cells or biomolecules.
US09511366B2
A micro fluidic device comprises one microstructure layer (5) and one cover layer (1), wherein the cover layer (1) is connected to the microstructure layer (5). The microstructure layer (5) comprises one bottom layer and a plurality of microstructures on it to position samples. The cover layer (1) comprises one top layer, one positioning well (6) and at least one inlet pool (4). The positioning well (6) is right above the microstructures and connected with each other. The inlet pools (4) and the positioning well (6) are connected by microchannels (3) which are formed between the microstructure layer (5) and the cover layer (1). The micro fluidic device can be applied in vitro fertilization, in determining how glial cells affect neurons, in constructing neural network and in detecting cell growth conditions.
US09511365B2
A sensor comprises a sensor housing, having a channel; a porous substrate, in the channel; an analysis chemistry reagent, on the porous substrate; and a nozzle, in fluid connection with the channel. The porous substrate fills a cross section of the channel, and the cross-sectional area of the channel at the porous substrate is greater than the cross-sectional area at the nozzle.
US09511355B2
Synergies resulting from combinations of catalyst systems including Copper-Manganese material compositions and PGM catalysts are disclosed. Variations of catalyst system configurations are tested to determine most effective material composition, formulation, and configuration for an optimal synergized PGM (SPGM) catalyst system. The synergistic effect of the selected SPGM catalyst system is determined under steady state and oscillating test conditions, from which the optimal NO/CO cross over R-value indicates enhanced catalytic behavior of the selected SPGM catalyst system as compared with current PGM catalysts for TWC applications. According to principles in the present disclosure, application of Pd on alumina-based support as overcoat and Cu—Mn spinel structure supported on Nb2O5—ZrO2 as washcoat on suitable ceramic substrate, produce higher catalytic activity, efficiency, and better performance in TWC condition, especially under lean condition, than commercial PGM catalysts.
US09511342B2
Provided is a method for preparing antibodies against a protein of interest, through which highly specific antibodies against all proteins can be effectively and rapidly prepared with low cost, and the epitope to which the antibody is directed can be determined, so that a library covering epitopes on the surface of the proteins of interest and a library of antibodies against all the epitopes can be established. The antibodies are proved to be useful in detection, protein function investigation and antibody pharmaceuticals.
US09511330B2
Fiber webs which are used in filter media are described herein. In some embodiments, the fiber webs include fibrillated fibers and optionally non-fibrillated fibers, amongst other optional components (e.g., binder resin). In some embodiments, the fiber webs include limited amounts of, or no, glass fiber. The respective characteristics and amounts of the fibrillated fibers are selected to impart desirable properties including mechanical properties and filtration properties (e.g., dust holding capacity and efficiency), amongst other benefits.
US09511328B2
A method for sealing a membrane module by introducing a seal or a sealing mass between a head plate holding a tube bundle and a mounting ring holding the head plate. Alternatively, a sealing mass containing quartz sand is proposed for sealing cracks in the head plate.
US09511326B2
A cycling ultra-thin channel filtration (cUTF) method, system and module are disclosed for concentration and purification of biomolecules. In one embodiment, a cUTF system includes a cUTF module and a cycle controller to load a feed aliquot of a feed stream into the cUTF module inducing permeation of the feed stream to build a boundary layer by pressurizing the feed stream, to stop permeation and to recover a retentate aliquot in a repeating cycle.
US09511317B2
A filter system for intake air of an internal combustion engine has a housing with a cover. A filter element is arranged in the housing. An inlet feeds a medium to be filtered into the housing and an outlet discharges the medium from the housing. The filter element has a filter body with first end face and opposite second end face. The filter element has an open first end plate at the first end face and a second end plate at the second end face. A support tube is arranged concentrically about a longitudinal axis in the housing and attached with a first end to the housing. The support tube is arranged in the interior of the filter element and radially supports the filter body. The second end plate rests on the second end of the support tube and on an inner cover contour of the cover with anti-rotation action.
US09511304B2
Disclosed herein is a method for concentrating an ink composition, wherein the method comprises the steps of: (a) providing an ink composition, the ink composition comprising a liquid carrier and particles comprising a resin and a colorant, and wherein the ink composition contains less than 0.3 mg of charge director per g of solids in the ink composition; (b) passing the ink composition between a chargeable conveyor and a first electrode, wherein a potential is applied such that the ink composition becomes adhered to the chargeable conveyor, wherein the electric field between the chargeable conveyor and the first electrode is 2000 V/mm or more; (c) passing the ink composition on the conveyor past a moving surface, wherein the ink contacts the moving surface and a potential is applied between the conveyor and the moving surface, such that the chargeable particles are disposed to move toward the conveyor and some of the liquid carrier is removed to increase the concentration of the chargeable particles in the liquid carrier on the conveyor to form a concentrated ink on the conveyor, the conveyor and the moving surface then diverging from one another, and at least some of the concentrated ink remains on the conveyor, and (d) removing the concentrated ink from the conveyor and transferring it to a storage vessel. Also disclosed herein is an apparatus.
US09511300B1
A motion simulation system includes a pedestal that may be positioned on a support surface. A car seat is coupled to the top wall and the car seat may support a child. A tilting unit is positioned within the pedestal and the tilting unit is mechanically coupled to the car seat. The tilting unit selectively urges the car seat to tilt in a plurality of angles with respect to a longitudinal axis extending through the pedestal. Thus, the tilting unit simulates motions associated with riding in a vehicle thereby facilitating the tilting unit to soothe the child. A control unit is coupled to the pedestal and the control unit is electrically coupled to the tilting unit.
US09511296B2
A swing assembly may include a base having a center portion and two side portions on opposite sides of the center portion, two supports attached to the base, each support being attached to a respective side portion so that the base may be hung by the supports. Each support may include two spaced elongated members. Two handles may be movably attached to the supports, each handle including a body and two pairs of openings extending through the body. Each pair of openings may receive one of the elongated members in a spiral configuration so that the respective handle body may be slid up or down the elongated members to a desired height relative to the base.
US09511293B2
There is provided a system and method for interactive multi-player broadcast game, the system comprising a plurality of controllers; each controller capable of providing a set of game inputs to a game server in response to the broadcast; wherein the game server is operable to control game play and scoring; the game server further operable to either calculate or receive the latency data associated with each game controller depending on the type of controller and offset the latency during a time-sensitive game play. The above system allows different controllers to be used without biasing against relatively ‘dumb’ controllers such as the Plain Old Telephone (POT). Further, the above system allows massively multiplayer game to be played in the context of an interactive TV broadcast game with POT as controllers.
US09511288B2
A determination is made, using a computer, of an amount of game code data to be included in a data packet containing streaming game video data. A data packet is generated to contain the streaming game video data and to include the amount of game code data. The generated data packet is transmitted from a server computer system to a client computer system.
US09511285B2
Systems and methods for providing online games, including various means of providing computer-implemented games using standard and non-standard tokens, and that operate in coordination with an online social network. Examples of standard tokens may include tokens associated with each card of a standard 52 card deck, units in a real-time strategy game, and the like. Non-standard tokens may represent digital tokens with specified attributes and associated digital rights management for use by specified users, such as users purchasing rights to a particular non-standard token. Non-standard tokens may also include tokens with different functionality across a number of different computer-implemented games.
US09511277B2
Technologies for executing electronic board games include a user compute device having a display screen that is orientable upwardly to support hardware game pieces associated with a particular electronic board game. Each hardware game piece may have a different or unique footprint, which may be detectable by the user compute device. The electronic board game is executed by the user compute device. For example, an electronic version of a board surface of the electronic board game may be displayed on the display screen. Additionally, virtual game pieces may be associated with a player of the electronic board game.
US09511271B2
A two-stage resistance trainer is provided having a first magnet that is in proximity to a rotating wheel, and a moveable second magnet that is linked to the first magnet. The first magnet is moved when the rotating wheel rotates and the second magnet is moved closer to the rotating wheel to add a second order effect to the resistance. The trainer is capable of adjusting the first magnet position in relation to the rotating wheel to provide a different relationship of speed to resistance.
US09511266B2
The present disclosure relates to a game ball and methods for creating a textured graphic or stripe on the game ball, specifically on a panel of natural full-grain leather. Briefly, the full-grain leather panel is stamped with a textured plate to form a textured area. A graphic or stripe is then applied on the textured area. The resulting game ball has textured graphics or stripes with improved wear and good grip and handling characteristics.
US09511265B1
A golf ball comprising a core composed of a fully neutralized polymer material is disclosed herein. The golf ball also preferably has multiple mantle layers and a cover.
US09511263B1
A golf ball having a core layer comprising a thermoplastic polyester elastomer formed from a polytetramethylene glycol with a molecular weight greater than or equal to 1400 g/mol is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an inner core sphere is the core layer and has a diameter ranging from 0.875 inch to 1.4 inches. The core comprises the inner core, an intermediate core and an outer core. The mantle component comprises an inner mantle and an outer mantle. The cover layer is preferably composed of a thermoplastic polyurethane.
US09511259B2
Systems and methods for displaying fitness information with an electronic device may include receiving multimedia content at an input of the electronic device. The electronic device may provide the audiovisual content to a display device. The electronic device may also receive fitness information, and may provide this fitness information to the display device.
US09511257B2
An exercise equipment for rehabilitation of hand grip and wrist is disclosed herein. The exercise equipment includes a fixing module being fixed to a forearm of a user, a wrist exercising module having a hinge shaft on one side of the fixing module and being connected to the fixing module so as to be capable of performing rotating movements when rotating the arm, and a hand grip exercising module being provided on the wrist exercising module and measuring a hand grip of the user.
US09511243B2
A patient safety system (PSS) (100) uses optical tracking in a linear accelerator treatment room to prevent gross setup errors. A patient (150) undergoes a computed tomography (CT) treatment-simulation scan while a CT ball bearing (BB) is on patient's surface. The CT BB is replaced with an infrared reflective marker (IRRM) (160) before radiotherapy treatment starts. Coordinates of the CT BB relative to an isocenter of the treatment room are used as reference for tracking. The coordinate system of an optical tracking system is converted to a coordinate system of the treatment room. The PSS evaluates setup accuracy for a radiotherapy session by comparing real-time position of the single IRRM determined by the optical tracking technology with a predicted reference position, and displays results on a graphical user interface. The PSS stops radiation when a deviation between real-time coordinates and predicted coordinates of the IRRM (160) exceeds a predefined threshold.
US09511229B2
System and method for using impedance to determine proximity and orientation of segmented electrodes
A method for implanting a neurostimulation lead within a patient includes measuring impedances of electrodes on the lead in order to correctly position the lead relative to a target tissue region. The electrodes are circumferentially segmented electrodes that are spaced from each other about the longitudinal axis of the lead. When the difference between the impedances of the electrodes exceeds a threshold value, the lead is in the correct position. In accordance with another embodiment, impedance measurements are used to select which one of the electrodes is closest to the target tissue region. By determining which electrode has the highest impedance and which electrode has the lowest impedance, the type of tissue adjacent to each electrode can be determined based on the conductivity properties of the tissue. The target tissue region may be a spinal cord, a posterior longitudinal ligament, white matter, or gray matter.
US09511226B2
A device for electrical stimulation of neural and/or muscular tissue. The device includes a cochlear implant being equipped with a power source, a speech processor, a microphone adapted to deliver sound signals to said speech processor, a current stimulator, at least an array of electrodes attached to the stimulator, and at least a signal sensor other than the microphone. The device further includes a signal transformation unit, said signal sensors being adapted to capture relevant input information and to deliver a corresponding input signal to the transformation unit, the latter allowing to transform said input signal received from the signal sensors into a modulated electrical output signal adapted to be treated by the speech processor of the cochlear implant.
US09511224B1
A bionic cochlea includes a fluid filled vessel having a flexible window disposed in one of its walls. The flexible window flexes when exposed to an acoustic pulse to produce an acoustic pressure pulse in the fluid inside the vessel. A plurality of piezoelectric nanowires is disposed within the fluid filled vessel. The piezoelectric nanowires vibrate in response to acoustic pressure pulses transmitting through the fluid and produce electrical signals. Electrical wires in communication with the piezoelectric nanowires receive the produced electrical signals and pass these signals to the mammalian auditory nerve.
US09511218B2
Devices and methods of use for introduction and implantation of an electrode as part of a minimally invasive technique. An implantable baroreflex activation system includes a control system having an implantable housing, an electrical lead, attachable to the control system, and an electrode structure. The electrode structure is near one end of the electrical lead, and includes a monopolar electrode, a backing material having an effective surface area larger than the electrode, and a releasable pivotable interface to mate with an implant tool. The electrode is configured for implantation on an outer surface of a blood vessel and the control system is programmed to deliver a baroreflex therapy via the monopolar electrode to a baroreceptor within a wall of the blood vessel.
US09511212B2
The invention pertains to implantable medical devices for controlled delivery of therapeutic agents. Some devices according to the invention have a titanium reservoir, and a porous titanium oxide based membrane to control the rate of release of the therapeutic agent. The reservoir contains a formulation of the active agent, and means to promote water uptake into the reservoir upon implantation. In some embodiments the means include a gas with a higher solubility in than air water.
US09511205B2
A therapeutic or diagnostic instrument includes first and second shaped wire members and that can be simultaneously inserted into a catheter tube and has predetermined bending elasticity, in which the first and second shaped wire members and are adapted to respectively have first and second curving parts that curve in a natural state, and when inserted into the catheter tube, curve the catheter tube at two desired positions correspondingly with the first and second curving parts.
US09511204B2
A catheter assembly includes a catheter attached to a connector and a package. The catheter has a proximal end sized for insertion into a bladder though a urethra and a distal end opposite of the proximal end. The connector is attached to the distal end of the catheter. The package is sized to receive the catheter and the connector, with the package including an opening sized for removal of the catheter and the connector from the package. A tab is placed over the opening of the package to seal the catheter and the connector inside of the package. An extractor has a first portion connected to the tab and a second portion coupled to the catheter proximal of the connector.
US09511202B1
A breathing assistance device includes a patient breathing tube having a leading end in fluid communication with a face mask. A source of air under pressure is connected to a first port formed integrally with a valve in fluid communication with the breathing tube and a nebulizer is connected to a second port formed integrally with the valve. A compartment holding a medicinal compound in liquid fluid form is connected to the nebulizer. A valve actuator has an open position where gaseous fluid and aerosolized medicine from the nebulizer flow to the patient through the breathing tube and a closed position where only gaseous fluid without medication is delivered. Medication can therefore be administered to or withheld from the patient by manipulating the valve actuator. The valve construction enables the patient to exhale against pressure slightly above atmospheric pressure.
US09511190B2
A method and device are disclosed for preventing a needle stick hazard in the event of a collapse of a protective needle flap of a portable drug pump. The device may include a needle guide, a secure space and/or a shield. A point of a needle is optionally deflected into a secure space upon collapse of the protective flap. The space may optionally be shielded. Optionally, the support linking the needle to the pump may pivot and/or translate. Optionally, there may be an exposing position wherein the needle protrudes through an opening in the flap. Optionally, the opening may be non-circular.
US09511186B1
According to preferred embodiments and methods of the present disclosure, a medical injection system employs a single pump for the injection of multiple fluids, rather than employing a pump for each type of fluid, for example, like the prior art system described above. Embodiments of pumps disclosed herein preferably include a disposable pump cartridge configured to be contained within a hull of a medical injection system, wherein the hull may be formed when a pressure plate member is closed against a base plate; and, when the pressure plate member is opened with respect to the base plate, the disposable pump cartridge may be removed and replaced.
US09511178B2
A pump drive for an extracorporeal blood pumping system including an adjustable drive magnet. The pump drive may be coupled to a blood pump which includes a pump impeller. The pump drive may include a stepper motor for dynamically adjusting the position of the drive magnet. The position of the drive magnet may be varied to vary the distance between the drive magnet and an impeller magnet of the pump impeller. Adjusting the position of the drive magnet may include dynamically adjusting the drive magnet and may include axially moving the drive magnet to thereby vary a magnetic attraction force between the drive magnet and the impeller magnet which may thereby minimize forces acting on one or more bearings of a pump impeller.
US09511171B2
A biocompatible tissue repair implant or scaffold device is provided for use in repairing a variety of tissue injuries, particularly injuries to cartilage, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. The repair procedures may be conducted with implants that contain a biological component that assists in healing or tissue repair. The biocompatible tissue repair implants include a biocompatible scaffold and particles of living tissue, such that the tissue and the scaffold become associated. The particles of living tissue contain one or more viable cells that can migrate from the tissue and populate the scaffold.
US09511167B2
A modified kraft pulp fiber with unique properties is provided. The modified fiber can be a modified bleached kraft fiber that is almost indistinguishable from its conventional counterpart, except that it has a low degree of polymerization (DP). Methods for making the modified fiber and products made from it are also provided. The method can be a one step acidic, iron catalyzed peroxide treatment process that can be incorporated into a single stage of a multi-stage bleaching process. The products can be chemical cellulose feedstocks, microcrystalline cellulose feedstocks, fluff pulps and products made from them.
US09511165B2
Air freshener compositions, devices, and methods are disclosed.
US09511164B2
Provided is an apparatus for disinfecting an object by at least partially removing a biologically-active contaminant there from. A housing encloses a disinfection chamber in which a portion of the object is to be received to be disinfected, and includes an inlet aperture through which the object is introduced to the apparatus. An ultraviolet light source emits ultraviolet light to be imparted on the portion of the object introduced to the disinfection chamber for deactivating at least a portion of the biologically-active contaminant present on the object. A controller controls operation of at least one of a feeder and the ultraviolet light to achieve a level of disinfection of the object, rendering the object suitable for use in a substantially-sterile application.
US09511158B2
An apparatus for the sterilization of containers with a conveying device which conveys the containers along a pre-set conveying path, with at least one stressing device which acts upon the containers with radiation, for the purpose of the sterilization thereof, and with a screening device which screens off X-ray radiation which is formed in the context of the sterilization. The screening device has at least one outer wall which bounds the conveying path of the containers and which extends along the conveying path. The outer wall has at least one recess which forms a cavity which faces the conveying path of the containers in such a way that X-ray radiation formed during the sterilization can enter this cavity.
US09511157B2
Provided is a steam sterilizer for medical instruments including a feeding system configured to feed a sterilization chamber and including at least one main tank for containing a sterilization fluid; an evacuation system configured to evacuate a discharge fluid from the sterilization chamber; and a purification system configured to draw one of the fluids out of one of the systems and to introduce it into the main tank, and including cleaning means configured to filter the fluid.
US09511154B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of aqueous solutions of hyperpolarized carboxylic organic acids ready for use in in-vivo MR diagnostic imaging, and the use of the corresponding anhydrides or esters as glass-forming agents.
US09511151B2
Conventional cancer immunotherapy falls short at efficiently expanding T cells that specifically target cancerous cells in numbers sufficient to significantly reduce the tumor size or cancerous cell number in vivo. To overcome this limitation, provided herein are nanoparticles coated with MHC class I and/or class II molecules presenting tumor-specific antigens and co-stimulatory molecules and their use to expand antigen-specific anti-tumorigenic T cells to levels not achieved in current immunotherapeutic techniques. These antigen-specific anti-tumorigenic T cells include cytotoxic T cells, effector T cells, memory T cells, and helper T cells that are necessary to initiate and maintain a substantial immune response against metastatic or non-metastatic cancerous, pre-cancerous, or neoplastic cells in vivo. The present invention describes a systemic approach to targeting cancerous or pre-cancerous cells that are circulating cells, as in lymphomas, migratory metastatic cells, and solid tumors.
US09511142B2
Described herein are compounds and compositions that modulate the activity of beta-lactamases. In some embodiments, the compounds described herein inhibit beta-lactamase. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein are useful in the treatment of bacterial infections.
US09511139B2
Methods for treating cancer comprising administering a DLL4 antagonist and one or more anti-hypertensive agents are described. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a DLL4 antagonist and one or more anti-hypertensive agents, and kits comprising the same.
US09511138B2
The invention relates to novel pharmaceutical compositions including, as active ingredient, an antibody binding the human anti-Müllerian hormone type II receptor (AMHR-II) and an anticancer agent, as well as the therapeutic applications of these compositions.
US09511137B2
Adjuvant for vaccines that comprises a non-lipidated bacterial outer-membrane polypeptide (Omp), in which the bacteria may be of those of Brucella genus. The adjuvant may be a modified polypeptide or may be, for example, the Omp19S polypeptide or the Omp16S polypeptide, parts or mixtures of the two. In a preferred embodiment, the adjuvant is the non-lipidated polypeptide included in SEQ ID No: 1, or parts thereof. In a further preferred embodiment, the adjuvant is the non-lipidated polypeptide included in SEQ ID No: 2 or parts thereof.
US09511133B2
A vaccine against cholera and/or ETEC is provided, comprising a Vibrio cholerae O1 cell, characterized in that said cell comprises O1 antigens of both Ogawa and lnaba serotypes. Genetically modified Vibrio cholerae O1 cells for use in such vaccines, DNA-constructs for the modification, uses for the vaccine and methods of making a vaccine are also provided.
US09511130B2
The invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising a combination of (i) bacterial Ig-like domain protein fragment (orf405B) having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2 or a protein having at least 80% similarity thereto, and (ii) putative Lipoprotein (orf3526) having the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:8 or a protein having at least 80% similarity thereto.
US09511127B2
A method for formulating T-cells for use as a medicant comprises suspending T-cells with cross-linked surface moieties in a media suitable for infusion. The cross-linked T-cells are packaged in a container suitable for administration to a patient.
US09511119B2
Preparations containing hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and hyaluronic acid (HA) and methods of making and using same. The HGF and HA preparations can be prepared together in solution as an injectable fluid without gelatinization, or impregnated within a porous hydrophilic matrix material with, or without, cross-linking of the HA with the matrix material. The preparations can be used as a dermal filler or to generate and promote healing of cartilage, vertebral discs, connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments and bone in vivo.
US09511115B2
Provided herein is a pharmaceutical composition for treating, preventing or ameliorating a bone or cartilage condition and methods of making and using the same.
US09511113B2
Method are described for inhibiting movement of a bodily fluid and/or contaminants on or in an animal comprising administering to the animal self-assembling peptidomimetics, including α-peptides, β-peptides, γ-peptides, and/or δ-peptides.
US09511109B2
The invention provides combination therapy, wherein one or more other therapeutic agents are administered agents are administered with peptide epoxyketones or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Another aspect of the invention relates to treating cancer with a peptide epoxyketone administered in combination with another therapeutic agent.
US09511107B2
Described herein are phenolic compositions derived from apple skins. In particular, described herein are flavonoid-rich fractions derived from apple skin extract. The compositions are useful in the prevention and treatment of conditions associated with oxidative stress and/or inflammation, including certain neurodegenerative diseases. Methods of producing the compositions are also described.
US09511104B2
The present invention relates to a new approach for treating a cancer or fibrosis, such as hepatocellular carcinoma, or liver fibrosis using an extract from a plant of Graptopetalum sp., Rhodiola sp., or Echeveria sp., and prepared by extracting the plant with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), its fraction or the compound isolated from the extract.
US09511102B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising an effective amount of Lactobacillus plantarum CECT 7481 and Lactobacillus brevis CECT 7480. Said strains exhibit various functional properties that make them suitable for their use in the improvement of oral health. Such properties include not only good antagonistic properties against oral pathogens, but also the ability to colonize the oral cavity and a low acidification profile. The invention also provides for the use of said composition as a probiotic and/or a medicament for oral health applications as well as products containing said composition.
US09511097B2
Methods and products are provided for producing an artery-specific endothelial cell. Also provided are methods for treating a tumor in a subject.
US09511087B2
In one aspect, the disclosure provides methods of suppressing blood clotting and/or preventing hemorrhage in a subject having extracorporeal membrane oxygenation comprising administering antithrombin. In some embodiments, the antithrombin used in the methods disclosed herein is ATryn®.
US09511077B2
Improved medical devices and methods are provided comprising an anabolic agent for wound healing. These improved medical devices and methods can enhance wound healing in wounds from cuts, abrasions, lesions, burns including sunburn, surgical incisions, pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, traumatic wounds, or other injuries or maladies, which can be chronic or non-chronic in origin. In some embodiments, the medical device comprises a drug depot that releases the anabolic agent over at least 3 days to enhance wound healing.
US09511066B2
Abuse-resistant, controlled release opioid tablets are a combination containing an opioid antagonist such as naloxone at a level above that needed to suppress the euphoric effect of the opioid, if the combination were crushed to break the controlled release properties causing the opioid and opioid antagonist to be released as a immediate release product as a single dose. The controlled release nature of the table prevents the accumulation of orally effective amounts of opioid antagonist when taken normally. The opioid antagonist is contained in a controlled-release matrix and released, over time, with the opioid.
US09511065B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments is an oral dosage form comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a drug susceptible to abuse; and an effective amount of an irritant to impart an irritating sensation to an abuser upon administration of said dosage form after tampering.
US09511062B2
A process for producing a compacted rumen-protected nutrient pellet and the resultant pellet. The process includes the steps of (i) blending a C4-24 fatty acid and a biologically active ingredient to form solid central core particles, (ii) compacting the core particles to form pellets, and (iii) sequentially coating the pellets with an organic solvent and a fatty acid alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt.
US09511048B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing flavone compound as an active ingredient for treating obesity, and more specifically to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating obesity and a dietary composition for preventing or reducing obesity containing 5,7-dimethoxyflavone or 5,7,4′-trimethoxyflavone. The compound according to the present invention inhibits adipogenesis, and reduces expression of the key transcription factors (SREBP1c and C/EBP) related to lipogenesis and of enzyme proteins (FAS and ACC) related to adipogenesis, and thus is effective in preventing or treating obesity.
US09511027B1
Dietary calcium supplements comprising highly bioavailable forms of calcium carbonate and methods of using these calcium carbonate forms to improve calcium balance, strengthen bones, and prevent, treat, and/or ameliorate bone loss associated with osteoporosis are provided.
US09511020B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of otic disorders with steroid, NSAID, and/or adenosine triphosphatase (“ATPase”) modulator agents. In these methods, the steroidal, NSAID, and/or ATPase compositions and formulations are administered locally to an individual afflicted with an otic disorder, through direct application of these compositions and formulations onto or via perfusion into the targeted auris structure(s).
US09511019B2
A stable and/or synergistic pharmaceutical composition including: a) predinisolone metasulfobenzoate (PMSB) or its acceptable salts, preferably prednisolone metasulfobenzoate sodium and b) 5-ASA, derivatives or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which is suitable for rectal administration.
US09511017B2
Composition for application to skin comprising a biocide or combination of biocides (such as chlorhexidine, halogenated phenols, quaternary ammonium compounds; povidone-iodine; zinc pyridinethione; alcohols etc.) and at least one transcutaneous vehicle (for example alkyl methyl sulfoxides, alkyl pyrrolidones, glycols, glycol ethers and glycol esters) effective to convey the biocide to a sub epidermal “resident” micro-organism. Also a method for preparing a patient for surgery comprising the step of treating an area of the patient's skin at, and in the surrounding the vicinity of, the site of an intended surgical incision with a composition effective to kill more than 93% of both “transient” and “resident” micro-organisms.
US09511016B2
Topical compositions having as the active ingredient a lipid, fatty acid ester, natural wax, sterol, or combinations thereof referred to herein as “lipophilic vehicle” or “LV” and methods of use, have been developed for the amelioration or prevention of pain or the sequelae of pain. The composition may be in the form of an ointment, cream, gel, lotion, spray, foam, paste, patch, suspension or dispersion. The composition is variably effective to treat visceral, somatic and neuropathic pain both acute and chronic as well as muscle pain and stiffness and joint pain and stiffness.
US09511015B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating sialic acid deficiencies comprising extended release formulations.
US09511012B2
A composition is disclosed that includes pure silk fibroin-based protein fragments that are substantially devoid of sericin, wherein the composition has an average weight average molecular weight ranging from about 17 kDa to about 38 kDa, wherein the composition has a polydispersity of between about 1.5 and about 3.0, wherein the composition is substantially homogeneous, wherein the composition between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of inorganic residuals, and wherein the composition includes between 0 ppm to about 500 ppm of organic residuals.
US09511010B2
Compounds of general formula (I): R1-Wn-Xm-AA1-AA2-AA3-AA4-AA5-AA6-Yp-Zq-R2 (I) their stereoisomers, mixtures thereof and/or their cosmetically or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical compositions which contain them and their use in medicine, and in processes of treatment and/or care of the skin, hair and/or mucous membranes, in particular in the aging and photoaging of the skin, are described.
US09511007B2
The present application directed to a unique combination of surfactants in concentrated form. In particular certain combinations of alkyl polyglucosides and polyglyceryl fatty acid esters when combined yield a cleansing concentrate which can be diluted to form tear free or mild cleanser.
US09511004B2
The present invention provides a dental material, a dental material composition and a dental restorative material that exhibit small polymerization shrinkage particularly during curing and are producible at low cost on the industrial scale. The dental material of the present invention includes a specific urethane (meth)acrylic compound represented by Formula (1) described below.
US09510985B2
A foot support is disposed in a horizontal plane and is positioned on a housing of the lower section of a motorized wheel chair rearwardly of upwardly facing receptors. A control post has a lower end removably received in the receptors and an upper end having an upper cross piece with spaced hand grips. A control assembly is coupled to the upper cross piece. A motor within the housing powers laterally spaced drive wheels. A steerer within the housing directs directional wheels. The control assembly includes a drive wheel controller for varying the speed of the system and a directional wheel controller for varying the direction of the system.
US09510974B1
An integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus, and associated systems and methods that allow a physician (e.g., a surgeon) to perform laser surgical procedures on an eye structure or a body surface with an integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus disposed at a first (i.e. local) location from a control system disposed at a second (i.e. remote) location, e.g., a physician's office. In some embodiments, communication between the integral laser imaging and coagulation apparatus and control system is achieved via the Internet®.
US09510973B2
An ocular implant is provided that is adapted to reside at least partially in a portion of Schlemm's canal of an eye. The implant includes an implant body having plurality of filars extending along a longitudinal axis of the implant. The implant is configured to move between a radially collapsed state and a radially expanded state. In some embodiments, the implant is configured to assume the radially expanded state when no external forces are acting thereon. Methods of delivering and using the ocular implant are also provided.
US09510969B2
Provided is a goggle kit including a goggle clip attachable to the goggle frame, and a corresponding nose element, which adheres to the user's nose. The nose element and the goggle clip are configured to be detachably engageable therewith, such that when the nose element is placed on the user's nose and the goggle is placed over the user's eyes, the goggle clip and nose element may be engaged with each other, thereby urging the nasal opening of the user to dilate.
US09510965B2
A walking apparatus is provided that includes a sole having an adjustable length, the sole comprising a heel portion, a forefoot portion operatively coupled to the heel portion, the forefoot portion configured for adjustment from a first position to at least one other position relative to the heel portion, wherein a length of the sole is configured to adjust from a first length to a second length when the forefoot portion is adjusted from the first position to the at least one other position.
US09510963B2
A capsule assembly for an endograft introducer is disclosed. The assembly comprises: a capsule and a capsule plug. The capsule has a cavity for receiving an end of a stent graft and a capsule wall terminating in a distal end. The capsule plug comprises: a tip portion having a lead-in surface and an abutment surface; and a tail portion having an external surface engageable with an inside surface of the capsule wall. The capsule is slideably movable with respect to the capsule plug from a first position in which the distal end of the capsule wall surrounds an opening into the cavity to a second position in which the distal end of the capsule wall is positioned proximally with respect to the abutment surface, whereby movement of the tip portion into the capsule is resisted by abutment between the distal end of the capsule wall and the abutment surface.
US09510962B2
This stent delivery system includes: a guide catheter inserted into the inside of a cylindrical stent, and inserted into the interior of the living body with the stent; a pusher catheter inserted into the interior of the living body with the guide catheter in a state where the guide catheter is inserted into the inside of the push catheter, and which is for pushing the stent along the guide catheter; a stent connecting member for connecting the stent with the pusher catheter; and a stent releasing member for releasing the stent from the pusher catheter by separating the connection between the stent and the pusher catheter depending on the stent connecting member, which is independently operable separately from the guide catheter, and which is inserted into the inside of the pusher catheter.
US09510955B2
Provided are devices, systems and methods related to articulating interbody cages. The device includes a caudal plate configured to be positioned adjacent a first vertebral endplate within an intervertebral disc space, a cephalad plate configured to be positioned adjacent a second vertebral endplate within the intervertebral disc space; and a first and second sidewall each rotatably coupled to both the caudal and cephalad plates. At least one of the first and second sidewalls includes a hinge element restricted from achieving an on-center or over-center rotational position around the hinge element upon dimensional expansion of the device in at least a first dimension.
US09510954B2
Two or more expandable fusion devices are capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space. The devices may be implanted at varying heights to maintain disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, two implants are implanted into the intervertebral disc space and then expanded or contracted to different heights.
US09510953B2
A segmented disc nucleus replacement prosthesis and system for its implantation wherein the segments are made of a compliant, homogeneous material throughout. The prosthesis comprises a plurality of modular segments that mate together in a rail-and-slot arrangement. The rails and slots are configured to interlock and hold together under load despite being formed of compliant materials. In one embodiment, insertion tools and stabilizers are utilized for manipulation of the modular segments, the insertion tools and stabilizers being designed to accommodate for handling the compliant modular segments.
US09510951B2
A humerus implant includes a cup shaped body and a locking adapter. The cup shaped body has a center portion and a plurality of flexible first sidewall segments and second sidewall segments, with gaps between neighbored sidewall segments. The first sidewall segments have a plurality of locking fins while the second sidewall segments having a plurality of recesses and holes. The locking adapter has means for fixing the locking adapter to the cup shaped body and a locking ring for locking the sidewall segments into their final positions.
US09510949B2
An elongate, longitudinally oriented outer sleeve includes an outer sleeve surface and has a sleeve body. A stem-receiving cavity extends from a distal sleeve end into the sleeve body. The distal sleeve end includes a sleeve interference protrusion extending from the distal sleeve end away from the sleeve body. A joint articulating member includes an elongate, longitudinally oriented stem. The joint articulating member includes a joint articulating surface spaced apart from a distal stem end by an angularly extending connector neck. When the stem is inserted into the stem-receiving cavity, the stem and the outer sleeve are configured for selective relative rotation about a shared longitudinal axis, and the connector neck impinges upon the sleeve interference protrusion responsive to a predetermined amount of relative rotation between the stem and the outer sleeve to prevent relative rotation between the stem and the outer sleeve outside a predetermined range of allowable rotation.
US09510947B2
The invention relates to catheter system for introducing an expandable heart valve stent (150) into the body of a patient, the catheter system comprising: a catheter tip (10) having a seat portion for accommodating the stent (150) in its collapsed state and a stent holder (15) for releasably fixing the stent (150), wherein the seat portion is constituted by a first sleeve-shaped member (11) and a second sleeve-shaped member (21), said sleeve-shaped members (11, 21) being moveable relative to each other and relative to the stent holder (15), and a catheter shaft (30) for connecting the catheter tip (10) to a handle (70). The catheter shaft (30) comprising: first force transmitting means (31) connected to the first sleeve-shaped member (11), second force transmitting means (41) connected to the second sleeve-shaped member (21) and a distal end section connectable to second operating means (81) of the handle (70), and guiding means (51) having a passageway extending there between, wherein the first and second force trans mining means (31, 41) are at least partly received within the passageway such as to be moveable relative to the guiding means (51), and wherein the proximal end of the guiding means (51) terminates distal to the catheter tip (10).
US09510945B2
A medical device handle may include an elongated handle housing, a rotatable collar disposed about the handle housing, a rotatable control knob disposed about the collar, and a slidable door disposed about the collar. The door may be rotatably locked to the collar to prevent relative rotation between the door and the collar. The door may slidable from a closed position to a first open position, and slidable from the first open position to a second open position.
US09510938B2
Corneal implant to be introduced into the optical center (Z) of the cornea of the human eye for the purpose of correcting impaired vision, in particular presbyopia, or presbyopia in combination with hypermetropia or myopia. To propose a corneal implant which is suited for introduction into the optical center (Z) of the human eye, and which may be applied for correcting presbyopia on its own or in combination with hypermetropia or myopia, the effective thickness (d) of the corneal implant (2), measured in the direction of the optical axis (5) of the eye, must be larger than 50 μm and the maximum width (b), measured in a plane perpendicular to the direction of thickness, must be less than 1 mm, the corneal implant (2) having no imaging function in relation to the human eye.
US09510937B2
Devices and methods for treating defects in connective tissue are provided along with methods for making such devices. The devices can include acellular arterial tissue matrices that facilitate regrowth of the damaged tissue.
US09510929B2
A vessel filter comprising a first region and a second region wherein the filter is movable between a collapsed position for delivery to the vessel and an expanded position for placement within the vessel. A first region has a filter portion having a converging region to direct particles toward the center of the filter and having a plurality of spaced apart elongated struts and, a plurality of connecting struts extending at an angle from the elongated struts to form closed geometric shapes. The second region is flared in the expanded position to have a transverse dimension increasing toward a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The second region includes vessel engaging hooks at the second end portion. The first region has a plurality of closed looped spacer struts extending radially with respect to a longitudinal axis of the filter when the filter is in the expanded position.
US09510928B2
The present invention relates to a composite implant comprising: a prosthetic fabric having a first side and a second side, a non-porous film of bacterial cellulose secured to the first side of the fabric. The invention further relates to a method of making such an implant.
US09510923B2
A method of manufacture for a vaginal insert. The vaginal insert may have a core, a cover, and a removal element. In various embodiments, the cover can be conformed to the vaginal insert.
US09510919B2
The present invention relates to a tool for adhering an orthodontic bracket, comprising: a pair of bracket holding portions for holding a bracket to be bonded to teeth while approaching or separating from each other; and a pair of handle portions connected to the pair of bracket holding portions, for controlling the bracket holding portions to allow the same to approach or separate from each other, wherein a scale for measuring the height of a bracket for the end of teeth is formed in at least any one of the pair of bracket holding portions. Therefore, an operation is convenient, measurement is easy and measurement time can be reduced since the tool has a simple and uncomplicated structure. In addition, it is possible to improve the effectiveness of orthodontic treatment since a bracket can be bonded by precisely setting the height of the bracket.
US09510917B2
A medical or dental handpiece has a grip 3. The grip 3 includes first to third rotation shafts 101, 201, and 301. The first and second shafts are connected through a first gear mechanism 1000 and the second and third shafts are connected through a second gear mechanism 2000 so that a rotation is transmitted from the first shaft through the first gear mechanism to the second shaft and then from the second shaft through the second gear mechanism to the third shaft. The first or second gear mechanism has an internal gear secured on shaft and an external gear secured on the other shaft, the internal and the external gears being engaged with each other. The external gear is substantially enclosed within a cylindrical plane 1001, 2001 extending along a peripheral edge of the internal gear.
US09510916B2
Surgical system, in particular a dental system including a surgical instrument, in particular a dental instrument and a device for controlling the electronic instrument. The device for controlling the electronic instrument includes a first electronic module. The instrument includes a rotary motor for driving the tool and a second electronic module. The rotary motor of the instrument is electrically powered by the first electronic module of the control device through the first electrical conductors dedicated to supply the rotary motor. The instrument is powered and/or electrically controlled by the first electronic module of the control device only through the second electrical conductors distinct from the first electrical conductors. The system also includes a management module of the second electrical conductors for sending on the second electrical conductors a number of signals larger to a number of second electrical conductors.
US09510914B2
Systems and methods for surgical guidance and image registration are provided, in which three-dimensional image data associated with an object or patient is registered to topological image data obtained using a surface topology imaging device. The surface topology imaging device may be rigidly attached to an optical position measurement system that also tracks fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The instrument may be registered to the topological image data, such that the topological image data and the movable instrument are registered to the three-dimensional image data. The three-dimensional image data may be CT or MRI data associated with a patient. The system may also co-register images pertaining to a surgical plan with the three-dimensional image data. In another aspect, the surface topology imaging device may be configured to directly track fiducial markers on a movable instrument. The fiducial markers may be tracked according to surface texture.
US09510913B2
Devices and methods for applying tension to an area of skin during various cosmetic or dermatological procedures, in particular for follicular unit removal and/or implantation in a hair transplantation procedure, are provided. The systems and methods utilize a segmented structure configured to conform to the body surface of various sizes, shapes and/or textures, thus allowing for customization in order to fit a variety of persons. In some embodiments, the tensioning device may be temporary secured, for example, to a patient chair.
US09510910B2
Medical procedure trays and related methods are provided to accommodate joining a first non-sterile medical device with a second sterile medical device and maintaining required sterilization of the second sterile medical device to perform an associated medical procedure. One example of such medical procedures includes biopsy of a bone and/or associated bone marrow using a non-sterile powered drive and a sterile biopsy needle or biopsy needle set. Medical procedure trays and related methods may also be provided for use during aspiration of bone marrow and/or stem cell transplant procedures. Each medical procedure tray may include a containment bag or sterile sleeve. A coupler assembly, one or more sharps protectors, a biopsy sample ejector and/or associated ejector funnel may also be included. Some medical procedure trays may allow engaging a non-sterile powered driver with one end of a coupler assembly and sealing the non-sterile powered driver in a sterile sleeve or containment bag without compromising sterility of other components in the medical procedure tray.
US09510895B2
A surgical instrument operable to sever tissue includes a body assembly and a selectively coupleable end effector assembly. The end effector assembly may include a transmission assembly, an end effector, and a rotational knob operable to rotate the transmission assembly and the end effector. The body assembly includes a trigger and a casing having a distal aperture configured to receive a portion of the end effector assembly. First and second coupling mechanism portions cooperatively couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly for use. The coupling may mechanically and/or electrically couple the end effector assembly to the body assembly via various coupling mechanisms. For instance, a threaded slip nut may couple to threads within the body assembly. In one configuration, the end effector assembly may have locking tabs that rotate into rotational recesses in the body assembly. The locking tabs may include electrical contacts and/or optically perceivable indicators.
US09510892B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to ablation catheter systems configured, for example, to ablate tissue adjacent an ostium of the pulmonary vein in a left atria of a heart. In one embodiment, an ablation catheter system includes a handle and a catheter coupled to the handle defining a lumen extending through a length of the catheter, the catheter including a distal end thereof. The ablation catheter system may also include an electrode coupled to the handle with lines extending through the lumen of the catheter, the electrode being configured to be constrained adjacent the distal end of the catheter and configured to be deployed from the distal end of the catheter to an expanded configuration.
US09510887B2
Methods and apparatus for the treatment of a body cavity or lumen are described where a heated fluid and/or gas may be introduced through a catheter and into treatment area within the body contained between one or more inflatable/expandable members. The catheter may also have optional pressure and temperature sensing elements which may allow for control of the pressure and temperature within the treatment zone and also prevent the pressure from exceeding a pressure of the inflatable/expandable members to thereby contain the treatment area between these inflatable/expandable members. Optionally, a chilled, room temperature, or warmed fluid such as water may then be used to rapidly terminate the treatment session.
US09510882B2
A device for binding a cable about a fractured bone to stabilize a fracture includes a slot including a distal opening sized to receive an enlarged end of a cable and a proximal opening sized to permit the cable to slide therethrough while preventing the enlarged end from passing therethough and a bore sized to slidably receive the cable, the bore extending to a proximal opening in combination with a locking element channel extending to a distal end opening into the bore and a locking element movable into a locking position in which a distal end of the locking element extends into the bore to engage a portion of the cable received therein and lock the cable in a desired position within the bore.
US09510878B2
The present invention relates to an intramedullary nail surgically inserted into a long bone, especially the clavicle. Specifically, the present invention is directed to a curved rod that accommodates the majority of human anatomies and is insertable and capable of either being permanently retained therein or removed if desired.
US09510877B2
The present invention is directed to a hybrid bone fixation element including a threaded proximal cortical bone contacting portion for threadably engaging the cortical portion of a human bone and a non-threaded expandable distal collections portion for engaging the cancellous portion of the human bone. The hybrid bone fixation element can be used, for example, as a pedicle screw, a bone screw or in any other type of bone fixation application.
US09510875B2
A system for percutaneous spinal fusion may include two spaced apart blades connected together by a coupling such that the blades define a percutaneous pathway from a skin incision to an implanted pedicle fastener. The coupling may be c-shaped and may have at least one flexible tab for engaging one or more holes along the length of the blades. If one of the blades becomes disconnected from the pedicle fastener, a supplemental access device may be provided comprising a tubular body having a channel therein for receiving the other of the blades. If both of the blades become disconnected, a supplemental access device may be provided comprising a gripping member received within a locking member. The gripping member may have two legs engageable with the pedicle fastener, and the locking member may move along the gripping member to prevent the legs from disengaging the pedicle fastener.
US09510865B2
Growth directed correction of a spine via apical vertebral control includes securing a correction system to a first vertebra and a second vertebra of the spine, the correction system defining a correction axis extending between the first and second vertebra and securing the correction system to a third vertebra intermediate the first and second vertebra, the correction system securing the third vertebra at a fixed distance from the correction axis. The correction system is secured to the first and second vertebra such that the first and second vertebra are able to grow away from one another in a direction substantially parallel to the correction axis.
US09510863B2
A coupling assembly is presented. The coupling assembly is used to selectively couple a bone screw having an elongate shaft and a head to an elongate rod. The coupling assembly has a coupling element configured to engage the head of a bone screw, as well as the elongate rod. When the elongate rod is engaged by the portion of the top of the coupling element, the coupling element does not extend above a top most portion of elongate rod.
US09510859B2
An external fixation system includes a clamp system configured to capture a fixation element. The clamp system has a first and a second jaw and a first and a second link attached to the first and second jaws that are configured to control the motion of the jaws. The links are arranged such that, when the first and second jaws are moved to a closed position, the action of trying to open the jaws is resisted by the position of the links, and to open the jaws, the links must be actuated.
US09510857B2
A lead introducer includes a multi-piece insertion needle insertable into a splitable member. The multi-piece insertion needle includes an outer insertion needle that defines an open channel that extends along substantially entirely a length of the outer insertion needle and an inner insertion needle configured and arranged for insertion into the open channel of the outer insertion needle. The splitable member includes at least two pull-apart tabs and at least one weakened region extending along at least a portion of a length of the splitable member from between the at least two pull-apart tabs. The at least one weakened region is configured and arranged for separating when the at least two pull-apart tabs are pulled apart.
US09510852B2
A system to treat a patient comprises a user interface that allows a physician to view an image of tissue to be treated in order to develop a treatment plan to resect tissue with a predefined removal profile. The image may comprise a plurality of images, and the planned treatment is shown on the images. The treatment probe may comprise an anchor, and the image shown on the screen may have a reference image marker shown on the screen corresponding to the anchor. The planned tissue removal profile can be displayed and scaled to the image of the target tissue of an organ such as the prostate, and the physician can adjust the treatment profile based on the scaled images to provide a treatment profile in three dimensions. The images shown on the display may comprise segmented images of the patient with treatment plan overlaid on the images.
US09510848B2
An illuminated surgical instrument has a working area located near an end of the instrument. An array of optical fibers terminates near the end of the instrument. The array of optical fibers is located adjacent to the instrument such that the array of optical fibers provides targeted illumination to the working area only on one side of the instrument.
US09510845B2
In one embodiment of the present invention there is provided a method of filtering blood flow in a lumen by positioning an open loop filter support structure within a lumen; maintaining a position of the open loop filter support structure within the lumen using radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure; and filtering blood flow in the lumen using a filter supported by the open loop filter support structure. In one aspect, there is also applying radial force generated by the open loop filter support structure along the axial dimension of the lumen.
US09510833B2
The applicator related to the present invention is provided with a flexible sheath longer than the overall length of an instrument channel of a flexible endoscope; an operation part used outside the instrument channel; a deployed section that can be made to protrude from the front end of the sheath by operating the operation part and to pierce a tissue; a tissue fastening tool made of a superelastic wire formed in coil shape and housed inside the deployed section in a substantially extended condition; and a pusher that pushes out the tissue fastening tool from the deployed section when the operation part is operated.
US09510827B2
A loading unit configured for engagement with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The loading unit comprises a proximal body portion and a tool assembly. The proximal body portion defines a longitudinal axis. The tool assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the proximal body portion and includes a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly. At least one of the cartridge assembly and the anvil assembly is movable with respect to the other between an open position and an approximated position to engage tissue therebetween. The cartridge assembly is configured to house a plurality of fasteners therein. The diameter of the tool assembly is less than or equal to about 8 mm.
US09510823B2
A wound closure device includes outer and inner members. The inner member is configured for receipt of a suture passer and is pivotably coupled to the outer member. The inner member is pivotable relative to the outer member between a first position, wherein the inner member is coaxially disposed relative to the outer member, a second position, wherein the distal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in a first direction and the proximal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in a second, opposite direction, and a third position, wherein the distal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in the second direction and the proximal end of the inner member extends outwardly from the outer member in the first direction.
US09510822B2
A tissue anchor has a body, protrusions from the body, and a tissue engaging fin. The body is oriented on a longitudinal axis and has a leading tip, a leading end portion extending from the leading tip, a trailing end portion connected to the leading end portion, with the trailing end portion terminating in a trailing tip that is located opposite of the leading tip. A first anchor width measured between the protrusions is greater than a second anchor width measured at the trailing end portion of the body. The tissue engaging fin is integrated with the leading end portion of the body and oriented in a direction perpendicular to the radial direction of the first and second protrusions. The tissue engaging fin has a fin width and is provided with an eyelet formed through the fin width. A gripping tab is removably attached to the tissue engaging fin.
US09510818B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for anchoring implantable medical devices to maintain an implanted position. In particular, twist-grip anchors are provided. In some embodiments, the twist-grip anchor comprises a first support having a first lumen, a second support having a second lumen, and a sleeve having a first end fixedly attached to the first support and a second end fixedly attached to the second support, wherein the first and second supports and the sleeve are aligned to allow the passage of the elongate device through the first lumen, second lumen and sleeve, and wherein rotation of at least the first support twists the sleeve so that the sleeve engages the elongate device in a manner that resists movement of the elongate device in relation to the sleeve. The anchor is then attached to the tissue, such as by suturing.
US09510817B2
Apparatus for manipulating and securing tissue are described herein. In creating tissue folds within the body of a patient, a tissue manipulation assembly may generally have an elongate tubular member, an engagement member slidably dispose through the tubular member and a distal end adapted to engage tissue via a helical member, tissue stabilizing members positioned at the tubular member distal end which are adapted to stabilize tissue therebetween, and a delivery tube pivotable about the tissue stabilizer. The stabilizing members can be adapted to become angled relative to longitudinal axis of the elongate tubular member. Moreover, one or all the articulation controls and functions can be integrated into a singular handle assembly connectable to the tissue manipulation assembly via a rigid or flexible tubular body.
US09510799B2
A medical imaging system creates three kinds of reconstructed images of a diagnosis target site in a subject through X-ray imaging of the diagnosis target site with a Talbot or Talbot-Lau imaging apparatus, the three kinds of reconstructed images being an absorption image, a differential phase image, and a small-angle scattering image. The medical imaging system includes: an input unit to receive an input of diagnosis target information for specifying the diagnosis target site, or the diagnosis target site and a disease to be diagnosed in the diagnosis target site; and a control unit to create a combined image of two kinds of reconstructed images among the three kinds of reconstructed images on the basis of the diagnosis target information input through the input unit, and to control a displaying unit to display the combined image.
US09510794B2
A radiation image capture device is provided that are capable of obtaining radiation images with better image quality than hitherto in both an imaging mode in which a radiation irradiation duration is comparatively short and radiation images are successively captured, and in an imaging mode in which the radiation irradiation duration is comparatively long. An erasing light source is deactivated throughout an imaging period in a first imaging mode in which a radiation detector generates image data of a radiation image based on radiation irradiated from a radiation source over a first irradiation duration. The erasing light source is activated over an imaging period in a second imaging mode in which the radiation detector generates image data of plural radiation images based on successively irradiated radiation from the radiation source over a second irradiation duration shorter than the first irradiation duration.
US09510791B2
Doctor and patient communication is improved by electronically transmitting a series of questions to a computing device of the patient, and electronically receiving answers to the questions provided by the patient. A computer server analyzes the answers to the questions to determine if a state of health of the patient is serious and requires the immediate attention of the doctor. If the software determines the state of health to be serious, the server transmits an alert to a computing device of the doctor. The alert can include a series of lights, for example in the form of a traffic light, to quickly convey to the doctor the state of health of the patient.
US09510788B2
Described herein are systems and methods for monitoring physiological parameters in real time using a wrist-worn device, such as watch or bracelet. The physiological parameters may include heart rate variability, and the system may report conclusions to the user relating to stress and health, among other personalized messaging.
US09510785B2
A system for monitoring strain as an indicator of biological conditions, such as spinal fusion, glucose levels, spinal loading, and heart rate. The system includes an inter-digitated capacitor sensor, and RF transmitter, and an associated antenna, all of which are microminiature or microscopic in size and can be implanted in a biological host such as a human or animal. An inductively coupled power supply is also employed to avoid the need for implantation of chemical batteries. Power is provided to the sensor and transmitter, and data is transmitted from the sensor, when an external receiving device, such as a handheld RF ID type receiver, is placed proximate the location of the implanted sensor, transmitter and inductively coupled power supply. The implanted sensor, transmitter and inductively coupled power supply can be left in place permanently or removed when desired.
US09510768B2
A device for measuring impedance of biological tissue may include electrodes and a voltage-to-current converter coupled to the electrodes to drive an alternating current (AC) through the tissue and sense an AC voltage. The converter may include an amplifier having first and second inputs and an output, a first voltage divider coupled to the first input, a second voltage divider coupled to the second input, a filter capacitor coupled between the output and the second voltage divider, a current limiting resistor coupled between the second input the second voltage divider, and a bypass capacitor coupled to the second input of the amplifier and in parallel with the resistor. A single-ended amplitude modulation (AM) demodulator may demodulate the AC voltage and generate a corresponding baseband voltage representing the impedance. The device may also include an output circuit to generate output signals representative of DC and AC components of the baseband voltage.
US09510765B2
An example includes a neurosensing and feedback device to detect mental states and alert the wearer, such as in real-time. In an example, neural activity is detected by sensors that measure frequency, amplitude, synchrony, sequence and site of brain activity. These measurements can be compared to neural signatures and patterns shown to be correlated to neuropsychological conditions and disorders. When these measurements indicate an undesirable state the wearer is alerted via visual, audible or tactile means designed to be highly effective at alerting the wearer and allowing them to adjust their brain activity. Executive function, known to be crucial for school readiness, academic achievement and successful life outcomes, is the chief state to be detected, trained and supported. The device is designed to be used during primary activities, e.g. reading and listening, and to not require third party intervention during primary use.
US09510764B2
Methods for detecting atrial tachyarrhythmia in implantable devices without dedicated atrial sensing
An apparatus comprises an implantable cardiac signal sensing circuit configured to provide a sensed depolarization signal from a ventricle and a processor. The processor includes a signal analyzer module and a tachyarrhythmia discrimination module. The signal analyzer module is configured to determine a measure of stability of ventricular (V-V) depolarization intervals using the depolarization signal, and determine a rate of change of the measure of stability. The tachyarrhythmia discrimination module is configured to detect an episode of tachyarrhythmia using the depolarization signal, determine whether the detected tachyarrhythmia is indicative of atrial tachyarrhythmia using the determined rate of change, and provide the determination to a user or process.
US09510754B2
An illumination arrangement includes illumination optics defining an optical axis and a light source for generating at least one illumination beam path for illuminating an object field at a specific illumination angle with a viewing beam path. At least one mirror is provided in the illumination beam path for deflecting light from the light source and the mirror has a longitudinal extent along the optical axis. A light-emitting surface region of the light source is variable (x) perpendicular to the optical axis without movable components. The illumination optics are embodied in such a way for obtaining a desired illumination that an illumination pupil is imaged within the longitudinal extent of the mirror.
US09510753B2
An asymmetric aperture device for a camera is provided that improves light gathering properties by increasing both the light gathering opening of the aperture and the number of light producing light sources placed on the aperture. An asymmetric aperture design is provided that utilizes a significantly larger portion of the camera lens. The tradeoff between the competing objectives of maximizing camera depth of field and maximizing the production of useful focus-condition information within the camera image is optimized. More illumination is provided without significantly increasing the lateral size of the illuminator pattern.
US09510750B2
A fundus imaging apparatus comprising: position detection means for detecting a position of a pupil of an eye to be examined; wavefront detection means for detecting a wavefront of return light from the eye irradiated with light through an illumination optical system; correction means for correcting an aberration based on the detected wavefront; and determination means for determining a correction effective region of the correction means based on the detected position.
US09510749B2
A base support arm is provided for an ophthalmic instrument with a moveable optics head. The base support arm is configured so that the support arm must be deployed to stabilize the instrument before the instrument head can be moved sideways in a manner that could otherwise destabilize the instrument. In addition, an angled chin-rest assembly pivot axis is provided that moves the chin-rest assembly from a compactly folded shape into a position that is suitable for supporting the patient's head. The support arm is linked to the chin-rest assembly pivot by a linkage or other mechanism so that movement of the support arm also unfolds the chin-rest assembly and ensures that the chin-rest assembly cannot be unfolded without deploying the support arm.
US09510748B2
Embodiments of this invention relate to the generation of wavefronts for measurements, diagnostics, and treatment planning for ophthalmic applications. In some embodiments, a wavefront generator generates light having a uniform wavefront, which is focusable on the retina of an emmetropic eye by the normal function of the emmetropic eye. In some embodiments, the wavefront generator can generate light having a custom wavefront which is not focusable on the retina of the emmetropic eye. In some embodiments, the wavefront generator can receive information relating to an optical aberration of the eye, generate a custom wavefront, and project light having this custom wavefront, which in combination with the optical aberration of the eye is focusable on the retina.
US09510743B2
Methods and devices to quickly and accurately locate the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) while performing a sphenopalatine ganglion block procedure that introduces a medication to the SPG. The methods and devices also prevent the medication applied to the SPG from flowing down a patient's throat during the procedure.
US09510738B2
An instrument system is provided. The instrument system has an endoscopic instrument with a work head that is mounted on one end of a flexible support arm and can be inserted into a patient. The instrument system has a trocar that can be placed in the body surface of the patient and has a main body which can be fixed in position relative to the patient and which has a through-opening for the instrument, a guide body which, when the instrument is inserted, encloses and guides a longitudinal portion of the support arm with a guide channel in such a way that a spatial guiding direction of the support arm is defined at least thereon, with an adjustment element acting on the guide body and allowing a specific change of a relative position of the guiding direction with respect to the main body.
US09510737B2
An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance non-fiber optic optical waveguide with suction. This device is useful in a wide array of surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics.
US09510735B2
A method for displaying video-endoscopic image data of a video endoscope having at least one lateral viewing direction, wherein at least one objective which is movable relative to an image sensor about the longitudinal axis of a shaft of the video endoscope and has at least one lateral viewing direction is arranged on the distal end of the shaft of the video endoscope, wherein the viewing direction is changed over from a first viewing direction to a second viewing direction on account of a viewing direction changeover command. Also provided are a video endoscopy system wherein the viewing direction can be changed over from a first viewing direction to a second viewing direction on account of a viewing direction changeover command and a software program product comprising program code means for carrying out the above method.
US09510734B2
Two surgical instruments are inserted through a guide tube. The surgical instruments exit at an intermediate position of the guide tube and are oriented to be substantially parallel to the guide tube's longitudinal axis as they exit. A stereoscopic image capture component is on the guide tube between the intermediate position and the guide tube's distal end. The image capture component's field of view is generally perpendicular to the guide tube's longitudinal axis. The surgical instruments and the guide tube are telemanipulatively controlled.
US09510731B2
An ultrasound endoscope includes an insertion portion that is inserted into a subject, an ultrasound transducer portion that is arranged at a distal end portion of the insertion portion and includes an ultrasound transmitting and receiving surface for transmitting and receiving ultrasound, a first balloon groove that is a groove formed between the insertion portion and the ultrasound transducer portion and is for locking a balloon that covers the ultrasound transmitting and receiving, a distal end face that is arranged on a distal end side with respect to the ultrasound transducer portion and is disposed spaced apart from the ultrasound transmitting and receiving surface, and a convex portion that is provided on the distal end face and on which stress concentrates when a finger is slid on the distal end face.
US09510728B2
An example vent assembly for a dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, and an exhaust vent, includes a condenser having an outlet, and an inlet in fluid communication with the treating chamber, an ambient air cooling duct in thermal communication with the condenser, and having an outlet in fluid communication with the exhaust vent, a venturi having an inlet in communication with the outlet of the condenser, and an outlet in communication with the cooling duct, and a fan for flowing ambient air through the cooling duct, past the venturi, and out the exhaust vent.
US09510726B1
A method of attaching a dishwasher using a mounting bracket including a bracket body, two attachment points, and at least one anchoring zone with the at least one anchoring zone for corresponding to the attachment of the dishwasher anchoring hardware and a plurality of anchoring holes within the at least one anchoring zone for providing multiple options in anchoring a dishwasher.
US09510725B2
A dishwasher is provided. The dishwasher may include a case, a tub provided in the case and forming a dishwashing space, a re-using section provided inside the case and forming a space for storing wash water to be sprayed into the tub, and a water storing section provided inside the case and forming another space, separated from the re-using section, for storing externally supplied wash water.
US09510722B2
A method of cleaning residue from a surface includes providing a disposable cellulosic wiper including a percentage by weight of pulp-derived papermaking fibers, and a percentage by weight of regenerated independent cellulosic microfibers having a number average diameter of less than about 2 microns and a characteristic Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) value of less than 175 ml. The microfibers are selected and present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a relative wicking ratio of at least 1.5. The wiper is applied, with a predetermined amount of pressure, to a residue-bearing surface. The surface is wiped with the applied wiper, while applying the predetermined amount of pressure, to remove residue from the surface, such that the surface has less than 1 g/m2 of residue after being wiped under the predetermined amount of pressure.
US09510714B2
An apparatus for refilling a cylindrical wipes dispenser. The apparatus includes a plurality of rectangular wipes configured in a flat stack and having packaging that contains an opening mechanism. The opening mechanism is operable for opening the apparatus to allow common removal of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes are interleaved and folded to form an indentation along a longitudinal axis of the plurality of rectangular wipes. The plurality of rectangular wipes is operable to be folded along the indentation to form a V shape for insertion into a cylindrical dispensing container. The width of the rectangular flat stack wipes is slightly larger than the diameter of the dispensing cylinder.
US09510706B2
A beverage forming system and method in which an activation button is arranged on a movable cartridge holder. A beverage forming system may include a cartridge holder movably mounted to a frame and having an opening to receive a cartridge such that the cartridge holder is arranged to hold and move a cartridge between an open position and a closed position. An activation button may be mounted on a top of the cartridge holder with the cartridge holder in the closed position, allowing easy access to the button once the cartridge holder is closed. Operation of the activation button may cause the system to begin a beverage forming process that includes introducing fluid to the cartridge via an inlet.
US09510705B2
A pre-packaged beverage brewer press is taught that incorporates a hollow cylinder (20) having a full diameter body (22), an open top (24) and a closed bottom (26) with a removable holder (36) engaging the cylinder bottom. The holder has a configuration suitable to retain a beverage cartridge (40), with the holder having at least one exit opening (46) therein. A removable manually operated piston (74) is configured to be engaged within the hollow cylinder and includes an air-tight seal and an outwardly extended top (76). A cup (98), having a wide flat bottom for standing evenly on a flat surface, is attached to the cylinder bottom. When heated water is placed within the cylinder and the piston is inserted into the cylinder and urged downwardly by a user, sufficient pressure is created to compress the water into the beverage cartridge permitting steeping therefore brewing a beverage which is discharged into the cup attached beneath.
US09510704B2
A garlic clove peeler comprising a housing formed with a clove receiving compartment and with a friction wall and a balloon-like complimentary peeling element made of resilient material and having a shaft that has a rotational axis and that removably connects to the housing. The peeling element being formed with a peeler surface extending adjacent the friction wall and resiliently biased in a direction facing the friction wall wherein the friction wall and the peeler surface are concentric with respect to the rotational axis of the shaft. A displacement mechanism is provided for rotating one or both of the friction wall and the peeling element about the rotational axis, wherein a gap extends between the peeler surface and the friction wall, and wherein the gap is sized so as to snugly receive one or more garlic cloves and to allow the cloves to be carried around in the gap while maintaining contact with said peeler surface on one side and with the friction wall on the other side during the operation of the displacement mechanism and to be peeled without being bruised, and wherein the peeling element retains its shape.
US09510695B2
Described is a display chiller including internally a containment compartment (3) equipped with shelves (7), a front opening (5) for allowing access to the containment compartment (3), and at least a pair of doors (6) hinged about respective axes (X) and openable towards the inside of the containment compartment (3) so as to use the gap (8) existing between the shelves (7) and the doors (6) and designed for the circulation of cooling air.
US09510688B2
In one example, this disclosure describes a method including receiving, at a central controller of an air mattress system, a plurality of air pressure value, determining a plurality of average values using the plurality of the received air pressure values, calculating a difference value between a first one of the plurality of average values and a second one of the plurality of average values, comparing the difference value to a threshold value, determining, based on the comparison, whether a user of the air mattress system moved.
US09510683B1
A folding chair provides for leveling seating upon uneven ground. The chair includes folding chair frame with a pair of front leg assemblies and a pair of rear leg assemblies, each pivotally attached to a central hub. Each leg assembly has downwardly extending tubular portions and a means for securing the portions at a desired height. The adjustable legs provide a means for a level seating upon ground surfaces of varying elevations. The chair further utilizes inflatable arm rest, seat rest and back rest portions in one (1) embodiment.
US09510672B2
A method of selecting video source devices to drive first and second presentation spaces provided by at least one display screen in a collaborative workspace, the method comprising the steps of providing a control assembly that includes a plurality of control interfaces, each control interface including a separate selectable control associated with each of the presentation spaces, associating at least first and second video sources with first and second of the control interfaces, respectively, for each of the control interfaces, when a selectable control is selected, providing video information from the video source device associated with the control interface used to make the selection to the presentation space associated with the selectable control such that a plurality of video images from at least first and second different video source devices can be presented simultaneously in the presentation spaces.
US09510671B2
A height adjustable desk can include a work surface; and at least one leg assembly connected to the work surface. The at least one leg assembly can include: a first member; and a second member moveable relative to the first member along a longitudinal axis; and a counterbalance mechanism connected to the desk and configured to counteract a force exerted on the work surface. The counterbalance mechanism can include: a wheel; a gas spring having a cylinder and a moveable piston; a wheel moveably connected to the gas spring; and the tension member is connected to the leg assembly.
US09510665B2
A toothbrush having a substantially vertical orientation while at rest on a supporting surface, including a body having one end provided with a tooth-brushing element and another opposite end, said body having at least a part configured so that when the toothbrush is inclined, even close to a horizontal position, the toothbrush automatically self erects to the substantially vertical orientation to prevent a contact of said tooth-brushing element with the supporting surface.
US09510663B2
A push broom head includes a body including an upper face, a lower face, a front face, a rear face, and left and right end faces. A plurality of sweeper bristles project outwardly from the lower face. A handle mounting block portion includes a socket adapted to receive an associated broom handle. The handle mounting block portion is located between left and right portions of the body. The body includes a plurality of open pockets defined in the upper face on both the left and right portions of the body. Each of the pockets opens through the upper face of the body and comprises a bottom wall. Each of the pockets defines a depth between the upper face of the body and the respective bottom wall.
US09510658B2
A nail printing apparatus is provided with a controlling unit for acquiring an end position on a tip side of a nail of a finger based on image data of an image of the finger, wherein the finger includes the nail having a nail tip portion and a nail back portion whose color is darker than a color of the nail tip portion. The controlling unit acquires luminance difference values which are difference in two of luminance values adjacent to each other in the image data, acquires a reference position where the luminance difference values represent a extreme value corresponding to a difference value between color of the nail tip portion and the nail back portion, and acquires the end position of the nail based on a position where the luminance difference values represent extreme value on the tip side from the reference position.
US09510656B2
An apparatus for decorating an article includes a decorative sheet member having a first side and a second side, neither of the first and second sides having an adhesive; a fixation sheet member having a third side configured to be attached to a surface of the article, the third side including a first adhesive with a first adhesion characteristic; and a fourth side, opposite the third side and configured to receive one of the first and second sides of the decorative sheet, the fourth side having a second adhesive with a second adhesion characteristic, the second adhesion characteristic being less permanent than the first adhesion characteristic.
US09510655B2
A device for securing and protecting an item, including a strap comprising a flexible material including a first magnet disposed at a distal end of the strap, and a second magnet disposed at a proximal end of the strap, a casing for securing and protecting the item including a pouch formed in the case having an opening, a screen disposed on a front side of the casing for viewing the item inside the casing, and a border disposed between an edge of the mesh pocket and the screen that surrounds an entirety of the screen, and a connecting region disposed between the distal end of the strap and the casing for securing the strap to the casing.
US09510651B2
Reclosable fastener includes a first track having a first engagement profile and a first retention feature extending therefrom, the first retention feature disposed substantially level with or above a bottom of the first engagement profile and having a first outward extension and a first upward extension extending upwardly from the first outward extension; a second track having a second engagement profile and a second retention feature extending therefrom, the second retention feature disposed substantially level with or above a bottom of the second engagement profile and having a second outward extension and a second upward extension extending upwardly from the second outward extension; and a slider disposed on the first and second tracks and interlocking the first and second engagement profiles together when moved from an open position toward a closed position along the first and second tracks. A method of forming a reclosable fastener is also provided.
US09510649B1
A disconnectable snap button connection for connecting electronic devices to fabrics, the disconnectable snap button connection and a method for making the same is described herein. The disconnectable snap button connection includes a component, a piece of conductive material, a piece of non-conductive material; wherein the piece of conductive material is attached to the piece of non-conductive material, a male portion of the disconnectable snap button, wherein the male portion of the disconnectable snap button is attached to the component, and a female portion of the disconnectable snap button, wherein the female portion of the disconnectable snap button is attached to the piece of conductive material. When the male portion of the disconnectable snap button is inserted into the female portion of the disconnectable snap button, a connection is made between the component and the piece of conductive material.
US09510641B1
A waterproof boot assembly provides waterproof boots that can be collapsed and stored in a storage case while not in use. The assembly includes a boot having an upper end, a lower end, and a perimeter wall extending between the upper and lower ends. The perimeter wall defines a hollow body having the upper end being open. The boot is comprised of a waterproof material. A sole has a top side being attached to the lower end. A first pad is coupled to the boot. The first pad is positioned in and lines the hollow body. A second pad is coupled to the first pad such that the first pad is positioned between the boot and the second pad.
US09510639B2
A hockey skate includes a composite boot form having a rigid lower portion and a less rigid upper portion. The upper portion may be made of a thermoformable material that conforms to the shape of a wearer's foot and ankle. The construction of the boot form—particularly the lower portion of the boot form—may be varied across different size ranges by, for example, varying the fiber angles in the composite material. Varying the stiffness of the lower portion of the boot form in this manner allows the flexibility of different sized boots to be substantially equalized. A skate quarter and other skate-boot features may readily be attached to the upper portion of the boot form via stitching, rivets, or other connectors. The boot form also may include an integral toe cap having a flange or other element to which the skate tongue and other elements may be connected.
US09510637B2
An article includes a knitted component. The knitted component includes a knit element that is configured to stretch between a neutral position and a stretched position. The knitted component also includes a tensile strand. The tensile strand is at least partially inlaid within the knit element. The tensile strand includes a portion that is arranged as a stretch limiter element that is configured to move between a slack position and a taut position as the knit element moves between the neutral position and the stretched position. The stretch limiter element is in the slack position when the knit element is in the neutral position, and the stretch limiter element is in the taut position when the knit element is in the stretched position to prevent stretch of the knit element beyond the stretched position.
US09510631B2
An artificial hair package assembly is provided. The assembly includes a base member including a first body and a second body, the first body including a first exterior surface and the second body including a second exterior surface; a first securing member including a first interior surface; a second securing member including a second interior surface; and a hair product including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being disposed between the first interior surface of the first securing member and the first exterior surface of the first body and the second portion being disposed between the second interior surface of the second securing member and the second exterior surface of the second body.
US09510621B2
A cigarette comprising a tobacco rod comprising a tobacco filler and a cigarette paper which is wrapped around the tobacco filler, a filter comprising a filter member and a filter wrapping paper which is integrally wrapped around the filter member, and a tipping member which is bonded onto the tobacco rod and the filter with a pressure-sensitive adhesive to connect the tobacco rod and the filter.
US09510618B2
A juice extracting device contains a collecting assembly, a covering set, a body, and a pumping member. The collecting assembly includes a cavity defined, an open segment having a pouring hole, a collection segment having a guiding hole, and at least one limiting seat. The covering set includes a hollow neck and a circular holder. The body includes a filtering disc, a plurality of defining ribs for retaining with the at least one limiting seat, a hollow column; a hollowly conical post having a cutting edge, a stop piece, and an extraction portion. The pumping member is served to draw juices in the collecting assembly and includes a spray head and a drawing tube for drawing the juices.
US09510617B2
Nutritious granular materials of fine particle sizes agglomerated within versatile micropellets are useful for inserting significant amounts of nutritious properties into snack foods. Expandable micropellet-containing formulations provide for introduction of fine particle ingredients such as proteins, minerals and other components or desirable nutrients into food processing lines not typically amenable to the fine particle sizes. Micropellet-containing formulations may consist entirely of micropellets, or may contain an expandable starch such as, for example, corn meal, sheeted doughs, and expanded collet products onto which the micropellets may be basted.
US09510608B2
A new method for making an air-containing mixture introduces air into a viscous mass of raw mixture for forming the air-containing mixture. The introduction of air is performed in connection with introducing the mixture in a treating unit. The raw mixture is pumped under pressure through a nozzle for forming at least one jet which is sprayed through an air space against the surface of the mixture. Air is entrained in the jet of the mixture. The air-entraining jet enters the mixture, forming the air-containing mixture. The air-containing mixture formed thereby is subsequently introduced into the treatment unit.
US09510605B2
A crisp food product is prepared in a first phase from thin food pieces of raw fruit, vegetable or gelatinizable proteins, by blanching them (if necessary) and drying them. A second phase takes place in a vacuum chamber, where the dried thin food pieces are exposed to heat to expand them, are quickly removed from the heat source and are cooled, before being removed from the vacuum.
US09510602B2
Provided herein is a continuous production line for a dressed proteinaceous patties with a solid food grade particulate using a coordinated volumetric toothed dispensing cylinder and variable speed conveyor for precisely controlled introduction of the particulate to a stream of proteinaceous material which is then formed into a patty.
US09510592B2
This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula One”): and processes associated therewith.
US09510590B2
A method of delivering a biologically active chemical agent to an arthropod pest of a bee, comprising exposing a surface of the said bee to carnauba wax particles having a volume mean diameter of at least 10 μm comprising at least one biologically active chemical agent, wherein the bee delivers the biologically active chemical agent to the arthropod pest, characterized in that the carnauba wax particles consist essentially of 89.5-99.4% by weight of carnauba wax; ≦10% by weight of biologically active chemical agent; and 0.5% by weight of flow agent.
US09510586B2
A system for deactivating plant material outside of a growing region to prevent propagation of designated plant material outside of the growing region includes an imaging sensor configured to remotely detect plant material outside of the growing region, a vehicle including a sampling implement configured to collect a sample of plant material, a plant sensor configured to analyze the sample of plant material, a deactivation device configured to deactivate plant material, and a controller configured to direct the vehicle to the plant material detected by the imaging sensor, cause the sampling implement to collect the sample from the detected plant material, cause the plant sensor to analyze the sample, and, when the sample is determined to be designated for deactivation, cause the deactivation device to deactivate the detected plant material.
US09510580B2
A fish handling and weighing system that generally includes a handle having a lower end and an upper end, length indicia attached to the side of the handle, an upper connector attached to the upper end of the handle for connecting to a scale device, and a hook attached to the lower end of the handle for engaging a fish.
US09510564B2
One embodiment of a treat dispenser for an animal comprises a support and a plurality of coaxially stackable and nestable pods slidably disposed along the support, each pod having an interior for receiving a treat, a sidewall, a first opening and a second opening coaxial with the first opening, the first opening being dimensioned for slidable movement along the support, the second opening being larger than the first opening for the dispensing of treats to an animal.
US09510562B2
A feeding nipple comprising a dome-shaped crown having a convex-shaped outer surface and a lower region which is concentrically formed with the convex-shaped outer surface and which extends therefrom to form a shelf, wherein the crown provides a surface whereby an animal may knead on the feeding nipple while the animal is feeding from the nipple. The crown comprises a diameter sufficiently sized so as to prevent the nipple from being inhaled by the animal. The feeding nipple further comprises a collar which is contiguously formed with the lower region and which is recessed relative thereto. A mount is contiguously and concentrically formed with the collar and comprises a diameter that assists in securing the feeding nipple to a fluid source. A transverse interior wall is transversely positioned within an opening centrally formed through lower region, wherein transverse interior wall assists in securing the feeding nipple to a fluid source.
US09510556B2
A system for cleaning a dairy animal milker unit and applying dip to a dairy animal, the system includes a main control, an air supply, a water supply, a backflush fluid supply, a dip supply, a stall control for receiving the air, water, backflush fluid and dip supplies, and a safety valve that is adjacent to a downstream portion of the milker unit to control backflush and dip fluids being fed to the milker unit.
US09510555B2
A teatcup liner comprises an upper mouthpiece, an intermediate barrel and a lower connecting tube. The upper mouthpiece further comprises a mouthpiece transition, a mouthpiece lip, and a groove formed in an outer surface of the upper mouthpiece. The intermediate barrel extends along an axial direction for receiving a teat inserted axially thereinto through said mouthpiece. An inner dimension of the upper mouthpiece defines a cavity bore and the groove is located substantially in line with the largest diameter of the cavity bore.
US09510551B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050909. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050909. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050909 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050909 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09510549B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050689. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050689. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050689 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050689 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09510547B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051813. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051813. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051813 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051813 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09510536B1
A novel maize variety designated X03F668 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03F668 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03F668 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03F668, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03F668. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03F668.
US09510532B1
An inbred corn line, designated XHK16, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line XHK16, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line XHK16 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line XHK16 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHK16, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line XHK16 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US09510526B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01045783. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01045783. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01045783 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01045783 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09510525B2
An agricultural sprayer (1) with a pump (20), a plurality of nozzles, a valve arrangement (28) associated with the nozzles and a feed conduit (25). The valve arrangement (28) selectively connects the feed conduit (25) to a bypass conduit (26) or to the nozzles. A return conduit (32) branches off from the feed conduit (25). A regulation valve (30) applies a variable degree of throttling to the fluid flowing through the return conduit. A pressure sensor (41) provides a signal for fluid delivered to the valve arrangement. A flow sensor (42) provides a signal representing the flow in the feed conduit (25). A controller (50) is in receipt of the sensor signals, receives instructions from an operator and controls the regulation valve (30) using the instructions from the operator and available measured signals using feedback control loops combined with a feed forward signal.
US09510521B2
This invention describes the use of S-abscisic acid (S-ABA) to modify sensory characteristics such as aroma, bouquet, flavor, mouthfeel, astringency, balance, complexity or finish of red grapes and red wine.
US09510519B2
A plant support effective in pots with a base diameter of from about 4 to 24 inches, constructed of a telescoping pole; a central perimeter size-adjustable base effectively supporting the pole; at least a first detachable ring disc detachably attachable about the base, and at least a second ring disc detachably attachable about the first ring disc, providing for effective support for growing plants. The telescoping pole is length adjustable to at least eight feet to eliminate the need to replace a support as the plant grows. The plant support is constructed so as to be removed from a pot together as one with the plant it is supporting avoiding separating the plant from the plant support device as the base of the plant support device supports the root mass allowing much of the soil to remain around the root mass as the plant is lifted from its pot.
US09510515B2
The invention provides improved compositions and methods for growing and cultivating plants, wherein the compositions and methods comprise placing phase change materials (PCMs) close to, in contact with, or substantially in contact with, a plant root system, a plant pot or a plant soil (containing plant roots) to absorb the heat from the day and release it at night.
US09510511B2
A round module builder for forming a round module. The round module comprises a feeder and a module-forming portion. The module-forming portion comprises at least one baler belt configured to receive a crop from the feeder, at least one baler roller sheave configured to drive the baler belt, and a module-forming chamber. The module-forming portion is configured to receive the crop and rotate the crop in the module-forming chamber into the round module. A powered brush is coupleable to the module-forming portion above the feeder and at least one of positioned in contact with the baler belt and positioned adjacent the baler belt. The powered brush is configured to remove the crop from the baler belt outside the module-forming chamber and return the crop to the feeder which returns the crop to the module-forming chamber where the crop is formed into the round module.
US09510506B2
The present invention involves a multiply adjustable, obstacle responsive mower deck mounted “edge” trimmer that is easily adjustable, easily maintained and stored, low-profile, and requires no outside power source.
US09510499B2
A method and apparatus for automating some of the tasks that heretofore required operator action at headland turns or similar events are provided. The present invention automates operation of lift assist wheels and/or gull wings, such as those found on a stack-fold implement, based on the position of the tractor hitch to which the implement is coupled. An operator may control the position of the implement, such as at a headland turn, by raising and lowering the tractor hitch using a remote control. The invention enables the planter to compare the tractor hitch position relative to an implement position and control operation of the implement accordingly without additional user inputs.
US09516789B2
The invention provides systems and methods for cooling of power electronic devices with an optimized electromechanical structure. A power electronic device may comprise one or more power transistor components, one or more capacitor components, one or more power interconnect components that may be in electrical communication with the one or more power transistor components and the one or more capacitor components, and one or more heat sink components. The one or more power transistor components and the one or more capacitor components may be in thermal communication with the one or more heat sink components, and each may be located on substantially opposite sides of the one or more heat sink components, such that heat may be transferred from the one or more power transistor components and the one or more capacitor components to the same one or more heat sink components.
US09516782B2
Components and/or assemblies are applied on a substrate. The substrate has a populating side and a heat sink side, to which a heat sink is fitted. The populating side is provided with a cover, which together with a heat sink on the heat sink side of the substrate forms a type of housing for the populated substrate. Between substrate and heat sink, a guide channel for a cooling medium (e.g. air, etc.) is provided and the substrate has an opening. A fan is fitted above the opening in such a way that a cooling flow of the cooling medium generated by the fan is conducted through the guide channel on the heat sink side of the substrate and over the populating side of the substrate and thus over the mounted components and/or assemblies. The heated cooling medium is then conducted away with the aid of the cover.
US09516775B2
A display apparatus includes a display module including a flexible display panel, a curvature-changing member configured to adjust a curvature of the display module, and a bottom chassis in which is disposed the display module and the curvature-changing member. The curvature-changing member includes a wire, a first movement control part which moves the wire, a plurality of wire guiders through which the wire passes, disposed at predetermined intervals in a moving path of the wire to guide the moving path of the wire; and a plurality of wire stoppers which is coupled to the wire at predetermined intervals along a length of the wire limiting the movement of the wire along the moving path. In an unbent state of the curvature-changing member, intervals between adjacent wire guiders among the plurality of wire guiders are larger than intervals between adjacent wire stoppers among the plurality of wire stoppers.
US09516773B2
A lid body includes: a first surface; a second surface having a top-bottom relation with the first surface; an outer peripheral surface connecting the first surface and the second surface; a groove provided in the first surface from the outer peripheral surface toward an interior of the first surface; and first and second marks arranged at positions that do not overlap with an outer peripheral edge of the second surface in a plan view.
US09516771B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including a front substrate and a back substrate, a frame disposed in the rear of the display panel, a guide panel positioned adjacent to the frame, a back cover which is disposed in the rear of the display panel and is positioned adjacent to the frame, and a film part including a first part attached to a front surface of the display panel and a second part including a portion attached to the guide panel.
US09516766B2
A sterilizable housing for a personal electronic device includes a base, a cover and a user interface. The base is configured for receiving the personal electronic device. The cover is selectively engageable to the base. Both the base and the cover are sterilizable. The user interface provides selective access to the personal electronic device, and is at least partially contiguous with a corresponding user interface of the personal electronic device.
US09516759B2
A multilayer structure comprises an insulation material, a conductive layer and a protective film. The conductive layer is disposed on the insulation material. The protective film is disposed on the surface of the conductive layer, and the surface area of the protective film is less than that of the conductive layer. A fingerprint identification device and a manufacturing method thereof are also disclosed.
US09516755B2
Embodiments of the invention describe a motherboard PCB having a memory bus to receive signal data from a channel of memory chips/devices of a memory module. Electrical contacts, communicatively coupled to the memory bus, securely couple the PCB to the memory chips/devices of the memory module. Embodiments of the invention further include a receiving housing that includes said electrical contacts and has a height less or equal to the height of the memory module. Embodiments of the invention further describe a memory module having a memory card housing, first and second pluralities of memory chips/devices included in the housing, and first and second pluralities of memory module electrical EO terminals for coupling the first and second pluralities of memory chips/devices to PCB, respectively. In embodiments of the invention, the above described first and second pluralities electrical EO connectors are disposed on different sides of the housing.
US09516752B2
An underfill device and method have been are provided. Advantages of devices and methods shown include dissipation of stresses at an interface between components such as a chip package and an adjacent circuit board. Another advantage includes faster manufacturing time and ease of manufacture using underfill devices and methods shown. An underfill assembly can be pre made with conductive structures included within the underfill assembly. Steps such as flowing epoxy and curing can be eliminated or performed concurrently with other manufacturing steps.
US09516748B2
Various embodiments relate to a circuit board, including a base and a heat-conducting layer. The base has a first region and a second region on one side thereof facing the heat-conducting layer, the first region is recessed with respect to the second region, a first insulating layer is accommodated in the first region, a second insulating layer is formed on the second region, and the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer have different thermal conductivities. In addition, various embodiments further relate to an electronic module and an illuminating device including such circuit board. Various embodiments also relate to a method for manufacturing such circuit board.
US09516744B2
A method of making a micro-wire circuit structure adapted for wrapping includes providing a display and a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a plurality of electrically conductive micro-wires on, in, or adjacent to a common side of the flexible substrate and forming micro-wire electrodes in a touch portion of the flexible substrate. One or more electrical circuits is located on or in a circuit portion of the flexible substrate and one or more micro-wires electrically connects the one or more electrical circuits to corresponding micro-wire electrodes. The flexible substrate is located in relation to the display with the touch portion located adjacent to a display viewing side, the circuit portion located adjacent to a display back side, and an edge portion of the flexible substrate wrapping around a display edge from the display viewing side to the display back side.
US09516741B2
A boron nitride/resin composite circuit board having high heat dissipation characteristics and high reliability is provided. A boron nitride/resin composite circuit board, including: a plate-shaped resin-impregnated boron nitride sintered body having a plate thickness of 0.2 to 1.5 mm, the plate-shaped resin-impregnated boron nitride sintered body including 30 to 85 volume % of a boron nitride sintered body having boron nitride particles bonded three-dimensionally, the boron nitride particles having an average long diameter of 5 to 50 μm, and 70 to 15 volume % of a resin; and a metal circuit adhered onto both principal planes of the plate-shaped resin-impregnated boron nitride sintered body, the metal circuit being copper or aluminum, wherein: a ratio of a linear thermal expansion coefficient in a plane direction of the resin-impregnated boron nitride sintered body at 40 to 150° C. (CTE1) and a linear thermal expansion coefficient of the metal circuit at 40 to 150° C. (CTE2) (CTE1/CTE2) is 0.5 to 2.0.
US09516739B2
Disclosed are a heat dissipation material comprising a metallic glass and an organic vehicle and a light emitting diode package including at least one of a junction part, wherein the junction part includes a heat dissipation material including a metallic glass.
US09516729B2
A laser produced plasma extreme ultraviolet laser source comprising at least one variable radius mirror. The at least one variable radius mirror to adjust a beam diameter of a main pulse at a specified distance from a pre-pulse focal plane, where the pre-pulse radiates droplets into target droplets and the main pulse radiates the target droplets into a plasma state to generate the extreme ultraviolet radiation.
US09516695B2
There is provided a method for enabling a user equipment (UE) to transition between a non-discontinuous reception (Non-DRX) level and at least one discontinuous reception (DRX) level. The UE in a DRX level wakes up periodically to monitor a scheduling channel. The method includes receiving a DRX indicator in a Non-DRX level with continuously monitoring the scheduling channel and transitioning from the Non-DRX level to a DRX level indicated by the DRX indicator. The UE can transition between multiple DRX levels by an explicit command/signaling.
US09516688B2
A method includes attaching to a Packet Data Network (PDN) supporting services over a long term evolution (LTE) network to establish a first network connection. The method includes connecting to a wireless local area network, e.g. a WiFi network, to establish a second network connection. The method further includes launching an application accessing at least one of the supported services and receiving a request from the application to switch between the first and second network connections, according to the supported service, e.g. a policy associated with the service. Switching from the first network connection to the second network connections includes connecting to the PDN via an evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG).
US09516685B2
The present invention relates to the field of communication technology, and particularly to a data distribution method, a data distribution device and a heterogeneous network. The data distribution method comprises: obtaining, via a data distribution device, cellular network access information and wireless local area network access identification information of a user terminal; obtaining, via the data distribution device, cellular network status information and wireless local area network status information; and judging, in combination of the obtained information and distribution policy, that downlink service is required to be distributed to a wireless local area network by the data distribution device, and guiding a data package in the downlink service needed to be distributed, to be distributed to the wireless local area network and transmitted to the user terminal. The present invention achieves the data distribution controlled dynamically by operator network side, and at the same time effectively avoids the risk of uncontrollable performance of the user terminal caused by the variety of the user terminals.
US09516684B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of communication technology and discloses a data transmission method, a data acquiring method, and an electronic device, so as to address the existing technical problem that an operation for acquiring data through short-range transmission between two electronic devices is too cumbersome. The data transmission method is applied in a first electronic device and comprises: determining data to be transmitted; generating an access identifier for accessing the first electronic device based on the data to be transmitted and broadcasting the access identifier, the access identifier containing data identification information on the data to be transmitted; determining a second electronic device, a distance from the first electronic device to the second electronic device is not larger than a preset distance; and establishing data transmission between the first electronic device and the second electronic device based on the access identifier in such a manner that the second electronic device acquires from the first electronic device the data to be transmitted based on the data identification information.
US09516682B2
Disclosed is a method of managing a connection with a device for a wireless communication-based Wireless universal Serial Bus (WSB) service in a host, including controlling to create an initial channel to connect to a target device for a WSB service, considering a device class of the target device, and configured to create a new channel to substitute for the initial channel considering a particular service, at a user's request, to provide the particular service through association with the target device.
US09516681B2
A method, device and system for accessing a core network by means of non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) access are disclosed, so as to acquire capability information of a User Equipment (UE) and/or capability information of a non-3GPP access system, and decide, according to the acquired capability information, whether the UE transfers information required for establishing an Evolved Packet Core (EPC) session. The disclosure can enhance the capability of the UE to support establishment of an extra Packet Data Network (PDN) connection and service continuity during switching between access systems. Meanwhile, the capability of a peer can be acquired through the UE and a network, so that the network may support normal access by an existing UE and an enhanced UE simultaneously.
US09516679B2
Systems and methods are presented for the dynamic aggregation of communications network bandwidth. Communication devices are bonded in a community in which the communication resources of a bonded device can be used to transfer data on behalf of another bonded device. In an exemplary embodiment, communication devices are bonded wirelessly to share wireless wide area network communication channels. Bandwidth aggregation is performed dynamically based on user communication requirements and the current states of the bonded communication devices. Methods are presented by which communication devices can be automatically bonded when a predetermined bonding condition is satisfied. The methods and systems of the invention optimize utilization of communication resources in a cost-effective manner that provides a user high quality service as well as location mobility.
US09516677B2
A method embodiment includes receiving, by a network device, collided first and second transmissions, signaling a retransmission request to a first source of the collided first transmission, receiving a retransmitted first transmission, and recovering the collided second transmission using the collided first and second transmissions and the retransmitted first transmission.
US09516675B2
This application discloses a method for accessing a wireless local area network, an access point and a wireless local area network system. The access point obtains an uplink access collision value and broadcasts a first clear to send signal to all the stations associated with the access point when it is determined that the uplink access collision value exceeds a preset threshold. The first clear to send signal includes a media access control address of a first station associated with the access point. Data sent by the first station is received.
US09516668B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for uplink rank adaptation are provided in the present invention, wherein the method comprises: estimating the maximum supportable data rate and channel information of a user equipment in uplink transmission; comparing the maximum supportable data rate with one or more predetermined thresholds, wherein the predetermined thresholds are associated with corresponding ranks; and determining a rank used by the user equipment in the uplink transmission based on a result of the comparison and the estimated channel information. With the present invention, a base station can quickly determine a rank for uplink MIMO transmission, decrease the rank estimating error, and lower the computation complexity for estimating the rank and the subsequent pre-coding vector.
US09516660B2
A semi-persistent uplink resource allocation that includes an indication to send a channel quality indicator may be provided to a user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The UE may send a channel quality indicator with data to a network.
US09516659B2
A Second Synchronous Signal (SSS) for a 3GPP LTE downlink signal is generated in such a way that a legacy User Equipment (UE) can determine whether the downlink signal comprises a legacy downlink signal or a New Carrier Type (NCT) downlink signal, which is unavailable to a legacy UE. One exemplary embodiment provides that a first binary sequence and a second binary sequence are generated in which the first and second binary sequences are part of the SSS for the downlink signal. The first binary sequence is multiplied by a first scrambling sequence, and the second binary sequence by a second scrambling sequence in which the first and second scrambling sequences are selected to indicate that the downlink signal is a new carrier type downlink signal. Other exemplary embodiments provide that an order of the first and second scrambling sequences indicates whether the downlink signal is a NCT downlink signal.
US09516645B2
The disclosure relates to use of carriers for aggregation in a wireless system. A set of carriers available for use in carrier aggregation is first determined. It is then determined if at least one carrier of the set of carriers can become unavailable for use by a communication device. An indication of a configuration type of the at least one carrier is sent to the communication device, the configuration type being indicative of different behavior during a period. The at least one carrier is maintained in the set of carriers during said period. The communication device receives the indication. If a change in the availability state of the at least one carrier is determined, the communication is operated, device in relation to the at least one carrier, according to the availability state and the received indication during said period.
US09516640B2
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may determining, by a first communication device, whether one or more other communication devices are communicating wireless signals in a particular channel of an unlicensed band of the communication network; scheduling one or more Long Term Evolution Unlicensed (LTE-U) sub-frames within a frame schedule for a user equipment (UE) based, at least in part, on determining that one or more communication devices are communicating wireless signals in the particular channel; and communicating the one or more LTE-U sub-frames to the UE according to the frame schedule.
US09516637B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting an ACK/NACK signal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises receiving downlink control information including a first field for power control information and a second field for resource allocation information through a physical downlink control channel; receiving downlink data using the resource allocation information; and transmitting an ACK/NACK signal through an ACK/NACK resource over a first carrier. If the downlink data is received on the first carrier, the downlink control information further includes a third field for ACK/NACK resource information, and ACK/NACK resource offset information is received in the third field. If the downlink data is received over a second carrier, ACK/NACK resource offset information is received in the first field. The ACK/NACK resource is determined using the lowest resource index constituting the physical downlink control channel and the ACK/NACK resource offset information.
US09516631B2
A mobile station device that receives downlink control information which is used to selectively provide downlink scheduling or a random access order, on a physical downlink control channel from a base station device. The mobile station device also transmits a random access preamble using a random access channel to the base station device based on receiving the downlink control information which provides a random access order, where the downlink control information provides a downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the downlink scheduling and where a preset value is set for a field of the downlink resource allocation in a case that the downlink control information is used to provide the random access order.
US09516629B2
A method in, and a network node (110, 140), for supporting compensation of cell outage in a cellular communications network (100). The cellular communications network (100) comprises a compensating cell (135) for compensating the cell outage and a supporting cell (115) neighboring the compensating cell (135). The network node (110, 140) obtains (502, 1202) a sub-band of a system bandwidth for uplink scheduling of resources for the compensating cell (135). The network node (110, 140) schedules (503, 1203), in response to the cell outage, resources for the supporting cell (115) with restricted uplink scheduling within the sub-band. The network node applies (504, 1204) the scheduled resources in the supporting cell (115), thereby supporting the compensation of cell outage. As a result, higher Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) is enabled in the uplink in the compensating cell. This may e.g. be utilized to let the compensating cell cover a larger area of an outage cell than else would be possible, and/or to serve user equipments located therein with improved performance.
US09516624B2
According to an aspect of this disclosure, a communication terminal is provided including a first determiner configured to determine, for a software application installed on the communication terminal, a desired communication behavior of the communication terminal for the exchange of data for the software application; a second determiner configured to determine a time for the exchange of data between the communication terminal and a mobile communication network depending on the determined desired communication behavior; and a transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile communication network at the determined time.
US09516623B2
A method at a user equipment in an LTE system includes selecting one of a number of CDMA systems, and signaling indication(s) of the selected CDMA system to a network element. The network element receives indication(s) of CDMA system(s), which correspond to requested action(s) by a UE. The network element routes information corresponding to the requested action(s) to the CDMA system(s). Another network element in the LTE system signals to the UE indications of a mapping of a number of CDMA systems to associated ones of LTE system(s). The other network element receives signaling from the UE including indication(s) of selected CDMA system(s) selected by the UE.
US09516622B2
An apparatus and methods are disclosed for enabling a telecommunications terminal to notify its user of the arrival of a message via an acoustic or visual signal whose properties are based on attributes of the message. A network infrastructure element (e.g., a switch, a private branch exchange [PBX], a server, etc.) receives a message directed to a terminal and sets the values of ringtone properties (e.g., tempo, volume, pitch, rhythm, etc.) based on attributes of an incoming message (e.g., the sender, a priority, a subject, the location from which the message was sent, etc.). In a first illustrative embodiment the network infrastructure element sends the message and the instantiated ringtone to the terminal, while in a second illustrative embodiment the network infrastructure element sends the message and the property values to the terminal, and the terminal plays a locally-stored ringtone in accordance with the property values.
US09516614B2
A user equipment (UE) of re-organizing a timing advance group (TAG) is provided. The UE comprises: a receiving unit for receiving, from a serving base station, secondary serving cell (SCell) configuration information which includes a first field and a second field, the first field including an ScellIndex of an SCell to indicate a removal of the SCell, the second field including at least one of the ScellIndex to indicate an addition of the SCell and a TAG ID indicating a TAG of the SCell, and a radio resource control (RRC) processing unit for performing the addition of the SCell after performing the removal of the SCell from one or more SCells configured in the UE, and for reorganizing the TAG by including the SCell in the TAG.
US09516613B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specially, the present invention relates to a method of maintaining uplink synchronization at a user equipment in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation; configuring plural uplink component carriers, wherein each of the plural uplink component carriers has a respective uplink synchronization timing; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) through a physical downlink control channel of a specific downlink component carrier, wherein the DCI indicates an initiation of random access procedure and includes a carrier indicator field indicating one of the plurality of uplink component carriers; and transmitting a random access preamble through a uplink component carrier indicated by the carrier indicator field among the plural uplink component carriers.
US09516611B2
An improved power control method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for facilitating random access procedure in a mobile communication system based on a distributed antenna system. A method includes receiving, by the terminal, system information from a base station, the system information including transmit power information for transmitting a random access preamble; calculating a transmit power using the transmit power information; and transmitting the random access preamble using with the calculated transmit power.
US09516606B2
In a terminal apparatus communication with a base station apparatus, transmit power for a PUSCH transmission is set based on a beta offset in a case where a delta MCS is enabled. In regard to control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a first subframe set, a value of the beta offset is based on third information. In regard to the control data sent via the PUSCH without the UL-SCH data in subframes belonging to a second subframe set, the value of the beta offset is based on fourth information.
US09516602B2
A transmission normalization in a wireless communication system adopting hybrid beamforming is provided. An operating method of a transmitter includes transmitting control information on transmission power normalization, receiving information indicating a precoding matrix and an analog beam selected based on the control information, and transmitting a signal normalized using a normalization coefficient corresponding a combination of the precoding matrix and the analog beam.
US09516600B1
A method for assigning downlink transmit power levels to radio nodes (RNs) in a small cell radio access network (RAN) includes assigning initial power levels to the RNs. For each cell, first events are counted indicating that UEs receiving a signal from their serving cells with a signal strength below a specified value have entered a coverage hole. For each cell, second events are counted indicating that UEs have re-established a previous connection on one of the cells. For each pair of cells, a coverage hole is identified between them if the number of first events for one cell exceeds a threshold and a number of second events or re-establishment of a previous connection on the other cell exceeds another threshold. For each identified coverage hole, the downlink transmit power level is increased of at least one RN in the pair of cells between which the coverage hole is identified.
US09516595B2
Methods, devices, and computer program products for synchronization of wireless devices in a peer-to-peer network are described herein. In one aspect, a method for synchronizing a wireless communication apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving one or more synchronization messages, each synchronization message having timing information and a cluster identifier, the timing information comprising anchor timing information, the cluster identifier being the same value as a cluster identifier of the apparatus. The method further includes determining whether a difference between a time value when a received synchronization message last received anchor timing information and a time value maintained for the apparatus is greater than a threshold. The method further includes discarding the received synchronization message if the difference exceeds the threshold.
US09516593B2
Provided is a terminal and an access point in an active mode for multi-user transmission opportunity (TXOP) power saving that may decrease power consumption by changing an operation state of the terminal from an awake state to a sleep state if there is no stream of data to be transmitted during a TXOP duration.
US09516591B2
Methods for enhanced UE data transmission for power consumption optimization are disclosed. A UE detects UE conditions and determines a UE traffic characteristic. The UE performs power consumption optimization based on the traffic characteristic. In one novel aspect, based on the UE condition, the UE determines that the traffic characteristic is low priority traffic or mobile originated only traffic. In one embodiment, the UE aligns prescheduled low priority data transmission with mobility management messages, or group multiple low priority prescheduled data transmission together. In another embodiment, the UE reduces NAS retry process upon detecting application triggered low priority traffic. In another embodiment, the UE turns off RF module until next data transmission for MO only traffic. In another novel aspect, the UE detects and sends UE conditions to the network. The network determines a UE traffic characteristic and performs power consumption optimization accordingly.
US09516588B2
The present invention discloses a method of performing a cell selection at a first communication module of a user equipment in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method includes receiving offset information from a network, measuring a cell for the cell selection, and determining whether to select the measured cell by applying the offset information to a measurement result, if a frequency on the measured cell is an unusable frequency.
US09516585B1
In systems and methods of determining the availability of a radio access technology, a first message is received from a wireless device in communication with an access node using a first radio access technology, wherein the first message comprises a request of the availability of a second radio access technology at the access node. Based on the first message, an identifier of the wireless device and an identifier of the first access node are determined. Based on the access node identifier, it is identified whether the second radio access technology is available at the access node, and a second message is sent to the wireless device instructing the wireless device to scan for the second radio access technology when it is available.
US09516584B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method for setting up a high-speed link in a WLAN system and a device for the same. A method for setting up a high-speed link by a station (STA) in a WLAN system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise the steps of: transmitting a frame including identification information and/or fragment identification information of a previous access point (AP) from the STA to a current AP; and receiving Generic Advertisement Service (GAS) query response information from the current AP, wherein when the identification information of the previous AP is included in the frame, the GAS query response information can be acquired by the current AP from the previous AP.
US09516583B2
A method and device for acquiring user equipment duplex mode information are disclosed by the present invention, wherein, the method includes: the user equipment establishes a radio resource control connection with a base station, and reports the user equipment duplex mode information when establishing the radio resource control connection. With the technical scheme provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the network side acquires the duplex mode of the user equipment.
US09516582B2
Method and system for providing information of an access point database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of providing information of an access point database comprises receiving a request to access an access point database from a mobile client, generating a segment of the access point database in accordance with at least an application requirement of the mobile client, and providing the segment of the access point database to the mobile client. The application requirement of the mobile client comprises precision level requested by the mobile client, and cache level of the mobile client. The method of generating a segment of the access point database comprises at least one of: generating the segment of the access point database in real-time, and providing the segment of the access point database previously generated and stored in the access point database.
US09516578B2
A method and a device for detecting a discovery signal in a wireless communication system are provided. A wireless device receives a discovery setting for detecting a discovery signal of a target cell from a serving cell, and detects the discovery signal transmitted by the target cell according to the discovery setting. The discovery setting includes information on a discovery subframe to which the discovery signal is transmitted among a plurality of subframes.
US09516575B2
An example method of facilitating communication between a mobile device positioned within an internal network and a target peer includes intercepting, at a proxy executing on a mobile device, a communication to initiate a real-time communication connection with a target peer. The mobile device is coupled to a cellular network, and the internal network is separated from one or more external networks by network address translation (NAT). The example method also includes determining whether the target peer is reachable via the cellular network. The example method further includes when it is determined that the target peer is reachable via the cellular network, sending over the cellular network to the target peer a request to communicate in a first protocol.
US09516566B2
A method and device for initiation a mobile originating service-based inter-system handover. At least two radio access networks (RANs) of different types, i.e. RAN of a first type and a RAN of a second type. A dual-mode mobile terminal communicates with the communication system via the RAN of the first type. The initiation of the inter-system handover is included in a transmission including a bearer capability (BC) field. The BC field indicates that a requested service is only operable with the RAN of the second type. In particular, at least one BC field is set to a parameter value, which serves as indication for the receiving network and its processing entities, respectively, which receiving network indicated to carry out the inter-system handover initiated by the mobile terminal.
US09516565B2
A domain handover method and system for a GSM terminal are described, a terminal protocol stack receiving a handover command from a network side, and notifying a physical layer to release a physical channel with a current cell, sending a synchronization request to the physical layer, after receiving a fed-back synchronization acknowledgement message, sending the physical layer a residence request carrying a system message of a handover target cell from the network side, after receiving a residence acknowledgement message from the physical layer, sending the physical layer a handover request carrying a handover type and a range of TA values. The physical layer judges whether to continue the PS handover or not according to a parameter carried in the handover request and the stored TA value. When continuing the PS handover, the terminal protocol stack instructs the physical layer to establish a physical channel with the target cell.
US09516563B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of handover of a wireless beamformed link. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to communicate between a wireless communication node and a mobile device via a beamformed link between the wireless communication node and the mobile device, the wireless communication unit is to determine a handover candidate for handing over the mobile device, based on at least one beamforming parameter of the beamformed link.
US09516561B2
A method supporting group handover, which is applied to a User Equipment (UE) in communication with a network via a Relay Node (RN), is provided. The method includes a base station (e.g., an S-DeNB) hands over an RN to a base station (e.g., a T-DeNB) and the S-DeNB hands over the UE served by the RN to the T-DeNB, wherein the handovers are performed simultaneously or separately. The various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a base station supporting group handover. The technical scheme set forth in the present disclosure can reduce an unnecessary signaling procedure, the possibility of network congestion, and can reduce the signaling procedure of handover when group handover occurs, so as to reduce the failure of the handover process and enhance the continuity of service.
US09516560B2
A method and system of communicating measurement information associated with user equipment in a wireless communication network environment is provided. The method and system include a connection re-establishment request message is transmitted to a target base station associated with a target cell when a handover failure is detected. Then, a connection re-establishment response message is received from the target base station. Furthermore, a connection re-establishment complete message is transmitted to the target base station upon successful re-establishment of the wireless connection between the user equipment and the target base station, where the connection re-establishment complete message includes an indication of availability of measurement information associated with the handover failure with the user equipment. Additionally, a request to transmit the measurement information is received from the target base station. Moreover, the measurement information (e.g., radio conditions, RAT type, etc.) is transmitted to the target base station.
US09516553B2
One or more nodes in a network provide access control for an in-bound handover of an access terminal to a closed subscriber group. For example, at least one of a source access point, a network node, or a target access point may determine whether handover is allowed based on whether a closed subscriber group identifier of the target access point is listed in closed subscriber group subscription information for the access terminal.
US09516549B1
A wireless telecommunications system may be configured to provide wireless service via unlicensed, licensed, and/or shared frequency bands (e.g., frequency bands that are shared with other telecommunications systems, and for which access is regulated by an external entity). A load balancing technique, described herein, may provide load balancing between licensed and shared frequency bands based on relative load of the licensed and shared networks, and/or other factors (e.g., a priority access license (“PAL”) of a base station to which the user device is attached). Techniques described herein may be useful in carrier aggregation, in which a user device may simultaneously attach to multiple carriers (e.g., a licensed carrier, along with a shared carrier and/or an unlicensed carrier).
US09516543B2
A congestion control method is used in a wireless network that includes a plurality of wireless communication equipments. The method includes: monitoring a congestion condition in respective wireless communication equipments; and extending an exclusive transmission time in which a packet is transmitted exclusively using wireless resource of the wireless network in a congested wireless communication equipment in which congestion has occurred among the plurality of wireless communication equipments.
US09516532B2
Methods to manage multiple component carriers (CCs) efficiently in a mobile network with carrier aggregation (CA) enabled are proposed. For CC activation/deactivation, a single LCID value is used to represent both activation and deactivation command. A single command with multiple instructions is provided to activate and/or deactivate multiple CCs. In addition, unnecessary re-activation or re-inactivation of a CC is prevented, and explicit feedback for activation/deactivation is considered. For scheduling mechanism, a novel buffer status reporting (BSR) procedure is provided, where only one BSR is calculated after preparing all the transport blocks (TB) within one transmission time interval (TTI). Novel power headroom reporting (PHR) format and trigger are also provided. For DL-UL linking, various linking types are created based on whether there is carrier indicator field (CIF) in DL grant or UL grant. The various linking types are used in different applications to improve scheduling flexibility and load balancing.
US09516530B2
A CQI control unit 401 inputs, to a subchannel selecting unit 402, subchannel estimation values for report bands which are based on control information received from a control information separating unit 221, at report timings based on the control information. The subchannel selecting unit 402 selects a predetermined number (M) of subchannels on the basis of the received subchannel estimation values, and inputs information indicating the selected subchannels and the qualities of the selected channels to a CQI constructing unit 403. Based on a predetermined format, the CQI constructing unit 403 constructs CQIs by using the qualities of the selected channels and the information indicating the selected channels, and inputs the CQIs to the coding unit 210. Here, as the channel quality, an average value of each of SNR, SINR, and CINR of subcarriers belonging to the subchannel is used. Alternatively, the poorest quality among the subcarriers included in the subchannel may be used as the channel quality of the subchannel, or information indicating the MCS required by the receiver may be used as the channel quality. In this way, it is possible to provide a method that enables the transmission of CQIs at their optimum intervals even in a case of a system using multiple discontinuous bands.
US09516520B2
Managing the coexistence of multiple different UE types and capabilities in wireless networks is disclosed. In order to handle the various transmission types and available UE capabilities, base stations may coordinate among each other over backhaul communications to schedule identifiable groups of UEs being served for specific sets of resources. The resources may be assigned, and UEs grouped, according to particular transmission types, UE capabilities, or a combination of both. Additional aspects may also provide for signaling to the UE that informs the UE of expected transmission types for given resources. The combined aspects facilitate reducing complexity of UE signal processing for data interference cancellation, signal decoding, and the like.
US09516518B2
Disclosed are a method and device for performing MDT measurement configuration. The method includes: after receiving a notification of a change of subscription information about a user equipment, an MME storing a PLMN list for the user equipment to perform MDT measurement carried in the notification; and after receiving a notification for activating MDT measurement of the user equipment, the MME sending a trace start message to a serving base station of the user equipment, wherein the trace start message carries the PLMN list for the user equipment to perform MDT measurement.
US09516515B2
A communication duration configuring method is used in a mobile communication system with a relay station for relaying wireless communications between a base station and a mobile station. The method includes: configuring at least one of a downlink communication duration in which the relay station receives a transmission signal from the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the relay station to the mobile station, and an uplink communication duration in which the relay station transmits the transmission signal to the base station while limiting a transmission of a signal from the mobile station to the relay station; measuring a self-interference amount in the relay station; and controlling a configuration of the communication duration according to the self-interference amount.
US09516514B2
The present disclosure provides in some aspects a method for positioning by a positioning access point, and an apparatus, system and access point for the same. A positioning system includes an AP including a positioning AP for delivering a positioning WLAN signal containing a dedicated positioning information and a telecom AP for delivering a telecom WLAN signal; database for storing an identification information of the access point and a location information belonging to the AP and matching the identification information; terminal for communicating with the AP; and WLAN-based positioning server responsive to a positioning request from the terminal for comparing a parameter of a WLAN signal received from the terminal with an identification information of the positioning AP on a priority basis, and when there is a match of information, granting the location information of the relevant access point the highest priority to determine the location of the terminal.
US09516512B2
A method for and apparatus for supporting a control plane (C-plane) and user plane (U-plane) in a wireless communication system supporting multiple carriers is provided. A wireless device receives a signal to initiate inter-frequency measurement from a macro cell, performs the inter-frequency measurement, and determines to configure a small cell for data transmission based on the inter-frequency measurement. And, this invention includes that a C-Plane and a U-Plane split over different carriers are existed and operated more accurately and efficiently.
US09516506B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method of controlling radio resources includes calculating multiple sets of scaled load estimates based on a single set of initial load estimates associated with estimated radio resource loads of multiple base stations. Each of the sets of scaled load estimates includes the single set of initial load estimates scaled by one of multiple scale factors. The method further includes determining multiple objective function results. Each objective function result is based at least in part on a result of an objective function for an individual set of scaled load estimates of the multiple sets of scaled load estimates. The method further includes determining an operating set of radio resources for multiple base stations based at least in part on the multiple objective function results.
US09516502B2
A communication apparatus performs wireless communication, determines whether an other communication apparatus is an apparatus that has received permission from a user, based on information written into a memory by the other communication apparatus via another type of wireless communication that differs from the wireless communication. The communication apparatus, in a case where it is determined that the other communication apparatus is an apparatus that has received permission from the user, performs the wireless communication with the other communication apparatus.
US09516501B2
To provide a user equipment with a restricted access to network services in situation when authentication of the user equipment by means of a first shared secret, known only by the user equipment and an authentication center is not possible because of a system failure, the user equipment is authenticated by means of a second shared secret in an access point node, the authentication procedure being otherwise the same.
US09516499B2
The present invention relates to a method for protection of a means of transportation against unauthorized usage or theft using a lock and an end device that can be operated in a cellular network. Subject of the invention are further a lock for protection of a means of transportation against unauthorized usage or theft as well as a end device that can be operated in a cellular network, that are particularly designed to carry out process steps of the inventive method which need to be carried out by the lock respectively the end device.
US09516496B2
The embodiments disclose a data transmission method, an evolved NodeB (eNB) and a User Equipment (UE), which can avoid data transmission conflict, and improve data transmission performance and scheduling flexibility. The method according to the embodiments comprises: selecting, by an eNB, a second subframe from a plurality of subframes, when the eNB does not correctly receive a data packet transmitted by a UE in a first subframe; and transmitting, by the eNB, a scheduling signaling to the UE, so that the UE transmits a retransmission packet of the data packet in the second subframe. The embodiments further provide an eNB and a UE. The embodiments of the present invention can effectively avoid data transmission conflict, and improve data transmission performance and scheduling flexibility.
US09516491B2
Systems and methods for remote device customization and modification are provided. Various embodiments remove the need for a carrier to source multiple types of the same user equipment. In some embodiments, the user equipment can be customized upon activation using network communications. Historically, a carrier might have a variant of a phone for each mobile virtual network operator. However, management of the inventory and custom builds can be difficult and expensive. Some embodiments provide for a single global SKU and a single blank-slate device from an original equipment manufacturer. Carrier detection can be used when the phone is activated to create customized phone settings. For example, the look and feel can be updated to match preferences of a carrier (e.g., wallpaper, ringtones, default apps, etc.), corporate client, family, or another specified group of users.
US09516479B2
A method of sending data from a first party participating in a telephone call to a second party participating in the telephone call, comprising, in the terminal of the first party, storing, as a consequence of the telephone call, identifier data that identifies the second party; using the stored identifier data to determine automatically a destination address for a data message; and sending, during the telephone call, the data message with the automatically determined destination address. A method for sending data from a first party participating in a telephone call to a second party participating in the telephone call, comprising, in the terminal of the first party: providing, while the telephone call is on-going, a user selectable option to transfer data to another party participating in the telephone call without user specification of a destination address.
US09516476B2
According to an aspect of the invention a teleconferencing system is conceived, which teleconferencing system comprises a master communication device and a plurality of satellite communication devices, wherein the master communication device is arranged to communicate with a far-end communication device through a global communication channel and to communicate with the plurality of satellite communication devices through a plurality of local communication channels, wherein the master communication device is further arranged to act as a portal between the far-end communication device and the satellite communication devices by forwarding voice communications received from the far-end communication device to the satellite communication devices through the local communication channels, and by mixing voice communications received from the satellite communication devices into a unified voice signal and sending said unified voice signal to the far-end communication device through the global communication channel.
US09516474B2
An approach to determine occupancy of a space passively with smart devices, where the smart device detects a beacon associated with a room or area in a building.
US09516473B1
A path tracking application (or other mobile application) hosted on a host terminal is configured to track a path taken by the terminal, by communicating with output devices and beacon devices along the path.
US09516470B1
Mobile device users may be tracked either via mobile-signal triangulation or via Global Positioning Satellite information. A mobile device user's recent movements may be analyzed to determine trails or traffic patterns for device user among various locations. Mobile device trail information, either for an individual user or aggregated for multiple users, may be analyzed to determine a next destination for the user. Electronic advertising content, such as advertisements, coupons and/or other communications, associated with the next destination may be sent to the mobile device. Additionally, the identity of the mobile device use may be known and the advertisements or coupons may be tailored according to demographic information regarding the mobile device user. In addition, destinations may be recommended to mobile device users based on the recent locations the users have visited.
US09516453B2
A BLUETOOTH communication connection method of a host device communicating with an external device is provided. The method includes determining whether a device to be connected among scanned external devices comprises a predetermined profile based device, and transmitting, by the host device, predetermined identification information to a corresponding connected device when the device to be connected comprises the predetermined profile-based device.
US09516446B2
In general, techniques are described for grouping audio objects into clusters. In some examples, a device for audio signal processing comprises a cluster analysis module configured to, based on a plurality of audio objects, produce a first grouping of the plurality of audio objects into L clusters, wherein the first grouping is based on spatial information from at least N among the plurality of audio objects and L is less than N. The device also includes an error calculator configured to calculate an error of the first grouping relative to the plurality of audio objects, wherein the error calculator is further configured to, based on the calculated error, produce a plurality L of audio streams according to a second grouping of the plurality of audio objects into L clusters that is different from the first grouping.
US09516445B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing audio content based on playback zone awareness. In an example implementation, a computing system receives, from a media playback system, (i) zone data that identifies a particular zone of the media playback system and (ii) a request to identify audio content based on the zone data. In response to receiving the request to identify audio content, the computing device identifies audio content based on the zone data. The computing device sends, to the media playback system, an indication of the audio content identified based on the zone data, which may be played back by one or more playback devices of the media playback system.
US09516444B2
An audio system includes an enclosure, a speaker disposed in the enclosure, an audio source for providing an audio signal, and a controller. The controller is connected to the speaker and configured to drive the speaker according to the audio signal. The audio system further includes a wireless personal area network interface connected to the controller. The wireless personal area network interface can communicate with a wireless mobile device to effect settings changes for the audio system and to perform calibration for the audio system. Calibration can include near and far measurements using the microphone of the wireless mobile device.
US09516440B2
A multi-channel and multi-zone audio environment is provided. Various inventions are disclosed that allow playback devices on one or more networks to provide an effective multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment using timing information. According to one example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a low-latency network to provide audio along with a video display. In another example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a mesh network to provide audio in one or more zones or zone groups.
US09516438B2
A hearing aid fitting system (100, 200, 300) adapted for remote fitting of a hearing aid system (110), wherein a direct communication channel between a hearing aid fitting part and an external device (102, 302), adapted to communicate directly with the hearing aid system (110), is established by a control server (103) based on unique identifications of the hearing aid user and the external device and the hearing aid system. The invention also provides a method of remote fitting of a hearing aid system.
US09516437B2
A hearing aid or a transducer for use in a hearing aid, having a housing with an opening from an inner chamber thereof to surroundings thereof. A moisture transporting element is positioned in the opening. The moisture transporting element may be capillary channels or a thread made of fibers which may fan out at the outer side in order to increase evaporation. The chamber may be hydrophobic and surroundings of the opening be hydrophilic to encourage humidity to travel toward the humidity transporting element to be removed from the chamber.
US09516436B2
A binaural hearing instrument and an earpiece for the binaural hearing instrument are enabled for broadband wireless data transmission to a further binaural hearing instrument. Wireless broadband binaural data transmission with high bandwidth and low resource requirement is afforded, while the devices can be manufactured easily and inexpensively. The hearing instrument has a housing, a signal processor, a receiver and an antenna for binaural data transmission. The housing can be worn at least partly in an auditory canal. A distal section houses the signal processor and the receiver. A proximal section adjacent to the eardrum and separated spatially from the proximal section houses the antenna. The antenna is disposed between the receiver and the sound outlet as far in the auditory canal as possible. The distance between the antennas of the two binaural hearing instruments is reduced compared with conventional positioning and the bit error rate is significantly improved.
US09516433B2
An implantable component including an implantable body including a functional component of the implantable medical device, and implantable actuator positioning mechanism connected to and extending from the implantable body, the actuator positioning mechanism configured to removably receive an implantable actuator.
US09516432B2
A hearing assistance device to provide sound to the ear of a user, the device comprising a housing, hearing assistance electronics enclosed in the housing, an acoustic transducer adapted to be worn in the ear, a cable assembly adapted to connect the acoustic transducer to the hearing assistance electronics, a wireless communications receiver connected to the hearing assistance electronics, and an antenna comprising one or more conductors forming at least a portion of the cable assembly.
US09516431B2
Described herein are techniques for artificially enhancing spaciousness in a hearing aid to improve the music listening experience. Such spatial enhancement is produced by doing signal processing in the hearing aid that mimics the acoustic effects of well-designed concert halls. The same techniques can also be applied to improving the experience of listening to recorded music reproduced and amplified over a speaker system, or to music streamed to the direct-audio input of a hearing aid.
US09516430B2
A binaural hearing assistance system includes left and right hearing assistance devices, and a user interface. The left and right hearing assistance devices comprises a) at least two input units for providing a time-frequency representation of an input signal in a number of frequency bands and a number of time instances; and b) a multi-input unit noise reduction system comprising a multi-channel beamformer filtering unit operationally coupled to said at least two input units and configured to provide a beamformed signal. The binaural hearing assistance system is configured to allow a user to indicate a direction to or location of a target signal source relative to the user via said user interface.
US09516428B2
A MEMS acoustic transducer includes a substrate having a cavity therethrough, and a conductive back plate unit including a plurality of conductive perforated back plate portions which extend over the substrate cavity. A dielectric spacer arranged on the back plate unit between adjacent conductive perforated back plate portions, and one or more graphene membranes are supported by the dielectric spacer and extend over the conductive perforated back plate portions.
US09516422B2
A weaving method for a damper of a loudspeaker includes the steps of: a preparation step: providing a plurality of traditional warps and a plurality of conductive warps to extend in a vertical direction; and a weaving step: providing a plurality of wefts to extend in a horizontal direction transversely crossing the vertical direction in such a manner that each of the wefts passes alternately over and under each of the plurality of traditional warps and each of the plurality of conductive warps in order to form the damper.
US09516421B1
An acoustic sensing apparatus includes a diaphragm; a support structure surrounding the diaphragm and a gap disposed there between, the diaphragm and support structure separating a front volume and a back volume; one or more cantilevers disposed in the gap and between the diaphragm and the support structure, a first end of each of the cantilevers coupled to the support structure and being non-moving, and a second end of each of the cantilevers being free to move; a sealing material covering at least the gap between the diaphragm and the support structure, the sealing material creating an acoustic seal between the front volume and the back volume; and a sensor that converts a diaphragm movement into an electrical signal. The second end of each of the cantilevers is coupled to the sealing material.
US09516420B2
A transducer and electronic device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the transducer includes a first electrode and a membrane arranged over the first electrode and spaced apart from the first electrode. The membrane at least partially overlaps the first electrode. The transducer also includes a first support member that supports the membrane. The membrane includes a vibrating portion that is movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the membrane and a fixed portion that is supported by the first support member. The first support member is configured to adjust the distance between the fixed portion and the first electrode.
US09516409B1
Systems and methods for controlling echo in audio communications between a near-end system and a far-end system are described. The system and method may intelligently assign a plurality of microphone beams to a limited number of echo cancellers for processing. The microphone beams may be classified based on generated statistics to determine beams of interest (e.g., beams with a high ratio of local-voice to echo). Based on this ranking/classification of microphone beams, beams of greater interest may be assigned to echo cancellers while less important beams may temporally remain unprocessed until these beams become of higher importance/interest. Accordingly, a limited number of echo cancellers may be used to intelligently process a larger number of microphone beams based on interest in the beams and properties of echo cancellation performed for each beam.
US09516399B2
A wireless communication apparatus and transmission power control method are disclosed, which can sustain communication with all microphone handsets while avoiding an increase in radio interference to another radio communication system as much as possible when radio communication is performed with a plurality of microphone handsets. In the wireless communication apparatus, a level measurement section measures an RSSI level of a call signal each time the base unit receives a call signal from each microphone handset; and a transmission power control section controls an amplification section so that a transmission power value is determined at a predetermined timing using a minimum value of the RSSI levels of the respective microphone handsets, and that a control signal is transmitted to the microphone handsets with the determined transmission power value.
US09516394B2
The present invention relates to telemetry methods and systems and more particularly, to telemetry network connectivity systems, devices and methods. In accordance with various embodiments, a suite of software components configured to provide machine-to-machine network connectivity includes a configurable device translation server module, a complex message constructor and at least one database. In some embodiments the suite of software components, specifically the complex message constructor, may be configured to authenticate commands between an interface and the device translation server. Additionally, the suite of software components, specifically the complex message constructor, may be configured to manage messages between the interface and the device translation server. Managing messages may include initiating alerts and notifications based on a comparison of programming and substantially synchronous and stored information.
US09516382B2
A method and apparatus for content directory server presentation is described. The method includes connecting a device to media content sources, identifying a media content source as a temporary content source, the temporary content source not permanently connected to the home network, scanning, at a periodic rate, the media content source to identify media content, the rate being higher than a rate for a media content source that is not a temporary content source, and updating a catalog of media content available to the media device based on scanning the media content source. The apparatus includes a receiver scanning media content sources to identify available media content, and a controller determining if a media content source is not permanently connected to the home network, the controller increasing a periodic rate of scanning if the at least one media content source is not permanently connected to the home network.
US09516378B1
A method for detecting and monitoring advertisements in broadcasted media comprising providing an application to a user for installation on a user's computerized apparatus, determining a channel of a broadcasted medium currently selected by the user, monitoring the selected channel for presence of advertisements, determining presence of at least one advertisement, generating, in real time, an alert to the user regarding the presence and/or absence of advertisements, based on the determined presence of at least one advertisement, and the alert causing the application to display on the user's computerized apparatus a list of monitored channels along with indications regarding the presence or absence of advertisements in the listed channels, and a system for performing the same.
US09516372B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a multimedia I/O system architecture for advanced digital television. An embodiment of a multimedia system includes an I/O (input/output) control chip, the I/O control chip including one or more audio/video sub-processing engines for the processing of one or more data streams; a processing core chip for the processing of data, including audio/video data received from the I/O control chip; and one or more shared I/O channels for the transfer of data between the I/O control chip and the processing core chip.
US09516371B2
Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitles in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on/off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environment as well as the spectral characteristics of the noise to determine whether the noise profile would interfere with the video playback experience. A particular environmental noise profile could automatically trigger the display of closed captioning information or present an easy access, otherwise unavailable toggle to display closed captioning information associated with a video stream.
US09516369B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and machine readable medium for variable video production, distribution and presentation are disclosed. An example video player to play a variable video includes an input interface to request first relevance data from a first intended viewer of a first version of the variable video and to request second relevance data from a second intended viewer of a second version of the variable video. The example video player also includes an assembler to assemble a first sequence of two or more of a plurality of scenes charted in a video file based on the first relevance data and at least one vector tagged to the plurality of scenes based on content of the plurality of scenes and to assemble a second sequence of two or more of the plurality of scenes charted in the video file based on the second relevance data and at least one vector.
US09516366B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods and systems for determining user engagement with media content. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system. The method includes: (1) receiving, from a first device configured to control presentation of media content, media content identification information for media content presented during a time period; (2) receiving mobile device usage information from a second device in proximity to the first device, the second device associated with a user and the usage information corresponding to mobile device usage of the user during the time period; (3) based on the usage information and the identification information, determining a level of engagement of the user with the presented media content; and (4) if the level of engagement meets one or more predefined criterion, recommending additional media content to the user and/or targeting advertisements at the user based on the presented media content.
US09516364B2
A source device determines content rights for encrypted content in the first encoding standard using a first rights data file. The source device creates a second rights data file for transcoded content in the second encoding standard. The source device performs a key management operation including communicating a decryption key for the encrypted content in the first encoding standard to a transcoder. The source device transfers the encrypted content in the first encoding standard to the transcoder. The transcoder decrypts the encrypted content, transcodes the content from the first encoding standard to the content in the second encoding standard, and re-encrypts the content in the second encoding standard using a second encryption key. The transcoder then transfers the encrypted content in the second encoding standard to an indicated device.
US09516362B2
When switching sources, resolutions or refresh rates in a video distribution network, switching times are reduced by maintaining video lock and security authentication between a video switcher and a video sink. The scaler maintains video lock and security authentication by continuing to generate video timing data during switching events. The scaler also facilitates an aesthetically pleasing transition by generating image content data prior to and after the switching event.
US09516359B2
Methods for session based watermarking of media content using encrypted content streams are provided. At least two content streams of the same media content are watermarked with different watermark information and encrypted using different encryption percentages. During a playback session, a unique sequence is generated and provided to a client device for use by the client device in selecting consecutive content segments from the different content streams to produce the original media content with a watermark that uniquely identifies a user of the client device. When selecting the different content segments, the client device compares the encryption percentage of certain selected content segments with the expected encryption percentage for those content segments to determine whether the content streams have been tampered with.
US09516354B1
One embodiment of a transmission device includes: a transmission controller comprising one or more processors, the transmission controller configured to: receive a plurality of trasmitters; receive a live video signal from a video encoder device over a local area network; divide the live video signal into a plurality of live video transmissions; and broadcast the plurality of live video transmissions over a wide area network.
US09516342B2
The invention is related to video coding and decoding. More precisely, the present invention is dedicated to a coding method investigated in the scope of screen content coding, called palette mode. It particularly concerns the encoding of level values based on the use of patterns to predict the level value in order to avoid their transmission. It has been devised to avoid the transmission of level value when the value may be predicted based on the neighbourhood of the pixel to encode. This neighbourhood is matched against memorized pattern so as to predict the level value due to the repetitive occurrence of these patterns. It proposes to save a pattern table in addition to the palette table. This pattern table is constructed symmetrically by the encoder and the decoder and allows to retrieve some predicted level value and to avoid their transmission.
US09516340B2
There are provided methods and apparatus supporting a multi-pass video structure for slice data. An apparatus includes an encoder for encoding at least one syntax data element related to at least two partitions of at least a portion of a picture. The at least one syntax element is encoded within a multi-pass syntax structure. The at least one syntax element belongs to a given class of data. The encoder encodes the at least one syntax data element with respect to all partitions of at least the portion of the picture prior to encoding a next class of data, wherein later coded data classes, including the next class, have at least one of an explicit coding and an implicit coding of at least one of a casual dependency and a non-casual dependency with respect to earlier coded data classes coded earlier than the next class.
US09516333B2
A coefficient presence/absence flag decoding unit, included in a quantized residual information decoding unit which reduces a processing amount related to coding and decoding of a transform coefficient, splits a target frequency domain or a target pixel domain into sub-blocks, and derives different context indexes with respect to each transform coefficient in a pixel domain, obtained through a transform skip or a transform/quantization bypass, and each transform coefficient which is obtained for each frequency component through frequency transform.
US09516332B2
A video coder searches a set of neighbor blocks to generate a plurality of disparity vector candidates. Each of the neighbor blocks is a spatial or temporal neighbor of a current block. The video coder determines, based at least in part on the plurality of disparity vector candidates, a final disparity vector for the current block.
US09516330B2
Aspects of virtual field buffer based decoding are described. In one embodiment, a current picture field is read from a coded picture buffer comprising coded pictures of video, for example. The current picture may be associated with a top or bottom field polarity. According to decoding and picture output orders, the current picture field is assigned to an available field entry of a virtual field buffer, and an available frame index of a virtual frame map is assigned to the current picture field. The assignment of the available frame index to the current picture field is indicated to a decoder that decodes the current picture field with reference to the assigned frame index. According to aspects of the embodiments described herein, rather than determining complimentary picture fields after decoding, the assignment of complimentary picture fields to virtual frame indexes before decoding provides certain efficiencies.
US09516329B2
A method of dual-pass rate control video encoding and an encoder are disclosed. Uncompressed input video is received with a video encoder. First pass encoding is performed, and a second pass encoding is performed with the video encoder at a delay relative to the first pass. The first pass encoding detects scene changes within the input video, assigns macroblocks to a pre-determined number of activity classes, and determines a complexity of each picture within the sequence of pictures. Information from the first pass encoding concerning the scene changes, the activity classes, and the complexity are used for rate control determined in second pass encoding for producing and outputting a bit stream of compressed video. During at least one of the first pass and second pass encoding, boundaries of at least some of the GOPs are adjusted to be aligned with the scene changes.
US09516328B2
A method and apparatus are provided for rate control accuracy in video encoding. The apparatus includes a video encoder for encoding image data in a single encoding pass using rate control. The rate control involves defining a quantization step size value and a rounding offset value and refining at least the rounding offset value. The image data is encoded responsive to the quantization step size value and the refined rounding offset value.
US09516316B2
This disclosure describes techniques for coding transform coefficients for a block of video data. According to these techniques, a video coder (a video encoder or video decoder) determines whether a block of video data is a luma block or a chroma block. If the block of video data is a luma block, the video coder adaptively updates a VLC table index value based on a code number cn and value of a scaling factor. However, if the block of video data is a chroma block, the video coder adaptively updates the VLC table index value based on the code number cn and without using the scaling factor. The video coder uses the updated VLC table index value to select a VLC table of a plurality of VLC tables that are used to encode or decode the block of video data.
US09516313B2
A video encoding apparatus includes: a parameter calculator to calculate a brightness compensation parameter based on one or more first pixels adjacent to a current block and one or more second pixels adjacent to a motion prediction block obtained by using a prediction motion vector, the one or more second pixels being located in locations corresponding to the one or more first pixels; a target pixel selector to select one or more target pixels for a brightness compensation from pixels in a prediction block determined by a motion vector of the current block, by using pixels adjacent to the motion prediction block; and a predictive encoder to generate a compensated prediction block of the prediction block by applying the brightness compensation parameter to the selected one or more target pixels and to perform a predictive encoding on the generated compensated prediction block.
US09516312B2
Relating to the field of video coding, a method and an apparatus for building a motion vector list for motion vector prediction, which solve a problem of building motion vector lists of at least two PUs in a same coding unit in a serial manner, and improve the parallel processing capability. The method includes: obtaining spatial neighboring blocks of a current prediction block, where the current prediction block is located inside a current coding unit; determining available neighboring blocks of the current prediction block according to a partition manner of the current coding unit, where the available neighboring blocks are located outside the current coding unit; and obtaining motion vector predictors from the available neighboring blocks in a preset sequence according to motion vector predictors of the available neighboring blocks, and adding the obtained motion vector predictors to the motion vector list.
US09516306B2
Techniques are described for encoding and decoding depth data for three-dimensional (3D) video data represented in a multiview plus depth format using depth coding modes that are different than high-efficiency video coding (HEVC) coding modes. Examples of additional depth intra coding modes available in a 3D-HEVC process include at least two of a Depth Modeling Mode (DMM), a Simplified Depth Coding (SDC) mode, and a Chain Coding Mode (CCM). In addition, an example of an additional depth inter coding mode includes an Inter SDC mode. In one example, the techniques include signaling depth intra coding modes used to code depth data for 3D video data in a depth modeling table that is separate from the HEVC syntax. In another example, the techniques of this disclosure include unifying signaling of residual information of depth data for 3D video data across two or more of the depth coding modes.
US09516304B2
The present application provides a user configurable test system for set-top boxes (STB) and other consumer devices providing video output. In particular, it provides for a method of improving an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) process in such test systems.
US09516302B1
Embodiments of the disclosure permit automated focusing of a camera module during assembly. The camera module can include an imaging device and a lens assembly that is movably mounted to a housing of the camera module. In certain embodiments, the automated focusing can include iteratively imaging a fixed set of reference markings, and successively quantifying the focusing quality of the camera module based at least on a defocus metric defined as a difference between a current spacing and a calibrated spacing among two of the imaged reference markings. The magnitude and sign of the defocus metric can guide, respectively, a magnitude and direction of the movement of the lens assembly relative to the imaging device. After successive adjustments yield a desired focusing quality of the camera module, the lens assembly can be locked in position and can be further processed according to a suitable camera module integration flow.
US09516285B2
An image processing device, an image processing method, and an image processing program by which deformation such as distortion caused by an imaging optical system can be corrected with high precision without increase in memory capacity and processing time. The image processing device comprises a vertex sampling coordinate computing section (30) for computing a sampling position on an input image by a high-order expression so as to cancel out distortion at the position of a predetermined pixel of an output image, a sampling coordinate interpolation computing section (31) for interpolating the sampling position on the input image, at the position of a pixel other than the position of the predetermined pixel of the output image, from a sampling position of a predetermined output pixel located near the pixel, and a sampling unit (32) for sampling a pixel value of the input image at the sampling position computed via the vertex sampling coordinate computing section (30) and the sampling coordinate interpolation computing section (31).
US09516280B1
Systems and methods for cloud-based surveillance in a retail store is disclosed. At least two input capture devices and at least one user device are communicatively connected to a cloud-based analytics platform. The cloud-based analytics platform generates 3-Dimensional (3D) visual representation based on received 2-Dimensional (2D) video and/or image inputs, perform advanced analytics based on input data and generated 3D visual representation, and generates a graphical representation based on analytics data from advanced analytics. In one embodiment, the graphical representation is a heat map, which is an overlay of the 3D visual representation of the entire retail store.
US09516270B2
A system for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience includes a first video capture system configured to capture a first set of images of a first person in a first location, and a first display system in the first location. A second video capture system is configured to capture a second set of images of a second person in a second location. A second display system is in the second location. A two-way communication link is configured to deliver the first set of images to the second display system for display and deliver the second set of images to the first display system for display. The second display system is configured to generate a substantially life-sized 3D display of the first person based on the first set of images.
US09516262B2
A communication filtering system comprising an authorization module and a management module. The authorization module is configured to selectively authorize an incoming call according to media content rendered by a media renderer. The management module is configured to manage filtering of multiple incoming calls directed to a telephony system according to the selective authorizations of the multiple incoming calls by the authorization module.
US09516261B2
A false color reduction system and method for color interpolation is disclosed in the present invention. The false color reduction system includes a red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator, a red/blue color interpolation signal noise analyzer and a red/blue color interpolation signal noise regulator. The red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator receives a RGB image array and a red/blue color interpolation signal of the RGB image array to generate a green difference signal. The red/blue color interpolation signal reference level estimator generates a red/blue reference level according to the green difference signal and an average signal. The red/blue color interpolation signal noise analyzer analyzes received signals to generate analysis result. The red/blue color interpolation signal noise regulator receives the analysis result to correct the red/blue color interpolation signal.
US09516258B2
A laser driving circuit, a laser driving method, and a device using laser light that can reduce speckle noise caused by laser light as coherent light are provided. In the laser driving circuit that generates laser driving current for driving a plurality of laser light sources emitting laser light of different wavelengths on the basis of an input video signal, a high-frequency signal of a frequency exceeding the band of the video signal is superimposed on the laser driving current generated on the basis of the input video signal, whereby speckle noise caused by the laser light as coherent light is reduced.
US09516248B2
A method of controlling a photosensor having adjacent light sensitive pixels in which photocharge is generated in depletion zones of the pixels by light incident on the photosensor, comprising applying voltage to gate electrodes of the photopixels so that the depletion zone of one of the pixels extends into and lies under a portion of the depletion region of the other pixel.
US09516246B2
An image sensing device includes: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels arranged in row and column directions; a row control portion suitable for controlling a part of a plurality of rows included in the pixel array by an unit of two or more sequential rows so that pixel signals are simultaneously outputted from the pixel array through the sequential rows; a first readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out a part of the pixel signals in row sequence order; a second readout circuit portion suitable for sequentially reading out the rest of the pixel signals in row sequence order; and a storage portion suitable for storing on row by row basis the read out signals sequentially read out in row sequence order from the first and second readout circuit portions.
US09516237B1
Blur metrics may be calculated for each of the image pixels of a digital image of a scene captured using an imaging device. The blur metrics may be indicative of the level of blur expressed in the digital image, and a blur image representative of the blur metrics may be generated. Subsequently, when another digital image is to be captured using the imaging device, pixel sensors corresponding to high blur metrics may be digitized at a high level of priority, or at a high rate, compared to pixel sensors corresponding to low blur metrics, which may be digitized at a low level of priority, or at a low rate. The blur images may be updated based on changes in blur observed in subsequent images, and different pixel sensors may be digitized at higher or lower levels of priority, or at higher or lower rates, based on the changes in blur.
US09516232B2
The invention disclosed herein provides a small-format image-shake correction apparatus and an imaging apparatus incorporating the same. The moving member control apparatus is comprising a base part 10, a moving part 30 that is movable relatively to the base part 10, a first driving part 71 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30, a second driving part 72 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30, a third driving part 73 that applies an driving force to the moving part 30 from a position different from the first 71 and the second driving part 72, a control part 2 that gains control of the driving forces of the first 71, the second 72 and the third driving part 73, and a correction part 3 that makes correction of a first output value Ix1 produced from the control part 2 to the first driving part 71 and a second output value Ix2 produced from the control part 2 to the second driving part 72, depending on a third output value Iy produced from the control part 2 to the third driving part 73, as shown in FIG. 12.
US09516228B2
A photographing apparatus, a motion estimating apparatus, an image compensating method, a motion estimating method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium are provided. The photographing apparatus includes: an image sensing unit which continuously captures a plurality of images by using a rolling shutter method; and an image processor which compensates for a uniformly accelerated motion of the photographing apparatus by using the plurality of images.
US09516227B2
Various embodiments provide a camera that includes a non-touch switch that can be utilized to access and activate various camera functionality.
US09516222B2
A variety of optical arrangements and methods of modifying or enhancing the optical characteristics and functionality of these optical arrangements are provided. The optical arrangements being specifically designed to operate with camera arrays that incorporate an imaging device that is formed of a plurality of imagers that each include a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. In many optical arrangements the MTF characteristics of the optics allow for contrast at spatial frequencies that are at least as great as the desired resolution of the high resolution images synthesized by the array camera, and significantly greater than the Nyquist frequency of the pixel pitch of the pixels on the focal plane, which in some cases may be 1.5, 2 or 3 times the Nyquist frequency.
US09516221B2
A method for processing an image in a camera device includes processing a preview image in which first photographing information for controlling a camera drive in a preview mode and second photographing information collected in the image processing are obtained, and both photographing information is stored with a corresponding frame image; and processing a still image in which a specific frame image selected from the frame images stored in a buffer is processed by using the corresponding photographing information during a capture mode.
US09516220B2
Technology for a local user equipment (UE) operable to perform video conferencing with a remote UE is disclosed. The local UE can define a region of interest (ROI) within a field of view of a camera of the remote UE. The local UE can map the ROI to one or more pan, tilt, zoom and focus (PTZF) commands. The local UE can send the one or more PTZF commands to the remote UE, wherein the remote UE is configured to identify the ROI based on the one or more PTZF commands. The local UE can receive encoded video within the ROI from the remote UE. The encoded video can include the regions within the ROI at an increased zoom level while substantially maintaining a defined quality level to enable the encoded video within the ROI to be rendered and displayed at the local UE.
US09516216B2
A display processing apparatus for displaying, on a display unit, an image captured by an image capture apparatus capable of changing an image capture direction performs first display processing in which an image captured by the image capture apparatus is displayed in a first region of the display unit while the image capture direction is changed, and performs second display processing in which, in a second region indicating a range in which the image capture apparatus can perform image capture by changing the image capture direction, display according to the image capture direction in which the received image was captured is performed.
US09516215B1
A system that deters an unauthorized person from viewing the image in the display of a handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device has a touch screen display. A touch security parameter requires a person to repeatedly tap the touch screen display with one or two fingers. The touch screen display will only accurately display an image for as long as the tapping continues. A camera security parameter senses the location of a face in the field of view of a camera. The touch screen display will only accurately show the image for as long as a face is detected in the camera's field of view. A position security parameter detects pitch and yaw with respect to the downward direction of gravity. The touch screen display will only accurately show the image for as long as the display is held within a range of acceptable positions.
US09516210B2
Systems, methods, and computer program code are disclosed for prioritizing data transmission in wireless broadcasting systems and include capturing, by one or more sensors, data at an event site. Scene description data (SDD) is extracted from the data, and the SDD is transmitted in SDD packets, over a wireless communication network, to a processing system. The SDD packets are transmitted over the wireless communication network having a transmission priority based on information in at least one of the SDD packets. The sensors may include a video camera that provides video data also transmitted in video packets over the wireless communications network.
US09516197B2
A method and apparatus to compress raw color-filter array (CFA) image data in a mathematically lossless manner using spatial processing techniques. The raw CFA data is transformed using a prediction algorithm and then partitioned into blocks having N rows and M columns. The blocks are clustered into groups using a clustering algorithm. Next, compression is performed on blocks within a cluster before the compressed blocks are further compressed using arithmetic coding. In some implementations, alphabet creation and correlation is performed on the CFA data before prediction transformation, and color-plane correlation is performed after prediction transformation but before partitioning into blocks. This spatial compression method can be performed efficiently on camera to compress data files, reducing the storage and data flow requirements of the camera.
US09516196B2
An image forming apparatus corrects image data using a correction condition. An image forming unit forms an image on a recording medium, based on the corrected image data. Read data is obtained by a reading unit reading a measurement image formed on the recording medium. A determination unit determines a process condition used when the image forming unit forms the image based on the image data, based on the read data. A conversion unit converts the read data to density data, using a conversion condition corresponding to the recording medium. A first generation unit generates the correction condition, based on the density data. A storage unit stores a first conversion condition corresponding to a specific recording medium. A second generation unit controls the image forming unit to form a first image pattern on the specific recording medium and forms a second image pattern on another recording medium.
US09516192B2
An image forming apparatus comprising: a resolution conversion unit configured to convert the resolution of a pixel provided by input image data; a gradation conversion unit configured to perform matrix conversion onto the pixel; and a writing unit configured to perform a write operation, wherein, in the normal mode, the gradation conversion unit performs matrix conversion onto the pixel with reference to the gradation conversion table for the normal mode, and the writing unit performs the write operation of the pixel in a normal order that is the order image data being input into the image forming apparatus, and in the reverse mode, the gradation conversion unit performs matrix conversion onto the pixel with reference to the gradation conversion table for the reverse mode, and the writing unit performs the write operation of the pixel in a reverse order opposite to the normal order.
US09516184B2
An image reading apparatus includes a main unit having a document support surface configured to support a document on the document support surface, a reading unit accommodated in the main unit and configured to read an image of the document supported on the document support surface, and an openable unit coupled to the main unit and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a closed position where the document support surface of the main unit is covered and a released position where the document support surface of the main unit is exposed. The pivot axis of the openable unit is located, in the main unit, below the document support surface and at a rear of the document support surface.
US09516182B2
An image forming apparatus includes a display unit and a split screen processor. The display unit includes a display area on a first screen, splits the display area on the first screen to display a third screen on one split display area, and displays a second screen on another split display area. The split screen processor controls the display unit so as to split the display area on the first screen corresponding to display content on the first screen and display content on the second screen in response to an operation for split screen when accepting a user operation on the first screen, displays the third screen resized from the first screen on the one split display area to continuously accept an operation from the user, and displays the second screen to accept an operation simultaneously with the third screen on the other split display area.
US09516174B1
A device may receive registration information that identifies a target location associated with a toll-free data campaign. The device may receive location information that identifies device locations corresponding to mobile devices. The device may receive a resource identifier that identifies a resource requested by a mobile device. The device may determine, based on the location information, a device location associated with the mobile device. The device may determine, based on the resource identifier, the device location, and the target location, whether to provide toll-free access to the resource for the mobile device. The device may selectively provide toll-free access to the resource for the mobile device based on determining whether to provide toll-free access to the resource for the mobile device.
US09516173B2
A policy decision method is provided, including receiving, by a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) device, a first user policy request for a first user sent by a gateway device, determining, by the PCRF device, that the first user and a second user share a usage quota, and the second user is an owner user of the usage quota, acquiring, by the PCRF device, a current second user counter status of a second user counter of the second user, and generating, by the PCRF device, a first user control policy according to the current second user counter status and sending the first user control policy to the gateway device. The present invention can implement sharing of accumulated data among users, reduces processing pressure of the charging system, and decreases a performance loss of the charging system.
US09516162B2
Methods and systems for determining availability of a user based on mobile device status are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for determining availability of a user based on mobile device status may include receiving, at a first device, an instruction to check a status of a second device; transmitting a status request from the first device to the second device; and receiving, responsive to the status request, a message from the second device indicating a telephony status of the second device.
US09516160B2
A method for calculating a mean opinion score (MOS) during an ongoing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call is provided. The method may include determining a time delay between a VoIP source and a VoIP destination connected by a communications network. A start recording message is sent from the VoIP source to the VoIP destination. A first recorded call sample from the VoIP source and a second recorded call sample from the VoIP destination are generated, whereby the first and the second recorded call sample are generated with a recording delay value corresponding the determined time delay for synchronizing the first and the second recorded call sample. Using an intrusive call quality measurement, a first MOS value is calculated based on the first and the second recorded call sample. Using a non-intrusive call quality measurement, a second MOS value is calculated based on the first MOS value.
US09516159B2
System of improving sound quality includes loudspeaker, microphone, accelerometer, acoustic-echo-cancellers (AEC), and double-talk detector (DTD). Loudspeaker outputs loudspeaker signal including downlink audio signal from far-end speaker. Microphone generates microphone uplink signal and receives at least one of: near-end speaker, ambient noise, and loudspeaker signals. Accelerometer generates accelerometer-uplink signal and receives at least one of: near-end speaker, ambient noise, and loudspeaker signals. First AEC receives downlink audio, microphone-uplink and double talk control signals, and generates AEC-microphone linear echo estimate and corrected AEC-microphone uplink signal. Second AEC receives downlink audio, accelerometer uplink and double talk control signals, and generates AEC-accelerometer linear echo estimate and corrected AEC-accelerometer uplink signal. DTD receives downlink audio signal, uplink signals, corrected uplink signals, linear echo estimates, and generates double-talk control signal. Uplink audio signal including at least one of corrected microphone-uplink signal and corrected accelerometer-uplink signal is generated. Other embodiments are described.
US09516154B2
An apparatus and method for managing conversational content associated with a contact in a terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store contact information including a name of each of contacts and a corresponding number, a management unit configured to preserve conversational information associated with one of the contacts, which includes the corresponding number of the one contact, the one contact, a time of occurrence and a detailed content associated with each of conversational messages, and to form a conversational content with the one contact to be displayed for a user based on the contact information and the conversational information, and a display unit configured to display the conversational content with the one contact formed by the management unit for the user.
US09516150B2
A cover for an electronic device may include a metal plate having a first metal region formed of a metal; a through-hole formed in a portion of the first metal region of the metal plate; and an electrical open path extending from the through-hole to an end portion on one side of the first metal region through metal oxidation.
US09516148B2
An information management device includes: a receiving unit that receives a request of information from an information process unit having a CGI; an information collection unit that collects the information corresponding to the request; and a process unit that requests the information collection unit to collect the information corresponding to the request in response to the request of information, and during a time period shorter than a timeout period of the CGI, generates progress information indicating progress of collection of the information and corrected information, and causes a display unit to display the progress information.
US09516147B2
Technologies for a single-pass/single copy network abstraction layer unit (“NALU”) parser. Such a NALU parser typically reuses source and/or destination buffers, optionally changes endianess of NALU data, optionally processes emulation prevention codes, and optionally processes parameters in slice NALUs, all as part of a single pass/single copy process. The disclosed NALU parser technologies are further suitable for hardware implementation, software implementation, or any combination of the two.
US09516146B2
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for parsing an Internet Protocol version 6 frame and skipping extension headers of the frame. A configurable skip list is provided that specifies extension headers for a networking device to skip when parsing the frame. The networking device examines “next header” fields of each extension header to determine a next extension header in the chain. If the next extension header matches an extension header in the skip list, the networking device iterates to the next header in the chain until the end of the chain (or an extension header that does not contain a match in the list) is reached.
US09516140B2
A broadcast receiving apparatus is provided, which includes an interface unit connected to a server; a storage unit storing information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, a display unit displaying a UI (User Interface) for selecting the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus, and a control unit controlling the interface unit to transfer the information on the broadcast receiving apparatus selected through the UI to the server.
US09516129B2
A method for reducing traffic in a cellular network used to satisfy data requests made by a mobile application is provided. The method includes intercepting a data request made by the mobile application on a mobile device, querying a local repository on the mobile device to determine if any locally stored response is valid, and querying a remote proxy for any remotely stored response if the locally stored response is invalid. Either the locally stored response or the remotely stored response is provided to the mobile device without the mobile device needing to access the cellular network. A related system is also disclosed.
US09516128B2
A method to establish a generic remote connection to a command line interface (CLI) application is provided. A server is implemented. The server is configured with a data input channel, a data output channel, and an error output channel, each connected to the CLI application. A first socket is configured for routing data streams through the data input channel and data output channel of the server. At least one client is implemented. The at least one client is configured with the data input channel, data output channel, and the error output channel.
US09516127B2
Systems and methods for tracking resources used by triggers such as alarms and timers that are used by mobile applications to schedule tasks and intelligently manipulating the timing of the triggers to optimize usage of resources such as, but not limited to: network, battery, CPU and/or memory are disclosed. In one embodiment, an intelligent alarm manipulator and resource tracker tracks triggers from multiple applications on a mobile device and corresponding use of resources resulting from the triggers on a mobile device. The intelligent alarm manipulator and resource tracker further determines correlations between the triggers and the corresponding use of the resources on the mobile device and manipulates, based on the correlations, timing or frequency of some or all of the triggers to optimize the use of the resources on the mobile device.
US09516121B2
Systems and methods that integrate social media applications having social media communities of like-minded users with other applications, such as enterprise applications, are described herein. A user may join one or more of the social media communities based on a variety of factors, including applications the user uses or plans to use, user type (e.g., end-user, administrator, etc.), the user's level of expertise, and/or the type of activities that the user plans to perform in one or more applications. A user's actions within or using one or more applications may be monitored. In response to detecting performance of a monitored action, a description of the user's action may be published to other users in the social media community, the user may be paired with one or more social media communities, and/or recommendations for resources related to the detected action may be provided to the user. Recommendations may also be provided based on posts made by the user in the social media community.
US09516117B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for processing messages using a dynamic messaging bus. An example system includes a plurality of services residing in a dynamic messaging bus including a plurality of sub-buses. Each service is assigned to a sub-bus of the plurality of sub-buses. The example system also includes a performance monitoring module that monitors a performance of one or more services executing on a sub-bus to which the respective one or more services is assigned. A first service is assigned to a first sub-bus and a second service is assigned to a second sub-bus. The example system further includes a swapping module that determines, based on the monitored performances of the first and second services, whether to swap the assignments of the first and second services such that the first service is assigned to the second sub-bus and the second service is assigned to the first sub-bus.
US09516096B1
Disclosed is a system and method for transmitting data to a device based on an entry of a rundown for a news program. An example method involves: (i) a first device recording data transmitted from a second device to a third device; (ii) assigning an identifier to the recorded data; (iii) selecting an entry from a rundown including entries indicative of a sequence of events related to a news program; (iv) making a determination that the selected entry is associated with the assigned identifier; and (v) responsive to making the determination, causing the recorded data to be transmitted to the third device.
US09516088B2
Methods and systems to consistently generate web content are described. The system receives a request, at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine and generates the interface. The interface includes a plurality of view components that includes a first view component. The system generates the first view component by utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information. The first view component is updated on the client machine utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the client machine to apply the at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information. The interface element is visibly displayed at the client machine.
US09516084B2
A system and method for pre-provisioning ABR assets in a content delivery network (CDN). In an example, historical delivery patterns of one or more ABR assets downloaded at respective content delivery nodes of the CDN are monitored. For each content delivery node, one or more delivery rules may be determined based on statistical distributions of the ABR assets delivered over a period of time. When a particular content is determined to become popular at a specific content delivery node, a pre-provisioning policy may be modulated such that only certain representations or adaptation sets of the particular content's assets that pass the delivery rules are pre-provisioned for the specific content delivery node.
US09516079B2
A system and method for modifying media stream based on a channel limitation are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a channel analyzer, a modality of interest (MOI) identification module and an inter-modality resolution modification module. The channel analyzer determines a channel limitation. The MOI identification module receives a plurality of media streams and identifies at least one MOI. The inter-modality resolution modification module modifies a resolution of at least one of the media streams based on the channel limitation and content of the media streams. In another embodiment, the system includes a region of interest identification (ROI) module and an intra-modality resolution modification module instead of, or in addition to, the MOI identification module and inter-modality resolution modification module. The ROI identification module receives a media stream and identifies at least one ROI within the media stream.
US09516078B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving analytics information for a video file at a transcoder, the analytics information includes a plurality of points of interest. The method also includes determining a plurality of durations associated with a plurality of chunks of video data associated with the video file, the determining includes identifying a minimal distance between certain times associated with the plurality of points of interest and keyframe times. The method also includes transcoding the video file using the plurality of durations. The video file can be received from an analytics extractor that is to generate the plurality of points of interest.
US09516076B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants.
US09516074B2
A first website earns rewards, e.g. points and items, for carrying out activities. Those rewards can be transferred to a second website. For example, a parent's website allows the parent to carry more adult tasks and also earn points. The points can be transferred to the child's website. A center of the universe website allows obtaining rewards for any of these websites. A social networking component operates across multiple websites.
US09516069B2
Methods, devices, and systems for automatically controlling the activation and/or deactivation of communication applications are provided. More specifically, methods, devices, and systems are provided such that the inspection of communication packet headers can be leveraged as a trigger for automatically activating and/or deactivating communication applications and the population of a corresponding user-interface to the application.
US09516064B2
One or more relevant scanners used to identify asset vulnerabilities are identified, obtained, and logically arranged for deployment on an asset in accordance with a vulnerability management policy and a scanner deployment policy such that the relevant scanners are deployed at, or before, a determined ideal time to minimize the resources necessary to correct the vulnerabilities, if found. The relevant scanners are then automatically deployed in accordance with the scanner deployment policy and, if a vulnerability is identified, one or more associated remedies or remedy procedures are applied to the asset. At least one of the one or more relevant scanners are then re-deployed on the asset to determine if the identified vulnerability has been corrected and, if the vulnerability is not corrected at, or before, a defined time, protective measures are automatically taken.
US09516050B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores therein a program for causing a computer to execute a process. The process includes obtaining, for each predetermined time period, from packets transmitted in a system, a packet set with a combination of a transmission source and a transmission destination different from a predetermined combination of a transmission source and a transmission destination; extracting, for the each predetermined time period, from the packets transmitted in the system, a related packet related to the obtained packet; generating, based on the extracted related packet, information indicating a degree of propagation; and outputting the generated information.
US09516048B1
In some embodiments, techniques for protecting a network may include detecting an insecure condition on a first host that has connected or is attempting to connect to a protected network, including contacting a trusted computing base and determining whether a response includes a valid digitally signed attestation of cleanliness (an attestation that the first host is not infested and/or that the presence of a patch or patch level of a software component on the first host); if not, quarantining the first host, including by re-routing a service request sent by the first host by responding with a redirect that causes a browser on the first host to be directed to a quarantine server configured to serve a quarantine notification page that provides remediation information; and permitting the first host to communicate with a remediation host configured to provide data usable to remedy the insecure condition.
US09516044B2
A method and system for correlating patterns of operating virtual assets with external events includes receiving an identification of one of the external events, from one or more electronic sources, and receiving first patterns from one or more first virtual assets, according to one embodiment. The method and system include populating a database with the first patterns and the identification of the one of the external events to map the one of the external events to the first patterns, according to one embodiment. The method and system include receiving second patterns from one or more second virtual assets, and comparing the second patterns to the first patterns, according to one embodiment. The method and system include distributing the identification of the one of the external events to the one or more second virtual assets, if the second patterns are similar to the first patterns, according to one embodiment.
US09516039B1
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for behavioral detection of suspicious host activities in an enterprise are provided herein. A method includes processing log data derived from one or more data sources associated with an enterprise network over a given period of time, wherein the enterprise network comprises multiple host devices; extracting one or more features from said log data on a per host device basis, wherein said extracting comprises: determining a pattern of behavior associated with the multiple host devices based on said processing; and identifying said features representative of host device behavior based on the determined pattern of behavior; clustering the multiple host devices into one or more groups based on said one or more features; and identifying a behavioral anomaly associated with one of the multiple host devices by comparing said host device to the one or more groups across the multiple host devices.
US09516038B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for identifying a source of an unauthorized disclosure of information are provided. For instance, a document may be generated and transmitted to a plurality of users. The document transmitted may be the same document (e.g., no additional documents are created for different users). Upon accessing the document, users in different groups of users may view different data items in a data item field in the document. If a disclosure is made, the data item disclosed may aid in identifying the group of users who viewed that data item and may be the source of the disclosure. That identified group may then be further sorted or divided into two or more subgroups and another document may be transmitted to the plurality of users. The process may continue in this manner until a source of the disclosure is identified.
US09516034B2
Systems and methods for normalization of physical interfaces having different physical attributes are provided. According to one embodiment, information regarding multiple network devices is presented to a network manager. The network devices have substantially identical function. Two physical interfaces of two network devices that are to be normalized are identified. The physical interfaces are normalized by creating a virtual interface (VI) to which both correspond. A policy applicable to the VI is received. Configuration files, in which policies or rules contained therein are expressed in terms of the VI, are created for the network devices while they are offline. Physical interface configurations for the physical interfaces are resolved during installation of the network devices by resolving references to the VI in the configuration files into the respective physical interfaces.
US09516026B2
Network services infrastructure systems and methods are disclosed. Policies for client access to a services network and network services available in the services network are enforced at client gateways. Once authenticated and authorized at a client gateway, a client of the services network may make its own network service(s) available in the services network, use network services provided by other clients of the services network, or both. The policies are centrally managed within a services network and distributed to the client gateways. Various registries which store policies, information associated with network services, and possibly other information may also be provided.
US09516018B1
In one implementation, a server system receives, from a device of a user, a request to validate a credential of a second user. The server system identifies the credential of the second user to validate based on the request received from the device of the first user. The server system confirms that the credential of the second user corresponds to a credential issued to the second user by a credential issuing organization. The server system accesses the credential information for the credential of the second user and validates the credential of the second user to the first user.
US09516016B2
A system and method for generating passwords for secure login to a storage array. A randomly generated root secret is utilized along with a compartment ID to generate a root password for logging into a storage array with root privileges. The root secret is encrypted with the public key of a public-private key pair and stored on the storage array. The encrypted root secret is then stored in the storage array. When root access is needed, a private key stored externally to the storage array is utilized to decrypt the root secret. The decrypted root secret is then used along with the compartment ID to regenerate the root password.
US09516004B2
Horizontal attacks may be detected in an authentication system by comparing entered credentials to a list of common credentials, increasing a score if the entered credential matches a credential on the list of common credentials, and then making a security determination based on the score. The score increase may be weighted based on factors including a recentness of a previous authentication, a similarity of the credential to a correct or common credential, a commonality of the entered credential, and whether or not additional security precautions are being taken. The score may be associated with a credential, an authentication attempt, or may be a system-wide score that, when it reaches a threshold may be indicative of a system-wide attack.
US09516001B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to monitor media presentations are disclosed. An example method includes extracting first network packet parameters from a first network packet received at a media device when retrieving a first encrypted web page, storing, at the media device, the first network packet parameters in association with a uniform resource locator for the first encrypted web page, the uniform resource locator received from an extension in a web browser at the media device, extracting second network packet parameters from a second network packet received at the media device from an unknown encrypted web page, when the extension is inoperative, comparing the second network packet parameters to the first network packet parameters, and identifying the unknown encrypted web page as the first encrypted web page when the comparison of the second network packet to the first network packet parameters has a similarity above a threshold.
US09515999B2
Certain embodiments provide means for managing automated access to computers, e.g., using SSH user keys and other kinds of trust relationships. Certain embodiments also provide for managing certificates, Kerberos credentials, and cryptographic keys. Certain embodiments provide for remediating legacy SSH key problems and for automating configuration of SSH keys, as well as for continuous monitoring.
US09515998B2
A method and apparatus for detecting preselected data embedded in electronically transmitted messages is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises monitoring messages electronically transmitted over a network for embedded preselected data and performing content searches on the messages to detect the presence of the embedded preselected data using an abstract data structure derived from the preselected data.
US09515997B1
Organizations maintain and generate large amount of sensitive information that needs to be saved electronically and there is a need to store that data remotely with a data storage service provider. To prevent unauthorized access to the information stored by organizations on storage provided by the service provider special cryptographic devices, such as an Inline Data Encryptor, can be used to ensure that the information remains secret. The Inline Data Encryptor uses a fill device with secret cryptographic information to encrypt data.
US09515988B2
Automatically configuring split DNS operation in a wireless network device connected to a network. The wireless network device snoops one or more exchanged DHCP messages to obtain domain name(s) associated with the organization that are now used as target domain name suffix(es) for split DNS operations. For subsequent DNS queries, information within the message is analyzed to determine if the request includes a domain delimiter. If no delimiter, the DNS query message is sent to an internal DNS server that is located within an organization. If a delimiter exists, but the domain name in the message matches one of the target domain name suffixes, the DNS query message is sent to the internal DNS server as well. Otherwise, the DNS query message is routed over a different communication path.
US09515984B1
Methods related to determining and utilizing one or more attributes to associate with an IP addresses. Attributes are determined based on request data provided with requests from an IP address and one or more available secondary information sources. Attributes may include physical locations and/or category designations for the IP address. One or more attributes may be assigned a likelihood value indicative of likelihood that the attribute is associated with the IP address. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to identify likely fraudulent information provided with requests. Some implementations are directed to utilizing the attributes and likelihood values to provide advertisements in response to requests from IP addresses.
US09515980B2
A method or system for transferring information during the domain name service (DNS) lookup to more effectively utilizing the content delivery network (CDN) is disclosed. Information gathered from DNS request is used to identify information on how to serve the content with a chosen IP address returned from the DNS lookup. The DNS server selects from a number of possible IP addresses after analyzing information from the DNS request and popularity of associated content. The different IP addresses will result in different edge servers providing content. An IP address could be provided for popular content in a way that will tend to populate more content caches from the pool of edge servers in one embodiment.
US09515973B1
A system, method, and program for the processing of large amounts of email based on user-configurable criteria in close to real-time. The invention enables filtering of all journaled emails in an organization for the duration of a regulatory proceeding, or for audit purposes, thus greatly reducing the manual effort required to produce a targeted set of emails. The journaling feature copies all unique emails coming through the distributed email server farm to a smaller set of email mailboxes. The filtering application could run as a batch operation on each of those “journaling” mailboxes at periodic intervals or could run interactively. The user-defined filter criteria are applied to the emails filling up the “journaling” mailboxes, and matches are separated from the non-matches for analysis. The invention can be executed on offline data, such as personal message stores or individual compound message files.
US09515971B2
A unified messaging system allows the receipt and sending of different messages across devices is established by creating relationships that leverage the capabilities of different devices. A message server establishes a relationship with a mobile device. Through the relationship, the message server can use the mobile device to send different types of messages that the server computer cannot transmit. A relationship between a client and a server extends this capability to the client. Through these relationships, a client can retrieve mobile device messages as well as generate them. The generated mobile device messages are transmitted to the message server. The message server determines that the received messages are mobile device messages that the server cannot deliver and sends the mobile device messages to the user's mobile device. The mobile device receives the mobile device messages from the message server and transmits the mobile device message to recipient mobile devices.
US09515969B1
Implementations generally relate to configuring presence and notifications in persistent conversations. In one implementation, a method includes receiving a presence state associated with a user and causing the presence state to be selectively displayed to one or more target users. The method also includes determining that an event has occurred for which a notification is to be sent to the user, and selectively delivering the notification to the user based on the configured presence state.
US09515954B2
Systems and methods are presented for enabling a user to provide rules for the placement of computing resources at a data center for an entity that employs or is associated with the user. The data center can use the placement rules to select a data center computer system to host computing resources for a user. The rules can be used to establish diversity in computing resource placement at the data center thereby reducing the number of users who lose access to computing resources when a specific data center computer suffers a failure. Further, the placement rules can be used to facilitate configuration of the computer resources for the user based, for example, on the user's employment responsibilities.
US09515952B2
According to one example of the present invention there is provided a method of managing a set of computing resources accessible to a client via a network. The method comprises monitoring computing resources of the set of computing resources and managing the computing resources in accordance with a set of computing resource guidelines. The method further comprises generating, based on the steps of monitoring and managing, a computer resource configuration change request, the request identifying a computing resource, identifying, from the identified computing resource, a client associated with the resource, determining whether the requested configuration change request is compatible with a client service level agreement, SLA, associated with the identified client; and, where it is so determined, authorizing the requested configuration change request to be made.
US09515928B1
Systems, methods and computer program products facilitate communication on a network by transmitting a communication on the network from a first node to a second node, the communication including a first segment and a second segment. The first segment consists essentially of a destination port and a data length of the communication, and the second segment includes a payload and at least one of a connection ID, a sequence number, and an opcode. A responsive communication is then received from the second node, the responsive communication acknowledging receipt of the communication transmitted from the first node.
US09515920B2
A content router, comprising a plurality of physical links to other nodes in an information centric network, a receiver coupled to the plurality of physical links configured to receive messages, a transmitter coupled to the plurality of physical links configured to transmit messages, and a service publishing and discovery (SPD) module comprising a processor and memory device coupled to the receiver and to the transmitter, wherein the SPD is configured to store status updates of the physical links, wherein the SPD is configured to determine a next hop and a number of hops to forward a received message based on a prefix in a name-based service discovery protocol name of a received message.
US09515913B2
A computer-based system to schedule network traffic in a communication network includes a processor coupled to a first node of a network, a memory module coupled to the processor. Logic instructions are stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive at the first node of the network, situational awareness information from at least a second network node which is directly accessible by the first node, identify, in the first node, situational awareness information commonly known by multiple nodes across the network, generate a network schedule based on the commonly known situational information, generate a shortest path routing table from the first node to all other network nodes based on the network schedule, and route network traffic at the first node using the network schedule.
US09515906B2
A transceiver integrated circuit (IC) device for a multi-channel, and a method of operating the same are provided. The transceiver IC device transmits and receives information and data between a central gateway (CGW) and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs) using a controller area network (CAN). The transceiver IC device includes a plurality of CAN transceivers and a monitoring sensor that detects whether a transceiver IC device operates normally. A wake-up detector detects a wake-up signal transmitted via a network and a controller transmits and receives a CAN signal to and from the plurality of CAN transceivers. In addition, a serial peripheral interface (SPI) communication portion transmits and receives information and data from the controller to and from a microcomputer of the CGW.
US09515905B1
A scale out workload management system executing on a computer system controls simultaneous execution of multiple workloads. The computer system includes multiple nodes, where each node defines computer resources consumable by a workload. The scale out workload management system includes an application manager coupled to the nodes. The application manager controls start up and shut down of the nodes based on demands placed on the workloads. The scale out workload management system further includes a workload manager coupled to the application manager. The workload manager includes a monitor module that collects performance information from nodes on which the workloads are executing, an aggregator module that collects the performance information and aggregates the performance information from all nodes supporting the workloads, and a comparator module that compares aggregated performance information for the workloads to a performance target and determines if an allocation of nodes to the workloads should be changed.
US09515903B2
A fiber channel switching module can include an integrated trace buffer memory, a crossbar switch and a control processor disposed on a single line replaceable module (LRM). The trace buffer memory may be adapted to capture selected data traffic transiting the switch fabric based on pre-selected triggers. The selected data can be read out of the trace buffer memory and used for selected diagnostics.
US09515902B2
Technologies are generally described for providing datacenter border-issued analytics for monitoring federated services. In some examples, a deployment manager, which manages placement of application deployment instances across a federation and thus already knows which datacenter each instance is in, may register a package trigger with a gateway at each datacenter when an application is placed in each datacenter. The datacenter gateway(s) may then search through data packets for registered package properties such as content of a packet header that indicates it is a monitoring packet, and inject additional data according to instructions from the deployment manager. For example, the deployment manager may instruct the gateway(s) to inject a datacenter identifier or a network location identifier to each monitoring data packet. The additional data may be customer-defined and the modified monitoring data including the additional data may be sent to a monitoring system to be analyzed.
US09515892B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a Diameter traffic estimator. According to one exemplary system, a user interface is configured to receive user input regarding a number of subscribers and subscriber network activity types. A Diameter traffic estimator is configured to estimate an indication of Diameter traffic volume based on the number of subscribers and the subscriber network activity type.
US09515887B2
A communication processing device including: a storage section configured to store a policy table associating an identifier identifying a communication unit with an identifier of a policy applied to the communication unit and a priority; an obtaining section configured to refer to the policy table and obtain the identifier of the policy and the priority, the identifier of the policy and the priority being associated with the identifier of the communication unit, at a time of protocol processing of the communication unit; a policy applying section configured to group one or more communication units associated with an identifier of an identical policy, and apply the identical policy to the grouped one or more communication units; and a band control section configured to perform band control on a basis of the priority for each communication unit.
US09515881B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a device, and a system for packet processing, where the method includes: receiving a protocol packet from a downstream device, where the protocol packet carries uplink port information of the downstream device and the user VLAN of the downstream device; learning port types of the present device based on the uplink port information and classifying the user VLAN of the present device and the user VLAN of the downstream device based on the user VLAN of the downstream device; and forwarding the received packet based on configuration information stored on the present device, where the port type or types to which each VLAN type can be added are specified in the configuration information.
US09515879B2
Establishing an action list for reconfiguration of a remote hardware system includes: receiving, by an action list generator via a graphical user interface (‘GUI’) presenting a graphical representation of the remote hardware system, a command to record subsequent actions; while recording: receiving, by the action list generator via the GUI, a series of user operations; identifying, for each user operation in the series, an action associated with the user operation; recording, by the action list generator, each identified action in an action list ordered in accordance with the series of user operations; and receiving a command to cease recording of subsequent actions.
US09515875B2
An example method for zero touch deployment of multi-tenant services in a home network environment is provided and includes receiving router configuration information of a home router located in a home network, the router configuration information including at least one slice setting for a service deployment at the home router, and configuring the slice setting on the home router for the service from a remote network separate from the home network. The slice setting can logically divide the home router to enable separation of the service from other services provisioned and configured on the home router. In specific embodiments, the method further includes receiving a request for the service from a service user entity, sending a slice provisioning request to a router manager for provisioning the service in the home router, and receiving a slice provisioned response comprising the router configuration information from the router manager.
US09515873B2
A system and method for management of virtual sub-networks includes a network controller including a control unit and one or more ports coupled to the control unit. The network controller is configured to receive a first admit request from a network switching device on a first virtual sub-network, form a first admit response based on information associated with the first admit request, transmit the first admit response to the network switching device on the first virtual sub-network, form one or more first flow control messages including configuration information for coupling the network controller and the network switching device using a second virtual sub-network, transmit the one or more first flow control messages, transmit a first migrate message to the network switching device, and exchange management traffic with the network switching device using the second virtual sub-network.
US09515871B2
An apparatus and method for protection switching are disclosed. The protection switching method in accordance with an example of the present disclosure is capable of smoothly processing a protection switching while preventing a data path mismatch occurring in the protection switching in a case in which a forced switching command (FS), which is a passive command, and a signal failure (SF) of a protection path occur at both end nodes, respectively, when a linear protection switching is performed by use of a protection state coordination message in a packet network or a packet transport network.
US09515868B2
A communications system includes: a first node device provided in a first network; a first controller controlling the first node device; a second node device provided in a second network and connected to the first node device; and a second controller controlling the second node device. The first controller sets the first node device with a processing rule according to which packets transferred between the first and second controllers are processed. The second controller sets the second node device with a processing rule according to which the packets are processed. The first and second controllers exchanges the packets each other through at least the first and second node devices.
US09515861B2
A peak suppression apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a first signal represented by an amplitude waveform of a multicarrier signal, a generator that generates a second signal represented by a waveform sequentially connecting a plurality of peak points adjacent to one another in the first signal as a peak detection signal for the multicarrier signal, a detector that detects a peak value and a peak timing of the multicarrier signal by using the peak detection signal, and a suppressing unit that suppresses a peak of the multicarrier signal based on the peak value and the peak timing.
US09515855B2
Frequency shifting a communications signal(s) in a multiple frequency (multi-frequency) distributed antenna system (DAS) to avoid or reduce frequency interference is disclosed. Related devices, methods, and DASs are disclosed. Non-limiting examples of frequency interference include frequency band interference and frequency channel interference. As a non-limiting example, frequency interference in a multi-frequency DAS may result from non-linearity of a signal processing component generating an out-of-band harmonic of a first, in-use communications signal in a first frequency band, within different frequency band(s) of other in-use communications signal(s). To avoid or reduce such interference, embodiments disclosed herein involve predicting frequency interference that may result from processing received, in-use communications signals in multiple frequency bands to be distributed in a multi-frequency DAS. Frequency shifting is performed to avoid or reduce any interfering signal products produced from the signal processing of any in-use communications signals, from interfering in the frequencies of other in-use communications signals.
US09515854B2
An AC coupling circuit is provided that has a level shifter circuit having a p input voltage and an n input voltage and producing a p output voltage and a p output voltage. There is a common mode voltage adjustment feedback circuit configured to cause a common mode voltage output to tend towards a specified reference voltage, the common mode voltage output being an average of the p output and n output voltages of the level shifter circuit. In combination, the level shifter circuit and the feedback circuit allow the interconnection of a first circuit that operates at a first, unspecified, common mode voltage to be connected to a second circuit having a required common mode voltage. The level shifter may be formed of adjustable components such that the frequency response of the level shifter circuit can be adjusted to compensate for a frequency response of an interconnect between the first circuit and the second circuit.
US09515849B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may utilize, for example, a method involving receiving from a first communication device a service request while providing back-up services to an out-of-service network element, detecting a deficiency in call state information to process the service request, transmitting to the first communication device an error message that prevents termination of an active Internet Protocol (IP) communication path between the first communication device and a second communication device, and receiving from the first communication device a request for an alternate IP communication path for communicating between the first and second communication devices which resolves the deficiency in call state information. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09515842B2
A radio frequency (RF) bus controller includes an interface and a processing module. The interface is coupled for communicating intra-device RF bus access requests and allocations. The processing module is coupled to receive an access request to an RF bus via the interface; determine RF bus resource availability; and when sufficient RF bus resources are available to fulfill the access request, allocate, via the interface, at least one RF bus resource in response to the access request.
US09515838B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a bandwidth adaptive communication event scheduling system. The system can provide an availability recommendation for a communication event based on bandwidth usage. A user can request to schedule a communication event at a future time based on the availability recommendation, and the system can determine whether to approve or deny the request based the details of the request and predicted or real-time bandwidth usage.
US09515837B1
Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for providing default policy information from a policy and charging rules function (PCRF). In one example, a PCRF is configured to identify an interruption in communications with an online charging server. Responsive to this identification, the PCRF transfers a default policy requirement notification to a packet data network gateway. Based on the default policy requirement notification, the packet data network gateway transfers a default policy rule request to the PCRF. In response to the request, the PCRF identifies default policy rules and transfers the default policy rules to the packet data network gateway to be implemented.
US09515835B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for a physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit. The PUF circuit may include an array of PUF cells to generate respective PUF bits of an encryption code. Individual PUF cells may include first and second inverters cross-coupled between a bit node and a bit bar node. The individual PUF cells may further include a first pre-charge transistor coupled to the bit node and configured to receive a clock signal via a first clock path, and a second pre-charge transistor coupled to the bit bar node and configured to receive the clock signal via a second clock path. Features and techniques of the PUF cells are disclosed to improve the stability and/or bias strength of the PUF cells, to generate a dark bit mask for the array of PUF cells, and to improve resilience to probing attacks. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09515830B2
A universal hash function calculation device includes a message register sequentially outputs a message of which the bit number is a prime number and of which the length is such that the smallest primitive root when the bit number is set as the modulo is 2, outputting said message one bit at a time. A cyclic key register cyclically permutates a key having the same number of bits as the message, and sequentially outputs a cyclic key vector obtained as a result of the cyclical permutation. On the basis of the sequentially-output cyclic key vector and a message bit that is sequentially output one bit at a time, a logical product calculation unit outputs the cyclic key vector when the message bit is 1, and outputs an all-zero vector having the same bit number as the cyclic key vector when the message bit is 0. A cumulative sum calculation unit accumulates calculation results having the same number as the output bit number and calculates the exclusive disjunction.
US09515828B2
A method and system distributes shares of a secret among cooperating entities using linear interpolation. In one embodiment, a linear equation is formed using the secret and random elements. The linear equation represents a K-dimensional hyperplane, where K is the number of shares to reconstruct the secret. Shares of the secrets are created, with each share corresponding to a point on the secret hyperplane. The shares are then distributed to cooperating entities for secret sharing.
US09515825B2
Provided are an authentication method and an apparatus for the method. An authentication method includes generating, at a terminal, an identifier (ID)-based secret key using an ID of a user of the terminal and key generation factors exchanged with a server, encrypting, at the terminal, a password of the user using a symmetric key encryption algorithm taking the generated secret key as a symmetric key, and requesting authentication for the terminal user by transmitting the encrypted password to the server, and receiving, at the terminal, a response to the authentication request from the server.
US09515819B2
Mechanisms are provided for allowing pluggable encryption in an operating system. Modules such as proprietary cipher modules connect to a kernel cryptographic framework using cryptographic cipher adapters. Supported cryptographic ciphers as well as proprietary cryptographic ciphers can be used in a transparent manner during file system access, key management, and metadata maintenance operations. Proprietary cipher modules interact with the cryptographic cipher adapters as though the cryptographic cipher adapters are the kernel cryptographic framework. The kernel cryptographic framework interacts with the cryptographic cipher adapters as though the cryptographic cipher adapters are proprietary cipher modules.
US09515815B2
Systems, methods and devices for transmitting and receiving and demodulating transpositional modulated signals, for increasing information bandwidth of defined communication channels, and for time-delay shifting an input signal in accordance to an input control signal are provided. One such method of increasing the information bandwidth of a defined communication channel includes receiving a first modulated signal having a first carrier signal frequency; receiving a second modulated signal having a second carrier signal frequency, the second modulated signal being modulated with information independent of information modulating the first carrier signal, the second carrier signal frequency being harmonically or sub-harmonically related to the first carrier signal frequency; and combining the first and second signals.
US09515813B1
Embodiments herein describe techniques for synchronizing LFSRs located on two compute devices. To synchronize the LFSRs, a first one of the compute devices may transmit a first training block that includes a predefined bit sequence. The training block is scrambled by a transmitting (TX) LFSR on the first compute device and then transmitted to the second compute device. The second compute device performs an XOR operation to recover the outputs of the TX LFSR that were used to scramble the data. The second compute device can use the outputs of the TX LFSR to determine future outputs of the TX LFSR. These future outputs are then used to initialize a receiving (RX) LFSR on the second compute device. Now, when subsequent training blocks are received, the second compute device can use the initialized RX LFSR to descramble the scrambled training blocks.
US09515798B2
If a PDCCH is multiplexed with data in a DMRS based manner, an E-PDCCH may be allocated by frequency-first mapping in reverse time order, starting from an OFDM symbol carrying the last DMRS in the first slot of a PRB allocated to a UE. For example, the E-PDCCH may be mapped to a resource region in the manner illustrated in FIG. 27. For reference, various signals may mapped to a resource region of a subframe in following manner: (1) CRSs or DMRSs may be mapped to the resource region of the subframe, (2) a legacy PDCCH may be mapped to the resource region, and then (3) the E-PDCCH may be mapped to the remaining region.
US09515797B2
The present invention relates to method and arrangements for using an identifier of a predefined type, e.g. an RNTI identifying one configuration on an out-band control channel for activating the configuration identifiable by that identifier. The identifier is sent from the network to the UE, when a configuration corresponding to that identifier is to be activated. This implies that both the UE and the radio base station comprise a mapping between each configuration and the corresponding identity of each configuration.
US09515794B2
A method for transmitting a sounding reference signal in a MIMO wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The method for transmitting sounding reference signals (SRSs) in a MIMO wireless communication system comprises receiving sounding reference signal parameters from a base station; receiving information of the number of sounding reference signals which will be transmitted at a transmission time instant from the base station; if a plurality of sounding reference signals are provided, generating the sounding reference signals corresponding to each of the plurality of antennas by using the sounding reference signal parameters; and transmitting the generated sounding reference signals to the base station through their corresponding antennas at a specific transmission instant.
US09515789B2
A Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system for inter-device communication is described. Information data from each neuromorphic chip is coded and modulated, on the basis of destination, into different channels. The parallel signals in different channels are sent serially using TDM to a central router. After signal grouping by a central switching controller, each group of signals may be delivered to corresponding transmitter in the central router for transmission to a corresponding receiver in the neuromorphic chip using TDM.
US09515788B2
Methods and systems are described for determining a plurality of transmission levels for, e.g., a plurality of time-frequency channels and/or a plurality of tones. The transmission levels may be determined by a first node based on, for example, a received transmission from a second node. The first node may generate a signal, which may be based on, for example, an originator-based pseudorandom sequence, a recipient-based pseudorandom sequence, and/or a complex sinusoid. The first node may transmit the signal as an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmission.
US09515785B2
Apparatus and methods are taught for quickly determining whether a Loss of Signal (LOS) condition has occurred for a receiver which includes an internal reference clock, a LOS circuit and a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) circuit. The CDR circuit recovers the clock and data of an incoming signal. However, the LOS circuit can determine whether a received incoming signal includes an active signal, independent of said CDR circuit such that it samples said incoming signal utilizing said internal reference clock to determine a loss of signal prior to said CDR recovering the clock of said incoming signal. The LOS circuit includes an analog voltage threshold stage which samples the incoming signal, and produces at least one sample stream indicative of transitions in the incoming signal. The LOS circuit further includes a digital transition stage which counts transitions in order to discriminate between an active signal and noise.
US09515778B2
A communication control apparatus includes a first obtaining section, a second obtaining section, and a control section. The first obtaining section is configured to obtain a first communication status indicating a frequency of occurrence of data loss during first data communication from a first communication device to a second communication device. The second obtaining section is configured to obtain a second communication status indicating a frequency of occurrence of data loss during second data communication from the second communication device to the first communication device. The control section is configured to control transmission processing relating to transmission from the second communication device to the first communication device in accordance with the first communication status and the second communication status. The transmission processing includes transmission processing of transmitting a retransmission request message that requests retransmission of data identical to lost data during the first data communication.
US09515767B2
The present disclosure provides a multi-carrier optical transmitter, receiver, transceiver, and associated methods utilizing offset quadrature amplitude modulation thereby achieving significant increases in spectral efficiency, with negligible sensitivity penalties. In an exemplary embodiment, an optical transmitter includes circuitry configured to generate a plurality of optical subcarriers, a plurality of data signals for each of the plurality of subcarriers, and a plurality of modulator circuits for each of the plurality of subcarriers, wherein each of the plurality of modulator circuits includes circuitry configured to offset an in-phase component from a quadrature component of one of the plurality data signals by one-half baud period.
US09515761B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for a terminal to receive a downlink signal in a wireless communication system and to an apparatus for same, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a first piece of information indicating the start point of a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) signal, receiving an MBSFN subframe having a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and receiving the MBSFN signal from an OFDM symbol indicated by the first piece of information in the MBSFN subframe.
US09515754B2
Audience migration information can include information about audience members who tuned to, or away from, a station at particular times, and can suggest a rate of change in the average number of audience members over a first time period, and a rate of change in the number of audience members over a second period. Normalized audience migration information, which can indicate a difference between the two rates of change can be generated and used as one of multiple graph plots. The normalized audience migration information can be generated at a server, at a networked computer running a browser, or the like. A graphical user interface (GUI) can be used to display a graphical representation of the audience migration information. Additional panes tied to the content displayed in the graphical representation can also be displayed in the GUI.
US09515745B2
A coherent optical receiver including an optical transducer, an adaptive filter, and a processor updates the adaptive filter according to a metric derived in Stokes space. The optical transducer receives an optical signal corresponding to a modulated signal of symbols. The optical transducer also determines a first signal corresponding to a first polarization of the optical signal and a second signal corresponding to a second polarization of the optical signal. The adaptive filter recovers a first equalized signal and a second equalized signal from the first signal and the second signal. The first equalized signal and the second equalized signal form an equalized modulated signal of symbols. The processor calculates a set of Stokes parameters from the equalized modulated signal and updates the adaptive filter based on a metric derived from the set of Stokes parameters.
US09515744B2
Disclosed are a method and device for increasing the adaptability of light intensity, which relate to the field of photoelectric communications. The method comprises: providing several stages of load resistors in the device, the device collecting voltage values, calculating the average value of all the collected voltage values when a preset number of voltage values which meet the requirements are collected, setting a voltage according to the average value and judging whether the set voltage meets preset requirements; and if yes, collecting data according to the set voltage; otherwise switching a load resistor according to a preset rule, wherein the load voltage may affect the voltage collection. The present invention has the beneficial effects of: improving the adaptability of a screen to light intensity during optical signal collection, and at the same time being able to reduce the error rate.
US09515742B2
A method for modifying the performance of an adaptive equalizer in a receiver is provided. A carrier wave comprising a first polarization state and a second polarization state, wherein there is a correlation between the first polarization state and the second polarization state, is received. The first polarization state and the second polarization state are demultiplexed to generate two respective constellations. A first expected value based on the first constellation, and a second expected value based on the second constellation, are calculated. An adaptive equalizer receives a first and second signals associated with the respective polarization states. The adaptive equalizer generates outputs based on the signals. These outputs are used to generate error values. Feedback is input into the adaptive equalizer, wherein the feedback is based on the error values.
US09515730B2
A housing body of a visible light communication terminal houses a light receiving unit configured to receive a visible light communication signal to convert the received visible signal to an electrical signal, an output unit configured to output information obtained from the visible light communication signal, and a power supply unit configured to supply power to the light receiving unit and the output unit. An ear hooking part is curved in an arc-like shape and is attached at one end thereof to the housing body, and is configured to fit the housing body to an auricle by being hooked onto the auricle and together with the housing body sandwiching the auricle therebetween. The light receiving unit is located on a portion of the housing body on an upper side thereof in a vertical direction in a state where the housing body is fitted to the auricle.
US09515727B2
Methods and systems for in-band OSNR monitoring include a tunable optical filter to scan a passband of a desired optical channel. The optical power over the passband is measured and digitized to power waveform data. The power waveform data is processed with a digital signal processor to calculate OSNR. Additionally, various implementations accommodate dual polarization modulation formats using a parallel architecture and an alternating sequential architecture.
US09515726B2
The present disclosure describes a method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for measuring characteristics of a WDM system. The method may include obtaining channel characteristics of a channel, calculating a Health Factor of a channel using the characteristics, and displaying the Health Factor and characteristics of a channel on a display device.
US09515725B2
Techniques are described for identifying a rogue network interface device whose laser is not under control of a controller of the network interface device. The techniques identify the rogue network interface device based on reception of a predefined data pattern in a timeslot that is not reserved for any of the network interface devices without needing to disable upstream data transmission from the network interface devices during their assigned timeslots. The techniques also relate to a network interface device determining whether the network interface device is transmitting optical signals at a wavelength different than the wavelength that the OLT to which the network interface device is associated receives.
US09515722B2
A method of configuring communications management on board an aircraft comprising the implementation of a mechanism for electing a master equipment item in a network of computer equipment items in charge of aircraft-ground communications of the aircraft and of configuring communication management according to the master equipment item. The method enables the applications in charge of the aircraft-ground communications to be distributed between the networked computer equipment items.
US09515718B2
A receiving apparatus 10 includes an adaptive array antenna 11, a reference signal synthesizer 15 that calculates a synthesized reference signal by multiplying a reference signal portion of each layer by an orthogonal signal to synthesize proximity reference signal portions of different resource elements and multiplies a known reference signal by the orthogonal signal, a weight calculator 16 that calculates an adaptive array weight from the synthesized reference signal and a known reference signal multiplied by the orthogonal signal, a weight synthesizer 17 that calculates a synthesized reception signal by multiplying the reference signal portion by the adaptive array weight to perform an antenna synthesis, a channel estimator 18 that estimates a propagation path from the synthesized reception signal and the known reference signal multiplied by the orthogonal signal, and a channel equalizer 19 that implements a channel equalization from the synthesized reception signal and the propagation path.
US09515704B2
An apparatus and a method for wirelessly receiving and transmitting energy are provided. A wireless energy receiving apparatus in a terminal configured to wirelessly receive energy through mutual resonance between a resonator of an energy supply apparatus configured to supply the energy and a resonator of the terminal, includes an energy measuring unit configured to measure an amount of energy stored in the terminal. The wireless energy receiving apparatus further includes a control unit configured to change a state of the resonator of the terminal from a non-resonant state to a resonant state when the measured amount of energy is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold.
US09515703B2
An information processing system includes an information storage medium and first and second information processing apparatuses capable of near field wireless communication. The first information processing apparatus includes a first data processing module which performs predetermined processing caused by execution of an application program by the first information processing apparatus and a first writing module which writes environmental data generated through the predetermined processing into the information storage medium by establishing near field wireless communication with the information storage medium. The second information processing apparatus includes a first reading module which reads data from the information storage medium by establishing near field wireless communication with the information storage medium and a second data processing module which processes the environmental data read as a result of reading of the data from the information storage medium caused by execution of an application program by the second information processing apparatus.
US09515697B2
Systems and methods for a scanning correlator for global navigation satellite system signal tracking are provided. In one embodiment, a method for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver tracking comprises: receiving a GNSS navigation signal; generating a local Pseudo Random Noise (PRN) sequence; sampling the GNSS navigation signal over a plurality of integration periods to produce a plurality of scanning values, wherein each scanning value has a respective time offset such that at least one first time offset is not equal to at least one second time offset; estimating at least two points of an autocorrelation function for the GNSS navigation signal based on the plurality of scanning values; and calculating an alignment between the GNSS signal and the local PRN sequence based on the autocorrelation function estimate.
US09515694B1
A transceiver integrated circuit (IC) receives signals having a mix of idle characters and data via a multi-lane system-side signaling interface at a first signaling rate compliant with a standards-based signaling protocol. The transceiver IC outputs signals via a multi-lane line-side signaling interface at a second signaling rate that is lower than the first signaling rate and non-compliant with the standards-based signaling protocol and also outputs one or more requests to a remote IC source of the signals received via the system-side signaling interface to adjust a proportion of idle characters within the received signals as necessary to balance a data rate of the received signals with the second signaling rate without adjusting the first signaling rate.
US09515688B2
A reception apparatus having a dual reception structure includes a first receiver having a first quality (Q) factor and configured to receive a signal in a predetermined band in response to the first receiver being selected by a reception controller; a second receiver having a second Q factor greater than the first Q factor and configured to receive the signal in the predetermined band in response to the second receiver being selected by the reception controller; and a reception controller configured to select one of the first receiver and the second receiver based on interference information associated with an adjacent band adjacent to the predetermined band.
US09515687B2
Apparatus and methods are described to perform inter carrier interference (ICI) reduction or cancellation in an orthogonal frequency domain multiplexing (OFDM) receiver. A first and a second stage of ICI cancellation may be performed before inputting an estimated transmitted data carrier for forward error correction. Forward error correction may include a signal re-correction and reconstruction of the estimated transmitted data carrier prior to a further stage of ICI cancellation.
US09515686B2
A transmitting circuit includes a plurality of transmitters, an operation clock generator, and a clock divider. Each of the transmitters outputs data serially. The operation clock generator generates an operation clock signal. The clock divider divides the operation clock signal to generate a symbol clock signal. The plurality of transmitters receives the operation clock signal and the symbol clock signal in common. A clock signal provided to one transmitter is equally synchronized with a clock signal provided to other transmitter(s).
US09515685B2
Apparatus and a method for predistortion of a radio-frequency signal are described. At least one predistortion unit is described that is arranged to receive an analog baseband signal before amplification and to generate an analog predistortion signal based on said analog baseband signal. At least one mixer unit is also described and may be electrically coupled to the at least one predistortion unit. In this case, the at least one mixer unit is arranged to receive the analog baseband signal before amplification and the analog predistortion signal and to generate a weighted combination of said signals.
US09515673B2
A D/A conversion circuit includes a plurality of resistors that are connected to each other in series, and a plurality of MOS transistors that are connected to terminals of the plurality of resistors, respectively. The plurality of resistors and the plurality of MOS transistors are formed on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the plurality of resistors is constituted by a resistive element and a plurality of contacts provided in the resistive element. The plurality of MOS transistors are disposed so that a plurality of virtual straight lines that pass through each of the plurality of contacts and are perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the resistive element pass between gate electrodes of two adjacent MOS transistors, when seen in a plan view of the semiconductor substrate.
US09515666B2
A method of re-centering a voltage controlled oscillator of a wireless device comprising a phase locked loop circuit is described. The method comprises receiving an input frequency signal at a phase detector of the phase locked loop circuit from a frequency source; generating an oscillator signal based on the received frequency signal; selectably opening a feedback loop of the phase locked loop circuit when in a calibration mode of operation, performing coarse frequency tuning of the oscillator output signal; performing fine frequency tuning of a coarsely adjusted oscillator output signal; and closing the feedback loop.
US09515663B2
A method of configuring a prescaling circuit in a performance counter circuit for a computer processing system can include receiving a first number of signaled events at a prescaling circuit configured to generate event counts for a performance counter circuit. The method can include generating event counts at a current event-count rate for the first number of signaled events and determining a detected event-count rate for the signaled events based on a rate at which the first number of signaled events are received at the prescaling circuit. The method can include determining that the detected event-count rate is greater than the current event-count rate. The method can include increasing the current event-count rate in response to determining that the detected event-count rate is greater than the current event-count rate.
US09515639B2
Method for generating a pulse and circuit configuration for an electronic device to generate a pulse
A method for generating a pulse, wherein a predetermined first limit curve and a predetermined second limit curve are defined for a pulse shape of the pulse, wherein the limit curves describe the change over time of a current variable, and wherein the second limit curve runs entirely within the first limit curve. As a pulse shape for the pulse, a curve plotted between the limit curves is generated, which, in comparison with a rectangular pulse plotted between the limit curves, in a first area of the current variable facing away from an extremum, is deformed toward the first limit curve and which, in a second area of the current variable facing toward the extremum, is deformed toward the second limit curve.
US09515637B1
A Power-on Reset circuit is described. The Power-on Reset is formed by two comparators and a latch circuit. The Power-on Reset circuit will de-assert the reset state once the supply voltage reaches a first reference point and re-assert the reset state once the supply voltage drops below a second reference point. The Power-on Reset circuit disclosed further includes circuits to initialize properly and to ensure the regulator voltage and the bandgap voltages are stable and above the ground level voltage.
US09515635B1
The present disclosure provides circuit and method embodiments for calibrating a signal of an integrated circuit. A programmable resistive element is coupled in series with a node of the integrated circuit, where at least part of the integrated circuit is formed in at least one front end of line (FEOL) device level. The programmable resistive element is formed in at least one back end of line (BEOL) wiring level, and the programmable resistive element is in a non-volatile resistive state that is variable across a plurality of non-volatile resistive states in response to a program signal applied to the programmable resistive element.
US09515634B1
Embodiments provide a receiver comprising an input coupled to a communication channel for receiving an input signal from the communication channel, a first processing filter coupled to the input, and a first level estimation module coupled to the first processing filter to estimate a first level of the input signal based upon the first processing filter. The receiver further comprises a second processing filter coupled to the input, a second level estimation module coupled to the second processing filter to estimate a second level of the input signal based upon the second processing filter, and a control module coupled to (i) the first level estimation module and (ii) the second level estimation module, wherein the control module includes logic configured to select an analog pre-filter for the input signal based upon (i) the first level of the input signal and (ii) the second level of the input sign.
US09515630B2
An improved method and arrangement for altering musical dynamics of a sound S included in a sound signal is disclosed. The altering of the musical dynamics is performed by filtering and amplification of the sound signal. The filtering is performed by the use of a parametric equalizer, the parametric equalizer having a first gain G1 and a resonance frequency fr being related to a pitch frequency fp of said sound S. The amplification is performed by an amplifier amplifying the sound signal with a second gain G2, the second gain G2 being dependent on the first gain G1.
US09515606B2
According to an embodiment, there is provided with an oscillator including: a clock circuit, a power supply current source and an oscillating circuit wherein the clock circuit generates a clock signal, the power supply current source generates a power supply current according to the clock signal, and the oscillating circuit generates an oscillation signal of a higher frequency than a frequency of the clock signal based on the power supply current and a received signal from an input terminal, the received signal having amplitude of a predetermined level or more.
US09515602B2
A PV system includes an irradiance meter to measure solar irradiance received by a PV array in the system. A PV inverter is electrically connected to the PV array via a DC link to regulate the voltage of the PV array. A controller receives an input from the irradiance meter regarding the solar irradiance received by the PV array, causes the PV inverter to alter the operating voltage of the PV array to each of a plurality of voltage values, detects current values in the PV array responsive to the altering of the voltage to each of the voltage values, and generates a power performance curve for the PV array based on the voltage values at which the PV array is operated and the detected current values, with the power performance curve being generated at a known level of solar irradiance based on the input from the irradiance meter.
US09515599B2
A photovoltaic mounting rail that includes an elongate bottom wall, a mounting support, an outer sidewall and one or more electronic components. The mounting support extends upwardly from the bottom wall to a top wall and extends between the first and second ends of the rail. The outer sidewall extends upwardly from the bottom wall to a distal edge and also extends between the first and second ends of the bottom wall. The outer sidewall is spaced apart from the mounting support and defines a service channel between the outer sidewall and the mounting support. The rail is adapted for attachment of a photovoltaic panel with electronic devices to the top wall of the mounting support and the connection of the electronic devices to electronic components located within the service channel.
US09515598B2
A system and method for controlling an adjustable speed drive (ASD) to decelerate an AC load during a generating mode of operation is disclosed. The ASD includes a capacitor and an inverter coupled to a DC link. A current sensor system is coupled to an output of the inverter. The ASD further includes a control system programmed to calculate an energy of the capacitor, generate a reference power using the calculated capacitor energy, and calculate a feedback power from realtime current signals received from the current sensor system. The control system compares the feedback power to the reference power, defines a frequency offset based on the comparison, generates a speed command using the frequency offset, and outputs the speed command to the inverter to maintain a smooth DC link voltage during deceleration.
US09515594B2
A wind turbine comprises a wind rotor, a generator driven by the wind rotor, a converter, wherein the generator and the converter generate electrical energy output via a connecting line with an inductively acting line reactor to a grid, and an overvoltage protection device comprising a plurality of different active modules, which are designed in such a way that they each effect, in different ways, a reduction in the voltage at the output of the converter, a switching matrix, which connects and disconnects the different active modules, and a selector comprising an overvoltage classifier, which is designed to select a predetermined stage depending on the overvoltage and to actuate the switching matrix in such a way that successive ones of the active modules are disconnected, wherein the overvoltage classifier defines a plurality of overvoltage ranges by virtue of in each case the selector setting different switching groups.
US09515591B2
A rotary drive mechanism provides a mechanism for driving light dispersing element having a high wavelength-moving speed and a high wavelength-resolving power. The rotary drive mechanism includes a stepper motor as a rotary drive source; an update information setter for setting update information corresponding to the amount of change by which the motor should be rotated at a drive timing indicated by an input signal; a position information updater for holding position information which specifies the rotational position of the motor and for updating the position information based on the update information from the update information setter; a winding excitation state determiner for determining the amount or ratio of electric currents passed through the windings of the motor based on the updated position information provided from the position information updater; and a drive controller for controlling the electric currents based on a control signal from the winding excitation state determiner.
US09515579B2
A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device may be provided with one or more sintered electrical contacts. The MEMS device may be a MEMS actuator or a MEMS sensor. The sintered electrical contacts may be silver-paste metalized electrical contacts. The sintered electrical contacts may be formed by depositing a sintering material such as a metal paste, a metal preform, a metal ink, or a metal powder on a wafer of released MEMS devices and heating the wafer so that the deposited sintering material diffuses into a substrate of the device, thereby making electrical contact with the device. The deposited sintering material may break through an insulating layer on the substrate during the sintering process. The MEMS device may be a multiple degree of freedom actuator having first and second MEMS actuators that facilitate autofocus, zoom, and optical image stabilization for a camera.
US09515575B2
A controller of a power conversion apparatus according to an embodiment causes a chopper and an inverter to generate an alternating-current (AC) voltage including first and second parts of an AC voltage waveform and causes the inverter to output the AC voltage. The chopper generates the first part having an absolute value higher than a voltage of a DC power supply, and the inverter generates the second part having an absolute value lower than the voltage of the DC power supply. The controller is configured to alternately turn on the first and second switching elements in a period during which the controller controls the chopper to generate the first part of the AC voltage waveform.
US09515570B2
A power conversion system and a method for voltage change detection, specifically, relates to a detection circuit implemented in the AC-DC power converter, detect the voltage change. The AC input voltage is rectified to convert into a DC input voltage transmitted to a detection unit generating a detection voltage signal at different logical states corresponding to the input voltage changes. A charge current source unit is used for charging the capacitor when the detection voltage signal is in a second state and a discharge current source unit is used for discharging the capacitor when the detection voltage signal is in a first state. A primary comparator compares the voltage changes of the capacitor in the alternating charge and discharge processes with a critical zero potential and outputs a detection signal identifying the changing trend of the input voltage.
US09515568B2
A power converter is presented. The power converter includes at least one leg, the at least one leg includes a first string, where the first string includes a plurality of diodes, a first connecting node, and a second connecting node, and where the first string is operatively coupled across a first bus and a second bus. Furthermore, the at least one leg includes a second string operatively coupled to the first string via the first connecting node and the second connecting node, where the second string includes a plurality of switching units.
US09515565B2
A hybrid HVDC converter system includes at least one alternating current (AC) conduit, at least one transformer coupled to said at least one AC conduit, and at least one direct current (DC) conduit. The hybrid HVDC converter system also includes at least one capacitor commutated converter (CCC) configured to convert AC voltages and AC currents to a DC voltage and DC current. The at least one CCC is coupled to the at least one AC conduit through the at least one transformer. The hybrid HVDC converter system further includes at least one self-commutated converter (SCC) configured to convert AC voltages and AC currents to a regulated DC voltage and DC current. The at least one SCC includes at least one AC/DC stage and at least one DC/DC stage coupled to the at least one AC/DC stage.
US09515559B2
There is described a charge pump circuit (1) circuit comprising an input terminal, an output terminal (5) connected to an intermediate node (Ni), a ground terminal (4), a first fly capacitor module (21) with a first fly capacitor (Cfly1) having a first pin (211) and a second pin (212) and connected to the intermediate node (Ni); and a second fly capacitor module (22) with a first fly capacitor (Cfly2) having a first pin (221) and a second pin (222) and connected to the intermediate node (Ni); wherein each being adapted to successively charge and discharge a the first fly capacitor and the second fly capacitor, respectively, wherein the second pin (212) of the first fly capacitor module (21) is connected to the first pin (221) of the second fly capacitor module (22) by a direct connection.
US09515555B2
A floating power converter includes direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter circuitry having at least one converter control terminal for receiving at least one control signal, a high side (H-S) converter input terminal, a low side (L-S) converter input terminal, and a converter output terminal. The floating power converter also has an H-S source selector configured to selectively couple either a first H-S voltage source or a second H-S voltage source to the H-S converter input terminal in response to a selector control signal. Moreover, an L-S source selector is configured to selectively couple either a first L-S voltage source or a second L-S voltage source to the L-S converter input terminal in response to the selector control signal.
US09515554B2
A power supply includes: a first connection terminal connectable with a DC power supply to which a first load and a generator are connected in parallel; a second connection terminal connectable with an electric storage which stores regenerative power generated by the generator; a third connection terminal connectable with a second load; a DC-DC converter; and a controller which controls the DC-DC converter. The power supply further includes: a first power path including one end connected to the first connection terminal and the other end connected to a first input/output terminal of the DC-DC converter; a second power path including one end connected to the second connection terminal and the other end connected to a second input/output terminal of the DC-DC converter; and a third power path including one end connected to the third connection terminal and the other end connected to the second power path.
US09515550B2
In one embodiment, a method of detecting an inductor current zero-crossing in a switching power supply, can include: (i) determining a present output voltage of the switching power supply; (ii) generating a zero-crossing detection threshold voltage according to the output voltage; and (iii) generating a zero-crossing detection signal according to the zero-crossing detection threshold voltage, where the zero-crossing detection signal is used to turn off a synchronous rectifier switch in the switching power supply.
US09515548B2
Charge pump systems and methods for the operation thereof can be configured for delivering charge to a primary circuit node. A sequential charging pattern of at least a subset of a series-connected plurality of charge-pump stages connected between a supply voltage node and the primary circuit node can be selectively initiated. For example, the sequential charging pattern can be initiated one time for every N cycles of a given clock signal, wherein N is a selectively adjustable integer value greater than or equal to 1.
US09515542B2
Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a rotor having a cylindrical bobbin that has a support block protruding from an upper end of an outer circumference thereof and a coil block that is coupled to the outer circumference of the bobbin in a direction from a lower surface to an upper surface of the bobbin and is supported by the support block, a stator having a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke holding the magnet, elastic members coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the bobbin, respectively, a base supporting the stator and the elastic members, and a foreign substance inflow-prevention portion formed on an upper surface of the base in such a way as to protrude around an opening formed in a central portion of the base in a shape of a closed loop.
US09515541B2
An audio resonance vibrator includes a bracket, an elastic frame cooperatively with the bracket forming a housing having a receiving space, a magnetic circuit unit and a vibrating unit accommodated in the receiving space. The vibrating unit includes a vibrating plate and a coil assembly. The elastic frame further includes a bottom, a side wall extending vertically from the bottom, a supporting portion extending inwardly from the sidewall along a direction parallel to the bottom wall of the elastic frame, a slot formed between the bottom of the elastic frame for receiving the vibrating plate.
US09515537B2
A motor includes a rotation shaft having a first recessed portion. The first recess portion includes a bottom surface and a wall surface and a second recessed portion formed in the bottom surface. A rotor having a first magnet surrounds the rotation shaft and rotates together with the rotation shaft. A detector includes a second magnet mounted in the first recessed portion and detects rotation of the rotor.
US09515533B2
The rotary body driving apparatus comprises: a rotary body having reflective surfaces; a motor having a rotor shaft; a rotor being attached to one end part of the rotor shaft together with the rotary body; a stator housing having a bearing section, which rotatably holds the rotor shaft; a motor substrate for detecting a rotational position of the rotor, the motor substrate being provided to the stator housing; a magnetized section for frequency generation, the magnetized section being formed into a ring shape and provided to an end surface of the rotary body facing the motor substrate; and a circular frequency generation pattern, which faces the magnetized section, being provided to the motor substrate and disposed close to the magnetized section.
US09515532B2
A mold motor includes a mold stator, a rotor, and a bracket. The mold stator includes a first bearing housing section formed of thermosetting resin, one bearing of the rotor fitting in one end in an axial direction of the first bearing housing section, an opening section formed at an end on the opposite side of the bearing housing section, and a bracket press-fitting section formed near the opening section and having a diameter larger than a stator inner diameter. The bracket includes a bracket resin section configuring a second bearing housing section in which the other bearing of the rotor fits and a bracket sheet metal section press-fit into the bracket press-fitting section of the mold stator. In the bracket, the bracket resin section and the bracket sheet metal section are integrally molded.
