US09731250B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a hollow fiber carbon membrane using a hollow fiber carbon membrane-forming material by means of a dry method or dry-wet method comprising a spinning step, a drying step, an infusibilization step, and a carbonization step as basic steps; wherein in the infusibilization step, heat treatment is performed at least two times at different temperatures, with the second temperature being higher than the first temperature. It is preferable that the second heat treatment is performed directly after the first treatment is performed, without once cooling to room temperature. The obtained hollow fiber carbon membrane has improved permeability, without reducing its separation coefficient.
US09731249B2
A porous polymer membrane useful in gas separation, the porous polymer membrane comprising a polymeric structure having crosslinked aromatic groups and a hierarchical porosity in which micropores having a pore size less than 2 nm are present at least in an outer layer of the porous polymer membrane, and macropores having a pore size of over 50 nm are present at least in an inner layer of the porous polymer membrane. Also described are methods for producing the porous polymer membrane in which a non-porous polymer membrane containing aromatic rings is subjected to a Friedel-Crafts crosslinking reaction in which a crosslinking molecule crosslinks the aromatic rings in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and organic solvent under sufficiently elevated temperature, as well as methods for using the porous polymer membranes for gas or liquid separation, filtration, or purification.
US09731246B2
In an exhaust gas purification apparatus provided in an exhaust as path of an engine, it is an object of the present invention to shorten a pipe length of a bypass path bypassing a purification catalyst as short as possible, thereby reducing initial costs. The exhaust gas purification apparatus includes a purification casing in which at least the purification catalyst is accommodated. The purification catalyst purifies exhaust gas from the engine. The purification casing is integrally provided with the bypass path separately from the purification path in which the purification catalyst exists. The bypass path makes the exhaust gas bypasses the purification catalyst without passing through the purification catalyst.
US09731245B2
The present invention relates to a method of removing a gas from a mixture. The method includes contacting a silicone membrane with a feed mixture including at least a first gas component and contacting a second side of the membrane with an organosilicon sweep liquid, producing a retentate mixture depleted in the first gas component and an organosilicon sweep liquid enriched in the first gas component. The invention also provides methods of removing a gas from a liquid, and methods of regenerating and recycling an organosilicon sweep liquid.
US09731242B2
A pressure swing adsorption apparatus having: a housing with an arc-shaped inner surface, the housing being arranged with at least one gas inlet, at least one exhaust port and at least one gas outlet for discharging the separated gas; a rotor arranged in the housing, at least two contact ends being arranged on the rotor for maintaining a non-stop sliding contact with the inner surface of the housing, individual cavities, i.e., air cavities between the adjacent contact ends and formed between the external surface of the rotor and the inner surface of the housing, and each air cavity being separated by the contact ends; adsorption chambers set inside the rotor as parts of the rotor and rotated along with the rotor, molecular sieves being loaded in the interior of the adsorption chambers, and the adsorption chambers being provided with screen openings for connection with the air cavities.
US09731228B2
An apparatus for removing impurities from water and/or wastewater and a method of installing a fluid distribution system in the apparatus. In the most preferred form of the invention, the fluid distribution system is an air scour system for directing air through the filter bed to assist in cleaning of the filter bed to remove impurities trapped in the filter bed during a service run. In the most preferred form, the method of installing the fluid distribution system in the filter bed is performed by imparting a force to the filter bed to permit the fluid distribution system to be installed in the filter bed without removing media. The fluid distribution system is preferably configured to permit the fluid distribution system to be readily installed in the filter bed and at an optimum orientation.
US09731217B2
A dynamic multidirectional film watching system, comprising: a film watching system base; a motor arranged on the film watching system base; a film watching platform base fixedly arranged on the film watching system base; a film watching platform arranged in a rolling arrangement on the film watching platform base and comprising a plurality of rows of seats; a roller arranged on a rotation shaft of the motor; a transmission cable with one end arranged on the roller and the other end fixedly arranged on the film watching platform; and an incomplete spherical screen vertically arranged on the film watching system base, and an opening thereof facing the film watching platform. A bottom of a film watching platform is arranged in a rolling arrangement on the film watching platform base to provide audience with more dynamic and multidirectional film watching experiences.
US09731216B2
A flying disc includes a hub composed of polymeric material, a ring composed of polymeric material and coupled to the hub. The hub and the ring may have different specific gravities by being composed of different materials or by having a weighting product embedded therein, or a weighting product may be carried between the hub and the ring.
US09731211B2
A realistic simulation of the dynamic sounds of a full-sized vehicle are created on a moving R/C Scale Model. A mounting apparatus supports an audio exciter in a model vehicle without any modification to the exciter. A full range of volume of sound may be produced by the exciter without limiting the range of movement of the exciter as volume is increased or decreased. The apparatus may limit the mechanical excursion of the exciter to prevent physical damage to the exciter. The present invention also provides a method and apparatus for operating the audio exciter in a model vehicle.
US09731202B2
Systems and methods for updating content of a mobile video game allow for mobile communication devices to receive updated content for video games that operate on the devices. The updates may be promotional in nature, and may be pre-selected based on the device type, service, or service provider. The game may contain instructions that cause the mobile communication device to contact an interface and/or server to receive updated content. After the updated content is received by the mobile communication device, the content may be displayed in-game. The user of the mobile communication device may be provided with one or more options that affect the frequency or ability to receive or display updated content. In addition, the server may track what content has already been received by the mobile communication device.
US09731201B1
A system and method for facilitating chance-based in-game virtual item distribution in a video game. A mini-game interface presents a mini-game to a user that has committed to a battle. Prior to instigation of the battle the user participates in a chance-based mini-game that determines awards to be distributed to the user from a set of potential awards. Benefits associated with a determined award are applied to a game entity included in a battle which is to follow the mini-game.
US09731198B2
The present disclosure generally relates to games and applications in general, and in particular to computer-implemented online games playable on mobile device. The computer-implemented online game may be played via a mobile user interface or via a browser. The mobile user interface may allow access to a first set of in-game actions related to a game event, and the browser may allow access to a second set of in-game actions related to the game event, where the first set of in-game actions related to the game event is smaller in number than the second set of in-game actions related to the game event.
US09731191B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing a marble game. The system for providing the marble game may provide a game board formed by aligning blocks, support a configuration of an occupied city block group by grouping city blocks in an identical color or city blocks aligned adjacent to each other, when a city block set as the occupied city block group is occupied associated with a first terminal, the system for providing the marble game may increase a toll by applying a weight to the toll of the city block, increase a subtraction with respect to an amount held by a second terminal and an accumulation with respect to an amount held by the first terminal, and provide a tension to a game.
US09731183B2
A green simulation apparatus having a configurable upper surface with a changeable contour may comprise a covering forming the upper surface and a covering support assembly configured to support the covering. The support assembly may comprise a plurality of movable positioning elements having the covering resting thereon and positioned in an array extending in a reference plane and movable along axes extending substantially perpendicular to the reference plane. The support assembly may comprise a movement actuator configured to move at least one of the positioning elements independently of other positioning elements in the array.
US09731172B2
A sporting apparatus includes a monitoring device. The monitoring device may add no weight to the sporting apparatus relative to a comparable sporting apparatus without the monitoring device. The monitoring device may have a center of gravity substantially aligning with the center of gravity of the sporting apparatus, resulting in a sporting apparatus with a monitor having substantially the same center of gravity as a comparable sporting apparatus without a monitor. The sporting apparatus monitor may be configured to trim unreliable post impact swing data and replace it with extrapolated pre-impact swing data and/or more reliable post impact swing data.
US09731171B2
A golf club includes a golf club head having a sole, a crown, and a face. The golf club head defines a bore that has an outer cylindrical portion and a stop extending radially inward from the outer cylindrical portion. An elongate member is insertable within the bore. The elongate member includes a body portion and a protrusion extending radially outward from the body portion. The elongate member is rotatable within the bore between a first angular position and a second angular position, where the elongate member can be freely withdrawn from the bore while in the first angular position and is restrained from being freely withdrawn from the bore while in the second angular position. The stop is at least partially disposed in a path of the protrusion as the elongate member is rotated between the first angular position and the second angular position.
US09731170B2
Golf club heads include a golf club head body, a ball striking face, and a shaft engaging member configured to engage a golf club shaft with the golf club head body. The golf club head may be configured with a first piece and a second piece, which may be in the form of the shaft engaging member and a body member connected to the shaft engaging member. The shaft engaging member includes a base member and an arm extending from the base member, and the body member includes a face having a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a club head body positioned behind the face, the second piece having a receiving slot positioned behind the face, where the base member of the first piece is at least partially received within the receiving slot.
US09731169B2
A ball (100) for use in bat and ball games wherein the ball is struck with a bat having an untensioned, rigid ball-striking surface, includes a hollow spherical impact body (112) having a mass of between 10 g and 50 g which enables the use of lightweight bats. The wall of the impact body is of a resiliently compressible material and defines a convexly curved impact zone IB. The ball further includes a flight control assembly (114) including a tail (50) comprising flexible streamers (52), a spacer stem (54) and an anchor fitting (126) for anchoring the spacer stem to the impact body. The configuration of the impact body is such that the impact zone compresses to a minimum compression depth of 12 mm and the impact body bounces to a height of at least 100 cm when the impact body is subjected to a drop test wherein the impact body is dropped onto a test impact surface.
US09731168B2
Multi-piece golf balls containing a multi-layered core structure having layers with different hardness gradients and specific gravities are provided. The core structure includes a small, heavy inner core (center) having a relatively high specific gravity with metal material preferably dispersed in a first thermoset composition. The intermediate core layer is preferably formed from a thermoplastic composition such as an ethylene acid copolymer ionomer resin; and the outer core layer is preferably formed from a second thermoset composition. The resulting ball has high resiliency and good spin control.
US09731166B2
A device, method and system provide a wellness management process and/or an exercise management process for use with a smartphone or other mobile computing device. Various data about the user is obtained and used for determining and recommending an action or exercise to the user to improve the user's wellness/physique/health. The action determined can be based on: (1) current biometric and/or motion data about the user (from the sensors), and (2) current physical condition(s), such as health/medical information or condition about the user (from the user's personal information, e.g., health library or programmed into the smartphone). Specific information about the user is taken into consideration when recommending user action or exercise, such as the user's specific physical, health or medical conditions.
US09731145B2
The device intended for the stimulation of the brain by laser circularly or elliptically polarized light consists of the main unit (1) equipped in the front part with control buttons (3), and a display (2) from which at least one laser diode (16, 17, 18, 19) is supplied. At least one nasal applicator (8, 9, 10, 11) or nasal applicators (38, 39) suitably equipped in the rear part with laser diodes (40, 41) can be connected to the upper part of the main unit (1). The main unit (1) is supplied in its lower part through a connector (33), and the programmable control unit (51) with built-in battery (56) and autonomous processor (57) is an integral part of the device.
US09731144B2
A light emitting element display device can be used for light therapy. The device includes: a display panel including a plurality of light emitting elements; a retarder plate configured to convert light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements into circularly polarized light; and a selective polarizer configured to selectively convert light supplied from the retarder plate into linearly polarized light or allow penetration of the light.
US09731143B2
Phototherapy systems comprising a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly including a reflective surface facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps and associated circuitry are disposed so that the reflective surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The walls have a malleable rigidity for flexible adjustability relative to the user, and the device is mounted to the user with a frame.
US09731138B1
An implantable medical device system is configured to deliver cardiac pacing by receiving a cardiac electrical signal by sensing circuitry of a first device via a plurality of sensing electrodes, identifying by a control module of the first device a first cardiac event from the cardiac electrical signal, setting a first pacing interval in response to identifying the first cardiac event, controlling a power transmitter of the first device to transmit power upon expiration of the first pacing interval, receiving the transmitted power by a power receiver of a second device; and delivering at least a portion of the received power to a patient's heart via a first pacing electrode pair of the second device coupled to the power receiver.
US09731137B2
The current technology is relevant to a system having a programming device capable of communication with an implantable medical device, where the programming device is configured to identify a patient condition comprising the patient's inability to exercise to a desired capacity, configured to notify a clinical user of the identified condition and configured to identify a therapy appropriate for the identified condition.
US09731135B2
A neurostimulation system includes a neural stimulation lead having a proximal portion and a distal portion and including a plurality of electrodes along the distal portion. The plurality of electrodes are configured for positioning proximate a portion of the autonomic nervous system. A neural stimulation circuit, coupled to the plurality of electrodes, delivers neural stimulation pulses to the plurality of electrodes. A processor and controller is configured to control the neural stimulation circuit to deliver first neural stimulation pulses to each of a plurality of electrode configurations. Each electrode configuration includes one or more of the plurality of electrodes. The processor and controller is further configured to receive information related to motor fiber activity that is induced in response to delivery of the first neural stimulation pulses to each of the plurality of electrode configurations and to identify the electrode configurations that induce the motor fiber activity.
US09731133B1
Methods for systematically testing a plurality of therapy programs in a spinal cord modulation system, and associated systems are disclosed. A representative method comprises loading a plurality of therapy programs into a signal generator, wherein individual therapy programs include parameters specifying electrode configuration, signal amplitude, and/or signal frequency. The programs are automatically activated for an automatically instructed period of time. The method includes automatically changing from one therapy program to another after the instructed period of time. The patient is queried for patient input corresponding to the therapy programs. The patient input is received via a remote. The patient input is correlated with a corresponding time of day and recorded in the signal generator. Thereafter, the patient input is retrieved from the signal generator.
US09731131B2
A method for treating a human subject having unilateral vocal cord paralysis includes sensing electrical activity of a dysfunctional muscle of the subject, generating at least one stimulation parameter, using a processor, based on the sensed electrical activity, and stimulating the dysfunctional muscle, using a stimulating electrode, based on the at least one stimulation parameter. A stimulation system is also provided.
US09731129B2
A hearing signal processor processes an input sound signal and generates an electrical communications signal for an upper range of sound frequencies, and an acoustic communications signal for a lower range of sound frequencies. An implanted electrical stimulation subsystem includes an electrode array with one or more electrode contacts in an acoustically perceivable cochlear region retaining residual natural hearing. The electrical stimulation subsystem receives the electrical communications signal and delivers corresponding electrical stimulation signals to the electrode contacts for electrical stimulation of adjacent neural tissue. An external acoustic stimulation subsystem receives the acoustic communications signal and delivers corresponding amplified acoustic stimulation signals to the ear canal of the patient. The upper range and the lower range overlap and the electrical stimulation signals and the amplified acoustic stimulation signals are coordinated for simultaneous delivery to the acoustically perceivable cochlear region.
US09731126B2
Apparatus for providing transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) therapy to a user, the apparatus comprising: a housing; an application unit for providing mechanical coupling between the housing and the user's body; a stimulation unit for electrically stimulating at least one nerve of the user; a sensing unit for sensing the user's body movement and body orientation; and a reporting unit for providing the user with feedback based on the user's sensed body movement and body orientation.
US09731125B2
A device and method are provided for altering body mass composition in a human subject by applying galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) using electrodes placed in electrical contact with the subject's scalp at a location corresponding to each of the subject's left and right vestibular systems. The current source include a feedback loop for measuring a resistance across the subject's scalp and adjusting a voltage output to maintain a constant current across the subject's scalp. GVS may be applied for a predetermined period of time at regular intervals.
US09731121B2
A switch-operated therapeutic agent delivery device is described. Embodiments of the operated therapeutic agent delivery device include a switch that can be operated by a user, a device controller connected to the switch through a switch input where the device can actuate the device when certain predetermined conditions are met, following performance of both a digital switch validation test and an analog switch validation test.
US09731116B2
A medical device for providing an electrical stimulation therapy for a patient includes a microcontroller configured to generate a plurality of electrical pulses and a control signal. The medical device includes a stimulation driver coupled to the microcontroller. The stimulation driver is configured to amplify the electrical pulses into amplified electrical pulses to be delivered to the patient as a part of the electrical stimulation therapy. The medical device includes a battery configured to supply a first voltage. The medical device includes a voltage up-converter coupled between the battery and the stimulation driver. The voltage up-converter is configured to convert, in response to the control signal from the microcontroller, the first voltage to a compliance voltage for the stimulation driver. The compliance voltage is a fraction of the first voltage, and the fraction is greater than 1.
US09731115B2
A method for treating a patient requiring conditioning of one or more muscle groups comprises applying electrical stimulation to a ventral epidural space of the patient, thereby activating the muscles. The method includes conveying the stimulation energy to one or more motor efferents associated with the muscles through respective one or more electrodes implanted within the ventral epidural space, and thus activating the muscles.
US09731103B1
Computerized oral prescription administration (COPA) devices, systems, and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a substance dispensing apparatus includes a mouthpiece having a recess sized and shaped to mate with an intended user's dentition; a sensing element coupled to the mouthpiece and configured to determine whether the intended user's dentition is positioned within the recess; and an actuator coupled to the mouthpiece and in communication with the sensing element, the actuator configured to dispense a substance from a reservoir coupled to the mouthpiece in response to the sensing element determining that the intended user's dentition is positioned within the recess.
US09731089B2
A method for detecting sleep for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is disclosed. Discrete values of a control signal generated by a pressure controller to regulate delivered pressure at the patient are measured over a predefined time window encompassing one or more respiratory cycles. A baseline control signal value is generated from a weighted average of the measured discrete values of the control signal. Estimates of a respiratory cycle period, an inspiration control time, and an expiration control time are then generated. Estimates of one or more secondary control signal properties for each of the respective inspiration control time and expiration control time are generated. Pressure to the patient is increased in response to an evaluation of the estimates of the one or more secondary control signal properties being indicative of the patient reaching a sleep state.
US09731087B2
A dose counter for an inhaler, the dose counter having a display tape arranged to be incrementally driven from a tape stock bobbin onto an incremental tape take-up drive shaft, the bobbin having an internal bore supported by and for rotation about a support shaft, at least one of the bore and support shaft having a protrusion which is resiliently biased into frictional engagement with the other of the bore and support shaft with longitudinally extending mutual frictional interaction.
US09731085B2
A cartridge assembly (200) having a shared fastening features for use with a drug delivery device (202). The cartridge assembly includes a cartridge holder (204), a drug cartridge (206), and a connector (208). The connector may be attached to the drug cartridge. The cartridge assembly further includes a fastening means (210, 212) for fastening to a drug delivery device, and this fastening means is shared between the cartridge holder and the cartridge or between the cartridge holder and the connector. The drug delivery device may be a reusable drug delivery device or a disposable drug delivery device.
US09731082B2
The present invention relates to an assembly (101) comprising: an injection device (1) comprising a container (2) for a product, said container comprising a distal tip (3), an adaptor (5) comprising a ring (6) mounted onto said distal tip (3), characterized in that said assembly (101) further comprises a heat-shrinkable film (9) covering part (2a) of said container (2) and part (5a) of said adaptor (5), said film (9) maintaining said adaptor (5) blocked in rotation and in translation with respect to said container (2) when said film (9) is in its heat-shrunk condition. The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing such an assembly.
US09731081B2
A needle guard device mountable to a pre-filled syringe in its ready-to-fill state. The device includes a device shield interconnected to a lock collar with flexible member and biased to move relative to the lock collar. The lock collar interfaces with the syringe neck to attach the device to the syringe. As the device shield moves proximally, rotation arms of the lock collar interact with angled cutouts in the device shield, causing the device shield to rotate relative to the lock collar and disengaging one or more keys on the device shield from one or more keyways in the lock collar triggering the device shield to move from a first configuration in which the device shield is retractable to expose a syringe sharp to a second configuration in which the device shield is fixedly positioned to cover the syringe sharp.
US09731064B2
An interface device for removing fluid from a surgical site by shaping the interface device in situ to place a set of openings, which are in fluid communication with a connection port adapted for connection to a vacuum source, in contact with at least a portion of the surgical site. This interface device having a connection port with a connection opening for connection to a vacuum source; a multiplicity of openings located on an exterior of the interface device and in fluid communication through the interface device to the connection port so that fluid may be drawn into the openings and removed by vacuum; and the interface device is adapted to allow a set of one or more hands to at least partially conform the interface device to at least a portion of the surgical site to place at least some of the multiplicity of openings in proximity to fluid.
US09731060B2
Filtration systems and methods using a pump and pressure sensor are provided for improved efficiency in fluid filtration systems. A filtration system includes a pre-filter container joined to a post-filter container by a filter line having a filter. To reduce the time required for filtration a pump and pressure sensor are included in a filter inlet flow path. The pump also is used to provide air management in the system via pre-filtration evacuation of air from at least the filter.
US09731058B2
A system and a method for starting a rotor of an implantable blood pump are described. For example, a blood pump system includes a rotary motor having a stator and a rotor. The rotor has permanent magnetic poles for magnetic levitation of the rotor, and the stator has a plurality of pole pieces arranged circumferentially at intervals. The blood pump system includes a controller configured to control a start phase of the rotor, wherein the start phase is prior to the rotor being positioned in a predefined geometric volume for pumping blood and wherein the start phase includes performing a rotation of the rotor by an angle larger than an angle corresponding to a quarter of an angular distance between two neighboring magnetic poles of the rotor.
US09731056B2
A blood pump has a hollow body in which an impeller with a spiral blading produces an axial propulsion of blood along the impeller, as well as an at least partly actively stabilized magnetic bearing device and a hydrodynamic bearing device for the impeller. The impeller may be set into a rotation about a rotation axis of the impeller with a motor stator located outside the hollow body. The hollow body has an inlet for the flow of blood into the hollow body in an inflow direction which is essentially parallel to the rotation axis, and an outlet for the outflow of the blood out of the hollow body in an outflow direction which is offset to the rotation axis of the impeller to produce a non-zero outflow angle (α) between the inflow direction and the outflow direction. A total artificial heart can be formed from two such blood pumps.
US09731054B2
A breast pump including a container, a host unit disposed above and communicating with the container, an electric heating cup disposed at the front end of the host unit and communicating with the container, an electric heating element, and heat insulation. The electric heating cup includes an inner cover and an outer cover which are integrated. The electric heating element and the heat insulation are disposed between the inner cover and the outer cover. The heat insulation is disposed between the electric heating element and the outer cover. Positive and negative electrodes of the electric heating element are connected to conducting plates disposed in the inner side of the outer cover via connection wires. The conducting plates extend to the outer side of the outer cover and are in electric connection to contact chips disposed at the lower front end of the host unit.
US09731053B2
The present invention provides a novel microdermabrasion system that provides safe and effective treatment for skin conditions such as acne, aging and sallow skin, fine wrinkles, surface skin scars, and other visually unappealing cosmetic skin disfigurements. This new invention provides a universal attachment and air flow/suction regulator which permits micro diamond chip based, crystal free microdermabrasion using a variety of standard vacuums and home based cleaning vacuums. Whereas currently available microdermabrasion devices have required a dedicated internal built in vacuum, this new invention allows the use of the universal attachment to most types of vacuums.
US09731050B2
An endoprosthesis, in particular an intraluminal endoprosthesis, for example a stent, having a basic mesh composed of an at least predominantly biodegradable material, and a coating provided on the biodegradable material is proposed. For better control of the degradation the basic mesh is essentially completely covered by a coating which contains parylene, preferably at least predominantly parylene, particularly preferably parylene C or parylene N, and the basic mesh is essentially completely covered by the coating, whereby the thickness of the coating is between approximately 0.1 μm and approximately 10 μm, preferably between approximately 0.4 μm and approximately 7 μm, particularly preferably between approximately 1 μm and approximately 5 μm. Also proposed is a method for manufacturing such an endoprosthesis.
US09731041B2
Nitrogen oxide is used to safely sterilize inside of a space area or an object arranged within the space area. A sterilization method is provided to comprise: introducing nitrogen oxide liquid stored in a vessel (4) into a space area (2, 2′, 2″) to gasify nitrogen oxide liquid, and sterilizing inside of space area (2, 2′, 2″) or object (1) arranged in space area (2, 2′, 2″) with nitrogen oxide gas evaporated from nitrogen oxide liquid to completely annihilate and destroy microorganisms inclusive of bacteria and virus with nitrogen oxide gas for preventing the infection by microorganisms to human body and damage to precision components.
US09731034B2
The present invention provides a diagnostic reagent or assay for assessing the activity of a protease in vivo or in vitro and methods of detecting the presence of a cancerous or precancerous cell. The assays are comprised of two particles linked via an oligopeptide linkage that comprises a consensus sequence specific for the target protease. Cleavage of the sequence by the target protease can be detected visually or using various sensors, and the diagnostic results can be correlated with cancer prognosis.
US09731032B2
Aptamers consisting of a single stranded nucleic acids having 100 nucleotides or less that specifically binds to tumor initiating cancer cells are described. The aptamers can be identified by screening a large pool of randomly generated aptamers to obtain a discrete set of aptamers that specifically bind to tumor initiating cancer cells, such as those found in brain cancer or glioblastoma. The aptamers can also be linked or complexed with anticancer agents or imaging agents for use in therapy or diagnosis.
US09731030B2
Ligand Drug conjugate compounds comprising a β-glucuronide-based linker and methods of using such compounds are provided.
US09730999B2
The present invention relates to influenza vaccine formulations and vaccination regimes for immunising against influenza disease, their use in medicine, in particular their use in augmenting immune responses to various antigens, and to methods of preparation. In particular, the invention relates to multivalent influenza immunogenic compositions comprising an influenza antigen or antigenic preparation thereof from at least two influenza virus strains, at least one strain being associated with a pandemic outbreak or having the potential to be associated with a pandemic outbreak, in combination with an oil-in-water emulsion adjuvant.
US09730995B2
A mutated Bordetella strain comprising at least a mutated ptx gene, a deleted or mutated dnt gene and a heterologous ampG gene is provided. The attenuated mutated Bordetella strain can be used in an immunogenic composition or a vaccine for the treatment or prevention of a Bordetella infection. Use of the attenuated Bordetella strain for the manufacture of a vaccine or immunogenic composition, as well as methods for protecting mammals against infection by Bordetella are also provided.
US09730990B2
Provided in the present invention are anti-Mycoplasma spp. subunit vaccines, especially proteins suitable for being used as the active ingredient of the Mycoplasma spp. subunit vaccines, and a vaccine prepared therefrom. Upon experimenting, it is confirmed that the proteins can elicit an immune response having sufficient strength to avoid the infection of Mycoplasma spp. in pigs. The vaccine can comprise one of the aforementioned proteins as an active ingredient, or can comprise two or more of the proteins to form a form of cocktail vaccine. The vaccine of the present invention is not only more safe than conventional vaccines, but also has equivalent or even better immune effects.
US09730981B2
Nucleic acid vectors encoding light-gated cation-selective membrane channels, in particular channelrhodopsin-2 (Chop2), converted inner retinal neurons to photosensitive cells in photoreceptor-degenerated retina in an animal model. Such treatment restored visual perception and various aspects of vision. A method of restoring light sensitivity to a retina of a subject suffering from vision loss due to photoreceptor degeneration, as in retinitis pigmentosa or macular degeneration, is provided. The method comprises delivering to the subject by intravitreal or subretinal injection, the above nucleic acid vector which comprises an open reading frame encoding a rhodopsin, to which is operatively linked a promoter and transcriptional regulatory sequences, so that the nucleic acid is expressed in inner retinal neurons. These cells, normally light-insensitive, are converted to a light-sensitive state and transmit visual information to the brain, compensating for the loss, and leading to restoration of various visual capabilities.
US09730979B2
The present invention provides methods for modulating SET activity by contacting SET with a binding agent such as an ApoE peptide derivative. In one embodiment of the invention, a pharmaceutical composition capable of modulating SET activity is administered to a patient for the treatment of an inflammatory or neurological condition. In another embodiment of the invention, compounds efficacious for the treatment of inflammatory and neurological conditions are identified by screening for a binding agent capable of competing with or inhibiting the binding of an ApoE derivative to SET.
US09730978B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition, and methods of use thereof, for treating ocular boundary deficiency, symptoms associated therewith, or an undesired condition that is associated with or causes ocular boundary deficiency at the ocular surface. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprises a human PRG4 protein, a lubricant fragment, homolog, or isoform thereof, suspended in an ophthalmically acceptable balanced salt solution. The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may also comprise one or more ophthalmically acceptable agents selected from the group consisting of an ophthalmically acceptable demulcent, excipient, astringent, vasoconstrictor, emollient, sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid, and surface active phospholipids, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for topical administration.
US09730974B2
Disclosed are compositions containing an extract of Serenoa repens, a lipophilic extract of Zingiber officinalis and a lipophilic extract of Echinacea angustifolia or Zanthoxylum bungeanum.
US09730971B2
The present invention provides a controlling agent for a disease caused by a Clostridium bacterium, comprising a cashew nut shell liquid, a heat-treated cashew nut shell liquid, anacardic acid, cardanol, or anacardic acid and cardanol.
US09730970B2
The instant invention relates to seaweed extract compositions, processes for isolation, isolated active agents, and methods of treating disease, disorders and conditions in a subject, including, reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated diseases and diseases mediated through the activation of the Nrf2-ARE (antioxidant response element) pathway, including proliferative diseases and disorders, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and certain diseases and disorders of aging and associated with aging and exposure, by use of the extracts, compounds, and compositions thereof.
US09730954B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for using microRNA (miRNA) for treating cancer. The methods and compositions include hsa-miR-204 and homologs of hsa-miR-204.
US09730946B2
This invention provides a method of promoting bone healing by locally administering a vanadium-based insulin mimetic agent to a patient in need thereof. The invention also provides a new use of insulin-mimetic vanadium compounds for manufacture of medicaments for accelerating bone-healing processes. In addition, the invention also encompasses a bone injury treatment kit suitable for localized administration of insulin-mimetic vanadium compounds or compositions thereof to a patient in need of such treatment.
US09730938B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and kits for treating a B-cell malignancy comprising administering a combination of a BTK inhibitor (e.g. ibrutinib) and a PIM inhibitor. Also disclosed herein are methods, compositions, and kits for treating a BTK-resistant B-cell malignancy comprising administering a combination of a BTK inhibitor (e.g. ibrutinib) and a PIM inhibitor.
US09730936B2
Described herein are compounds of Formula (I) and tautomers and pharmaceutical salts thereof, compositions and formulations containing such compounds, and methods of using and making such compounds.
US09730934B2
The invention relates to quinazoline derivatives substituted by aniline which are represented by the below formula (I), pharmaceutical acceptable salts and stereoisomer thereof, wherein these groups of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, L and n have the meanings given in the specification. The invention also relates to preparation methods, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparation and the use for preparation of medicine of treating excessive hyperplasia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and uses for treating excessive hyperplasia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease thereof.
US09730930B2
Compounds I and II, as well as prodrugs, hydrates, solvates, N-oxides, salts and pharmaceutical compositions containing them, are useful for treating vitiligo. In certain embodiments, the compounds are provided in topical compositions.
US09730922B2
There is disclosed a combination of inhibitors of Tissue Transglutaminase (TG2), inhibitors of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and CFTR channel activators (potentiators) for separate, sequential or simultaneous administration to CF patients carrying the ΔF508-CFTR mutation, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US09730921B2
Disclosed herein are methods of diagnosing and treating infectious disease characterized by a pathology that involves hemorrhaging or pathological vascular leakage.
US09730917B2
A relatively non-toxic desazadesferrithiocin analog having the formula: wherein: R1, R2, R4 and R5 may be the same or different and may be H, straight or branched chain alkyl having up to 14 carbon atoms, e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl, or arylalkyl wherein the aryl portion is hydrocarbyl and the alkyl portion is straight or branched chain, the arylalkyl group having up to 14 carbon atoms, R2 optionally being alkoxy having up to 14 carbon atoms; R3 is [(CH2)n—O]x—[(CH2)n—O]y-alkyl; n is, independently, an integer from 1 to 8; x is an integer from 1 to 8; y is an integer from 0 to 8, and R3O may occupy any position on the phenyl ring except the 4-position, or a salt, hydrate or solvate thereof; and methods and compositions for treating the effects of trivalent metal, i.e., iron, overload.
US09730915B2
Method for preventing or treating diseases associated with a reduced density of interferon receptors
The invention relates to medicine, in particular, to a method for preventing and/or treating a disease associated with a reduced density of interferon receptors, the method comprising administering an effective amount of glutaryl histamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said disease may be hepatitis B, herpes, papilloma virus infection, or multiple sclerosis. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and/or treatment of diseases associated with a reduced density of interferon receptors, wherein the composition comprises an effective amount of glutaryl histamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention solves a problem of providing a novel agent effective for overcoming a resistance to interferon therapy in diseases selected from the group including hepatitis B, herpes, papilloma virus infection, or multiple sclerosis.
US09730913B2
Inhibitors of beta lactamases and their use in treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09730910B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to the use of a melatonin agonist in the treatment of free running circadian rhythms in patients, including light perception impaired patients, e.g., blind patients, and to methods of measuring circadian rhythm.
US09730903B2
A gel useful in reducing bacterial colonization in or around the area of a wound can be provided from at least one PEG and an aqueous composition having a pH of from 2 to 4, a total solute concentration of from 1.8 to 4.0 Osm/L, and from 0.9 to 1.7 g/L of at least one cationic surfactant. The aqueous composition can include a buffer system that includes an organic acid and a salt of an organic acid. The resulting gel is effective even when free of materials having antimicrobial properties other than those provided by the aqueous composition such as sporicides, antifungals and antibiotics.
US09730902B2
Novel polyamine transport inhibitors have been synthesized and demonstrated to block the uptake of native polyamines into human cancer cells. A combination therapy of the transport inhibitor and DFMO (a drug which blocks polyamine biosynthesis) provided synergistic activity against a metastatic human colon cancer cell line. The strategy uses polyamine depletion and polyamine metabolism to generate reactive oxygen species within cells as a novel way to treat cancers. This approach may be implemented for widespread use in the treatment of diseases which rely upon polyamine transport activity for proliferation.
US09730901B2
The invention relates to the area of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry and medicine, in particular, to an agent for treatment of dependence on ethyl alcohol and/or drugs, treatment of psychosomatic and neurological complications in such patients; to pharmaceutical compositions containing this agent; and to treatment methods for psychosomatic and neurological complications with this agent.The aim of the invention is to develop a new pharmaceutical agent with minimal side effects.The proposed therapeutic substance, for treatment of addiction to ethanol and/or drugs, for treatment of psychosomatic and neurological complications in such patients, which is presented by polyprenols of formula (1) where n=8-20. Therapeutic composition for treatment of addiction to ethanol and/or drugs, for treatment of psychosomatic and neurological complications in patients is suggested, which includes an effective amount of polyprenols of formula (1) where n=8-20. and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, including carriers, and/or solvents. Pharmaceutical composition may be executed in the form of a solution, suspension, capsule, tablet, liposome form. Attached is the use of polyprenols of formula (1) where n=8-20 as an active ingredient of the pharmaceutical composition for treatment of addiction to ethanol and/or drugs, for treatment of psychosomatic and neurological complications in such patients. Attached is the method of treatment of addiction to ethanol and/or drugs, for treatment of psychosomatic and neurological complications in such patients, which differs in that it includes administration of polyprenols of formula (1).From the above-mentioned results of the study of the therapeutic substance based on compound of formula (1) conducted in the clinic, one is able to conclude the efficacy of the treatment for addiction to ethyl alcohol and/or drugs, on recovering of abstinence syndrome, and on the improvement of psychosomatic state in patients, as well as on significant improvement of neurological disorders and/or complete regression of polyneuropathy.It is important to note, that Ropren is well tolerated by patients and side effects, allergic reactions and impairments were not found in any patient in the experimental group for the whole period of treatment.
US09730899B2
The invention relates to a controlled release pharmaceutical composition, comprising a core, comprising a pharmaceutical active ingredient, whereby the core is coated by an ethanol resistance conferring coating layer which has the effect of conferring the release profile of the pharmaceutical active ingredient to be resistant against the influence of ethanol, whereby the ethanol resistance conferring coating layer comprises at least 70% by weight of a mixture of a polymeric portion a) and an excipients portion b), with the polymeric portion a) is consisting of a water insoluble essentially neutral vinyl polymer or vinyl copolymer and the excipients portion b) is consisting of the excipients b1) 100 to 250% by weight of a non-porous inert lubricant, b2) 1 to 35% by weight of a cellulosic compound, b3) 0.1 to 25% by weight of an emulsifier and additionally or alternatively to b3), b4) 0.1 to 30% by weight of a plasticizer whereby the excipients of the excipients portion b) are each calculated on the dry weight of the polymer portion a).
US09730894B2
A hot-melt extruded composition having finely divided drug-containing particles dispersed within a polymeric and/or lipophyllic carrier matrix is provided. The carrier softens or melts during hot-melt extrusion but it does not dissolve the drug-containing particles during extrusion. As a result, a majority or at least 90% wt. of the drug-containing particles in the extrudate are deaggregated during extrusion into essentially primary crystalline and/or amorphous particles. PEO is a suitable carrier material for drugs insoluble in the solid state in this carrier. Various functional excipients can be included in the carrier system to stabilize the particle size and physical state of the drug substance in either a crystalline and/or amorphous state. The carrier system is comprised of at least one thermal binder, and may also contain various functional excipients, such as: super-disintegrants, antioxidants, surfactants, wetting agents, stabilizing agents, retardants, or similar functional excipients. A hydrophilic polymer, such as hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC E15), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), or poloxamer, and/or a surfactant, such as sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS), can be included in the composition. A process for preparing the extrudate is conducted at a temperature approximating or above the softening or melting temperature of the matrix and below the point of solubilization of drug-containing particles in the carrier system, and below the recrystallization point in the case of amorphous fine drug particles.
US09730890B2
Bronchodilating compositions and methods are provided. The compositions are intended for administration as a nebulized aerosol. In certain embodiments, the compositions contain formoterol, or a derivative thereof. Methods for treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of bronchoconstrictive disorders using the compositions provided herein are also provided.
US09730884B2
Novel drug carriers capable of targeted and/or pH dependent release of biologically active agents into selected pH environments including the gastrointestinal (GI), ophthalmic, urinary, or reproductive tracts. Unexpectedly, carriers including free fatty acids (FFA) are able to deliver biologically active agents to various pH environments. Such targeted delivery is tailorable and useful for active agents that are: (a) injurious to the upper GI tract (esophagus, stomach, and duodenum), (b) acid labile, (c) impermeable/insoluble compounds in GI fluids, (d) susceptible to first pass metabolism, and/or (e) cause stomach irritation, upset, or dyspepsia.
US09730883B2
Provided is a novel lactic acid bacterium strain which is capable of suppressing production of volatile sulfur compounds by oral bacteria, has no cariogenicity and no causative role in infective endocarditis, and is safe in an oral cavity, and provided is an agent for preventing, improving and/or treating oral diseases and discomforts by use of the bacterial strain.An agent for preventing and/or treating an oral disease, containing, as an active ingredient, at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from Lactobacillus crispatus, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus gasseri, and Streptococcus mitis and having all of the following properties (1) to (6): (1) having no ability to produce a volatile sulfur compound (VSC); (2) having no ability to produce water-insoluble glucan; (3) having adhesiveness to a tooth surface and/or an oral cell; (4) having a growth inhibitory effect on a bad breath-causing bacterium and/or a periodontal pathogen; (5) having no causative role in infective endocarditis; and (6) having no cariogenicity.
US09730882B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition and method for making up and/or enhancing the appearance of a keratinous substrate, comprising at least one supramolecular polymer, at least one detackifying ingredient which is a hyperbranched functional polymer, at least one fatty phase ingredient(s) and at least one polyethylene wax. The compositions of the present invention may optionally contain at least one colorant.
US09730875B2
Fragrances that provide a scent of freshness tend to be volatile and are therefore not very economical when used in typical applications such as washing or cleaning processes, so they have to be used in relatively large quantities to be able to produce adequate effects. The disclosed photolabile pro-fragrances provide a much longer-lasting sense of fragrance, in particular with a scent of freshness, when used in typical applications, thus allowing said fragrances to be used economically.
US09730874B2
Provided are compounds and compositions thereof that are useful as antioxidants in personal care formulations. The compounds are of the Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O−M+, where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, and R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10, are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O−M+, where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, or a substituent of Formula II: wherein R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently H, —OH, C1-C6 alkoxy, —COOH, —COO−M+ or —O−M+, where M+ is a sodium, potassium, or ammonium ion, provided that one of R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 is a substituent of Formula II.
US09730872B2
A method for improving skin conditions containing applying a composition containing veratric acid or acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition has an excellent effect of reducing skin wrinkles through molecular mechanisms including the promotion of collagen synthesis and inhibition of collagenase activity. Also, the composition has an excellent effect of reducing wrinkles by absorbing UVB to prevent UV rays from penetrating the skin, promotion of collagen synthesis and inhibition of collagenase activity. In addition, the composition has effect of promotion of hair growth and the prevention of hair loss through growth promotion of hair dermal papilla cells, stimulation of IGF-1 secretion, and inhibition of TGF-beta1 secretion. Also, because the composition is derived from plants such as natural materials, it is harmless to the human body and can be safely applied to cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food compositions.
US09730868B2
A nail polish composition including a suspension base and a pigment, wherein at least 80% of the pigment is comprised of a noble metal, is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
US09730867B2
Microcapsule slurries can be formed from a phosphate ester and a multivalent ion. The microcapsules can encapsulate a core material misicible with the phosphate ester. The phosphate ester can be lipophilic and insoluble in aqueous solutions.
US09730865B2
The present invention relates to the uses of the protein PRG4 and therapeutic modulation thereof. In particular, the present invention relates compositions and methods utilizing PRG4 and therapeutic modulation thereof, including, use as a surgical lubricant, use in a treatment for prevention or reduction of post-surgical adhesions, use in a treatment for oral ulcerations, use as an athletic lubricating patch, use as a dermal filler, use in a treatment for dry mouth, use in a drug delivery method or composition, and use in nursing lubrication.
US09730863B2
The invention refers to a method for producing a dental restoration comprising a lithium silicate glass or glass ceramic as well as a dental restoration inself. The invention further refers to a ingot with the same composition having a defined strength.
US09730856B2
A massage device for performing a kneading massage including paired left and right massage members, each having a treatment element, and a massage mechanism for operating at least one of the paired massage members to cause the treatment elements to move close to and away from each other in the horizontal direction to produce kneading actions. The massage member has an arm member extending substantially perpendicularly to the approaching/separating direction, and the treatment element is disposed at the front end of the arm member so that an extended line L extending along the protruding direction of the arm member passes through the interior of the treatment element.
US09730855B2
A collapsible personal wheeled conveyance comprises a first and second collapsible side frame, each having ground-contacting wheels, and at least one adjustable crossbar configured to physically connect the two collapsible side frames, the adjustable crossbar(s) having a selectively adjustable length. The adjustable crossbar(s) may be lockable or non-lockable. One or more of the adjustable crossbars may comprise seat-supporting adjustable crossbars. A seat can be configured to move laterally along such a seat-supporting adjustable crossbar to permit selective adjustment of the lateral position of this seat with respect to the side frames. One or more locking mechanisms can serve to lock the seat at a particular position. By one approach the aforementioned seat-supporting adjustable crossbar can include spacing indicia to visually indicate when the seat is centrally located between the first and second collapsible side frames for a particular selected length of the seat-supporting adjustable crossbars.
US09730853B2
Method and apparatus for improving mobility in patients affected by a neurodegenerative disease, through controlled and localized mechanical stimulation of the foot, at the tip of the big toe and the lower big toe metatarsal joint. Described herein is an apparatus comprising stimulators for the right and left foot and it attains such mechanical stimulation according to predetermined intensity parameters, stimulation sequence, duration and cyclical repetition. Mobility improvement was observed in particular in patients affected by Parkinson's disease.
US09730852B2
A device (7) for the rehabilitation of the movements of the foot (1) includes a supporting base (8) and a mobile platform (9) with a supporting surface (10) for resting the sole of the foot (1), wherein the mobile platform (9) is secured to the supporting base (8) by a pure rotation movement mechanism (12) with three degrees of freedom of rotary movement independent the one from the other and placed in parallel which allow rotations of the mobile platform around three axes (13, 14, 15) which intersect one another in a single rotation center (P). The supporting surface (10) is turned towards the rotation center (P) and is distant from the rotation center (P) in such a way that the rotation center (P) is positioned in correspondence to the ankle (2) of the foot (1).
US09730851B2
A surgical table extension comprises a frame and a connector. The frame includes a surgical table connecting portion, a first connector, and a second connector. The connector enabler is movably coupled to the frame and is configured to selectively enable one of the first connector and the second connector to be removably coupled with a support device.
US09730838B2
A non-invasive tissue oxygenation system for accelerating the healing of damaged tissue and to promote tissue viability is disclosed herein. The system is comprised of a lightweight portable electrochemical oxygen concentrator, a power management system, microprocessors, memory, a pressure sensing system, an optional temperature monitoring system, oxygen flow rate/oxygen partial pressure monitoring and control system, a display screen and key pad navigation controls as a means of providing continuous variably controlled low dosages of oxygen to a wound site and monitoring the healing process. A kink resistant oxygen delivery tubing, whereby the proximal end is removably connected to the device and the distal end with holes or a flexible, flat, oxygen-permeable tape is positioned at or near the wound bed as a means of applying near 100% pure oxygen to the wound site. The distal end of the tube is in communication with the electrochemical oxygen concentrator and wound monitoring system to communicate oxygen partial pressure and, where appropriate, temperature information. A moisture absorbent dressing is positioned over the distal end of the tubing at the wound site and a reduced moisture vapor permeable dressing system is positioned whereby covering the moisture absorbent dressing, distal end of tubing and wound site creating a restricted or occluded airflow enclosure. The restricted airflow enclosure allows the out-of-the-way control and display unit to provide a controlled hyperoxia and hypoxia wound site for accelerated wound healing.
US09730836B2
A protective helmet having a cover plate over a front vision area and a cover plate knock out assembly for moving the cover plate a predetermined distance away from the helmet so that a finger of a user can get behind the cover plate to enable its removal from the front vision area of the helmet. The cover plate knock out assembly comprises a step-shaped actuator element and a light blocking cover. The upper portion of the step-shaped actuator pushes the cover plate away from the helmet when the lower portion of the step-shaped actuator is pressed. The cover plate made of clear plastic includes a spring tendency when slightly compressed when attached to the helmet thereby pushing the upper portion of the step-shaped actuator into a resting position in the helmet.
US09730824B2
A high torque active mechanism for an orthotic and/or prosthetic joint using a primary brake which can be provide by magnetorheological (MR) rotational damper incorporating and an additional friction brake mechanism driven by the braking force generated by the MR damper. This combination of MR damper and friction brake mechanism allows an increase in torque density while keeping the same level of motion control offered by the MR damper alone. The increased torque density achieved by this high torque active mechanism allows to minimize the size of the actuating system, i.e. its diameter and/or breath, while maximizing its braking torque capability. In this regard, the friction brake mechanism is advantageously positioned around the MR damper, such that the dimension of the package is minimized.
US09730821B2
A system for treating a bifurcation includes first and second delivery catheters, each having an expandable member. A stent having a side hole is disposed on the second delivery catheter. A portion of the first delivery catheter is disposed under a portion of the stent. The first delivery catheter is slidable relative to the second delivery catheter, and the first delivery catheter passes through the side hole. Expansion of the first expandable member expands a portion of the stent and expansion of the second expandable member expands the rest of the stent.
US09730818B2
An endoluminal device can be configured for precise positioning during deployment within a vessel. The endoluminal device can be a tack, stent, vascular implant or other type of implant. The endoluminal device can have circumferential member with an undulating configuration having multiple inward and outward apexes and struts extending therebetween. Two of the struts can be used to establish a foot for the precise positioning of the device during deployment. A method of placing the endoluminal device can include withdrawing an outer sheath such that a portion of the endoluminal device is expanded prior to the rest of the endoluminal device.
US09730814B2
A prosthetic knee provides security and stability, particularly to low activity users, household and limited community ambulators, single and/or slow speed ambulators, and those with little voluntary control, while also balancing walking (dynamic) performance for low activity users. The prosthetic knee includes a housing, parallel anterior links, a posterior link, and a chassis. The geometry of the links and their relationship to one another allow for low voluntary control, shortening of mid-swing, which reduces stumbling risk, and geometric stability in stance. The anterior links are particularly oriented, sized and located to provide for stability. The anterior links both extend above the posterior link and substantially below the posterior link. The prosthetic knee includes a locking mechanism arranged to arrest movement of the posterior link. The knee including a locking mechanism connected to the housing and arranged to block rotation of the posterior link. The locking mechanism is a spring loaded latch including a pair of elongate springs extending downwardly from the latch to the housing and being connected to the housing below the upper pivot point of the posterior link and to a pin engaging the forward end of the latch.
US09730809B2
Systems and methods for providing deeper knee flexion capabilities. In some instances, such systems and methods include a knee prosthesis that includes a femoral component for replacing at least a portion of a distal end of a femur. In some cases, the femoral component has a posterior condyle that is configured to articulate against a tibial articular surface. In such cases, an articular surface at a proximal portion of the posterior condyle is sized and shaped to extend at least half of an antero-posterior distance between a most posterior portion of the posterior condyle and a plane that is a continuation of a distal one fourth to one third of a posterior cortex of a femoral shaft of the femur. Other implementations are also discussed.
US09730808B2
Systems and methods for providing deeper knee flexion capabilities. In some instances, such systems and methods include a femoral component that is configured to replace a distal portion of a femur. In some cases, the femoral component comprises a first interior surface and a second interior surface that are each configured to contact a resected portion of the femur. Additionally, in some case, the first interior surface and the second interior surface are within about 20 degrees of being parallel with each other. Moreover, in some cases, the femoral component is configured such that when the femoral component is seated on the distal portion of the femur, the first interior surface runs at an angle between about 30 degrees and about 55 degrees with respect to a longitudinal axis of the femur. Other implementations are also discussed.
US09730799B2
A hinged knee prosthesis comprises a tibial component and a femoral component. The tibial component is configured to attach to a tibia. The tibial component has a bearing surface. The femoral component is configured to hingedly attach to the tibial component and rotate relative to the tibial component. The femoral component comprises a medial condyle and a lateral condyle. The medial and lateral condyles have an eccentric sagittal curvature surface configured to rotate and translate on the bearing surface of the tibial component. A method of rotating a hinged knee through a range of flexion is provided. The method fixedly attaches a femoral component to a tibial component. Axial rotation of the femoral component is induced relative to the tibial component when the hinged knee is flexed.
US09730796B2
Embodiments of the present technology include a graft for administration at a treatment site of a patient. The graft may include a human cadaveric bone material bonded together with a polymeric binder. The human cadaveric bone material may include demineralized bone particles. The demineralized bone particles may have an average diameter less than 1.1 mm, less than 750 μm, less than 500 μm, or less than 250 μm. The human cadaveric bone material may include non-demineralized bone, cancellous bone, and/or cortical bone in embodiments. In some embodiments, bone from animals other than humans may be used, and the patient may be an animal other than a human.
US09730793B2
Apparatus comprises: (A) a housing (248), percutaneously deliverable to a heart of a subject, slidable along a guidewire (242), and shaped to define at least one opening (249); (B) a guide member (250), percutaneously deliverable to the heart, percutaneously removable from the subject, couplable to the housing, and having: (i) a distal portion, comprising a chord-engaging element (252), configured to be percutaneously slidably coupled to and decouplable from at least one chordae tendineae (244), and (ii) a proximal portion, comprising a longitudinal element (251); and (C) a deployment tool, configured (i) to be reversibly coupled to a tissue anchor (50,280), (ii) to be slidably coupled to the longitudinal element of the guide member, and (iii) to anchor the tissue anchor to a papillary muscle (254) of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.
US09730790B2
A replacement valve has an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve and a valve body mounted to the expandable frame. The valve body can have a plurality of valve leaflets configured to open to allow flow in a first direction and engage one another so as to close and prevent flow in a second direction, the second direction being opposite the first direction.
US09730782B2
Apparatus and method for harvesting selected vessels in the body of a patient include manual manipulation of a rigid dissecting endoscope and the reconfiguration thereof to facilitate tissue dissection and tissue dilation in the formation of an anatomical space about the vessel within which side-branch vessels may be manipulated in preparation for severance and removal of the vessel from the anatomical space.
US09730770B2
Appliances and related methods use a resilient retention member that is retained in a recess within a body that is optionally made from a suitably translucent ceramic material. The retention member, optionally in combination with one or more side walls of the recess, provides two or more regions for accommodating a protrusion. The protrusion, in turn, is part of a sliding door which can be opened or closed depending on the equilibrium position of the protrusion with respect to the two or more regions. Based on the engagement between the protrusion and the retention member, these appliances can provide discrete opened and closed door positions to facilitate archwire ligation.
US09730769B2
The present disclosure includes method, system, apparatus, and indicator embodiments. One apparatus includes an appliance for placement over one or more teeth and a release agent receptacle including an outer portion provided on appliance surface, an inner portion provided within the outer portion, and one or more apertures formed in the outer portion.
US09730765B2
Various medical or dental handpieces having at least one coil for inductive coupling with a second coil and methods for using these handpieces for the transmission of at least one of power, operational data and identification data are described. Also various tool-holding/releasing devices for medical or dental handpieces are described, having at least one shaped element penetrating through a bore in a hollow shaft for accommodating a tool and protruding through the bore into the hollow shaft, a movably arranged locking sleeve cooperating with the shaped element and an operating element for moving the locking sleeve. Some of these tool-holding/releasing devices allow the insertion of the tool into the hollow shaft with different insertion depths.
US09730762B2
A system for automatically identifying a needle insertion location from a medical diagnostic image, such as an MRI image, and providing a visual indication of the needle insertion location is disclosed. A grid plate is located proximate to an anatomical region and is preferably incorporated in an MRI support structure utilized to immobilize the anatomical region. An MRI scanner obtains an MRI image of the anatomical region, and an MRI technician places a marker on the MRI image, identifying the needle insertion location. The MRI image and the marker are transferred from the MRI scanner to another device, such as a tablet computer, which is configured to convert the MRI image and the marker to coordinates and an insertion depth. A visual indicator is located proximate to or integrated with the grid plate that provides the needle insertion coordinates and insertion depth to the MRI technician.
US09730752B2
In order to provide a surgical clip device with which the closure of vessels is successfully achieved even more safely, particularly in neurosurgery, it is proposed that the surgical clip device be provided with at least two electrically conductive clip parts that are electrically isolated from each other (by an element) and are arranged at a predetermined distance opposite each other.
US09730751B2
Herein disclosed are dual-mode electrosurgical devices designed to function in a first mode in which high-density RF energy is used to cut or vaporize tissue, and then a second mode in which lower-density RF energy desiccates tissue to produce hemostasis, as well as methods of performing electrosurgery using same. Devices formed in accordance with the principles of this invention may be used for any surgical procedure in which highly vascular tissue is cut electrosurgically in a dry or semi-dry field, examples of which include tonsillectomy, liver resection, and cosmetic procedures such as breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast mastopexy, and abdominoplasty.
US09730749B2
An electrical conductor, such as a wire or catheter, which is coated circumferentially with a ferromagnetic material in a selected region, is fed from a high frequency alternating current source. The ferromagnetic material has a quick response in heating and cooling to the controllable power delivery. The ferromagnetic material can be used for separating tissue, coagulation, tissue destruction or achieving other desired tissue effects in numerous surgical procedures.
US09730748B2
Devices and methods for shaping an ablation treatment volume formed in fluid enhanced ablation therapy are provided. The devices and methods disclosed herein utilize the interaction of fluids to create ablation treatment volumes having a variety of shapes. In one embodiment, a method for forming an ablation treatment volume having a desired shape includes delivering therapeutic energy to tissue to form an ablation treatment volume and simultaneously delivering a first fluid and a second fluid to the tissue. The first and second fluids can convect the therapeutic energy in a desired direction such that the ablation treatment volume has a desired shape.
US09730740B2
Systems for bone fracture repair are disclosed. One system includes a biocompatible putty that may be packed about a bone fracture to provide full loadbearing capabilities within days. The disclosed putties create an osteoconductive scaffold for bone regeneration and degrade over time to harmless resorbable byproducts. Fixation devices for contacting an endosteal wall of an intramedullary (IM) canal of a fractured bone are also disclosed. One such fixation device includes a woven elongated structure fabricated from resorbable polymer filaments. The woven elongated structure has resilient properties that allow the woven structure to be radially compressed and delivered to the IM canal using an insertion tube. When the insertion tube is removed, the woven structure expands towards its relaxed cross-sectional width to engage the endosteal wall. The woven elongated structure is impregnated with a resorbable polymer resin that cures in situ, or in the IM canal.
US09730732B2
A pedicle screw distraction device that includes first and second pedicle screws each including a screw body portion and a ball head. The device also includes first and second screw head portions each including an internal threaded bore where the first screw is inserted in the first screw head portion and the second screw is inserted in the second screw head portion. The device also includes a connector link coupled to the first and second screw head portions where the connector link includes an outer perimeter portion having a slot therein. A spring member is positioned within the connector link between and in contact with the first and second screw head portions. A locking member including a plate and a separating portion is positioned between the screw head portions and an inside wall of the connector link where the separating portion is positioned between the screw head portions.
US09730731B2
An external distraction apparatus for performing a craniofacial distraction is disclosed. The external distraction apparatus may comprise a stationary member. The stationary member may be configured to be affixed to a head of a patient. The external distraction apparatus may also comprise laterally disposed distractors. The laterally disposed distractors may extend inferiorly from the stationary member and be moveable relative to the stationary member. The external distraction apparatus may comprise a motor and controller. The motor may be powered with the controller to perform a craniofacial distraction in an automated fashion.
US09730727B2
A puncture treatment tool includes a needle tube whose distal end is insertable into tissue, a cylindrical main body through which the needle tube is inserted, a needle stopper through which the main body is inserted and which is provided such that a position where the needle stopper is fixed to the main body can be changed in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the main body, and a slider which is fixed to a proximal end part of the needle tube, the slider being disposed to be operated movable relative to the main body. The slider is configured to be capable of selecting from a first state in which the slider is movable in the axial direction relatively to the main body without rotating in the circumferential direction of the main body, or a second state in which the slider is rotatable in the circumferential direction.
US09730724B2
Systems and devices are described which include a tissue cutting device including a central rotatable shaft having a first end and a second end; a motor operably coupled to the first end of the central rotatable shaft, the motor including circuitry configured to rotate the central rotatable shaft; a moveable component configured to move along at least a portion of the length of the central rotatable shaft; and an elongated flexible cutting component having a first end and a second end, the first end of the elongated flexible cutting component secured to the moveable component and the second end of the elongated flexible cutting component secured to the central rotatable shaft in proximity to the second end of the central rotatable shaft; wherein movement of the moveable component along the at least a portion of the length of the central rotatable shaft changes a shape formed by the elongated flexible cutting component.
US09730723B2
A fluid injection device includes a fluid supply unit that accommodates and supplies fluid, a fluid injection unit that injects fluid supplied from the fluid supply unit, and a driving waveform generating device which is equipped with at least one adjusting device, a one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit that simultaneously changes plural control parameters for determining a fluid injection condition of the fluid injection unit on the basis of a signal from the at least one adjusting device, and a driving waveform generator that generates and outputs a driving waveform of the fluid injection unit on the basis of the control parameters set by the one-input multiple-control parameter changing unit.
US09730717B2
A medical manipulator system has an operating unit including a grip handle and a composite input unit, a working unit detachably mounted on the operating unit and including an end effector, and a controller for controlling the operating unit. The controller judges starting and ending of a surgical case and increments the usage count of the working unit based on a manner in which the working unit is mounted and dismounted, and the times at which the working unit is mounted and dismounted, and disables the working unit if the usage count of the working unit exceeds a preset count.
US09730714B2
A system comprised of custom radiographically designed tibial and talar cutting guides, a tibial reaming guide and bit, and instrumentalities for use in total ankle replacement surgery and a computer-based system and method for making the custom radiographically designed tibial and talar cutting guides.
US09730709B2
An ultrasonic probe treating a shoulder joint includes a probe main body section extended along a longitudinal axis, and a curved extending section extended in a state of curving relative to the probe main body section toward a first intersecting direction side when a certain direction intersecting the longitudinal axis is defined as the first intersecting direction. The curved extending section includes a first curved outer surface facing the first intersecting direction side, and a second curved outer surface facing a second intersecting direction side when an opposite direction of the first intersecting direction is defined as the second intersecting direction. An acute angle of a tangent line at a distal end of the second curved outer surface relative to the longitudinal axis direction is 20° or more and 25° or less.
US09730698B2
The invention relates to a perivascular ring having an inner diameter adjustable by inflation/deflation and adapted to be implanted and closed about a vessel for controlling the inner diameter of said vessel and thus the flow and/or pressure of a fluid flowing in said vessel. The ring of the invention is capable of regulating blood flow to the liver, in particular after an hepatectomy or hepatic transplant, and to substantially improve the survival chances of the patient. The ring according the invention has an adjustable inner diameter (Oi) for implantation and locking about a vessel.
US09730692B2
In various embodiments, an end effector for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The end effector comprises a staple cartridge comprising a plurality of staple cavities arranged in staple cavity rows, a plurality of staples ejectably stored in the staple cavities, and a slot comprising a longitudinal curvature. The end effector further comprises a staple-ejecting sled configured to translate along the slot during a firing stroke, wherein the staple-ejecting sled comprises a ramp and an irreversibly curved guide, wherein the irreversibly curved guide is connected to the ramp within the staple cartridge and wherein the irreversibly curved guide comprises a longitudinal curvature that matches the longitudinal curvature of the slot.
US09730682B2
A medical insertion device includes an elongated shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having flexibility sufficient for insertion through a working channel of an endoscope along a tortuous path. The elongated shaft includes a coil extending from the proximal end to the distal end and having a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a braided portion extending around a portion of the coil, the braided portion including a plurality of lines wound together such that first and second ones of the lines intersect to enclose a predetermined angle therebetween, the angle being between 25 and 55 degrees.
US09730655B2
Special displays of medical images are generated that help a radiologist better detect nodules by exploiting the inherent human visualization abilities of detection of symmetry, asymmetry, motion and relative motion. A Region of Interest (ROI) on an x-ray (mammogram, CT-scan, MRI, or other medical image) is selected and the data within the ROI is copied such that a new display now has two or more copies of the information within the ROI. This copy may contain the same relative positions as the original image, or may be a mirror image of the original data. The ROI is moved over the medical image in search of nodules. This movement can be random, under the direct control of the radiologist, systematically moved by a computer algorithm, or some combination of the above.
US09730653B2
An X-ray CT apparatus including an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector, a support part, and a base that rotatably supports the support part. The support part includes an exterior part made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are supported by the exterior part while being opposed to each other. The base rotatably supports the support part such that the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector turn about a turning axis.
US09730652B2
A method and device, e.g. a C-arm device, for radiographic and nuclear imaging of an object by means of x-ray and gamma emission imaging. The device comprises a support installation with opposed first and second support members, wherein an x-ray source is mounted on the first support member and an x-ray detector on the second support member. The first support member is additionally provided with at least two gamma cameras that are each located adjacent the x-ray source. Each of said at least two gamma cameras comprising a collimator with one or more collimator openings and a gamma radiation detector. Each of the at least two gamma cameras has an associated field of view. The fields of view of the gamma cameras overlap partly, said overlap defining a focus volume that is seen by the at least two gamma cameras. The focus volume is located between the x-ray source and the x-ray detector so that the x-ray beam passes through the focus volume and the focus volume F is seen by the x-ray detector. The x-ray source, x-ray detector, and gamma cameras are maintained in a stationary acquisition position during x-ray and gamma image data acquisition of x-ray and gamma radiation images respectively, which images are fused into a fused image.
US09730645B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for identifying potential condition onset based upon a combination of Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Respiratory Rate Variability (RRV) and/or confounding factors. The present method and system may involve data collection, a temporal abstraction (TA)-based approach, and data analysis to identify potential condition onset in patients. The present method and system may generate and amend a classification scheme to be operable to determine that a patient is facing potential condition onset. The present method and system may further be operable to provide clinical decision making support. Embodiments of the present method and system may be operable to identify trends, such as temporal patterns, and to undertake a variety of analyses of collected and/or TA data to provide indicators, and determinations of potential condition onset in patients. As an example, the present method and system may be applied to identify potential condition onset of sepsis in infant patients.
US09730644B1
Processing a photoplethysmographic (“PPG”) signal in a monitoring device that monitors a property of blood flow. A switching component is operated to select between at least a first light source when the mode selection signal specifies the first mode of operation and a second light source when a mode selection signal specifies the second mode of operation. A selected one of the first light source and the second light source, as selected by the switching component, is then operated. A first digital signal representing a detected light signal from the selected light source is obtained, and a second digital signal is generated from the first digital signal based at least in part on the selected mode of operation. The second digital signal is provided to a processor for use by the processor in measuring a property of blood flow.
US09730642B2
Systems and methods for identifying and analyzing neuropsychological flow patterns, include creating a knowledge base of neuropsychological flow patterns. The knowledge base is formed by obtaining signals from multiple research groups for particular behavioral processes, localizing sources of activity participating in the particular behavioral processes, identifying sets of patterns of brain activity for the behavioral processes and neuropsychologically analyzing the localized sources and the identified patterns for each of the research groups. The neuropsychological analysis includes identifying all possible pathways for the identified sets of patterns, ranking the possible pathways based on likelihood for the particular behavioral process and reducing the number of ranked possible pathways based on additional constraints. A system for comparison of obtained signals from an individual to the created knowledge base is provided. These obtained signals are then used to further update the existing knowledge base.
US09730641B2
A monitor recorder-implemented method for electrocardiography value encoding and compression is provided. A plurality of codes are maintained, each associated with an electrocardiography value range. A series of electrocardiography values is obtained. A serial accumulator is set to a predetermined value; each of the obtained electrocardiography values from the series of the obtained electrocardiography values is processed, including: performing a mathematical operation on that obtained electrocardiography value and the serial accumulator; identifying the code within the range associated with which a result of the mathematical operation falls; representing that obtained electrography value with the identified code; and adjusting the serial accumulator by a value derived from the range associated with the identified code. Each of the represented codes are into a sequence in a non-volatile memory.
US09730640B2
A processor provides signal quality based limits to a signal strength operating region of a pulse oximeter. These limits are superimposed on the typical gain dependent signal strength limits. If a sensor signal appears physiologically generated, the pulse oximeter is allowed to operate with minimal signal strength, maximizing low perfusion performance. If a sensor signal is potentially due to a signal induced by a dislodged sensor, signal strength requirements are raised. Thus, signal quality limitations enhance probe off detection without significantly impacting low perfusion performance. One signal quality measure used is pulse rate density, which defines the percentage of time physiologically acceptable pulses are occurring. If the detected signal contains a significant percentage of unacceptable pulses, the minimum required signal strength is raised proportionately. Another signal quality measure used in conjunction with pulse rate density is energy ratio, computed as the percentage of total energy contained in the pulse rate fundamental and associated harmonics.
US09730639B2
Elongated conductors are provided. Aspects of the elongated conductors include: an elongated structure having a proximal region and a distal region, where the elongated conductor includes two or more insulated conducting members that are in fixed relative position along at least a portion of the elongated structure and extend from the proximal region to the distal region. A pattern of insulation openings among the insulated conducting members is present at one or both of the proximal and distal regions. Aspects of the invention further include methods of making the elongated conductors, as well as devices that include the elongated conductors.
US09730635B2
A wearable device includes a detector configured to detect a response signal transmitted from a portion of subsurface vasculature, the response signal being related to binding of a clinically-relevant analyte to functionalized particles present in a lumen of the subsurface vasculature. Program instructions stored in a computer readable medium of the device, and executable by a processor, may cause the device to determine a concentration of the clinically-relevant analyte based on the response signal detected by the detector; determine whether a medical condition is indicated based on at least the concentration of the clinically-relevant analyte; and, in response to a determination that the medical condition is indicated, transmit data representative of the medical condition via the communication interface. The device may also include a signal source configured to transmit an interrogating signal into the portion of subsurface vasculature, thereby generating a response signal in response to the interrogating signal.
US09730634B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for mapping the location of a nerve. The apparatus includes at least one stimulation module, a stimulation detection module, a distance module, and a mapping module. The stimulation module stimulates a nerve with an electrical stimulation current from at least one stimulation electrode. A stimulation detection module detects a muscle reaction resulting from stimulation of the nerve by the at least one stimulation electrode. The distance module uses information from the at least one stimulation electrode and from the stimulation detection module to calculate a distance between the at least one stimulation electrode and the nerve. The mapping module maps a location on the nerve using at least two distances calculated by the distance module and position information of the at least one stimulation electrode for each of the at least two distances calculated.
US09730629B2
The present invention includes a device and method for measuring skin elasticity that comprises: a probe with one or more holes, a vacuum source, a pressure sensor, and one or more infrared or optical proximity sensors aligned about the one or more holes, wherein the probe further comprises a raised area surrounding the one or more holes; and a processor for recording the deformation of the skin using a control unit comprising a microcontroller connected to the one or more infrared or optical proximity sensors and the one or more pressure sensors, to measure an amount of skin drawn into and out of the one or more holes to determine the distance between the one or more proximity sensors and the skin both inside and outside the probe.
US09730622B2
A wearable pulse oximetry device and associated methods are provided. In some embodiments, the device includes at least two light sources having different wavelengths and at least one detector responsive to the different wavelengths. The device also includes a structure adapted to fixate at a distal end of the wearer's ulna bone at a fixated area. The light sources having different wavelengths and the at least one detector are fixed within, or adjacent to, the structure such that when the structure fixates at the fixated area the light sources and the at least one detector are positioned adjacent to the distal end of the ulna, and the at least one detector is positioned to detect light emitted from the at least two light sources.
US09730616B2
A method of imaging a body part includes locating a first, second and third anatomical reference area. The third anatomical reference area is disposed generally between the first and second anatomical reference areas. Furthermore, the method includes positioning a first member of a reference tool relative to the first anatomical reference area, positioning a second member of the reference tool relative to the second anatomical reference area, and a pivotal coupling member relative to the third anatomical reference area. The pivotal coupling member pivotally couples the first and second members of the reference tool. In addition, the method includes imaging a target area of the body part to produce an image. The image includes the target area of the body part and the first and second members. The first member indicates a first axis of the body part, and the second member indicates a second axis of the body part.
US09730614B2
The present invention relates to a new system for measuring, recording and monitoring the splanchnic tissue perfusion and the pulmonary physiological dead space in an automated way, both continuously and intermittently, and in real time, which is easy to manage and generates information easy to interpret. Said system comprises at least four measuring devices of medical parameters, connected to a device receiving, converting, storing, integrating, processing, and allowing the management and display of the data recorded in the measurements and the parameters estimated by the same. For this purpose, said device comprises a specific computer program of estimation of parameters related to the measurement of the splanchnic tissue perfusion and the pulmonary physiological dead space, from the data derived from the measuring devices. Likewise, the present invention is related to the use of a device for measuring, recording and monitoring of the splanchnic tissue perfusion and the pulmonary physiological dead space.
US09730611B2
A catheter system comprises an elongate flexible catheter and a support structure mounted on the catheter. The support structure comprises a first alignment feature and a second alignment feature. The system further comprises a first sensor component mated with the first alignment feature and a second sensor component mated with the second alignment feature. The first sensor component is fixed relative to the second sensor component in at least one degree of freedom at the support structure by the first alignment feature.
US09730610B1
In one aspect, the present invention is a method for detecting spinal abnormalities using magnet resonance imaging. The method comprises positioning a patient in an upright posture in an imaging volume of a magnet resonance imaging magnet with the spine of the patient adjacent to an antenna and capturing magnetic resonance imaging signals from a first portion of the patient's spine using the antenna with the patient positioned in a first position. The method may further comprise adjusting the patient position along a substantially vertical direction to a second position and capturing magnetic resonance imaging signals from a second portion of the patient's spine using the antenna with the patient positioned in the second position.
US09730607B2
An EIT device has a plurality of electrodes (4) that can be arranged on a body in order to reconstruct the impedance distribution of the body with a reconstruction algorithm. The control unit (10) of the EIT device is set up by suitable programming to continuously determine at least one property (e1, . . . , eM) each from the measured signals (U1, . . . , UM) of all measuring channels and to correct measured signals of the measuring channels on the basis of the properties or to adapt the reconstruction algorithm on the basis of the properties.
US09730597B2
A method and apparatus using brainwaves to control real objects is provided. The method and apparatus comprise using sensors to detect the brain's electrical signals and transmit at least two brainwaves to an apparatus that converts the brainwaves into a format usable by a signal processor. The signal processor determines a coherence between portions of the brainwaves, typically in the frequency domain, and compares the coherence values, which change rapidly from moment to moment, to thresholds. Based on the comparison of the coherence value to the thresholds, which are adjusted over time based on feedback relating to success, a control signal is developed that can be sent to a real object to control 3 dimensional motion of the control object.
US09730579B2
The present method describes a new method for the measurement of dark adaptation. The dark adaptation status of subjects may then be used to identify those subjects who are at risk of developing and/or who are currently suffering from a variety of disease states having their clinical manifestations in impaired dark adaptation. The disease states include, but are not limited to, age related macular degeneration, vitamin A deficiency, Sorsby's Fundus Dystrophy, late autosomal dominant retinal degeneration, retinal impairment related to diabetes and diabetic retinopathy. An apparatus for administering the test method described is also provided.
US09730574B2
An endoscope is provided with an endoscope shaft and a main body connected to the endoscope shaft. The endoscope includes a camera connection to which an optical recording device can be mechanically fixed. The main body is electrically conductive. The camera connection includes an electric insulating body that electrically insulates an optical recording device, mechanically fixed to the camera connection, from the main body.
US09730568B2
A mopping assembly includes a mop bucket having a basket and an interior track formed on an inner surface thereof and a mop having a mop head configured to engage the basket. The basket engages the track on an interior surface of the bucket, so that the basket transitions within an interior portion of the bucket in a vertical direction along the longitudinal axis of the bucket, and the track includes a stop having a notch portion, and wherein the basket is configured to access the notch portion via one or more access paths.
US09730563B1
A concealed toilet in a vehicle includes a flexible container, a foundation member, a primary toilet seat member, lock hook assemblies, and a toilet seat cover. The flexible container with a waste containment bag is positioned in a cavity in a vehicle seat. The foundation member, attached to the flexible container, secures the flexible container to a seat brace of the vehicle seat. The foundation member includes bag holders and an elevated bag diverter for holding and diverting an upper portion of the waste containment bag respectively. The primary toilet seat member includes a tapered guide stud engageable with the elevated bag diverter. The lock hook assemblies lock with lock posts of the primary toilet seat member for securing the primary toilet seat member to the foundation member. The toilet seat cover with a concealment layer is positioned on the primary toilet seat member for concealing the waste containment bag.
US09730562B2
Exemplary embodiments of a wet wipe packaging body are designed to improve use quality as to press resistance application member against front surface of wet wipe stacked body at all times when bulk of wet wipe stacked body in bag body is reduced. Exemplary embodiments of the wet wipe packaging body include an outlet port frame body for wet wipes that pulled out from an opening portion provided in a bag body. A resistance application member, which is biased in direction in which resistance is applied to the wet wipe continuous body, is provided on an outlet port side of the outlet port frame body, and lower surface side of outlet port frame body is attached on an outer surface side of bag body so as to surround an opening portion of the bag body.
US09730556B2
This invention relates to the field of bathroom devices, and particularly to a track corner connecting device for a shower door used in a shower room, a shower door frame and a shower door. The track corner connecting device for a shower door comprises: an inserting member, a receiving member and a protective cover. The shower door frame comprises a track and aside frame. Two tracks forming an included angle therebetween are connected by the above connecting device. The shower door comprises a shower door frame and a glass plate mounted therein.
US09730555B1
A cake carrier having a base and a cover, the cover having a substantially rigid top portion and a substantially rigid bottom portion joined by a flexible middle portion having at least one living hinge to collapse the cake carrier from an open configuration to a collapsed configuration, and the base comprising a frame that holds a reversible insert that has a first surface including a plurality of wells and a second surface that is substantially flat. The cake carrier has a handle formed of straps attached to the frame that may be joined above the cover for carrying the cake carrier.
US09730549B2
Disclosed is a coffee brewing device, comprising a coffee box, brewing mechanism, water feeding and discharging mechanism and main body bracket. The coffee box is inside the lower end of the main body bracket; the brewing mechanism at the upper end. The coffee box mechanism is connected to the brewing mechanism, with water feeding and discharging mechanism on one side of the main body bracket, connected to a water way of the coffee box mechanism. The main body bracket has a coffee inlet, a drive component for driving and connecting the brewing mechanism, a first assembling hole for installing one end of the coffee box mechanism, and a second moving guide groove for movably installing the other end of the coffee box mechanism. The coffee brewing device has accurate drive control, simple water feed, quiet, quick, stable, no dismantling or washing, long service life, reliable, and few mechanical parts.
US09730545B2
A baby formula preparation device including a reservoir assembly, a mixing chamber, a dispensing area, a heating chamber and a control unit operably connected to the reservoir assembly, mixing chamber, dispensing area and heating chamber is provided. The reservoir assembly includes a dry powder reservoir, a water reservoir, a heating element, a dry powder metering device and a water metering device. The mixing chamber is operatively in communication with the dry powder reservoir and water reservoir for mixing a predetermined quantity of dry powder and a predetermined quantity of heated water together to form formula mixture. The mixing chamber further includes a nozzle for dispensing the formula mixture into a baby bottle. The baby formula preparation device further includes a heating chamber for heating a food container.
US09730540B2
A liquid container includes a brim forming a mouth opening into a product receiving chamber formed in a cup. A lid is coupled to the rim to close the mouth of the cup.
US09730539B2
A double-barreled beverage container is described. The container includes two mugs, glasses, or similar-shaped drinking containers joined together alongside one-another, with at least one hole at or near the bottom of the glasses passing between the two drinking containers at the junction. In this way, as a person drinking from one of glass of the beverage container tips the container upward, a beverage flows from the uppermost glass through the hole into the lower glass from which the person drinks. The double-barreled beverage container employs a whimsical but functional device for party or other use reminiscent of a “two-fisted drinking” activity, wherein a person holds a glass or mug in each hand and alternates drinking from each container. The double-barreled beverage container enables one who wishes to drink from two glasses at once to drink from a single device.
US09730538B2
A condiment dispenser dispenses a portion of a condiment held within a reservoir. The condiment dispenser includes a housing that defines the reservoir and a piston assembly that is translatable within the housing between a first position and a second position. A chamber insert is connected to a dispensing end of the housing and the chamber insert includes an insert bottom wall and at least one orifice extending through the insert bottom wall. A sealing ring is engageable with the seat of the piston assembly and a bottom wall includes at least one nozzle and is disposed below the chamber insert to define a void between the bottom wall and the insert bottom wall.
US09730531B2
A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes using a trackless pusher mechanism that travels along a surface on which product is placed and one or more dividers for separating product into rows. The one or more dividers may be engaged to a front rail in two different conditions, locked and unlocked. In a locked condition, the relationship between the divider and the front rail resists alteration in any direction with respect to each other. In the unlocked condition, the dividers may be freely slid laterally along the front rail, while remaining perpendicular to the front rail. The one or more dividers may lock to the front rail through the use of corresponding teeth, resilient surfaces, a locking tab, a locking bar and/or a cam.
US09730527B2
An apparatus and method for making same utilizing a breathable mesh material having a reduced suffocation resistance level for infant and toddler use. The breathable mesh material includes an inner and outer fabric that includes larger openings on the front substructure than on the back substructure and a pile substructure is integrated and extends between the front and back substructures allowing air to substantially move effectively therethrough.
US09730524B2
In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.
US09730521B2
A bench top for a bench seat includes mounting elements for coupling to sides of bench seat members and a seat unit. The seat unit includes: a seating top; front and back members extending generally away from the seating top; ribs extending inwardly from the front and back members that, together with a front lip and a back lip, provide front and back pockets for receiving respective mounting elements therein; and joining elements at opposing sides of the seat unit for cooperating with joining elements of adjacent units. The seat unit is resilient to move the front and back lips away from each other for installation over the mounting elements and to return to a less flexed state as the front and back lips move toward each other when the mounting elements are received in the front and back pockets.
US09730517B2
A storage assembly includes a storage cabinet having an interior space and a slide-out storage assembly operable between open and closed positions relative to the storage cabinet. The slide-out storage assembly includes a base assembly having one or more integrally formed mounting brackets formed thereon. One or more caster assemblies are mounted to the one or more integrally formed mounting brackets of the base assembly of the slide-out storage assembly. The one or more caster assemblies are vertically adjustable along the one or more integrally formed mounting brackets of the base assembly. The slide-out storage assembly further includes a faceplate coupled to the base assembly and adjustably associated with the storage cabinet.
US09730515B2
A pullout guide for domestic appliances or furniture has a first rail, a second rail and a third rail mounted to be movable in relation to one another. The third rail is fixed on a body and the first rail is connected to a thrust element. A locking mechanism is provided to lock the first rail against movement in relation to the second rail in a predetermined locking position. The locking mechanism has a locking element that is pre-tensioned in a springy manner in the predetermined locking position.
US09730514B2
A table may be sized and configured to nest with an adjacent table to reduce a height of a plurality of stacked tables in a nested configuration. The tabletop may include an upper surface, a sidewall and a receiving portion at least partially disposed in the upper surface and the sidewall. The receiving portion may be sized and configured to receive an engaging portion of an adjacent table when the tables are disposed in a nested configuration. The tabletop may also include a plurality of strengthen members disposed in the lower portion of the tabletop that are sized and configured to support the receiving portion. For example, the strengthening members may include an inner surface sized and configured to support an inner surface of the receiving portion.
US09730509B2
A strap uniting device for a wearable device is provided. The strap uniting device includes a base, at least one guide protruded from the base, and at least one catching part protruded from the base, and constructed different from the at least one guide, and arranged parallel with the at least one guide.
US09730507B2
A retractable shoulder strap for portable objects, such as bags, purses, briefcases or carry-on luggage, comprises a shoulder pad, an elongated strip of pliant material, a plurality of holes positioned at substantially uniform intervals along the length of the elongated strip, and retractors located inside the shoulder pad. Extendible guide wires passing through the plurality of holes connect the ends of the elongated strip to the retractors, which are spring-biased to automatically retract the guide wires and stow the elongated strip inside internal storage spaces in the shoulder pad, thereby eliminating slack in the strap when no tension is applied to the ends of the elongated strip. When tension is applied to the ends of the elongated strip, the portions of the elongated strip stowed in the internal storage spaces of the shoulder pad are automatically extracted, thereby increasing the length of the strap to facilitate normal over-the-shoulder use.
US09730506B2
A mirror for a mobile device, the mirror configured as a flexible multilayered laminate electrostatically and removably adhered to a viewing screen or other smooth surface of the mobile device. The laminate has at least one reflective layer adhered to an optically transparent bottom layer made of a plastic-silicone material and the laminate includes a middle switchable film layer that when current is applied becomes optically opaque, allowing a split screen use of the viewing screen. For instance, when current is applied to the laminate, half of the viewing screen is a mirror and the other half allows use of software and other features of the mobile device.
US09730504B2
A cosmetic applicator with a rod-shaped core and injection-molded fingers, wherein the core has a circumference surface and a non-round cross-section; the circumference surface is composed of large and small side surfaces arranged in alternating fashion; and preferably, all of the large side surfaces are the same size as one another and all of the small side surfaces are the same size as one another.
US09730502B2
An applicator device that includes a tube member having an elongated body with outer surface, a first end and an opposed second end and an applicator member attached to a portion of the outer surface of the elongated body of the tube member and extending around the circumference of the tube member, the applicator member including a plurality of flexible frustoconical tendrils projecting outward from the outer surface of the elongated member.
US09730501B2
A fluid application device and a device for storing and dispensing a fluid, as a massage device, includes: a holder including a cavity that has a visible depth for the cavity; at least one magnet contained within a recess that is present in the holder; and an application head including at least one portion made of a magnetizable material that is formed so as to be attracted by the magnet(s). The application head has an application surface higher than half the total outer surface of the application head, the device being arranged such that the application head is rotatably movable within the cavity.
US09730497B2
A jewelry item has a ring part pivotally attached to a closure at one end, the closure comprising a ring continuation arm pivotally attached to the ring part, and a bias arm which in turn has a spring part and a lever pivotally attached to each other, the bias arm being rigidly attached to the ring part, so that as the ring part is opened, the lever rotates inwardly, pulling the pivoted end of the spring part, the spring part having a natural shape of smaller circumference than the ring itself so that once a certain extent is reached, the spring part pulls the lever to allow the spring part to attain its smaller diameter and thus establishes a stable open position. On closure of the ring part, the lever pushes the spring part outwardly towards the ring continuation arm to establish a second stable position to close the earring.
US09730494B1
Provided is a self-fitting and automatically adjustable footwear wherein the shoe upper and/or shoe tongue have or are attached to a shape memory material (‘SMM”). Upon stimulation, the SMM deforms and brings the footwear to self-assemble about a foot, which further brings two clasp members close to each other and facilitates the clasp thereof to form a self-assembled and closed footwear. The clasp members may be integrated with straps or shoelaces, and optionally SMM. The footwear may include a motor, a control unit, and sensors which enable a motor-actuated fine tensioning of the footwear. A push button to enable manual opening of the footwear may be affixed on the footwear or removably attached to multiple surfaces/locations. The entire assembly generates data transmittable to health care providers and other data trackers. The footwear may include a battery, which may be charged by placing the footwear on a charge dock station.
US09730492B2
A lacing system having multiple anchor types, i.e., interior anchors, end anchors, and dynamically adjustable anchors, that, in combination with parallel lacing technology, provide instant and reliable fastening for shoes, boots, and other articles of manufacture. The lace is threaded and anchored so that, a single arcuate pull on the movable fastener(s) causes the multiple lace segments to move through the eyelets of the shoe, and align in unison, so that the entire shoe opening contracts (or opens wide) simultaneously. The fastener(s) can be hook and loop, ratchet buckles, adjustable buckles, or cord locks. The laces are replaceable. The adjustable opening is customizable for different width feet providing “gross” adjustment. The fastener provides “fine” adjustment. Methods and diagrams are disclosed for threading, anchoring, and customizing the lacing, as well as for indicating that the lacing is correct.
US09730486B2
An impact absorbing footwear device employs opposed planar sole portions engaged by a selective resistance coupling that biases the opposed planar sole portions in a non-linear manner in response to forces exerted by the wearer against the sole portion in frictional contact with a floor surface. The planar sole portions are disposed in a footwear appliance that takes the form of an athletic shoe sole. The selective resistance coupling includes a plurality of resilient deformation members that engage the planar sole portions in an opposed circumferentially aligned manner, selectively deform in response to pressure exerted by the wearer for preventing ACL and other impact related injuries, and recover to an undeformed rest position without breakaway to allow the wearer uninterrupted usage while dampening forces that surpass an injury threshold from the resilient deformation that allows the planar sole portions to temporarily misalign.
US09730485B2
A shoe (A) provided with an internal side (LI) and an external side (LE) and comprising a sole (I), an intermediate sole (3) and a reinforcement insert (4) joined with the intermediate sole (3) and comprising at least one lateral wing (42,43) which is inclined and disposed on the internal side (LI) or the external side (LE) of the shoe (A).
US09730482B2
A helmet with an airbag assembly coupled to the shell of the helmet. The airbag assembly includes an airbag and an inflation device. The inflation device is configured to at least partially inflate the airbag upon deployment of the airbag assembly. The helmet also includes a processing circuit disposed at least partially within the shell. The processing circuit is configured to receive helmet data regarding a second helmet, transmit deployment data regarding inflation of the airbag assembly, and control operation of the inflation device to inflate the airbag based on the helmet data.
US09730480B2
An artificial flower maker including a board or other flat surface, a plurality of arms each positioned along the flat surface and forming a generally circular shape, and a center attachment mechanism for constructing and securing an artificial flower. Each flower is constructed by strategically folding a series of petals from a type of material, and using the artificial flower maker to hold down each folded petal until all folded petals are completed and ultimately secured to form an artificial flower. A further embodiment may incorporate a box or other enclosure for storage and transport of the flower maker.
US09730477B2
The described invention relates to an ambidextrous working glove having fish scale-textured inner and outer surfaces and methods of making same.
US09730476B1
Maternity garments are presented herein. The maternity garments are intended for use by pregnant women throughout the entirety of their pregnancy. In one exemplary arrangement, the maternity garments include a built-in support belt and a belly bump portion. The maternity garment may further include leggings. In some arrangements, the maternity garment is formed of light compression weaves in areas such as the baby bump area and the leggings area of the garment, while the areas around the periphery of the baby bump, as well as the back area of the garment are formed of slightly stronger compression weave so as to provide needed support and lift in these areas. Finally, the area associated with the middle of the back of the pregnant woman may be formed of an even stronger compression weave so as to provide even greater support in this area to deal with the troublesome soreness and pain often had by pregnant woman as the pregnancy progresses.
US09730472B2
A vaporization device and its method of use, where the device can accommodate a plurality of formulations for dispensing by selecting the desired source. Such formulations can include different drug formulations for providing different effects on the user. Also, an indicator with specialized indicia can be provided to identify the source being dispensed.
US09730466B1
A handheld device that permits slicing and juicing a fruit in two steps of slicing and juicing. The device includes a cradle portion, a squeezer portion, and a blade assembly all joined at a common hinge. A lemon or other unsliced fruit is placed in the device cradle portion, and in a first slicing step, the user grasps a blade handle to rotate a blade into the fruit. In the second juicing step, the user grasps a handle of the squeezer portion and rotates the squeezer portion into the fruit to squeeze juice from the fruit. A funnel is provided to collect the juice. It is not necessary to slice lemons or other fruit with a knife before juicing, or to touch sliced fruit.
US09730462B2
Nutritional compositions for general stress reduction and recovery from stress containing certain amounts of five key ingredients: creatine, freeze-dried (“instant”) black tea, L-carnitine, lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) essential oil, and passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) essential oil.
US09730449B2
A thiazole compound represented by Formula (1): wherein R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group optionally having one or more fluorine atoms, R2 represents a hydrogen atom etc., R3 and R4 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom etc., Ar represents a phenyl group optionally having one or more atoms or groups selected from the group A etc., and n represents 1 or 2 has excellent control activity against pests.
US09730447B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula 1, including all stereoisomers, N-oxides, and salts thereof, wherein A is a radical selected from the group consisting of A-1 through A-11, L is —C(R12a)R12b—C(R13a)R13b—; or 1,2-phenylene G is a radical selected from the group consisting of and R1, R2, R12a, R12b, R13a, R13b and Q are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula 1 and methods for controlling plant disease caused by a fungal pathogen comprising applying an effective amount of a compound or a composition of the invention.
US09730438B2
A container apparatus for exposing an article to an external environment, the apparatus including a sidewall with an interior having an inner surface, the sidewall terminating in a first margin and an opposing second margin. The container apparatus also includes a capsule having an outer periphery and an inner void holding the article, the outer periphery is slidably engaged to the sidewall inner surface, the capsule having a split boundary separating the capsule into a plurality of partial capsule elements. The capsule having a closed state with the partial capsule elements being adjacent at the boundary while slidably engaged to the sidewall with the void separated from the environment and the capsule being able to have an open state without the slidable engagement as the partial capsule elements are separated at the boundary with the void open to the environment, thus exposing the article to the environment.
US09730430B2
A system and method are provided for monitoring the movement of an animal. An animal transceiver unit is placed on the animal for transmitting and receiving signals. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving signals relative to the animal transceiver unit is operated to monitor relative movement of the animal transceiver unit and the base transceiver unit. An indication of the relative distance between the base transceiver unit and the animal transceiver unit is provided in response to signal communication between the animal and base transceiver units.
US09730428B1
A generally circular enclosure is provided defining a generally circular track about which a prey decoy is located and travels. Openings or apertures in its housing permitting the prey decoy to travel about the track. The prey decoy is secured to a rotating wheel that imparts a rotary motion about the circular shaped track. The prey decoy is further spring urged in a vertical direction, perpendicular to the plane of rotational motion. The track opening has at least one break, making it noncontiguous. As the decoy is deployed about the track and impinges against the housing at the break in the track, the decoy is urged downward, and subsequently is urged upward when it reaches the track opening at the opposing side of the break. This circular motion in which the prey decoy appear to be moving upward and downward as it travels about the circular path stimulates the animal to paw at and engage the prey.
US09730425B2
A transport device structured to carry an animal includes a first component having a handle and a second component having a base and at least a first wall. The first component is structured to be located on the second component to form an enclosed region situated generally between the first and second components. The transport device also includes a cushion apparatus situated adjacent at least one of the base and the at least a first wall and a liquid resistance apparatus located on the second component and that is structured to resist penetration of a liquid from an interior region of the transport device to an exterior region of the transport device.
US09730423B1
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated ID3881, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line ID3881 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line ID3881, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line ID3881, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09730419B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064108. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064108. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064108 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064108 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09730411B1
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety GO1311890 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety GO1311890 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using GO1311890 in a breeding program.
US09730410B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated FB6455, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line FB6455 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line FB6455, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line FB6455, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09730399B2
A submersible raft device that is primarily used for aquaculture farming. The raft device has a raft surface, a buoyance support structure, and a submersion control system. The buoyance support structure and the submersion control system allow the raft to be submerged to a desired depth beneath the ocean surface. When used for certain kinds of aquaculture farming, such as mussel farming, submerging the raft below the surface protects the raft, as well as the mussels growing on ropes suspended from the raft, from damage in times of hazardous sea conditions.
US09730393B2
The present invention provides a bead comprising: i) an external zone comprising a super absorbent polymer (SAP) that is capable of absorbing at least about 5 times its weight in water, surrounding ii) at least one internal zone comprising a core that contains at least one agrochemical, wherein the external zone is permeable to oxygen when hydrated, or the internal zone is formulated to release the at least one agrochemical into the external zone over a period of at least about one week when the hydrogel of the external zone is hydrated. The present invention also provides methods of using beads of the invention.
US09730388B2
Rail assembly 302 may comprise rail 322 mechanically coupled to oscillating members 305 and 307. In operation, oscillating members 305 and 307 may reciprocate about vertical axes 352 and 353 of vertical shafts 309 and 311, respectively. Reciprocation of the oscillating members may cause rail 322 to travel in arcuate paths 802 and 804. Arcuate paths 802 and 804 may be located in a two-dimensional plane that is perpendicular to vertical shafts 309 and 311. Rail 322 may impart a force on the trunk of a vine so as to dislodge the fruit from the vine.
US09730384B2
A vegetation cutting device comprising a housing rotatably coupled to a shaft; a cutting head comprising a rotary cutting device for cutting vegetation, the cutting head being coupled to the shaft and being arranged to move between an edging mode in which the rotary cutting device rotates in a substantially horizontal plane; a motor mounted in the housing, the motor being arranged to drive the rotary cutting device; and a switching device mechanically coupled between the housing and the shaft and arranged to be actuated when the shaft rotates relatives to the housing thereby changing the speed of the rotary cutting device when the cutting head moves between the edging mode and trimming mode.
US09730380B2
An apparatus for separating usable crop from intermixed debris. The apparatus has: a) a conveying system configured to convey usable crop in a processing path from an upstream input location to a downstream output location; and b) a first separating system configured to cause separation of debris intermixed with usable crop as usable crop is conveyed in the processing path. A vacuum system downstream of the preliminary separating system is configured to: a) generate a low pressure volume which causes additional debris intermixed with usable crop to be drawn away from usable crop by vacuum; and b) cause drawn debris to be directed towards a collection location spaced from the output location while allowing usable crop to advance toward the output location.
US09730376B2
A self-propelled harvesting machine includes a front harvesting attachment, a ground drive with first and second drive shafts offset relative to the front harvesting attachment, first and second track roller units to which first and second drive shafts are drivably connected and which extend on both sides of the harvesting machine and a rear axle having rear wheels that are steered via a steering mechanism provided in a rear region of the harvesting machine. The first and second drive shafts are driven by separate first and second hydraulic motors of a hydrostatic transmission. A displacement volume of each of the first and second hydraulic motors is changed depending on a steering movement transferred from the steering mechanism to the rear wheels, realizing an additional moment about a vertical axis of the harvesting machine simultaneously with the steering of the rear wheels.
US09730373B2
A device for folding the working tool of an agricultural machine, specifically a device for folding the working tool (1) of an agricultural machine and protecting the working tool from over-strain. The device is mounted on a frame (7) of the agricultural machine. The working tool (1) is swivel-mounted with its back against an overloading force, which creates at least one swivel mounted protection from an over-strain protection device (2). On the working tool (1) the upper pivoting part (5) and the lower pivoting part (6) are mounted. On the frame (7) are mounted the upper pivoting part (8) and the lower pivoting part (9). The upper pivoting part (5) of the working tool (1) is connected to the lower pivoting part (9) of the frame (7) by a drawbar (3). The lower pivoting part (6) of the working tool (1) is connected to the upper pivoting part (8) of the frame (7) by a second drawbar (4).
US09736970B2
A component package tape is transported to a pitch feed mechanism section by a tape transport device and is held in a first tape holding section by a tape holding releasing device. Furthermore, a top tape adhered to a carrier tape that is transported to the pitch feed mechanism section is peeled from the carrier tape by a top tape peeling section while being clamped at a leading end section, is transferred to a top tape delivery mechanism section, and is held in a second tape holding section by the tape holding releasing device.
US09736961B2
A top loading cartridge is provided herein. The top loading cartridge includes a support member, a rail member, and a lock mechanism. The support member to receive an electronic module. The rail member attached to the support member to engage with a tray that receives the top loading server cartridge. The lock mechanism to lock the top loading cartridge.
US09736959B2
Cable management systems for use with a chassis includes a device holding apparatus, a device holding apparatus track, a chassis track and a cable carrier. The cable carrier may carry one or more cables and engage a portion of each of the chassis track and the device holding apparatus track when the device holding apparatus is in, or being moved between, a first position and a second position.
US09736954B2
Abstract in the disclosure a retaining device (1) for stopping a relative movement between a rail member and a sliding rack (3) is provided, includes: a first member (11), having a first engagement portion; a second member (12), having a second engagement portion; and a handle member (13) pivotally mounted onto the first member (11) via a pivot (14). The second member (12) includes a stopping portion (121), and the handle member (13) includes a first contacting edge (131) and a second contacting edge (132) which are configured to selectively abut against the stopping portion by means of the pivotal movement of the handle member (13). A distance between the second contacting edge (132) and the pivot (14) is greater than a distance between the first contacting edge (131) and the pivot (14), such that a distance between the first and the second engagement portions when the second contacting edge (132) contacts the stopping portion (121) is greater than a distance between the first and the second engagement portions when the first contacting edge (131) contacts the stopping portion (121).
US09736947B1
A process of constructing a filled via of a printed circuit board comprises drilling a via hole through a body of the printed circuit board, desmearing a barrel of the via hole, metallizing a outer surface of the via barrel, electroplating the via barrel, pushing nano-copper solder into the via hole and heating the circuit board in order to melt the nano-copper solder within the via hole. The nano-copper solder improves the thermal conductivity of the printed circuit board for applications when heat needs to be conducted from one side of the printed circuit board to another.
US09736946B2
Embodiments of the invention include flexible circuit board interconnections and methods regarding the same. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of connecting a plurality of flexible circuit boards together comprising the steps applying a solder composition between an upper surface of a first flexible circuit board and a lower surface of a second flexible circuit board; holding the upper surface of the first flexible circuit board and the lower surface of the second flexible circuit board together; and reflowing the solder composition with a heat source to bond the first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board together to form a flexible circuit board strip having a length longer than either of the first flexible circuit board or second flexible circuit board separately. In an embodiment the invention includes a circuit board clamp for holding flexible circuit boards together, the clamp including a u-shaped fastener; a spring tension arm connected to the u-shaped fastener; and an attachment mechanism connected to the spring tension arm. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US09736943B2
A power module includes: a plurality of partition wall plates that are provided in a case and form a trench; a plurality of relay terminals whose electric potentials are different, that are formed so that the plurality of partition wall plates are positioned therebetween and that are formed to be opposed with each other; a printed circuit board to which the plurality of relay terminals is connected and which is provided with a slit at a position opposing the trench; and a shielding plate that is placed so that one end portion of the shielding plate is positioned in the trench, and so that an amount by which the other end portion thereof protrudes from the slit is larger than amounts by which the relay terminals protrude from the printed circuit board. The power module ensures insulation inside the power module.
US09736940B2
A low permeability electrical feed-through involves a laminated structure having a conductor layer sandwiched between adjacent insulator layers, which are sandwiched between adjacent diffusion control layers, where the laminated structure provides a relatively narrow and long, high aspect ratio diffusion channel to inhibit the leakage of gas from within a sealed device to the external environment. The electrical feed-through may comprise lower and upper electrical connection pads that are positioned within different regions of the feed-through but still electrically connected by way of a first via positioned in a sealed region, the conductor layer, and a second via positioned in an external environment region.
US09736931B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a flexible printed circuit board extending from the display panel, an integrated circuit chip that is mounted on at least one surface of the flexible printed circuit board and is configured to drive the display panel, and a protection member attached to a rear surface of the display panel. When the flexible printed circuit board is flexed to be partially positioned on the rear surface of the display panel, the protection member is positioned between the display panel and the integrated circuit chip. The flexible display device prevents the integrated circuit chip stacked with the display panel from making direct contact with the display panel using the protection member. Thus, even if the display device is deformed into, for example, a flexed or rolled state, it is possible to prevent the display panel from being damaged.
US09736926B2
The present invention provides a curable resin composition, a cured product of which has a small change in heat resistance after receiving a thermal history and a low thermal expansion property; a cured product of the curable resin composition; a printed circuit board having a small change in heat resistance; and an epoxy resin which imparts the characteristics described above. The epoxy resin is an epoxy resin which is obtained by polyglycidyl etherification of a reaction product formed from ortho-cresol, a β-naphthol compound, and formaldehyde and which includes as a necessary component, a dimer (x2, formula (1)), a trifunctional compound (x3, formula (2)), and a tetrafunctional compound (x4, formula (3)). The total content of those components is 65% or more in terms of the area rate in GPC measurement.
US09736925B2
A packaged device has a die of semiconductor material bonded to a support. An electromagnetic shielding structure surrounds the die and is formed by a grid structure of conductive material extending into the support and an electromagnetic shield, coupled together. A packaging mass embeds both the die and the electromagnetic shield. The electromagnetic shield is formed by a plurality of metal ribbon sections overlying the die and embedded in the packaging mass. Each metal ribbon section has a thickness-to-width ratio between approximately 1:2 and approximately 1:50.
US09736922B2
The deviation of an electron beam is measured in a drift tube of a linear accelerator, the wave to be decoupled having a frequency range that corresponds to a multiple of the basic frequency of the acceleration field. Coupling probes, a mixer-based receiving concept with high dynamics and sensitivity, a method for evaluating the measuring signals and a calibration method for calibrating out non-linearities are specified. Disruptive influences through the acceleration field are minimized by the measurement method according to the invention and the frequency range to be evaluated. The high evaluated frequencies also offer geometrically small coupling probes which one can introduce into a drift tube in which only the field of the electron beam to be evaluated exists.
US09736918B2
A swirl ring component of a contact start plasma arc torch is provided. The swirl ring component includes a hollow body formed of a front portion and a rear portion along a longitudinal axis and defining an exterior surface and an interior surface. The swirl ring component also includes one or more gas passageways extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface in the front portion of the hollow body and a resilient element disposed relative to the interior surface in the rear portion of the hollow body and configured to pass at least a pilot arc current to an electrode body. The swirl ring component further includes a shoulder portion configured to retain the resilient element in the hollow body.
US09736914B2
Method for controlling a plurality of luminaire units with at least one dedicated light source, and at least functionally connected control entity incorporating a wireless transceiver, the luminaire units configured to communicate via a mesh network established utilizing the wireless transceivers thereof, wherein at least one of the luminaires is electrically connected to a user-operable switch device for controlling the luminaire, the method including detecting, at the at least one luminaire, signal triggered by switching action, determining, in response to the detection, at the at least one luminaire unit a control action of the at least one light source and a message to be wirelessly transmitted in the mesh network to enable other luminaire units in the network to execute a responsive luminaire control action as configured in the control logic entities thereof based on the captured message, and executing the control action and transmission of the message.
US09736912B2
An illumination device includes a reception portion configured to receive a terminal ID stored by a radio terminal; a transmission portion configured to transmit the received terminal ID and a device ID; an illumination portion configured to emit light from a light source; and a housing portion configured to be detachably provided to the illumination portion and include a secondary battery capable of supplying power to the reception portion and the transmission portion.
US09736902B2
An LED lighting system is disclosed, which generally consists of an enclosure, one or more LED modules, one or more transformers, and one or more drivers. A lamp assembly is disclosed, which generally consists of one or more vertically oriented LED chips, thermally conductive shells, and a thermally dissipating means positioned at the back of the LED chips. An LED module is disclosed, which generally consists of a lamp assembly, one or more reflectors and modules caps. A method of controlling light intensities is disclosed, which generally consists of method of decreasing light intensities in areas with little occupancy while minimizing user annoyance resulting from drastic light intensity fluctuations. A universal mounting bracket is disclosed, which generally consists of a fixture plate, mounting plate, and an adjustable means.
US09736901B2
An LED scanning array driver chip and a regulation method capable of self-regulating brightness linear change are provided. The LED scanning array driver chip is provided with LED current non-linear automatic control circuits to automatically regulate the average current of LEDs for the brightness of the LEDs to become bright or dark linearly, enabling each LED of the LED array to control the current non-linear change individually. This greatly reduces the time resource for a MCU to write registers inside the driver chip.
US09736893B2
The present document relates to the compensation of voltage variations within power converters. A driver circuit for a solid state light source is described. The driver circuit comprises a switched-mode power converter comprising a switch; wherein the switched-mode power converter is configured to convert an input voltage at an input of the switched-mode power converter into an output voltage at an output of the switched-mode power converter. Furthermore, the driver circuit comprises current sensing means configured to determine a sensed current signal indicative of a current through the switch; and voltage sensing means configured to determine a sensed voltage signal indicative of the input voltage. In addition, the driver circuit comprises a control unit configured to determine a gate control signal for putting the switch into an off-state, based on the sensed current signal and based on the sensed voltage signal.
US09736892B2
A high-frequency heating cooker includes: a heating chamber; a high-frequency heating unit; a tray table; a tray table rotating shaft which includes a cylindrical shaft portion and which holds the tray table; and an electric motor which rotates the tray table. The electric motor is fixed to the heating chamber by an electric motor mounting plate, and is configured to transmit a force of an electric motor rotating shaft to the tray table rotating shaft. The tray table rotating shaft transmits a rotating force to the tray table, and is made of a resin molding material. The tray table rotating shaft includes a tray table rotating shaft protrusion formed on a side surface of the cylindrical shaft portion, thereby being configured not to be easily removed from interior of the heating chamber.
US09736891B2
An induction heating container (1) in which an induction heat generator (3) is attached to the inside of a container main body (2) made of a non-conductive material so as to enable cooking by heating by an electromagnetic cooker. The induction heat generator (3) includes: a laminated body involving a conductor layer (4) that generates heat by induction of eddy current by high-frequency magnetic field and a heat-seal layer (5) that imparts heat-sealing properties to the container main body, and an eddy current control part (6) obtained by cutting the conductor layer (4) along the circumferential direction.
US09736890B2
An induction heating system including a container for storing a substance; a heating element in thermal contact with the substance; a machine readable tag in thermal contact with the substance, the tag having a machine readable temperature-dependant characteristic; an interrogator for reading the temperature-dependant characteristic of the tag and for determining the current temperature of the substance; an induction heater for generating an AC magnetic field to heat the heating element; and a heater controller for controlling operation of the induction heater, in response to the substance temperature determined by the interrogator, to heat the substance.
US09736888B2
Described herein is a composite panel that includes a first layer made from an electrically non-conductive material. The composite panel also includes a resistance heater printed onto the first layer. Further, the composite panel includes a second layer adjacent the resistance heater, the resistance heater being positioned between the first layer and the second layer. The second layer is made from an electrically non-conductive material.
US09736878B2
An near field communication (NFC) radio frequency communication control method. The method includes: instructing, by a first NFC host by using a second message, an NFCC to terminate, according to the second message, a radio frequency communication process currently executed for a third NFC host after the first NFC receives a first message used to indicate that a second NFC host requests radio frequency communication and when the first NFC determines that the NFCC is currently in a non-idle state and a priority of the second NFC host is higher than a priority of the third NFC host, where the third NFC host is an NFC host corresponding to the radio frequency communication process currently executed by the NFCC. This effectively avoids the problem that a conflict occurs when multiple NFC hosts request radio frequency communication from an NFCC in an NFC multi-host architecture, thereby maintaining system running reliability.
US09736854B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing network access services to mobile users via mobile terminals over a satellite system. In embodiments, dynamic multiplexing of traffic from fixed terminals and mobile users on the same satellite beam can take advantage of statistical multiplexing of large numbers of users and on different usage patterns between fixed terminals and mobile users. In embodiments, quality-of-service (QoS) is controlled for mobile devices at a per-user level. Mobile users may be provisioned on the satellite system according to a set of traffic policies based on their service level agreement (SLA). System resources of the satellite may be allocated to mobile users based on the demand of each mobile user and the set of traffic polices associated with each mobile user, regardless of which mobile terminal is used to access the system.
US09736850B2
A method, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media configured to adaptively enable a request to send/clear to send protocol is disclosed herein. An embodiment may comprise identifying one or more rules including on one or more of a plurality of communication link characteristics of a plurality of communication links between an access point and one or more devices of a plurality of devices. An embodiment may further comprise selectively enabling the request to send/clear to send protocol between the access point and the one or more devices of the plurality of wireless devices based on whether each link characteristic of the one or more rules has satisfied a link characteristics threshold in each rule. In certain embodiments, a station or an access point may identify a rule and transmit the rule to other devices, stipulating one or more conditions which request to send/clear to send is to be used.
US09736834B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of inter-node communication. For example, a first node may communicate with a second node, e.g., via a backhaul link, one or more messages including a restriction recommendation and/or a restriction setting, for example, a precoding restriction, a Relative Narrowband TX Power indication (RNTP) setting, and/or a Relative Wideband Transmit Power (RWTP) setting.
US09736831B2
The present disclosure provides a method for indicating a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), including a step of when it is determined that a UE supports a downlink 256QAM mode, indicating the 256QAM mode using current information indicating the MCS or extended information indicating the MCS in downlink control information (DCI). The present disclosure further provides a method for receiving downlink data, including a step of, after a UE has received information indicating an MCS which includes indication information indicating a 256QAM mode, receiving the downlink data according to the 256QAM mode and a corresponding TBS index. The present disclosure further provides devices for implementing the above methods.
US09736826B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and to a device therefor, and relates to a method comprising the steps of: selecting one uplink control channel resource corresponding to a plurality of HARQ-ACKs, from a plurality of uplink control channel resources; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to the plurality of HARQ-ACKs, by using the selected uplink control channel resource. The present invention also relates to a device for the method.
US09736799B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a synchronization method and a base station. In the embodiments of the present application, a first base station receives, on at least one part of channels in a receiving band supported by the first base station, at least one first downlink synchronization signal sent by at least one second base station, and selects a first downlink synchronization signal from the at least one first downlink synchronization signal, to enable the first base station to execute time synchronization according to the selected first downlink synchronization signal, which can avoid a problem in the prior art of low reliability of time synchronization caused by low availability of a GPS signal, and relieve interference suffered by a base station from another base station caused by a problem of asynchronous receiving and sending time or inaccurate time synchronization, thereby improving signal quality of an air interface.
US09736798B2
According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless device comprises measuring power of a Device-to-Device (D2D) signal used by the wireless device for D2D operation; determining a power difference between the measured power of the D2D signal and a physical Device-to-Device Synchronization Signal (D2DSS); estimating power of a D2DSS using the measured power of the D2D signal and the determined power difference; and performing a D2D operation using the estimated power of the D2DSS.
US09736797B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a power headroom (PH) report by a terminal in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation are provided. The method includes calculating respective PHs for multiple activated serving cells based on a real transmission or a reference format, setting respective indicators for the PHs, wherein each indicator indicates that a corresponding PH is calculated based on the real transmission or the reference format, and transmitting, to a base station, an extended PH report including the PHs and the indicators on one of the multiple activated serving cells.
US09736792B2
A method implemented on a mobile device that starts by receiving a temperature reading from a sensor included on the mobile device. The temperature reading is compared to a threshold temperature and a power cap is set when the temperature reading is greater than the threshold temperature. The power cap is a maximum transmission power of the mobile device. The method then determines if the mobile device is transmitting a critical message. The power cap is released for a period of time if the power cap is set and the mobile device is determined to be sending a critical message. Other embodiments are also described.
US09736785B2
An interference alignment system for communication structures that includes a single cell channel comprising an access point node, and a full bipartite interference channel (FBIC) configuration of a plurality of receiving nodes and a plurality of transmitting nodes. Each receiving node sees an interfering signal from all transmitting nodes. The access point node of the single cell channel provides a single node having downlink channels to all receiving nodes in the FBIC, and all of the uplink channels from the FBIC are to the single access point node to the single cell channel.
US09736778B2
An apparatus, a system and a method of waking up a station in a wireless local area network (WLAN) to perform time of flight (ToF) measurements. A wake-up signal for waking the station may be configured for a low energy signaling.
US09736775B2
The present invention relates to a multi-carrier resource utilization method and apparatus for power saving in a communication system using a multi-carrier, in which the activation of a secondary carrier for transmitting and receiving data traffic between a terminal and a base station is determined according to the QoS (Quality of Service) requirements such as a data traffic status between the terminal and the base station, a maximum sustained traffic rate, a maximum traffic burst size, or the like, and an indication message (Indication) indicating this is transferred to the terminal through a primary carrier to transmit and receive data traffic through the activated secondary carrier.
US09736770B2
The exemplary embodiments herein relate to a controller node and a method in a controller node for selecting a network node in an heterogeneous network comprising a plurality of network nodes. The method comprises, receiving CQI values from a UE and based on those values selecting a network node for serving a UE.
US09736749B2
When a handover request for performing a handover of a terminal (70) from a macro cell C1 to a CSG cell C2 is received from an SeNB 10 (S8), a base station (TeNB) (40) of the CSG cell C2 transmits a handover response in accordance with a handover enabled/disabled state (S12). The handover response includes an identifier of the terminal (70) in the CSG cell C2. Upon receiving the response, the SeNB (10) notifies the identifier to the terminal (70) (S14). The TeNB (40) repeatedly transmits a dedicated signal containing a handover command via a dedicated channel set using the identifier at an interval shorter than a gap period (S18). Accordingly, whether or not access is permitted can be judged promptly and a smooth handover can be realized.
US09736743B2
Provided are a cell selection method performed by UE in a wireless communication system and UE using the method. The method includes generating data use pattern information, the data use pattern information including an amount of data used for each moving speed of the UE, receiving data providing pattern information that informs an amount of data provided by the wireless communication system for each specific moving speed of the UE, determining an access type of the UE based on the data use pattern information and the data providing pattern information, selecting a type of a cell to be accessed according to the access type and selecting a cell from cells having the cell type.
US09736741B2
A method, apparatus and system for cell handover in the communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA). The method includes: after receiving a performance measurement report for one or more neighboring cells from the served terminal, according to the performance measurement report, and basing on the CA mode for one or more candidate BSs corresponding to the one or more neighboring cells, a source Base Station (BS) in a communications system selects an algorithm suitable for the CA mode to calculate the priority levels of the one or more candidate BSs; from the one or more candidate BSs, selecting the BS having the highest priority as a target BS; and selecting one more cells to access from all cells being subject to the target BS in the one or more neighboring cells.
US09736739B2
A procedure is disclosed where a user equipment (UE) 10 can share information (with e.g. radio access network (RAN) nodes 20, 30) about its cell mobility attempts (e.g. redirection successes/failures). This information can subsequently be utilized by the various RAN nodes 20, 30 when making subsequent, i.e. future, cell mobility decisions. Hereby it is made possible to improve cell mobility decisions, such as redirection or handover, by the various RAN nodes 20, 30.
US09736734B2
A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) implemented in a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) during cell reselection including initiating cell reselection; disabling DRX operation, wherein disabling DRX operation enables continuous reception; transmitting a CELL UPDATE message; receiving a CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message; and enabling DRX operation based on the received CELL UPDATE CONFIRM message.
US09736730B2
Wireless video download rates are optimized by receiving, at a system with a computer that includes a processor and memory, a request to provide a piece of video content over a wireless network. The processor of the computer is used to determine whether to provide the video content at a first option that is as soon as possible or at a second option over a specified interval T. The interval T is calculated as a time for a destination device to download the video content at a rate level higher than encoding for the video content requires. Upon determining to provide the video content over the interval T, the video content is provided over the wireless network over the interval T to a client device that requested the piece of video content.
US09736729B1
Disclosed are methods and systems for requesting a UE to forgo handover to a congested neighbor. In particular, a wireless communication system may serve the UE over an air interface connection between the UE and the first base station. While serving the UE, the wireless communication system may receive from the UE a handover request requesting a handover of the UE from the first base station to a second base station. In response to receiving from the UE the handover request, the wireless communication system may determine that the second base station is threshold congested, and, responsive to the determining, (i) deny the handover request and (ii) send to the UE a command for the UE to withhold transmission of further requests for handover of the UE from the first base station to the second base station.
US09736724B2
A data portion of a physical layer (PHY) data unit is generated to include a service field that consists of eight or less bits. When it is determined that the PHY data unit is to be generated according to a first mode of operation of a long range communication protocol, the PHY data unit is generated according to a first format to include the data portion. When it is determined that the PHY data unit is to be generated according to a second mode of operation of the long range communication protocol, the PHY data unit is generated according to a second format to include the data portion, including using a slower clock rate as compared to the first format. The second mode of operation provides longer range communications as compared to the first mode of operation.
US09736706B2
A managed access system for mobile wireless devices (MWDs) in a facility that is geographically within a wireless communications network includes a plurality of antennas arranged at the facility and at least one MWD monitoring device. Radio equipment is coupled to the antennas. A management access controller cooperates with the radio equipment to communicate with a given MWD within the facility, block outside communications via the wireless communications network when the given MWD is an unauthorized MWD, and provide outside communications when the given MWD is an authorized MWD. The management access controller cooperates with at least one MWD monitoring device to determine whether the radio equipment and at least one MWD monitoring device both detect the given MWD.
US09736705B2
A method for a proxy base station includes analyzing current network parameters, determining parameters for the proxy base station based on the analyzed network parameters, and transmitting the determined parameters for the proxy base station to an actual base station of the network.
US09736689B2
An authentication bank for a wireless communication system is disclosed. The authentication bank comprises a plurality of physical identification modules. A physical identification module may include one or more memory, processors, programs, and computer readable media storing subscriber identity module and authentication information. At least one of the one or more programs stored in the memory may comprise instructions executable by at least one of the one or more processors. The executable instructions may cause the one or more processors to receive a request, from an authentication server, for associating the subscriber identity module (SIM) with a foreign wireless communication client or an extension unit, retrieve subscriber identity information and authentication information for the foreign wireless communication client or the extension unit from the SIM, and send the subscriber identity information and the authentication information to the authentication server.
US09736685B2
A method for using a location-based service while preserving anonymity includes receiving a location associated with a mobile node, receiving an anonymity level associated with the mobile node, computing a region containing the location of the mobile node and a number of footprints based on the anonymity level, wherein each of the footprints from a different user, and providing the region to a location-based service to thereby preserve anonymity of the mobile node. A method also allow a mobile device or its user to specify the anonymity level by selecting a public region consistent with a user's feelings towards desired privacy.
US09736681B2
A policy based content delivery system is provided. The system includes a mobile device configured to select and receive content and a content source configured to provide content selected by the mobile device to a content server. The content source is further configured to modify content selected by the mobile device prior to the content server providing the selected content to the mobile device. A content server is configured to discover content at a content source and provide a list of detected content to the mobile device for selection. The content server is further configured to instruct the content source to provide the content in accordance with a policy. The content server includes a policy enforcement engine configured to implement a policy.
US09736680B2
A method can include receiving, at a first computing device having one or more processors, a command to transfer a data payload to a second computing device and information from the second computing device using a near-field communication (NFC) protocol. The information can be indicative of a plurality of communication protocols capable of being received at the second computing device, including the NFC communication protocol. Additionally, the method can include estimating a transfer time corresponding to each of the plurality of communication protocols. Each of the transfer times can be indicative of an amount of time to transfer the data payload between the first and second computing devices using its corresponding communication protocol. The method can also include selecting a specific communication protocol based on the estimated transfer times and transmitting the data payload using the specific communication protocol.
US09736674B2
Provided are a discovery signal transmission method of a terminal supporting device-to-device (D2D) communication and a terminal device using such a method. The method comprises: directly receiving information on a specific discovery signal (DS) transmission mask or receiving discovery signal configuring information; selecting the specific DS transmission mask or one DS transmission mask from among a plurality of DS transmission masks indicated by the DS configuring information; and transmitting a discovery signal on the basis of the selected DS transmission mask.
US09736668B2
A data assist application allows people to share structured data, and update and/or collaborate in real time. Companies can use embodiments of the invention to send and/or receive structured data. Embodiments of the data assist application work standalone or while a user is talking to a person or a company. In use, information is spread when people share data with non-users. The data are preferably owned and/or controlled by the user and stored on user devices. Further embodiments of the invention integrate with OS-supplied data and third party apps.
US09736667B2
A vehicle includes a terminal connection unit configured to access portable terminals, a terminal communication unit configured to receive signals from the accessed portable terminals according to types of the terminals and generate normalized data, and a control unit configured to generate a control signal for controlling a corresponding component in the vehicle based on the normalized data.
US09736662B2
Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
US09736661B2
A device associated with a subscriber database of a telecommunication network described herein is configured to receive a Send Routing Information for Short Message (SRI-SM) message from a messaging center. The device then determines whether a user device specified by the SRI-SM message is associated with an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) registration. In response to determining that the user device is associated with an IMS registration, the device sends the SRI-SM message to an IP Short Message Gateway (IP-SM-GW). In response to determining that the user device is not associated with an IMS registration, the device processes the SRI-SM message and responds to the messaging center based on the processing.
US09736646B2
Selection of offers, locations or merchants based on their distances from a portion of a user's route and their affinity for the user is disclosed. A route employed by a user for travelling to a destination is obtained and segmented at identified vertices. Locations that are proximate to the route segments are determined. The proximate locations are further analyzed to obtain their specific distances from a selected portion such as the user's origin or destination or any route segment. Location based services are associated with those proximate locations that are closest to the selected portion on the user's route or those with the better utility.
US09736644B2
A method comprising obtaining, by a system using a processor, a wireless fingerprint corresponding to a mobile communication device and a subject area in which the mobile communication device is or was positioned. The method also includes obtaining, by the system, an area wireless signal distribution map indicating wireless signal strength values corresponding to multiple wireless transmitters positioned in the subject area, and determining, by the system, based on the wireless fingerprint and the area wireless signal distribution map, a location of the mobile communication device.
US09736642B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method, device, and storage medium including one or more of the following: receiving location information and expiration information; determining a current location of the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device; determining that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; outputting an expiration alarm indicating the expiration event in response to determining that the medicament device is within a predetermined distance from the mobile device and that the medicament device is currently associated with an expiration event; receiving, from the user, a request to display a map of a geographic area; displaying, by the mobile device and via a non-operating system application, the map of the geographic area; and displaying an alert icon on the map, wherein the location of the icon on the map is based on the received location information.
US09736635B2
A method for controlling a network of dynamic signage devices, comprising the following steps such as: collecting the destination of a user; detecting the user within a detection perimeter of a determined dynamic signage device, comparing the destination with respect to the position and to a coverage area of the determined dynamic signage device, when the destination is outside the coverage area of the determined dynamic signage device, an itinerary is determined by selecting at least one dynamic signage device of the network which will relay the determined dynamic signage device; ending a first control signal to the determined dynamic signage device, the control signal indicating the angle of rotation that has to be taken by the directional display member of the determined dynamic signage device; sending a second control signal to the determined dynamic signage device, the second control signal indicating at least the destination of the user.
US09736631B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for improving location accuracy for proximity services. According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, an expression application server can receive an expression message generated by a Third Generation Partnership Project (“3GPP”) proximity service (“ProSe”)-enabled application executing on a mobile device. The expression message includes an expression code and a location tag. The expression application server can analyze the expression message to determine whether increased granularity is desired for use in determining an expression match to the expression code. In response to determining that the increased granularity is desired, the expression application server can request additional location information from a location platform. The expression application server can receive the additional location information from the location platform. The expression application server also can enhance the expression match with the additional location information to provide the increased granularity to the mobile device.
US09736628B2
An object location tracking system may include an object, a mobile communication device, and a data storage system. The object may include a wireless short range communication system that wirelessly transmits object identification information over a short range that uniquely identifies the object. The mobile communication device may have a location detection system that generates location information indicative of the location of the wireless communication device; a wireless short range communication system that wirelessly receives the object identification information from the object when the object is in close proximity to the mobile communication device; and a wireless data communication system that wirelessly communicates the location information and the object identification information to a data storage system. The data storage system may receive and store the location information and the object identification from the wireless data communication system in the mobile communication device.
US09736617B2
An apparatus and method for activating a mobile terminal to communicate over a communication network are provided. The method includes retrieving, by a terminal, provisioning data associated with the communication network, transferring, by the terminal, the provisioning data to the mobile terminal, and configuring communication settings of the mobile terminal using the provisioning data.
US09736604B2
A system which tracks a social interaction between a plurality of participants, includes a fixed beamformer that is adapted to output a first spatially filtered output and configured to receive a plurality of second spatially filtered outputs from a plurality of steerable beamformers. Each steerable beamformer outputs a respective one of the second spatially filtered outputs associated with a different one of the participants. The system also includes a processor capable of determining a similarity between the first spatially filtered output and each of the second spatially filtered outputs. The processor determines the social interaction between the participants based on the similarity between the first spatially filtered output and each of the second spatially filtered outputs.
US09736597B1
A microphone array for detecting acoustic emissions generated by equipment. The array includes at least one grid having a plurality of sensors each including a compact arrangement of optical fiber having first and second optical fiber ends wherein the first optical fiber end of a first sensor is terminated. The array also includes an optoelectronic device coupled to a second optical fiber end of a second sensor, wherein the optoelectronic device generates laser light that is transmitted through the plurality of sensors in the grid and is reflected back to the optoelectronic device to enable detection of acoustic emissions.
US09736596B2
A microphone includes a case including a plurality of sound holes; a first sound device installed at positions corresponding to at least two sound holes in the case; a second sound device spaced apart from the first sound device in the case and installed at a position corresponding to at least one sound hole; and a semiconductor chip electrically connected to the first sound device and the second sound device, where the at least two sound holes formed in the positions corresponding to the first sound device are each formed in upper and lower surfaces of the case on the basis of the first sound device.
US09736589B1
Music and home theater ceiling system that optionally replaces any type of equipment of music and home theater of ten channels; the system simplifies in one main ceiling unit and three peripheral devices any kind of device of this range and also allows the user to install, use and distribute a complicated system of this type and allows to change the channel loudspeaker layout in a very simple way just by rotating the main unit installed at the electrical outlet box of the lamp; the invention has a bridged wall switch that allows controlling the main unit device lights without interrupting its operation. The system receives the audio signal via Bluetooth® and decodes all channels to emit sounds and effects in different directions to immerse the listener into a three-dimensional sound during a movie or video playing.
US09736564B2
The flexible earphone cover has a flexible main body and a flexible ear cone that extends from the main body. The flexible main body is configured to substantially encase a portion of an earphone. The flexible main body defines an internal cavity for receiving the earphone. It also defines a first opening at a side of the cavity for receiving the earphone there-through. The flexible main body defines a second opening at a side of the cavity. The flexible main body defines a third opening at a side of the cavity. The flexible main body further defines a fourth opening next to the first opening and a fifth opening next to the third opening. The flexible ear cone defines a converging passageway from the second opening to an exit configured to direct sound into an ear canal of an ear of a user.
US09736555B2
A method for cross-talk correction of intensities measured on mutually separate detection wavelength bands is presented. Each detection wavelength band relates to one of analyte-specific probe-populations contained by a sample to be analyzed. Each probe-population is capable of emitting a first signal component and a second signal component whose spectra have maxima at different wavelengths and at least the first signal component is dependent on presence of analyte detectable with that probe-population. Cross-talk corrected intensities are computed on the basis of a) the intensities measured on the detection wavelength bands, b) a value indicative of intensity occurring on an auxiliary wavelength band outside the detection wavelength bands and at least partially caused by the second signal components, and c) pre-determined cross-talk parameters. For example in con-junction with FRET-based assays, the dependency of a background signal on the percentage of hybridized probes can be taken into account in the cross-talk correction.
US09736550B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing an emergency alert message (e.g., a national warning system message e.g., an Emergency Alert System (EAS) message). The methods may comprise a digital media server receiving the message. The digital media server may notify client devices (that are connected to that server via a residential Local Area Network) that it has received such a message. The client devices notified may be those that have requested (e.g., to the digital media server) that they are notified if the digital media server receives such a message. The digital media server may convert the message from being in a first format to being in a second format. The digital media server may acquire, and provide for use by the client device, information that may be used a client device to ascertain whether the message is a new, an updated, or a duplicate message.
US09736548B2
An end-to-end multimedia streaming system can include a streaming server and a destination. The streaming server includes a content source, which sends multiple description coding-encoded content over a plurality of paths to the destination. The destination includes an aggregator for aggregating the descriptions from the multiple paths, decoding and recombining them to recover the content. A feedback sender at the destination generates traffic performance variables based on the channel conditions of the multiple paths, and sends these variables to a feedback receiver at the streaming server. The feedback receiver utilizes the feedback information to make adjustments to the transmissions of the content, and to synchronize the transmissions over the multiple paths.
US09736545B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to present a graphic user interface (GUI) for customizing an electronic programming guide (EPG), the GUI including a plurality of scrollable media channels, each media channel accompanied by an image, a description of the media channel, an option to select the media channel for inclusion in the EPG, a first button to customize the EPG according to one or more media channels selected, and a second button to request additional information about a media channel highlighted in the GUI. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09736542B2
An apparatus of processing a digital service signals and a method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a receiving module configured to receive declarative contents and a first PDI (Profiles, Demographics, Interests) table including a first PDI question having a first question id for identifying the first PDI question and receive a second PDI table including a second PDI question having a second question id for identifying the second PDI question, an obtaining module configured to obtain an answer to the first PDI question, a storing module configured to store the obtained answer to the first PDI table, a fetching module configured to fetch the stored answer to the second PDI question by using the first question id and the second question id, wherein the first question id is equal to the second question id, wherein the storing module further stores the fetched answer to the second PDI table and a downloading module configured to download contents using the fetched answer, wherein the declarative contents fetches the stored answer by using an API (Application Programming Interface).
US09736537B2
A method and system for recommending multimedia content includes collecting consumption information for a plurality of consumers. The consumption information may be used to generate collections of recommended multimedia content, including obtainable multimedia assets. The collections may be offered to a consumer for purchase. The consumer may be provided access to the multimedia assets. A unified storefront application, providing access to multimedia content via an Internet-protocol television portal, a web portal, and a mobile portal, may be used to offer and provide access to the multimedia assets.
US09736530B2
A network device for a home entertainment network including a network controller configured to provide Ethernet communication capability, HEC, and CEC, consumer electronics control, communication capability, and a database generator unit configured to generate a database containing information about a network device of the home entertainment network, and a unique identifier of the respective network device.
US09736529B2
A USB sharing method for a combo TV set, a combo TV set and a computer readable storage medium are disclosed. The USB sharing method includes: receiving, by a host, a data packet transmitted via a first USB interface by a first USB device; parsing the data packet and obtaining an interface identifier of the first USB interface in the data packet; switching the first USB interface to a first intelligent component corresponding to the first USB interface according to the interface identifier of the first USB interface; and transmitting a USB request to the first intelligent component over a network channel between the host and the first intelligent component, so that the first intelligent component loads a corresponding USB device driver according to a device identifier of the first USB device included in the USB request to identify the first USB device.
US09736526B2
A computer-implemented method for traversing a video file includes populating a two-dimensional array with representative images corresponding to a portion of the video and causing the two-dimensional array to be displayed. The two-dimensional array includes a location indicator configured to traverse the two-dimensional array in a direction parallel with one dimension of the two-dimensional array in response to navigation information associated with the portion of the video. The location indicator is further configured to indicate a position in the video by highlighting one of the representative images populating the two-dimensional array. Because an end-user is provided with a large set of statically displayed representative images during navigation of a video timeline, the end-user can visually identify a desired target scene, even when traversing a the timeline relatively quickly.
US09736523B2
A controlling device has a configurable key. An overlay, such as a sticker, is provided to the configurable key and includes an indicia representative of media content and machine readable data indicative of an identity of the media content represented by the indicia. A memory of the controlling device stores a correspondence between the configurable key and data indicative of a source of the media content. Upon activation of configured, configurable key, the controlling device uses select command codes from a library of command codes and the correspondence between the configurable key and the data indicative of the source of the media content to transmit one or more commands for causing one or more appliances to access the source of the media content.
US09736521B2
Systems, methods, devices, and non-transitory media of the various embodiments facilitate real time playback of a digital broadcast by enabling reduction of the amount of time a receiver device's low power mode interface with a separate computing device operates in an operational/high power mode. The receiver device may associate a stream of media packets of a digital broadcast with system time clock timestamps indicating when the media packets were received, and store the media packets in a temporary packet buffer. Periodically, a media packet burst stored in the temporary packet buffer may be sent to the separate computing device via a low power mode interface operating in an operational/high-power mode different than a low power mode. The low power mode interface may be returned to the low-power mode until the next burst of packets is sent to the separate computing device.
US09736515B1
A computing device receives an electronic publication. The computing device determines a layout for the electronic publication based on a display format in which the electronic publication is to be presented. The computing device converts the electronic publication into a streamable format based on the layout. The computing device receives a request to access the electronic publication from a user device. The computing device transmits contents for one or more pages of the converted electronic publication to the user device.
US09736512B2
In a cable television system, a specific carrier is assigned to deliver programming content of a program channel to a service area for a period, defined as a function of viewership of the program channel during that period. For example, the program channel is assigned the specific carrier during the time when it has a generally strong viewership. Otherwise, the program channel is assigned a carrier on an as needed basis, i.e., only when one or more subscribers in the service area request such a program channel. Viewing statistics are generated to identify viewership patterns or viewing habits of the subscribers in the service area with respect to a given program channel. In another embodiment, based on the viewing statistics, popular and unpopular programs, program elements, program lineups, program channels are identified on a temporal and/or regional basis.
US09736508B2
A digital television (DTV) receiving system includes an information detector, a resampler, a timing recovery unit, and a carrier recovery unit. The information detector detects a known data sequence which is periodically inserted in a digital television (DTV) signal received from a DTV transmitting system. The resampler resamples the DTV signal at a predetermined resampling rate. The timing recovery unit performs timing recovery on the DTV signal by detecting a timing error from the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence. The carrier recovery unit performs carrier recovery on the resampled DTV signal by estimating a frequency offset value of the resampled DTV signal using the detected known data sequence.
US09736492B2
Disclosed is a motion vector smoothing method. The motion vector smoothing method includes acquiring motion vectors of at least one block of a current image by using a reference image, acquiring a candidate motion vector of a current block, based on a motion vector of the current block, and at least one motion vector of at least one block adjacent to the current block, determining a threshold value of the current block according to gradient values of pixels included in the current block, and determining the motion vector of the current block according to the threshold value.
US09736479B2
An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.
US09736478B2
When carrying out an average prediction, an intra predictor carries out a filtering process on target pixels of the intra prediction located at an upper end and a left end of the block, the filtering process using an intermediate prediction value, which is an average value of adjacent pixels of the block, and at least one adjacent pixel of the target pixel. The intra predictor also sets a filter coefficient to ½, associated with the intermediate prediction value for a target pixel at an upper left corner of the block, and sets a filter coefficient to ¼, associated with an adjacent pixel adjacent to an upper side or a left side of the target pixel. As a result, prediction errors locally occurring can be reduced, and the image quality can be improved.
US09736471B2
Provided is a captured image compression transmission system comprising: a sending-side system which compresses an input image and sends the compressed image data; and a receiving-side system which restores the input image on the basis of the image data received from the sending-side system; wherein the sending-side system comprises: a sending-side storage unit which stores a plurality of reference images; a sending-side image selection unit which, in accordance with the degree of priority of information included in capturing information attached to an input image, selects reference images corresponding to the information in a stepwise manner from the sending-side storage unit, and thereby specifies one reference image; a differential image compression unit which acquires differential data between the reference image specified by the sending-side image selection unit and the input image, and compresses the differential data; and a transmission unit which sends the compressed differential data to the receiving-side system.
US09736468B2
A calibration method of an image capture system includes an image capture device of at least one image capture device capturing an image including a plurality of intersection coordinates among a plurality of geometric blocks of a test pattern and an information of a color of each geometric block of the plurality of geometric blocks; an operation unit executing a first operation on the plurality of intersection coordinates within the image to generate a plurality of geometric calibration parameters; the operation unit executing a second operation on an information of a color of each geometric block of the plurality of geometric blocks within the image to generate a plurality of color calibration parameters; and a calibration unit calibrating the image capture device according to the plurality of geometric calibration parameters and the plurality of color calibration parameters.
US09736464B2
The present invention is intended to convert a video input from a surgical microscope into a three-dimensional video. A microscope video processing device 100 includes: a microscope video acquisition unit that acquires a microscope video output from an surgical microscope 200; a video conversion unit that converts the microscope video acquired by the microscope video acquisition unit into a three-dimensional video; a surgical instrument position determination unit that determines the position of a surgical instrument in the three-dimensional video converted by the video conversion unit; a distance calculation unit that calculates a distance between a preset patient's preset surgery target region and the position of the surgical instrument determined by the surgical instrument position determination unit; and a video output unit that outputs to a display unit an output video in which distance information indicative of the distance calculated by the distance calculation unit is displayed in the three-dimensional video.
US09736459B2
Imaging apparatus includes an illumination assembly, including a plurality of radiation sources and projection optics, which are configured to project radiation from the radiation sources onto different, respective regions of a scene. An imaging assembly includes an image sensor and objective optics configured to form an optical image of the scene on the image sensor, which includes an array of sensor elements arranged in multiple groups, which are triggered by a rolling shutter to capture the radiation from the scene in successive, respective exposure periods from different, respective areas of the scene so as to form an electronic image of the scene. A controller is coupled to actuate the radiation sources sequentially in a pulsed mode so that the illumination assembly illuminates the different, respective areas of the scene in synchronization with the rolling shutter.
US09736458B2
A capture device is equipped with a stereo camera, and generates a plurality of demosaiced images of different sizes in which the left and right frame images have been reduced in stepwise fashion. A virtual composite image is generated that includes the plurality of demosaiced images, in which the pixel rows of the rows are pixel rows having undergone one round of connection. A host terminal sends to the capture device a data request signal designating a plurality of areas within the composite image, having a shared range in the longitudinal direction. The capture device clips out the designated areas, and sends to the host terminal a stream of a new composite image comprising only the clipped out areas. The host terminal cuts this into separate images, which are expanded into consecutive addresses in a main memory.
US09736454B2
There are disclosed various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video encoding. In some embodiments the method for encoding comprises examining availability of a depth block co-located with a texture block, determining a prediction method for a texture block on the basis of availability of a co-located depth block; and deriving a first prediction block for the texture block on the basis of the availability of the co-located depth block. The method further comprises deriving a first prediction block for the texture block on the basis of the co-located depth block, if the co-located depth block is available, and otherwise deriving a second prediction block for the texture block without using the co-located depth block. There are also disclosed corresponding method for various methods, apparatuses and computer program products for video decoding.
US09736451B1
Example embodiments may allow for the efficient determination of disparity information for a stereo image pair by embedding pixels of the image pair in a multidimensional dimensional vertex space. Regularly-spaced vertices in the vertex space are associated with pixels of the stereo image pair and disparity loss functions are determined for each of the vertices based on disparity loss functions of the associated pixels. The determined vertex-disparity loss functions can be used to determine vertex disparity values for each of the vertices. Disparity values for pixels of the stereo image pair can be determined based on determined vertex disparity values for respective one or more vertices associated with each of the pixels. The determined pixel disparity values can be used to enable depth-selective image processing, determination of pixel depth maps, mapping and/or navigation of an environment, human-computer interfacing, biometrics, augmented reality, or other applications.
US09736439B2
A scanning projector includes a programmable voltage source to provide a programmable voltage to a laser light source. A look-ahead circuit determines future voltage requirements by finding peaks in future pixel data. The programmable voltage may change for each frame of video, for each line of video, or multiple times within each line of video.
US09736437B2
The invention relates to an image acquisition device comprising a sensor composed of an array of photosensitive pixels, and an array of elementary filters covering the sensor. Pixels may be of three different types: panchromatic pixels, primary colour pixels and infrared pixels. Under low illumination conditions, the device displays a monochrome image using panchromatic pixels, and under high illumination conditions, a colour image with a high signal to noise ratio, by combining primary colour images and subtracting the infrared image.
US09736435B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a forward viewing camera that has a field of view through the windshield of the vehicle and is operable to capture image data. An image processor is operable to process image data captured by the forward viewing camera. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, a road characteristic of a road along which the vehicle is traveling is detected. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, other vehicles exterior the equipped vehicle are detected. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, road curvature of the road along which the equipped vehicle is traveling is determined. Responsive at least in part to processing of captured image data, a school bus stopping signal of a school bus present within the field of view of the forward viewing camera may be detected.
US09736425B2
Methods and systems for coded rolling shutter are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, methods and system are provided that control the readout timing and exposure length for each row of a pixel array in an image sensor, thereby flexibly sampling the three-dimensional space-time value of a scene and capturing sub-images that effectively encode motion and dynamic range information within a single captured image.
US09736419B2
In a converting method for converting luminance of an input video in order to display the video on a display device, the luminance of the video is a first luminance value in a first luminance range where a maximum luminance value is defined as a first maximum luminance value that exceeds 100 nit. The method includes acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a first luminance value of the video, selecting a luminance converting process to be executed from among a plurality of luminance converting processes based on a reference luminance value corresponding to reference reflectance included in first meta data of the acquired first luminance signal, converting the first luminance value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value in a second luminance range where a maximum luminance value is defined as a second maximum luminance value that is smaller than the first maximum luminance value and larger than 100 nit based on the selected luminance converting process.
US09736410B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element including a plurality of pixels corresponding to a plurality of respective micro lenses and the first photoelectric conversion portion and the second photoelectric conversion portion that are included in each of the pixels and share a corresponding one of the micro lenses, and a signal processing unit configured to correct an addition signal of outputs from the first photoelectric conversion portion and the second photoelectric conversion portion included in each of the pixels and a first signal generated from a plurality of signals of the first photoelectric conversion portions corresponding to the micro lenses, and the signal processing unit corrects the addition signal for each of the pixels and corrects the first signal for the first photoelectric conversion portions.
US09736408B2
A ramp signal generator and a CMOS image sensor using the same are disclosed. The ramp signal generator includes a reference voltage generation unit that generates a reference voltage, a gain adjustment unit that adjusts a gain in cooperation with the reference voltage generation unit, a ramp bias voltage sampling unit that samples a ramp bias voltage of the gain adjustment unit, and a ramp signal generation unit that generates a ramp signal according to the ramp bias voltage sampled in the ramp bias voltage sampling unit.
US09736391B2
The present invention provides a photographing method for a dual-lens device. The dual-lens device includes a first lens and a second lens that are arranged on a same plane. The photographing method includes acquiring a first image collected by a first image sensor; identifying a scenario of the first image to determine a photographing environment, determining a second image signal processor (ISP) parameter corresponding to the second lens; acquiring a second image that is collected, according to the second ISP parameter, and generating a preview image. According to the present invention, a photographing environment is determined by using an image collected by one lens of the dual-lens device, and then a preview image is generated by using an image collected by the other lens.
US09736388B2
Methods and digital imaging devices disclosed herein are adapted to capture images of a specimen in a chemical reaction using a series of short exposures of light emissions from the specimen over a period of time. The series of short exposures is captured using an array of pixels of an image sensor in the digital imaging device that are configured for performing continuous non-destructive read operations to read out a set of non-destructive read images of the specimen from the pixel array. In one embodiment, images are captured by delaying the read out until at or near the end of the chemical reaction to reduce read noise in the images. The signals read out from the image sensor can be continuously monitored and the capturing of images can be discontinued either automatically or based on a command from a user. The captured images can then be displayed in a graphical display.
US09736387B2
There is provided an irradiation device including an irradiation unit configured to emit light, and an irradiation control unit configured to switch irradiation regions irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit according to a synchronization signal for controlling an exposure period of a pixel of an imaging device of an imaging unit.
US09736383B2
The technology disclosed here maximizes the size of the display area associated with the mobile device by various camera placement. In one embodiment, the camera is placed inside the mobile device, and can pop outside the mobile device when the camera is activated. When the camera is inactive the camera retracts inside the mobile device, and becomes unnoticeable to the user. In another embodiment, the camera is integrated into the mobile device display as a camera icon. The integrated camera serves two purposes: to record pictures, and to act as a camera icon, that when selected activates the camera. By removing the camera from the front side of the mobile device, or by integrating the camera into the display screen of the mobile device, the size of the mobile device display screen can be increased.
US09736380B2
A display control apparatus determines determine whether or not light field information with which an image whose focus state has been changed can be generated is associated with a second image in a second focus state that is different from a first image in a first focus state corresponding to the light field information. If it is determined that the light field information is associated with the second image, the display control apparatus displays a first display item that notifies that the second image is present on a display device together with the first image. In response to receiving an input of an instruction on the first display item, the display control apparatus displays the second image associated with the light field information on the display device.
US09736373B2
Technologies for power optimization of light sources include an imaging device to generate a captured image of a subject. The imaging device analyzes the captured image to determine, in the captured image, a location of the subject's eye relative to the imaging device, an iris-pupil contrast of the subject's eye, and a glint intensity of glints present on the subject's eye. The imaging device determines, for each of a plurality of light sources, an illumination efficiency based on a distance between the camera and the subject's eye, a distance between the light source and the subject's eye, an incidence angle of the light source relative to the subject's eye, and a power profile of the light source. The imaging device determines an amount of power to supply to each light source to reduce a total cumulative power supplied to the light sources based on one or more power constraints.
US09736367B1
A system for video capture and delivery is disclosed. The system comprises a camera with multiple sensors to capture video at a first location, and to stitch images corresponding to the multiple sensors to produce a panoramic video having at least a 100 degrees field of view; and a cloud-based server to process the panoramic video for delivery to a plurality of client devices, and to stream the processed video to the plurality of client devices.
US09736353B2
Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixel arrays. Each of the plurality of unit pixel arrays may include a plurality of unit pixel blocks arranged in a 4×4 matrix, each of the plurality of unit pixel blocks may include a phase difference detecting unit so that each of the plurality of unit pixel arrays may include phase difference detecting units, the phase difference detecting unit may include a first phase difference detecting pixel and a second phase difference detecting pixel, the first and the second phase difference detecting pixels may have first and second openings, respectively, the first and the second openings may be arranged in an eccentrically manner with respect to each other, and the phase difference detecting units arranged at each of the plurality of unit pixel blocks may be asymmetrical to each other on the basis of a boundary line between adjacent unit pixel blocks.
US09736349B2
An adaptive video end-to-end network is described that uses local abstraction. One example includes an image sensor to generate a sequence of images, a processor coupled to the image sensor to analyze the sequence of images to detect an event, to select images related to the event and to generate metadata regarding the event, and a communications interface coupled to the processor to send the metadata information through a network connection to a central node.
US09736348B2
A handheld imaging device is described to provide high quality RAW image data to a smartphone, or similar handheld imaging device. The imaging device can have a larger dimension, particularly with regard to the thickness of the device, thus overcoming some of the physical limitations to providing high quality optics and image sensing within the thin form factor of a modern smartphone. As the device is only connected when capturing images the smartphone form factor is not altered. The device does not replicate the high-end image processing functionality of a smartphone, but instead transfers RAW images to the smartphone for high-end image processing & enhancement on the smartphone CPU/GPU. Thus it can be manufactured at lower cost than a dedicated camera with equivalent capabilities by taking advantage of the sophisticated image processing capabilities of today's smartphones.
US09736340B2
A decoding method for audio video stream synchronization is provided. The audio video stream includes multiple clock references and multiple audio and video data packets. Each of the data packets corresponds to a presentation value. The decoding method includes: reconstructing a clock value according to a first clock reference; determining whether a difference between the clock value and a first presentation value in multiple presentation values is greater than a first range; when the difference between the clock value and the first presentation value is greater than the first range, changing the clock value to a second presentation value in the multiple presentation values; and performing at least one audio video synchronization step according to the clock value set based on the second presentation value.
US09736338B2
Corrected color components are obtained that correspond to an interpolation between a first and second corrected color component vector, in the first vector the color component are scaled to move a characteristic color component vector towards a target and in the second set the color components are contracted towards a reference determined by part of the color components. A position of the interpolation between the first and second corrected color component vectors is controlled by an interpolation coefficient computed from a ratio of an average value of the at least one of the color component in the input image or one or more reference images with similar content and an average obtained from the other color components of the input image or the or one or more reference images with similar content. The position of the interpolation is moved increasingly toward the second corrected color component vector with decreasing values of said ratio.
US09736326B2
An image forming apparatus having a USB communication function includes a control interface unit to perform USB control communication, a data interface unit to perform USB data communication, and a control unit to perform an event in a low power mode according to a signal input through the control interface unit, and to perform an event in a normal mode according to a signal input through the control interface unit and the data interface unit. Therefore, the low power mode may be effectively implemented.
US09736316B2
A network address translation traversal system and method for real-time communications are provided. The network address translation traversal system includes a user terminal equipment, a network address translation device, a signaling control system and a peer terminal. The user terminal equipment is in a private network, while the signaling control system and the peer terminal are in a public network. The signaling control system is configured to instruct the network address translation device to create a network address translation mapping for a real-time communication connection. The peer terminal is configured to create the real-time communication connection with the user terminal equipment via the network address translation device directly according to the network address translation mapping.
US09736315B2
In one embodiment, a first PC may receive a trigger to establish a data communication session with a second PC over an established voice call between first and second phones over a WAN. In response, the first PC may discover the first phone as an authorized personal area network (PAN) device, and may establish a first PAN communication session between the first PC and the first phone. A request may then be transmitted to the second phone over the established voice call to establish the data communication session between the first and second PCs, and in response, the second phone may discover the second PC as an authorized PAN device from the second phone. A second PAN communication session may thus be established between the second phone and the second PC, and data may be exchanged between the PCs using the PAN communication sessions and the established voice call.
US09736300B2
Novel tools and techniques for deterring unsolicited calls are described for deterring unsolicited telephone calls that include a service provider searching and determining that the originating telephone number is in a no-call list, and based on this determination, prohibiting the call from terminating (i.e., connecting with the destination telephone number). Penalties may also be imposed against callers (e.g., solicitors) for no-call violations. Various embodiments provide methods and systems that do not depend on the CallerID (which could be spoofed or might be unavailable) in order to identify the offending party of an unsolicited call or text message (i.e., originating entity), and to block the unsolicited call or text message.
US09736296B2
Agencies issue multiple devices to personnel for maintaining distinct identities over the course of assigned investigations. To provide flexible capabilities to agencies, a phone is converted for use with multiple attached telephone numbers. Accordingly, a single phone may be used to manage multiple identities over the course of one or more investigations. Using a multiple attached number, a given device can place and receive calls over the network to and from contacts. In addition to providing multiple attached numbers, calls using the multiple attached numbers may be monitored live and recorded to establish evidence.
US09736292B2
Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.
US09736280B2
An apparatus that helps a user grasp a hand-held device (10) resting on an underlying surface (S) detects when the user is reaching for the hand-held device. In response to the detection, the apparatus performs an action that elevates at least a part of the hand-held device above the underlying surface. Elevating the hand-held device above the underlying surface allows the user to grasp and lift the hand-held device off of the underlying surface more easily.
US09736278B1
A method in a gateway router is described. The method includes receiving traffic with a destination of a virtual internet protocol (VIP) address corresponding to a scalable VIP appliance; selecting a point-to-point VIP tunnel associated with the VIP address, wherein the point-to-point VIP tunnel encapsulates a point-to-point link between the gateway router and the scalable VIP appliance; separating one or more packets within the traffic; classifying each of the one or more separated packets based on one or more indicators of the one or more separated packets; and forwarding each of the one or more separated packets to one of one or more IP tunnels based on the classification of each of the separated packets, wherein the one or more IP tunnels are connected to the scalable VIP appliance and wherein the one or more IP tunnels comprise a forwarding tunnel group associated with the point-to-point VIP tunnel.
US09736273B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to proxy communication between different types of networks, such as different types of networks that communicate in accordance with different protocols or different messaging patterns. In the context of a method, communication is supported with a content-centric network having one or more clients that are configured to communicate with publish and subscribe messages. The method also supports communication with one or more nodes configured to communicate in an Internet domain, such as by supporting communication with a CoAP network or a HTTP network. The method also proxies communicating between one or more clients of the content-centric network utilizing the publish and subscribe messages and one or more nodes in the Internet domain using an Internet domain message.
US09736271B2
Described herein are improved systems, methods, and devices for delivering and managing metadata in a distributed computing platform such as a content delivery network (CDN) so as to configure content servers to handle client requests. The teachings hereof provide, among other things, scalable and configurable solutions for delivering and managing metadata, preferably by leveraging dynamically obtained control information. For example, in one embodiment, a given content server may store metadata, e.g., in a configuration file, that references dynamic, late-bound control information for use in satisfying dependencies. This dynamic control information can be requested by the CDN content server, typically from a remote host, when needed to parse and execute the metadata.
US09736268B1
A server automatically generates a response to a request received from a first user. The server receives configuration information for configuring response templates for a second user. The configuration information indicates matching preferences, where each matching preference specifies a request field and a corresponding set of one or more expected values, and a message body that includes a set of one or more placeholder values. The response templates are generated for the second user according to the configuration information. The request is received from the first user. The second user is selected to respond to the request received from the first user. The response template that is determined to closest match to the request is automatically selected. The response is automatically generated using the selected template including populating the placeholder values with information extracted from the request. The generated response is transmitted to the first user.
US09736267B2
A system and method are disclosed for selecting a cloud provider for a virtual machine deployment. In one implementation, a processing device receives a request to launch a deployment of a virtual machine. The processing device identifies a set of two or more cloud providers, and determines a first subset of the set of cloud providers satisfying a requirement for the deployment of the virtual machine. A ranked list of cloud providers in the first subset is determined in view of a priority ranking criterion, and a probability distribution is generated in view of the ranked list. A cloud provider from the first subset is selected in view of the probability distribution, and the virtual machine is deployed in a cloud computing system of the selected cloud provider.
US09736266B2
The present invention includes apparatuses, methods, computer readable media and systems comprising means for rapid data acquisition from a server are discussed herein. This rapid data acquisition can be achieved using a combination of bulk data requests and small data requests. A hybrid approach that uses simultaneous bulk and small data requests can provide random access to data files while achieving the high download speeds of a large data transfer.
US09736260B2
Redirecting from a cloud service to a third party website to save costs without sacrificing security
Techniques are provided for receiving a request from a client proxy device to access a file on a server. The file is associated with a uniform resource locator (URL). In response to receiving the request, the server proxy device evaluates the request for presence of information that indicates that the client proxy device is able to obtain redirect instructions to access the file. When the evaluating indicates that the request includes the information, the server proxy device requests and receives identifier information associated with the URL from the server. The server proxy device retrieves from a database stored identifier information associated with the URL to compare it to the stored identifier information associated with the URL. When there is a match, the redirect instructions are sent to the client proxy device instructing the client proxy device to retrieve the file directly from the server.
US09736254B1
In a computer-implemented method to facilitate administration of a member of a network, performance of a member of a network is monitored by an agent, wherein members of the network are provided with access to a shared message stream such that the members of the network are able to monitor messages generated by other members of the network posted to the shared message stream. Responsive to the agent identifying a specific operational condition of the member, the shared message stream is monitored for a message related to the specific operational condition. Provided the shared message stream comprises a message related to the specific operational condition identified by the agent, an association of the message with an indication that the member identifies with the specific operational condition is established, wherein the agent is configured to establish the association.
US09736251B1
Capture and replay of RDP session packets is disclosed. A packet associated with the session is received from one of a first client and a first destination node. The node is caused to be stored. If the packet is received from the client, forward the packet to the destination node. If the packet is received from the destination node, forward the packet to the client.
US09736245B2
A first web socket connection is established with a sending device and a second web socket connection is established with a receiving device. The sending device is notified when the second web socket connection is established. One or more cookies including session information and a redirect uniform resource locator (URL) are received from the sending device in response to the notification and over the first web socket connection. The one or more cookies and the redirect URL are forwarded to the receiving device over the second web socket connection, wherein the redirect URL is associated with a web page that, when executed by the receiving device, is configured to comprise the session information.
US09736236B2
A system to manage a buffering of a data stream for a peer client in a peer-to-peer based streaming service includes a buffering control unit including a processor configured to control pieces of the data stream to be buffered in a first buffer of the peer client, and to control one or more outputted pieces to be buffered in a second buffer of the peer client, the outputted pieces being outputted from the first buffer for play back of the data stream. A method for managing a buffering includes storing pieces of the data stream in a first buffer; storing one or more outputted pieces of the data stream in a second buffer; and transmitting one or more pieces stored in the first buffer or the second buffer.
US09736234B2
The present disclosure identifies topologies of a computer network where one network appliance may be configured as a master network appliance and where that master network appliance may communicate over a network communication interface with one or more slave network appliances. Computer networks of the present disclosure may include a switch and a firewall where the switch may be coupled to several network appliances via different network communication interfaces.
US09736230B2
Novel tools and techniques for Internet service providers to enable enhanced user control over content delivery. In an aspect of certain embodiments, these tools can allow the customer to select, on a variety of different bases, whether content should be obtained from the Internet or from a lower-cost source, such as a metropolitan content delivery network (“CDN”) operated by the ISP or a private peering connection with a content source. Both of these options can, for example, avoid accessing content over the Internet and thus can reduce ISP delivery costs. In some embodiments, these cost reductions can be passed to the consumer in the way the ISP accounts for the content delivery.
US09736229B2
An electronic device with a network subscription is provided. The device comprises an embedded secure element including a subscription identification code for identifying the subscriber, a unique public first device identification code and a unique second device identification code linked to the first code. The embedded secure element is one of a physical and virtual secure element, and the second device identification code can be read with external reader equipment when the device is disconnected from the network. Methods of transferring a network subscription and identifying an electronic device are also provided.
US09736228B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for distributing information in a graphic code. The method includes acquiring an identification code in a selected graphic code; when the identification code does not exist, sending to a server a first update request including the identification code; receiving first response information fed back by the server; starting, according to the application program identifier in the first response information, an application program corresponding to the application program identifier. When an identification code of a graphic code does not exist in an electronic device, an application program identifier corresponding to the identification code is requested from a server, and an application program corresponding to the application program identifier is started. So a probability that information in a graphic code can be successfully processed is relatively high, and a success rate of identifying a graphic code is improved.
US09736224B1
Systems and methods can facilitate gathering information generated by network traffic to playlists. Based on analytics and metrics derived from the gathered information and reported, feedback about playlist access patterns can be supplied to interested parties, such as playlist creators/curators. The feedback can enable playlist curators to better tailor playlist content and sequence, potentially reducing a perceived need to skip around inside a playlist and making for a more enjoyable experience for playlist users.
US09736220B2
In some embodiments, a publication system comprises at least one module which provides, at a publication platform accessible by users via a network, a posting portal to receive entry of data relating to an item or commentary for posting on the publication system. The posting portal includes an interface having a first user interface element to receive the item data or commentary from a user for inclusion in a posting. The module also provides an upload application associated with the interface of the posting portal. The upload application includes a second user interface element to receive from the user, via the second user interface element, a media file for inclusion in the posting. The module also automatically commences transmission of the media file over the network, for inclusion in the posting, in response to a detection that the user has moved away from the first user interface element or moved to the second user interface element.
US09736210B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for processing analyte data. In some example implementations, a method may include receiving, at a first processing system including a user interface, an installation package including a plug-in and code configured to provide at the first processing system an interface between a sensor system configured to measure an analyte concentration level in a host and a second processing system; storing, by the first processing system, the installation package in a location based on a role of a user initiating the installation of the code; installing the plug-in for the user interface to enable the plug-in to control one or more aspects of an installation of the code; and initiating, by at least the plug-in, the installation of the code at the first processing system to provide the interface. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09736202B2
Embodiments of the present invention set forth techniques for a content player to stream a media file using multiple network connections. To stream the media file, the content player downloads metadata associated with a requested media file, establishes a network connection with multiple content servers (or multiple network connections with a single content server or both) and begins requesting portions of the media file. In response, the requested portions are transmitted to the content player. The content player may employ a predictive multi-connection scheduling approach to determine which network connection to use in downloading a given chunk.
US09736174B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and apparatus for providing network security monitoring in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives communications traffic associated with a sensor network from a sensor that is a member of the sensor network, analyzes the communications traffic to determine if an attack is occurring on the sensor network, and generates an alarm if the attack is occurring on the sensor network.
US09736172B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed for detecting intrusions in Voice over Internet Protocol systems, without the use of an attack signature database. In particular, the illustrative embodiment is based on the observation that some VoIP-related protocols (e.g., the Session Initiation Protocol [SIP], etc.) are simple enough to be represented by a finite-state machine (FSM) of compact size. A finite-state machine is maintained for each session/node/protocol combination, and any illegal state or state transition—which might be the result of a malicious attack—is flagged as a potential intrusion.
US09736160B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for a protected graphical user interface for role-based application and data access are provided herein. A method for controlling access on an endpoint device to at least a portion of an application includes obtaining a default configuration indicating whether one or more widget functions associated with the application are enabled in a graphical user interface; modifying one or more of the widget functions in the default configuration to a disabled status in the graphical user interface based on a privilege configuration; determining if one or more user click events generated using the graphical user interface are associated with a widget function having the disabled status; and preventing the user click events having the disabled status from being provided to an operating system for further processing, wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by a computing device.
US09736159B2
A customer of a computing resource service provider may utilize a set of credentials to request creation of an identity pool within a managed directory service. Accordingly, the managed directory service may create the identity pool. Instead of having the customer create a separate account within this identity pool, the managed directory service may create a shadow administrator account within the identity pool, which may be used to manage other users and resources in the identity pool within the managed directory service. The managed directory service further exposes an application programming interface command that may be used to obtain a set of credentials for accessing the shadow administrator account. The customer may use this command to receive the set of credentials and access the shadow administrator account. Accordingly, the customer can manage users and resources in the identity pool within the managed directory service.
US09736155B2
An authentication apparatus updates a first execution information entry corresponding to a first identification information entry of an authentication target having undergone authentication processing, and transmits the first identification and execution information entries to a management apparatus. The management apparatus updates an execution information entry corresponding to the first identification information entry, and stores a first sequence information entry indicating a sequence number. The management apparatus transmits the first sequence and identification information entries to the authentication apparatus. The authentication apparatus then stores the first sequence information entry, and further acquires, from the management apparatus, second execution and sequence information entries corresponding to a second identification information entry identified by comparing the first sequence information entry against a different one received before the reception of the first sequence information entry and stores the acquired information in association with the second identification information entry.
US09736147B1
A user of a client device establishes a secure connection to a server (or other) device without using public keys or third-party certification by entering only a subset of characters in a username associated with the user and a one-time-use password at the client device; an application on the client device collects information regarding the hardware, software, or network information related to the client device or biometric information related to the user. Data sent between the client and server is encrypted (and thereafter transmitted) using the subset of characters, one-time-use password, and collected information. Communications between the client and server may be monitored to detect a man-in-the-middle attacker, and a security strength may be varied accordingly.
US09736145B1
A CAC/PIV certificate associated with a HSPD-12 identity is used to generate a derived credential for storage on a device, such as a mobile device, that lacks a CAC/PIV card reader. The derived credential (which is distinct from the original CAC/PIV certificate) may then be used to grant the device access to secure resources that may otherwise require a CAC/PIV certificate. Embodiments of the present disclosure also relate to systems and methods for authenticating or validating a derived credential stored on a mobile device.
US09736139B2
The claimed subject matter includes techniques for storing sensitive data. An example system includes a processor and a computer-readable memory storage device storing executable instructions that can be executed by the processor to cause the processor to send authentication credentials to a service to request authorization to store sensitive data with the service. The example system also includes instructions that can be executed by the processor to cause the processor to capture sensitive data from a sensor on a device. The example system also includes instructions that can be executed by the processor to cause the processor to bypass storing the captured sensitive data in any non-volatile memory in the device and stream the captured sensitive data to the service from the sensor.
US09736136B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to monitor mobile Internet activity are disclosed. An example method comprises determining if a media request originated from a desktop computer or a mobile device by inspecting a user agent identifier of the media request. The media request is blocked if the media request originated from the desktop computer, the blocking to prevent the media request originating from the desktop computer from affecting a media exposure monitoring result. If the media request originated from the mobile device, an identifier of the media requested by the media request in association with the mobile device is stored.
US09736131B2
A network service may receive an authentication request from a subscriber device, the authentication request including a user credential and a device identifier of the subscriber device. The service may validate the authentication request based at least in part on the included user credential, and when the authentication request is validated, provide an authentication reply to the subscriber device indicative of allowance of the subscriber device to access the service, the authentication reply including a hash token keyed to the device identifier of the subscriber device for use in validation of subsequent authentication requests. The service may further generate a second hash token based on the device identifier of a subsequent authentication request; validate a subsequent authentication request according to the hash token and the second hash token; and when the subsequent authentication request is validated, allowing the subscriber device to access the service.
US09736130B1
A client device, e.g., a smartphone including a web browser, requests a call authorization token from a web server, e.g., a web page server. The web server, acting on behalf of a company, whose web page is hosted and whose phone corresponds to the called party, screens incoming requests and decides whether or not to issue an authorization token, e.g., a signed token including an encrypted portion. The web server issues a call authorization token and communicate the issued token to the client device. The client device includes the received issued call authorization token in a signal, e.g., a SIP INVITE signal, which it generates and sends to a session border controller (SBC). The session border controller processes the received authorization token and checks the authorization token to validate the received token. The SBC establishes a communications session if the received token passes the validation check.
US09736127B2
Techniques for providing data security services with respect to cloud-based services are described. Examples include a security service provider (“SSP”) configured to perform or provide one or more security-related services or functions with respect to or on behalf of some other system or service. The other system or service may be, for example, a cloud-based system that provides network-accessible services. The SSP allows a user of the cloud-based service to provide and manage one or more security-related services, such as data storage, encryption, decryption, key management, and the like. By using and controlling the SSP, the user can be confident that his or her data is being securely represented and stored, even though it is being operated upon by a cloud-based service that is not under the user's control.
US09736122B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, system, and computer program product for bluesalt security. A computer receives a confidential data configuration wherein specific sensor are assigned to specific confidential information. The assigned sensors are measured for values as a system administrator enters a password corresponding to the confidential information. The measured values are converted into a salt and concatenated with the password to generate a primary key. The primary key is used to encrypt the confidential information, then the primary key is encrypted using a secondary key comprised of a second password with a second set of sensor information as the salt. The encrypted key is saved securely while the secondary key is destroyed. In order to decrypt the confidential information, a user must replicate the password and sensor values to generate the primary or secondary key.
US09736117B2
Context-based application firewall functionality. A user session is initiated with a client device. The user session allows access a remote resource on a server device coupled with the client device over a network. The connection between the client device and the remote resource is through an application firewall. An application firewall context setup is performed with the application firewall in response to the user session. The application firewall context comprises firewall context information to be used during the user session to perform network and application security operations with the application firewall. A response is created to provide information from the remote resource to the client device. The response includes metadata to be used to update the firewall context information. The firewall context information is updated with the application firewall based on the metadata. The response is transmitted to the client device.
US09736113B1
A method for creating a secure network is provided. The method comprises establishing an overlay domain to control routing between overlay edge routers based on an underlying transport network, wherein said establishing comprises running an overlay management protocol to exchange information within the overlay domain; in accordance with the overlay management protocol defining service routes that exist exclusively within the overlay domain wherein each overlay route includes information on at least service availability within the overlay domain; and selectively using the service routes to control routing between the overlay edge routers; wherein the said routing is through the underlying transport network in a manner in which said overlay routes is shared with the overlay edge routers but not with the underlying transport network via the overlay management protocol.
US09736103B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system is provided. The method includes monitoring operational performance of a message broker and receiving a message for queuing in a message queue of the message broker. The method also includes parsing the message to extract different fields and corresponding priorities and selectively storing in fixed storage, data for corresponding ones of the different fields based upon consideration of corresponding ones of the priorities and the monitored operational performance. Finally, the method includes queuing the message in the message queue.
US09736102B2
A system, device, computer program product, and/or method generates display data that allows a user to ascertain a relationship between related electronic information from among sent and received electronic information. A three-dimensional time series data processing system selects one electronic information, extracts electronic information relating to the selected electronic information from the electronic information database, calculates relevance between the sender of the selected electronic information and the sender of the extracted electronic information, and generates three-dimensional time series data for three-dimensionally rendering a relationship between the selected electronic information and the extracted electronic information as positional information of the respective extracted electronic information in a virtual three-dimensional space, where the sender, the send time and the relevance are axes. In addition, the three-dimensional time series data processing system renders three-dimensional time series data for relevance of electronic information in cylindrical coordinates and displays the data while modifying a viewing angle.
US09736097B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing message compression instructions by communicating with a plurality of sender machines and a plurality of receiver machines and monitoring one or more messages from the plurality of sender machines. The disclosed systems and methods may also identify a part of the one or more messages that is frequently included in a plurality of the messages sent by the plurality of sender machines, dynamically determine compression instructions to compress this part of the message, and provide the compression instructions to at least one of the plurality of sender machines, such that the compression instructions reduce size of the messages having the part of the message associated with the compression instructions.
US09736086B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for buffering data using a multi-function, multi-protocol first-in-first-out (FIFO) circuit. For example, a data buffering apparatus is provided that includes a mode selection input and a FIFO circuit that is operative to buffer a data signal between a FIFO circuit input and a FIFO circuit output, wherein the FIFO circuit is configured in an operating mode responsive to the mode selection signal.
US09736085B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a packet processor, a buffer management module, a data monitoring module, and a flow control module. The packet processor identifies a class of service indicating priority-based flow control associated with a remote computing system from a notification message. The buffer management module creates a buffer dedicated for frames belonging to the class of service from the remote computing system in response to identifying the class of service. The data monitoring module detects a potential overflow of the buffer. The flow control module operates in conjunction with the packet processor to generate a pause frame in response to detecting a potential overflow.
US09736084B2
A command processing system facilitates pipeline configuration. Each stage of a packet processing pipeline may access certain memory locations for processing of a data packet as it passes through each stage. The command processing system facilitates changing the memory locations in an atomic manner.
US09736080B2
A determination method executed by a processor included in a device configured to receive a plurality of copied packets, the determination method includes receiving a first copied packet that is a copy of a first packet including an identifier and session information; determining that the first copied packet is a duplicate packet when information of the identifier is stored in a memory; storing the information of the identifier in the memory when the information of the identifier is not stored in the memory; and deleting the information of the identifier stored in the memory when a second copied packet that is a copy of a second packet that includes session information indicating a session that is the same as a session indicated by the session information included in the first packet, a communication direction of the second packet being opposite to a communication direction of the first packet, is received.
US09736067B2
Methods and systems for generating a forwarding table for a packet switch. The system includes a route manager for the packet switch, configured to identify a plurality of multi-path groups each corresponding to a respective initial set of routing entries in the forwarding table and generate, for one or more multi-path groups, at least one replacement set of routing entries with fewer routing entries than the initial set corresponding to the respective multi-path group. The route manager selects, based on a traffic reduction cost metric, one or more of the replacement sets of routing entries, each corresponding to a different respective multi-path group, and updates the forwarding table with the selected replacement sets. In some implementations, the traffic reduction cost metric includes a traffic characteristic. In some implementations, the packet switch participates in a software-defined network (SDN) and the route manager is part of an SDN controller.
US09736065B2
In one embodiment, a multiple spanning tree (MST) region is defined in a network, where the MST region includes a plurality of network nodes interconnected by links. A MST cluster is defined within the MST region, where the MST cluster includes a plurality of network nodes selected from the plurality of network nodes of the MST region. A network node of the MST cluster generates one or more MST bridge protocol data units (BPDUs) that present the MST cluster as a single logical entity to network nodes of the MST region that are not included in the MST cluster, yet enables per-multiple spanning tree instance (per-MSTI) load balancing of traffic across inter-cluster links that connect network nodes included in the MST cluster and network nodes of the MST region that are not included in the MST cluster.
US09736064B2
Methods and systems for finding a packet's routing path in a network includes intercepting control messages sent by a controller to one or more switches in a software defined network (SDN). A state of the SDN at a requested time is emulated and one or more possible routing paths through the emulated SDN is identified by replaying the intercepted control messages to one or more emulated switches in the emulated SDN. The one or more possible routing paths correspond to a requested packet injected into the SDN at the requested time.
US09736059B2
Some embodiments provide redundancy and failover for accelerating and improving the processing of commands across a distributed platform. A distributed platform administrative server distributes commands to different distributed platform points-of-presence (PoPs) for execution. The administrative server distributes the commands over a first set of transit provider paths that connect the server to each PoP. The administrative server selects the first set of paths based on different addressing associated with each of the paths. If any of the first paths is unavailable or underperforming, the administrative server selects a second path by changing a destination address and resends the command to the particular PoP over the second path. Some embodiments further modify PoP server operation so that the PoP servers can identify commands issued according to the different path addressing and distribute such commands to all other servers of the same PoP upon identifying the different path addressing.
US09736058B2
A controller transmits a data packet to a node in a source routed forwarding network having a plurality of nodes configured to transfer data packets to one another via a plurality of links. The data packet includes a header. The header includes a source routed hop list defining a path of the data packet. The data packet is associated with a flow of data packets from a source to one or more destinations. The hop list includes a sub-tree identifier indicative of a multicast sub-tree.
US09736054B2
Methods and systems may be provided for installing a route entry associated with multicast traffic to a memory. Client devices may be notified of the route entry for advertisement by an active source device. The delivery group and delivery source may be retrieved from the information for the route entry. Multicast data trees may maintain delivery group and delivery source information for access.
US09736043B2
Technologies are described herein for optimizing resource utilization in a collection of devices having hierarchical network layers. Some example technologies may identify packets exchanged between processes executed on collections of server computers. The hierarchical network layers may couple the collections of server computers. The technologies may determine virtual machine groups based on the identified packets. Each of the virtual machine groups may identify one or more virtual machines configured on the collections of server computers to execute one or more processes. The virtual machine groups may be configured to increase data traffic in a lower layer in the hierarchical network layers and to decrease the data traffic in a higher layer in the hierarchical network layers. The technologies may relocate the virtual machines between the collections of server computers according to the virtual machine groups.
US09736042B2
A system for visualizing the reach of a post by a member of an on-line social networking system may be designed to increase awareness of the members, as to which degree their posted updates are noticed and reacted to by other members. When a member creates a post, either through the on-line social networking website itself or through an application programming interface (API) that allows to include a share user interface (UI) control on a third web party site, the system monitors events associated with the post, collects statistics with respect to the monitored events and uses this data to generate a visualization of the reach of that post. Example visualization provides the creator of the post a sense of how many other members interacted with the post.
US09736038B2
In a method for managing change in an information technology (IT) environment, in response to an open change ticket, identifying one or more components of the IT environment that are associated with at least one change operation included in the change ticket. The method further includes identifying information associated with the identified one or more components of the IT environment. The method further includes determining a listing of allowable change operations for the identified one or more components of the IT environment in the change ticket based on the identified information associated with the identified one or more components of the IT environment. The method further includes receiving a user requested change operation. The method further includes determining whether the received user requested change operation is included in the determined listing of allowable change operations.
US09736037B2
A device management system includes a system management information handling system (IHS) that is coupled to a network. A first device is included in the device management system and is not configured to communicate with the system management IHS. A plurality of user IHSs are each configured to communicatively couple to the first device and are each configured to communicatively couple to the system management IHS through the network. Each of the plurality of user IHSs is configured to retrieve device information from the first device when that user IHS is communicatively coupled to the first device. Each of the plurality of user IHSs is configured to provide the device information for the first device to the system management IHS when that user IHS is communicatively coupled to the system management IHS through the network.
US09736036B2
In general, this disclosure describes techniques for applying, with a network device, subscriber-specific packet processing using an internal processing path that includes service objects that are commonly applied to multiple packet flows associated with multiple subscribers. In one example, a network device control plane creates subscriber records that include, for respective subscribers, one or more variable values that specify service objects as well as an identifier for a packet processing template. A forwarding plane of the network device receives and maps subscriber packets to an associated subscriber record and then processes the packet by executing the packet processing template specified by the subscriber record. When the forwarding plane reaches a variable while executing the specified packet processing template, the forwarding plane reads the associated variable value from the subscriber record to identify and then apply the subscriber-specific service object specified by the variable.
US09736033B2
A method and a system are described for providing operational business service verification in a telecommunication network. The method comprises the steps of: (i) receiving information which relates to transactions from a plurality of information sources, wherein the transactions are associated with one or more pre-defined applications; (ii) based upon the information received, determining whether that at least one pre-defined transaction criterion has been met; and (iii) if the at least one pre-defined transaction criterion has been met, providing verification of the legitimacy of the respective transaction that relate to that pre-defined application.
US09736028B2
System and method for providing network support services and premises gateway support infrastructure
A service management system communicates via wide area network with gateway devices located at respective user premises. The service management system remotely manages delivery of application services, which can be voice controlled, by a gateway, e.g. by selectively activating/deactivating service logic modules in the gateway. The service management system also may selectively provide secure communications and exchange of information among gateway devices and among associated endpoint devices. An exemplary service management system includes a router connected to the network and one or more computer platforms, for implementing management functions. Examples of the functions include a connection manager for controlling system communications with the gateway devices, an authentication manager for authenticating each gateway device and controlling the connection manager and a subscription manager for managing applications services and/or features offered by the gateway devices. A service manager, controlled by the subscription manager, distributes service specific configuration data to authenticated gateway devices.
US09736026B2
Techniques for cloud control and management are provided. The control, creation, and management of workloads in distributed infrastructures are coordinated via a master Configuration Management Database (CMDB). The master CMDB is also used to unify the multiple distributed infrastructures so that the workloads are rationalized. Moreover, data centers are coordinated with the distributed infrastructures so the configuration settings and policies included in the master CMDB are enforced and synchronized throughout the network.
US09736024B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for registering devices for network access. Embodiments include receiving, by a registration module, a media access control (MAC) address associated with a network adapter of a device; registering, by the registration module, the device, including associating the MAC address with a guest account at or before the time of registration of a guest; and allowing, by the registration module, the registered device to access a network.
US09736007B1
IT organizations are challenged with maintaining data application and availability while satisfying service level agreements and compliance requirements. Unprecedented data growth is straining IT resources requiring greater investments, while capital and operational expenses are under scrutiny. Given this tension, IT organizations are seeking efficiency and optimization to regain control and meet business SLAs. Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for performing automated data protection with information technology (IT) infrastructure visibility. The method comprises receiving input regarding a desired state of a data protection environment for an IT infrastructure and creating a data protection environment according to the desired state of the data protection environment.
US09736003B1
The invention concerns a communication method in a home network comprising at least two devices connected to a communication bus, characterized in that, a first device including an internet application and a second device including means for connecting to the internet, said second device being able to manage at least one internet application protocol, said method comprises the steps of: sending a request from said first device to said second device for opening a connection between said first and second devices, wherein said request contains an internet application protocol identifier to identify the internet application protocol to be used over said connection; sending an internet protocol request under the format of said internet application protocol from said first device to said second device; forwarding said internet protocol request from said second device to an internet server; upon receipt; transferring a response from said internet server to said first device through said second device over said communication bus. The invention also concerns a network and a device for implementing the method above.
US09736001B2
In an orthogonal multicarrier radio transmission system complex-valued symbols are transmitted, wherein the real part and the imaginary part of each symbol are shifted against each other by one half symbol period and wherein a non-symmetric conjugate-root filter is applied to each symbol before transmission to mitigate inter-carrier interference and intersymbol interference. Corresponding reverse steps are performed at the receiver.
US09735996B2
Provided is a fully parallel fast Fourier transformer of N-point, where N is a natural number, including a bit-reversal arranging block configured to rearrange an order of N input complex number samples, a plurality of first processors configured to perform, in a plurality of group units, a 16-point FFT on the rearranged complex number samples, a twiddle factor multiplier configured to multiply outputs of the plurality of first processors by twiddle factors, a first group rearranging block configured to rearrange outputs of the twiddle factor multiplier in the plurality of group units, a plurality of second processors configured to perform, in the plurality of group units, 16-point FFT on the complex number samples grouped by the first group rearranging block, and a second group rearranging block configured to rearrange outputs of the plurality of second processors to output under a same arrangement criterion as the first group rearranging block.
US09735994B2
A broadcast signal receiver according to the present invention comprises: a demodulator for performing OFDM demodulation on a received broadcast signal including a frame for the delivery of a broadcast service: a frame demapper for outputting the frame, the frame including a preamble that contains first signaling information, and a plurality of link-layer-pipes (LLPs) that contain PLP data, second signaling information and third signaling information, with the PLP data including a base layer and an enhancement layer of the broadcast service; and a decoder for decoding the first signaling information, for decoding the second and third signaling information, and for selectively decoding the PLP data by using the third signaling information.
US09735986B2
A transmission apparatus includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation signal generators, which generate a first OFDM modulation signal and a second OFDM modulation signal. The transmission apparatus also includes a transmitter that transmits the first OFDM modulation signal from a first antenna and the second OFDM modulation signal from a second antenna, in an identical frequency band. A reception apparatus is provided, which includes a plurality of antennas that receive a plurality of OFDM modulation signals; a plurality of OFDM demodulators that transform the plurality of OFDM modulation signals to a plurality of reception signals using Fourier transform; an estimator that outputs a distortion estimation signal using one or more symbols for demodulation included in the plurality of reception signals; and a demodulator that compensates for distortion of the reception signals using the distortion estimation signal and demodulates a data symbol included in the reception signals.
US09735975B2
An apparatus for providing IP multicast transport may include a processor and a memory. The memory may store exécutable instructions that in response to exécution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform opérations including receiving a key for encapsulation of multicast data at a base station, using the key to generate a response to a message indicative of a multicast connection for a particular service received from a gateway device, the base station being joined to a same multicast tree in a multicast-broadcast zone as the gateway device, and establishing the multicast connection with the gateway device via a multicast data path comprising a multicast tunnel associated with the key. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09735970B1
A secured audio apparatus (SAA) for providing secured communications between a local device and a remote device and a method for authenticating a local secured audio apparatus (SAA) associated with a local device to a remote SAA associated with a remote device are presented. The SAA includes a processing unit; and a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the SAA to: receive a remote certificate fingerprint from a remote SAA of the remote device; obtain a verified certificate based on the remote certificate fingerprint; generate an ephemeral key based on the obtained certificate, wherein the ephemeral key is used to encrypt and decrypt communications between the local SAA and the remote SAA; and secure audio communications between the local device and the remote device based on the generated ephemeral key.
US09735968B2
Techniques for a trust service for a client device are described. In various implementations, a trust service is implemented remotely from a client device and provides various trust-related functions to the client device. According to various implementations, communication between a client device and a remote trust service is authenticated by a client identifier (ID) that is maintained by both the client device and the remote trust service. In at least some implementations, the client ID is stored on a location of the client device that is protected from access by (e.g., is inaccessible to) device components such as an operating system, applications, and so forth. Thus, the client ID may be utilized to generate signatures to authenticate communications between the client device and the remote trust service.
US09735967B2
A method begins by a first device generating a self-validating message by creating a master key, using the master key to create a message encryption key, encrypting a message using the message encryption key to produce an encrypted message, encrypting the master key using a public key of a second device to produce an encrypted master key, and including a message authentication code of the first device in the self-validating message. The method continues by the second device receiving and decoding the self-validating message by verifying the message authentication code of the first device, and when the message authentication code of the first device is verified, decrypting the encrypted master key using a private key of the second device to recover the master key, using the master key to create the message encryption key, and decrypting the encrypted message using the message encryption key to recover the message.
US09735965B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting notification messages may include (1) identifying at least a portion of a notification message to be protected from modification, (2) using a hash function to calculate a hash of the portion of the notification message, (3) encrypting the hash, (4) adding the encrypted hash to the notification message, and (5) transmitting the notification message to a client that is configured to verify that the portion of the message has not been modified by (a) decrypting the encrypted hash, (b) using the hash function to recalculate the hash of the portion of the notification message, and (c) verifying that the decrypted hash is the same as the recalculated hash. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09735964B2
A federated realm discovery system within a federation determines a “home” realm associated with a portion of the user's credentials before the user's secret information (such as a password) is passed to a non-home realm. A login user interface accepts a user identifier and, based on the user identifier, can use various methods to identify an account authority service within the federation that can authenticate the user. In one method, a realm list of the user device can be used to direct the login to the appropriate home realm of the user. In another method, an account authority service in a non-home realm can look up the user's home realm and provide realm information directing the user device to login at the home realm.
US09735962B1
Securing encryption keys in a data storage system using three layer key wrapping that encrypts a data encryption key using a key encryption key, encrypts the key encryption key using a controller encryption key, and encrypts the controller encryption key using a public key of an asymmetric key pair. The private key is stored on a removable storage device. A separate encryption accelerator component decrypts the encryption keys in order to encrypt and/or decrypt host data from a memory of a storage processor. The removable storage drive must be inserted into a receptacle of the encryption accelerator for encryption and/or decryption to be performed, since the encryption accelerator accesses the private key from the removable storage device in order to decrypt the encrypted controller key. The encryption accelerator generates key handles for the storage processor to use when requesting encryption and/or decryption operations.
US09735959B2
A method for enforcing access control policies on data owned by a plurality of users includes evaluating the access control policies of users, applying a collusion resistant sharing scheme for generating key shares of an encryption key and delegating the key shares to one or more designated users based on a result of the evaluation. The data is securely dispersed by applying an encryption scheme on all parts of the data to be encrypted to produce encrypted data shares. The encryption scheme is provided such that for decryption of the encrypted data, the encryption key and at least a predetermined number of data shares are provided. Each data share is delegated to one or more designated users, and the data shares and the key shares are distributed to the respective designated users.
US09735956B2
In one embodiment a method, apparatus and system for is described for receiving a first input including a first decryption key and a second input including an encrypted second decryption key at a cryptographic decryption apparatus, the encrypted second decryption key to be decrypted by the cryptographic apparatus according to the first decryption key, storing a value of a key ladder length in a first register by a cryptographic processor, and using the stored value as a loop index by the cryptographic processor for a number of iterations of the cryptographic decryption apparatus executed as a loop, wherein at one stage in the loop execution of the cryptographic decryption apparatus, the second input includes the key ladder length, wherein the loop operation of the cryptographic decryption apparatus operates for a number of iterations equal to an initial value of the loop index. Related methods, apparatuses and systems are also described.
US09735941B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an interference measurement indication method, an interference measurement method, a related device, and a communication system. The interference measurement indication method includes: transmitting, by a base station, at least one piece of first-type channel state information reference signal CSI-RS configuration signaling to a user equipment UE, where the at least one piece of first-type CSI-RS configuration signaling indicates a first resource set used for CSI-RS transmission; and transmitting, by the base station, at least one piece of second-type CSI-RS configuration signaling to the UE, where a second resource set used for CSI-RS transmission, which is indicated by the at least one piece of second-type CSI-RS configuration signaling, is a subset of the first resource set. Technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention help improve the flexibility of interference measurement of the UE.
US09735939B2
A method in a network node for transmitting control information to a user equipment in a telecommunications system is provided. The control information is scheduled in time intervals of a downlink shared data channel, wherein the control information is allocated resource elements in resource blocks of a time-frequency Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, grid in the time intervals in which the control information is scheduled. The network node determines for a time interval, a set of user equipments for which control information is scheduled in the time interval. Also, it selects for a user equipment comprised in the determined set of user equipments, at least one group of user equipments amongst one or more groups of user equipments to which the user equipment is assigned. It also prepares a group signal corresponding to the selected one group of user equipments by allocating resource elements in the resource blocks of the time interval to the group signal. Furthermore, the network node transmits the prepared group signal in the allocated resource element in the time interval to the user equipment such that the user equipment is enabled to determine whether the control information that is allocated resource elements in the time interval is intended for the user equipment or not.A network node, a method in user equipment and a user equipment are also provided.
US09735938B2
In a radio communication system, transmission of CAZAC sequences as the pilot signal sequences by using code division multiplexing as at least one of user multiplexing schemes, is done by dividing a system band as a frequency band usable in the system into frequency blocks B1 and B2 having bandwidths W1 and W2, generating the pilot signals of the frequency blocks B1 and B2 with a single carrier, using the pilot signal sequences having sequence lengths L1 and L2 corresponding to frequency blocks B1 and B2 respectively; and, transmitting the generated pilot signals as the pilot signals corresponding individual users, with multicarriers using an arbitrary number of frequency blocks among the plural frequency blocks.
US09735936B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving channel state information for use in multi-antenna system are provided. A signal communication method of a base station having a plurality of antennas in a wireless communication system includes determining antenna ports of first and second directions based on directions of the plurality of antennas, allocating channel measurement resources for the respective antenna ports to a terminal, transmitting a feedback configuration to the terminal according to the channel measurement resources, and receiving feedback information from the terminal based on the channel measurement resource and the feedback configuration. The signal transmission/reception method and apparatus are advantageous in transmitting/receiving channel state information efficiently in the system using a plurality of antennas.
US09735934B2
A radio station, a radio terminal, and a method for transmission timing control in a radio communications system are provided that facilitate uplink-signal synchronization management in a plurality of cell groups. The radio station (10) calculates uplink-signal transmission timing adjustment values TA1 and TA2 for respective cell groups (1, 2), each of which includes at least one cell including an available uplink radio resource, and notifies the calculated uplink-signal transmission timing adjustment values TA1 and TA2 to the radio terminal (20) at a time.
US09735929B2
A method and system are described that allow a device operating in coordination with other devices to synchronize the devices operation with the other devices. A controllable device processor may determine that a received data packet is a retransmission of an initial control command data packet. The processor may obtain from the retransmitted data packet a start value and a time indicator related to performance of the operation. A ramp rate related to the operation to be performed may be obtained. Using the time indicator, an adjusted ramp rate may be calculated. An output value for the device may be set based on the start value, the adjusted ramp rate, and the time indicator. The adjusted ramp rate may result in completing the operation at substantially the same time as though the device received the original command.
US09735923B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder encoding service data, a time interleaver interleaving the encoded service data, a mapper mapping the interleaved service data into a plurality of OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) symbols to build at least one signal frame, a frequency interleaver frequency interleaving data in the at least one signal frame by using a different interleaving-seed which is used for every OFDM symbol pair comprised of two sequential OFDM symbols, wherein the frequency interleaving is performed by using two memories, a modulator modulating the frequency interleaved data by an OFDM scheme and a transmitter transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data, wherein an interleaving-seed is generated based on a cyclic shift value and an FFT size of the modulating.
US09735921B2
A low-density parity-check (LDPC) coded bit-interleaved coded modulation with iterative decoding (BICM-ID) scheme with nonuniform signaling which is effected by mapping simple variable-length prefix codes onto the constellation. By employing Huffman procedure(s), prefix codes can be designed to approach optimal performance. Experimental evaluations of the schemes demonstrate that the nonuniform scheme performs better than 8-QAM by at least 8.8 dB.
US09735920B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating a type of waveform utilized for uplink transmission in a wireless communication environment. An access terminal can select a type of waveform from a set of possible waveform types. Moreover, a reference signal can be generated based upon the selected type of waveform. For instance, a sequence employed to yield the reference signal can be generated and/or chosen as a function of the selected type of waveform. According to another illustration, a tone location and/or a symbol location of the reference signal can as part of the uplink transmission to the base station from the access terminal. The base station can detect the selected type of waveform utilized by the access terminal for the uplink transmission based upon parameter(s) recognized from the reference signal.
US09735919B2
A method of selecting a modulation coding scheme (MCS) for transmitting data to a client station (STA). The communications device first predicts the MCS for each of at least two of a plurality of communication modes. The plurality of communication modes may include an open-loop mode and at least one of a single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) mode or a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) mode. The communications device then selects one of the plurality of communication modes for transmitting data to the STA based at least in part on the predicted MCSs.
US09735918B2
An encoder outputs a first bit sequence having N bits. A mapper generates a first complex signal s1 and a second complex signal s2 with use of bit sequence having X+Y bits included in an input second bit sequence, where X indicates the number of bits used to generate the first complex signal s1, and Y indicates the number of bits used to generate the second complex signal s2. A bit length adjuster is provided after the encoder, and performs bit length adjustment on the first bit sequence such that the second bit sequence has a bit length that is a multiple of X+Y, and outputs the first bit sequence after the bit length adjustment as the second bit sequence. As a result, a problem between a codeword length of a block code and the number of bits necessary to perform mapping by a set of modulation schemes is solved.
US09735916B2
An optical receiver includes: an optical brancher configured to branch polarization multiplexed light to a first polarization multiplexed light and a second polarization multiplexed light, the polarization multiplexed light in which a pilot signal is superimposed on at least one of a first polarization and a second polarization; an optical fiber configured to transmit the first polarization multiplexed light; a first polarization rotator configured to control a first polarization state of the first polarization multiplexed light output from the optical fiber; a first polarization separator configured to separate the second polarization multiplexed light into a third polarization and a fourth polarization; and a controller configured to control the first polarization rotator based on one of a first pilot signal included in the third polarization and a second pilot signal included in the fourth polarization.
US09735912B2
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.
US09735905B2
Systems and methods for implementing bi-directional synchronization propagation between first and second communication devices are provided. The devices are arranged in a loop-timing configuration. A method includes detecting, by the second communication device, a switching signal comprising an indication to switch a timing role of the second communication device and engaging, by the second communication device, in a synchronization handshake with the first communication device over a communication link based on the detection of the switching signal. Engaging in the synchronization handshake includes determining whether the first communication device is configured to support bi-directional synchronization propagation. The method includes switching the timing role of the second communication device based on the synchronization handshake.
US09735901B2
Provided is a communication control device including a wireless communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly with a terminal in a macrocell that is allowed to communicate wirelessly in FDD mode using a frequency band, the macrocell being overlapped in part or in whole with a small cell that is allowed to communicate wirelessly in TDD mode using the frequency band, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result during handover of a terminal, the handover allowing the terminal to communicate wirelessly in the small cell, the measurement result being obtained by measuring a degree of interference between the terminal and one or more other terminals that communicate wirelessly in the macrocell, and a controller configured to control the handover based on the measurement result.
US09735898B2
A method for calibrating a communication channel coupling first and second components includes transmitting a data signal from the first component to the second component on the communication channel, and sensing a characteristic, such as phase, of the data signal on the second component. Information about the sensed characteristic is fed back to the first component using an auxiliary channel. An adjustable parameter, such as phase, for the transmitter is adjusted on the first component in response to the information. Also, a characteristic of a data signal received from the transmitter on the second component is sensed and used to adjust an adjustable parameter for the receiver on the first component.
US09735888B2
In an optical receiver, an optical local oscillator (LO) frequency is generated. A modulated optical frequency is received at the optical receiver. An LO-signal frequency offset between the received modulated optical frequency and the optical LO frequency is determined. A determination is made as to whether the LO-signal frequency offset is in one of multiple predefined non-overlapping target windows that cover respective non-zero LO-signal frequency offsets. If it is determined that the LO-signal frequency offset is not in one of the target windows, the optical LO frequency is tuned to drive the LO-signal frequency offset toward one of the target windows to ensure the LO-signal frequency offset is non-zero.
US09735886B2
Coherent reconstruction of dual polarized data and pilot signals without local oscillator or laser.
US09735883B2
An optical transceiver using a modulator biased to a non-linear region of the modulator's power transfer function can extend the possible transmission distance of intensity modulated direct detection (IMDD) n-level pulse amplitude modulated (PAM-n) signals. A non-linear look-up-table may compensate for non-linear characteristics of the modulator. An adaptive decision threshold look-up-table may be used to provide adaptive decision levels at the receiver.
US09735881B1
A coherent receiver comprises an ingress signal path having an ingress line-side interface, and an ingress host-side interface. The ingress signal path is configured to receive an analog signal vector at the ingress line-side interface, to demodulate the analog signal vector, and to output a digital data signal at the ingress host-side interface. The coherent receiver also comprises clock and timing circuitry configured to receive a single reference clock signal and to provide a plurality of modified ingress path clock signals to different components of the ingress signal path, the plurality of modified ingress path clock signals derived from the single reference clock signal and the plurality of modified ingress path clock signals having different clock rates. The receiver, transmitter, or transceiver can operate in a plurality of programmable operating modes to accommodate different modulation/de-modulation schemes, error correction code schemes, framing/mapping protocols, or other programmable features.
US09735875B2
A field device provided with a first communication unit for communicating over a communication network, a second communication unit for communicating via infrared with an external device, a converter for converting a message transmitted by the external device and received by the second communication unit into data that can be transmitted over the communication network, and a first controller for controlling the first communication unit and transmitting the data converted by the converter to the communication network.
US09735869B2
Methods and systems for a bi-directional receiver for standard single-mode fiber based on grating couplers may include, in a photonically-enabled integrated circuit comprising an optoelectronic transceiver, a multi-wavelength grating coupler, and first and second optical source assemblies coupled to the photonically-enabled integrated circuit: coupling first and second source optical signals at first and second wavelengths into the photonically-enabled integrated circuit using the first and second optical source assemblies, where the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength, receiving a first optical data signal at the first wavelength from an optical fiber coupled to the multi-wavelength grating coupler, and receiving a second optical data signal at the second wavelength from the optical fiber. Third and fourth optical data signals at the first and second wavelengths may be communicated out of the optoelectronic transceiver via the multi-wavelength grating coupler.
US09735868B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for deriving an identifier encoded in a visible light communication (VLC) signal. One method includes capturing a first part of the VLC signal; extracting, from the first part of the VLC signal, a first pattern of bits representing at least a portion of the identifier encoded in the VLC signal; comparing the first pattern of bits to different portions of a plurality of identifiers; and identifying, based at least in part on the comparing, a subset of the plurality of identifiers as candidate matches to the identifier encoded in the VLC signal.
US09735861B2
An apparatus and a method for processing Bluetooth data in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a first control unit for transmitting a predetermined data transmission condition, a second control unit for receiving and storing the data transmission condition, for determining whether the data transmission condition is satisfied when data is received from an accessory through Bluetooth communication, and for transmitting the received data to the first control unit when the data transmission condition is satisfied as a result of the determination.
US09735860B2
According to one embodiment, the invention relates to a method comprising: transmitting (410), by an apparatus, a message to detect one or more wireless communication devices; receiving (420), in response to the transmitted message, at least one response message comprising at least identification information regarding a wireless communication device; determining (430) that the apparatus has data suitable for transmitting to the wireless communication device without establishing a formal communication connection with the wireless communication device; and transmitting (440) one or more subsequent messages to the wireless communication device in response to the received response message, wherein the one or more subsequent messages comprise at least the data suitable for transmitting to the wireless communication device without establishing a formal communication connection.
US09735857B2
A signal transmission system for a satellite comprises means (31) for producing a signal to be transmitted; a first signal channel (37) which includes a first digital pre-distortion device (32) for applying pre-distortion to the signal; a second signal channel (38) for processing an envelope of the signal, which includes a second digital pre-distortion device (35) for applying pre-distortion to the envelope of the signal; and output means (34) for transmitting the signal.
US09735853B2
Provided are a method and device for low-complexity feedback in a multiuser and multipoint cooperative communication system. The base station in the multiuser and multipoint cooperative communication system transmits a feedback stop signal to a terminal in order for the terminal receiving the feedback stop signal to stop feedback for a predetermined period. The terminal receiving the feedback stop signal stops the feedback of channel information for a period indicated by the feedback stop signal.
US09735852B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a base station configured to communicate with at least one user device includes transmitting a reference signal to the at least one user device, receiving channel quality information from the at least one user device, and forming a beam based on the channel quality information received from the at least one user device.
US09735847B2
In an SM-MIMO wireless communication system, multiple transmitting antennae may be utilized to transmit wireless signals that carry signal sequences. A selection of the multiple transmitting antennae may be configured to represent a portion of the signal sequences so that channel state information (CSI) is not required at the receiving end of the SM-MIMO system.
US09735835B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed to increase the efficiency of communications between wireless power transfer (WPT) devices. During an initial power transfer and/or communication between WPT devices, characteristics regarding the operation and capabilities of the devices are shared and stored on one or both of the WPT devices. On subsequent power transfers and/or communications, a WPT device can quickly match the capabilities and preferences for the same WPT device. Various systems are presented to generate, access, and implement the stored information to quickly tailor and improve a communication session for a specific WPT device.
US09735827B2
A protective case for use with a portable electronic device includes a protective shell including a cavity for receiving the portable electronic device and a pliable surface disposed in an opening of the protective shell. The pliable surface being adapted to transmit at least a portion of a mechanical force applied at an external surface of the protective shell to the control feature of the installed portable electronic device to actuate the control feature of the installed portable electronic device. The protective case also includes a feature disposed in a wall of the protective shell for accessing an electrical connector of the installed portable electronic device from outside the protective shell.
US09735825B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an accessory device of a portable electronic device. The accessory device includes a first cover that is detachably attached to at least a portion of the electronic device, a second cover that is connected to the first cover, at least a portion of the second cover covering at least a portion of a display of the electronic device, and an electronic circuit that is arranged inside the first cover or the second cover. The electronic circuit may include a memory that stores at least some of codes or data that indicate one or more of identification information, a characteristic, a configuration, a structure, and a function that are associated with a protection cover. Various pieces of corresponding information may be output according to the kinds of applied accessories. Therefore, the consumers' product preference can be improved and the reliability of the electronic device can be secured.
US09735822B1
Dual-band antenna structures and methods of operating the same of an electronic device are described. One apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) feed and a dual-band antenna structure coupled to the RF feed at a feeding point and coupled to a ground plane at a grounding point. The structure includes a first loop antenna and a second loop antenna, both coupled to the feeding point and the grounding point. The first loop antenna radiates electromagnetic energy in a first resonant mode in a first frequency band and the second loop antenna radiates electromagnetic energy in a second resonant mode in a second frequency band and radiates electromagnetic energy in a third resonant mode in the first frequency band. Surface currents create a pair of hot spots of magnetic field.
US09735821B2
A method relates to identifying, by a processing device, a plurality of subscriber identity modules (SIMs) coupled to the processing device, each of the plurality of SIMs storing data enabling a set of communication services provided by a respective one of a plurality of communication service providers, determining a request parameter comprising at least one of a time, a location of the processing device, or a destination to provide a first communication service, determining a plurality of cost rates to provide the first communication service by the respective one of the plurality of communication service providers in view of a cost rate table and the request parameter, selecting a first SIM from the plurality of SIMs in view of the plurality of cost rates, and displaying, on a screen of the processing device, a first icon indicating the selected first SIM to provide the first communication service.
US09735816B2
Interference is cancelled from a baseband signal by synthesizing interference from estimated symbols in interfering subchannels. The estimated symbols are hard-coded, soft weighted, or zeroed, depending on the value of an estimated pre-processed signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) in each subchannel in order to maximize a postprocessed SINR. The estimated pre-processed SINR is obtained from averages of estimated symbol energies and estimated noise variances, or from related statistical procedures.
US09735812B2
A radio frequency (RF) transceiver system comprises an input port configured to receive an RF receive signal and a receiver (RX) digital signal processing (DSP) unit configured to process a digital IF signal based on the RF receive signal and generate a processed digital IF signal at an output port based thereon. Further, the RF transceiver system comprises a digital interface unit comprising a digital interface configured to convey the processed digital IF signal from the output port. In addition, the RF transceiver system comprises a quality estimation unit configured to estimate a quality indicator of the RF receive signal or a signal associated therewith, and dynamically adapt a digital transmission word length of the processed digital IF signal over the digital interface, based on the estimated quality indicator.
US09735806B2
A modulator and a modulation method using a non-uniform 16-symbol signal constellation are disclosed. The modulator includes a memory and a processor. The memory receives a codeword corresponding to a low-density parity check (LDPC) code having a code rate of 4/15. The processor maps the codeword to 16 symbols of the non-uniform 16-symbol signal constellation on a 4-bit basis.
US09735805B2
An encoder for encoding input data to generate corresponding encoded data includes data processing hardware which is operable: to determine at least partial reoccurrences of data blocks or data packets within the input data, wherein the data blocks or data packets include a plurality of bytes; to employ at least one reference symbol to relate reoccurrences of mutually similar data blocks or data packets and/or to indicate whether or not there are reoccurrences of mutually similar data blocks or data packets within the input data; to employ a plurality of change symbols, for example a plurality of mask bits, to indicate changed and unchanged data elements of partial reoccurrences of data blocks or data packets within the input data and a change of data values of changed data elements; and to encode the at least one reference symbol and the plurality of change symbols into the encoded data.
US09735804B2
This invention relates to a system, method and computer program product for encoding an input string of binary characters including: a cellular data structure definition including a starting empty cell; one or more path definitions defining paths through the data structure; a character reading and writing engine for writing a binary character to an empty cell with a predefined initial position; a next cell determination engine for determining a next empty cell by methodically checking cells along one of the paths in the data structure until an empty cell is located; a loop facilitator for looping back to the writing next character step and the determining next cell step until there are no more data characters or a next empty cell is not determined; and a serialization deserialization engine for methodically serializing the data structure into a one dimensional binary string of characters representing an encoded string of alphanumeric characters.
US09735800B2
Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses, methods and techniques for converting a discrete-time quantized signal into a continuous-time, continuously variable signal. An exemplary converter preferably includes: (1) multiple oversampling converters, each processing a different frequency band, operated in parallel; (2) multirate (i.e., polyphase) delta-sigma modulators (preferably second-order or higher); (3) multi-bit quantizers; (4) multi-bit-to-variable-level signal converters, such as resistor ladder networks or current source networks; (5) adaptive nonlinear, bit-mapping to compensate for mismatches in the multi-bit-to-variable-level signal converters (e.g., by mimicking such mismatches and then shifting the resulting noise to a frequently range where it will be filtered out by a corresponding bandpass (reconstruction) filter); (6) multi-band (e.g., programmable noise-transfer-function response) bandpass delta-sigma modulators; and/or (7) a digital pre-distortion linearizer (DPL) for canceling noise and distortion introduced by an analog signal bandpass (reconstruction) filter bank.
US09735799B1
Improved mechanisms for applying noise-shaped segmentation techniques in a multi-bit DAC are disclosed. Noise-shaped segmentation refers to constructing two or more noise-shaped signals whose sum equals the original digital input signal by splitting each word of the input signal into two or more sub-words and converting each sub-word by a respective sub-word DAC group. Disclosed mechanisms include determining a range of amplitudes of a portion of the input signal over a certain time period, and, when converting digital words of that portion to analog values, limiting the number of sub-word DAC groups which are used for the conversion only to a number that is necessary for generating an analog output corresponding to the portion being evaluated, which number is determined based on the tracked amplitudes and could be smaller than the total number of sub-word DAC groups. Placing unused sub-word DAC groups into a power saving mode reduces power consumption.
US09735798B2
A precision bipolar digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that provides a bipolar current output having a substantially fixed zero center point is provided. The DAC includes digital-to-analog converter circuitry configured to provide, responsive to a reference signal indicative of the digital data, a first analog current signal having a first potential and a second analog current signal having a second potential, subtractor circuitry configured to provide a bipolar current signal by subtracting the second analog current signal from the first analog current signal, the bipolar current signal having a zero center point, and first control circuitry electrically coupled to the subtractor circuitry and to the digital-to-analog converter circuitry, and configured to modify the second potential so that the second potential equals the first potential.
US09735793B2
A low power clock distribution circuit system (200) includes a clock generator (201) for generating a high frequency clock signal that is supplied to a clock interconnect running to multiple lanes of an integrated circuit, each lane including a passive clock repeater circuit (e.g., 203) having a differential-mode RLC network (e.g., 301) that is shielded by an active guard ring structure (e.g., 511) and that is coupled to receive first and second input clock signals (Vip, Vin) to provide clock signal gain boosting at a predetermined frequency range and clock signal attenuation out of the operating frequency range, thereby generating the first and second output clock signals (Vop, Von) that are provided to a clocked circuit (e.g., 211).
US09735792B2
Embodiments of an integrated circuit (IC) comprising circuitry to determine settings for an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) are described. In some embodiments, an injection signal is generated based on a first clock edge of a reference clock signal, and is injected into an ILO. Next, one or more output signals of the ILO are sampled based on a second clock edge of the reference clock signal, and settings for the ILO are determined based on the samples. In some embodiments, a sequence of two or more time-to-digital (TDC) codes is generated based on a reference clock signal and a free-running ILO. In some embodiments, the TDC circuitry that is already present in a delay-locked loop is reused for determining the sequence of two or more TDC codes. The ILO settings can then be determined based on the sequence of two or more TDC codes.
US09735791B2
In a first clock frequency multiplier, multiple injection-locked oscillators (ILOs) having spectrally-staggered lock ranges are operated in parallel to effect a collective input frequency range substantially wider than that of a solitary ILO. After each input frequency change, the ILO output clocks may be evaluated according to one or more qualifying criteria to select one of the ILOs as the final clock source. In a second clock frequency multiplier, a flexible-injection-rate injection-locked oscillator locks to super-harmonic, sub-harmonic or at-frequency injection pulses, seamlessly transitioning between the different injection pulse rates to enable a broad input frequency range. The frequency multiplication factor effected by the first and/or second clock frequency multipliers in response to an input clock is determined on the fly and then compared with a programmed (desired) multiplication factor to select between different frequency-divided instances of the frequency-multiplied clock.
US09735784B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a high reliable/high safe programmable logic device with high error resistance. The present invention provides a programmable logic device that has a plurality of configuration memories. The configuration memories are divided into a plurality of areas and are arranged and a part of the plurality of areas is set to a high reliable area where reliability of the configuration memory is higher than in the other area.
US09735780B2
Memories, driver circuits, and methods for generating an output signal in response to an input signal. One such driver circuit includes an input stage and an output stage. The input stage receives the input signal and provides a delayed input signal having a delay relative to the input signal. The output stage receives the delayed input signal and further receives the complement of the input signal. The output stage couples an output node to a first voltage in response to a complement of the input signal having a first logic level and couples the output to a second voltage in response to the complement of the input signal having a second logic level. The output stage further decouples the output from the first or second voltage in response to receiving the delayed input signal to provide a high-impedance at the output node.
US09735778B1
Input-output (IO) circuitry for optimizing power management on an integrated circuit is disclosed. The IO circuitry includes monitoring circuitry and a multiplexer circuit that is controlled by the monitoring circuitry. The monitoring circuitry determines whether majority of the bits of an IO signal are transitioning from a first logical state to a second logical state. When a number of bit transitions of the IO signal exceeds a predetermined bit transition threshold, the monitoring circuitry may send a monitoring circuitry output to the multiplexer circuit to selectively couple an output signal to either the IO signal or an inverted IO signal. The IO circuitry further includes an additional multiplexer that receives the monitoring circuitry output and a clock signal. The additional multiplexer selects an additional output signal from the monitoring circuitry output and the clock signal based on a control signal that indicates a power-savings operation.
US09735771B1
A hybrid switch apparatus includes a gate drive circuit producing a gate drive signal, a GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) having a first gate, a first drain, and a first source. A silicon (Si) MOSFET has a second gate, a second drain, and a second source. The GaN HEMT and the Si MOSFET are connected in a parallel arrangement so that (i) the first drain and the second drain are electrically connected and (ii) the first source and the second source are electrically connected. The second gate is connected to the gate drive circuit output to receive the gate drive signal. A delay block has an input connected to the gate drive circuit output and an delay block output is configured to produce a delayed gate drive signal for driving the GaN HEMT.
US09735769B1
Systems and methods for controlling current or mitigating electromagnetic or radiation interference effects using multiple different semi-conductive channel regions generating structures formed by multiple different semi-conductive electrical current or voltage control structures. One embodiment includes providing a first and second metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) sections formed on opposite sides of a metal-semiconductor field effect transistor (MESFET) such that operation of the MESFET modulates or controls current otherwise controlled by an electrical path of the MOSFET sections. A control system for determining when an embodiment of the invention is to be operated is also provided to include automated systems including sensors as well as manually operated systems. Automated systems can include radiation sensors as well as other control systems such as high voltage radio frequency transmitter or receiver systems. Methods of operation for a variety of modes are also provided.
US09735765B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems for jitter equalization and phase error detection. In embodiments, a communication circuit may include a data path to pass a data signal and a clock path to pass a clock signal. A jitter equalizer may be coupled with the data path and/or clock path to provide a programmable delay to the data signal and/or clock signal, respectively. The delay may be determined by a training process in which a supply voltage may be modulated by a modulation frequency. The delay may be dependent on a value of the supply voltage, such as a voltage level and/or jitter frequency component of the supply voltage. A phase error detector is also described that may be used with the communication circuit and/or other embodiments.
US09735750B2
The invention provides an efficient implementation of cross-product enhanced high-frequency reconstruction (HFR), wherein a new component at frequency QΩ+rΩ0 is generated on the basis of existing components at Ω and Ω+Ω0. The invention provides a block-based harmonic transposition, wherein a time block of complex subband samples is processed with a common phase modification. Superposition of several modified samples has the net effect of limiting undesirable intermodulation products, thereby enabling a coarser frequency resolution and/or lower degree of oversampling to be used. In one embodiment, the invention further includes a window function suitable for use with block-based cross-product enhanced HFR. A hardware embodiment of the invention may include an analysis filter bank, a subband processing unit configurable by control data and a synthesis filter bank.
US09735743B1
Optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device causes the apparatus to transmit wireless signals with minimal out-of-band transmission at an optimized efficiency of the power amplifier. The variation of impedance characteristics of an antenna cause a change in the coefficients of a mapping function. The relatively fast variations to the power supply voltage of a power amplifier are applied to the mapping function to generate control signals which vary the impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device. The output of the mapping function includes control signals that control optimized impedance characteristics of a variable impedance device as a function of the variation of the supply voltage to a power amplifier. The coefficients of the mapping function may be regularly determined based on a comparison of out-of-band power and in-band power transmitted by an antenna.
US09735740B2
A low noise amplifier includes an amplifier transistor having a source, a gate, and a drain. An input node is coupled to the gate. An output node is coupled to the drain. An inductor is coupled between the gate and the drain.
US09735736B2
Apparatus and methods for reducing input bias current of electronic circuits are provided herein. In certain implementations, an electronic circuit includes a first input terminal, a second input terminal, an input circuit, and a plurality of input switches including at least a first input switch and a second input switch. The first input switch is electrically connected between the first input terminal and a first input of the input circuit, the second input switch is electrically connected between the second input terminal and a second input of the input circuit, and the first and second input switches can be opened and closed using a clock signal. The electronic circuit further includes a charge compensation circuit for compensating for charge injection through the first and second input switches during transitions of the clock signal.
US09735728B2
Provided are flexible photovoltaic modules having flexible module connectors that allow their connector bodies to move with respect to other parts of the modules in one or more directions. This flexibility may be used to align connector bodies during installation. Further, flexibility may help to overcome the thermal expansion differences of various modules and supporting structure components during operation. Flexible arms may be used to support connector bodies with respect to module sealing sheets to provide the necessary flexibility. Such modules may also include various touch safety features to keep conductive elements of the module connectors disconnected from the photovoltaic cells prior to installation of the module and during initial installation operations. Also provided are flexible photovoltaic assemblies, each including multiple modules electrically interconnected with each other and sealed at their interfaces. An assembly may be reconfigured in the field to remove one or more modules from the assembly.
US09735724B2
A drive system may have at least one electric motor which can be fed via power electronics which can be connected via a DC circuit to a voltage source and an energy storage apparatus for buffering energy fed back from the electric motor. An energy storage apparatus for such a drive system may include at least one electrical storage block, a bidirectional DC/DC converter for connecting the named DC voltage circuit to the internal voltage circuit of the storage block and a control unit for controlling the DC/DC converter. The control unit may include output and feed control means for controlling the DC/DC converter. The DC/DC converter, the storage block and the control unit may be combined into an energy storage unit having a common housing in which the named components are received and at whose outer side two connections are provided for connecting to the DC voltage circuit.
US09735722B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of controlling an alternating current (ac) machine. The method includes determining or retrieving a current limit for the ac machine, determining a characterized peak current value based on a voltage-to-speed ratio of the ac machine, determining current command values for the ac machine based on at least one of the torque command limit and a torque command for the ac machine, determining current command values for the ac machine based on the torque command limit and controlling the ac machine based on the current command values.
US09735715B2
A controller configured to be coupled to an electric motor. The controller including a processor programmed to receive a signal indicating a stopping command of the electric motor, and control a current such that a capacitor coupled to the electric motor is not overcharged by regenerative energy when a stopping of the electric motor has commenced, wherein controlling the current includes one of the following: upon receiving the signal indicating the stopping command of the electric motor, ramping the current down below a threshold level, or upon receiving the signal indicating the stopping command of the electric motor, forcing the current to circulate in motor windings to prevent regeneration of energy in the capacitor.
US09735709B2
A power generation unit includes a deforming member (a beam) adapted to deform while switching a deformation direction, a first piezoelectric device provided to the deforming member (the beam), a second piezoelectric device provided to the deforming member (the beam), an inductor electrically connected to the first piezoelectric device, a switch disposed between the first piezoelectric device and the inductor, and a control section adapted to detect a voltage generated in the second piezoelectric device, and if the voltage detected has a level one of equal to and higher than a predetermined level, electrically connect the first piezoelectric device and the inductor to each other using the switch.
US09735706B2
Method for harvesting energy using an EAP based deformable body. The EAP based deformable body is an elastically deformable body including an arrangement of stretchable synthetic material and electrodes being arranged as a variable capacitor with a capacitance that varies as the deformable body stretches and relaxes. The method includes: looping through an energy harvesting cycle with a) stretching the deformable body from a minimal relaxed size L1 to a maximal stretched size L2; b) at the maximal stretched size electrically charging of the variable capacitor to create an electric field over the capacitor with an upper electric field level value; and subsequently c) a relaxation step from maximal stretched size to the minimal relaxed size; d) at the minimal relaxed size of the deformable body, electrically discharging the capacitor to a minimal charge level and a minimal electric field level value.
US09735702B2
Provided is an operating method of a full-bridge sub-module (FBSM)-based modular multilevel converter for HVDC transmission with AC-side voltage boosting. The peak value of the AC-side voltage is increased under a constant DC-link voltage by using FBSM's negative output voltage under steady state, wherein keeping the semiconductor's current rating constant during AC-side voltage boosting is in favor of reducing converter cost by decreasing energy interaction between the upper and lower arms in a leg, and further capacitance value of FBSM's capacitor under a constant capacitor voltage ripple, keeping the RMS value of AC-side current constant during AC-side voltage boosting can effectively improve transmission capacity of the converter while reducing converter cost, and keeping converter transmission capacity constant during AC-side voltage boosting can reduce RMS value of arm currents while reducing converter cost, thereby reducing power loss of FBSMs and improving converter efficiency.
US09735701B2
A resonant wireless power receiver that includes an electromagnetic resonator having one or more inductive elements that are arranged to form a receiver coil and a network of passive components arranged to form a matching network. A rectifier circuit converts ac power from the electromagnetic resonator to dc power. An available-power indicator measures the rectified power to assess the instantaneous power available to the receiver.
US09735700B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a capacitor and a heat dissipation member for cooling the capacitor. The capacitor and the heat dissipation member are pressed in an arranging direction in which the capacitor and the heat dissipation member are arranged. The capacitor includes a capacitor element which includes a dielectric body and a metal layer formed on a surface of the dielectric body, an electrode part connected to the metal layer and a bus bar connected to the electrode part. Part of the bus bar is interposed in the arranging direction between the heat dissipation member and the capacitor element.
US09735698B2
A voltage of a reactor taking a potential on a side of a capacitor as a reference is detected. A correction coefficient which is made smaller as a first voltage control rate command becomes smaller is calculated, the first voltage control rate being a ratio of an amplitude of an AC voltage, which is outputted by a power converter, to an average value of the DC voltage. A correction is made to subtract a correction amount obtained by multiplying the voltage of the reactor by the correction coefficient from the first voltage control rate command, so that a second voltage control rate command is generated. A switching signal which is generated based on a second voltage control rate command is given to the power converter.
US09735695B2
A wireless power transmission circuit for wirelessly transmitting line frequency sinusoidal AC power to a load where the line frequency ripple filter of conventional circuits is eliminated and a DC-to-AC inverter is replaced by a simple polarity inversion circuit. The envelope of the high frequency AC on the AC line frequency source side is not constant but varies continuously in a half-sinusoidal fashion at the line frequency. Wireless transmission occurs only with a half-sinusoidal, constantly varying envelope, not the constant amplitude envelope of prior art. High frequency rectification and high frequency ripple filtering occurs as in the prior art but the ripple filter time constant is selected so that resulting waveform is an accurate replica of the rectified line frequency voltage present on the transmitter side. A polarity inversion stage replaces the DC-to-AC inverter of conventional art to generate the line frequency AC.
US09735694B2
A switching power-supply device has a smoothing capacitor connected between a ground-side output terminal connected to one end of a secondary winding of a transformer and a non-ground-side output terminal connected to the other end of the secondary winding; an N-type transistor connected between the non-ground-side output terminal and the other end of the secondary winding; a capacitor connected to a connection point of the N-type transistor and the other end of the secondary winding; a charging circuit connected between a connection point of the N-type transistor and the non-ground-side output terminal and the capacitor and configured to charge the capacitor, and a control circuit configured to perform on-and-off control of the N-type transistor by using a voltage of the capacitor.
US09735691B2
A power supply device includes: a switching element that performs synchronous rectification on a power to be induced in a first secondary wiring of a transformer that performs voltage conversion; a first current detection circuit that detects a value of a current to be induced in a second secondary wiring of the transformer; a second current detection circuit that detects a change in the current to be induced in the second secondary wiring, the second current detection circuit having a higher response speed with respect to conversion of the current than that of the first current detection circuit; and a control unit (control circuit) that determines based on the change in the current detected by the second current detection circuit whether or not backflow is occurring, and controls the switching element in accordance with a result of the determination.
US09735688B2
An isolated power control device that includes an auxiliary isolated power circuit and a voltage level identification unit is provided. The auxiliary isolated power circuit includes a transformer module, a control module, and a switch module. The transformer module includes a primary side and a secondary side. The control module generates a switch control signal according to a primary side remote on/off control signal. The switch module is conducted according to the switch control signal to transmit an input auxiliary power signal to the primary side of the transformer module such that the auxiliary isolated power circuit generates a target voltage signal having a plurality of voltage levels. The voltage level identification unit receives the target voltage signal to output a secondary side remote on-off control signal to control a main isolated power device.
US09735681B2
A voltage converter is provided. The voltage converter includes a compensation circuit, a first comparator circuit, a first inductor, a first driver circuit, and a phase-lag circuit. The compensation circuit generates a first compensation signal according to a loading state of the voltage converter. The first comparator circuit compares the first compensation signal and a first reference signal to generate a first comparison signal. The first driver circuit generates a first driving voltage to the first inductor according to the first comparison signal. The phase-lag circuit is coupled between the first comparison circuit and the first driver. The phase-lag circuit modifies a duty of the first comparison signal for changing a first inductor current following the first inductor.
US09735665B2
A circuit for use in a power converter includes a control circuit coupled to detect whether an electrical energy source is coupled to an input of the power converter. A switch is coupled to the control circuit, and is coupled to transfer energy from the input of the power converter to an output of the power converter during a first operating mode. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch in the first operating mode when the electrical energy source is coupled to the input of the power converter. The control circuit is coupled to drive the switch in a second operating mode when the electrical energy source is uncoupled from the input of the power converter to drive the switch to discharge a capacitance coupled between input terminals of the power converter to a threshold voltage in less than a maximum period of time.
US09735663B2
The invention generally relates to switch mode power converters (SMPCs). and methods for providing supplementary base drive to a bipolar transistor of an SMPC, and more particularly to a switching control circuit for a SMPC, a said SMPC having an inductive component coupled to receive power from an input to the SMPC, a bipolar transistor coupled to control current flow in the inductive component, an auxiliary power rail, a charge store for supplying power via the auxiliary rail to a switching control circuit for driving the bipolar transistor, and a bootstrap circuit for bleeding current from the input to the bipolar transistor to thereby provide an amplified current to the charge store, the switching control circuit comprising: a base current line for coupling to a base terminal of a said bipolar transistor, an emitter current line for coupling to an emitter terminal of a said bipolar transistor, an auxiliary line for coupling to a said auxiliary power rail, and at least one reference line for coupling to a reference voltage; a base current switch configured to controllably couple a base current source to the base current line; an emitter current switch configured to controllably couple the emitter current line to a said reference line; a bootstrap element for bleeding current from the emitter current line to the auxiliary line, the bootstrap element further operable to block a said current according to a current or voltage bias; a base discharge switch configured to controllably bleed current from the base current line to a said reference line; and a supplementary base drive line for coupling to a series circuit comprising a supplementary base drive resistor and current control element coupled in series, a said series circuit for bleeding current from a said input to a said base terminal, a said current control element for blocking current flow from a said bootstrap circuit to a said supplementary base drive resistor.
US09735661B2
A controller for controlling a power converter is described. The controller may be configured determine a parameter value associated with the power converter, compare the parameter value to a predefined value, and change the conduction mode of the power converter based on the comparison.
US09735651B2
An energy production device including a frame, a body, first and second aligned input shafts projecting from two opposite faces of the body, and a third input shaft aligned with an output shaft. The direction of the first and second input shafts is perpendicular to the direction of the third input shaft and of the output shaft. A mechanical connection is provided at the proximal part of each of the shafts which is within the body. The mechanical connection operates with a transmission system within the body so that any rotation movement on any of the input shafts is converted into a unidirectional rotation movement on the output shaft. A distal end of the third input shaft is fixed to the frame. A bearing is fixed on the frame, into which the distal end of the output shaft is freewheeling. A first pendulum is mounted on a bearing at the distal end of the first input shaft to pivot around the first input shaft and a second pendulum mounted on a bearing at the distal end of the second input shaft to pivot around the second input shaft.
US09735642B2
A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a plurality of pole teeth supporting an excitation winding, grooves respectively formed between the pole teeth, and wedges provided in the grooves, each wedge having a concave shape with a bulge oriented towards the inside of the rotor.
US09735640B2
A rotating electrical machine includes: a stator core; a stator winding; and a rotor. Cross conductors connect slot conductors to run astride slots with the slot pitch N+1 at coil ends on one side and run astride slots with the slot pitch N−1 at coil ends on another side, with N representing a number of slots per pole; the stator winding includes slot conductor groups each having a plurality of slot conductors; the plurality of slot conductors in each slot conductor group are inserted at a predetermined number NS of successive slots so that the slot conductors in the slot conductor group take successive slot positions and successive layer positions; and the number NS is set so that NS=NSPP+NL when NSPP represents a number of slots per phase per pole and a number of layers is expressed as 2×NL.
US09735636B2
Each permanent magnet provided in a rotor includes a projection that projects toward a corresponding predetermined portion of the rotor core. An inner peripheral surface of each permanent magnet, which is radially opposed to the corresponding predetermined portion of the rotor core, includes a primary contacting portion and two primary non-contacting portions. The primary contacting portion contacts the corresponding predetermined portion of the rotor core at a circumferential location, which corresponds to the projection. The primary non-contacting portions do not contact the rotor core and are located on two circumferentially opposite sides, respectively, of the primary contacting portion.
US09735634B2
A rotor for a permanent magnet synchronous machine that includes a rotor core structure. A first set of permanent magnets forms poles within the rotor core structure. Each pole includes a pair of permanent magnets from the first set of permanent magnets. A first set of apertures is formed in a first radial layer of the rotor core structure. Each pole includes a pair of apertures from the first set of apertures. The first set of permanent magnets is inserted within the first set of apertures. Each pair of permanent magnets within a pole cooperatively generates a magnetic field in a same direction within the pole. The magnetic field generated by a respective pair of magnets in a respective pole is opposite to a magnetic field generated by a pair of permanent magnets in an adjacent pole.
US09735631B2
Permanent magnets that constitute the single magnetic poles are constituted by n permanent magnet segments, the n permanent magnet segments being configured such that shapes and directions of orientation thereof have mirror symmetry relative to a plane that passes through a magnetic pole center and that includes a central axis of the rotor core, and being oriented such that a permanent magnet segment that is further away from the magnetic pole center in a circumferential direction has a smaller angle of orientation, and the permanent magnet segment that is positioned further away from the magnetic pole center in the circumferential direction being produced so as to have an approximately fan-shaped cross-sectional shape in which a radial width is wider than a circumferential width.
US09735630B2
This invention relates to a laminated core for an electrical machine, including: a plurality of laminations configured to define a channel in a surface of the laminated core for the flow of a cooling fluid, wherein the channel has a base and at least one side wall, the at least one side wall having a stepped profile.
US09735629B2
Methods and systems for automatically aligning a power-transmitting inductor with a power-receiving inductor. One embodiment includes a method of applying a direct current pulse to a transmit coil of a power-transmitting inductor to attract the power-receiving inductor into alignment along an alignment axis.
US09735628B2
A wireless energy transfer system may include a first layer of conductive material that may be positioned proximate to a second layer. The second layer of magnetic material may be positioned proximate to the first layer of conductive material and a third layer. The third layer may be positioned proximate to the second layer and a fourth layer, wherein the third layer may include a first resonator coil, wherein the first resonator coil may be configured to transfer wireless energy to a second resonator coil when the second resonator coil is proximate to the first resonator coil. The fourth layer may be positioned proximate to the third layer, wherein the fourth layer may include a plurality of conductive material.
US09735624B2
A device for the transmission of electromagnetic signals, the device comprising: a conductive element at least one inducer, for inducing charge in said conductive element; a transmission circuit, for generation and transmission of electromagnetic signals; wherein said conductive element and said at least one inducer are movable, with respect to each other, between a plurality of relative positions; in a first position of said relative positions, said at least one inducer is arranged to induce a charge in said conductive element; in a second position of said relative positions, said conductive element is arranged to discharge; the conductive element is arranged to couple with the transmission circuit, in said first position and/or said second position, such that charging and/or discharging of said conductive element causes the transmission circuit to generate and transmit an electromagnetic signal; and the device is arranged such that movement of said device causes relative movement of said conductive element and said at least one inducer between said plurality of relative positions.
US09735613B2
A system and methods for controlling the supply and distribution of backup electrical power determine when backup power is needed and allocates available backup power among connected devices in a power outage. Batteries may be used as an energy storage subsystem, and may backup a home heating plant and other devices based on a dual set of user-established priorities that may change during power blackouts and brownouts as the amount of stored energy decreases.
US09735608B2
An apparatus, system and method for providing a contact point power pad for use with a battery charger, such as may reside in a mobile device. The apparatus, system and method may include a base insulation pad, a plurality of alternately charged strips electrically connected to at least one voltage source and physically atop the base insulation pad, and a plurality of raised insulating ridges interstitially between alternating ones of the alternately charged strips. The apparatus, system and method may also include a mobile device for use with a power pad. The mobile device may include three contact balls electrically associated with at least one battery charger for providing charging power to the at least one battery charger.
US09735607B2
A charging apparatus maintains a balance in power between battery cells by respectively charging the battery cells with power, and rapidly charges the battery cells with power. The charging apparatus supplying unit wirelessly supplying power, and the battery apparatus includes a plurality of charging units corresponding to a plurality of battery cells in a one-to-one scheme. Each of the plurality of charging units respectively includes a charging unit charging a corresponding battery cell with power wirelessly received from the power supplying unit.
US09735603B2
The invention relates to a control facility, and the associated control method, for an energy storage battery (2) intended to be coupled to an intermittent electrical production source for providing an electrical energy network with a total electrical power approximating a total power setpoint (Prod (T)) according to a production plan, the control facility (1) is adapted for determining a reference trajectory of the state of charge of the battery (SOC_ref(t)) on the basis of a modeling of the battery (5) and of an optimized battery setpoint (Pbatt(T)), said optimized battery power setpoint (Pbatt(T)) being determined on the basis of the total power setpoint (Prod(T)), and the control facility (1) is adapted for implementing a closed-loop regulation of the state of charge of the battery so as to force the state of charge (SOC(t)) to follow the reference trajectory of the state charge of the battery (SOC_ref(t)).
US09735602B2
The present invention relates to an energy converter for converting energy received from at least one energy source, wherein the at least one energy source includes a first photovoltaic generator, wherein the energy converter is configured to be connected to a second photovoltaic generator; the energy converter further includes a sensing unit configured to sense an open circuit voltage (VPVSS) of the second photovoltaic generator; and the energy converter is configured to convert energy received from the first photovoltaic generator based on the open voltage circuit sensed by the sensing unit. Moreover, the present invention relates to an energy conversion and storage system including the energy converter and least one energy storage element.
US09735601B2
Systems and techniques are disclosed for individually controlling energy storage devices in an array of devices. An energy storage regulation unit (ESRU) is described that enables the connection of an energy storage device to a system load bus and a charging/diagnostic bus such that the energy storage device may be individually charged and/or disconnected for maintenance. The ESRU comprises switches for selectively connecting the system load bus circuit, charging circuit, or a bypass circuit. An energy storage regulator is further described for enabling the control of one or more ESRUs. A regulator controller may receive sensor or measurement data from the ESRUs connected to the energy storage regulator, and may also issue control instructions that control the switches of the individual ESRUs. Measurement data can include, for example, voltage, current, or temperature information relating to a specific ESRU.
US09735600B2
A power supply system includes a rechargeable battery to deliver a supply current to a load and a circuit to limit a discharge current when the rechargeable battery is supplying power to the load. The power supply system may further include an integrator for integrating a discharge voltage representing the discharge current that exceeds a predetermined limit, a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) circuit for producing a control signal having a PWM duty cycle representing the discharge voltage, and a driver circuit for delivering the supply current to said load according to said control signal. In one embodiment, a digital register is used to set the battery discharging current limit, in another embodiment an analog circuit is used to set the battery discharging current limit, and in yet another embodiment or a combination of the digital register and analog circuit is used to set the battery discharging current limit.
US09735592B2
A measurement unit (200) measures voltages and currents of battery cells (100). A battery control unit (400) calculates a present estimation value of a residual capacity of the battery cells (100) by integrating the currents. The voltages of the battery cells (100) are set to a reference voltage value V1 serving as a trigger of a process of correcting the estimation value of the residual capacity and an alarm voltage value Va which is a voltage higher than the reference voltage value. In addition, the battery control unit (400) continues discharge of all the battery cells (100), as it is, when an alarm condition in which a voltage of a minimum capacity cell is equal to or less than the alarm voltage value is not satisfied, and outputs a first signal when the voltage of the minimum capacity cell satisfies the alarm condition.
US09735588B2
A system providing a power source includes an electrical input and multiple electrical outputs. The electrical input is couplable to a current clamp that selectively clamps around at least one electrical conductor. A transformer coupled to the electrical input receives an input electrical signal from the at least one electrical conductor and produces an output electrical signal that is electrically isolated from the input electrical signal. Conversion circuitry electrically converts the output electrical signal to a converted electrical signal that is usable to power multiple electrical devices. Distribution circuitry distributes the converted electrical signal to the multiple electrical outputs, wherein each electrical output is couplable to an electrical device to provide power to the electrical device.
US09735580B2
A high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system is provided. The high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system includes a rectifier converting alternating current (AC) power into DC power; an inverter converting the DC power into the AC power; DC transmission lines W1 and W2 transmitting the DC power obtained from the rectifier through conversion to the inverter; a first active power measurement unit measuring first active power input to the rectifier; a second active power measurement unit measuring second active power output from the inverter; and a first control unit controlling the operations of the rectifier and the inverter based on the first active power measured and the second active power measured, wherein the first control unit senses oscillation generated in the HVDC transmission system and generates a control signal for damping the sensed oscillation to control one or more of the rectifier and the inverter.
US09735576B2
A method of adding a power feed to electrical systems includes coupling a set of input lines to a power source such that the input lines are connected to at least one phase of AC power from the power source, and coupling a set of backfeed lines to an output receptacle in a power distribution unit. The output receptacle may be connected in parallel with at least one other output receptacle that is supplying primary power to systems in the data center. The set of backfeed lines and the set of input lines may be tested to determine a match between a pair of lines in the set of backfeed lines and a pair of lines in the set of input lines. Determining the match may include matching the phase of the pair of backfeed lines with the phase of the pair of input lines.
US09735570B2
A power management circuit comprises an energy pump, a control circuit and a power consuming circuit. The power management circuit is connected in serial with a current loop in a serial connection with a field device to cause a regulated voltage drop across the serial connection at an insertion voltage and to output an electrical power derived from the insertion voltage. The energy pump inputs at least a portion of the insertion voltage, and a feedback sense, and output a charging voltage based on the feedback sense. The charging voltage sources the electrical power output by the power management circuit. The control circuit regulates the insertion voltage by modulating the feedback sense to the energy pump, and modulates the feedback sense in response to an electrical change in the current loop. The power consuming circuit receives the electrical power from the power management circuit.
US09735569B2
A driving circuit applied in a display system includes a node, a current control circuit, a protecting circuit and a timing controller, wherein the node is arranged to connect to a lighting element; the current control circuit is coupled to the node and arranged to selectively provide a current to the lighting element according to a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal; the protecting circuit is coupled to the node and arranged to be selectively enabled to limit the voltage of the node according to a control signal to make the voltage of the node maintain a predetermined voltage, wherein the lighting element does not have any current passed through when the voltage of the node maintains the predetermined voltage; and the timing controller is arranged to generate the PWM signal and the control signal.
US09735560B2
A link assembly has a pair of mechanical links pivotally connected to rotate relative to one another about a pivot axis. A cable protector is provided as part of the link assembly. The cable protector has a cup with an end wall which defines a first end of a winding chamber, and an annular side wall which extends from the end wall and defines a side of the winding chamber. A lid defines a second end of the winding chamber opposite to the first end. The lid is coupled to the cup by a bearing so that the cup and lid can rotate with respect to each other. An opening is formed in the side wall of the cup and a slot is formed in the lid. The assembly is fitted with a cable having a length, a width, and a thickness, wherein the width of the cable is greater than its thickness. The cable has a first portion which extends along a first one of the links and passes into the side of the winding chamber through the opening in the side wall of the cup, a second portion which extends along a second one of the links and passes into the second end of the winding chamber through the slot in the lid, and a rolled portion in the winding chamber in which the cable is wound into a roll, the roll including an outer turn which leads to the first portion and an inner turn which is inside the outer turn and leads to the second portion.
US09735558B1
A cut-in floor box assembly including a bracket assembly, an electrical box, a support plate, and a cover plate for rapidly installing a duplex receptacle flush with a floor. Floor preparation requires simple drilling of the floor and subfloor with hole saws. Two concentric cuts are made in the floor, a hole of a first diameter through the floor and a second, smaller diameter hole through the subfloor. A peripheral wall on the bracket assembly fits within the hole in the subfloor. A floor mounting arrangement on the bracket assembly enables clamping the bracket to the subfloor. A component attachment arrangement on the electrical box is adapted to accept recessed attachment of a duplex receptacle enabling flush mounting of the duplex receptacle with respect to the floor surface. Two removable outlet covers on the cover plate provide convenient access to the receptacles for plug-in of electrical cords.
US09735555B2
A mechanical switch-door interlock assembly includes a mounting assembly and an actuator assembly. The actuator assembly includes a body, a door sensor, an operating mechanism handle actuator, and a number of sliding coupling components. The actuator assembly body is slidably coupled to the mounting assembly. The actuator assembly body moves between a first position, wherein the operating mechanism handle actuator does not operatively engage the operating mechanism handle, and a second position, wherein the operating mechanism handle actuator operatively engages the operating mechanism handle and moves the operating mechanism handle to the second position. When a door is in a first position, the door operatively engages the door sensor and moves the actuator assembly body to the first position. When the door is in the second position, the door does not operatively engage the door sensor allowing the actuator assembly body to move into the second position.
US09735546B2
The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser for use in an optical module for measuring distances and/or movements, using the self-mixing effect. The semiconductor laser comprises a layer structure including an active region (3) embedded between two layer sequences (1, 2) and further comprises a photodetector arranged to measure an intensity of an optical field resonating in said laser. The photodetector is a phototransistor composed of an emitter layer (e), a collector layer (c) and a base layer (b), each of which being a bulk layer and forming part of one of said layer sequences (1, 2). With the proposed semiconductor laser an optical module based on this laser can be manufactured more easily, at lower costs and in a smaller size than known modules.
US09735542B2
An optical source is described. This optical source includes a semiconductor optical amplifier, with a semiconductor other than silicon, which provides a gain medium. In addition, a photonic chip, optically coupled to the semiconductor optical amplifier, includes: an optical waveguide that conveys the optical signal; and a pair of ring-resonator modulators that modulate the optical signal. Furthermore, the pair of ring-resonator modulators is included within an optical cavity in the optical source. For example, the optical cavity may be defined by a reflective coating on one edge of the semiconductor optical amplifier and a reflector on one end of the optical waveguide. Alternatively, the optical cavity may be defined by reflectors on ends of the optical waveguide.
US09735540B2
A laser includes a substrate and a resonant cavity. In addition to an active gain region, a first phase shift region, an optical branching region, and N reflective mode selection regions, the resonant cavity further includes a highly reflective surface, where a reflectivity of the highly reflective surface is greater than reflectivities of the N reflective mode selection regions, so that laser beams are output from the N reflective mode selection regions. Because the laser naturally includes at least two reflective mode selection regions, at least two laser beams are output. According to the laser provided by the embodiments of the present invention, one laser can output two laser beams or even multiple laser beams; therefore, laser beam generation efficiency is high and average costs for generating a single laser beam are accordingly reduced.
US09735539B2
An optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate, having front and back sides and having at least one cavity extending from the back side through the semiconductor substrate into proximity with the front side. At least one optoelectronic emitter is formed on the front side of the semiconductor substrate in proximity with the at least one cavity. A heat-conducting material at least partially fills the at least one cavity and is configured to serve as a heat sink for the at least one optoelectronic emitter.
US09735536B2
Optical system and method for the provision of at least one high-frequency modulated light pulse having a pump light source for the provision of high-frequency pump light pulses; an optical resonator having a coupling element for coupling the pump light pulses into the resonator and a decoupling element for decoupling the at least one high-frequency modulated light pulse from the resonator and an optically non-linear frequency conversion medium arranged in the resonator for transforming the pump light pulses in each case into two conversion light pulses and one residual pump light pulse. The resonator comprises a feedback arm for at least one of the two conversion light pulses and/or the residual pump light pulse, in which an optically non-linear feedback medium is arranged for the optical modulation of the at least one conversion light pulse and/or the residual pump light pulse.
US09735533B2
The invention is a passively mode-locked ultrashort pulse fiber laser for generating ultrashort laser pulses, including a resonator in a figure-of-eight configuration, wherein the resonator has a main ring and a secondary ring optically coupled thereto designed as a non-linear Sagnac interferometer, and wherein the main ring and the secondary ring are constructed of polarization-maintaining optical fibers, and the main ring and/or secondary ring have a fiber section designed as a laser-active medium, wherein the laser-active medium is optically pumped through an externally-coupled pump light source which is also comprised, wherein the ultrashort pulse fiber laser is developed in that a separate optical unit is provided in the resonator as a dispersion compensation unit for compensating a group delay dispersion of the ultrashort laser pulses.
US09735531B2
A method for making a float adapter for an electrical connector that includes a conductive shell that has opposite first and second ends, and at least one insulator received in the conductive shell. The at least one insulator has an engagement end and an interface end opposite the engagement end. The interface end has a lead-in tip portion that extends outside of one of the first and second ends of the shell. The at least one insulator has an inner bore for receiving an inner contact. A retaining sleeve is disposed around the conductive shell, the retaining sleeve having an engagement member for engaging the at least one insulator.
US09735530B2
An apparatus for determining axial spacing between conductive rings of a slip ring assembly includes a signal generator that generates an incident signal, a plurality of conductive rings axially spaced along a shaft where the plurality of conductive rings includes a first conductive ring and a second conductive ring that are axially spaced at a first axial distance. The shaft and the plurality of conductive rings are submerged in a bath of a liquid or encased in an epoxy. A first twisted wire pair is electronically coupled at to the signal generator and to inputs of the first and second conductive rings. A second twisted wire pair is electronically coupled at one end to outputs of the first and second conductive rings. A method for determining axial spacing between conductive rings of a slip ring assembly is also disclosed.
US09735529B2
A plug-in module for a motor unit, in particular for an adjusting motor, the plug-in module having a plug for introducing into a housing of the motor unit. In addition, the plug has: a carrier element having at least one recess for a respective electrical plug element; and the plug element itself for engaging with the corresponding plug connector of the motor unit, the plug element being arranged into the recess. Furthermore, the recess includes: an opening via which a plug element can be introduced in the recess; and a holding section into which a securing zone of the plug element can be pressed.
US09735526B1
A hybrid socket connector is disclosed in this invention. The hybrid socket connector includes a receptacle housing having a signal receptacle part and a power receptacle part, a row of signal terminal assemblies mounted on the signal receptacle part, a row of power terminals mounted on the power receptacle part, and at least one tie bar mounted on the power receptacle part to retain these power terminals. Each signal port is generally Z-shaped. Each signal terminal has a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm located below the first elastic arm. The first and second elastic arms are staggered along a left-right direction. The hybrid socket connector of the invention can integrate the power supply with the signal transmission to ensure the safety of its structure and improve the electrical performance thereof.
US09735519B2
Coaxial connector assembly includes a connector module having a connector body and a plurality of coaxial contacts. The coaxial connector assembly also includes a mounting frame having a mating side and a mounting side that face in opposite directions. The mounting side faces in a mounting direction along the mating axis and is configured to interface with a support wall. The mounting frame defines a passage that extends through the mating and mounting sides. The passage includes a connector-receiving recess that opens to the mounting side and is defined by blocking surfaces. The blocking surfaces include a first blocking surface that faces in a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the mating axis and a second blocking surface that faces in the mounting direction. The first and second blocking surfaces are sized and shaped relative to the connector module to permit the connector module to float.
US09735515B2
An elastic-clip junction box structure has multidirectional wire insertion effect and holds the wires quickly. The junction box structure includes a case body and at least one conductive clip disposed in the case body. The case body is formed with a first-direction wire socket and a second-direction wire socket with different insertion directions. The conductive clip has a first-direction clip mouth in communication with the first-direction wire socket and a second-direction clip mouth in communication with the second-direction wire socket. In use, the wire can be selectively inserted into the first-direction wire socket or the second-direction wire socket. Alternatively, wires can be respectively inserted into both the first-direction wire socket and second-direction wire socket. Accordingly, wires can be selectively inserted into the elastic-clip junction box structure in multiple directions and quickly and securely held by the first-direction clip mouth and second-direction clip mouth or released therefrom.
US09735507B1
A locking structure is provided for a telecommunication connector and includes a pull resistant section, which has a front end forming an engagement section connected to a connection surface that is connected to a spring arm, which is provided with a projection; a locking section, which is a U-shaped configuration; and a connection section, which connects the pull resistant section and the locking section and is formed with a cavity, which has an end section in which an opening is formed to correspond to the spring arm. The locking structure is combinable with a connector body to form a telecommunication connector that is insertable into a socket, such that the pull resistant section is received into an insertion hole of the socket and the spring arm is brought into engagement with blocks formed inside the socket so as to prevent the telecommunication connector from being removed out of the socket.
US09735503B2
A connector includes: a housing 3 accommodating at least one of a conductive contact 5; an insertion opening 4 to which a flat cable 2 can be inserted, the insertion opening 4 being provided in front part of the housing 3 and being defined by upper and lower walls 33 and 32 of the housing 3 at the top and bottom; and a lever 6 which is provided in the back part of the housing 3 and is turned to bring the contacts 5 into pressure contact with the flat cable 2 and establish electrical continuity therebetween. The contact 5 includes a first contact 5A which is engaged with the housing 3 at such a position that press-fit forces produced in the direction orthogonal to the press-fit direction when the contact 5A is press-fitted into the housing 3 are not in the same straight line.
