US09827834B1
An auxiliary sun visor that attaches to an existing vehicle sun visor assembly which allows the auxiliary visor to act as a front facing sun block while the standard vehicle visor can be swung ninety degrees to block sun coming in from the side window. A hook assembly on one side of the auxiliary visor snaps onto the existing hinge post of the standard vehicle visor. A crescent shaped member of the auxiliary sun visor is trapped inside the standard visor's receiver hook, behind the tubular shaped end portion of the standard visor. The auxiliary visor is adjustable lengthwise to accommodate different vehicle visor sizes. A spring steel member holds the sun blocking panel of the auxiliary visor in the upward, upward position when not in use.
US09827833B2
A zipper less removable window system having removable windows for use with a foldable, stowable roof for a vehicle. A plurality of attachment devices of the zipper less removable window system connect the windows to the foldable, stowable roof and to the vehicle without the use of zippers. The operator zipper effort caused by traditional windows is thereby eliminated and misalignment issues present with traditional zippered windows is eliminated or reduced. The stress placed on the portions of the windows connectable to the foldable roof during installation and removal, including around curved portions of the removable window, is eliminated or reduced.
US09827828B2
The description relates to a vehicle heating system having at least one heat transfer device through which air can flow to be heated and at least one heating device which is attached to the heat transfer device and which each involves at least one heating element arranged between two contact plates, said heating element being held by a positioning frame which is attached to one of the contact plates. The contact plates of the heating devices are each held in a positioning frame to which they are attached.
US09827825B2
A system for detecting an occupant in a vehicle includes a proximity sensor installed at a back of a seat and detecting an object. An automotive key locks and unlocks a door. A starter starts and stops an engine of the vehicle. A controller is configured to determine whether the occupant is in the seat based sensor values of the proximity sensor, a door unlock signal from the automotive key, and a starting signal from the starter.
US09827824B2
A first-pump arrangement flow path, temperature-adjustment target-device arrangement flow paths, and a second-pump arrangement flow path are connected to a communication flow path in this order from one end side to the other end side of the communication flow path. A first heat exchanger is disposed in the first-pump arrangement flow path among numerous flow paths, which is connected to the communication flow path at a position on a side of the first-pump arrangement flow path, rather than the flow path in which a second heat exchanger is disposed. The switching portion is operated to establish communication between plural flow paths, starting from the flow path connected to the communication flow path at the position closest to the one end side among the numerous flow paths, up to the flow path connected to the communication flow path at an n-th position counted from the one end side among the numerous flow paths.
US09827823B2
Embodiments of a suspension for a vehicle is provided. The suspension includes, for example, a frame and a locking assembly. The locking assembly inhibits tipping of a frame of the vehicle when tipping of the frame is detected.
US09827822B2
A damping force generation device for a vehicle includes a shock absorber including a cylinder and a piston. The shock absorber is coupled to a vehicle body, a wheel carrier, and the like at a rod part of the piston and the cylinder, respectively, and is configured to generate a damping force due to a flow resistance when oil passes through an orifice formed in the piston. Each of self-discharge type charge eliminators is fixed to a surface of a specific member being at least one of a component of the shock absorber or an auxiliary member connected to the component. The charge eliminator reduces positive electric charge that is charged to the specific member, to thereby reduce a charge amount of the oil.
US09827818B2
A system for initializing hitch angle detection is provided herein. An imaging device is configured to capture images of a trailer connected to a vehicle. A controller is configured to select between a plurality of hitch angle detection routines based on at least one of a current driving condition and an availability of a template image of the trailer.
US09827810B2
A connection stabilizing mechanism between a solid tire and a bicycle rim. The connection stabilizing mechanism includes multiple fastening members connecting a solid tire with a bicycle rim. Each of the fastening members has a plate-shaped base section engaged with the bicycle rim and an extension section inserted into the solid tire. A free end of the extension section is inserted into the solid tire. A ratio of an extension length of the extension sect ion to a tire height of the solid tire is between 1:1.5 and 1:2.6, thereby maintaining a relative position of the center of a main body of the solid tire relative to the rim. Thus, the solid tire is prevented from being detached from the rim due to excessive lateral movement of the central position of the main body of the solid tire.
US09827807B2
A clipboard system comprising a clipboard that cooperates with a case of a portable computing device (e.g., a tablet computer) such that the case attaches to the clipboard to enable interchangeable usage of the portable computing device and the clipboard. The case enables the portable computing device to be enclosed and supported, and utilized while coupled with the clipboard. The case receives the computing device and secures the device therein, while exposing the device display and the device controls for user interaction. The case comprises a backside having affixed thereto an attachment material such as one part of a two-part fastener that securely interfaces to the other part of the fastener material affixed to the clipboard. The attachment material is of sufficient strength to hold the case and enclosed computing device to the clipboard during normal usage.
US09827806B2
The invention relates to a datasheet (1) for integrating into a preferably book-like security and/or value document. The datasheet (1) is made of at least two stacked layers (2, 3) made of an organic polymer material. A textile (5) is arranged at least in a sub-region between the layers (2, 3) and outside of the layers (2, 3) so as to form a tab (4), and the textile (5) is at least partly coated on one or both sides and/or saturated with an organic binder (6) at least in the region between the layers (2, 3) and is bonded to the two layers (2, 3) by means of the binder (6).
US09827798B2
An assembly, system, and method for applying postage indicia to one or more mailpiece on a high speed mail sorter are disclosed. In some aspects, the assembly includes a diverter; a first and a second lane each including one or more zones, wherein the diverter is configured to alternately divert the one or more mailpiece to either the first or second lane; and one or more meter printers disposed on the first and second lane; wherein the one or more zones includes a first zone configured to decelerate the one or more mailpiece to printer speed, a second zone configured to transport the one or more mailpiece past the one or more meter printers at the printer speed, and a third zone configured to accelerate the one or more mailpiece to transport speed and merge the one or more mailpiece with mailpieces from each of the first and second lane.
US09827782B2
A thermal print head includes a base member, an electrode layer formed on the base member, and a resistor layer formed on the base member. The electrode layer includes a common electrode and individual electrodes. The resistor layer includes heating units aligned in a main scanning direction. The heating units each include a first heating element and a second heating element spaced apart from each other. The first heating element and the second heating element are electrically connected to the common electrode and one of the individual electrodes to which the first heating element is electrically connected.
US09827778B2
An liquid circulation device comprises a liquid casing, a gas replenishing section and a liquid replenishing section. The liquid casing retains liquid to be supplied to a liquid ejection section for ejecting the liquid and includes a liquid chamber connected with the liquid ejection section in such a manner that the liquid can be circulated therebetween. The ink circulation device increases pressure inside of the liquid casing by replenishing the gas to the liquid casing with the gas replenishing section and replenishing the liquid to the liquid casing with the liquid replenishing section, and meets a relation (ΔP1*(d1)^2/L1)/(ΔP2*(d2)^2/L2)>μ1/μ2.
US09827776B2
A cartridge manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a cartridge having a case, a chamber adapted to be filled with printing material, a supply port that leads the printing material inside the chamber to outside the case, a flexible sheet member that constitutes at least a portion of the chamber, and a biasing member that biases the sheet member in the direction that expands the capacity of the chamber. a filling port that communicates with the inside of the chamber is formed in the case, and the filling port is closed after the printing material is filled from the filling port to inside the chamber.
US09827771B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejector that ejects a liquid, a liquid supply flow path that connects a liquid supply source and the liquid ejector, a plurality of branch flow paths provided in the liquid supply flow path, filters that are disposed separately in each of the branch flow paths, and a flow path opening/closing mechanism that opens and closes the branch flow paths.
US09827766B2
There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of performing a printing operation to eject ink from an ejection port provided for a print head to a print medium while covering the ejection port with a capping portion in a standby state in which the printing operation is not performed, the apparatus including: a humidifying unit configured to perform a humidification operation to humidify a space formed between the capping portion and the print head in the standby state; and a control unit configured to cause the humidifying unit to perform the humidification operation on the space in the standby state, wherein the control unit suspends the humidification operation at a predetermined timing after performing the humidification operation multiple times.
US09827764B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate in which a pressure chamber space is formed, a flow path substrate having a first surface on which the pressure chamber substrate is installed and a second surface that is on the opposite side to the first surface, and in which a first space, a supply hole that enables communication between the first space and the pressure chamber space, and a communication hole that communicates with the pressure chamber space are formed, a nozzle plate that is installed on the second surface and in which a nozzle that communicates with the communication hole is formed, a second space that is installed on the first surface and that communicates with the first space of the flow path substrate, a housing unit in which an opening portion that communicates with the second space is formed, a compliance unit that is flexible and installed on the second surface and that seals the communication hole and the first space, and a beam-like portion that extends between inner wall surfaces of the second space in the housing unit.
US09827762B2
A liquid ejection head and a liquid ejection apparatus are configured to suppress degradation in the insulation property of an electrical wiring substrate while preventing an ejection element substrate from being cracked or a wiper from being abraded. As one configuration, a step portion with a step surface having a step between an ejection opening surface and a surface for mounting an electrical wiring substrate thereon in a second support member is provided and a gap between the ejection element substrate and the step portion and a region between the electrical wiring substrate and a stepped surface are sealed by a sealant.
US09827761B2
A processing target reforming apparatus includes: a conveying unit that conveys a processing target along a conveyance path; a discharge unit including a plurality of discharge electrodes aligned along the conveyance path, a counter electrode with the conveyance path interposed therebetween, and a power source that applies a voltage waveform to the discharge electrodes; and a control unit that controls the discharge unit such that a phase of the voltage waveform applied to a first discharge electrode of the discharge electrodes at a timing when a certain point of the processing target passes between the first discharge electrode and the counter electrode is shifted with respect to a phase of the voltage waveform applied by the power source to a second discharge electrode of the discharge electrodes at a timing when the certain point of the processing target passes between the second discharge electrode and the counter electrode.
US09827745B2
An insulated assembly, including a pipe and a substantially rigid insulation board, is provided. The pipe includes a cylindrical outer surface defining a first diameter. The insulation board is disposed around the outer surface of the pipe and includes an inner surface defining a second diameter. The second diameter is substantially equal to the first diameter. The inner surface includes a plurality of grooves. Each of the plurality of grooves includes first and second opposed sidewalls. The insulation board includes a material having a compressive strength and a flexural strength, the compressive strength includes a value between fifteen pounds per square inch and one hundred pounds per square inch, and the flexural strength includes a value between forty pounds per square inch and one hundred pounds per square inch.
US09827741B2
A display device comprising a first receiving layer and a second receiving layer located onto and in direct planar contact with the first receiving layer; a first support later and a second support layer located onto and in direct planar contact with the first support layer; and a sleeve for receiving the first and second receiving layers and first and second support layers.
US09827740B2
The invention broadly relates to release layer compositions that enable thin wafer handling during microelectronics manufacturing. Preferred release layers are formed from compositions comprising a polyamic acid or polyimide dissolved or dispersed in a solvent system, followed by curing and/or solvent removal at about 250° C. to about 350° C. for less than about 10 minutes, yielding a thin film. This process forms the release compositions into polyimide release layers that can be used in temporary bonding processes, and laser debonded after the desired processing has been carried out.
US09827738B2
The present disclosure is concerned with chub packaging webs with improved puncture resistance suitable for use in chub packaging. The webs have a double waii partially laminated structure. The structure is conveniently formed by adhesively laminating two component films in a face to face configuration using a pattern of adhesive which leaves a substantial portion of the two facing surfaces unlaminated. Preferably, each of the component films comprise at least one layer of nylon and has a moisture content of greater than 1% by weight such that the double wall partially laminated web has a total energy impact absorption value of greater 0.59 foot-pound at −20° C. measured in accordance with ASTM D-7192 test method.
US09827732B2
A foldable container moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration defining an interior area for holding bulk material is provided. The container includes opposed side panels and a bottom flap extending from a bottom edge of each side panel. A tab member extends from a distal end of each bottom flap and a tab finger extends from each tab member so as to define a hook at a distal end of each bottom flap. The hooks are interconnected so as to hingedly connect the distal ends of the bottom flaps together, thereby causing the bottom flaps to rotate between their respective stowed and deployed configuration positions as the end panels are translated between their respective stowed and deployed configuration positions. Locking tabs extending from distal ends of end flaps extend into the interior area of the container to secure the container in the deployed configuration.
US09827731B1
A clipper closure assembly for securing ends of an endless loop of fabric. The clipper closure assembly uses a clipper closure and a wire mesh guard or reinforcement, which fit over the end of the fabric. The closure and guard are pressed together and the barbs at the ends of the clipper closure legs bite into the wire mesh guard and the fabric. Two ends fitted with the clipper closure and mesh guard are brought together and a lock bar inserted into the loops that extends from the respective closures. A protective coating may be applied over the clipper closure and mesh guard.
US09827718B2
A 3D printing device is provided. The 3D printing device is adapted to print a 3D object including a plurality of layer objects. The 3D printing device includes a weight sensor, which is configured to measure an actual weight value of the layer objects formed on a carrying surface or configured to measure an actual weight value of a feed tray. A controller of the 3D printing device estimates an ideal weight value corresponding to a first layer object according to a printing sequence of the first layer object in the layer objects. The controller receives the actual weight value corresponding to the first layer object from the weight sensor, and compares the ideal weight value with the actual weight value to determine whether printing abnormity is occurred. According to the disclosure, the printing quality of the 3D printing device is improved.
US09827710B2
A method of manufacturing a radius filler may include providing a plurality of fibers, braiding the plurality of fibers into a braided preform, shaping the braided preform into a braided radius filler, and cutting the braided radius filler to a desired length.
US09827697B2
Systems and methods for curing complex fiber-reinforced composite structures utilize two distinct heat sources. A first heat source is utilized for heating a complex fiber-reinforced composite structure from within an internal portion of the complex fiber-reinforced composite structure. A second heat source is utilized for heating the complex fiber-reinforced composite structure from an external surface of the complex fiber-reinforced composite structure.
US09827696B2
This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that includes a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film includes a polyolefin, a nanoclay, and a pore-forming filler.
US09827694B2
A mold heating device for heating a tire mold (M) for a green tire (T) includes an upper ring member (11) and a lower ring member (12) arranged so as to face one other in a specific direction with the space in which the tire mold (M) is disposed therebetween. A plurality of nonmagnetic members (13) are disposed at a plurality of positions aligned in the circumferential direction of the ring members (11, 12) with spaces therebetween so as to connect the upper ring member (11) and the lower ring member (12). Ferromagnetic non-conductive members (14) are provided on the inner surfaces of the nonmagnetic members (13), and a coil (15) is supported by the nonmagnetic members (13) with the ferromagnetic non-conductive members (14) therebetween so as to surround the space where the tire mold (M) is disposed from the outside in the direction perpendicular to the specific direction.
US09827668B2
A joint includes: a motor coupled to the joint, the motor configured to move the joint; a joint side sensor configured to measure a parameter of interest of a joint side target; a motor side sensor configured to measure the parameter of interest of the motor; and a controller configured to control the motor, the controller operably connected to the joint side sensor, the controller operably connected to the motor side sensor.
US09827663B2
A hand tool frame has a track base and at least one positioning mount. The track base has an elongated seat and two rail tabs. The rail tabs are formed on the elongated seat to define a rail channel between the rail tabs. The at least one positioning mount is slidably mounted on the track base and each has a sliding seat, a holding board, a positioning board, and a positioning bolt. The sliding seat is slidably mounted on the top surfaces of the rail tabs and has a through hole. The holding board protrudes from the sliding seat. The positioning board is slidably mounted in the elongated seat, selectively abuts the bottom surfaces of the rail tabs, and has a threaded hole. The positioning bolt is mounted through the through hole in the sliding seat and is screwed with the threaded hole in the positioning board.
US09827632B2
The present invention relates to a device for laser-based generative component production. The device comprises a processing head (1), using which a plurality of mutually separate laser beams are directed adjacently and/or overlapping to some extent onto the processing plane, The processing head (1) is moved across the processing plane using a movement apparatus (9), while the mutually separate laser beams are modulated independently of one another in terms of intensity, in order to obtain the desired exposure geometry. The laser power and the dimensional size can be scaled cost effectively during the generative production using the suggested device and the associated method.
US09827629B2
Some embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to testing connections of a memory device to a circuit board or other device. In one embodiment, a memory device that is configured to facilitate continuity testing between the device and a printed circuit board or other device is disclosed. The memory device includes a substrate and two connection pads that are electrically coupled to one another via a test path. A system and method for testing the connections between a memory device and a circuit board or other device are also disclosed, as are additional techniques for detecting excess temperature and enabling special functionalities using multi-stage connection pads.
US09827628B2
A fixture for an electro-chemical machining (ECM) electrode is provided. The fixture may include a clamp having a shape and size configured to selectively engage in at least a portion of a selected dovetail slot of a plurality of dovetail slots in a turbine wheel. An electrode mount positions an electrode head relative to the clamp such that the electrode head operatively engages a portion of the selected dovetail slot for electro-chemical machining of the portion. The fixture's electrode may act as a cathode for the ECM process. The fixture allows for ECM on site without removing a turbine wheel from a turbomachine.
US09827622B2
Two 18V-type rechargeable batteries are attached in series so as to allow a 36V-type tabletop cutting device to be utilized. By utilizing the 18V batteries which are highly prevalent for electric tools, it is possible to use the 36V-type tabletop cutting device as well as to reduce costs for the batteries.
US09827621B2
A cutting tool includes a novel cutting insert retaining and adjusting mechanism. The cutting insert retaining and adjusting mechanism is associated with a recess in the cutting tool and includes a nest slidably mounted in the recess. The nest includes a cutting insert pocket. The cutting insert retaining and adjusting mechanism includes a first wedge adapted to selectively exert pressure on the nest to retain the nest in a desired position in the recess, and a second wedge adapted to selectively exert pressure on a cutting insert positioned in the cutting insert pocket to retain the cutting insert in a desired position. The mechanism further includes an adjustment screw including a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion. The first threaded portion is threadedly disposed in a threaded bore in the cutting tool body, and the second threaded portion is threadedly disposed in a threaded bore in the nest. The first threaded portion has the same handedness but a different thread pitch as the second threaded portion. Rotating the adjustment screw axially slidably advances and retracts the nest in the recess.
US09827620B2
A head replacement-type cutting tool having a holder provided at the attachment hole with the fitting part formed in a tapered shape, and the leading end face is perpendicular to the central axis. The attachment part formed in a tapered shape protrudes on the cutting head from the rear end face perpendicular to the central axis of the cutting part. The cutting head is attached to the holder in such a manner that the attachment part is fitted into the fitting part by screwing the female thread part with the male thread part and the leading end face is in contact with the rear end face. The inner diameter to outer diameter ratio d/D1 which is a ratio of the inner diameter d of the fitting part before being fitted in relation to the outer diameter D1 of the leading end part of the holder is from 0.5 to 0.8.
US09827618B2
Devices, kits, and methods for making a carved crayon are provided. In one aspect, a crayon carving device includes a base, a pantograph armature coupled to the base, a crayon positioner, and at least one guide template parallel to the crayon positioner. The pantograph armature includes a motorized drive shaft with a drill tip for carving an outside surface of a crayon body, as well as a guide tip for tracing along a guide template that directs where the drill tip carves. In some embodiments, the guide template includes a stationary bridge support and a plurality of removable carving bucks that insert into one of multiple openings on the bridge support. The surface features of each of the carving bucks may be traced by the guide tip to generate a corresponding carving on the surface of a crayon body.
US09827616B2
The present invention relates to a PCB drilling method including: performing a drilling motion from an initial location, and generating a first electrical signal when coming into contact with a first conductive layer of the PCB, determining a first conductive location according to the first electrical signal, and obtaining first Z-coordinate information continuing to perform the drilling motion after drilling through the first conductive layer, and generating a second electrical signal when coming into contact with a second conductive layer, determining a second conductive location according to the second electrical signal, and obtaining second Z-coordinate information; continuing to perform the drilling motion and drilling through the PCB to obtain a through hole; and performing backdrilling in the location of the through hole according to a preset depth, and the preset depth is a medium thickness between the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer plus a compensation depth.
US09827615B2
A float type clamping mechanism is provided, comprising a workpiece pallet having a central post provided on its bottom surface and a chuck. The chuck can be releasably coupled to the central post. The chuck has a base, a top seat, a piston seat with spring members provided between the piston seat and the top seat, a movable socket having movable detents provided around its periphery, and a bottom cover. When the central post of the workpiece pallet is inserted into the movable socket, the movable detents displaced inward to detent the central post so as to allow the movable socket to float upward slightly, and the movable socket is pressed downward through simple mechanism to clamp the central post firmly so that zero clamping effect between the workpiece pallet and the chuck can be achieved.
US09827614B2
A clamp assembly to secure a cutting insert to a holder that includes a clamp that has a distal end and a clamp projection depending from the distal end of the clamp. There is a coolant plate that has a top plate surface and a bottom plate surface wherein the top plate surface contains a recess that receives the clamp projection upon assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate. The bottom plate surface contains a bowl having an open bowl end wherein in operation the bowl directs coolant through the open bowl end toward the cutting insert. The assembly has a positioner extending between the clamp and the coolant plate so as to maintain a position of the clamp relative to the coolant plate upon the assembly of the clamp and the coolant plate.
US09827604B2
A system for intercepting, treating and venting vapors from contaminated groundwater includes a borehole that extends into the groundwater and has an open top end, a porous liner against the outer wall of the borehole and porous fill material inside the liner. The fill material can include materials to retard and degrade contaminants in the vapors. The system can include a slotted aeration tube in the borehole, vegetation planted in the open end of the borehole, impermeable sections in the liner, and impermeable ground cover around the top end of the borehole. A method for intercepting, treating and venting of vapors from contaminated groundwater includes the system and pulling vapors out the top end of the borehole with variations in atmospheric barometric pressure.
US09827601B2
A method for efficiently decontaminating surfaces is provided comprising applying an indicator to a surface wherein the indicator provides an observable or machine readable response when a contamination is present on the surface, wherein the response is located relative to a location of the contamination; and decontaminating the location of the contamination, and optionally rechecking the location of the initial contamination post decontamination to ensure that the surface is free of contamination.
US09827598B2
Disclosed is a system and method of dynamically sorting items for delivery to diverse destinations in which at least one target location changes during the sorting process using an electronic array that correlates diverse destinations to target locations for sorting, wherein the electronic array changes based upon criteria relating to the results of the sort resulting in the removal of a first set of items from one target location while leaving a second set in the target location and placing the first set in another target location to adapt to the changed array and thereafter continuing to sort further items according to the changed array while some items remain in their initial target locations. Additionally disclosed is a system and method of sorting which electronically identifies items destined for the same address that are comingled with items to diverse destinations, and allows for their separation and bundling responsive to the electronic identification and allows for payment for delivery charges based upon a bundle rather than the individual items included in the bundle.
US09827593B2
There is disclosed an ultrasonic motor having a vibrator that vibrates by a high frequency drive voltage applied thereto, a sliding member that comes in contact frictionally with the vibrator, pressurizing means for pressurizing the vibrator to the sliding member, a base to which the vibrator is fixed, a vibrator support member holding the base, and coupling means for coupling the vibrator with the vibrator support member, the vibrator and the sliding member being relatively moved by the vibration, wherein the coupling means includes the base, the rolling member that freely moves the base to the vibrator support member in a pressurizing direction of the pressurizing means, and an urging member that urges the rolling member in a direction perpendicular to the pressurizing direction of the pressurizing means.
US09827590B2
Embodiments generally relate to devices and methods for production of fibers and threads for use in electronic device manufacturing. Described here, fibers can be produced and manipulated using a dual-surfaced sizing material. The dual-surfaced sizing material has a surface which binds a fiber and a surface which binds a resin. Thus, the dual-surfaced sizing material can be left attached to the fibers without adversely affecting the resin binding in later production steps.
US09827587B2
One example of the present disclosure relates to a daubing device for applying viscous material to a fastener. The daubing device comprises a housing comprising a first internal face and a second internal face, separated from the first internal face by a longitudinal distance L. The daubing device further comprises a dispenser between the first internal face and the second internal face of the housing. The dispenser comprises a flexible wall. The daubing device also comprises a pressure-application device between the dispenser and the second internal face of the housing.
US09827582B2
A closed-loop refillable dispensing system may include one or more reusable or refillable product packages configured to dock with an automated filling station. The automated filling station automatically mixes concentrated chemical product with a diluent and dispenses the resulting chemical product solution. The product package may include a fitment insert configured to mate with a docking connector at the automated filling station. When the product package is removed from the docking connector, the fitment insert provides a positive, leak-proof seal for the product package.
US09827580B2
A spray structure for temperature regulation includes a spray system and a heat exchange cycling system. The heat exchange cycling system includes a thermal chip for providing a temperature regulation water which is received in the spray system to exchange energies. After the temperature regulation water is flowed through the thermal chip to exchange energies, the temperature regulation water is atomized by the spray system to regulate an inner temperature inside a space.
US09827573B2
An electrostatic precipitator may have different collecting and repelling electrodes surfaces. For example, a collecting electrode may have an internal conductive portion. A non-conductive or less conductive open cell foam covering may be applied to the conductive core of the collecting electrode. The foam may have cell sizes that vary within the volume of the foam or along the length of the foam. Accordingly the cell size of the foam near the leading, with respect to the direction of airflow, portion of the collector may be larger than the cell size of the foam nearer the trailing end of the collector and/or the cell size of the foam near the exterior of the collector may be larger than the cell size of the foam nearer to the interior of the collector.
US09827563B2
Fluidic systems and methods for analyses are provided. In some embodiments, systems and methods for improved measurement of absorbance/transmission through fluidic systems are described. Specifically, in one set of embodiments, optical elements are fabricated on one side of a transparent fluidic device opposite a series of fluidic channels. The optical elements may guide incident light passing through the device such that most of the light is dispersed away from specific areas of the device, such as intervening portions between the fluidic channels. By decreasing the amount of light incident upon these intervening portions, the amount of noise in the detection signal can be decreased when using certain optical detection systems.
US09827562B2
A catalytic converter includes a catalyst. The catalyst includes a support, platinum group metal (PGM) particles dispersed on the support, and a barrier formed on the support. The barrier is disposed between a first set of the PGM particles and a second set of the PGM particles to suppress aging of the PGM particles.
US09827556B2
Disclosed is an exhaust gas purification catalyst carrier which includes a phosphate salt represented by formula: MPO4 (wherein M represents Y, La, or Al) or a zirconium phosphate represented by formula ZrP2O7; an exhaust gas purification catalyst containing a noble metal at least containing Rh and supported on the carrier; and an exhaust gas purification catalyst product having a catalyst support made of a ceramic or metallic material, and a layer of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, the layer being supported on the catalyst support.
US09827554B2
A process for producing a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis catalyst according to the present invention comprises a step of calcining a carrier precursor containing silica calcined at a temperature T1 and a zirconium compound at a temperature T2 to obtain a carrier; and a step of calcining a catalyst precursor containing the carrier and a cobalt compound and/or a ruthenium compound at a temperature T3, wherein the content of the zirconium compound in the carrier precursor is 0.01 to 7% by mass in terms of zirconium oxide based on the total mass of the catalyst, and T1, T2, and T3 satisfy conditions represented by expressions (1) to (3): T1≧T3 (1) 250° C.≦T2≦450° C. (2) 250° C.≦T3≦450° C. (3).
US09827526B2
A filter element includes a media pack and a gasket member. The gasket member includes first and second gasket regions separated by a channel. The elements are usable in a dust collector having a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a tubesheet dividing between an unfiltered and a clean air volume. An element is removably mounted and sealed within the tube sheet. At least one projection angled relative to a plane of the tube sheet extends into the channel of the gasket member. A method of servicing a dust collector includes removing a first filter element from the tube sheet in the housing, and then sealing a second filter element against the tube sheet by orienting at least one projection extending from a plane of the tube sheet into a channel defined by a gasket member secured to the second filter element. An axial force is exerted to form a seal between the gasket member and the tube sheet.
US09827499B2
A system and method configured to provide limited-time events to users in an online game. The system and method may include executing an instance of an online game and effectuating presentation of offers to users to activate a limited-time event within the online game. Activation of the limited-time event may enable users to perform event runs through the limited-time event for a duration. The execution of event runs through the limited-time event in response to user commands received from a client computing platform associated with the user may deplete the virtual resource in an inventory of the user. The system and method may maintain inventories of the users and recharge the virtual resource as a function of time. The performance of users may be assessed and awards may be distributed to the users based on the assessment of their performance during the event runs. The system and method may include effectuating exchanges by the users of virtual items for the first virtual resource.
US09827498B2
Technologies are generally described to dynamically alter a game while a gamer is playing the game so as to affect the gaming experience experienced by the gamer. According to some examples, one or more physiological signals may be collected from a gamer as the gamer is playing a game. Based on the collected physiological signals, a Quality of Experience (QoE) vector that indicates the gaming experience of the gamer may be generated. The QoE vector may then be compared with a corresponding value of a predetermined QoE function, and the game may be altered based on the comparison.
US09827497B2
A CPU shows animation in which an introduction character appears. In succession, the CPU has a profile of the introduction character displayed. Thereafter, the CPU has a substance of a content displayed, based on a title or the like included in motion picture information downloaded from a distribution server. Namely, the CPU causes a monitor to display the introduction character (a character object) based on obtained character information and outputs information for introducing a specific content in association with the introduction character (the character object) based on obtained content information.
US09827495B2
First control means of a simulation device simulates motions of a plurality of virtual players that are placed in a virtual world and other than an operation target of a user. Determining means determines whether a situation of a game being simulated in the virtual world is similar to a situation indicated in data. In a case where it is determined that the situation of the game in the virtual world is similar to the situation indicated in the data, second control means controls, in place of the first control means, the virtual players other than the operation target of the user based on a motion associated with the situation.
US09827486B2
A method for pausing a video during playback in an electronic device includes detecting that a video playing interface within a first user interface is covered by a second user interface, upon such detection, calculating a coverage ratio of the second user interface to the video playing interface, and determining that the coverage ratio is greater than a predetermined value, upon such determination, pausing the playing of the video.
US09827484B2
A table game system capable of providing a table game to provide a chance to bet more higher paid off odds and additional wagering opportunities during the play in a way that is not complicated is provided.The set of shuffled decks of playing cards 1s has a different card arrangement orders due to shuffling, and thus, each set is unique. Therefore, in order to identify each set, an ID code is used in the form of a bar code 5 or a QR (quick response) code. The set of shuffled decks of playing cards 1s has a special card 1a which has been packaged together with other normal cards 1 of the shuffled decks of playing cards 1s in one package in a factory (see FIG. 1(b)). FIG. 1(b) shows a state in which the packing box 4 is exposed partially and contains a special card 1a.
US09827478B1
The present disclosure is directed to a body-worn sensor-based system for evaluating the biomechanics and the motor adaptation characteristics of postural control during a sport activity such as a golf swing. Various embodiments use sensors such as accelerometers, gyroscopes, and magnetometers to measure the three-dimensional motion of ankle and hip joints. In several embodiments, additional sensors attached to other body segments are used to improve the accuracy of the data or detect particular instants during the swing (e.g., top of back swing, instant of the maximum speed of arm, and instant of ball impact). In a golf embodiment, the system combines the measured data in conjunction with a biomechanical model of the human body to: (1) estimate the two-dimensional sway of the golfer's center of mass; (2) quantify and evaluate the golfer's balance via his/her postural compensatory strategy; and (3) provide visual feedback to the golfer for improving dynamic postural control.
US09827471B1
A golf bag able to be disassembled and assembled freely comprises a head frame, a bag body portion, a supporting stick and a bottom frame, or a folding wall arranged on the bottom frame, a plurality of buckles are attached to the head frame and the bottom frame; when the golf bag is disassembled, just press a hook of an outer wall of the bottom frame, snap a buckle pin, take out a supporting stick, press a hook of an upper end and lower end of the bag body portion, and separate the head frame, the bag body portion and the bottom frame, such that the disassembly of the whole golf bag is completed.
US09827470B2
A system for optimizing weight distribution of a golf club including a weight receiving grip, the weight receiving grip configured to be affixed to a proximal end of a golf club shaft, wherein the weight receiving grip comprises a generally tubular member comprising a shaft bore configured to surround a proximal portion of the shaft, wherein the weight receiving grip comprises a weight retention portion at a proximal end of the weight receiving grip, the weight retention portion configured to engage a weight member, a grip expanding tool configured to deflect a portion of the weight receiving grip facilitating installation or removal of the weight members from the weight receiving grip.
US09827469B1
A golf club head comprising a body, an elevated weight bar, and at least one stiffening member is disclosed herein. The elevated weight bar is disposed within a hollow cavity portion of the body and bridges at least a portion of a bottom section of the body, and the at least one stiffening member is also disposed within the hollow cavity portion, extending from a top line section to bottom section of the body and passing through the elevated weight bar without making contact with the elevated weight bar. The elevated weight bar, which is preferably composed of a higher density material than that of the body, may be formed separately from the rest of the body and then affixed to the body by welding or a mechanical fastener.
US09827465B2
An apparatus includes a communication interface for receiving reference activity data items, current activity data, and current environmental data; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to maintain a reference activity data item relating to a previous activity, which reference activity data item includes reference activity data associated with reference environmental data; receive current activity data and current environmental data relating to a current activity; determine the reference activity data associated with the reference environmental data corresponding to the current environmental data; compare the current activity data with the reference activity data; and provide feedback for a user of the apparatus in response to the comparison.
US09827460B2
An exemplary exercise device includes, among other things, an attachment structure configured to be mounted to a support assembly, a first arm directly pivotably connected to the attachment structure, a second arm directly pivotably connected to the attachment structure, a bracket directly pivotably connected to the first arm and directly pivotably connected to the second arm, and a catch member configured for accepting a weight bar. The catch member is pivotably connected to at least one of the first arm, the second arm, or the at least one bracket such that the at least one catch member is pivotable relative to the at least one bracket.
US09827458B2
A step exercise apparatus with a self-centering pedal system. The system comprising a frame and a seat supported from the frame. A first pedal assembly and a second pedal assembly are pivotally supported from the frame positioned so as to be manipulable by a user seated in the seat. A linkage is positioned in communication with the first pedal assembly and the second pedal assembly such that movement of either pedal assembly in a first direction causes movement of the other pedal assembly in a second direction opposite of the first direction. A brake is preferably employed for resisting motion of the first pedal assembly and the second pedal assembly in at least the first direction. A centering system positions the first and second pedal assemblies in a substantially central position when not being manipulated by the user.
US09827454B2
A method is described for using cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass materials to attenuate oil fire, limit thermal radiation from an oil fire, and reduce the risk of boil-over phenomenon. Cellular glass blocks, cellular glass nodules, hollow glass spheres, or other buoyant glass products may be deployed passively, prior to an ignition event, or actively, as a response to an ignition event to provide control. Cellular glass or other buoyant glass materials may be in any physical shape such as block, sheet, aggregate, or nodule.
US09827453B2
A container holding a fire suppressing powder has a top, a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom with a hole, the bottom having a score line defining a segment. An explosive material housing containing an explosive material is mounted to a head of a mounting member. The mounting member has a lower portion smaller in cross-sectional dimension than the head, depending downward from the head and extending through the hole in the bottom. A retainer is secured around the lower portion of the mounting member below the bottom to secure the mounting member to the bottom. A fuse extends through the hole in the bottom, a passage in the mounting member, and into the explosive material housing. A plate is mounted within the container a selected distance below the top, the plate being movable a short distance toward and away from the top in response to ignition of the explosive material.
US09827449B2
A system and method for ultrasound treatment of skin laxity are provided. Systems and methods can include ultrasound imaging of the region of interest for localization of the treatment area, delivering ultrasound energy at a depth and pattern to achieve the desired therapeutic effects, and/or monitoring the treatment area to assess the results and/or provide feedback. In an embodiment, a treatment system and method can be configured for producing arrays of sub-millimeter and larger zones of thermal ablation to treat the epidermal, superficial dermal, mid-dermal or deep dermal components of tissue.
US09827448B2
In order to position and simultaneously operate both a magnetic resonance (MR) coil and an ultrasound transducer adjacent to a target volume while minimizing interference between the MR coil and the ultrasound transducer, hybrid ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) devices are provided. One of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices includes a transducer array, a communications interface connected with the transducer array, and a housing that electromagnetically shields and encloses the transducer array and the communications interface. An electrically conducting side of the housing receives a radio frequency (RF) signal from an MRI system and transmits the RF signal to an electrically conducting side of a housing of another of the hybrid ultrasound and MRI devices.
US09827439B2
A method of dynamically adjusting a circadian rhythm comprising the steps of determining a current circadian rhythm status of a circadian rhythm of an observer, accessing a calendar of the observer, and identifying a future event of the observer to precondition for, defined as an identified future event. A preconditioning schedule responsive to the identified future event may then be determined. Furthermore, communication with a light source may be established, and the light source may then be operated to emit light according to the preconditioning schedule.
US09827428B2
An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats a specified medical condition of a patient through application of electroacupuncture (EA) stimulation pulses applied substantially at or near a specified acupoint, its underlying nerves, or other target tissue location. The IEAD includes an IEAD housing having an electrode configuration thereon that includes at least two electrodes, and pulse generation circuitry located within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the at least two electrodes. The pulse generation circuitry is adapted to deliver stimulation pulses to the patient's body tissue at or near the target tissue location in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen, the stimulation regimen requiring that the stimulation session have a duration of T3 minutes and a rate of occurrence of once every T4 minutes, and wherein a ratio of T3/T4 is no greater than 0.05.
US09827422B2
An example of a system may include an electrode arrangement and a neuromodulation device configured to use electrodes in the electrode arrangement to generate a neuromodulation field. The neuromodulation device may include a neuromodulation generator, a neuromodulation control circuit and a storage. The storage may include a stochastically-modulated neuromodulation parameter set and the stochastically-modulated neuromodulation parameter set may include at least one stochastically-modulated parameter. The controller may be configured to control the neuromodulation generator using the stochastically-modulation parameter set to generate the neuromodulation field.
US09827397B2
A multilayered wound dressing which is two-dimensional and has a peripheral edge is provided that includes at least one hydrophobic antimicrobial layer, at least one absorbent layer which includes a water-containing hydrogel, and a covering layer. Starting from the edge of the wound dressing, at least one incision is formed, which partially separates the wound dressing.
US09827390B2
Sound-proofing housing (31), which comprises a first housing part (41) having an intake opening (44) and comprises a second housing part (51) having a discharge opening, wherein a shaped part (61) arranged in the housing (31) is also provided, of which the flange seal (63) comes to rest between the housing parts (41, 51) when the housing (31) is put together. The acoustic emission generated by the fan is considerably reduced by a specific embodiment of the shaped part (61) with air passage openings and air-guiding devices.
US09827380B2
A cap assembly for a medicament delivery device having a housing and a medicament container holder. The cap assembly includes a retainer member connectable to the container holder; a hub having a needle and coaxially movable within the retainer member; an inner cap connected to the hub and the retainer member; an outer cap coaxially arranged to the inner cap; and a cap clutch mechanism having a locking member that is axially movable in relation to the inner and outer caps between a disengaged position, in which the outer cap is rotatable relative to the inner cap, and an engaged position, in which the outer cap is rotationally locked to the inner cap. The cap clutch mechanism also has a clutch biasing device arranged between the outer cap and the locking member for biasing the locking member for keeping it in the disengaged position.
US09827374B2
An injector device includes an injector body that receives a syringe; and an injection assembly being configured to dispense medicament from the syringe in a dispensation step. Certain types of injector devices include a sudden completion indicator that indicates when the injection is completed. Certain types of injector devices are configured to dispense two different medicament formulations having different viscosities from syringes without making any changes to the injector devices other than to switch out the syringes. Certain types of injector devices include safety arrangements that inhibit firing of the injector device until front and rear housing assemblies are disposed in predetermined rotational and axial positions relative to each other.
US09827372B2
Systems and methods for integrating a continuous glucose sensor 12, including a receiver 14, a medicament delivery device 16, a controller module, and optionally a single point glucose monitor 18 are provided. Integration may be manual, semi-automated and/or fully automated.
US09827368B2
A contrast liquid injector has a controller that calculates a necessary volume of the contrast medium based on a read out necessary dose of effective component per unit weight, weight of the subject, and concentration of the effective component. The injection rate of a base-operation condition is changed based on the calculated necessary volume of the contrast medium, wherein the predetermined injection time is unchanged, for all volumes of the contrast medium, when making the injection pattern, whereby a timing of an optimum concentration of the contrast medium will be substantially unchanged for all volumes of the contrast medium.
US09827367B2
A surgical instrument for irrigating a frontal sinus target site of a patient including a handle, an introducer, an irrigation channel, a nozzle, and an actuator assembly. The introducer extends from the handle and defines a proximal segment and a distal segment. At least a portion of the proximal segment is linear and at least a portion of the distal segment is relatively curved. The nozzle is fluidly connected to the irrigation channel, and is rotatably maintained at a distal end of the introducer. The actuator assembly includes an actuator maintained by the handle and connected to the nozzle. Movement of the actuator causes the nozzle to rotate relative to the introducer. The introducer can be sized and shaped in accordance with a size and a shape of a nasal passageway/frontal sinus of a human adult.
US09827359B2
A dialysis machine that includes a valve member having a deformable area configured to deform outwardly away when pressurized fluid is introduced into the valve member. The valve member is configured so that, when a dialysis fluid cassette is disposed in a cassette compartment of the dialysis machine and pressurized fluid is introduced into the valve member, the deformable area obstructs a fluid channel of the dialysis fluid cassette to control dialysis fluid flow therethrough.
US09827351B2
This invention relates to medical, health care and non-medical devices comprising a rubbery or elastomeric polymer material taking up more than 5% by weight of water and at most 500% by weight of water after immersion in demineralized water at room temperature for a sufficient time to reach saturation. The material may be in the form of a foam, or in the form of a coating adapted for adhesion to a substrate, or in the form of a sheet, or in the form of a fiber, and may comprise: —repeating units from one or more hydrophobic organic monomers, and —repeating units from one or more monomers (a) being modified with one or more hydrophilic side groups.
US09827348B2
Bioadhesives and crosslinked gels therefrom are disclosed. The bioadhesives can be applied to a vessel for occluding the vessel. The present disclosure also describes kits that comprise the various components for preparing and applying the bioadhesives. Bioadhesives of the present disclosure include: (i) a biopolymer having one or more first chemically reactive amine groups; (ii) a biocompatible crosslinker having at least two second chemically reactive groups that can chemically react with the one or more first chemically reactive amine groups of the biopolymer; and (iii) a biocompatible rheological modifier.
US09827344B2
Absorbent articles comprising a low cold flow construction adhesive suitable for joining at least two absorbent article components together, wherein the adhesive comprises an ethylene-based polyolefin resin and a crystallization enhancer, wherein at least one of the absorbent article components comprises a nonwoven material, and wherein the absorbent articles have an in-bag compression opening force of less than about 0.75N. Also, a method for assembling such articles.
US09827340B2
A mobile sterilization assembly, a mobile sterilization device, and method for sterilization using a mobile sterilization device are described for providing a low-cost and compact sterilization system using an ultraviolet light-emitting diode for sterilization. In an implementation, a mobile sterilization assembly includes a sterilization assembly couplable to a mobile device with a controller, the sterilization assembly including at least one light dispersive element; and an optical coupler configured to couple the at least one light dispersive element to a mobile device; where the at least one light dispersive element at least one of transmits and disperses light from at least one light-emitting diode or transmits light to a photodiode, where the at least one light-emitting diode or the photodiode are configured to be communicatively coupled to the controller.
US09827338B2
Provided is a novel compound capable of being usefully used to diagnose and treat prostate cancer by labeling a radioisotope on a bombesin derivatives capable of selectively targeting a target material over-expressed in tumor cells in order to develop an effective diagnose and treatment method of diseases associated with prostate cancer.
US09827333B2
The present invention is directed generally to eukaryotic cells comprising single-celled organisms that are introduced into the eukaryotic cell through human intervention and which transfer to daughter cells of the eukaryotic cell through at least five cell divisions, and methods of introducing such single-celled organisms into eukaryotic cells. The invention also provides methods of using such eukaryotic cells. The invention further provides single-celled organisms that introduce a phenotype to eukaryotic cells that is maintained in daughter cells. The invention additionally provides eukaryotic cells containing magnetotactic bacteria.
US09827313B2
The present invention relates to a nanoformulated self-assembled pharmaceutical composition for photodynamic therapy. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a self-assembled pharmaceutical composition for photodynamic therapy comprising a photosensitizer, a ligand A which is separated at a specific pH range, and a ligand B of which surface charge changes at a specific pH range and a method for manufacturing the same.
US09827303B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing dried formulations of biopharmaceutical agents that aim to minimize the loss of activity of the agents upon drying and to provide dried formulations with an extended shelf life. The method comprises the step of drying an aqueous solution comprising, in addition to the biopharmaceutical agent, at least an amino acid, a polyol and a metal salt. Preferably the amino acid is glutamate, the polyol is sorbitol and optionally also mannitol and the metal salt is a magnesium salt. The solution is dried by vacuum drying or by lyophilization. The methods are particularly useful for preparing dried formulations of viruses such as poliovirus or respiratory syncytial virus to be used for vaccination. The invention also relates to dried formulations prepared in accordance with the methods of the invention and to their use as medicaments, e.g. as vaccines.
US09827299B2
The present invention provides for immunogenic compositions and methods for producing an immunogenic composition with multiple immunity-inducing fractions of killed, whole-cell Streptococcus pneumoniae by selectively disrupting a whole cell bacterial preparation in such a manner that a soluble fraction that induces a primarily antibody response, and a cellular fraction that induces a primarily antibody-independent response, remain in the immunogenic composition.
US09827286B2
The present invention relates to peptide ligands of the melanocortin receptors, in particular the melancortin-4 receptor, and as such, are useful in the treatment of disorders responsive to the activation of this receptor, such as insulin resistance.
US09827283B2
The present invention encompasses a carotenoid composition, a process for producing a carotenoid composition, and methods of use thereof.
US09827279B2
A xanthine oxidase inhibitor and a uric acid-producing inhibitor, each containing an extract from at least one member selected from the group consisting of Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Sorghum nervosum, Cuminum cyminum, Rosa centifolia, Pimenta officinalis, Origanum majorana, Psidium guajava, Pimpinella anisum, Olea europaea, Illicium verum, Canavalia gladiata, Hyssopus officinalis, Ribes nigrum, Vaccinium myrtillus, Artemisia princeps and Haematoxylon campechianum L.
US09827276B2
It was found that bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon. Moreover, the present inventors found that regulatory T cells (Treg cells) induced by from these bacteria suppressed proliferation of effector T-cells. From these findings, the present inventors found that the use of bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium or a physiologically active substance derived therefrom made it possible to induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells), and further to suppress immune functions.
US09827275B2
Immunostimulatory compositions and methods of use are described to either enhance or diminish the immune stimulation effects of a honey or honey isolate by recognition of the presence of type II arabinogalactan compounds and utilising this knowledge to tailor the concentration of such compounds thereby adjusting the immune stimulation effects.
US09827265B1
A method is provided for attenuating free radical formation resulting from a bodily insult. The method includes administering bicarbonate to the body of a subject at a dosage ranging from 1.5 mEq/kg of body weight to 5.0 mEq/kg of body weight within a 24-hour period.
US09827263B2
Compositions comprising first and second oligomers are provided wherein at least a portion of the first oligomer is capable of hybridizing with at least a portion of the second oligomer, at least a portion of the first oligomer is complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid, and at least one of the first or second oligomers includes a modified sugar and/or backbone modification. In some embodiments the modification is a 2′-OCH3 substituent group on a sugar moiety. Oligomer/protein compositions are also provided comprising an oligomer complementary to and capable of hybridizing to a selected target nucleic acid and at least one protein comprising at least a portion of an RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC), wherein at least one nucleotide of the oligomer has a modified sugar and/or backbone modification.
US09827261B2
The present invention pertains to the use of podophyllotox in derivatives, such as CAP7.1, in methods for inhibition of and/or prevention of the growth and/or survival of cancer stem cells. The invention discloses the surprisingly specific activity of the compounds in accordance with the invention against a cancer stem cell population. In this respect the present invention provides the use of the compounds as described in the treatment of cancer, specifically of cancers which have a high risk of developing metastases, chemotherapeutic resistances and/or cancer relapse. Provided are novel methods of cancer treatment, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds as described, for use in such treatment methods.
US09827253B2
Provided are novel prodrug salts of selective aquaporin inhibitors, their use as pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and novel processes for their synthesis and novel intermediates for use in their synthesis. Also provided is use of a compound for the prophylaxis, treatment, and control of aquaporin-mediated conditions. Aquaporin inhibitors, e.g., inhibitors of AQP4 and/or AQP2, may be of utility in the treatment or control of diseases of water imbalance, for example edema (particularly edema of the brain and spinal cord), hyponatremia, and excess fluid retention, as well as diseases such as epilepsy, retinal ischemia and other diseases of the eye, myocardial ischemia, myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury, myocardial infarction, myocardial hypoxia, congestive heart failure, sepsis, and neuromyelitis optica, as well as migraines.
US09827245B2
Described herein are compositions of keratin-based biomaterials together with halofuginone and methods of using thereof.
US09827241B2
The present invention is directed to a buprenorphine sustained release delivery system capable of delivering buprenorphine, a metabolite, or a prodrug thereof for a duration of about 14 days to about 3 months. The buprenorphine sustained release delivery system includes a flowable composition and a solid implant for the sustained release of buprenorphine, a metabolite, or a prodrug thereof. The implant is produced from the flowable composition. The buprenorphine sustained release delivery system provides in situ 1-month and 3-month release profiles characterized by an exceptionally high bioavailability and minimal risk of permanent tissue damage and typically no risk of muscle necrosis.
US09827238B2
Provided are methods of treating an overactive bladder in a patient which include: administering a Myosin II ATPase inhibitor compound; or administering an X group and Y group substituted (3a-hydroxy-1-phenyl-1,2,3,3a-tetrahydro-4H-pyrollo[2,3b] quinolin-4-one) compound of Formula 1 or administering an X group and Y group substituted (3a-hydroxy-1-phenyl-1,2,3,3a-tetrahydro-4H-pyrollo[2,3b] quinolin-4-one) compound of Formula II; or administering pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, racemic mixtures, enantiomers, or prodrugs of said compounds, useful in their active form as inhibitors of Myosin II ATPase related to over-active bladder. Optionally the compounds are administered intervesicularly into the bladder. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds useful in their active form, as methods of treating a patient suffering from an over-active bladder related to inhibition of Myosin II ATPase. These pharmaceutical compositions also may contain one or more other compounds useful in their active form, as methods of treating a patient suffering from an over-active bladder.
US09827235B2
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising cefepime or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative, and a compound of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof are disclosed.
US09827231B2
The present invention provides a physically and chemically stable pharmaceutical liquid composition including sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, citric acid and malic acid and methods of making and using such a composition.
US09827230B2
The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy.
US09827219B2
The present disclosure provides methods for treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of blood lipid therapy comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof. In some embodiments, the method comprises lowering high sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) levels in a subject including, for example, a subject with a HbA1c value of about 5.00 %-8.50 % or at least about 6.8 %.
US09827218B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture that feature omega-3 fatty acids co-processed with flavonoid and lipophilic antioxidants for improved stability.
US09827216B2
The present invention relates to methods and immunonutritional compositions for preventing or mitigating paralysis of the bone marrow, caused by a tumor or neoplasm, between cycles of and after anti-cancer therapy, thereby attaining a better efficacy of the treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and immunonutritional compositions that can transiently preventing or moderating, bone marrow paralysis or neutropenia of a subject tumor-induced apoptosis or necrosis or other cell damage such that the innate and adaptive immune functions and normal physiology of the bone marrow are preserved, at least in part, which, in turn, lead to (i) a better tolerance and increased efficacy to treatment; (ii) transient augmentation or enhancement of immunocompetence of the immune cell; and (iii) optimization of the effects of and increase of immunocompetence of the immune cell weakened due to paralysis of the bone marrow, caused by a tumor or neoplasm.
US09827214B2
An oleogel comprising a non-polar liquid and a powder containing triterpene is provided as an oleogel that may be used for healing wounds.
US09827209B2
In making an optical component, one or more portions of a substrate's surface are patterned. At least a region of the substrate's surface is coated in negative photoresist, the region encompassing said portions. The negative photoresist becomes undevelopable when exposed to light. Light which forms a grating structure is projected over each of the portions. Light of substantially uniform intensity over the entirety of the region but for the portions, thereby leaving the negative photoresist outside of the portions undevelopable. The negative photoresist is developed so as to embody the grating structure in the photoresist covering the portions. The substrate's surface is patterned to impose the grating structure on the substrate's surface from the developed photoresist; the undevelopable photoresist inhibits patterning of the surface region outside of the portions. The optical component comprises the patterned substrate.
US09827208B2
Compositions and methods for maintaining healthy skin and alleviating skin conditions such as redness, inflammation, irritation and skin aging, as well as for maintaining healthy scalp and hair are disclosed. The oral compositions disclosed comprise antioxidants including lycopene, gallic acid and ascorbic acid. Preferably lycopene has been water-extracted, more preferably under acid conditions. In the method of treatment aspect of the invention, an oral composition containing antioxidant(s) is administered to a person concurrently with a topical treatment for said skin conditions. Preferred topical compositions comprise cyclohexane polyols, such as cyclohexanediol or cyclohexanetriol.
US09827199B2
An object is to provide a hydromorphone hydrochloride- or oxycodone hydrochloride hydrate-containing sustained-release pharmaceutical composition for oral administration that reliably exhibits its main pharmacological effect and has excellent formulation stability that avoids dose dumping of the principal drug, such as alcohol resistance. The present invention provides a sustained-release pharmaceutical composition comprising (A) hydromorphone hydrochloride or oxycodone hydrochloride hydrate, (B) hydroxypropyl methylcellulose acetate succinate having a median size (D50) of 40 μm or smaller, (C) hydroxypropyl cellulose, and (D) a saccharide, wherein the content ratio of the component (C) to the component (B) by weight in the composition, (C)/(B), is 11/3 to 3/11.
US09827195B2
The present invention provides a foamable composition comprising water and an organic solvent, wherein the organic solvent comprises a fatty acid. The composition may further comprise a pharmaceutically active agent. The composition of the invention is also useful for the treatment of a dermatological disorder in a mammal by the topical administration of the composition.
US09827194B2
There is described an oil-in-water emulsion free of surfactant agents comprising: A) At least a cross-polymer acrylate/alkyl-acrylate or derivatives thereof, or mixtures thereof in the aqueous phase of the emulsion; b) At least a polyacrylate or derivatives thereof, or mixtures thereof in the oily phase of the emulsion, and c) At least a neutralizing agent. Further, the present invention refers to a process of obtaining a surfactant-free emulsion and its use in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals compositions. The emulsion in question can be applied to all kinds of skin, being also indicated for people with sensitive skin.
US09827189B2
A stable pharmaceutical composition that includes an active agent selected from 1-deoxynojirimycin, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a derivative thereof, and a buffer, wherein the stable pharmaceutical composition is capable of being parenterally administered to a human without deleterious health effects. Pompe disease is an example of a lysosomal storage disorder. Pompe disease is caused by a deficiency in the enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). GAA metabolizes glycogen, a storage form of sugar used for energy, into glucose.
US09827185B2
The subject of the present invention is a composition for dyeing human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising: (a) at least one colouring agent chosen from oxidation dye precursors, direct dyes and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least one non-ionic surfactant; (d)at least one anionic surfactant (e) one or more fatty substances at a total content of at least 10% by weight relative to the weight of the composition; (f) at least one cationic polymer; (g) at least one oxidizing agent other than atmospheric oxygen. The present invention also relates to a process for dyeing human keratin fibres, in which this composition is applied to said fibres, and also to a suitable multicompartment device.
US09827183B2
Novel gradient copolymers including at least two different and specifically selected monomers, and cosmetic or skin-care compositions including same. The invention also relates to a cosmetic method for make-up or the care of keratin materials, in particular the skin of the body or of the face, the nails, the hair and/or the eyelashes, comprising the application of a cosmetic composition as defined above on said materials.
US09827179B2
Personal cleansers and surfactant blends useful therein are disclosed. The cleansers comprise a primary anionic surfactant, a saturated C8-C-14 alkyl N,N-dialkylamide, and water. The cleansers have good foaming properties and improved viscosity build profiles compared with cleansers that rely on alkanolamides or betaines as the secondary surfactant. The saturated C8-C14 alkyl N,N-dialkylamides are water-white liquids that solubilize cleanser components well, including high levels of fragrances, and can be formulated easily without heating at any actives level up to 100%. Importantly, the surfactant blends build viscosity with less added salt compared with alkanolamide or betaine-based blends, even with more challenging anionic surfactants. Moisturizing cleansers disclosed herein have excellent flash foaming character, foam volume, and foam feel and provide a luxurious, lotion-like after-feel. The personal cleansers include, among others, shampoos, body washes, facial cleansers, shower gels, liquid soaps, hand soaps, baby liquid cleansers, pet shampoos, and bubble baths. The fatty N,N-dialkylamides are also valuable for formulating oil-in-water emulsions with good stability.
US09827173B2
A method of forming an aqueous treatment liquor comprising a benefit agent, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a consumer product comprising: (i) a porous dissolvable solid structure, and (ii) a hydrophobic coating comprising a benefit agent, the hydrophobic coating applied to the porous dissolvable solid structure; (b) providing an aqueous solution; and (c) dissolving the consumer product in the aqueous solution to form an aqueous treatment liquor comprising a hydrophobic portion and an aqueous portion. The method provides a Capillary Number of less than about 1000.
US09827172B2
A dentifrice composition comprising an orally acceptable vehicle having distributed therein a water hydratable film flakes having a matrix comprised of a water soluble hydroxy alkyl cellulose polymer and a starch, and flaying entrained therein a constituent selected from therapeutic cosmetic and decorative materials.
US09827171B2
Described herein are compositions comprising a film, wherein the film comprises a pigment, and is adapted to release the pigment at a specific point in time during use; and methods of making and using the same.
US09827169B2
A system comprising: a nasogastric tube comprising: (a) a main lumen having one or more proximal connectors for connecting to a source of substances or pressure, (b) at least four vacuum lumens peripherally surrounding said main lumen, (c) at least four suction ports for sealingly drawing an inner wall of an esophagus thereagainst, each of said at least four suction ports associated with a different one of said four vacuum lumens, wherein said at least four suction ports are distributed between at least two different locations along a longitudinal axis of said nasogastric tube; and an imaging system for capturing and rendering one or more images of an area accessible by said tube, said imaging system comprising: (d) a camera disposed at a distal end of said nasogastric tube, for capturing said images; (e) an illuminator disposed at said distal end of said nasogastric tube, and (f) a processing unit provided at a proximal end of said nasogastric tube, that is configured to receive and process said captured images, render said processed images on a display screen, and provide a camera control signal to control said camera and a light control signal to control said illuminator.
US09827156B2
A person support apparatus with an extendable mattress, a night light message display system, a screen key pendant, egress handle siderails, and various other features. The extendable mattress includes hinged extensions along the sides of the extendable mattress that are moved from a nested position to the extension position. The screen key pendant includes a plurality of screen keys that can be pressed to cycle through various control modes for the person support apparatus. The night light message display system can be configured to display a message or image on the floor communicating information to the person and/or alerting the person as to when they are able to exit the bed.
US09827148B2
A machine for making absorbent sanitary articles, where each article includes components progressively positioned relative to each other and assembled along a production line. The machine includes a programmable electronic controller device having a shift register, at least one optical inspection system connected to the programmable electronic controller device, and an operator interface connected to the electronic controller. The programmable electronic controller device generates a machine sync signal, a trigger signal for activating the optical inspection system in phase with the sync signal and a shift register shift command. The optical inspection system receives the trigger signal and has a defined maximum response time which produces at least one band of uncertainty. The operator sets with the operator interface the instant of activating the shift register shift command outside the band of uncertainty and between two consecutive sync signals defining a machine step.
US09827140B2
Approaches for percutaneous blepharoplasty are provided. An electrosurgical device includes: a hand-piece; a tip connected to the hand-piece; and two needles extending from a distal end of the tip. The hand-piece is structured and arranged to connect to an electrical energy source, and to convey electrical energy from the electrical energy source to the needles in a percutaneous blepharoplasty procedure.
US09827134B2
An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats an erectile dysfunction condition of a patient through application of stimulation pulses applied at a target tissue location underlying, or in the vicinity of, at least one of acupoints BL52, BL23 or GV4. The IEAD includes an IEAD housing having an electrode configuration thereon that includes at least two electrodes, and pulse generation circuitry located within the IEAD housing and electrically coupled to the at least two electrodes. The pulse generation circuitry is adapted to deliver EA stimulation pulses to the patient's body tissue at or near the target tissue location in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen, the stimulation regimen requiring that the stimulation session have a duration of T3 minutes and a rate of occurrence of once every T4 minutes, and wherein a ratio of T3/T4 is no greater than 0.05.
US09827118B2
The present invention comprises a highly conformable stent graft with an optional portal for a side branch device. Said stent graft comprises a graft being supported by a stent, wherein said stent comprises undulations each which comprise apices in opposing first and second directions and a tape member attached to said stent and to said graft such that the tape member edge is aligned to the edge of the apices in the first direction of the each of the undulations, thus confining the apices in the first direction of the undulations to the graft and wherein the apices in the second direction of the undulation are not confined relative to the graft; wherein said graft forms unidirectional pleats where longitudinally compressed and wherein said apices in the first direction of said undulation is positioned under an adjacent pleat when compressed. The invention also discloses and claims methods of making and using said highly conformable stent graft and method of making the optional portal.
US09827113B2
The present invention relates to minimally invasive graft delivery systems and devices. The systems and devices provide a means to deliver graft material minimally invasively, such as to a spacer within a disc space. A particular system can include a cannula, a syringe and an extrusion tool. The extrusion tool can be used to extrude material from the cannula and syringe, and can have multiple modes of operation to accommodate the extrusion of materials of different viscosities.
US09827107B1
A spinal cage includes a first support plate pivotally connected to a second support plate by a hinge, and a plate mover actuated by an actuator and located between the first and second support plates. The plate mover is arranged to slide against an inclined surface on the first support plate. A hinge is journaled in an elongate aperture formed in a hinge housing protruding from first support plate, the hinge being free to translate and rotate in the elongate aperture.
US09827102B2
Embodiments are directed to an implantable penile prosthesis cylinder comprising an outer tube member and an inner tube member. The outer tube member has a longitudinal axis. The inner tube member is contained within the outer tube member. The inner tube member includes a plurality of inflatable chamber sections each defined by an exterior wall facing the outer tube member and an interior wall. Inflation of the chamber sections expands a girth of the outer tube member.
US09827100B2
Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.
US09827087B2
The present disclosure relates, in some aspects, to orthopedic implants for securing soft tissue to bone and methods for using the same. One particular implant comprises a first exposed porous surface region, having pores for promoting bone ingrowth, and a second exposed porous surface, having pores for promoting soft tissue ingrowth. At least some of the pores of the first exposed porous surface region may be seeded with osteocytic factors and at least some of the pores of the second exposed porous surface region may be seeded with fibrocytic factors. Such orthopedic implants can advantageously facilitate regeneration of the soft tissue to bone interface.
US09827086B2
A tubular woven implantable graft having a tapered section is provided. The graft includes a first diameter and a second diameter and has a generally constant number of warp yarns per inch adjacent both the first diameter and the second diameter. A method for producing an implantable woven graft is also provided. The method includes weaving a first section having a first diameter and a tapered diameter tapering from the first diameter to a second diameter. During weaving of the tapered section a number of warp yarns are dropped from the weave and compressive forces are applied to the fabric to narrow the width of the fabric.
US09827078B2
An ultrasonic toothbrush having spatially extended functionality to treat various oral diseases in addition to removing plaque and treating gingivitis is disclosed. In addition to the ultrasonically activated bristles, the toothbrush incorporates a multi directional ultrasound transducer system, which spatially irradiates the oral cavity with ultrasonic pressure waves, operational to loosen plaque, to remove periodontal bacteria from teeth and gums, and to simultaneously treat and destroy disease causing bacteria and bacterial chains on the inside surfaces of cheeks and lips, providing relief from Recurring Aphthous Stomatitis, Lichen Planus, and Mucositis. Various configurations are disclosed, including user removable and replaceable brush heads and ultrasound treatment heads. A motorized version featuring sonic frequency orbital vibration brush head and bristle tufts is described.
US09827071B2
An oral protection device including a dental wedge to be positioned between the dental arches of one side of the mouth, and a protection blade having a first portion which pushes against the tongue, and a second portion which engages with the other side of the mouth within the vestibule and having a blade extended by a turned-back section which forms a hook positioned at the labial commissure of the mouth.
US09827068B2
An ablation procedure. The ablation procedure may be applied to tooth buds 120 and result in tooth agenesis. The ablation procedure may be applied to lesions or tumors. A tooth bud ablation system for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis. A method for volume scanning both hard tissues and soft tissues of a patient. A method for manufacturing or fabricating a custom surgical stent 110. A custom surgical stent 110 for use in a tooth bud ablation procedure that results in tooth agenesis, the custom surgical stent 110 for use with an ablation probe tip 108 having a center of ablation 130a.
US09827066B2
Methods and systems for performing an ophthalmic surgical procedure include pulsed illumination of target tissue. The systems may include an illumination instrument arranged to illuminate tissue at a surgical site during the ophthalmic surgical procedure. A light source provides illumination to the illumination instrument for emission from the illumination instrument toward the surgical site. A controller communicates with the light source and activates the light source to provide illumination pulses at a frequency above the flickering perception in humans and with enough light for cameral exposure and human light perception. The light source pulses to minimize phototoxicity.
US09827053B2
One example method to determine an actual surgical pathway of a patient based on a planned surgical pathway may include retrieve a first two-dimensional image of the patient associated with information collected at a first point in time. A first coordinate system describes a spatial relationship between the patient and an apparatus in an operating room. The method further includes modifying a three-dimensional model of the patient including the planned surgical pathway with a first set of modification parameter values. A second coordinate system describes the three-dimensional model constructed by information collected at a second point in time earlier than the first point in time. The method further includes retrieving a second two-dimensional image from the modified three-dimensional model, computing a first correlation between the first two-dimensional image and the second two-dimensional image; and transforming the planned surgical pathway to the first coordinate system based on the first set of modification parameter values to identify the actual surgical pathway.
US09827037B2
A tissue cutting device has an outer sleeve with a distal window and an inner cutting sleeve which moves past the window to cut tissue. The inner cutting sleeve has a lumen which may have a larger proximal diameter than distal diameter. A perimeter of the window may comprise a dielectric material. A distal edge of the inner sleeve may be displaced inwardly.
US09827036B2
A multi-pole synchronous pulmonary artery radiofrequency ablation catheter includes an adjustment apparatus arranged on a control handle; a lead wire, a temperature sensing wire and a pull wire arranged in a cavity of a catheter body; and an annular ring connected to a flexible end of the catheter body. One end of the pull wire is connected to the flexible end and the other end of the pull wire is connected to the adjustment apparatus. The tension of the pull wire is adjusted through the adjustment apparatus to achieve radian control of the flexible end. A shape memory wire is arranged in the annular ring. The annular ring is provided with an electrode group with each electrode connected to the lead wire and temperature sensing wire; the lead wire and temperature sensing wire go through the catheter body and are electrically connected to the control handle.
US09827028B2
A bone screw is provided that includes a tubular body having a first end and a closed second end. The tubular body has a tubular wall defining a cavity wherein the thickness of the wall in a radial direction is smaller than an inner radius of the cavity and wherein a plurality of recesses is provided extending entirely through the tubular wall into the cavity. The tubular body further includes an exterior bone thread on an exterior tubular surface portion of the tubular wall, a head at the first end configured to engage with a driver to advance the bone screw in the bone, and a tip at the second end. The tubular body, the head and the tip are formed as a single piece.
US09827025B2
Intramedullary systems, expandable intramedullary nails, expandable anchors, and methods of using the same. The intramedullary system may include an expandable intramedullary nail configured to extend into an intramedullary canal of a long bone and/or one or more expandable anchors configured to extend at an angle transverse to the intramedullary nail. The intramedullary nails and/or anchors may include one or more integrated expansion mechanisms that allow for insertion in a contracted configuration and expansion into a deployed configuration to lock the relative position and prevent axial rotation and translation of the system.
US09827010B2
Therapeutics and methods of treatment to repair, preserve and grow cartilage are presented. In addition, systems and methods for delivering a therapeutic to a hard to reach anatomical area, such as, for example, the BCI, are presented. A cannulated delivery device provided with a cutting tip, cutting flutes and threads on its distal end is disclosed, as well as therapies for joint and cartilage repair, preservation and generation using it. Alternatively, for disc repair, a “PIARES” device for Percutaneous Intradiscal Annular Repair introduces therapeutics intradiscally. The device may have two-needles; a first cannula/needle with a finger grip, and a longer inner needle to penetrate through the outer needle into the disc, and introduce therapeutics via a syringe. When provided with a septum at the inner needle's proximal end, the PIARES device is a completely closed system; using it minimizes trauma.
US09827008B2
A tissue snare comprises an elongated member having a distal end and a loop formed of a shape memory material, the loop including a tissue receiving interior opening and being connected to the distal end of the elongated member, properties of the shape memory material being selected so that, when a temperature of the loop exceeds a critical temperature thereof, the loop constricts from an expanded state to a constricted state. A method of treating tissue comprises placing a loop of a snare around a portion of tissue to be treated while the loop is in an expanded configuration, the loop being formed of a shape memory material having a critical temperature so that, when a temperature of the loop is above the critical temperature, the loop transitions from the expanded configuration to a constricted configuration in combination with transitioning, after the loop has been placed around the portion of tissue to be treated, the loop from the expanded configuration to the constricted configuration to tighten the loop around the portion of tissue to be treated.
US09827005B2
The present application pertains generally to medical systems and methods for creation of an autologous tissue valves within a mammalian body. In some embodiments, a system for creating an endoluminal valve from a blood vessel wall is provided. The system includes a tubular assembly having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, a distal portion with a distal end, and a first lumen extending from the proximal end to a distal port located proximate the distal portion. The distal portion can have a supporting surface that extends in a longitudinal direction and is offset from a surface of the tubular assembly proximal the distal port. The system can further include a tissue dissection probe disposed within the first lumen.
US09827000B2
A treatment instrument for medical use includes a tubular insertion portion that includes a curvable flexible part, the tubular insertion portion being insertable into a body of a patient; and a dilating body that is provided at an outer circumference of the flexible part, the dilating body being configured to dilate in a radial direction relative to the flexible part. The tubular insertion portion includes a reduced-diameter part that is provided at a distal end of the tubular insertion portion in an axial direction, the reduced-diameter part having an outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the tubular insertion portion at a location proximal of the reduced-diameter part. A distal part of the dilating body is fixed to at least the reduced-diameter part.
US09826992B2
The present disclosure relates to a guide assembly. The guide assembly includes a guide having a body having a first set of marks and a joint including at least one through hole, the joint configured for sliding along the length of the body; and a first surgical device having a second set of marks, wherein the guide is coupled to the first surgical device and a longitudinal axis of the through hole is co-radial with a mark of the second set of marks when the joint is located at a mark of the first set of marks. Other guides are also disclosed.
US09826988B2
Tools adapted for spinal distraction are provided. More specifically, tools having an elongate shaft connected to a head portion are provided for imparting a force for displacing vertebral bodies. The tools may comprise features, such as textured surfaces or the ability to transmit pressure, for cleaning and preparing a spinal disc space for subsequent tools and procedures. A plurality or set of distraction tools is contemplated where the plurality of tools is made up of tools having various distinctions from one another. Such distinctions may be in the way of length, width, angle, and other geometric features or may comprise differences in materials or additional features.
US09826984B2
A measurement system and method for determining a depth of penetration of a working portion of a surgical instrument (e.g., a rotating drill bit in a bore). A first sensor outputs a first signal representative of a displacement of the leading edge of the drill bit in the bore. A second sensor outputs a second signal representative of a force applied to the leading edge of the drill bit. A processor outputs a third signal representative of the depth of penetration of the leading edge of the drill bit when the leading edge of the drill bit passes from a first medium having a first density to a second medium having a second density. The third signal is based on the first and second signals.
US09826948B2
Provided is an X-ray detector including: a data transceiver configured to wirelessly receive identification (ID) information relating to a central controller from the central controller when the X-ray detector is in a sharing mode in which the X-ray detector exchanges certain data with the central controller; and a processor configured to perform a configuration based on the received ID information.
US09826945B2
An aspect of an embodiment of the invention, relates to an imaging capsule for scanning inside a living body with a fail-safe radiation mechanism that prevents the emission of radiation from the imaging capsule until the imaging capsule is instructed to emit radiation and power is available to activate a motor to unblock the emission of radiation. Optionally, when power is not available the imaging capsule automatically, blocks the emission of radiation.
US09826933B2
A system for control of a prosthetic device includes at least one Inertial Measurement Unit detecting orientation of a user's foot. The at least one Inertial Measurement Unit is in communication with a device module configured to command at least one actuator of a prosthetic device. The at least one Inertial Measurement unit sends output signals related to orientation of the user's foot to the device module and the device module controls the at least one actuator of the prosthetic device based on the signals from the at least one Inertial Measurement Unit.
US09826931B2
A device (13) is provided for use with a treatment device for treating a patient. The device (13) includes a detection device (17) for detecting at least one transition of the patient's treatment from a first phase of treatment to a second phase of treatment. A signal device (25) for sending at least one signal when the transition is detected. It proposes, furthermore, a workstation equipped herewith.
US09826924B2
A system and a method for a healthcare provider to easily, accurately and efficiently provide a hearing test and a pressure test, i.e., a hearing assessment, for their patients, in a way that accurately detects hearing loss and provides recommendations for seeking further assistance from qualified hearing health specialists is provided.
US09826921B2
The present invention relates to an automated method of determining a kinetic state of a person. The method obtains accelerometer data from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and processes the accelerometer data to determine a measure for the kinetic state. The present invention further relates to a device for determining a kinetic state of a person. The device comprises a processor configured to process data obtained from an accelerometer worn on an extremity of the person and to determine from the data a measure for the kinetic state. In the method and system the kinetic state is at least one of bradykinesia, dyskinesia, and hyperkinesia.
US09826918B2
A method for detecting the surface structure and composition of a sample by means of a scanning unit, in particular for detecting traces, which are induced by contact of the skin of the human body on the surface of an object or absorbed by means of a trace carrier. The sample and the scanning unit are moved in relation to one another. The sample surface is irradiated line-by-line using a light beam or laser beam emitted from the scanning unit. The light beam or laser beam reflected from the sample surface is detected, and a digital image of the topography of the sample surface and the intensity of the reflected light beam or laser beam is generated from deviations of the reflected light beam or laser beam from the emitted light beam or laser beam to illustrate the composition of the sample surface.
US09826916B2
A device for examining a pathological interaction between different brain areas, including a stimulation unit, which administers identical stimuli to a patient in a sequential manner, wherein the stimuli stimulate neurons of the patient in the brain areas to be examined, a measuring unit for recording measurement signals that represent a neural activity of the stimulated neurons, and a control and analysis unit for controlling the stimulation unit and for analyzing the measurement signals. The control and analysis unit transforms the measurement signals into the complex plane, examines the distribution of the phases of stimuli of the measurement signals absorbed by the measuring unit in response to the stimuli delivered to the patient, and determines the probability, with which the phase distribution differs from a uniform distribution, in order to ascertain whether a pathological interaction between the brain areas exists.
US09826915B2
Systems and methods can be used to provide an indication of heart function, such as an indication of mechanical function or hemodynamics of the heart, based on electrical data. For example, a method for assessing a function of the heart can include determining a time-based electrical characteristic for a plurality of points distributed across a spatial region of the heart. The plurality of points can be grouped into at least two subsets of points based on at least one of a spatial location for the plurality of points or the time-based electrical characteristics for the plurality of points. An indication of synchrony for the heart can be quantified based on relative analysis of the determined time-based electrical characteristic for each of the at least two subsets of points.
US09826912B2
Photoplethysmographic device for measuring a heart rhythm, comprising a housing having a contacting surface and a control unit, a photoplethysmographic sensor mechanically attached to the contacting surface and connected to the control unit, wherein the control unit is arranged to receive a photoplethysmographic signal from the photoplethysmographic sensor, a fastening band having a first end and a second end, the first end and second end attached to the device for attaching the device to a subject with the contacting surface contacting the subject's skin, a pressure sensor attached to the contacting surface in close proximity to the photoplethysmographic sensor. The control unit is arranged determining whether the pressure from the pressure sensor is in a range suitable for photoplethysmographic measurement by the photoplethysmographic sensor.
US09826906B2
Support structures for positioning sensors on a physiologic tunnel for measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters of the body and to produce an action according to the measured value of the parameters. The support structure includes a sensor fitted on the support structures using a special geometry for acquiring continuous and undisturbed data on the physiology of the body. Signals are transmitted to a remote station by wireless transmission such as by electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared, sound and the like or by being reported locally by audio or visual transmission. The physical and chemical parameters include brain function, metabolic function, hydrodynamic function, hydration status, levels of chemical compounds in the blood, and the like. The support structure includes patches, clips, eyeglasses, head mounted gear and the like, containing passive or active sensors positioned at the end of the tunnel with sensing systems positioned on and accessing a physiologic tunnel.
US09826902B2
A sensor guide wire device (200) for intravascular measurements of a physiological variable in a living body is disclosed. The sensor guide wire (200) may comprise a sensor element (213) and a connector unit (220). The connector unit (220) is attachable to a signal converting device (310). The sensor element (213) provides the signal converting device (310) with a signal indicative of a physiological variable sensed by the sensor element (213). Furthermore, the connector unit (220) comprises a battery (222). A system (300) comprising the sensor guide wire device (200) and the signal converting device (310) is also disclosed.
US09826900B2
An ophthalmic surgical microscope includes a beam coupler positioned along an optical path of the surgical microscope between a first eyepiece and magnifying/focusing optics, the beam coupler operable to direct the OCT imaging beam along a first portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam coupler and a patient's eye (an OCT image being generated based on a reflected portion of the OCT imaging beam). The surgical microscope additionally includes a real-time data projection unit operable to project the OCT image generated by the OCT system and a beam splitter positioned along the optical path of the surgical microscope between a second eyepiece and the magnifying/focusing optics. The beam splitter is operable to direct the projected OCT image along a second portion of the optical path of the surgical microscope between the beam splitter and the second eyepiece such that the projected OCT image is viewable through the second eyepiece.
US09826896B2
An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit configured to execute structural analysis on a tomographic image acquired by an acquiring unit and detect an abnormal portion of the eye; and a display control unit configured to cause a displaying unit to display a finding of the abnormal portion detected by the detecting unit, as a sentence or a word in a manner superimposed on the tomographic image.
US09826892B2
Embodiments of the disclosure may include a medical device comprising an elongate member including a proximal region and a distal region. The elongate member can further include a handle at the proximal region and a tip at the distal region. The tip can include one or more openings, wherein one of the one or more openings at least partially houses an illumination unit. The illumination unit may further comprise a light source, a near-field diffuser proximate to the light source, and a far-field aperture proximate to the light source.
US09826887B2
A surgical device, an outer tube, an endoscope, and a treatment tool that have a simple configuration and excellent operability are provided. The outer tube includes a slider in an outer tube body. When the endoscope and the treatment tool are inserted into the outer tube, the endoscope and treatment tool are held by an endoscope holding part and a treatment tool holding part each being provided in the slider so as to be integrated. When the treatment tool is moved in the axial direction, the endoscope is moved in the axial direction in interlock with the movement. In the outer tube, the opening type hermetic valve part for the endoscope in a valve member has the inner diameter larger than the inner diameter of the elastic member for causing the endoscope holding part to hold the endoscope.
US09826885B2
An endoscope system includes: an illumination unit configured to irradiate a visual field area with illumination light that produces return light from a specific substance; a sensor unit having a two-dimensional surface on which a plurality of pixels is arranged for receiving the return light from the visual field area and photoelectrically converting the return light to generate electrical signals; a reading unit configured to read out the electrical signals per a specified frame cycle; a reset pulse generation unit configured to generate reset pulses for releasing electric charges accumulated in the plurality of pixels; a reset pulse controller configured to adjust timing of generating the reset pulses such that a plurality of frame cycles is included in a period between generation of two consecutive reset pulses; and an illumination controller configured to cause the illumination unit to emit the illumination light in each of the plurality of frame cycles.
US09826880B1
A device for supporting a long handled tool in an upright position includes a rod comprising an upper section and a lower section, a collar pivotally attached to the upper section of the rod, and a foot pivotally coupled to the lower section of the rod. One of the upper and lower sections is telescopically received within the other of the upper and lower sections of the rod, and the collar is cylindrically shaped and has an opening on a front side thereof to receive the long handled tool.
US09826864B2
A hands-free paper product dispenser has three separate IR emitter and sensor circuits, two controlling the length and/or number of sheets of paper cut and dispensed, and the third used both to safety interlock the cutter mechanism and to control retention of each cut sheet by the dispenser until removed from the dispenser by a user. A novel cutting mechanism and associated upper and lower pinch plates are employed to both hold the paper during cutting and assure a straight and unfrayed cut.
US09826861B2
A water output device having ultrasonic pulverizing function comprises a shower main body, which includes a decoration box, detachably embedded in the shower main body, or forming with the shower main body into a body; and an ultrasonic pulverizing device, disposed in the decoration box. The ultrasonic pulverizing device includes: a water box, with its upper portion provided with a water input port, and with its lower portion provided with a water output port; an ultrasonic wave generator, fixed to a water output port at a lower portion of the water box through a fixing block, and having a web-shape structure inside, for allowing small particles of water mist to pass through; and a control device, disposed at a side of the water box, and including a power source module, a charging module, a vibration circuit module.
US09826857B2
A coffee machine with a multi-cellular capsule seat having a base, a lower body and an upper body; a multi-cellular capsule seat is provided inside the upper body; at least two coffee capsules are placed side by side inside the multi-cellular capsule seat; a front inner cover is provided on the multi-cellular capsule seat; a right side of the front inner cover is provided with a front inner cover water inlet; the front inner cover water inlet is in communication with a second inlet provided at a middle part of a surface of the second coffee capsule; the second inlet is provided with a second upper piercing pin; a second piercing position seal ring is provided on the second upper piercing pin. The present invention has a simple structure and can double the working capacity, thereby increasing working efficiency.
US09826854B2
A device for extracting zest from a fruit includes a body, a carrier coupled to the body, and a blade coupled to the body. The carrier moves the fruit relative to the blade and holds the fruit as the blade separates a portion of the flavedo from the pith of the fruit's peel to extract zest from the fruit. The device also includes an arm that urges the blade against the fruit's peel to generate contact pressure as the carrier moves the fruit relative to the blade, and that allows the blade to move toward and away from the carrier to accommodate the contour of the fruit's peel, which is often curved. The blade includes a plurality of teeth, each configured to cut a portion of the fruit's flavedo from the fruit's pith without separating the pith from the berry.
US09826853B1
A mailbox system includes a mailbox body for receiving and storing mail items. One or more receiver units are disposed along an outside facing surface of the mailbox body and function to receive at least one address indicator having a plurality of lighted elements along a front facing surface thereof. An internal controller having a power unit is positioned within the mailbox body. The power unit includes at least one battery and at least one solar cell for supplying the necessary electrical information to the receiver unit and the address indicators. Physical markings are disposed along the address indicator and form address information. When activated, the plurality of lighted elements display address information.
US09826844B1
An interactive display holder for a grip includes a backboard with an upper and a lower support. The lower support supports the grip by retaining the grip at its lower end through an opening in the lower end of the grip. The upper support holds the grip through a swivel arm that engages an aperture in the butt end of the grip. While the grip is in the display holder, the grip can be moved away from the holder to allow a prospective customer to handle the grip for feel without opening a package or boxed container. The interactive display holder is particularly suited for handling a golf club grip for the grip feel.
US09826843B1
A tray and corner post type packaging system for shipping and displaying palletized products is provided. The packaging system is made from three folded and glued blanks and includes four corner posts and a central support.
US09826834B2
A foot for a cabinet comprises a body having a longitudinal axis, an upper end and a lower end, a leveler adjustably connected to the lower end of the body and mounting locations. The leveler is adjustable to vary a longitudinal dimension of the foot. The mounting locations are on the body and ferromagnetically couple one or more foundation members in place adjacent the foot. A foot system and other components are also described.
US09826828B1
A cabinet that hangs on a wall and directs forces in such a manner so as to provide a stronger assembly. The cabinet includes a front frame, joinery, and a plurality of panels. The joinery attaches some of the plurality of panels to each other and to the front frame, and directs the forces from the some of the plurality of panels to the front frame so as to provide the stronger assembly.
US09826824B2
A cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus and processes for streamlining cleaning, drying, and/or storing cosmetic brushes are described. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include elevated elements to aid in cleaning and drawing out make-up, dirt, debris, etc., in the fibrous heads of cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include draining mechanisms for removing excess water resulting from the cleaning process. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include an elevated wall that follows a contour of the cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus for retaining water within the elevated wall of the cosmetic cleaning apparatus and/or securing cosmetic brushes for drying and storing cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include one or more additional drying elements for drying and/or storing the cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning system enables users to deep clean cosmetic brushes efficiently and conveniently dry and/or store the cosmetic brushes.
US09826823B1
A heated shaving brush having a housing with an interior space that houses a shaft that acts as a tube to allow shaving cream or similar lubricating agent to pass through to a bristle assembly that a user applies to their body. The shaft is adjacent to a heating element that is powered by alternating or direct current, thereby heating the shaving cream as it passes through the hollowed shaft. A graduated knob can modulate the speed at which the shaving cream passes through the shaft, thereby increasing or decreasing the temperature of the shaving cream before it is applied to a user's face.
US09826815B2
An application device capable of applying at least two products either simultaneously or independently as per the requirement. The application device of the present invention comprises a cover, a gripping member and at least two applicators wherein the gripping member comprises of at least two receptacles for holding at least two products and the at least two applicators are in fluid communication with the at least two receptacles. The at least two applicators comprise of an applicator element wherein the applicator element may have a suitable shape such as but not limited to a tip.
US09826814B2
The invention relates to a device for packaging a cosmetic product (P) in solid form and applying it to the skin, having a longitudinal axis X, comprising: a sleeve (70) containing the cosmetic product (P), an elevator means (50) able to support the cosmetic product (P) at a current position in the sleeve and to axially move the cosmetic product along the axis X to make it emerge from the sleeve (70) bypassing through the orifices (77), a means (60) for manually actuating the elevator, a means (80) for partial covering of the outlet of the sleeve (70) comprising a vault (71) formed solely of an elastically deformable material.
US09826812B2
Systems, devices, and methods for drying wefted hair. Systems can include an enclosure for drying wefted hair by removing moisture from the wefted hair. The wefted hair can be hung on racks having a plurality of tines. The wefted hair can be placed on trays.
US09826809B2
At least one flexible sheet of material forms a casing configured to be folded into an accessory bag and unfolded into a diaper changing station. A frame assembly is at least partially disposed within the casing. A canopy is attached to the casing and an arm of the frame assembly, the arm and canopy being selectively movable between a collapsed position adjacent the base and an extended position away from the base to form an open-ended tent structure at a first end of the base. A padded diaper changing pad is disposed under the canopy. One or more pockets are formed in or attached to the base or the canopy.
US09826807B1
Umbrella support apparatuses and kits are provided. The umbrella support apparatus may be used to support umbrellas where stability is desired. The umbrella support apparatus includes an umbrella or be used with existing umbrellas having a support shaft, a collar connected to an approximate mid-point of the support shaft, at least one auxiliary support shaft angularly connected to the collar with a connector for supporting the umbrella against an external force.
US09826803B2
The present invention discloses an article of jewelry, preferably a necklace with a hologram. The disclosed apparatus is provided with a hologram to display various things within the necklace and make it appear more stylish and enhancing the decorative appeal. The disclosed apparatus is capable of interacting with the multimedia devices like phone and can connect with them to display images and other things present in them via hologram in the necklace.
US09826798B2
The present embodiments provide an upper. The upper includes a textile component. The textile component of the upper includes a textile element and a tensile element. The tensile element defines a first segment disposed on a first side of the upper. The first segment of the tensile element is configured to attach the securement device to the textile element on the first side of the upper. The tensile element further includes a second segment that is disposed proximate the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The second segment is fixed relative to the lower portion of the upper on the second side. The tensile element further includes an intermediate segment that extends continuously from the first segment, across the heel region, to the second segment.
US09826797B2
Embodiments provide a support structure for an article of footwear, which may include upper and lower support elements, upper and lower members, a compression element disposed between the upper and lower members, and a torsion element. A vertical force applied to the upper support element compresses the compression element, rotationally displaces in a first direction the upper member relative to the lower member, rotationally displaces in the first direction a second portion of the torsion element relative to a first portion of the torsion element, deflects a torsion loading portion of the torsion element, and moves the upper member vertically toward the lower member. Upon release of the force, the torsion loading portion rotationally displaces in a second direction opposite to the first direction the second portion of the torsion element relative to the first portion. Embodiments of methods of manufacturing a support structure are also disclosed.
US09826793B2
A mask coupling apparatus coupled to an outer surface of a helmet and couplings of a mask including an adjusting mechanism comprising a single elastic strap coupled to the mask at both ends via the couplings, where the ends of the elastic strap are free to adjust the length of the mask coupling apparatus.
US09826790B2
A pre tied necktie comprising a braided knot. The pre tied necktie is available in a vast array of colors and styles, from conservative solids to more flashy designs that contains dots, stripes or even cartoon characters.
US09826788B2
A glove that does not have to be removed and allows quick bare index finger trigger contact for shooting of a pistol or rifle. Simple modification of a standard five fingered glove that still allows for normal use after the modification. My invention allows for instant bare finger contact with a control surface, such as a trigger, touch screen display and casting of a fishing line from a spinning reel.
US09826781B1
The present disclosure relates to an E-liquid flow control mechanism and electronic cigarettes having the E-liquid flow control mechanism. The electronic cigarette may include: an electronic cigarette body, a vaporizer, and an E-liquid flow control mechanism. Electronic cigarette body includes an E-liquid storage tank, a mouthpiece, and an electronic cigarette base. The vaporizer having a heating element, and an E-liquid storage medium, is positioned on a vaporizer base. The E-liquid flow control mechanism defines an E-liquid flow control opening, and has an E-liquid flow control handle. When the E-liquid flow control handle is lifted all the way up, the E-liquid flow is blocked. When the E-liquid flow control handle is pushed all the way down, the E-liquid flow reaches maximum. When the E-liquid flow may be controlled by a user by pushing down or pulling up the E-liquid flow control handle between the highest point and the lowest point.
US09826769B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a carbonated beverage comprising a stevia extract in which foaming is suppressed and a method for producing the same. A carbonated beverage comprising RebA and RebD and/or RebM, wherein a content of RebA is 500 ppm or less; a content of RebD and/or RebM is 486 ppm or less; ((RebD and/or RebM)/RebA) is 0.45 or more in a mass ratio; and a total content of RebA and RebD and/or RebM is 0.5 to 13.5 in Brix in terms of sucrose.
US09826768B2
A process for preparing an aqueous solution of a methylcellulose having anhydroglucose units joined by 1-4 linkages wherein hydroxy groups of anhydroglucose units are substituted with methyl groups such that s23/s26 is 0.36 or less, wherein s23 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 3-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups and wherein s26 is the molar fraction of anhydroglucose units wherein only the two hydroxy groups in the 2- and 6-positions of the anhydroglucose unit are substituted with methyl groups, comprises the step of mixing the methylcellulose with an aqueous liquid at a temperature of not higher than 10° C. at a shear rate of at least 1000 s−1.
US09826766B2
The use of a polysaccharide in a method for improving the flora of the colon of nursing infants and/or infants, thus treating or preventing colic and enterocolitis and therefore improving and/or generally stimulating the intestinal well-being of nursing infants and/or infants. A food composition for feeding nursing infants and/or infants, including at least one polysaccharide for treating or preventing colic and enterocolitis and improving and/or stimulating the intestinal well-being of nursing infants and/or infants. The polysaccharide used is a branched maltodextrin, preferably with a molecular mass of between 400 and 4500.
US09826761B2
The invention is related to compositions including sulfide binding agents and related methods. In an embodiment, the invention includes a composition including saponins, and a sulfide binding agent, the sulfide binding agent comprising a metal containing compound. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of processing animal feed including contacting an animal feed material with a composition, the composition comprising a sulfide binding agent, the sulfide binding agent comprising a metal containing compound. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method of treating animals for dietary sulfur overload including administering to an animal an effective amount of a composition comprising a sulfide binding agent, the sulfide binding agent comprising a metal containing compound. In an embodiment, the invention includes a method for reducing ruminal sulfide concentrations including administering to an animal an effective amount of a composition comprising a sulfide binding agent, the sulfide binding agent comprising a metal containing compound. Other embodiments are included herein.
US09826760B2
This invention describes a collagen fiber reconstituted rawhide useful in the production of pet chews, and a method for making the same. Beginning materials include animal skins with hair, depilated limed splits and leftovers from the manufacture of rawhide pet chews. The materials are pretreated, ground, subjected to acid treatment to swell and separate the collagen fibers that comprise the animal hide, further ground into pulp, vacuum filtered, mixed with a dehydration agent that chemically shrinks the expanded fibers, drained, formed and dried into sheet and/or exposed to a cross-linking agent to increase the adhesive strength of the end product. Edible materials, including meats, may be added to the solution prior to draining, to enhance the nutritional value and palatability of the final product, and the reconstituted rawhide sheets may be bleached for appearance. The described method produces rawhide pet chews at lower cost, and of greater diversity and utility, compared with current methods of production.
US09826742B2
The invention relates to an octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic (C8, 9, 10) fatty acids mixture with a pyrethroid. The invention also relates to methods of using the octanoic, nonanoic and decanoic (C8, 9, 10) fatty acids and pyrethroid mixture to achieve superior arthropod control.
US09826740B2
Described is a broad spectrum, synergistic fungicidal composition when used for the preservation of a glued wood product comprising as active ingredients: (A) triadimefon, and (B) cyproconazole characterised in that the weight ratio of (A):(B) is from about 20:1 to about 1:1, the composition being further characterised in that the application rate for the composition is from about 10 gai/m3 to about 6,000 gai/m3.
US09826739B2
The present invention relates to active compound concentrates having herbicidal action, comprising a) from 10 to 100 g/l of at least one 4-benzoyl-substituted pyrazole compound of the formula I in which R1, R3 independently of one another are hydrogen, halogen, methyl, halomethyl, methoxy, halomethoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl; R2 is a 5-membered heterocyclic radical which is unsubstituted or carries 1, 2, 3 or 4 substituents selected from the group consisting of halogen, C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-haloalkyl, C1-C4-haloalkoxy and C1-C4-alkylthio; R4 is hydrogen, halogen or methyl; R5 is C1-C6-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl or C3-C6-cycloalkylmethyl; and R6 is hydrogen or C1-C4-alkyl; or one of its agriculturally useful salts, b) from 200 to 700 g/l of 2-chloro-N-(2,4-dimethyl-3-thienyl)-N-(2-methoxy-1-methylethyl)acetamide, and c) from 10 to 200 g/l of at least one surfactant S selected from a mixture of at least one anionic surfactant and at least one nonionic surfactant, where the components a), b) and c) are present dissolved in a mixture of organic solvents consisting to at least 95% by weight, based on the solvent mixture, of d1) at least one aprotic polar organic solvent having a miscibility with water at 25° C. and 1 bar of at least 50 g/l, and d2) at least one organic solvent having a solubility in water at 25° C. and 1 bar of less than 5 g/l.
US09826735B2
A peracetic acid type sterilizing composition solution containing peracetic acid, acetic acid, hydrogen peroxide and catalase enzyme, wherein said sterilizing solution has a pH in a range of 2.6 to 5.0, said catalase enzyme is contained in an amount of 0.1 to 10 μg/ml, the concentration of said peracetic acid is 500 to 10,000 ppm, and the concentration of said hydrogen peroxide is less than 500 ppm. The concentration of the hydrogen peroxide can be efficiently decreased due to the catalase enzyme that is added in small amounts thereby suppressing the bubbling caused by the addition of the catalase enzyme.
US09826733B2
The present application relates to the manipulation and handling of biological materials and, in one form, provides an apparatus for micromanipulation of biological material, including a channel for accommodating biological material and allowing for passage of liquid treatment solutions. The apparatus may include a two part construction wherein two portions of the apparatus are adapted to be heat sealed with a secondary material intermediate the two portions prior to a vitrification process step. A system for vitrification of a biological specimen is also provided including a software operable means for controlling the temperature environment, a software operable means for controlling fluid dispense volume and velocity and aspiration volume and velocity for the application of liquid treatment solutions to the biological specimen, and a software operable means for controlling protocol time.
US09826724B2
A present handle assembly is mounted to a handle shaft of a fishing reel. The handle assembly includes a handle arm and a handle knob. The handle arm is mounted to the handle shaft. The handle knob is mounted to the handle arm. The handle arm herein includes an arm body made of metal and a resin portion. The metallic arm body has a mount part and an arm part. The mount part is mounted to the handle shaft. The arm part is integrally formed with the mount part. The resin portion covers the mount part and at least a part of the arm part.
US09826723B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, and systems for transforming silkworms to produce spider silk and analogs of spider silk. In certain embodiments, the method may include inserting a DNA sequence coding for at least a portion of a spider silk fibroin polypeptide, or an analog of a spider silk fibroin polypeptide, positioned between at least a portion of the 5′ and 3′ ends of a silkworm fibroin gene to generate a fusion gene construct having a sequence that encodes for a polypeptide comprising both spider silk fibroin and silkworm silk fibroin sequences. In certain embodiments, the fused gene is able to replace a native gene present in the silkworm such that the transformed silkworm expresses a polypeptide comprising a spider silk fibroin polypeptide, or an analog thereof, and expresses significantly less of the native silkworm silk.
US09826722B2
An aquarium filter and a method of indicating reduced flow through the filter. The aquarium filter includes a first chamber, a second chamber, and a filter cartridge separating the first chamber and the second chamber. A first flow path is defined through the filter cartridge separating the first chamber and the second chamber. The aquarium filter also includes spillway defining a second flow path and an indicator positioned in the second flow path.
US09826721B2
An artificial honeycomb for use in a beehive and which enables honey to be removed from the honeycomb without removing the honeycomb from the hive, the honeycomb comprising cells and being formed of at least two parts which are moveable relative to each other between a cell formed position where the cells comprise side walls and an end wall to enable bees to fill the cell with honey, and a cell open position where at least some of the said walls have moved apart, whereby honey in the cells can be removed from the honeycomb by movement of the at least two parts to the cell open position.
US09826711B1
A rolling cart/carrier that self-rights a pet contained in the rolling cart/carrier regardless of what terrain is traversed, and is height-adjustable so as to allow comfortable rolling of the rolling cart/carrier by a user. The rolling cart/carrier includes a cart and a carrier. The cart is height-adjustable so as to allow comfortable rolling of the rolling cart/carrier by the user. The carrier is replaceably attached to the cart, and self-rights the pet contained in the carrier regardless of what terrain is traversed by the cart.
US09826703B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058683. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058683. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058683 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058683 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09826702B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01051835. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01051835. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01051835 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01051835 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09826701B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050769. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050769. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050769 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050769 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09826695B1
A novel maize variety designated X05H211 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05H211 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05H211 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05H211, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05H211. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05H211.
US09826675B2
A hinge for a gauge wheel arm for movably swinging the gauge wheel away from the agricultural equipment, such as an agricultural planter, is disclosed. The hinge is located along the length of the gauge wheel arm for rotating the gauge wheel away from the agricultural equipment to expose an inner surface of the gauge wheel and an interior portion of the agricultural equipment. The gauge wheel arm rotates about an angle of rotation formed by the hinge and permitting rotation between 0 and 180 degrees. The gauge wheel arm may also include a lock bolt for preventing rotation of the gauge wheel when desired.
US09826674B2
In one embodiment, a method comprising receiving input corresponding to a first contour wayline to enable auto-steer traversal by a vehicle over a field; generating a plurality of contour waylines based on the first contour wayline; identifying a non-drivable section among the plurality of contour waylines, the identifying based on information corresponding to a time for the vehicle to reach a minimum turning radius and the minimum turning radius; and generating an alternative contour wayline section for the identified non-drivable section.
US09826672B1
An implement is disclosed for smoothing grounds that include at least a compact base having a top surface and a lesser compact footing on top of the base. The implement includes a frame having a front portion, a central portion, a rear portion, and a width. Wheels are mounted for rotation directly to the frame, and tools are carried by the frame for engagement with the ground. The tools include a specially shaped cleaving blade connected to the rear portion of the frame by a tool support, which securely connects the cleaving blade at predetermined heights. The blade has a front shaving edge and a rear compressing edge. The blade extends straight across the width of the frame so as to maximize the drag displaced on the frame during use of the blade. Arrangement of the wheels directly on the frame provides optimal stabilization of the frame during operation of the blade.
US09832918B2
In one aspect, a vent for use in an electronic device for absorbing electromagnetic radiation is disclosed, which includes a body comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and a radiation-absorbing filler distributed within said thermoplastic polymer for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, said body further comprising a plurality of openings. The body is adapted for coupling to a frame of an electronic device to absorb electromagnetic radiation and to allow heat transfer via air flow through said openings between an interior of the frame and an external environment.
US09832917B2
Provided are an electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet which is a thin film and a low cost and has an excellent electromagnetic wave absorbing rate, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device using the same. The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet includes: at least one layer thin-film magnetic sheet which is separated into a plurality of fine pieces; a protective film that is adhered on one surface of the thin-film magnetic sheet; and a double-sided tape that is adhered on the other surface of the thin-film magnetic sheet.
US09832907B2
A skeleton unit to mount mosaic plates, includes a main body section and an extension section. The main body section is integrally formed by strip pieces perpendicularly crossing each other to provide a grille shape. The extension section extends out from four edges of the main body section and is integrally formed with the main body section. The extension section includes prolongation pieces which respectively extend out from both ends of each strip piece, and parallel strips which connect with the outside ends of each prolongation piece on the same side and are in parallel with the edges of the main body section respectively. The parallel strip has lap joint hole portions, which penetrates the parallel strips and are used to overlap another skeleton unit. The sum of double the length of the prolongation piece and the width of the parallel strip is equal to the length of the grid.
US09832903B2
Second fixation portions of a terminal conversion adaptor are fitted into and engaged with engagement portions abutting on first fixation portions of a power semiconductor module. By use of one common fixation screw, each of the fixation portions and each of the second fixation portions are fixed to a cooler. Pin connection type external connection terminals of the power semiconductor module are connected to conversion terminals (which are provided with screw connection portions) of the terminal conversion adaptor so that the pin connection type external connection terminals can be converted into screw connection. Thus, it is possible to provide a conversion adaptor which can convert a connection form of each external connection terminal of a power semiconductor module easily and a power semiconductor module device in which the connection form of the external connection terminal can be converted into a desired connection form by the conversion adaptor.
US09832902B2
Electrical circuit assemblies flood coated with polymeric flood coat compositions as described or exemplified herein are provided. The flood coat composition is characterized as having a sufficient gel time and thixotropic index as to substantially cover or encapsulate the electrical circuit assembly as a fixed mass upon cure such that the thickness of the polymeric coating on surfaces horizontal to the assembly is from 20 mils to 75 mils, and the thickness on surfaces vertical to the assembly is from 4 mils to 20 mils. Such flood coated assemblies and devices containing same are advantageous over conventional potting materials or conformal coatings because they require less material thereby reducing weight and cost, and they are able to withstand extreme environmental stresses such as from temperature and/or vibrations.
US09832899B1
Disclosed is a socket apparatus for gripping the balls of a ball grid array (BGA), including a base member of electrically insulative material, an array of pairs of electrical contacts disposed in the base member in a configuration corresponding to a terminal ball configuration of said BGA to be mated with the socket apparatus, a first plate member disposed for slidable movement on said base member and having a plurality of parallel extension members extending therefrom and configured to pass through the array of pairs of electrical contacts, a second plate member disposed for slidable movement on said base member and having a plurality of parallel extension members extending therefrom and configured to pass through the array of pairs of electrical contacts, the plurality of parallel extension members of said first plate member disposed between the plurality of parallel extension members of said second plate member, a plurality of insulative nodules disposed on each extension member with nodules forming an array corresponding to said array of pairs of electrical contacts, and the first plate member and second plate member being movable relative to each other on said base member whereby the plurality of insulative nodules urge the corresponding electrical contacts into electrical contact engagement with the balls of a BGA in the socket.
US09832892B2
A sensor for outputting an electrical signal on the basis of a detected physical variable, including: a measuring circuit accommodated in a circuit housing and capable of contacting an external circuit by an electric signal connection; and a protective body consisting of a protective compound with an opening, the compound surrounding the circuit housing and the opening exposing part of the circuit housing. The surface of the circuit housing has a moulded element which is surrounded by the protective compound.
US09832891B2
Example embodiments are directed to circuit boards, connectors, cases, circuit board assemblies, case assemblies, devices and methods of manufacturing the same, which are common to at least two different form factors. In an example embodiment, the SSD includes a circuit board that is smaller than a case, and the circuit board is secured to the bottom surface of the case by the securing element. The securing element is spaced apart from edges of the case to allow using a circuit board that is smaller than the case.
US09832888B1
A method of manufacture of a circuit board without annular through-hole rings and thus allowing a higher component density includes a base layer, a first wire pattern layer, and a second wire pattern layer on both sides of the base layer. A portion of the base layer not covered by the first wire pattern layer defines at least one first hole. The circuit board further includes a wire layer. The wire layer includes at least a first portion and a second portion connecting to the first portion. The first portion is filled in the first hole. The second portion is formed on the first portion extending away from the base layer. A diameter of the second portion is less than an aperture diameter of the first hole. The wire layer is electrically conductive between the first wire pattern layer and the second wire pattern layer through the first portion.
US09832887B2
Components and methods of making the same are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a component comprises forming metal anchoring elements at a first surface of a support element having first and second oppositely facing surfaces, the support element having a thickness extending in a first direction between the first and second surfaces, wherein each anchoring element has a downwardly facing overhang surface; and then forming posts having first ends proximate the first surface and second ends disposed above the respective first ends and above the first surface, wherein a laterally extending portion of each post contacts at least a first area of the overhang surface of the respective anchoring element and extends downwardly therefrom, and the overhang surface of the anchoring element resists axial and shear forces applied to the posts at positions above the anchoring elements.
US09832883B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for dual surface finish package substrate assemblies. In one embodiment a method includes depositing a first surface finish on one or more electrical routing features located on a first side of a package substrate and on one or more lands located on a second side of the package substrate, the second side being opposite the first side of the substrate. The method may further include removing the first surface finish on the first side of the package substrate; and depositing a second surface finish on the one or more electrical routing features of the first side. The depositing of the second surface finish may be accomplished by one of a Direct Immersion Gold (DIG) process or an Organic Solderability Preservative (OSP) process. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09832878B2
A wiring board with a cavity for a built-in electronic component includes a conductor layer including a conductor circuit layer and a plane layer, and an insulating layer laminated on the conductor layer and having a cavity such that the cavity is forming an exposed portion of the plane layer and formed to mount a built-in electronic component on the exposed portion of the plane layer. The plane layer has a recess structure formed in an outer peripheral portion in the exposed portion of the plane layer.
US09832877B2
A collective substrate for resistor devices includes a base, a first conductive pattern in a to-be-product region and a to-be-cut-away region of the base, and a resistive element in the to-be-product region of the base. The to-be-cut-away region includes a first region adjacent to the to-be-product region in a first direction, and a second region adjacent to the to-be-product region in a second direction. The first conductive pattern includes a first terminal portion connected to the resistive element and disposed in the to-be-product region, a first electrode portion disposed in the first region and larger in area than the first terminal portion, and a first interconnect portion extended from the first terminal portion toward the second region to be connected to the first electrode portion.
US09832865B2
A build-up process for fabricating a multi-layer PCB is provided during which a mezzanine redistribution, or routing, structure is formed within one of the PCB dielectric material layers that allows additional electrical interconnections (i.e., traces and crossovers) to be made within that layer, thereby obviating the need to add an additional PCB layer in order to make those interconnections. The mezzanine redistribution structure also can be interconnected with the metal layers that are above and below it to further increase routing complexity and flexibility. The mezzanine redistribution structure can be formed without increasing the total thickness of the PCB and without substantially increasing costs.
US09832862B2
The conductive film includes a transparent substrate and a conductive portion having a wiring pattern, in which when the wiring pattern is observed from at least one visual point, with respect to frequencies and intensities of moires which are calculated respectively from peak frequencies and peak intensities of predetermined data and peak frequencies and peak intensities of another predetermined data, an evaluation index of moire, which is calculated from evaluation values of moires obtained by applying visual response characteristics of a human being to the intensities of the moires according to an observation distance at the frequencies of the respective moires that are equal to or lower than the maximum frequency of moire specified according to display resolution of the display unit, is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US09832861B2
A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a jumper metal, a first insulation layer, first and second conductive patterns, first and second metal electrodes, and a second insulation layer. The jumper metal is formed on the substrate. The first insulation layer includes an opening and is formed on the jumper metal. The first and second conductive patterns are formed on the first insulation layer. The first and second metal electrodes are respectively connected to end portions of the first and second conductive patterns. The second insulation layer is formed on the first and second conductive patterns and the first and second metal electrodes. One of the first and second conductive patterns is connected by the jumper metal exposed through the opening of the first insulation layer.
US09832851B2
The optical resonator as intends to generate coherent X-ray by irradiation of polarized laser interference fringes with electron beam has been unknown.The present invention provides an optical resonator that is capable of preparing polarization laser, polarization X-ray and coherent X-ray. The optical resonator is characterized by comprising an optical resonator that is capable of circulating two or more polarization lasers and irradiation of the polarization lasers with electron beam introduced by an electron beam feed port which is inserted in the intersection of laser paths inside the optical resonator.
US09832842B2
A multi-mode control device is provided for controlling an external load device. The control device includes a high-power interface, a low-power interface, and a control module. The high-power interface can be electrically coupled to a high-power module providing current from an external power source to the load device. The low-power interface can be electrically coupled to a low-power module. The high-power interface can receive a first current from the high-power module. The low-power interface can receive a second current from the low-power module that is less than the first current. The low-power interface can prevent the first current from flowing to the low-power module. The control module, which is electrically coupled to the high-power interface and the low-power interface, can operate in a high-power mode for powering the control module using the first current and a low-power mode for powering the control module using the lower second current.
US09832839B2
A flexible display panel and a display apparatus including the flexible display panel are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes an encapsulated panel, a first protective film on one side of the encapsulated panel, and a second protective film on another side of the encapsulated panel. The encapsulated panel includes a flexible panel and a flexible encapsulation member on the flexible panel. The flexible panel includes a first region on a first plane and that includes a display region, and a second region on a second plane that is bent with respect to the first plane and that includes a non-display region. The flexible encapsulation member encapsulates the display region. The display apparatus also includes a support unit for maintaining a shape of the flexible panel.
US09832838B2
In various embodiments, an optoelectronic assembly may include at least one organic light emitting diode including a first light emitting diode element and a second light emitting diode element, and an electronic circuit. The first light emitting diode element and the second light emitting diode element are electrically connected in parallel and are deposited monolithically on a common substrate, and the electronic circuit is designed to compare an electric current through the first light emitting diode element that flows during operation with an electric current through the second light emitting diode element that flows during operation and, depending on the comparison, to detect a short circuit of the first light emitting diode element or of the second light emitting diode element and to initiate an electrical switching off of one of the light emitting diode elements and/or of the assembly.
US09832837B2
An LED lamp arrangement (1) adapted for fitting in a luminaire. The luminaire is adapted for a fluorescent lamp and having a ballast. The LED lamp arrangement has a plurality of LEDs (25, 26, 27) and two or more electrodes (22) for releasably connecting to the luminaire and for conducting current from the ballast for supply to the LEDs. The LED lamp arrangement further has a sensor circuit (21) and a protection circuit (24). The sensor circuit and the protection circuit are adapted to increase the total load impedance of the LED lamp arrangement if the ballast is a constant power electronic ballast.
US09832832B2
Digital Control Ready (DCR) is a two-way open standard for controlling and managing next-generation fixtures. A DCR-enabled lighting fixture responds to digital control signals from a separate digital light agent (DLA) instead of analog dimming signals, eliminating the need for digital-to-analog signal conditioning, fixture-to-fixture variations in response, and calibration specific to each fixture. In addition, a DCR-enabled lighting fixture may also report its power consumption, measured light output, measured color temperature, temperature, and/or other operating parameters to the DLA via the same bidirectional data link that carries the digital control signals to the fixture. The DLA processes these signals in a feedback loop to implement more precise lighting control. The DCR-enabled lighting fixture also transforms AC power to DC power and supplies (and measures) DC power to the DLA via a DCR interface. These features enable intelligent, networked DCR lighting systems operate with lower power (energy) consumption, greater flexibility, and simpler installation than other intelligent lighting networks.
US09832831B2
An electric light and external light control system for a space with a dual-mode light sensor is proposed. The dual-mode light sensor (106) measures and computes the amount of external light and electrical light incident on its sensing surface. The individual measured light components (total light, electric light and external light) are transmitted to the window treatment controller (103) and the electric light controller (102). The controllers (102, 103) use this information to optimally control the lighting condition to meet user requirements and reduce energy consumption. Both controllers (102, 103) operate concurrently and independently, but are linked via the dual-mode sensor (106).
US09832828B2
Method and circuits for balancing a first waveform used to drive an LED are disclosed herein. The first waveform has a first cycle with a first amplitude and a second cycle with a second amplitude. An embodiment of the method includes adjusting the first amplitude of the first cycle to match the second amplitude of the second cycle, the result being a second waveform. The LED is driven with the second waveform.
US09832825B2
The signal transmitting device includes: a transmitter-side input for receiving a first DC voltage; a transmitter-side output for outputting a second DC voltage; and a voltage conversion circuit configured to convert the first DC voltage into the second DC voltage. Further, the signal transmitting device includes a control circuit configured to control the voltage conversion circuit so that the second DC voltage has a voltage value (selected from a first voltage value and a second voltage value) which changes according to transmission data in a predetermined transmission period.
US09832819B2
The induction coil unit for heating a component that is rotationally symmetrical relative to an axis (7), in particular a tool holder (5), comprises a plurality of coils (19) arranged about the axis (7) of the tool holder (5) with pole elements, which are movable radially with respect to the axis (7), which are connected to one another by a common yoke ring (17). Upon excitation of the coils (19) with alternating current, the latter produce a magnetic flux running in the peripheral direction in the tool holder (5) for the inductive heating of the tool holder (5). The induction coil unit (1) can be moved in an oscillating manner by means of a drive (87) in the direction of the axis (7), the pole elements (21) moving in an oscillating manner along the tool holder (5). An induction coil unit of this type is in a position to heat a comparatively large region of the tool holder (5) despite a comparatively small energy requirement and comparatively small dimensions.
US09832811B2
Methods and apparatus to reduce power consumption in user equipment (UE) that operates in a connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) mode while in communication with wireless network are disclosed. A C-DRX warm-up period before the UE enters an on-duration is adjusted dynamically based on one or more factors including a time division duplex (TDD) uplink/downlink (UL/DL) subframe configuration, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values, and Doppler shift values. The C-DRX warm-up period is adapted based on the pattern of DL subframes in the UL/DL subframe configuration by including DL subframes that best contribute to channel estimation and adaptive tracking loops based on measured SNR and Doppler shift conditions. Favorable channel conditions, such as higher SNR and lower Doppler shift, can require fewer DL subframes and consequently shorter C-DRX warm-up periods. Higher Doppler shift values indicate more rapidly varying channel conditions and require DL subframes positioned closer to the start of the on-duration.
US09832808B2
A first network device may operate as a base station in a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and may establish a WWAN connection with a user device. A media access control (MAC) address of the user device may be obtained and sent to a second network device which operates an access point for a wireless local area network (WLAN). An acknowledgement containing a first service set identifier of the WLAN may be received from the second network device and sent to the user device to set up a secondary connection. An identifier for ordered data communication may used to enable in order communication through both the first and the second network devices. Data to be transmitted to the user device may be split into a first portion and a second portion, and transmitted through the WWAN connection and to the second network device for transmission to the user device via the WLAN respectively.
US09832806B2
A method may be provided for processing a radio link failure (RLF) when a terminal accesses at least two cells from different base stations. The method may include configuring a dual connection of at least one cell associated with a first bases station and at least one cell associated with a second base station, detecting the occurrence of an RLF of at least one cell from the at least one cell associated with the first base station and/or the at least one cell associated with the second base station, transmitting a signal related to the RLF to the first base station or second base station, and receiving setting information for processing the RLF.
US09832805B2
A method and apparatus for prohibiting autonomous denial in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration for autonomous denial over a first connection from a network, and prohibits the autonomous denial for UL transmission if the UL transmission corresponds to a specific signal.
US09832802B2
Apparatus, methods and systems facilitating communications via a mobile internet-enabled connection interface are provided. One apparatus is configured to perform various operations, including detecting a wired connection with a first device coupled to a physical port of physical ports of the apparatus; and determining information indicative of a service provided via a second device, wherein the first device is a device configured to communicate with a device at a same location of the first device and to whom the first device is connected within a local area network at the same location of the first device and the device. The operations also include facilitating the establishment of a communication path over a network between the apparatus and the second device for service provisioning between the second device and the first device, wherein the second device is located at a different location from the first device.
US09832794B2
A communications device to transmit data to a mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for communication. The communications device includes a controller controlling a transmitter to transmit a random access message to a first network element via a random access channel of the wireless access interface common to one or more other communications devices, to receive in response an acknowledgement indicating an allocation of communications resources of a shared up-link channel for the communications device to transmit signals to the mobile communications network, or a negative acknowledgment indicating the communications device has not been allocated communications resources of the shared up-link channel. After detecting random access failure conditions by the controller, the controller in combination with the transmitter re-transmits the random access message one or more times, with a variable delay greater than or equal to a delay of a previous re-transmission.
US09832785B2
A method of wireless communication includes adjusting a channel quality indicator (CQI) to compensate for coexistence interference experienced between communication resources (such as an LTE radio and a Bluetooth radio). The CQI may be set to zero, falsely indicating to a serving enhanced NodeB that a UE is out of range, thereby creating a gap in LTE operation that may be used by an alternate radio access technology. To compensate for fluctuating interference, the CQI may be adjusted to incorporate average coexistence interference over a period of time. Alternatively, the CQI at a time may incorporate coexistence interference regardless of whether interference is experienced at that specific time. A CQI value may also be boosted to compensate for a CQI backoff. CQI may be adjusted to avoid a spiral of death effect.
US09832781B2
A method for a device-to-device user dynamically multiplexing resources of a cellular user, which is applied to a base station side includes: when determining that the device-to-device user interferes with other cellular users within a service scope, allocating resources that meet quality of service requirements of the device-to-device user and do not cause interference to other cellular users to the device-to-device user, and instructing the device-to-device user to use the resources newly allocated.
US09832775B2
A channel descriptor management message is transmitted on a broadcast connection to a mobile terminal. The channel descriptor management message provides a format for a frame. The frame includes a resource space. The channel descriptor management message defines a plurality of channels within the resource space and allocates at least one of the channels to a plurality of users. Subsequent resource allocation messages may refer to a location within a channel rather than a location within the entire resource space.
US09832772B2
A wireless device is described that may selectively include resource allocation information in a frame to be transmitted to one or more other wireless devices. The resource allocation may indicate channel/sub-channel assignment for each wireless device. The wireless devices may each utilize this received resource allocation information to determine the appropriate segment/sub-band of the transmission that is intended for their receipt/consumption. A first signaling field (e.g., HE-SIG-A) may indicate whether the resource allocation information is present in a second signaling field (e.g., HE-SIG-B) of the frame. For example, a single bit may be toggled to indicate the presence of the second signaling field and therefore the presence of the resource allocation information. Alternatively, multiple bits may be used to indicate the length of the second signaling field (e.g., a length of zero indicates the absence of the second signaling field and accordingly the absence of the resource allocation information).
US09832771B2
Provided is a game apparatus which stores, in an outbox for individual-transmission data, individual-transmission data the destinations of which are individually specified, and stores, in an outbox for universal-transmission data, universal-transmission data the destinations of which are all terminals. A plurality of pieces of data is stored in the outbox for individual-transmission data, and information regarding the destination thereof and the information regarding the source thereof are added to each piece of data. When the outbox for individual-transmission data is full, all data stored in the outbox is retrieved, and one frame which includes the plurality of pieces of data is generated and transmitted.
US09832770B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink information. The method relates to a user equipment receives resource configuration indication information and subframe configuration indication information that are sent from a base station, where the resource configuration indication information is used to indicate at least one flexible subframe. The UE determines whether to transmit uplink information in the flexible subframe according to the subframe configuration indication information.
US09832767B2
The architecture of the high-speed shared service provides a Node B yielding various sets of information that answer a set of basic questions that a data service needs. Many potential measurements the Node B can make are provided to the RNC to enable a resource manager to perform certain functions and which can be used to answer the set of basic questions.
US09832748B1
Systems and methods of synchronizing beacon data are provided. In particular, a control device can broadcast beacon data indicative of an action to be performed by one or more proximate user devices. A user device can detect the beacon data and perform the action in accordance with the beacon data. The user device can then rebroadcast the beacon data, such that the beacon data can be detected by a second user device. The second user device can then perform the same action in accordance with the beacon data.
US09832745B2
Provided is a method of transmitting transport stream packets from a terminal connected to a network including generating a time stamp with reference to time information managed in synchronization with other terminals by a medium access control (MAC) layer in order to control medium use in the network; processing the transport stream packets by using the time stamp; and transmitting the processed transport stream packets.
US09832744B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a timing value adjustment method and apparatus, which relate to the communications field and reduce a probability that power of a terminal exceeds a limit. A specific solution is that: an absolute timing difference of a timing advance group TAG pair is obtained according to an absolute value of a difference between transmit timing values or receive timing values of the two TAGs in the TAG pair, where the TAG pair is formed by any two TAGs in a TAG set; and it is determined that the absolute timing difference of the TAG pair meets a predetermined condition, and first signaling is sent to a network device, where the first signaling includes identifiers of the two TAGs in the TAG pair. The present invention is used in a timing value adjustment process.
US09832743B2
An uplink control method includes reporting information on user equipment (UE) transmit power for a first RAT and a second RAT upon transmission of uplink data to an entity of the first RAT, receiving a message including information for deactivating an uplink of one of the first and the second RATs from the entity of the first RAT, when a sum of the UE transmit powers of the uplink data for the first RAT and the second RAT exceeds first maximum transmit power, and selectively deactivating the uplink of the one of the first and the second RATs based on the message from an entity of the first RAT.
US09832740B2
A wireless device receives transmit power control information from a base station, and detects a received signal strength of a wireless signal from the base station. The wireless device corrects a transmit power control amount indicated by the transmit power control information, based on the detected received signal strength.
US09832737B2
The terminal apparatus that communicates with a base station apparatus includes a receiving unit and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives a higher layer signal including a first parameter concerning uplink power control, and receives a higher layer signal including a configuration of first and second subframe sets and including a second parameter concerning uplink power control. The transmitting unit sets a transmit power for a sounding reference signal transmitted on a subframe, the transmit power being based on the first parameter, in a case where the first and second subframe sets are configured and the subframe belongs to the first subframe set. The transmitting unit sets a transmit power for a sounding reference signal transmitted on a subframe, the transmit power being based on the second parameter, in a case where the first and second subframe sets are configured and the subframe belongs to the second subframe set.
US09832734B2
A method is provided for determining transmit power of an uplink control channel of a user equipment to which two cells having different uplink (UL)-downlink (DL) configurations are assigned. A larger value between N1, the number of downlink subframes corresponding to a subframe n of a first cell having a first UL-DL configuration, and N2, the number of downlink subframes corresponding to a subframe n of a second cell having a second UL-DL configuration is chosen. A parameter value is determined based on the chosen value.
US09832729B2
A communication system operates in the first power state during a communication session. The system transitions from the first to a second power state, when a first predefined time period expires after transfer of a packet and before a transfer of a next packet, for any of and no more than a first N packets in the communication session. Alternatively or in addition, the system transitions from the first to the second power state when: (a) the first predefined time period expires after transfer of a packet and before transfer of a next packet in the communication session and (b) the size of each packet transferred thus far in the communication session is not greater than S.
US09832728B2
Dynamic point to point mobile network including origination user interface aspects system and method
A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically processing mobile operating system object code at least partially from mobile device storage to direct to one or more origination mobile communication device display surfaces an origination mobile communication device user interface presentation of communication characteristics information regarding one or more mobile operating system based communication devices for operation as one or more ad hoc intermediary relays of one or more fallback communication networks upon initiation thereof for communication between an origination mobile communication device and a destination electronic communication device. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US09832727B2
Embodiments of unscheduled peer power save systems, devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link is provided. In one embodiment, among others, the method comprises forming, at an access point node (AP node), a indication frame for a client node, when no service period has occurred for the client node for a period of time at least equal to an indication window; sending the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node through an access point; receiving, at the client node, the peer traffic indication from the access point; and determining, at the client node, that the AP node has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame.
US09832725B2
A group owner of a peer-to-peer communication network is configured to determine whether all client devices associated with the peer-to-peer communication network support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement an awake mode for a portion of each beacon interval when all the associated client devices support direct data communication. The group owner is configured to implement a sleep mode for a remaining portion of each beacon interval to save power at the group owner without interrupting communications between the associated client devices.
US09832720B2
A system for selecting a wireless resource that is interworked with a terminal and one or more base stations selects a base station for the terminal based on received subjective quality of experience and pre-stored quality reference information and transmits information on the selected base station as wireless resource information to the terminal, when the system receives quality of service (QoS) information, which is objective quality information, of a wireless section and terminal information from the terminal, in order to select any one base station.
US09832704B2
A method and user terminal for dynamically controlling routing are provided. The method may provide an effective routing mechanism in a system to which a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) are applied. The method may perform routing based on characteristics of the RATs, a degree of a generated traffic load, a user preference of a RAT, and the like.
US09832691B2
In some embodiments, a network node has an associated cell identifier (“cell ID”). The network node creates a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a first secondary synchronization signal, and one or more additional secondary synchronization signals. The combination of signals defines the cell ID. The cell ID is one of N possible cell IDs and N is determined by multiplying: a number of possible values for the PSS; a number of possible values for the first secondary synchronization signal; and for each additional secondary synchronization signal, a number of possible values for the additional secondary synchronization signal, such that N is greater than a legacy number of possible cell IDs determined by multiplying the number of possible values for the PSS and the number of possible values for the first secondary synchronization signal. The network node transmits the combination of the created signals.
US09832680B2
This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to: identifying, at a first wireless communication station, one or more second wireless communication stations within a predetermined proximity of the first wireless communication station; determining, at the first wireless communication station, one or more second wireless communication stations identified within the predetermined proximity of the first wireless communication station for which a multicast frame is intended; generating, at the first wireless communication station, a bit map comprising a hashed identifier of each of the one or more second wireless communication stations for which the multicast frame is intended, wherein the bit map is included in the multicast frame; and causing to transmit, by the first wireless communication station, the multicast frame from the first wireless communication station to the one or more second wireless communication stations for which the multicast frame is intended.
US09832668B2
A method and apparatus for measuring a use of radio resources in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes allocating radio resources to a plurality of transport blocks, and, if at least one transport block among the plurality of transport blocks overlaps at least one other transport block in terms of the radio resources, a use of the radio resources is measured by calculating a sum of a value determined by dividing the number of radio resources allocated to each of the plurality of transport blocks by the number of radio resources which are used by the at least one other transport block in a duplicate manner.
US09832666B2
A method for self-interference cancellation in a wireless communication device. The wireless communication device has an estimator, a transmitter and a cancellation device. The estimator is configured to estimate a known signal received from a second wireless communication device when the second wireless communication device is utilized less than a predetermined threshold. The transmitter is configured to transmit within a coherence time of the estimated known signal, a predetermined signal. The cancellation device is configured to cancel the estimated known signal from a received signal.
US09832656B2
A received signal strength indicator returned from a femto cell is employed to optimize a multiple access wireless communication network. For example, a method operable in a wireless communications network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a received signal strength indicator from a femto cell situated in a geographical area within a multiple access wireless communication network, and optimizing the multiple access wireless communication network as a function of the received signal strength indicator.
US09832652B1
Disclosed is a method and system for managing coverage area changes using base station signaling. The method may involve a first base station increasing the distance of coverage of the first base station on a first carrier frequency such that the extended coverage extends to a coverage area of a second base station on the first carrier frequency. The second base station may also be providing the coverage area on a second carrier frequency. The method may also involve causing one or more UEs being served by the second base station on the second frequency to prioritize operating on the first carrier frequency of the second base station over operating on the second carrier frequency of the second base station.
US09832650B2
A cellular communications network is configured to support calling over untrusted networks such as the Internet. A cellular communications device is used to place and receive calls through the private, trusted cellular communications network. In addition, the device has a WLAN interface for connection to a wireless network access point such as a Wi-Fi access point, and for communication through the Internet. When conducting a voice or video call, the device establishes a secure communication tunnel with a gateway of the cellular communications network through the Internet and communicates voice and/or video data through the secure communication tunnel. The WLAN interface and secure communication tunnel may be disabled during periods when calls are not being conducted. When a call is placed to the device, a message is sent to the device requesting that the device activate its WLAN interface and/or establish a secure communication tunnel with the gateway.
US09832642B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to a simplified login for mobile devices. In aspects, on a first logon, a mobile device asks a user to enter credentials and a PIN. The credentials and PIN are sent to a server which validates user credentials. If the user credentials are valid, the server encrypts data that includes at least the user credentials and the PIN and sends the encrypted data to the mobile device. In subsequent logons, the user may logon using only the PIN. During login, the mobile device sends the PIN in conjunction with the encrypted data. The server can then decrypt the data and compare the received PIN with the decrypted PIN. If the PINs are equal, the server may grant access to a resource according to the credentials.
US09832635B2
A communication apparatus includes a sharing unit configured to share a communication parameter for wireless communication with another communication apparatus with the another communication apparatus, a connection unit configured to connect to the another communication apparatus using the communication parameter shared by the sharing unit, a communication unit configured to, after connection with the another apparatus by the connection unit, communicate with the another communication apparatus by utilizing a predetermined function, and a control unit configured to control the communication parameter shared by the sharing unit according to a result of communication by the communication unit utilizing the predetermined function.
US09832628B2
Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).
US09832609B2
A sensor remote control system is provided. The sensor remote control system includes a sensor device configured to transmit and receive a detection signal in a direction to detect information in the direction, and a remote control device configured to transmit, to the sensor device, a control signal to remotely control the sensor device. The remote control device includes an orientation sensor configured to detect an oriented direction of the remote control device, and a communicator configured to generate the control signal based on the oriented direction detected by the orientation sensor, and transmit the control signal to the sensor device. The sensor device performs the detection based on the control signal received from the remote control device.
US09832601B1
A host device to pair with a modular device includes an environmental data collection system to provide motion data, and a data analysis circuit to filter the motion data to provide motion information. The data analysis circuit further to detect anomalies in the motion data to provide anomaly data. The host device further including a pairing system to determine whether the host device is proximate to the modulate device based on a comparison of the motion information with received motion information from the modular device. The pairing circuit is further to pair with the modular device responsive to a match between a key and a received key from the modular device. The host device further including a key generator to generate the key based on a comparison between the anomaly data and received anomaly data from the modular device responsive to a determination that the modular device is proximate.
US09832590B2
Embodiments are described for a method of rendering an audio program by receiving, in a renderer of a playback system, the audio program and a target response representing desired characteristics of the playback environment, deriving a playback environment response based on characteristics of the playback environment, comparing the target response to the playback environment response to generate a set of correction settings, and applying the correction settings to the audio program so that the audio program is rendered according to the characteristics of the target response. The target response may be based on audio characteristics in a creation environment.
US09832589B2
The present invention relates to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal and a parameterization device for the same, and more particularly, to a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, to implement filtering of an input audio signal with a low computational complexity, and a parameterization device therefor.To this end, provided are a method for generating a filter for an audio signal, including: receiving at least one binaural room impulse response (BRIR) filter coefficients for binaural filtering of an input audio signal; converting the BRIR filter coefficients into a plurality of subband filter coefficients; obtaining average reverberation time information of a corresponding subband by using reverberation time information extracted from the subband filter coefficients; obtaining at least one coefficient for curve fitting of the obtained average reverberation time information; obtaining flag information indicating whether the length of the BRIR filter coefficients in a time domain is more than a predetermined value; obtaining filter order information for determining a truncation length of the subband filter coefficients, the filter order information being obtained by using the average reverberation time information or the at least one coefficient according to the obtained flag information and the filter order information of at least one subband being different from filter order information of another subband; and truncating the subband filter coefficient by using the obtained filter order information and a parameterization device therefor.
US09832588B1
Electronic devices in a computer system execute to provide a sound localization point in empty space of a voice during an electronic call between a first person and a second person. The sound localization point occurs at least one meter away from a head of the person wearing a wearable electronic device at an augmented reality image.
US09832572B2
An electroactive sound transducer foil includes a composite foil made up of at least one carrier foil, at least one first and one second electrode, and at least one piezoelectric layer including an electroactive polymer, the surface of the sound transducer foil including a structuring having different slopes, and the slope of the sound transducer foil surface changing the sign at least twice.
US09832561B2
A detachable audio system with an interface plate mounted on a head strap, and a mounting plate assembly removably attachable to the interface plate with a portion of the strap between the plates to provide independent electrical and mechanical connections between the plates. The mounting plate assembly connects to an earbud assembly via a flexible audio cable. The mounting plate assembly has a threaded attachment member that mates with a threaded attachment member on the interface plate. A pair of electrical connectors on opposing sides of the threaded attachment member protrude from spaced apart cylindrical bosses, such that when the mounting plate is attached to the interlace plate, independent mechanical and electrical connections are provided for detachable retention and operation of the earbud assembly.
US09832559B2
An apparatus includes a first interface for connecting to a personal computer, a second interface for connecting to a communications device, a third interface for connecting to a headset, a fourth interface for connecting to a speaker, and a processor in control of each of the interfaces. The processor is configured to route audio associated with a communications session on one of the personal computer or the communications device to the speaker, and in response to a user putting on the headset, re-route the audio to the headset.
US09832557B2
A microspeaker includes a frame, magnetic circuit, voice coil configured to generate vibration by mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit, vibration plate configured to vibrate together according to the vibration of the voice coil to generate a sound, and suspension configured to guide a vibration direction of the vibration plate and voice coil. The suspension has a central portion attached to the voice coil, an annular outer circumferential portion formed to be spaced apart from the central portion by a predetermined interval, and a connection portion connecting the central and outer circumferential portions and configured to perform a damping function. The central portion has an outer end having the same height as the connection and outer circumferential portions, an inner end positioned to be higher than the outer end, and a step portion connecting the outer end and inner end. The voice coil is attached to the inner end.
US09832556B2
There are provided a microphone stand having a connector supporting groove, and a microphone body supported by the microphone stand as a result of insertion of a connector case into the connector supporting groove. A resilient conductive cloth which comes into contact with the connector case is arranged in the connector supporting groove, with the connector case inserted in the connector supporting groove. The conductive cloth is preferably arranged in a ring shape along a lower bottom portion of the annularly formed connector supporting groove. This configuration mitigates rattling generated between the connector supporting groove and the connector case, thereby suppressing generation of a vibration noise due to microphone shaking.
US09832553B2
An optical interconnection system and method are provided. The system includes two or more basic components that are stacked and interconnected. The basic component includes an optical network layer and an electrical layer, where in each basic component, the optical network layer is electrically interconnected with the electrical layer, and the optical network layer of each basic component is optically interconnected with an optical network layer of an adjacent basic component, and through optical interconnection in three-dimensional space, a limitation on a quantity of stacked electrical layers is reduced, and efficiency of signal transmission is increased.
US09832550B2
A system can include an optical multiplexer to combine a plurality of optical input signals having respective wavelengths into a wide-channel optical input signal that is provided to an input channel. The system also includes a photonic packet switch comprising a switch core and a plurality of ports defining a switch radix of the photonic packet switch. The input channel and an output channel can be associated with one of the plurality of ports. The photonic packet switch can process the wide-channel optical input signal and can generate a wide-channel optical output signal that is provided to the output channel. The system further includes an optical demultiplexer to separate the wide-channel optical output signal into a plurality of optical output signals having respective wavelengths. The optical multiplexer and the optical demultiplexer can collectively provide the system with a radix greater than the switch radix.
US09832544B2
A signal sending device, a signal receiving device, and a signal sending and receiving system and method are presented. The devices and system combine a plurality of sense data into a data packet to transmit the data packet. Through the method, the data packet is processed, received, and sent under a transmission mechanism based on independent data packets. Therefore, the plurality of sense data and overhead data are combined into a data packet, and thus the redundant overhead data is reduced, so as to reduce the time spent on sending actual data to a transmission channel, thus improving the efficiency of data exchange and saving electrical energy.
US09832541B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods of providing content to a user via communications between a content provider and a user over a plurality of disparate communication channels are provided. Content is provided to a user via a first transmission channel for presentation. Metadata associated with the content identifies a content event trigger at a point in the content. The content is displayed using a first presentation system. When the content event trigger is reached, supplemental content is provided to the user via a second transmission channel. The supplemental content is provided to the user during continued presentation of the content, and the supplemental content is provided to the user using a content providing system that is wholly separate from the first presentation system.
US09832535B2
A video modulator is presented. The modulator includes a video input interface, a video modulation circuit, a video output interface, a communication interface, and control circuitry. The video input interface is configured to receive a video signal to be modulated, the video modulation circuit is configured to modulate the video signal, and the video output interface is configured to transmit the modulated video signal. The communication interface is configured to receive a command via a communication link to control the video modulator. The control circuitry is configured to receive the command from the communication interface and to control at least one of the video input interface, the video modulation circuit, and the video output interface based on the command.
US09832532B1
Advertisements are presented to users via one or more delivery methods, such as a cable-television network and the Internet. An interactive product information screen allows the user to review information about a product to be purchased and, if desired, save purchase information associated with the user and the product at a central server. Subsequently, the user requests to review the saved purchase information either via the cable-television network or the Internet and can complete the transaction using either avenue.
US09832531B2
A television message system is provided that allows users at user television devices that are connected to a television distribution facility to transmit messages to each other relating to a television program or other suitable subject. The television message system permits users to participate in evaluations, contests, promotions, and surveys related to a television program while watching that television program. The television message system also permits users to compose and send a message to a television program entity. Users can send massages through the television message system to users at personal computers who are connected to the user's television distribution facility through a communications network. The television message system also allows a user to purchase a gift related to television programming for a recipient. The gift may be an electronic gift certificate for pay-per-view programming. The television message system may be based on an interactive television program guide or a set-top box application implemented on a set-top box.
US09832524B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for configuring television speakers. A television may be configured to operate as a center channel speaker for an audio system. Television speakers may be calibrated according to other speakers utilized by the audio system. The handling of HDMI commands by the television may modified such that the television speakers and the audio system speakers concurrently produce sound.
US09832523B2
A commercial detection system generates a probe audio fingerprint of an audio signal associated with a media stream on a broadcast channel and determines whether the media stream has commercial content based on analysis of the probe audio fingerprint. The commercial detection system determines whether a same match between the probe audio fingerprint and a reference audio fingerprint is observed across multiple broadcast channels. Responsive to the number of same matches exceeding a predetermined threshold, the commercial detection system determines that the media stream has commercial content. The commercial detection system may also apply a trained feature analysis model to extracted acoustic features of the audio signal. The commercial detection system determines whether the media stream has commercial content based on a confidence score assigned to the probe audio fingerprint. The commercial detection system reduces false positive detection using program guide information of the media stream.
US09832514B2
A receiver of radio and/or television signals, where the signals are transmitted via radio by transmitters and are received by said receiver, including: a means for receiving signals via radio that, through tuning information, is configurable for reception of content of the received radio and/or television signals; a memory means containing at least geographic transmission information, which includes geographical areas of coverage of the transmitters that transmit the signals received by the reception means, wherein the geographical transmission information is comparable with the tuning information; and a central computing unit configured to determine the geographical location of the receiver according to the geographical transmission information and the tuning information, the central computing unit also being configured to prepare access to the tuning information based on the geographical location of the receiver in order to organize access to the contents relating to the location of the receiver.
US09832508B2
Techniques disclosed herein enable automated home security monitoring via a television connected to a set-top box, such as a cable set-top box. Such techniques integrate the television with a home security system. A television viewer can use the television to control, interact, and automatically receive information about home security events in real-time. A television viewer can control lighting, and room temperature, and arm/disarm sensors in the home such as door sensors, motion detectors, cameras, etc, as well as access camera images. Events from such sensors can be monitored or viewed on the television set when they are triggered. For example, when triggered, an icon representing the sensor can be shown on the television screen, or in case of a camera, an image or video can be shown that cause the triggered event.
US09832487B2
A model-based scan line encoder is disclosed. A method of model-based scan line encoding includes defining a geometry model for describing a scan line of a scan, the scan line including multiple scan points. The method further includes calculating a trajectory model representing an approximate pattern of deviation of the multiple scan points relative to the geometry model. The method further includes calculating multiple residuals, each of the residuals associated with a difference between the deviation of the scan points and the trajectory model. The method may further include compressing the residuals.
US09832481B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory and a processor. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with an enhancement layer (EL) and a corresponding reference layer (RL). The processor is configured to: code an EL picture in a current access unit (AU), the EL coded using a first standard that is different from a second standard that is used to code the RL, wherein the coding of the EL picture is based on information associated with a RL picture in the current access unit, the information associated with the RL picture provided by an external means and consisting of: (1) decoded sample values of the RL picture; (2) a representation format of the RL picture; and (3) an indication of whether the RL picture is an instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture.
US09832476B2
In a video processing system including a video decoder, to handle frequent changes in the bit rate of an encoded bitstream, a video decoder can be configured to process a change in bit rates without reinitializing. The video decoder can be configured to reduce memory utilization. The video decoder can be configured both to process a change in bit rate without reinitializing while reducing memory utilization. In one implementation, the video processing system can include an interface between an application running on a host processor and the video decoder which allows the video decoder to communicate with the host application about the configuration of the video decoder.
US09832475B1
Techniques for image recompression. In one implementation, the techniques are implemented to recompress a baseline joint photographic experts group (JPEG) image with compression savings. The techniques replace the Huffman coding of baseline JPEG with an arithmetic coding that uses a sophisticated adaptive probability model. The arithmetic coding techniques avoid global operations such as global sorting that would prevent distributed and multithreaded decompression operations when recovering the original JPEG image from the recompressed image. At the same time, the techniques realize substantial compression savings relative to baseline JPEG, on average 23% compressing savings in some implementations.
US09832474B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for setting a reference picture index of a temporal merging candidate. An inter-picture prediction method using a temporal merging candidate can include the steps of: determining a reference picture index for a current block; and inducing a temporal merging candidate block of the current block and calculating a temporal merging candidate from the temporal merging candidate block, wherein the reference picture index of the temporal merging candidate can be calculated regardless of whether a block other than the current block is decoded. Accordingly, a video processing speed can be increased and video processing complexity can be reduced.
US09832473B2
Decoding method for a moving picture included in a coded stream, including: determining whether a prediction mode (PM) of a target block (TB) is a PM in which motion vector (MV) is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, based on coded stream included information; and executing a decoding process when the PM of the TB is determined as the PM in which MV is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, wherein a calculation method of a MV used in the second step is selected among plural calculation methods including at least: a first method to select one MV among MVs used in plural adjacent blocks adjacent to the TB; and a second method to calculate a MV based on a MV used in a block that is located at the same position as the TB in another frame positioned backward of a frame including the TB.
US09832469B2
In order to prevent such inconvenience that the effect of improving the image quality by allocating a large amount of code to an intra picture is lost in intra blocks included in an inter picture so that the image quality of the inter picture is deteriorated, a coding apparatus for coding an image on a block-by-block basis includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a coding complexity of an intra picture and a coding complexity of an inter picture, the intra picture and the inter picture having been coded previous to the image, and a determination unit configured to determine a quantization parameter, which is used to code each block targeted for coding in the image, based on a picture type and a block type of the image and the coding complexities of the intra picture and the inter picture acquired by the acquisition unit.
US09832466B2
A decoding method includes: predicting a current block in an image using a reference block, to generate a prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block using the prediction block, wherein the generating includes: filtering for a boundary between the reconstructed block and a decoded neighboring block, using a first filter strength set using first prediction information for prediction of the current block and second prediction information for prediction of the decoded neighboring block; filtering for the boundary using a second filter strength set without using the second prediction information of the current block and the decoded neighboring block; and switching whether to execute the second filtering, based on the boundary, wherein the first filtering is in-loop filtering in which a filtered reconstructed block is used as a reference block for another block, and the second filtering is post filtering outside the loop.
US09832465B2
An image encoding device includes a first prediction parameter determination section (53) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a first group, a prediction parameter from a basic set; a second prediction parameter determination section (55) for selecting, for each of prediction units belonging to a second group, a prediction parameter from a reduced set (i) including at least a part of the prediction parameter(s) selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) is constituted by a prediction parameter(s), the number of which is not more than the number of prediction parameters included in the basic set; and a prediction parameter encoding section (243) for encoding (i) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the first prediction parameter determination section (53) and (ii) information indicating which one of prediction parameters is selected by the second prediction parameter determination section (55).
US09832464B2
Provided is a method for decoding an image. The method may include deciding a prediction mode that corresponds to a chroma component block; deciding a transform skip mode of the chroma component block from a plurality of transform skip mode candidates, according to the prediction mode that corresponds to the chroma component block; and reverse-transforming the chroma component block on the basis of the transform skip mode that is decided.
US09832463B2
The present embodiments introduce a new type of random access point in video bitstreams that can be used for random access operations but can be represented in encoded form at a lower bit cost as compared to IRAP pictures. The random access point is a dependent random access point (DRAP) picture that is encoded and decoded as a temporal predictive picture using an IRAP picture and/or a previous, according to a decoding order, DRAP picture as sole reference picture(s) for the DRAP picture. The DRAP picture constitutes a random access point in a video bitstream.
US09832460B2
An image coding method for dividing an input image into a plurality of divisional blocks having different sizes, and coding the image for each of the divisional blocks includes acquiring attribute information of a target block, setting a control parameter for controlling an image quality of the target block, determining a prediction control parameter based on the attribute information, calculating a difference value between the control parameter and the prediction control parameter, and coding the calculated difference value.
US09832454B2
A method for matching stereo images may calculate a data cost value for each of a plurality of images, calculate a smoothness cost value for each of the plurality of images, and match pixels among the plurality of images based on the data cost value and the smoothness cost value.
US09832445B2
To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner.A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps. The image conversion unit 250 performs shift processing for shifting the relative positions of the left and right images of the input image in the horizontal direction as first step image conversion, for example. The image conversion unit 250 performs scaling processing for performing enlargement/reduction of the entire screen with each center of the left and right images as a reference, as second step image conversion, for example.
US09832443B2
Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and device for transmitting a high-definition video signal, comprising: isolating from the high-definition video signal a brightness signal and a chrominance signal, and, by using an analog signal transmission mode, using non-overlapping frequency hands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal. The solution of the present invention employs the analog signal transmission method, utilizes independent frequency bands to transmit respectively the brightness signal and the chrominance signal, and ensures that the brightness signal and the chrominance signal do not affect each other, thus ensuring video quality and timeliness of the high-definition video signal when transmitted over a long distance.
US09832442B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided to arbitrate network bandwidth that is shared between multiple video players executing concurrently on one or more client platforms that each have at least one video data stream supplied over a data network. An amount of bandwidth available from the data network is determined. An arbitration module calculates whether the selected video players can sustain a video playback quality above a pre-defined threshold using the determined amount of bandwidth available, and a modify playback message is sent to at least one video player when the video playback quality is not sustainable. Various implementations could prioritize bandwidth based upon the content presented so that high-bandwidth scenes (e.g., action sequences) receive more bandwidth than more static scenes.
US09832438B2
Dual and multi-modulator projector display systems and techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a projector display system comprises a light source; a controller, a first modulator, receiving light from the light source and rendering a halftone image of said the input image; a blurring optical system that blurs said halftone image with a Point Spread Function (PSF); and a second modulator receiving the blurred halftone image and rendering a pulse width modulated image which may be projected to form the desired screen image. Systems and techniques for forming a binary halftone image from input image, correcting for misalignment between the first and second modulators and calibrating the projector system—e.g. over time—for continuous image improvement are also disclosed.
US09832434B2
A method for activating a deflection device comprising at least one deflection unit, for a projection device for projecting trajectories upon a projection surface, wherein the deflection device deflects electromagnetic radiation which is directed upon it, for producing trajectories, and the at least one deflection unit is activated by way of an activation signal delivered from a control device, for producing oscillations in each case with a turning amplitude at a direction change of the oscillation, about at least one deflection axis, wherein in the case of resonance, the oscillations have a maximal amplitude, at which the produced trajectories reach an edge of the projection surface. The activation signal is set in a manner such that the turning amplitude of the oscillations at least temporarily has a predefined value outside a region of the maximal amplitude of the oscillations, and an intensity distribution of the produced trajectories on the projection surface is achieved with a predefined intensity pattern. The document moreover relates to a deflection device as well as to a projection device.
US09832426B2
The present disclosure relates to an around view monitor (AVM) system that provides image information on the ambient conditions of a vehicle to a driver. In displaying a top-view image in which the front, rear, left, and right conditions of a vehicle are seen downward from a portion over the vehicle, an AVM system and method checks a driving state or driving direction of the vehicle on the basis of information received from sensors and elements included in the vehicle, and outputs the top-view image which is suitably edited depending on the driving conditions, thereby providing information necessary for driving to a driver.
US09832425B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a controller to update a profile of preferences and recordings maintained at a central server when a user modifies preferences and recordings at a customer premises at a digital video recorder (DVR) or set top box (STB) with respect to a video on demand system via a link through the Internet and when a user modifies preferences and recordings with a video on demand system within a vehicle. The controller can also enable downloading audio-visual information synchronized with the video on demand system via a first wireless communication system to the vehicle in response to requests sent using a second wireless communication system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09832423B2
A method of providing a number of versions of a presentation in a web conference may comprise streaming at least two different versions of a presentation associated with a web conference over a network to at least one client device, and providing an option to the client device to view an alternative one of the versions. An associated computing system and computer program product are also described. Finally, a method of viewing a number of versions of a web conference presentation in a web conference may comprise, with a client device, joining a web conference presented over a network, and switching between at least two different versions of the presentation based on permissions assigned to a passcode.
US09832412B2
A system for confirming acquisition of a fluid sample is provided. The system includes a wearable electronic device configured to be worn by a user. The device has a housing, at least one imaging sensor associated with the housing, a data transmission interface for sending data to or receiving data from an external electronic device, a microprocessor for managing the at least one imaging sensor and the data transmission interface, and a program for acquiring and processing images acquired by the at least one imaging sensor. The system further includes a sampling device for collecting a fluid sample in a sample container and at least one identification tag attached to or integrally formed with the sampling device or sample container. The at least one identification tag includes or is associated with a tracking code.
US09832407B2
An image sensor may be provided with an array of image sensor pixels formed on a substrate having front and back surfaces. Each pixel may have a photodiode that receives light through the back surface, a floating diffusion node, a charge transfer gate, and first and second reset transistor gates. A source follower transistor may have a gate coupled to the floating diffusion node and a source coupled to an addressing transistor. The pixel may be coupled to a column feedback amplifier through the addressing transistor and a column feedback reset path. The amplifier may provide a kTC-reset noise compensation voltage to the reset transistors for storage on a holding capacitor coupled between the floating diffusion and a drain terminal of the source follower. The floating diffusion may be bounded at the front surface by the transfer gate, the reset gate, and p-type doped regions.
US09832403B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a light-shielding part having an opening of a predetermined size. The second pixel includes a light-shielding part having an opening of the predetermined size at a position different from a position of the opening of the first pixel.
US09832398B2
A camera system is described, particularly for a vehicle, the camera system having at least: a camera which has an image sensor and a filter mask, and a control and evaluation device which receives image signals output by the image sensor, the image sensor having an array of sensor pixels outputting pixel signals, and the filter mask having an array of filters which are disposed in front of the sensor pixels and have different wavelength-selective transmission response, a portion of the filters being attenuation filters, and sensor pixels, in front of which in each case one of the attenuation filters is disposed, outputting attenuation pixel signals. The attenuation filters advantageously attenuate white light more strongly than the other filters of the filter mask; in particular, they are blue pixels.
US09832393B2
According to one embodiment, an image processor including: a corrector; a simulator; and a parameter calculator. The corrector calculates a correction image regarding a first image. The first image is processed. The simulator calculates a simulation image using the correction image. The simulation image is estimated to be acquired when the correction image is projected on a projection surface. The parameter calculator calculates a correction parameter regarding the projection surface using the simulation image and a second image acquired by imaging the projection surface. The corrector calculates the correction image using the first image and the correction parameter.
US09832388B2
Systems and methods for generating high dynamic images from interleaved Bayer array data with high spatial resolution and reduced sampling artifacts. Bayer array data are demosaiced into components of the YUV color space before deinterleaving. The Y component and the UV components can be derived from the Bayer array data through demosiac convolution processes. A respective convolution is performed between a convolution kernel and a set of adjacent pixels of the Bayer array that are in the same color channel. A convolution kernel is selected based the mosaic pattern of the Bayer array and the color channels of the set of adjacent pixels. The Y data and UV data are deinterleaved and interpolated into frames of short exposure and long exposures in the second color space. The short exposure and long exposure frames are then blended and converted back to a RGB frame representing a high dynamic range image.
US09832384B2
Transmission apparatus, setting apparatus, transmission method, reception method, and storage medium
A transmission apparatus includes a reception unit and a superposition unit. The reception unit receives a parameter for setting a superposition mode in which superposition information is superposed on an image picked up by an image pickup unit from a setting apparatus. The superposition unit (i) selects, in accordance with the parameter received by the reception unit, one of a first superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a predetermined position on a display screen of the picked-up image and a second superposition mode in which the superposition information is superposed on a position of the picked-up image in accordance with a change in the picked-up image displayed on the display screen and (ii) superposes the superposition information on the picked-up image.
US09832382B2
An imaging apparatus and an imaging method are provided. The imaging apparatus includes an imager configured to output image data for a subject, a motion detector configured to detect motion of the imaging apparatus, and a controller configured to control the imager to suspend output of the image data in response to the motion detector detecting the motion.
US09832381B2
Systems and methods for optical image stabilization of thin cameras are disclosed. An image stabilization system for a camera system includes a stabilization platform configured to support a camera system, a camera housing, a fulcrum rotationally and pivotally connecting the stabilization platform to the camera housing, the fulcrum configured such that the stabilization platform can tilt and rotate relative to the camera housing in at least one of the pitch, roll, and yaw directions, at least one gyroscope rigidly connected to the stabilization platform, and at least one actuator coupled to the stabilization platform and configured to cause tilting or rotation of the stabilization platform in at least one of the pitch, roll, and yaw directions.
US09832374B2
Method, system, and computer program product for gamifying the process of obtaining panoramic images
Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums are provided to generate a number of targets for a panoramic image, each of the targets defining a portion of the panoramic image, monitor a position of a user device with respect to a current target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the current target, capture a first image for the current target using a camera of the user device, monitor the position of the user device with respect to a next target, responsive to determining that the user device is properly positioned with respect to the next target, capture a second image for the next target using the camera of the user device; and generate the panoramic image using the first image and the second image.
US09832371B2
An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to image an object and output a captured image, a face recognition unit configured to recognize a face included in the captured image and detect a direction and a position of the recognized face, and a group detection unit configured to detect a group formed by the faces included in the captured image based on directions and positions of two faces being adjacent to each other among the faces included in the captured image.
US09832367B2
An apparatus to capture and display an image of an object includes a frame, at least one optical sensor for capturing the image of the object, means for moving the frame relative to a surface of the object in a first direction, and means for moving the optical sensor relative to the frame in a second direction.
US09832366B2
A method and system are provided for focusing an imaging device on a liquid sample flowing through a field of view of the imaging device. Objects are segmented in the captured frames and used to account for the fact that the sample is flowing. Object velocities are calculated and used in selecting an appropriate focus value. The calculation of a focus measure takes account of the number of objects in captured frames in order to ensure a consistent calculation of the focus measure.
US09832352B2
A system for motion control is presented. In one embodiment, a motion control 3D projection system includes a projector; and a projection surface coupled to a robotic arm, where the robotic arm moves the projection surface through a set of spatial coordinates, and a 3D projection from the projector is projected onto a set of coordinates of the projection surface and matches the 3D projection to the set of coordinates of the projection surface as the projection surface moves through the set of spatial coordinates. In additional embodiments, a master control system may integrate additional robotic arms and other devices to create a motion control scene with a master timeline.
US09832342B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for transmitting an image, which improve display effect of the image. The method includes receiving an image with a first resolution from a source terminal; sending a request for obtaining the image to a server according to an identifier of the image; and receiving the image with a second resolution from the server, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution.
US09832339B1
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses, a print request receiving portion, a dividing portion, and a print job transmitting portion. The print request receiving portion receives a print request for a print object. The dividing portion, when a total number of pages to be printed is equal to or greater than a preset smallest number of pages, divides the print object into a plurality of page groups. The print job transmitting portion generates a plurality of divided print jobs that respectively correspond to the plurality of page groups divided by the dividing portion, and transmits the plurality of divided print jobs to the plurality of image forming apparatuses, respectively.
US09832336B2
In an image-reading device, a counting unit counts a number of clock cycles of a spread-spectrum clock as a counter value. A correcting unit corrects one of the counter value and a reference clock cycle number based on a phase detected by the phase detecting unit when the counting unit counts. A comparing unit compares the counter value and the reference clock cycle number and determines whether the counter value and the reference clock cycle number satisfy a prescribed relationship. A time length setting unit sets a length of at least one of a reading time and an irradiation time based on: a timing when the counting unit starts counting to set the time length; and a timing when the comparing unit determines that the compared values satisfy the prescribed relationship, such that the time length set by the time length setting unit remains constant.
US09832333B2
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of devices configured to perform different job processing, a control unit configured to control job processing performed by each device, a reception unit configured to receive an instruction for causing the control unit to shift to a state where the job processing is capable of being performed, and a power control unit configured to, when the control unit is shifted to a stand-by state in response to receiving the instruction, supply a power to a device specified based on a job processing function corresponding to an initial screen to be displayed.
US09832330B2
An image reading apparatus includes a main unit having a document support surface configured to support a document on the document support surface, a reading unit accommodated in the main unit and configured to read an image of the document supported on the document support surface, and an openable unit coupled to the main unit and configured to pivot about a pivot axis between a closed position where the document support surface of the main unit is covered and a released position where the document support surface of the main unit is exposed. The pivot axis of the openable unit is located, in the main unit, below the document support surface and at a rear of the document support surface.
US09832329B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-executable programs. The programs cause an information processing apparatus provided with a display unit having a display surface and an operation unit configured to output a signal depending on user operations to perform: displaying a target image which is an image to be selected in a first area of the display surface; specifying a selected area corresponding to a part of the target image or a whole of the target image, based on the signal outputted from the operation unit depending on the user operation with respect to the target image; and displaying a selected-area image which is an image corresponding to the selected area that has been specified, in a second area which is different from the first area, with a size same as a size of the selected area that has been specified.
US09832312B2
The present invention allows a user to screen messages being left at a hosted voicemail system from a telephone terminal. Incoming calls intended for the telephone terminal are routed to the voicemail system immediately or after attempting to connect incoming call to the telephone terminal. As the caller is leaving a message at the voicemail system, a connection between the incoming call, voicemail system, and telephone terminal is established to allow the user to listen to the message and decide whether to take the call. The user may decide to take the call or let the caller finish leaving the message. In one embodiment, the telephone terminal is equipped to open only the speaker channel for monitoring the message and will provide a fully bi-directional connection if the user takes the call. The supporting switch and telephone terminal communicate with each other to facilitate the monitoring and taking of calls.
US09832311B2
A method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network, in which digital messages which contain information on the desired reply address are mass sent, and messages, which are sent on the basis of the reply-address information are received. The reply-address information of each mass-sent message is converted to correspond to a predefined dialog, in which the stage of the dialog defines unequivocally the reply-address information, so that the transmission and reception of the messages are implemented in different parts of the telecommunications system.
US09832305B2
Various systems and methods for configuring a smartphone based on a user's sleep status are described herein. A compute device includes a determination module to determine a physiological state of a person and a configuration module to configure a quiet mode of the compute device based on the physiological state of the person.
US09832289B2
A method for data processing is executable by a network device. The network device is configured to forward a packet in a network to another network. Before forwarding the packet to the other network, the network device adds corresponding destination information address and transport layer protocol information into a header of the packet. The packet will be fast forwarded in subsequent networks or network devices, thereby saving forwarding time and improving forwarding efficiency.
US09832287B2
A method of decoding a dynamic Huffman encoded data stream comprising receiving, by a processor, one or more input bits of encoded data from among an encoded data stream, searching, by the processor, a ternary content addressable memory (TCAM) for one or more codewords, accessing, by the processor, a plurality of random access memories (RAMs) that comprise the TCAM and have a maximum number of entries that is less than or equal to one half of two to a power of a maximum number of bits to be searched, reading a value from a first level RAM and using the value to index to a second level RAM, and outputting, by the processor, a codeword length and a decoded codeword value from either the first or second level RAM.
US09832284B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems include a network service receiving a request including a hyperlink. The network service acquires data from a resource referenced by the hyperlink. The network service stores the acquired data within a network service cache and sets a refresh interval. The network service utilizes the stored data to respond to additional requests including the hyperlink received during the refresh interval. The network service reacquires data from the resource after the expiration of the refresh interval. The refresh interval is updated by increasing or decreasing a frequency of the refresh interval in response to an amount of change to data associated with the resource over time.
US09832276B2
An approach for selective dynamic disabling of transport layer handshake spoofing is provided. A local proxy node of a communications network receives request message from a respective local host for establishing a network connection with a remote host. A destination address for the network connection is determined. It is determined whether the destination address is included in a handshake spoofing bypass list. If it is determined that the destination address is included in the spoofing bypass list, a corresponding un-spoofed connection request message is transmitted to a remote proxy node associated with the remote host, in accordance with a respective handshaking protocol for the connection establishment. If it is determined that the destination address is not included in the spoofing bypass list, a corresponding spoofed connection request message is transmitted to the remote proxy node, in accordance with a respective handshake spoofing protocol for the connection establishment.
US09832275B2
A message processing method, device and system for Internet of Things are described. The method includes that: a gateway of the Internet of Things receives one or more operation messages transmitted by a plurality of transmitters for one or more operations of a terminal; and the gateway of the Internet of Things caches and pre-processes the received one or more operation messages in a message queue, and according to a processing result, sends at least one operation message in the message queue to a terminal. By the disclosure, the problems existing in the process of executing interactive operations on the terminal in the related art are solved, the energy consumption generated when the terminal executes the operation messages is saved, and the resource loss of the Internet of Things is reduced.
US09832273B2
Disclosed are computer implemented methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable media for providing information to an information feed associated with a group of an online social network. In some implementations, a network communication including a group address and data is received at a computing device. The group address is encoded to include a first identifier associating the network communication with a first user and a second identifier associating the network communication with the group. The group address is decoded to obtain the first identifier and the second identifier. At least a portion of the data in the network communication is provided as an information update to the information feed associated with the group, and the information update is included in the information feed for display on a display device.
US09832267B2
Described is a technology by which an owner node in a server cluster maintains ownership of a storage mechanism through a persistent reservation mechanism, while allowing non-owning nodes read and write access to the storage mechanism. An owner node writes a reservation key to a registration table associated with the storage mechanism. Non-owning nodes write a shared key that gives them read and write access. The owner node validates the shared keys against cluster membership data, and preempts (e.g., removes) any key deemed not valid. The owner node also defends ownership against challenges to ownership made by other nodes, so that another node can take over ownership if a (formerly) owning node is unable to defend, e.g., because of a failure.
US09832264B2
A sharer account of a content management system may share a link to a non-synchronized (i.e., read-only) version of a content item, with a recipient that already has access to a synchronized (i.e., read-write) version of the content item. This can possibly be due to the sharer forgetting that the recipient already has access to the synchronized version, the sharer finding it more convenient to share the link, and/or due to various other reasons. The present disclosure can determine that the recipient, with whom the link is shared, already has access to the synchronized version of the shared content item. The recipient can be notified that he already has access to the synchronized version and can be provided with an option to access the synchronized version (which can be stored locally at the recipient's device and/or stored online at the recipient's account with the content management system).
US09832260B2
Technology is disclosed for a data migration process for a storage server that preserves storage efficiency information. The storage server receives an indication of a group of two or more files and selects among the two or more files a reference file and one or more selected files. The storage server initiates a first migration operation to copy or move the reference file from a source storage server to a destination storage server. The storage server initiates one or more additional migration operations to copy or move the selected files from the source storage server to the destination storage server. At least one of the additional migration operations include a step of transmitting to the destination storage server data blocks of the selected files that are not shared between the reference file and the selected files, but avoid transmitting to the destination storage server the blocks shared with the reference file.
US09832256B1
Providing a virtual machine includes receiving a first request from a first client device, the request comprising information related to accessing one of a plurality of virtual machines, wherein the first client device is associated with a user; and also receiving a first location of the first client device. The method also includes stopping an existing virtual machine, from among the plurality of virtual machines, that is currently executing that is associated with the user; and based on the first location of the first client device, providing a first virtual machine, from among the plurality of virtual machines, to the first client device. At any given time instant there will be only one virtual machine running for a user in hypervisor memory and that one virtual machine is based on a current location of that user.
US09832253B2
Content pre-render and pre-fetch techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likelihood is predicted of subsequent navigation to content associated with a network address based at least in part on monitored navigation performed by a computing device to one or more network addresses. A determination is then made whether to cause the computing device to pre-fetch and pre-render the content based at least in part on the prediction.
US09832250B1
Techniques for identifying media network flows that use dynamic codec identifications are described. In an embodiment, network flow information for a network flow between a first endpoint and a second endpoint is received from a network device interposed between the first endpoint and the second endpoint, wherein the network flow information includes at least an address for the first endpoint and a particular payload identification number. A request is sent to the first endpoint for one or more characteristics belonging to the first endpoint. In response to receiving the one or more characteristics, a profile database is searched for an entry that maps the one or more characteristics to a profile, wherein the profile maps one or more payload identification numbers to one or more encoding types. An encoding type for content transferred over the network flow is determined based on the profile and the particular payload identification number.
US09832241B1
A computer-implemented method of generating and broadcasting telematics and/or image data is provided. Telematics and/or image data may be collected, with customer permission, in real-time by a mobile device (or a Telematics App running thereon) traveling within an originating vehicle. The telematics data may include acceleration, braking, speed, heading, and location data associated with the originating vehicle. The mobile device may generate an updated telematics data broadcast including up-to-date telematics data at least every few seconds; and then broadcast the updated telematics data broadcast at least every few seconds via wireless communication to another computing device to facilitate alerting another vehicle or driver of an abnormal traffic condition or event that the originating vehicle is experiencing. An amount that an insured uses or otherwise employs the telematics data-based risk mitigation or prevention functionality may be used with usage-based insurance, or to calculate or adjust insurance premiums or discounts.
US09832233B2
Systems and methods for facilitating and securing the exchange of digital information between individuals within the social network of a person or group of people who are subject to security or law enforcement limitations or otherwise reside within a controlled or correctional facility. All submitted information requires administrative approval, either by a human administrator or an automated process, before it can be viewed by other members of the social network.
US09832232B1
Providing streaming of applications from streaming servers onto clients. The applications are contained within isolated environments, and the isolated environments are streamed from the servers onto clients. The system may include the option of running both in on-line and off-line. When on-line, the system may include authentication of the streaming servers and authentication of clients and credentialing of the isolated environments and applications the clients are configured to run. The system may further include encrypted communication between the streaming servers and the clients. When off-line, the system may include the ability to run already installed isolated environments without requiring credentialing. The system may further include a management interface where administrators may add, remove and configure isolated environments, configure client policies and credentials, and force upgrades.
US09832230B2
An IC chip, an information processing apparatus, system, method, and program are provided. An IC chip includes an authentication control unit configured to authenticate a request using authentication information. The request and/or the authentication information is received from outside the IC chip.
US09832226B2
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving a first instance of computer program data at a security unit having one or more processors; executing the first instance of the computer program data in a monitored environment; observing and recording identification information for each of a plurality of functions called by the first instance of the computer program data; sending the identification information to one or more security enforcement endpoints over a computer network; and generating one or more instructions describing security protections to implement for function calls not included in the identification information in a second instance of the computer program data, and sending the instructions to one or more security enforcement endpoints over a computer network.
US09832221B1
A computer-implemented method for monitoring the activity of devices within an organization by leveraging data generated by an existing security solution deployed within the organization may include (1) identifying, at a reputation service configured to service reputation requests, at least one external IP address associated with an organization, (2) identifying, within the reputation requests serviced by the reputation service, a plurality of reputation requests that originated from the external IP address associated with the organization, (3) generating, based at least in part on an analysis of the reputation requests that originated from the external IP address associated with the organization, at least one report for the organization that identifies the activity of devices within the organization, and (4) providing the report to the organization to enable the organization to monitor the activity of the devices within the organization. Corresponding systems and encoded computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09832218B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for interacting with a remote server over a network to determine whether to allow data exchange with a resource at the remote server. Detection is made of an attempt to exchange data with the remote resource over the network. At least one computer instruction is executed to perform at least one interaction with the server over the network to request requested server information for each of the at least one interaction. At least one instance of received server information is received. A determination is made whether the at least one instance of the received server information satisfies at least one security requirement. A determination is made of whether to prevent the exchanging of data with the remote resource based on whether the at least one instance of the received server information satisfies the at least one security requirement.
US09832217B2
A method includes collecting system calls and call parameters invoked by monitored applications for target computer systems. The system calls and call parameters are received from operating system kernels on the plurality of target computer systems. Sequences of systems calls and call parameters of the monitored applications are correlated among different target computer systems to deduce malicious activities. Remedial action(s) are performed in response to malicious activities being deduced as being malicious by the correlating. Another method includes determining that network activity at a specific time is deemed to be suspicious. Using IP addresses involved in the suspicious network activity, computer system(s) are determined that are sources of the suspicious network activity. Based on the specific time and the determined computer system(s), application(s) are determined that are executing on the determined computer system(s) that are causing the suspicious network activity. Remedial action(s) are performed for the determined computer system(s).
US09832214B2
A method and apparatus for classifying and combining computer attack information identifying as malicious events, events in a network that cause organizationally or functionally distant entities to become closer to each other, the method comprising identifying as malicious events, events in a network that cause organizationally or functionally distant entities to become closer to each other.
US09832213B2
A network intrusion detection system and method is configured to receive off-line network traffic. The off-line network traffic with a predefined format, PCAP file, is capable of indicating existence of a plurality of covert channels associated with a corresponding plurality of covert channel signatures. Each covert channel comprises a tool that communicates messages by deviating from a standard protocol to avoid detection. A plurality of covert channel processors are configured to analyze off-line network traffic. The analysis determines whether the off-line network traffic deviates from the standard protocol based on one or more covert channel signatures. The covert channels are employed in at least one standard layer of the standard protocol stack and the off-line network data traffic comprises at least one standard protocol stack having multiple standard layers.
US09832207B2
In an example, a computing device may an input verification engine (IVE) that provides input verification services within a trusted execution environment (TEE), including a memory enclave. Taking a Java-based Android application as an example, the IVE securely verifies and validates user inputs for sensitive computing applications, without exposing the inputs to external applications. The IVE may be implemented in native C/C++ or similar, or may provide instructions to dynamically provision an enclave and import a minimal Java Virtual Machine (JVM) into the enclave so that the IVE can run in Java. The IVE may also contain binary analysis tools to analyze an input binary to identify and tag portions that receive user input, so that in a binary translation, those portions can be run within the enclave.
US09832206B2
A system and method for authenticating and continuously verifying authorized users of a digital device includes an authentication device attached to an arm or wrist of authorized users. The authentication device has an accelerometer, digital radio, a processor configured to provide identity information over the radio, and to transmit motion data. The motion data is received by the digital device and the identity transmitted is verified as an identity associated with an authorized user. Input at a touchscreen, touchpad, mouse, trackball, or keyboard of the digital device is detected, and correlated with the motion data. Access to the digital device is allowed if the detected input and the detected motion data correlate, and disallowed otherwise.
US09832204B2
There is provided a method and system for managing security compatibility of electronic content. The method includes: receiving electronic content; parsing the electronic content into one or more elements; determining a content security profile of the electronic content; determining an element security profile of the one or more elements of the electronic content; determining whether the element security profile of the one or more elements is compatible with the content security profile; and for each of the one or more elements: if the element security profile is not compatible with the content security profile, modifying the element to have a compatible element security profile, otherwise, not modifying the element.
US09832200B2
A multi-tier platform provides additional security at a perimeter of a computer system, where an intermediate layer interacts with a web layer and controls data presentation to the web layer. When the intermediate layer receives a data request for dynamic data from the web layer, the intermediate layer obtains source data from the registered source and may remove a specified portion from the source data to obtain the dynamic data before returning it to the web layer. When requested data comprises static data, the intermediate layer accesses the static data from storage maintained at the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer obtains the static data by the registered source previously publishing source data and the intermediate layer removing a specified portion from it. Source data may assume different forms including a webpage of an external service provider with embedded third-party information being removed by the intermediate layer before presenting it.
US09832189B2
A computing device may receive authentication information. Within a time-out period, a fingerprint may also be received. The computing device may assign one or more authentication credentials to the fingerprint based on authentication credentials associated with the received authentication information. In some implementations, the computing device may assign the authentication credentials associated with the received authentication information to the biometric. However, in other implementations, the computing device may assign different authentication credentials to the biometric based on one or more user preferences, defaults, security policies, and/or enterprise policies. In various implementations, the authentication credentials assigned to the biometric may be altered, such as by adding and/or removing one or more authentication credentials. Such alteration may be performed in response to a received user request, changed enterprise policy, changed security policy, fraud alert, and/or other such factor.
US09832188B1
A portable data or information carrier in the form of a smart card with partially or fully virtualized components. To maximize the confidentiality of information stored in the carrier, and more specifically to limit the amount of information available to a potential defrauder, electronic components such as circuits, I/O, cryptographic, memory and dummy objects are built, modified or influenced on demand from physical characteristics of an eligible person or device. Digitized unique biometric or hardware identifiers are read upon start-up and runtime of the device and, in case of an eligible person or device, subsequently supply all values necessary for determination of the characteristics of the user specific virtual smart cards objects, their placement and connections. By multi-factor authentication, the end-user or device will retain sole control of its keys and use them for authentication, signature or encryption purposes as if he had a physical smart card in his hand.
US09832176B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a non-replayable communication system are disclosed. A first device associated with a first user may have a public identity key and a corresponding private identity. The first device may register the first user with an authenticator by posting the public identity key to the authenticator. The first device may perform a key exchange with a second device associated with a second user, whereby the public identity key and a public session key are transmitted to the second device. During a communication session, the second device may transmit to the first device messages encrypted with the public identity key and/or the public session key. The first device can decrypt the messages with the private identity key and the private session key. The session keys may expire during or upon completion of the communication session.
US09832172B2
The present disclosure is directed to content protection for Data as a Service (DaaS). A device may receive encrypted data from a content provider via DaaS, the encrypted data comprising at least content for presentation on the device. For example, the content provider may utilize a secure multiplex transform (SMT) module in a trusted execution environment (TEE) module to generate encoded data from the content and digital rights management (DRM) data and to generate the encrypted data from the encoded data. The device may also comprise a TEE module including a secure demultiplex transform (SDT) module to decrypt the encoded data from the encrypted data and to decode the content and DRM data from the encoded data. The SMT and SDT modules may interact via a secure communication session to validate security, distribute decryption key(s), etc. In one embodiment, a trust broker may perform TEE module validation and key distribution.
US09832163B1
Data processing systems and methods for processing social media content include a social media module having access to multiple social media platforms associated with a user. The social media module receives media content preferences from the user and retrieves social media content according to those preferences. The social media module provides social media posts corresponding to the retrieved content and schedules the social media posts for distribution over a determined time period. The social media module posts the social media posts across multiple social media platforms according to the schedule over the determined time period.
US09832162B2
A system and method for virally growing a social network. The social network system receives a member account sign-up message for a first social network from a first member. The social network system then posts a member sign-up notification to the first member's event wall on a second social network; wherein the first member has one or more social contacts through the second social network. For at least a second respective member in the one or more social contacts, the social network system posts a personalized invitation message as a comment to the member sign-up notification on the first member's event wall, wherein the comment is initially hidden from all members other than the second respective member of the one or more member contacts.
US09832155B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to monitor impressions of social media messages. An example method includes receiving at a server a request for media, the request addressed to a uniform resource locator, the request corresponding to a social media message to be presented with the media, and the request including a user identifier. The method also includes crediting the social media message with an impression based on the request being addressed to the uniform resource locator. The method also includes identifying that the impression corresponds to an original intended recipient of the social media message based on the user identifier matching a second user identifier stored in a list of subscribers that subscribe to receive messages from an original sender of the social media message.
US09832153B2
A system for eliminating redundant notifications to SIP/SIMPLE subscribers, the system including a notification fingerprinter configured to generate a fingerprint from the contents of a SIP/SIMPLE subscriber notification using a predefined fingerprinting method, a fingerprint comparator configured to compare a fingerprint of a previously-sent notification with a fingerprint of a waiting-to-be-sent notification, and a server configured to send the waiting-to-be-sent notification to the subscriber only if the fingerprints do not match.
US09832147B2
Disclosed are an email sending and receiving method and a terminal. The sending method comprises: submitting an email text, and packaging, by coding, the email text and a storing ID of an enclosure uploaded in advance; determining whether an email receiver is a local domain account, and if yes, storing the email into a storage server; otherwise, obtaining the enclosure from the storage server according to the storing ID of the enclosure, recoding the enclosure and the email text into an email and then sending the email to an out-of-band server.
US09832145B2
Presence information of a first user is relayed to a second user. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment of the system, among others includes, can be implemented as follows. A first communications client of a first user detects a change in the presence status of a first user and sends an alert message to a second communications client of a second user.
US09832143B2
A system and method can support packet switching in a network environment. The system can include an ingress buffer on a networking device, wherein the ingress buffer, which includes one or more virtual output queues, operate to store one or more incoming packets that are received at an input port on the networking device. Furthermore, the system can include a packet flush engine, which is associated with the ingress buffer, wherein said packet flush engine operates to flush a packet that is stored in a said virtual output queue in the ingress buffer, and notify one or more output schedulers that the packet is flushed, wherein each output scheduler is associated with an output port.
US09832136B1
A provisioning server delivers operating systems to more than one virtual machine in different subnetworks. Since one provisioning server can be used for multiple subnetworks, this reduces the need to build, license, and support a provisioning server or a provisioning server farm for each subnetwork. This eliminates additional Infrastructure Software licensing; reduces additional effort to implement and maintain more provisioning servers; increases flexibility to add additional subnetworks; and scales a provisioning server farm to meet demand by adding servers.
US09832129B1
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes evaluating by a first network node a current level of congestion experienced by a session in a communications network; predicting a level of congestion that will be experienced by the session beginning at a next time boundary; sending a request message to a second network node, the request message comprising at least one rule corresponding to the current level of congestion and the predicted level of congestion, in which the rule has associated therewith an activation time and a deactivation time; and refraining from sending an additional request message to the second network node at the next time boundary.
US09832124B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) and gateway Media Access Controller (MAC) distribution is presented. At least one subnet associated with a Layer 2 Virtual Switching Network (L2VSN) is provided on a network device. A message is propagated to a distributed Datapath. Network devices install the message as a routable MAC address on the L2VSN for the Layer 3 Virtual Switching Network/Virtual Routing and Forwarding (L3VSN/VRF) associated with the message. Edge devices route packets on the L2VSN addressed to the gateway MAC address.
US09832119B2
A communication block apparatus that blocks communication by an information processing apparatus connected to a network. The communication block apparatus includes a guide unit that guides information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, an identification information acquisition unit that acquires identification information for identifying a notified party of a message from the message of a predetermined protocol higher than a transport layer, the message including information guided by the guide unit, a permission determination unit that determines whether to permit communication by the message at least based on the identification information acquired by the identification information acquisition unit, and a communication permission unit that forwards the message to permit the communication by the information processing apparatus when the permission determination unit determines to permit the communication, regardless of the block of the communication by a communication block unit.
US09832116B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates dynamic adjustment of forwarding information in a CCN. During operation, the system receives, by forwarding circuitry, an interest with a name that is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier which comprises contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. The system identifies in a first data structure an entry for one or more name components of the name, wherein the entry includes a list of outgoing interfaces associated with the one or more name components. The system determines network properties in response to forwarding the interest to a first interface of the list. The system reorders the list in order of priority based on the network properties, thereby facilitating the forwarding circuitry to dynamically adjust a likelihood of using a respective interface for forwarding interests associated with the one or more name components.
US09832101B2
A method and apparatus are described for negotiating “keep-alive” message frequencies of applications running on a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). A node may include a negotiation and synchronization function (NSF) configured to collect information including frequencies of keep-alive messages required by application servers for different applications running on the WTRU, and send a keep-alive message frequency negotiation request message to the application servers to negotiate for a more proper frequency for each application on behalf of the WTRU. The node may further include a buffering and caching function (BCF) configured to cache and buffer application specific attributes including an indication of whether each of the applications needs to send periodic keep-alive messages to an associated application server. The node may be a packet data network gateway, a negotiation and caching gateway, or a serving gateway.
US09832097B2
The invention includes a method and apparatus for distributing flooding labels within a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) infrastructure supporting Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Media Access Control (MAC) Virtual Private Networking (VPN).
US09832090B2
A system and method for determining network performance information. The system includes an interface configured to communicate between customer premise equipment (CPE) and a communications device. The system also includes one or more processing units in communication with the interface. The one or more processing units are configured to generate packets communicated by the interface between the CPE and the communications device to determine the network performance information.
US09832087B2
Techniques are described herein for facilitating a connection between a cloud networking platform and a unified communication system, where the cloud networking platform hosts communication services including real-time communications for client devices, and the unified communication system hosts communication services including real-time communications for on-prem devices that are associated with the unified communication system. Events associated with the cloud networking platform are monitored at the unified communication system, via a cloud connector device of the unified communication system, where events are associated with users who are registered with client devices and on-prem devices, and the events include real-time communications. A notification is provided to one or more client devices registered to a first user in response to an on-prem device also registered to the first user receiving a real-time communication request from a device of another user.
US09832081B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for allocating physical nodes for processes in an execution plan. An execution plan is generated indicating a plurality of processes. A resource requirement is generated indicating requested physical nodes and an assignment of the processes to execute on the requested physical nodes. A determination is made from the resource requirement of a resource allocation of physical nodes for the requested physical nodes and the processes. The execution plan is updated to generate an updated execution plan indicating the physical nodes on which the processes will execute according to the received resource allocation.
US09832060B2
A method for FFT/IFFT computation, comprising: identifying whether grouping data is needed based on data bitwidth distribution in a set of data, wherein the set of data includes data in a stage of a FFT/IFFT computation; assigning different data representations including effective bit and group index for data identified in different groups if grouping is needed, wherein data in a group have same exponent, and data in different groups have different exponents; and outputting a signal indicating the exponent; for each of a plurality of short sequence FFT/IFFT computation—decomposing data used in present short sequence FFT/IFFT computation into at least a first multi-bit part and a second multi-bit part; respectively calculating FFT/IFFT computation results for the first multi-bit part and the second multi-bit part; adding the FFT/IFFT computation results for the first and the second multi-bit part; scanning a plurality of short sequence FFT/IFFT computation added results.
US09832055B2
The invention describes a method and an arrangement for transmitting an optical transmission signal with reduced polarization-dependent loss. A first transmission signal component and a second orthogonal transmission signal component of the optical transmission signal are transmitted with a time difference between said transmission signal components.
US09832054B2
A signal converter 100 includes, for at least two-phase signals detected by a resolver excited by a carrier signal having a carrier frequency fc, a first phase shifter 101 that shifts a phase of a first phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f1 lower than the carrier frequency fc, a second phase shifter 102 that shifts a phase of a second phase signal of the resolver with a pole at a frequency f2 higher than the carrier frequency fc, and a synthesizer 103 that combines the phase-shifted first phase signal with the phase-shifted second phase signal.
US09832046B2
Transmission of baseband and carrier-modulated vector codewords, using a plurality of encoders, each encoder configured to receive information bits and to generate a set of baseband-encoded symbols representing a vector codeword; one or more modulation circuits, each modulation circuit configured to operate on a corresponding set of baseband-encoded symbols, and using a respective unique carrier frequency, to generate a set of carrier-modulated encoded symbols; and, a summation circuit configured to generate a set of wire-specific outputs, each wire-specific output representing a sum of respective symbols of the carrier-modulated encoded symbols and at least one set of baseband-encoded symbols.
US09832043B2
A network device provides, to a user device, a user interface to configure preferences for a bandwidth boosting service. The bandwidth boosting service is configured to supplement a subscriber's primary content delivery connection with additional bandwidth from a broadband cellular connection. The network device receives, via the user interface, user configuration preferences for the bandwidth boosting service and provides, to a boosting router at a local subscriber network, configuration settings that are based on the configuration preferences. The network device receives, from the boosting router, a boost request for content delivery to a user device at the local subscriber network and generates, in response to the boost request, a split-path instruction for the content delivery to the local subscriber network via a primary data path and a supplemental data path.
US09832035B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses can be operable to facilitate transitioning an node to and from a power-saving mode. A mixed network comprising devices having different protocols and/or specifications can communicate with each other and outdated or legacy devices can utilize power-saving modes possessed by updated devices.
US09832018B2
A method for generating a public key for an electronic device is provided, wherein the method comprises generating a public key 103 based on a private key and a unique identifier associated with the electronic device 200.
US09832016B2
The described embodiments relate to methods, systems, and products for providing verification code recovery and remote authentication for a plurality of devices configured for electronic communication with a server. Specifically, in the methods, systems, and products, the user entrusts information about the user's verification code to the service provider, and only with cooperation between the user and the service provider can a lost verification code be recovered. The service provider can further authenticate the user before cooperating in the recovery process by way of a time-sensitive authentication sequence that involves the user device.
US09832015B2
Both end-to-end security and traffic visibility may be achieved by a system using a controller that derives a cryptographic key that is different for each client based on a derivation key and a client identifier that is conveyed in each data packet. The controller distributes the derivation key to information technology monitoring devices and a server to provide traffic visibility. For large key sizes, the key may be derived using a derivation formula as follows: client_key_MSB=AES128(base_key_1, client_ID), (1) client_key_LSB=AES128(base_key_2, client_ID+pad), and (2) client_key=client_key_MSB∥client_key_LSB, where (1) and (2) are executed in parallel. The client key and a client identifier may be used so that end-to-end security may be achieved.
US09832013B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for detecting and correcting phased clock error (PCE) in phased clock circuits (e.g., in context of serializer/deserializer (SERDES) transmission (TX) clock circuits). For example, phased input clock signals can be converted into unit interval (UI) clocks, which can be combined to form an output clock signal. PCE in the output clock signal can be detected by digitally sampling the UI clocks to characterize their respective clock pulse widths, and comparing the respective clock pulse widths (i.e., PCE in the output clock signal can result from pulse width differences in UI clocks). Delay can be applied to one or more UI clock generation paths to shift UI clock pulse transitions, thereby adjusting output clock pulse widths to correct for the detected PCE. Approaches described herein can achieve PCE detection over a wide error range and can achieve error correction with small resolution.
US09831999B2
Methods for operating a small cell in a discontinued reception (DRX) mode include maintaining the small cell in a discontinuous transmission (DTX) mode during a first time period having a plurality of first time slots. The methods include transmitting common reference signals in a predetermined number of second time slots prior to the first time slots and in a predetermined number of third time slots following commencement of the first time slots. The methods include discontinuing transmission of the common reference signals and common channel signals if mobile devices are in a discontinuous reception mode during the first time period. The methods include discontinuing transmission of the common reference signals during a predetermined number of fourth time slots following commencement of the first time period if there is no dedicated common transmission to the mobile devices.
US09831998B2
An apparatus and method are provided for feeding back channel quality information and performing scheduling using the fed-back channel quality information in a wireless communication system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). In the OFDMA wireless communication system, forward performance degradation due to a decrease in an amount of reverse channel quality information is reduced, and also an increase in the reverse load due to channel quality information feedback is suppressed. A base station controls power of a physical channel using information fed back from a mobile station. In a method for feeding back channel quality information from the mobile station, sub-band-by-sub-band channel quality information is measured and channel-by-channel quality information of a number of channels is transmitted in order of sub-bands of better channel quality information. Average channel quality information for a total band is measured and transmitted.
US09831997B2
A method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signals by an apparatus in a wireless communication system. The apparatus spreads ACK/NACKs using spreading codes of a spreading factor, the spreading factor being one of a first spreading factor equal to 2 and a second spreading factor equal to 4. The apparatus transmits one or more physical hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) indicator channel (PHICH) groups allocated in units of four resource elements, each PHICH group carrying up to four ACK/NACK signals for the first spreading factor, and up to eight ACK/NACK signals for the second spreading factor. A total number of allocated PHICH groups for the first spreading factor is determined as twice a total number of allocated PHICH groups for the second spreading factor. Each ACK/NACK signal is identified using an index pair of a PHICH group index and a spreading code index.
US09831996B2
A method and user equipment (UE) are provided for use in a time division duplexing (TDD)-based wireless communication system. A primary component carrier (PCC) and a secondary component carrier (SCC) are configured. The PCC and the SCC have different uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations. UE operations are performed under assumption that a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is not received through any part of a downlink subframe in the SCC regardless of a length of a downlink pilot time slot (DwPTS) of a special subframe of the PCC, for a subframe #k where the PCC is the special subframe including the DwPTS, a guard period (GP), and an uplink pilot time slot (UpPTS), and the SCC is a downlink subframe.
US09831993B2
A base station communicates with a terminal, for which an uplink component carrier and downlink component carriers are configured. The base station adjusts a payload size of control information, transmitted in a downlink control channel, based on a basic payload size, and maps the control information onto a search space in at least one of the downlink component carriers. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the primary downlink component carrier, and on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the uplink component carrier. The basic payload size of the control information mapped onto a search space in a non-primary downlink component carrier is based on a number of information bits obtained from a bandwidth of the non-primary downlink component carrier.
US09831987B2
Forward Error Correction technique: parity vectors are computed such that each parity vector spans multiple FEC frames; in a given FEC frame, a first set of syndrome bits are due to the parity vectors, and a second set of syndrome bits satisfy FEC equations that involve bits of the given FEC frame including the first set of syndrome bits; and the parity vectors are staggered with respect to any sequence in which the FEC frames are processed. Values of decoded bits of a first frame are deduced from known bits of a first parity vector having an effective length of one frame. For parity vectors having an effective length greater than one frame, a Log Likelihood Ratio of each unknown bit associated with the first frame is updated based on known and unknown bits of each parity vector. First frame is decoded using deduced bit values and updated LLR values.
US09831981B2
A control unit for controlling wireless data transmissions in a mobile communications system provided on board an aircraft, a mobile communications system having a control unit of this type, an associated method for controlling wireless data transmissions in a mobile communications system provided on board an aircraft, and a computer program for carrying out the method. The control unit comprises a generating component for generating a band-limited masking signal for masking terrestrial mobile communications signals in a first frequency band and a combining component for combining the band-limited masking signal and a service signal for the wireless transmission of data in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. The combining component is configured to combine the masking signal and the service signal so that terrestrial mobile communications signals in a third frequency band formed by overlapping of the first and the second frequency band are masked.
US09831979B2
A device for transmitting a signal over a serial link includes a transmission processor to carry out, before transmission over the serial link, a scrambling process on successive initial packets of the signal to form a scrambled packet for each initial packet. The transmission processor includes an encoding circuit to carry out an encoding process on each initial packet to deliver an encoded packet. The encoding process includes, for each current initial packet starting from the second, encoding of the current initial packet with the preceding scrambled packet. Calculation circuitry determines, for each initial packet, a bit disparity of the encoded packet and determination of a cumulative bit disparity. Comparison circuitry carries out a comparison process involving the bit disparity of the encoded packet and the cumulative disparity, with the scrambled packet being the encoded packet or the inverted encoded packet, depending on the result of the comparison process.
US09831974B1
A boundary of a wireless network is monitored for incoming wireless signals that may interfere with an ability of a first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network. For an incoming wireless signal determined to interfere with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network, a directional opposing outgoing wireless signal is emitted to counteract the incoming wireless signal and to stop the incoming wireless signal from further interfering with the ability of the first wireless computing device to connect to the wireless network within the boundary of the wireless network.
US09831969B2
A transmitting system and a method of transmitting digital broadcast signal are provided. The method of transmitting digital broadcasting signal in a transmitter includes multiplexing mobile data and main data, transmitting a transmission frame including the multiplexed mobile and main data, where a parade of data group is transmitted during slots, where each slot includes specified number of mobile data packets, a first scalable number of mobile data packets, and a second scalable number of main data packets, where the data group including a plurality of regions and the fifth region of the plurality of regions includes the first scalable number of mobile data packets, and where the data group is assigned to one of the slots in such a manner that slots of consecutive slot number carry data groups of inconsecutive group number.
US09831960B2
A method for inductively coupled communication is described. The method includes generating a first signal. The first signal frequency is a first integer multiple of a carrier frequency for inductively coupled communication. The method also includes selecting between a standalone mode and a coexistence mode. The method further includes dividing the first signal to obtain a second signal when in standalone mode. The second signal frequency is a second integer multiple of the carrier frequency. The method additionally includes dividing the first signal to obtain a third signal when in coexistence mode. The third signal frequency is a third integer multiple of the carrier frequency. The method also includes generating an inductively coupled communication signal using at least one of the second signal and the third signal.
US09831958B2
When the codeword level interference cancellation (CW-IC) is used at the receiver in conjunction with the superposition coding scheme at the transmitter, in order to guarantee the success of signal reception, restrictions of scheduling decisions in resource allocation of superposed transport blocks may occur. A method to mitigate the scheduling restrictions is proposed. For a low-geometry UE in NOMA operation, one sub-band is used as the basic scheduling unit. As a result, data in resource blocks scheduled for NOMA operation and data in resource blocks scheduled for other non-NOMA operation correspond to different transport blocks. Therefore, a high-geometric UE only needs to decode the data scheduled for NOMA. The base station does not need to impose additional scheduling restrictions and signaling overhead.
US09831943B2
A submarine optical repeater includes a submarine amplifier module, which further includes a pumping laser module and an optical detector module. The pumping laser module generates optical amplifications within an optical cable, and, in the case of a fault in the optical cable, the optical detector module detects at least one characteristic of an optical signal caused by the fault in the optical cable. This configuration then identifies a particular signal characteristic that indicates a fault within the optical cable.
US09831937B2
A communication system installed in an aircraft, the system comprising a transmitter configured to transmit audio data signals to a ground recording station provided with memories for the recording of the data, at least one audio assembly per pilot of the aircraft for transmitting and receiving audio data signals, a CVR recorder and an audio management unit connected to each audio assembly, to the CVR recorder and to the transmitter, the unit being configured to transfer the audio signals received or transmitted by an audio assembly to the transmitter and to the CVR recorder. Each audio assembly comprises an in-use detection system connected to the transmitter and configured to transmit to the transmitter a signal representative of the in-use state of the audio assembly. The transmitter transmits the audio data signals received from the management unit to the ground recording station on reception of the signal.
US09831926B2
A network node carries out operations for use in coordinating data transmissions to user equipments in a wireless communication network and, in at least one embodiment, the network node obtains signal strength values indicating antenna relationships between respective user equipments and respective antennas among two or more antennas involving at least two access nodes in the network. The network node arranges the user equipments into groups, based on the antenna relationships, and, based on the antenna relationships, associates each group of user equipments with a sub-set of the two or more antennas. Still further, the network node coordinates data transmissions performed by the at least two access nodes to each group of user equipments, using the associated sub-set of the two one or more antennas.
US09831921B2
Cables (1, 2) comprise first and second conductors (1, 2) for transporting signals to be picked-up in contactless manners. At first/second locations (3, 4), the first and second conductors (1, 2) are at first/second distances from each other. The first locations (3) are neutral locations where the conductors (1, 2) are parallel. The second locations (4) are pick-up locations. The second distances are larger than the first distances. Pick-up devices for picking-up signals in a contactless manner from the cables (1, 2) comprise parts for defining minimum values of the second distances. These parts may comprise core-parts, such as center ends (10) of E-shaped magnetic cores further comprising outer ends (11, 12) and backs (13). Methods for installing pick-up devices comprise steps of at second locations (4) increasing a distance between the first and second conductors (1, 2) from a value of the first distance to a value of the second distance. Twin-cables (1, 2) or twin-lead-cables (1, 2) are suited well for allowing signals to be picked-up in contactless manners.
US09831917B2
An electric power receiving apparatus of an electric power transmitting system includes an overvoltage suppressing unit connected in parallel to a resonant circuit. The overvoltage suppressing unit is formed by an impedance element. Impedance of the impedance element is set to such a value that a rise in a voltage across at least one pair of electric power receiving electrodes is suppressed as compared to a case in which the impedance element is not connected, in the process in which coupling capacitance Cm between electric power transmitting electrodes and the electric power receiving electrodes changes from a value held while the electric power transmitting electrodes and the electric power receiving electrodes are in a predetermined positional relationship during normal electric power transmission to substantially zero.
US09831911B2
A wireless communication terminal apparatus wherein CoMP communication can normally be performed without increasing the overhead of an upstream line control channel. In this apparatus, a spreading unit primarily spreads a response signal by use of a ZAC sequence established by a control unit. A spreading unit secondarily spreads the response signal, to which CP has been added, by use of a block-wise spread code sequence established by the control unit. The control unit controls, in accordance with sequence numbers and a hopping pattern established therein, the circular shift amount of the ZAC sequence to be used for the primary spread in the spreading unit and the block-wise spread code sequence to be used for the secondary spread in the spreading unit. The hopping pattern established in the control unit is a hopping pattern common to a plurality of base stations that CoMP-receive the response signal.
US09831909B2
A method of operating a transmitter (FIGS. 3A and 5A) is disclosed. The method includes receiving a sequence of data bits (DATA), wherein each data bit has a respective sequence number. A first data bit of the sequence is spread (508) with a first spreading code (504) determined by the sequence number (502) of the first data bit. A second data bit of the sequence is spread (508) with an inverse of the first spreading code (506) determined by the sequence number (502) of the second data bit. The first and second data bits are modulated (510) and transmitted (516) to a remote receiver.
US09831904B1
An adjustable cradle for mounting a mobile device includes a base having an attachment arrangement to removably attach the cradle to the mobile device or a case for the mobile device; and an arm adjustably extending from the base. The arm includes a roller disposed at an end of the arm opposite the base. The roller is configured and arranged to engage the mobile device or case to facilitate, in combination with the attachment arrangement of the base, retention of the attachment of the cradle to the mobile device or case. The adjustable cradle optionally includes a mount coupled to the base or mounting the cradle to a surface or for coupling to a mounting apparatus for mounting the cradle to the surface.
US09831899B1
An integrative software radio embodies a single multi-radio device including functionalities that are a superset of a plurality of individual discrete radio devices includes a radio frequency transmitter that integrates transmission capabilities of a plurality of discrete transmitters such that the radio frequency transmitter is configured to generate a first amalgamated waveform that is a combination of individual waveforms, each individual waveform corresponding to the transmission capabilities of its respective one of the plurality of discrete transmitters, wherein the transmission capabilities each of the plurality of discrete transmitters comprise operating characteristics different from one or more of the other discrete transmitters, wherein a waveform of a discrete transmitter comprises an adjustable electromagnetic wavefront and a proprietary waveform generation component; and a mission module communicatively coupled to the plurality of discrete transmitters and configured to alter the wavefront of at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters to reduce interference among the at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters without adjusting the proprietary waveform generation component.
US09831885B2
The invention provides a system for conversion between analog domain and digital domain with mismatch error shaping, including a DAC, a first injection circuit coupled to the DAC, and a second injection circuit coupled to the DAC. The DAC generates a first analog value in response to a first digital value, and generates a second analog value in response to a second digital value. The first injection circuit enables an analog injection value to be injected to the second analog value when the DAC generates the second analog value, wherein the analog injection value is converted from a digital injection value formed by a subset of bits of the first digital value. The second injection circuit injects the digital injection value to the second digital value, or combines the digital injection value and a related value obtained according to the second analog value.
US09831881B2
An object detection system for autonomous vehicle, comprising a radar unit and at least one ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer, is provided. The radar unit configured for detecting the presence and characteristics of one or more objects in various directions. The radar unit may include a transmitter for transmitting at least one radio signal; and a receiver for receiving the at least one radio signal returned from the one or more objects. The ultra-low phase noise frequency synthesizer may utilize Clocking device, Sampling Reference PLL, at least one fixed frequency divider, DDS and main PLL to reduce phase noise from the returned radio signal. This proposed system overcomes deficiencies of current generation state of the art Radar Systems by providing much lower level of phase noise which would result in improved performance of the radar system in terms of target detection, characterization etc. Further, a method for autonomous vehicle is also disclosed.
US09831880B1
Systems and methods for automatically controlling one or more parameters of a digital phase-locked loop (DPLL) circuit are provided. A phase error signal generated by a phase detector of the DPLL circuit is received. A delayed version of the phase error signal is generated. A product of the phase error signal and the delayed version of the phase error signal is generated. The product is integrated, and a first output for controlling a gain of a proportional path of the DPLL circuit is generated based on the integrated product. The first output is down-sampled. A least-mean-square (LMS) filter is used to generate a second output that minimizes a value of the down-sampled output. A gain of an integral path of the DPLL is controlled based on the second output.
US09831879B2
A receiver includes a first transfer gate, a first inverter, a second inverter, a second transfer gate, a third inverter, and a fourth inverter connected in series, a first power supply supplying power to the first and second inverters, a second power supply supplying power to the third and fourth inverters, a third power supply supplying power to the second transfer gate, first and second signals having opposite logic levels for controlling the first transfer gate. The third power supply is significantly lower than the first or second power supply. The leakage current of the receiver is significantly reduced in the core when the second power supply remains on but the first power supply is turned off while the performance of the receiver remains the same.
US09831878B2
A semiconductor device includes a setting circuit and a reset circuit. The setting circuit includes a latch circuit having first and second inverters driven by a first power voltage whose level is fixed and a first transistor which is switched between an ON state and an OFF state on the basis of a level of a second power voltage whose level varies depending on a surrounding environment, and sets data corresponding to a reference voltage to the latch circuit in response to the first transistor being switched to the ON state. The reset circuit includes an N-type second transistor connected to an output of the first inverter and an input of the second inverter. The second transistor sets data corresponding to the reference voltage to the latch circuit in response to the second voltage being equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage value.
US09831872B1
A vehicle input knob assembly is provided that includes a stationary knob located in a vehicle and having an outer peripheral surface with a plurality of radial extending surfaces such as ribs and a plurality of proximity sensors located proximate to the knob to detect a user rotating a hand around the knob. The assembly also includes a controller generating a control signal based on the detected rotation of the hand. The knob may further include proximity sensors on a front surface for added user input.
US09831871B2
A touch panel according to the embodiment includes a substrate including an effective area and a dummy area surrounding the effective area; a transparent electrode on the substrate; and an outer dummy layer on the dummy area, wherein the outer dummy layer comprises a piezoelectric material.
US09831870B2
A proximity switch assembly and method for detecting activation of a proximity switch assembly and tuning the assembly. The assembly includes proximity switches each having a proximity sensor providing a sense activation field and control circuitry processing the activation field to sense activation. The method of tuning includes generating an activation field with a proximity sensor, generating a signal in response to the activation field, detecting noise associated with the signal, and adjusting a parameter based on the detected noise, wherein the parameter is used to detect a proximity state such as activation of the proximity switch.
US09831865B2
A method for controlling a first and a second reverse-conducting insulated gate bipolar transistor (RC-IGBT), electrically connected in series, is disclosed. A collector of the first RC-IGBT is electrically connected to a positive pole of a direct current voltage source, and an emitter of the second RC-IGBT is electrically connected to a negative pole of the DC voltage source. Further, an emitter of the first RC-IGBT is electrically connected to a collector of the second RC-IGBT to form an alternating current terminal. A gate voltage is applied to respective gates of the first and second RC-IGBTs, wherein the gate voltage is controlled based on a magnitude and a direction of an output current on the AC terminal and on a command signal alternating between a first and a second value.
US09831861B2
A phase detection circuit includes a first sample circuit, a second sample circuit, and a third sample circuit. The first sample circuit may be configured to sample a first signal based on a first phase of a second signal to generate a first sample of the first signal and to output the first sample. The second sample circuit may be configured to sample the first signal based on a second phase of the second signal to generate a second sample of the first signal and to output second sample. The third sample circuit coupled to the first sample circuit and to the second sample circuit. The third sample circuit may be configured to sample the first sample based on a change of the second sample to generate a third sample and to output the third sample.
US09831859B2
According to an embodiment, a buffer circuit may be provided. The buffer circuit may include a first buffer configured to receive first and second external clock signals and generate a first pre-clock signal based on falling timings of the first and second external clock signals. The buffer circuit may include a second buffer configured to receive the first and second external clock signals and generate a second pre-clock signal based on raising timings of the first and second external clock signals.
US09831857B2
Devices and methods for implementing an RF integrated circuit device operatively configured to provide the function of RF power splitter with programmable output phase shift are described. Configurable and adjustable phase shift units for use in such IC device are also described.
US09831856B2
Disclosed is an electronic drive circuit and a drive method. The drive circuit includes an output; a first output transistor comprising a control node and a load path, wherein the load path is coupled between the output and a first supply node; a voltage regulator configured to control a voltage across the load path of the first output transistor; and a first driver configured to drive the first output transistor based on a first control signal.
US09831855B1
Various implementations described herein are directed to circuit. The circuit may include a first input stage having first devices and a first path for slow slew input detection. The circuit may include a second input stage having second devices and a second path for fast slew input detection. The circuit may include a separation stage that couples the second input stage to the first input stage during a first mode of operation so as to reduce power consumption of the circuit during slow slew input detection.
US09831852B2
In described examples, a transistor has: a source and a drain coupled between a supply voltage and an output terminal; and a gate terminal. A charge pump has: an output node coupled to the gate terminal; and a clock input. An oscillator is coupled to generate a clock signal. A clock enable circuit is coupled to: receive the clock signal; and selectively output the clock signal to the clock input, responsive to an enable signal. A comparator is coupled to output the enable signal in response to a comparison between a reference current and a current through a series resistor. The series resistor is coupled to the gate terminal.
US09831850B2
An acoustic wave device includes: a support substrate; a piezoelectric substrate bonded to the support substrate; a first acoustic wave element formed on the piezoelectric substrate; a frame formed on the support substrate to surround the first acoustic wave element; and a substrate formed on the frame so that a cavity to which the first acoustic wave element is exposed is formed above the piezoelectric substrate, wherein a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the support substrate and the substrate in a first direction in a surface direction of the piezoelectric substrate is less than a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the support substrate and the piezoelectric substrate in the first direction, and the piezoelectric substrate remains in a region where the first acoustic wave element is formed and is removed in a region where the frame is formed.
US09831840B2
Disclosed examples include amplifier circuits with a first stage to amplify an input voltage signal according to a first stage gain to provide a first stage output voltage signal, and a second stage to provide an amplifier output voltage signal. A bias circuit provides an amplifier bias current signal to a current mirror circuit coupled with the first stage to control a first stage bias current, and an adjustment circuit to reduce the amplifier bias current signal and increase the first stage gain when the input voltage signal is near a first supply voltage or a second supply voltage.
US09831837B2
The present disclosure includes dynamic power divider circuits and methods. In one embodiment, a dynamic power divider includes first and second quarter wave lines that receive an input signal and produce first and second signal on second terminals of the lines. Dynamic power division of the input signal uses a variable impedance circuit between the second terminal of the first quarter wave line and the second terminal of the second quarter wave line. The variable impedance may reduce impedance between two output paths as the input signal power increases or increase impedance between the output paths as the input signal power decreases.
US09831832B2
A low noise amplifier (LNA) includes a first transistor and a second transistor. A source of the second transistor is connected to a drain of the first transistor. The LNA further includes a feedback transformer. A gate of the first transistor is connected to a primary winding of the feedback transformer and a gate of the second transistor is connected to a secondary winding of the feedback transformer.
US09831826B2
The present invention provides a display substrate and a display device, belonging to the field of display technology. In view of the problem that the energy-saving techniques of an existing liquid crystal display have yet to be further developed and improved, the present invention provides the display substrate comprising photoelectric conversion element for converting light energy into electric energy and the display device including the above display substrate. According to the display substrate and the display device of the present invention, renewable light energy is converted into electric energy by using the photoelectric conversion elements to supply power to the display device, so that the energy consumption of an external power supply by the display device may be reduced, and further, non-renewable resources may be favorably saved.
US09831822B1
A telescopic mechanism arranged on a cleaning rack of a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment configured for cleaning photovoltaic panels is disclosed. The cleaning rack includes a first connecting rod, a second connecting rod, a third connecting rod and a fourth connecting rod, which are detachably connected, a first fixed rod being arranged on the first connecting rod, a second fixed rod and a third fixed rod being arranged between second connecting rod and fourth connecting rod, a fourth fixed rod being arranged on third connecting rod. Telescopic mechanism includes a first telescopic unit and a second telescopic unit, first telescopic unit is detachably-mounted between first and second fixed rods and the second telescopic unit is detachably-mounted between third and fourth fixed rods. By adopting the telescopic mechanism, photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment can automatically move from one photovoltaic panel array to another photovoltaic panel array in cooperation with obstacle crossing mechanism.
US09831820B1
A moving mechanism adapted for use on a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment for moving while cleaning one or more photovoltaic panels is disclosed, which includes a cleaning rack, a plane walking unit and a side surface walking unit. The plane walking unit drives the cleaning rack to move along a panel surface of a photovoltaic panel, and the side surface walking unit drives the cleaning rack to move along the side surface of upper edge of photovoltaic panel; the plane walking unit includes driving wheels diagonally and detachably mounted on diagonal line of cleaning rack, driving wheels driven by driving motors; side surface walking unit includes driving wheels and driven driving motors. Moving mechanism allows for more uniformly stress distribution during forward and backward movement on the photovoltaic panel. The photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment including the moving mechanism is also disclosed.
US09831812B2
This disclosure features an apparatus including a motor controller to generate control signals to control an electric motor. The motor controller includes a first saturation controller to generate a first saturation controller output based on feedback signals associated with the electric motor. The motor controller further includes a duty ratio modulator coupled to the first saturation controller. The duty ratio modulator is configured to determine activation times for a set of voltage vectors based on the first saturation controller output. The motor controller is configured to generate, at each switching cycle, a control signal based on the set of voltage vectors and the activation times for the set of voltage vectors, and provide the control signal for controlling the electric motor.
US09831807B2
A motor control apparatus includes an inverter, a driver, a negative voltage circuit, a voltage dividing circuit, and a detection unit. The inverter includes an upper-arm switching element and a lower-arm switching element to supply a voltage of a node between the upper-arm switching element and the lower-arm switching element to a motor as a phase voltage. The driver applies a first voltage or a second voltage to the upper-arm switching element to control and turn the upper-arm switching element on and off. The negative voltage circuit supplies a voltage lower than the voltage of the node to the driver as the second voltage. The voltage dividing circuit performs voltage division between the negative voltage circuit and a negative power supply. The detection unit outputs a signal based on a voltage resulting from the voltage division by the voltage dividing circuit.
US09831806B2
An inverter apparatus includes: an inverter including three high-voltage side switching elements and three low-voltage side switching elements respectively provided in three phases one by one, and driving a three-phase brushless motor; an opening and closing control unit performing controlling so as to cause an electrical angle of the motor to pass through an angle corresponding to a first combination, to rotate twice by 120° each time to one side in a rotary direction, and to rotate once by 120° to the other side in the rotary direction thereafter, by sequentially closing four combinations each of which is formed with one among the high-voltage side switching elements and one among the low-voltage side switching elements; and a detection unit detecting a conduction state of a circuit including the closed high-voltage side and low-voltage side switching elements, wherein all the high-voltage side and low-voltage side switching elements are closed at least once in the four combinations.
US09831805B2
A method for acquiring a constant torque of an ECM, the method including: A) acquiring a target torque value T0 input from external; B) when the motor is in a non-use state, operating the motor and acquiring an initial rotational speed rpm by the microprocessor; and when the motor is in an operating state, acquiring a current rotational speed rpm by the microprocessor; C) calculating a corresponding target bus current value Itad by the microprocessor using the function of a DC bus current Itad=F(T, rpm) according to the target torque T0 and acquired rotational speed rpm, in which T represents a torque value output by the motor; and D) comparing the target bus current Itad with a real-time bus current Ibus by the microprocessor in a closed-loop control according to the detected real-time bus current Ibus.
US09831796B2
An energy harvesting device harvests energy from an energy source, and includes an inductor and a control switch coupled in series, and a control module. The series connection of the inductor and the control switch is adapted to be coupled to the energy source in parallel or in series. The control module controls the control switch such that the control switch starts to operate in an ON state for a predetermined time period from a transition time point during each predetermined cycle starting from a start time point, and such that a time difference between the transition time point and the start time point is variable. The control module obtains an output power of the energy source, and adjusts the time difference such that the output power of the energy source is increased.
US09831788B2
An electronic board, in particular for a power electronics circuit such as a converter, comprises: a planar substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; at least two magnetic core elements, called the first elements, arranged on the first side of the substrate and each having at least two legs passing through the substrate; and at least two windings, arranged around at least one leg of each first magnetic core; wherein: it also comprises a second magnetic core element in the form of a plate, arranged on the second side of the substrate and in contact with respective ends of the legs of at least two first elements; the first elements, the windings and the second element forming at least two mutually decoupled magnetic circuits.
US09831787B1
Disclosed is a power converter including a generator configured to generate a sequence of output voltage waveforms, a resonant tank connected to the generator comprising at least one capacitor and at least one inductor, a transformer including a primary side connected in series with said series inductor and, the primary side being configurable to use at least one primary winding tap and a secondary side for connecting to a rectifying circuit for providing a rectified DC voltage to an output load circuit, a first switch and a second switch on the primary side connected to the primary winding, wherein the at least one primary winding is selected by the first switch or the second switch to select a different reflected output voltage by closing the first switch or the second switch.
US09831781B2
A power interface device includes a main switching converter, an auxiliary switching converter, and a feedback sense circuit. The main switching converter is coupled to an input terminal and an output terminal and configured to operate at a first switching frequency to source a low frequency current from the input terminal to the output terminal. The auxiliary switching converter is coupled to the input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the main switching converter and configured to operate at a second and higher switching frequency than the first switching frequency to source a fast transient high frequency current from the input terminal to the output terminal.
US09831780B2
A buck-boost converter includes an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch and a fifth switch, wherein the first switch is coupled between an input voltage and a first terminal of the inductor, the second switch is coupled between a reference voltage and the first terminal of the inductor, the third switch is coupled between an output voltage and a second terminal of the inductor, the fourth switch is coupled between the reference voltage and the second terminal of the inductor, and the fifth switch is connected in parallel with the third switch. When the buck-boost converter operates in a buck mode, the first switch and the second switch are turned on alternately; when the buck-boost converter operates in a boost mode, the third switch and the fourth switch are turned on alternately; and the fifth switch is controlled by a mode control signal.
US09831778B2
A first conversion circuit switches a magnitude of a voltage generated between a first output point and a reference potential point in three stages. The second conversion circuit switches a magnitude of a voltage generated between the reference potential point and a second output point in three stages. The third conversion circuit includes first to fourth switches in a full bridge configuration and converts a voltage generated between the first output point and the second output point into an alternate current voltage and outputs the alternate current voltage. The third conversion circuit forms a current path including inductors between the first output point and the second output point during a start time period from a start of supplying power from a direct current power supply until a first capacitor and a second capacitor are charged to a specified voltage.
US09831776B1
An apparatus that includes a resonant DC-DC converter with switching frequencies based on stray inductances of the physical components used to construct the apparatus. This results in a relatively high efficiency and high density DC-DC converter that, in some implementations, does not require a discrete inductor component.
US09831773B2
During operation, a protection circuit receives an input voltage representative of current delivered by a power supply phase to a load. In one configuration, the input voltage is received as the voltage across respective drain-source nodes of a synchronous switch (low side switch) disposed in a power supply. The protection circuit selectively controls conveyance of the input voltage so that damaging transient voltages on the input voltage are not passed to a downstream sampling circuit. The sampling circuit includes a capacitor circuit to store the sample of the input voltage. During operation, the sampling circuit utilizes the input voltage conveyed by the input voltage circuit to charge the capacitor with a sample voltage representative of the current. Because the sampling circuit is protected from the damaging transient voltages via the protection circuit, the sampling circuit as well as other downstream circuitry can be fabricated from a type of transistors other than those used in the input voltage circuit to facilitate more accurate current calculations using a small sized capacitor to store the sample of the input voltage.
US09831767B2
A circuit and method for providing improved load transient response in a DC-DC converter. A DCM modulator is incorporated into the converter controller to generate a DCM enable signal for the driver circuits for the converter. During normal operation, the DCM enable signal will remain in a first state and the driver circuits will operate in a continuous conduction mode. However, upon a load transient, the DCM enable signal will change to a second state and the driver circuits will operate in a discontinuous conduction mode.
US09831763B2
A discharging circuit for a power supply includes a rectifying circuit for coupling to an input filter capacitor coupled to an AC input voltage for providing a rectified AC voltage. A discharge resistor is coupled to the rectifying circuit, and a power switch and a discharging current source are coupled in series with the discharging resistor. A discharge control circuit is coupled to the discharge resistor for providing a discharge signal to cause the power switch to turn on for discharging the capacitor using the discharging current source. The discharging control circuit includes an AC voltage sampling circuit for providing a sampled rectified voltage, a signal-shaping circuit for providing a time-varying signal derived from the sampled rectified voltage, a comparator circuit for comparing the sampled rectified voltage and the time-varying signal, and a counter circuit for providing the discharge signal in response to an output of the comparator circuit.
US09831749B2
A stator of a three-phase driving type rotary electric machine has phase coils wound around teeth of a stator core. In a specific slot among a plurality of slots of the stator core in which one phase coil directly connected to a power terminal and another phase coil directly connected to a neutral point are adjacently disposed, an inter-phase distance ensuring member is disposed in a gap via which the two phase coils are adjacent, and a temperature sensor is inserted into an insertion hole provided in the inter-phase distance ensuring member.
US09831746B2
A symmetrical cooling system for an electric rotor machine that includes a passageway that is positioned between portions of the stator, and which provides a pathway for a cooling medium. Stator ducts positioned within the stator, or portions thereof, are in fluid communication with the passageway. Cooling medium may flow through the stator ducts from the passageway to ends of the stator so that the cooling medium only travels along a portion of the overall axial length of the stator. The symmetrical cooling system also includes an air gap that is positioned between the stator and the rotor, and which receives cooling medium from the passageway at a midsection of the air gap. Cooling medium received at the midsection of the air gap may then flow towards either first or second ends of the stator.
US09831741B2
Terminal mechanism, permanent magnet adjustable-speed motor and centrifugal refrigeration compressor
Disclosed are a terminal mechanism, a permanent magnet adjustable-speed motor and a centrifugal refrigeration compressor. The terminal mechanism comprises a terminal board, power supply connectors and sealing rings; the terminal board is made of steel, and the magnetic permeability μ of the steel is less than or equal to 1.31×10−6 H/m. The terminal board is a flat board having an upper surface and a lower surface, and is provided with terminal holes thereon. The sealing rings are sleeved on the power supply connectors. The power supply connectors are fixed on the terminal board through the terminal holes. The sealing rings are in sealing engagement with the terminal board, so as to reduce heat generated by an electric eddy current.
US09831737B2
A yoke housing includes a tubular case and a flange. The tubular case is formed from a metal sheet in a drawing process. The flange is formed at an end of the tubular case. The flange has a width in the lateral direction that is equal to the outer diameter of the tubular case. The flange has a base including beads and a thick portion. Each of the beads is formed by compressing the base. A portion of the base in which the beads are not formed defines a thick portion. The thick portion is located at a middle portion of the flange in the lateral direction. The beads are located on opposite sides of the thick portion in the lateral direction.
US09831721B2
A charging bracket for charging a consumer electronic product includes a first end, a second end, a connecting portion connecting the first end, a second end, a connecting portion, a first connector located at the first end and cooperating with the consumer electronic product, a second connector connecting with the first connector electrically, a coil located on the connecting portion, a wired charging loop comprising the first connector and the second connector and a wireless charging loop comprising the first connector and the coil, wherein the connecting portion is bendable to lie on a plane different from a plane defined by the first end and the second end.
US09831715B2
The invention relates to an energy supply module (1) comprising an input gate (2) for connection to a power source (4) and an output gate (3) as an interruption-free power supply, wherein the input gate (2) and the output gate (3) are through-connected separably via an electrical separating device (6), and an auxiliary energy source (10) is connected or can be connected in parallel with the input gate (2) and the output gate (3), wherein the separating device (6) is positioned between the auxiliary energy source (10) and the input gate (2), and the separating device (6) comprises a circuit arrangement having two transistors (15) and two diodes (16), wherein the transistors (15) are connected reversely in series, and a diode (16) is connected to each transistor (15), inversely to the current direction of said diode.
US09831711B2
Disclosed herein is a foreign object detector to detect a foreign object while distinguishing metal from water. The foreign object detector includes a detection coil; a transmitting circuit generating RF power of a predetermined frequency; a directional coupler outputting the RF power supplied from the transmitting circuit to the detection coil, and extracting reflected power that is a power component reflected by the detection coil; and a detection circuit receiving the reflected power extracted by the directional coupler, and detecting the foreign object by sensing a change in the frequency characteristic of the reflected power.
US09831707B2
An electric power charge and discharge system for an electronic device having a battery, by which the electronic device can be used for a long period of time. In a wireless communication device including a wireless driving portion including a first battery and a wireless charging portion including a second battery, the first battery is charged by electric power from a fixed power supply and the second battery is charged by using electromagnetic waves existing in an external space. Further, the first battery and the second battery are discharged alternately, and during a period in which the first battery is discharged, the second battery is charged.
US09831703B2
A system, topology, and methods for providing power or data to electronic devices are described generally herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. The system may include an internal power source, charging module, modem, and an external power coupling module.
US09831702B2
The present disclosure illustrates a compensation circuit of an energy storage device. The compensation circuit includes a first error amplifier, a switching unit, a first RC network, a voltage recording module and a logic control module. The switching unit selectively connects an output end, a first input end of the first error amplifier or the voltage output end. A resistance value or a capacitance value of the first RC network changes with different sensing loops of the energy storage device. When the energy storage device switches the sensing loop, a detection circuit outputs a detecting signal. The logic control module controls the switching unit to connect the first input end to the output end, and controls the voltage recording module to output a preset output voltage to the voltage output end for stabilizing a first capacitor of the first RC network.
US09831696B2
A power supply controller includes: a processor configured to control a power supply of an information processing apparatus having a plurality of batteries, wherein the processor determines residual capacities of the plurality of batteries and preferentially charges a first battery of the plurality of batteries, the first battery having a residual capacity which is equal to or below a transition-allowable residual capacity that allows a transition of the information processing apparatus from a first mode to a second mode.
US09831687B2
A signal analysis circuit for a supplying-end module includes a first voltage divider circuit, for attenuating a coil signal of a supplying-end coil; a first amplifier circuit, for obtaining parts of the attenuated coil signal higher than a reference voltage to output a half-wave signal; a first envelope detector, for performing envelope extraction on the half-wave signal to obtain a DC signal; a second voltage divider circuit, for attenuating the half-wave signal; a second amplifier circuit, for obtaining parts of the attenuated half-wave signal higher than the DC signal to output an amplified half-wave signal; a second envelope detector, for performing envelope extraction on the amplified half-wave signal to generate an envelope signal; a coupling capacitor, for filtering out the DC component of the envelope signal; a third voltage divider circuit, for combining the AC component of the envelope signal with a DC voltage to retrieve a trigger signal.
US09831676B2
A power conversion device includes: a conversion device for each phase which converts DC voltage inputted from a DC power supply, to voltage having an AC waveform to be outputted to each phase with respect to a neutral point of three-phase AC; and a control unit which controls these conversion devices. Each conversion device includes: a first conversion unit which has a DC/DC converter including an isolation transformer, and a capacitor, and which converts the inputted DC voltage to voltage containing a pulsating-current waveform corresponding to the absolute value of voltage obtained by superimposing a third-order harmonic on a fundamental wave as the AC waveform to be outputted; and a second conversion unit which has a full-bridge inverter for inverting the polarity of the voltage containing the pulsating-current waveform, per one cycle, thereby converting the voltage to voltage having the AC waveform.
US09831675B2
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system includes an inverter feed path and a plurality of bypass feed paths configured to couple to an AC voltage source such that each bypass feed path includes a switch configured to couple the AC voltage source to the load when closed. The switch in each bypass feed path may be rated to conduct current that corresponds to an output of the inverter feed path. Each bypass feed path may be coupled in parallel with each other and the inverter feed path. The UPS system may also include at least one controller coupled to a respective inverter and to a respective rectifier in the inverter feed path and a plurality of controllers. Each controller may be coupled to a respective switch such that the at least one controller and the plurality of controllers communicate with each other via at least two communication buses.
US09831673B1
A control device for power supply time of timers comprises an alternative current (AC) power source input module, a direct current (DC) power source supply module, an AC power source output module electrically connected to a load end, a relay, a central control module, a relay driver circuit, a day/night detecting module, a power supply time backward display light set, a power supply time forward display light set, a power supply time backward selection control button and a power supply time forward selection control button. Herein, by pressing the power supply time backward selection control button or the power supply time forward selection control button, one of the power supply time backward display lights or the power supply time forward display lights can be turned on such that the central control module can, based on the sunset time of the previous day as well as the configured power supply backward setting time or power supply forward setting time, postpone or advance the power supply time for the load end in the next day, and then record the sunset time of the next day so as to control the power supply time for the load end in the further next day.
US09831669B1
An apparatus may include a bus that electrically couples an electrical load to redundant power feeds. The apparatus may also include at least one capacitive component electrically coupled between first and second rails of the bus via both a conductive path and a resistive path that has substantially greater resistance than the conductive path. In addition, the apparatus may include a switching mechanism electrically coupled between the first and second rails of the bus that causes the capacitive component to charge through the conductive path until a threshold voltage on the first rail of the bus is reached. When the threshold voltage on the first rail of the bus is reached, the switching mechanism may close the conductive path and force the capacitive component to charge through the resistive path. Various other systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09831664B1
Circuit breaker panels for use in, e.g., residential and light commercial applications. The circuit breaker panels are configured to perform conventional safety functions and are also configured for remote control and monitoring. The circuit breaker panels can be constructed with remote control and monitoring capability, and circuit breaker panels lacking remote control and monitoring capability can be augmented to include remote control and monitoring capability.
US09831661B2
An electronic device comprising a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), a battery for supplying power to the PCB and at least one moisture detection sheet mounted on the PCB and the PCB shuts off power from the battery in response to detected electrical current conduction via the at least one moisture detection sheet.
US09831654B2
A splice connector, such as a twist-on wire connector, is pre-filled with a plurality of compounds arranged in a corresponding plurality of layers. When the twist-on wire connector is applied to the electrical conductors, the compounds will generally remain in the plurality of layers to thereby allow each of the compounds to perform a different, intended function.
US09831643B2
Current transformer (CT) retainers (100, 200, 300, 400) are disclosed for use in an electrical enclosure (510) for an electrical panel (500). An exemplary CT retainer includes a body that has one end portion (110, 210, 410) configured to mount onto a wall (140) of the electrical enclosure. The body of the CT retainer also includes an opposite end portion with a basket (150, 250, 350, 450) for housing a CT. The basket includes a flexible clip (160 and 180, 260 and 280, 360 and 380, or 470) which is configured to flex to allow insertion of the CT into the basket or removal of the CT from the basket.
US09831640B2
Method for manufacturing an ignition electrode for spark plugs and spark plug manufactured therewith
A method for manufacturing an ignition electrode for spark plugs for internal combustion engines and spark plug manufactured therewith. The method includes producing by powder metallurgy a green part or brown part containing the base metal or the base metal alloy, coating of a part of the surface of the green part or brown part with a mixture that contains the precious metal or the precious metal alloy in the form of a powder and a binder, removing the binder from the layer that was formed by the coating and that contains the precious metal or the precious metal alloy, and sintering the coated green part or brown part to form a composite part. The composite part can be welded as an end piece to the one end of the base-metal section of the ignition electrode.
US09831636B2
According to one embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor laser device includes a plurality of first unit stacked bodies and a plurality of second stacked bodies. The plurality of first unit stacked bodies have an emission region including a first quantum well layer and capable of emitting a first infrared light by an intersubband transition, and an electron injection region capable of transporting an electron relaxed to a mini-band level in the emission region to a downstream unit stacked body. The plurality of second unit stacked bodies have an emission region including a second quantum well layer and capable of emitting a second infrared light by an intersubband transition, and an electron injection region capable of transporting an electron relaxed to a mini-band level in the emission region of the second quantum well layer to a downstream unit stacked body. The second quantum well layer has at least one well width different from a well width of the first quantum well layer. The first unit stacked body and the second stacked body are stacked with spatial periodicity.
US09831635B2
A hybrid external cavity multi-wavelength laser using a QD RSOA and a silicon photonics chip is demonstrated. Four lasing modes at 2 nm spacing and less than 3 dB power non-uniformity were observed, with over 20 mW of total output power. Each lasing peak can be successfully modulated at 10 Gb/s. At 10−9 BER, the receiver power penalty is less than 2.6 dB compared to a conventional commercial laser. An expected application is the provision of a comb laser source for WDM transmission in optical interconnection systems.
US09831634B2
An apparatus and method of forming a chip package with a waveguide for light coupling is disclosed. The method includes depositing an adhesive layer over a carrier. The method further includes depositing a laser diode (LD) die having a laser emitting area onto the adhesive layer and depositing a molding compound layer over the LD die and the adhesive layer. The method still further includes curing the molding compound layer and partially removing the molding compound layer to expose the laser emitting area. The method also includes depositing a ridge waveguide structure adjacent to the laser emitting area and depositing an upper cladding layer over the ridge waveguide structure.
US09831632B2
A laser component includes a housing in which a first carrier block is arranged. A first laser chip having an emission direction is arranged on a longitudinal side of the first carrier block. The first laser chip electrically conductively connects to a first contact region arranged on the first carrier block and a second contact region arranged on the first carrier block. There is a respective electrically conductive connection between the first contact region and a first contact pin of the housing and between the second contact region and a second contact pin of the housing.
US09831625B2
The present invention provides a motor generator, and the motor generator comprises a permeability structure, a bearing, a hollow rotating shaft, a ringed clip and a rotatable guiding structure. The permeability structure comprises a primary permeability unit and a secondary permeability unit wherein the second permeability unit is stacked with the first permeability unit along an axial air-gap to form a symmetrical structure having a hollow shaft. The bearing is disposed inside the hollow shaft of the permeability structure. The hollow rotating shaft is passed through the hollow shaft of the permeability structure and disposed at another side of the bearing with respect to the permeability structure. The ringed clip is used for fixing the bearing and the hollow rotating shaft. The rotatable guiding structure is disposed inside the hollow rotating shaft for providing power source and transmitting signals.
US09831618B2
A terminal fitting includes a terminal body and terminal connection parts extended from the terminal body. Connection terminals each has a pair of caulking pieces, and each of the connection terminals configured to be connected to an end part of an electric wire. In each of the terminal connection parts, the connection terminal is caulked to the terminal connection part so that the pair of caulking pieces enfold outsides of a pair of caulked pieces provided on the terminal connection part in a state that a bottom face between the pair of caulking pieces faces an opening between ends portions of the pair of caulked pieces. The terminal fitting is connected to the electric wires through the connection terminals.
US09831614B2
A connector cage includes a bezel, having a plurality of slots formed therein, and a cage structure including upper and lower sides and multiple partitions extending between the upper and lower sides to define receptacles for receiving cable connectors. Multiple tabs protrude out of at least one of the sides in locations at which the tabs fit into the slots in the bezel, and are folded over the slots so as to secure the cage structure to the bezel. The cage may also include multiple snap-on spring subassemblies, each spring subassembly secured to a front end of a respective partition and comprising leaves that bow outward to contact the shells of the connectors that are inserted into the receptacles adjacent to the partition.
US09831583B2
Connector is provided that includes a plurality of first and second terminals that are arranged in parallel and include contact portions, mounting portions, and intermediate portions that connect the contact portions and the mounting portions. The contact portions are disposed along first and second columns that are mutually offset. The intermediate portion of the first terminal has an overlapping region formed along the first column so as to overlap with at least a portion of an adjacent second terminal.
US09831579B1
A method and apparatus for board-to-board circuit connection. In one example, a connector system includes a printed circuit board having a first set of electrical pads and at least one electrical component positioned between the first set of electrical pads and an adapter frame. The adapter frame includes a second set of electrical pads on a bottom surface and connected to the first set of electrical pads of the printed circuit board and a third set of electrical pads on a top surface and electrically connected to the second set of electrical pads. The adapter frame further includes a chamber configured to house the at least one electrical component and having electrical shielding that forms at least a partial Faraday cage around the at least one electrical component. A connector receptacle having a set of pins is connected to the third set of electrical pads.
US09831575B2
A circuit board assembly may include a circuit board, a first electrical terminal, and a layer of solder paste. The circuit board may include a minimum thickness, a first side, and a second side opposite the first side. The first electrical terminal may include a solder tab. The layer of solder paste may be disposed on the first side of the circuit board. The solder tab of the first electrical terminal may extend into the first side of the circuit board but not beyond the second side of the circuit board.
US09831564B1
Antenna systems and packaging methods that reduce packaging and circuit board complexities are disclosed. The antenna system includes a circuit board. The circuit board defines a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The antenna system also includes a plurality of integrated antenna elements positioned on the first surface of the circuit board. Each integrated antenna element of the plurality of integrated antenna elements includes an antenna element, a printed circuit board and a radio frequency integrated circuit chip. Each integrated antenna element of the plurality of integrated antenna elements is packaged as a three-dimensional stack package.
US09831557B2
Provided is a broadband circularly polarized antenna using a metasurface. The antenna includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate stacked on the lower substrate, a radiator, which is located between the lower substrate and the upper substrate, has a rectangular patch shape in which two triangular removed parts are formed by removing opposite corners in a triangular shape, extends so as to have a predetermined width and length from one end of a hypotenuse of one triangular removed part of the triangular removed parts, and includes an extended strip having a feed hole formed therein, and the metasurface formed on an upper surface of the upper substrate and including a plurality of unit cells. The antenna has improved performance, such as a low profile, a broadband circular polarization characteristic, a high gain characteristic, and the like.
US09831556B2
A planar antenna includes a substrate formed of a dielectric; a distributed constant line formed on a first surface of the substrate, the distributed constant line including a first end to which power is supplied and a second end that is an open end or is grounded; and at least one first resonator arranged on the first surface of the substrate and within a range in which the at least one first resonator is allowed to be electromagnetically coupled to the distributed constant line in a vicinity of any of nodal points of a standing wave of a current that flows through the distributed constant line in response to a radio wave having a certain design wavelength radiated from the distributed constant line or received by the distributed constant line.
US09831551B2
The invention relates to a reconfigurable antenna system (1), which comprises a plurality of antenna units (10) and does not employ phase shifters. Each antenna unit (10) is by itself a reconfigurable antenna having at least an active radiating element which is coupled to one or more passive radiating elements. Each antenna unit is provided with one or more variable loads (12) that can be electrically connected/disconnected to each other and with said antenna unit (10), to selectively configure the radiating properties of the system. A bias network (70) is adopted to bias the variable loads (12) and a control unit (80) allows controlling the operation of said bias network (70). Each active radiating element is fed by at least a feeding line (501) that provides it with a suitable polarization. Hence, the system can advantageously resort to multiple polarizations, each of them being provided by a same source. Preferably, each active radiating element receive its feeding signal from the source/s by means of power dividers (60) and/or switches. Preferably, each antenna unit is covered by at least a radiating structure, comprising a plurality of passive radiating elements, which does not affect the reconfigurability of the antenna unit itself and increases the overall antenna gain. The antenna system is then characterized by remarkable beam-steering capabilities and high gain, avoiding the losses and complexities related to phase shifters and overcoming the typically small antenna gain values of current reconfigurable antenna systems.
US09831545B2
An antenna device mounted on a roof surface of a vehicle roof includes a ground plate disposed on the roof surface, an antenna ground, a first antenna element, and a second antenna element. The antenna ground is disposed on a plane perpendicular to the ground plate apart from a ground plate surface by a predetermined distance in a direction perpendicular to the ground plate surface. The first antenna element, whose first base end portion is connected to a first predetermined position of the antenna ground, extends from the first base end portion to a first front end portion in a direction moving away from the antenna ground. The second antenna element, whose second base end portion is connected to a second predetermined position of the antenna ground, extends from the second base end portion to a second front end portion in a direction moving away from the antenna ground.
US09831536B2
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a temperature sensor and a case. The plurality of battery cells are aligned in one direction. The temperature sensor has a first surface contacting at least one battery cell of the plurality of battery cells to measure a temperature of the at least one battery cell. The case presses against a second surface of the temperature sensor opposite to the first surface of the temperature sensor. In the battery module, the contact between the first surface of the temperature sensor and the battery cell is maintained by the case. Accordingly, the temperature sensor can precisely measure the temperature of the battery cell, thereby improving the safety of the battery module.
US09831532B2
The present application provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery that includes, a cathode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, an anode capable of being electrochemically doped/dedoped with lithium, and an electrolyte placed between the cathode and the anode, wherein the electrolyte contains at least one of fluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (1) and difluoro ethylene carbonate represented by Chemical Formula (2) as a solvent and the ratio of a discharge capacity B during discharging at a 5C rate to a discharge capacity A during discharging at a 0.2C rate ((B/A)×100) is 80% or more.
US09831529B2
A lithium metal battery including: a lithium negative electrode including lithium metal; a positive electrode; and an electrolyte interposed between the lithium negative electrode and the positive electrode, wherein the electrolyte contains non-fluorine substituted ether, which is capable of solvating lithium ions, a fluorine substituted ether represented by the following Formula 1, and a lithium salt, wherein an amount of the fluorine substituted ether represented by Formula 1 is greater than an amount of the non-fluorine substituted ether, R—{O(CH2)a}b—CH2—O—CnF2nH Formula 1 wherein R is —CmF2mH or —CmF2m+1, n is an integer of 2 or greater, m is an integer of 1 or greater, a is an integer of 1 or 2, and b is 0 or 1.
US09831528B2
A manufacturing method according to the present invention includes: preparing a positive-electrode active material including sulfate ions by 0.04 mmol/m2 to 0.16 mmol/m2 per unit specific surface area; manufacturing a positive electrode by use of the positive-electrode active material including sulfate ions; manufacturing a negative electrode by use of a negative-electrode active material; assembling a battery assembly by accommodating the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte including lithium difluoro bis-oxalate phosphate in a battery outer case, wherein an additive amount (μmol) of the lithium difluoro bis-oxalate phosphate in the nonaqueous electrolyte is determined so as to satisfy Formula (I); and performing a charging process on the battery assembly at least once.
US09831527B2
An electrolyte for a lithium battery, a lithium battery including the electrolyte, and a method of preparing the electrolyte for a lithium battery. The electrolyte for a lithium battery includes a non-aqueous organic solvent; and about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt % of lithium nitrate (LiNO3) based on a total weight of the non-aqueous organic solvent. By using the electrolyte for a lithium battery, lifespan cycle properties of the lithium battery may be improved.
US09831526B2
The present invention provides a lithium secondary battery, wherein a peak at 167 to 171 eV and a peak at 160 to 164 eV are present in XPS analysis of sulfur on a negative electrode surface (S2p), and P169/P162 is in the range of 0.7 to 2.0 wherein the P169/P162 is the ratio between the intensity of the peak at 167 to 171 eV (P169) and the intensity of the peak at 160 to 164 eV (P162).
US09831515B2
A system and method for recovering an output of a fuel cell is provided. The system and method for recovering an output of a fuel cell includes: an output recovering device connected to a fuel cell stack through at least one coolant heater line; and a vehicle controller configured to communicate with the output recovering device and control supply of a coolant, air, and hydrogen to the fuel cell stack. The output recovering device also includes a current supplier configured to supply a current to the fuel cell stack and a controller configured to communicate with the vehicle controller and control the current supplied from the current supplier.
