US09833841B2
A cutting method for an inner circumferential face or an outer circumferential face of a work using a cutting tool projecting from a main shaft which turns around a predetermined position serving as a center and for which a turning radius is adjustable, wherein a table that supports the work is set in a rotating central axis that is coaxial with a turning central axis of the main shaft, and the table is rotated in a direction opposite to a turning direction of the main shaft to increase a cutting velocity. The cutting method allows an increase to the cutting velocity under simple control.
US09833838B2
A composite particle comprises a core, a shielding layer deposited on the core, and further comprises an interlayer region formed at an interface of the shielding layer and the core, the interlayer region having a reactivity less than that of the core, and the shielding layer having a reactivity less than that of the interlayer region, a metallic layer not identical to the shielding layer and deposited on the shielding layer, the metallic layer having a reactivity less than that of the core, and optionally, an adhesion metal layer deposited on the metallic layer, wherein the composite particles have a corrosion rate of about 0.1 to about 450 mg/cm2/hour using an aqueous 3 wt % KCl solution at 200° F. An article comprises composite particles, wherein has a corrosion rates of about 0.1 to about 450 mg/cm2/hour using an aqueous 3 wt % KCl solution at 200° F.
US09833832B2
The invention relates to a riveting tool for setting blind rivet nuts and/or blind rivet screws, comprising a drive piston which is able to be hydraulically adjusted from an initial position toward an end position, a pull rod which is releasably and operatively connected to the drive piston and which is able to be adjusted by the drive piston from a rivet receiving position into a setting position and a coupling element fixing the pull rod and a drawing mandrel to one another in the longitudinal axial direction. In order to provide a riveting tool of the type mentioned above by which uniform setting processes of rivets may be carried out with a high degree of repeated accuracy, it is provided that the riveting tool for fixing the setting position has an adjusting unit with a stroke-limiting element which is axially adjustable relative to the coupling element in the longitudinal axial direction of the pull rod, said stroke-limiting element being in engagement with the coupling element via a stop surface in the setting position.
US09833826B2
A press forming method presses and forms a formed part including: a top portion having a projecting outer edge, a part of the projecting outer edge projecting outward; and a flange portion that formed by bending along the projecting outer edge of the top portion. The press forming method includes: a first forming step of forming, at a region of a blank material in which the flange portion is to be formed, a preformed part including a vertical wall portion to be a part of the flange portion and a trough portion that is bent outward from the vertical wall portion and recessed on a side of the top portion; and a second forming step of forming the flange portion by bending a region including the trough portion of the preformed part formed in the first forming step.
US09833823B2
A method for producing a metal strip, in which the strip is rolled in a multi-stand rolling mill, is removed behind the final rolling stand of the rolling mill in the direction of conveyance, and is cooled in a cooling device. The strip or metal sheet is subjected to additional rapid cooling immediately after passing the working rollers of the final rolling stand, wherein the strip or the metal sheet is cooled at least partially within the extent of the final rolling stand in the direction of conveyance, wherein rapid cooling is performed by applying a coolant to the strip or metal sheet from above and from below, wherein the volume flow of coolant that is applied to the strip or metal sheet from below measures at least 120% of the volume flow of coolant that is applied to the strip or metal sheet from above.
US09833817B2
A gas purge unit includes an intake nozzle 28, a pivotable body 31, and an O-ring 35. The intake nozzle 28 has a nozzle opening 26 flowing out a cleaning gas. The pivotable body 31 is arranged in ring shape to surround a cylindrical projection 28b of the nozzle 28, and is provided with a contact part 34 capable of detachably contacting with an intake port 5 on a tip portion of the pivotable body 31. The ring-shaped O-ring 33 is held between a rear end of the pivotable body 31 and a base portion 28a of the nozzle 28 in a compressively elastically deformable manner along a longitudinal direction of the cylindrical projection 28b.
US09833815B2
Conveying system for transporting a material flow (M) comprising a large number of individual objects (O1, O2, . . . ), characterized in that with the conveying system, by means of optical detection of individual objects (O1, O2, . . . ) in the material flow (M), for these objects (O1, O2, . . . ) respectively the location position (x(t),y(t)) thereof at several different times (t−4, t−3, . . . ) can be determined and by means of the location positions (x(t),y(t)) for these objects (O1, O2, . . . ) determined at the different times (t−4, t−3, . . . ), respectively the location (xb(tb),yb(tb)) thereof at at least one defined time (tb) after the respectively latest of the different times (t−4, t−3, . . . ) can be calculated.
US09833813B2
The invention relates to an ultrasonic motor having a bracket, a plate-shaped ultrasonic actuator arranged in the bracket, said ultrasonic actuator having two opposing main surfaces and at least four side surfaces connecting the main surfaces to one another, and an element to be driven, wherein the ultrasonic actuator is pressed against the element to be driven, and the bracket comprises a first frame that supports the ultrasonic actuator and a second frame in which the first frame is supported and guided by bearing elements, and the bearing elements are pressed elastically against the first frame by the second frame. According to the invention, the first frame is pressed against the main surfaces of the ultrasonic actuator via the bearing elements, thus preventing or reducing movements of the ultrasonic actuator in a direction vertical to the main surfaces.
US09833807B2
A fluid dispense tip includes a bevel at an opening to reduce the amount of surface tension, or “land”, at the opening. The bevel is formed by grinding in a longitudinal direction such that any tooling scars resulting from the grinding operation are likewise longitudinally oriented, further reducing the amount of surface tension in the tip, thereby leading to heightened dispensing accuracy. The tip may be machined from stock as a unitary piece, to increase its lifetime, and may be formed with a bore of a relatively large diameter that is tapered down to a smaller diameter near the tip opening, to allow for delivery of fluid through the tip body at a decreased pressure. A cleaning tool may be provided for removing residual material from the inner surfaces of the tip. A removable liner sleeve may be provided within the bore to reduce the effective inner diameter of the dispense tip.
US09833806B2
The present disclosure is directed to a microfluidic die that includes a plurality of heaters above a substrate, a plurality of chambers and nozzles above the heaters, a plurality of first contacts coupled to the heaters, and a plurality of second contacts coupled to the heaters. The plurality of second contacts are coupled to each other and coupled to ground. The die includes a plurality of contact pads, a first signal line coupled to the plurality of second contacts and to a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and a plurality of second signal lines, each second signal line being coupled to one of the plurality of first contacts, groups of the second signal lines being coupled together to drive a group of the plurality of heaters with a single signal, each group of the second signal lines being coupled to a remaining one of the plurality of contact pads.
US09833801B2
A dispenser for viscous products, including: a container for a product, a sealing cap designed to be screwed onto the container, a pipette, and a piston capable of causing a suction of the product into the pipette, the dispenser being arranged such that, when the cap is screwed onto the container, the unscrewing of the cap in the direction of opening of the dispenser causes, by itself, a movement of the piston producing the suction.
US09833789B2
The present invention is a processing device, such as a macerator for use in processing various types of food products, that includes an automatic adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a roller disposed within the macerator. The mechanism includes a controller operably connected to a motor that can move the roller within the macerator to vary the position of the roller with respect to another roller located in the macerator. Inputs to the controller are used to control the operation of the motor to move the roll into a desired configuration associated in a storage medium in the controller with a particular food product to be processed. The input to the controller can also be used to simultaneously adjust the position of other components of other processing devices in a food processing system, such as an injector to remove the need for individually adjust each device in the system. Also, the controller can utilize other devices on the macerator to dynamically adjust the position of the rollers in response to the individual food products being treated in the macerator.
US09833788B2
The invention describes powders for use in the production of spatial structures, i.e. molded bodies, using layer build-up methods, as well as methods for their efficient production. The powders have the special feature that they have good flow behavior, for one thing, and at the same time, have such a composition that the molded body that can be produced with the powder, using rapid prototyping, has significantly improved mechanical and/or thermal properties. According to a particularly advantageous embodiment, the powder has a first component that is present in the form of essentially spherical powder particles, which is formed by a matrix material, and at least one further component in the form of stiffening and/or reinforcing fibers, which are preferably embedded in the matrix material.
US09833785B2
A method of forming a processor disk for a processor of materials may include providing a disk blank with a central portion and a perimeter portion, with the perimeter portion extending between the central portion and a circumference of the disk blank, the perimeter portion having a perimeter surface; and applying material to the perimeter portion of the disk blank to form a plurality of teeth on at least the perimeter surface of the perimeter portion. A processor disk may include a disk blank with a central portion and a perimeter portion, with the perimeter portion extending between the central portion and a circumference of the disk blank and having a perimeter surface divided into opposite side surfaces by a circumferential edge; and a plurality of teeth formed on the perimeter surface through application of material to the perimeter surface.
US09833781B2
An example micro-fluidic device includes a micro-fluidic channel having an inner surface and a plurality of pillars positioned along the inner surface. The device further includes a plurality of power supplies connected to the pillars. Another example micro-fluidic device includes a micro-fluidic channel having an inner surface and a plurality of pillars positioned along the inner surface. The device further includes a power supply. The pillars are grouped into at least two groups of pillars, each group of pillars including at least two pillars, and all pillars of at least one group of pillars are connected to the power supply. In another example, a sensing system for detecting bioparticles includes a micro-fluidic device, wherein a surface of each pillar comprises functionalized plasmonic nanoparticles or functionalized SERS nanoparticles, a radiation source for radiating the micro-fluidic device, and a detector for detecting SERS signals or surface plasmon resonance.
US09833780B2
Microfluidic devices having superhydrophilic bi-porous interfaces are provided, along with their methods of formation. The device can include a substrate defining a microchannel formed between a pair of side walls and a bottom surface and a plurality of nanowires extending from each of the side walls and the bottom surface. For example, the nanowires can be silicon nanowires (e.g., pure silicon, silicon oxide, silicon carbide, etc., or mixtures thereof).
US09833779B2
This invention relates to methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting pipette tip integrity.
US09833773B2
A catalyst according to the present invention exhibits a catalytic action to a methanol decomposition reaction or a hydrocarbon steam-reforming reaction in a short time. The present invention provides a catalyst for producing hydrogen gas, using an Ni3Si-based intermetallic compound.
US09833772B2
Multilayer substrates for the growth and/or support of CNT arrays are provided. These multilayer substrates both promote the growth of dense vertically aligned CNT arrays and provide excellent adhesion between the CNTs and metal surfaces. Carbon nanotube arrays formed using multilayer substrates, which exhibit high thermal conductivity and excellent durability, are also provided. These arrays can be used as thermal interface materials.
US09833766B2
Crosslinked polymer particles having a) a proportion of particles having a particle size of 150 to 300 μm of at least 20% by weight, b) a free swell rate of the entirety of the polymer particles FSRoverall of at least 0.25 g/g·s, c) a difference ΔFSR of at least 0.15, d) a centrifuge retention capacity CRC of at least 25.0 g/g, and e) a permeability of the swollen gel bed SFC of at least 90×10−7 cm3·s/g are disclosed.
US09833761B2
De novo synthesized large libraries of nucleic acids are provided herein with low error rates. Further, devices for the manufacturing of high-quality building blocks, such as oligonucleotides, are described herein. Longer nucleic acids can be synthesized in parallel using microfluidic assemblies. Further, methods herein allow for the fast construction of large libraries of long, high-quality genes. Devices for the manufacturing of large libraries of long and high-quality nucleic acids are further described herein.
US09833760B2
A method for preparing high-temperature, active particle-containing steam. The method includes: 1) preparing steam; selecting one or several non-oxidizing gases as a working gas; ionizing the working gas into a plasma working medium by using a plasma generator; and 2) injecting the plasma working medium into a high-temperature steam generator to form high-temperature ionized environment while introducing the steam into the high-temperature steam generator for allowing the steam to contact with the plasma working medium so that the steam is heated and activated to form active particle-containing steam. A device for preparing the high-temperature, active particle-containing steam is also provided.
US09833758B2
The present disclosure concerns a ventilation system to be applied to a micronizer, in such a way that the ventilation does not prevent nebulization, rather it disperses it in an environment that for example is to be sterilized. Thanks to a particular configuration, the ventilation system is also resistant to water present in the environment to be sterilized.
US09833752B2
The present invention relates to a radiation-resistant microporous membrane having a hydrophobicity gradient, to a method for the preparation thereof, and to the use of the membrane in the sterilizing filtration of gaseous fluids or as a liquid barrier in liquid-containing systems to be vented.
US09833749B2
The present invention relates to a composite separation membrane that is applicable to carbon dioxide separation and recovery processes. The composite separation membrane includes a coating layer composed of graphene oxide and a bile acid or its salt on a porous polymer support. The composite separation membrane of the present invention, which includes a coating layer composed of graphene oxide and a bile acid or its salt, has both high carbon dioxide permeability and high selectivity for carbon dioxide over nitrogen, hydrogen or methane gas, is free of surface defects, and maintains a stable structure without deterioration of its performance even after long-term use. Due to these advantages, the composite separation membrane of the present invention can be applied to industrial fields involving carbon dioxide separation and recovery processes. The present invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the composite separation membrane.
US09833727B1
The present invention is a single oilfield treatment vessel for removing water, solids and gas from crude oil. The vessel functions to replace three separate normally used vessels: a gas separator, a free water knockout vessel and a heater treater. The present vessel functions more efficiently than the three vessels it replaces by virtue of its superior internals and efficiency based design. It pays for itself more quickly by increasing the quality and value of the effluent fluids and by reducing installation and operating costs.
US09833720B2
A system for launching a toy projectile from a clip connector. The toy projectile has elongated arm elements and elongated leg elements. The toy projectile is launched from a clip connector launcher. The clip connector launcher has a housing with a top opening, side openings, and an internal divider. The elongated arm elements and the elongated leg elements from the toy projectile are inserted into the top opening of the clip connector housing. The elongated arm elements mechanically interlock with the side openings in the clip connector housing when in a fully engaged position. The leg elements are spread by the divider within the clip connector housing when in the fully engaged position. The elongated arm elements and the elongated leg elements store spring energy that releases to accelerate the toy character out and away from the clip connector housing.
US09833716B2
A web content sharing method, and a web content providing apparatus and a receiving terminal for web content sharing. In the web content sharing method according to an exemplary embodiment, the web content providing apparatus separates a plurality of web content items from a web page, disperses and moves the separated web content to each of the receiving terminals, and synchronizes the dispersed and moved web content between the receiving terminals.
US09833711B2
A server device and the like that can make a whole game and SNS more active by promoting the movement of players between groups to enhance the mobility of game participants. A server device comprises: an information storage unit for storing information of a game in which a plurality of players are able to participate and which includes a battle event; and a control unit for accessing the information and executing an operation related to the game. The server device executes a predetermined step that includes performing, when a first player transfers from a first group to a second group, payment and receipt of transfer points as compensation for the transfer between at least two out of the first player, the first group, and the second group.
US09833710B2
A computer-implemented method and system are provided for ensuring the integrity and security of digital shuffles of cards or objects across multiple entities and/or jurisdictions. All entities participating in the shuffle can optionally review the forensic data to ensure that the shuffle was legitimate and that no other entity prematurely peeked at another entity's private hand.
US09833705B2
A game apparatus includes a CPU, the CPU judges a motion of a player on the basis of a cycle of a load value input from a load controller, and selectively displays an animation of a player object according to the motion. Furthermore, the CPU controls a moving amount or a moving velocity of the player object on the basis of the load value input from the load controller, and controls a moving direction of the player object according to a barycentric position of the player detected by the load controller.
US09833704B2
A game control device according to the present invention includes: a correlator configured to correlate a plurality of objects with each of a plurality of users including a first user and a second user; a setter configured to set a plurality of object groups including more than one object selected from the plurality of objects correlated with each of the plurality of users for each of the plurality of users; an associator configured to associate each of the plurality of object groups set by the setter, with a group type; an executor configured to execute a battle game between an object group of the first user and an object group of the second user; a determiner configured to determine a group type of the object group of the second user before the battle game is executed; and a selector configured to select an object group of the first user from the plurality of object groups set for the first user, the object group of the first user applied to the battle game, the object group of the first user associated with the group type that is determined by the determiner.
US09833687B2
In an aspect, a foot-deck based vehicle is provided, comprising a foot-deck, a front wheel arrangement, a rear wheel arrangement and a biasing member. The foot-deck has a front end and a rear end. The front wheel arrangement is proximate the front end. The rear wheel arrangement is proximate the rear end. The foot-deck has a first foot-deck portion and a second foot-deck portion that is rearward of the first foot-deck portion and that is movable relative to the first foot-deck portion. The second foot-deck portion extends rearward of the rear wheel arrangement. The biasing member biases the second foot-deck portion towards a home position relative to the first foot-deck portion. The second foot-deck portion is moveable from the home position downward to a biased position so as to store potential energy in the biasing member such that the biasing member urges the first foot-deck portion upward.
US09833685B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for enhancing the appearance and function of sports equipment. Systems include a mounting pad apparatus for attaching a variety of decorative or functional image exhibits. The disclosed apparatus may be configured to receive image exhibits of different sizes through the arrangement of slideable components, caddies, and other attachment arrangements. Systems, apparatus, and methods are also disclosed for decoratively and functionally enhancing sports equipment items such as sports boards by securing electronic image exhibits that communicate with users and other devices.
US09833684B2
A sports helmet comprises a single-piece plastic shell, an occipital shock absorber attached to the inner surface of the shell in the rear region to at least partially overlie an occipital area of the head, an inflatable occipital pad removably attached to the inner surface of the shell in the rear region and positioned between the inner surface of the shell and the lateral padding assembly to push the occipital shock absorber forward when the occipital pad is inflated. The occipital pad comprises a top sheet and a bottom sheet bonded together, a plurality of inflatable pockets formed in the top sheet and fluidly connected through channels formed in the top sheet, a valve assembly for inflating the plurality of inflatable pockets, the valve assembly bonded to the bottom sheet. The valve assembly extends through a hole in the shell for inflation.
US09833675B2
A batting swing trainer, including a laser for generating a laser beam, a photodetector spaced apart from the laser so as to define a swing space through which a batter swings a bat and for detecting and sensing disruptions in the laser beam, and a microcontroller. The system further includes a speaker for emitting audible signals in relation to which a batter attempts to time swings and a user interface for a user to input pitch data into the microcontroller. When a batter swings a bat through the swing space so as to disrupt said laser beam, the microcontroller detects and measures changes in the laser beam and calculates bat speed, a ball contact time, and the difference between the contact time and the target time, and then provides to the user a visual indication of the effect of the swing.
US09833669B2
A golf club head comprising at least one weight port and a cam weight sized to reversibly lock into the weight port is disclosed herein. The weight port includes a floor, a wall, a first seating tab extending from the wall, and a second seating tab extending from the wall, but no openings communicating with an interior of the golf club head. The cam weight, which preferably is composed of a single material, includes a cylindrical body, a first helical wing, a second helical wing, and a tool engagement feature. The helical wings give the cam weight a keyed shape, which matches the shape of the weight port when the seating tabs are taken into account.
US09833650B2
A exercise ball device can include a ball and one or more panels supported by the ball. The ball can be substantially rigid and the at least one panel can be soft or resiliently deformable. The exercise ball can include a belt for guiding and positioning the one or more panels on the ball.
US09833647B2
An apparatus, operations controller and methods for controlling unmanned aerial vehicles for detection, prevention and suppression of fires in a designated zone are presented. Monitored information is received and analyzed to detect a presence of a fire event or a fire risk in the designated zone. A cargo unmanned aerial vehicle is directed to a vicinity of the fire event or the fire risk and instructed to deploy a fire retardant or a fire suppressant at a location of the fire event or the fire risk, if the presence of the fire event or the fire risk is detected.
US09833646B2
A fire protection cuff having a coat made of fire-resistant material and a strip made of intumescent material is characterized in that the coat includes a flexible mat, which is folded over around at least one of the longitudinal edges of the intumescent strip, so that the coat surrounds the intumescent strip at least on one large face and one of the two longitudinal edges.
US09833645B2
A personal air filter device with an air filter assembly retained in the air filter holding member is disclosed. An ear support member is attached to the air filter holding member and can be hung over the ear of the user to support the air filter holding member. Alternatively, a clip member attached to the air filter holding member can be utilized to attach the device to the user's clothing or accessories. An air tube assembly extends from the air filter holding member to the mouthpiece for the purpose of breathing filtered air flowing through the air filter assembly. An air intake check valve situated near the end of the air tube attached to a mouthpiece retaining member and an air outflow check valve situated near the outer surface of the mouthpiece retaining member to ensure exhaled air is directed out of the device and is not reinhaled.
US09833628B2
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media that facilitate monitoring the integrity of telemetry connectivity between an implantable device and an external device are provided. In one embodiment, an implantable device includes a monitoring component that monitors advertisement signal information identifying an amount of advertisement signals transmitted to the external device within a defined time period, and telemetry session information identifying an amount of the telemetry sessions that are established between the external device and the implantable device within the defined time period. A connectivity assessment component of the implantable device further determines whether a telemetry connectivity problem exists between the external device and the implantable device based on a degree of miscorrelation between the advertisement signal information and the telemetry session information.
US09833626B2
An implantable medical device (IMD) is configured to be implanted within a patient. The IMD may include a controller configured to adjust a communication frequency, a housing formed of an electrically common material, and an insulating cover coupled to the housing. The insulating cover may include one or both of at least one opening or at least one thinned area over portions of the housing. Multiple sub-electrodes are formed in the housing through the opening(s) or the thinned area(s).
US09833620B2
An implantable processor arrangement is described for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) system implanted under the skin of a patient. An implantable communications coil arrangement is configured for transdermal transfer of an implant communications signal. An implantable processor is coupled to and controls the implantable communications coil arrangement so as to operate in two different communications modes. In a normal operation mode, the processor configures the communications coil arrangement for peridermal communication with an external communications coil placed on the skin of the patient immediately over the implantable communications coil arrangement. In a long range telemetry mode, the processor configures the communications coil arrangement for extradermal communication with an external telemetry coil located distant from the skin of the patient immediately over the implantable communications coil arrangement.
US09833612B2
Various examples are provided for securing deep brain stimulation (DBS) leads. In one example, among others, a DBS cap for securing a DBS lead includes a base ring adapted to be mounted within a counterbore opening formed in the skull, a lead securing element that mounts to the base ring, and. a top cover that mounts to the base ring. In another example, a method for securing a DBS lead includes forming a counterbore opening in the skull, securing a DBS cap within the counterbore opening, passing a DBS lead through the DBS cap and the counterbore opening and positioning a tip of the lead in brain tissue, and securing the DBS lead to the DBS cap using an adhesive. The skull opening includes a lower bore, a concentric upper bore, and a step positioned at the interface of the upper and lower bores.
US09833606B2
The present disclosure relates to clamps for controlling the flow of liquid through a fluid circuit. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to flow control clamps that can be substantially irreversibly secured in a closed position, thereby preventing reopening of the flow path of the tube and providing a sterile closure.
US09833605B2
A fluid transfer system includes packaging having a body with a sidewall extending between an open top end and a bottom end and defining an interior cavity, and at least one protrusion extending radially inward from the sidewall into the interior cavity. The system also includes a fluid transfer device including an inner member and an outer member surrounding at least a portion of the inner member. The inner member having a first position where the inner member is configured to rotate freely relative to the outer member and a second position where rotation of the inner member relative to the outer member is restricted in a first rotational direction. The fluid transfer device also including a locking arrangement configured for cooperating with the at least one protrusion to prevent rotation of the inner member relative to the outer member upon an application of a compressive force on the packaging.
US09833604B2
A delivery adapter which may be used as an interface between a syringe and a catheter hub is described.
US09833593B2
The present invention relates to a catheter for treating ectopic pregnancy, of which one end is inserted into the fallopian tube through the vaginal cavity, and the other end is exposed to the outside of the body, wherein the catheter comprises: at least one passage portion forming a liquid passage entering through the one end or the other end; a penetrative portion connected to the one end, and including a foremost end for penetrating the gestational sac; and a connecting portion connected to the other end, and capable of being coupled to at least one syringe tool for injecting or suctioning the liquid. Accordingly, side effects from open surgery can be prevented, and excellent treatment effects can be obtained by more safely and quickly treating ectopic pregnancy.
US09833589B2
An apparatus and method for supplying anesthetic agent to an anesthesia system. The system is connecting detachably with at least two such apparatuses. The apparatus includes a storage volume for a liquid anesthetic agent and a space for evaporating the liquid agent. The apparatus also includes a gas inlet port for receiving a fresh gas for mixing with evaporated agent and a gas outlet port for conducting the gas mixture including evaporated agent to the system. The apparatus also includes a logic circuit for controlling anesthetic agent supply and an apparatus signal connector to exchange information. The apparatus signal connector includes at least one first apparatus contact for receiving from the system a signal indicating whether anesthetic agent supply is allowed or prevented, and a second apparatus contact to indicate that this apparatus is configured to supply anesthetic agent.
US09833586B2
An intubation assistance instrument includes: an elongated assistance instrument main body to be inserted into a target site of a patient from a mouth cavity or a nasal cavity of the patient; a guide member detachably attached to the assistance instrument main body, the guide member having a guide portion into which an intubation tube is to be inserted when the intubation tube is intubated into the target site of the patient, the guide portion capable of guiding the intubation tube to the target site; and a lock mechanism that locks the guide member to the assistance instrument main body when the guide member is attached to the assistance instrument main body.
US09833585B2
Systems and methods for improving the heart rate coherence and/or heart rate variability of a subject use a respiratory therapy device to provide breathing cues that prompt a subject to breathe such that various respiratory and coronary parameters are aligned, for example in phase.
US09833576B2
Sensor assembly comprising a first rotary sensor part with a plurality of individual electrically conducting sensor areas arranged in a pattern, a second rotary sensor part arranged rotationally relative to the first portion, the second part comprising a plurality of contact structures adapted to be in contact with conducting sensor areas on the first sensor rotary part. The contact structures are configured to engage and connect different sensor areas as the first and second part of the rotary sensor rotate relative to each, the created connections being indicative of a rotational position between the first and second portions. One of the contact structures is an actuatable contact structure being axially moveable relative to the first portion and having a connected position in which the actuatable contact structure is in contact with a sensor area and a disconnected position in which the actuatable contact structure is not in contact with a sensor area.
US09833574B2
The present invention relates to a spring-loaded medical injection device for automatically ejecting set doses of a drug having an injection button (10). The injection device comprises a housing having a dose setting member (20) for straining an injection spring when setting the size of the dose to be injected and a release element (30) for releasing the strained injection spring to eject the set dose. The injection button (10) is movable in a distal direction against the bias of a return spring (1) and movable in a proximal direction by the force of the return spring (1). Further, the injection button (10) moves with it the release element from a first position to a second position. The release element (30) is further coupled to the injection button (10) by a plurality of fingers (31, 15) which disengages the injection button (10) from the release element (30) in the first position and engages the injection button (10) with the release element (30) in the second position, such that the injection button (10) can move a distance axially independently of the release element (30) in the first position and the injection button (10) and the release element (30) move axially together in the second position.
US09833571B2
An integrated diabetes management (IDM) system includes a safety layer which, in one configuration has two components, one located between a glucose sensor and a controller and a second component located between a controller and a pump, to monitor various aspects of signals and modify those signals for compatibility and safety purposes. In one application, the safety layer receives output control signals from a controller and modifies those control signals as a function of an actual amount of insulin delivered to the user. The safety layer allows for an increased level of safety in the IDM system and permits development of separate hardware and software upgrades with the safety layer assuring that compatibility between components will continue.
US09833570B2
Techniques are used for adaptation of drug-administration parameters that control insulin delivery in a blood glucose control system. One technique provides long-term adaptation of a nominal basal infusion rate, adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs due to growth, illness, hormonal fluctuations, physical activity, aging, etc. Another technique provides adaptation of priming dose size at mealtimes for overall better glycemic control and also adapting to longer-term changes in a patient's needs. Adaptation calculations use a receding-horizon window of recent values of the adapted parameter. Doses of a counter-regulatory agent (e.g., glucagon) may also be delivered in response to information about estimated accumulation of exogenously infused insulin (subcutaneously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, or intravenously) and/or the effect insulin might have on glucose levels (blood glucose concentration or interstitial fluid glucose concentration).
US09833569B2
A removable power supply cover assembly (116) for an infusion pump is disclosed. The assembly includes a housing body configured to removably attach to an infusion pump, a conductor assembly (1020) attached to the housing body, a power supply contact assembly, and a spring (1002) attached to the power supply contact assembly and the conductor assembly. An electrical coupling between a power supply to the conductor assembly is formed through the spring.
US09833567B2
An infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir assembly configured to contain an infusible fluid. A motor assembly is configured to act upon the reservoir assembly and dispense at least a portion of the infusible fluid contained within the reservoir assembly. Processing logic is configured to control the motor assembly. A primary power supply is configured to provide primary electrical energy to at least a portion of the processing logic. A backup power supply is configured to provide backup electrical energy to the at least a portion of the processing logic in the event that the primary power supply fails to provide the primary electrical energy to the at least a portion of the processing logic.
US09833565B2
The invention relates to an assembly that includes an infusion set and a patch intended for receiving a pump for the transcutaneous administration of a product, said patch including an adhesive portion and a non-adhesive portion, the assembly being characterized in that said set includes patch-guiding elements and sliding elements intended for sliding along the guiding elements.
US09833563B2
Systems for managing pressure in a fluid reservoir chamber of a fluid infusion device are provided. For example, a fluid infusion device is provided. The fluid infusion device comprises a housing defining a reservoir chamber for receiving a fluid reservoir. The fluid infusion device also comprises a drive system contained within the housing for dispensing fluid from the fluid reservoir. The fluid infusion device comprises a pressure management system at least partially defined in the reservoir chamber to manage air pressure in the reservoir chamber.
US09833560B2
An intravenous (IV) set system comprising a primary IV set defining a primary flow line of the IV set system. The primary flow line can include multiple access points along its length and feeds to a merging fluid pathway proximate to the distal terminus of the primary IV set. At least one secondary IV set with corresponding flow lines can be separably joined to the primary IV set to cause the secondary flow lines to be in fluid communication with the primary flow line. At least one of the IV sets can have a unique set of uniform marking indicia to facilitate rapid identification of the IV sets from other IV sets within the IV set system. Such marked and identified primary and/or secondary IV sets can be allocated to specific medical functions and/or can be for use by specific medical personnel to thereby minimize risk of error in administration of an IV to a patient. The IV set system can further comprise a merging fluid pathway about a primary IV set.
US09833546B2
A method for manufacturing an implantable film and a prosthesis comprising such a film The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a non porous film intended to be implanted in the human body, said method comprising the following steps: preparation of a first film, called intermediate film, via gelling of a starting solution comprising at least one polymer selected in the group consisting of collagen, glycosaminoglycans, and mixtures thereof, immersion of said intermediate film in an alkaline composition comprising at least one C1-C4 alcohol, drying of the film obtained at the end of the immersing step. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a prosthesis comprising a textile support and such a film.
US09833541B2
The invention discloses a hemostatic composition comprising crosslinked gelatin in particulate form suitable for use in hemostasis, wherein the composition is present in paste form containing 15.0 to 19.5% (w/w), preferably 16.0 to 19.5% (w/w), 16.5 to 19.5% (w/w), 17.0 to 18.5% (w/w) or 17.5 to 18.5% (w/w), more preferred 16.5 to 19.0% (w/w) or 16.8 to 17.8% (w/w), especially preferred 16.5 to 17.5% (w/w), and wherein the composition comprises an extrusion enhancer.
US09833540B2
The present invention relates to nanofibrillar polysaccharide hydrogels for use in the prevention and control of scarring and contraction in connection with wound healing or tissue repair.
US09833539B2
The present invention discloses a ε-polylysine hydrogel and the preparation method and application of the as-described ε-polylysine hydrogel. The polylysine hydrogel is non-toxic to a recipient, and has biodegradability and biocompatibility. The wound tissue healing material prepared by the present invention can be used in wound tissue adhesion in an efficient, stable, safe manner.
US09833537B2
A calcium-based bone cement formula having a powder component and a setting liquid component with a liquid to powder ratio of 0.20 ml/g to 0.50 ml/g is provided, wherein the powder component includes tetracalcium phosphate. The bone cement formula further contains, based on the total weight of the bone cement formula, 0.01-1% of poly(acrylic acid) having a repeating unit of —(CH2—C(COOH)H)n-, wherein n=50-50000.
US09833534B2
A freshener device includes a clip, a carrier, and a carrier retainer. The carrier is provided with odor emitting substances, odor eliminating substances and/or insect repellent. The carrier retainer secures the carrier to the clip, and the clip may be used to secure the device to an ancillary object so as to expose the carrier for controlling odor within a region of space near the ancillary object. Some embodiments enable removably securing the device to at least one air-directional controller exhaust vent louver of a vehicle air conditioning unit to control odor within the passenger compartment of the vehicle. Other embodiments enable interchangeable and replaceable components to provide various utilitarian and aesthetic features.
US09833530B2
A volatile material dispenser includes a housing and a dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing for emitting a volatile material. A faceplate is attached to the housing and provides an aesthetically pleasing look to the volatile material dispenser.
US09833528B2
Methods and compositions for the treatment of biofilms and/or the inhibition of biofilm formation. In one embodiment, a biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation is inhibited by a method comprising contacting a biofilm or a surface with a bifunctional ligand comprising a quorum-sensing-peptide-binding region and a protease-binding region, whereby the biofilm is treated and/or biofilm formation on the surface is inhibited.
US09833525B2
An apparatus for sanitizing a point-of-contact surface may include a housing configured to be affixed about at least a portion of said point of contact. The housing may have an interior in or through which the point of contact may be accessed and an anterior opening for access to the interior. The apparatus may further include one or more sources of a sanitizing agent, such as germicidal light, configured to direct the sanitizing agent toward a location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed. One or more of an anterior dome, an inner surface, and a posterior surface may also be configured to reflect the sanitizing agent toward the location where at least a portion of the point-of-contact surface may be disposed.
US09833523B2
Compositions and methods for evaluating a pharmacokinetic property of an ophthalmic agent administered by intravitreal injection are provided.
US09833519B2
Described herein is the finding that patients with Sjögren's syndrome exhibit a statistically significant increase in expression of BMP6 in the salivary gland, relative to healthy control subjects. Also described herein is the finding that overexpression of BMP6 in the salivary glands of mice results in an increase in electrical potential across the salivary gland. Thus, provided herein are methods of diagnosing a subject as having Sjögren's syndrome, or at risk for developing Sjögren's syndrome, by measuring the level of BMP6 expression in a salivary gland of a subject, measuring electrical potential in a salivary gland of a subject, or both. Also provided herein are methods of treating a subject with Sjögren's syndrome by administering an agent that inhibits expression of BMP6 expression or activity. Also described herein is the use of XIST and MECP2 as diagnostic and therapeutic targets for male Sjögren's syndrome patients.
US09833513B2
Concentrated, low-viscosity, low-volume liquid pharmaceutical formulations of proteins have been developed. Such formulations can be rapidly and conveniently administered by subcutaneous or intramuscular injection, rather than by lengthy intravenous infusion. These formulations include low-molecular-weight and/or high-molecular-weight proteins, such as mAbs, and viscosity-reducing ionic liquids.
US09833512B2
This document provides methods and materials related to using inhibitors of IL-9 signaling in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat cancer (e.g., solid tumors). For example, methods and materials for using inhibitors of IL-9 signaling (e.g., anti-IL9 antibody preparations) in conjunction with chemotherapy to treat cancer (e.g., solid tumors such as breast cancer tumors or colon cancer tumors) or to reduce the growth rate of cancer (e.g., solid tumors such as breast cancer tumors or colon cancer tumors) within a mammal are provided.
US09833510B2
A solid or semi-solid pharmaceutical dosage form comprising non-steroidal-anti-inflammatory drugs, in particular propionic acid derivatives such as ibuprofen, along with a second active ingredient having a shorter therapeutically effective plasma concentration duration, such as phenylephrine, and methods of administering the same are provided. This method provides improved therapeutic effect, in particular pain relief along with decongestant relief, over extended time periods.
US09833506B2
The present invention provides screening methods which may be regarded as in vitro or ex vivo methods of interrogating the immune system to understand what viral antigens are “seen” and responded to by T cells of the immune systems during viral infection. The screening methods further link in vitro or ex vivo responses to progression of infection in subjects.
US09833504B2
An in vitro process of preparing virus-like particles (VLPs) from recombinant papaya mosaic virus coat protein and ssRNA, which allows for large scale production of VLPs in high yields, is provided. Also provided are VLPs comprising ssRNA prepared by the in vitro process. The VLPs can be used as adjuvants and when fused to an antigen, as vaccines. The use of the VLPs for stimulation of the innate immune response is also provided.
US09833500B2
Binding agents that modulate the immune response are disclosed. The binding agents may include soluble receptors, polypeptides, and/or antibodies. Also disclosed are methods of using the binding agents for the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US09833496B2
The invention relates to the fields of biochemistry, pharmacy and oncology. The invention particularly relates to the use of novel stem cell markers for the isolation of stem cells. The invention further relates to the obtained stem cells and their use in for example research or treatment, for example, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of damaged or diseased tissue.In one of the embodiments, the invention provides a method for obtaining (or isolating) stem cells comprising optionally preparing a cell suspension from a tissue or organ sample, contacting said cell suspension with an Lgr 6 or 5 binding compound, identify the cells bound to said binding compound, and optionally isolating the stem cells from said binding compound.The invention further relates to means suitable for cancer treatment and even more specific for the treatment of cancer by eradicating cancer stem cells.
US09833494B2
The present invention provides peptides and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for appetite suppression and weight control. Preferred peptides are calcitonin analogs preferably with specific amino acid changes to make the peptide more amylin-like.
US09833487B2
In some embodiments, a composition for the treatment and inhibition or prevention of arthritic diseases includes an extract of mixed herbs, the mixed herbs including an active ingredient with Lonicera japonica THUNB and Anemarrhena asphodeloides BUNGE.
US09833481B2
The invention is a method of applying a joint inducing protein preferably BMP-9 or BMP-3 to an ossification center in order to create a joint, articular cartilage, or an endochondral cap. The ossification center may be one that occurs naturally such as in the case of amputation, wound healing or fracture, or, it may be artificially induced by the application of an ossification center inducing protein, which may include other BMP family proteins such as BMP-2, BMP-4 or BMP-7. Further, this invention is a method of producing joints, or joint-like structures in vitro by application of BMP-9 to cells derived from tissue regions capable of producing ossification centers, such as digit-derived fibroblasts.
US09833479B2
The present disclosure is in the field of genome engineering, particularly targeted integration of a functional SCID-related genes (e.g., IL2RG, RAG1 and/or RAG2 gene) into the genome of a cell for provision of proteins lacking or deficient in SCID.
US09833470B2
A dialysis acid precursor assembly including: a dry dialysis acid precursor composition including sodium chloride, a dry acid and a magnesium chloride 4.5-hydrate (MgCl2.4.5H2O), a calcium salt and at least one of a potassium salt, calcium salt and an anhydrous glucose, and a moisture-resistant container having a water vapor transmission rate less than 0.2 g/m2/d at 38° C./90% RH, wherein the dry dialysis acid precursor composition is sealed in the container.
US09833463B2
The present invention provides for a sitagliptin tannate complex or a pharmaceutical compositions or a pharmaceutically acceptable intermediates comprising said complex. This invention also relates to a processes to prepare the sitagliptin tannate complex as well as to methods of using the sitagliptin tannate complex to treat diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure.
US09833460B2
Disclosed are aqueous pharmaceutical compositions which provide sustained released delivery of corticosteroid compounds. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an insoluble corticosteroid; a soluble corticosteroid; and at least one viscosity enhancing agent. Also provided are methods for using the pharmaceutical compositions in an epidural injection, intra-articular injection, intra-lesional injection, or an intra-ocular injection.
US09833455B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds of the Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, as kinase modulators, compatible with the Type-II inhibition of kinases.
US09833448B2
The present invention is directed to piperidinone carboxamide azaindane derivatives which are antagonists of CGRP receptors and useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases in which the CGRP is involved, such as migraine. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and the use of these compounds and compositions in the prevention or treatment of such diseases in which CGRP is involved.
US09833440B2
The present disclosure provides substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes, of Formula I D-M-D (Formula I) useful as antiviral agents. In certain embodiments disclosed herein M is a group —P-A-P— where A is Certain substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes disclosed herein are potent and/or selective inhibitors of viral replication, particularly Hepatitis C virus replication. Pharmaceutical compositions/and combinations containing one or more substituted aliphanes, cyclophanes, heteraphanes, heterophanes, hetero-heteraphanes and metallocenes and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are also provided by this disclosure. Methods for treating viral infections, including Hepatitis C viral infections are provided by the disclosure.
US09833438B2
A pharmaceutical or cosmetic composition comprising an Indigo Naturalis or Indigo-producing plant extract for treating atopic dermatitis and any form of eczema, and a method of treating atopic dermatitis comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an Indigo Naturalis or Indigo-producing plant extract to a subject in need thereof are described.
US09833434B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of skin conditions by administration of a cyclolignan such as picropodophyllin and/or a derivative, metabolite, analog, prodrug, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or hydrate thereof.
US09833430B2
This invention relates to compositions and methods for the therapy and diagnosis of neurodegenerative or neuromuscular disorders. More particularly, this invention relates to use of anaplerotic agents for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset of a neurodegenerative or neuromuscular disorder.
US09833428B2
Ingenol angelate is a potent anticancer agent, and can be stabilized by dissolving it in an aprotic solvent in the presence of an acidic buffer.
US09833426B2
An agent for enhancing NO production, comprising citrulline or a salt thereof and serine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. An agent for preventing or ameliorating vascular endothelial malfunction, comprising citrulline or a salt thereof and serine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient. An agent for preventing or ameliorating a symptom caused by vascular endothelial malfunction, comprising citrulline or a salt thereof and serine or a salt thereof as an active ingredient.
US09833423B2
Disclosed are 1,3-Dioxoindene derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof or enantiomers, a preparation method thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of viral diseases, comprising the same as an active ingredient. The 1,3-Dioxoindene derivatives have excellent inhibitory activity against picornaviruses including coxsackie-, entero-, echo-, Polio-, and rhinoviruses, as well as exhibiting low cytotoxicity, so that they can be useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of viral diseases including poliomyelitis, paralysis, acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis, viral meningitis, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular disease, hepatitis A, myositis, myocarditis, pancreatitis, diabetes, epidemic myalgia, encephalitis, cold, herpangina, foot-and-mouth disease, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, sinusitis or otitis media.
US09833418B2
The present invention relates to transdermal therapeutic systems that include an occlusive back layer impervious to an active substance, a single or multilayer matrix, and a peelable protective film. The matrix or at least one of the matrix layers includes a pharmaceutical active substance or a plurality of pharmaceutical active substances in the form of at least one pharmaceutically consumable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically consumable, alkaline reacting oxide.
US09833412B2
This invention pertains to a multi-layered tablet for a triple combination release of active agents to an environment of use. More particularly, the invention pertains to a multi-layered tablet (1) comprising two external drug-containing layers (2 and 3) in stacked arrangement with respect to and on opposite sides of an oral dosage form (4) that provides a triple combination release of at least one active agent. In one embodiment of the invention the dosage form is an osmotic device. In another embodiment of the invention the dosage form is a gastro-resistant coated core. In yet another embodiment of the invention the dosage form is a matrix tablet. In a different embodiment the dosage form is a hard capsule.
US09833388B2
The present invention relates to a curable dental material, to a cured dental material producible therefrom by polymerization, to a method for producing the curable or cured dental material and to the use of the curable or cured dental material.
US09833385B2
A device detects the removal of drugs from a drug blister pack. The device has a base for receiving the drug blister pack and a base surface which is configured for contact with the electrically conducting foil that doses the pockets of the blister pack. In the region of the pockets, the base has holes that are configured for the passage of the drugs present in the pockets, every hole being arranged in the region of one of the pockets. A coil is arranged in the region of each of the holes and extends around the respective hole, in particular exclusively the respective hole. A detector unit is provided which produces an electrical field and/or magnetic field in the region of one or more holes by one of the coils and analyzes the voltage or the current on at least one of the coils extending around the hole.
US09833381B2
A bag having two accesses, an inlet and an outlet, both containing closing devices for releasing or stopping the flow of a liquid that flows into or out of the bag. The inlet has a filtering element for retaining particles possibly produced by the coring phenomenon which can occur when the spike of the inlet ruptures the plug of the bottle. Also provided is a safety device used for permanently attaching the bottle to the inlet.
US09833378B2
A system for improving cardiac output of a patient suffering from pulseless electrical activity or shock and yet displays myocardial wall motion including: a sensor to detect myocardial activity to determine the presence of residual left ventricular pump function having a contraction or ejection phase and a filling or relaxation phase, a device to prompt the application of or apply a compressive force repeatedly applied to the chest based on the sensed myocardial activity such that the compressive force is applied during at least some of the ejection phases and is ceased during at least some of the relaxation phases to permit residual cardiac filling, thereby enhancing cardiac output and organ perfusion.
US09833376B2
A walking assistance method may include: computing an amount of exercise of a user based on a biosignal of the user; adjusting a pattern of an assist parameter based on the amount of exercise; and/or generating a force corresponding to the amount of exercise, based on the adjusted pattern. A walking assistance apparatus may include: a pattern adjuster configured to compute an amount of exercise of a user based on a biosignal of the user; and/or a driver configured to generate a force corresponding to the amount of exercise based on a pattern of an assist parameter based on the amount of exercise.
US09833369B2
The present disclosure relates to patient support systems, such as hospital beds, and particularly to reconfigurable patient support systems movable among a number of different positions. The present disclosure further relates to control algorithms and interfaces for use in patient support systems.
US09833367B2
A module element for a vehicle, in particular a public transport vehicle such as a bus or train, comprises a lower component and an upper component connected to the lower component at an interface. The essentially identical lower component can be combined with different upper components.
US09833365B2
The invention relates to a breast wrap for absorbing fluid secreted from a wearer's breasts. In one embodiment the breast wrap comprises a panel of material, means for fastening the panel in a continuous band, one or more absorbent regions on a first side of the panel, and first and second adjustment means independently operable to adjust the tightness of the band along first and second adjustment regions proximate the top and bottom of the band respectively. In use, the wrap is configured to wrap around a wearer's chest and substantially cover the wearer's breasts with the one or more absorbent regions covering the wearer's nipples and the first and second adjustment regions positioned above and below the wearer's breasts respectively. In another embodiment, the breast wrap comprises one or more absorbent panels removably attached to a first side of the first panel and, in use, the one or more absorbent panels cover the wearer's nipples.
US09833364B2
A disposable Cast and Intravenous (IV) Medical Shower System for protecting casted and/or IV therapy injected appendages from moisture while a patient is showering or bathing. A plurality of embodiments are disclosed, including a variety of sizes and colors for a variety of users for a variety of applications to accommodate a variety of limbs and afflictions such as wounds with or without a bandages, IV or drain lines, and fixed casts. One embodiment of the system is characterized by flexible stretch vinyl in a tubular shape with only one opening, which creates a water tight seal between the appendage and the system. Additionally, the midsection torso embodiment has an optional pocket on the inside surface (facing the skin) that is used for housing a medical device such as an insulin pump or pocket health monitor. Finally, the process for making and using the system is described in full detail.
US09833337B2
A cage device includes a first support member which has a bone contact surface and from which depend side surfaces that are provided with ratchet teeth. The first support member ratchets with a ratchet member, which in turn ratchets with a ratchet wall, such that the first support member and the ratchet member are movable independently of each other and form a multiple sliding mechanical mechanism.
US09833332B2
A technique for harvesting bone graft material for spinal and other fusion surgeries. In the disclosed embodiment, a bone cutting blade is placed in a disc space between two vertebrae to be fused. The blade cuts into the vertebrae and forms solid segments of autologous bone inside each vertebra. Each bone segment is urged out of its associated vertebra until a first portion of the segment enters the opposite vertebra, an intermediate portion spans the disc space, and a second portion remains in the associated vertebra. Each segment thus forms a strut graft to promote a healthy and permanent fusion. In another embodiment, a wire is placed in the disc space and rotated to cut grooves in the vertebrae, causing a slurry of morselized cortical and cancellous bone to ooze into a cage that is placed in the disc space. The slurry heals to fuse the vertebrae solidly and permanently.
US09833330B2
Intervertebral disc prostheses and methods of use. An intervertebral disc prosthesis for installation in a spinal column may include a first intervertebral plate, a second intervertebral plate, and a removable insert core. The first intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the inferior vertebral endplate and the inferior ring apophysis of a superior vertebral body. The second intervertebral plate may engage one or both of the superior vertebral endplate and the superior ring apophysis of an inferior vertebral body. The removable insert core is located between and engages the intervertebral plates. A projection projects from one of the intervertebral plates toward the other intervertebral plate. The removable insert core at least partially surrounds the projection when installed. The removable insert core is removable from between the intervertebral plates and from around the projection while the intervertebral plates and projection remain installed.
US09833328B2
A method of resurfacing a facet joint with a facet implant system. The facet joint includes a superior facet and an inferior facet that are adjacent to each other and movable with respect to each other. A first facet implant component is provided that has a first visualization marker. The first visualization marker includes a first marker section and a second marker section. The first marker section is oriented at an angle with respect to the second marker section. The first facet implant component between the superior facet and the inferior facet. A location and an orientation of the first facet implant component are determined using an imaging technique that locates the first visualization marker.
US09833327B2
An method includes creating a first bore and a second bore in a glenoid region of a scapula offset from each other by a first distance. A glenoid component is provided that includes a base component having a bearing surface and a first peg and a second peg each extending from a scapula-facing side of the base component and being positioned in non-parallel orientation with respect to each other. At least one of the first peg and the second peg is flexed so that a first end portion of the first peg and a second end portion of the second peg are offset by a second distance which corresponds to the first distance. The first end portion of the first peg and the second end portion of the second peg are then advanced into the first bore and the second bore, respectively.
US09833323B2
The present invention relates to a knee joint prosthesis having a tibial component and a femoral component. The tibial component includes a fixation portion fixed to an upper end of a prepared tibia and a ceramic bearing portion presenting articulation surface(s). The femoral component is fixed to a lower end of a prepared femur and comprises a ceramic body portion presenting articulation surface(s). The respective articulation surfaces of the tibial and femoral components are configured for essentially congruent engagement over a full range of movement of the prosthesis, and the bearing portion of the tibial component is adapted for movement relative to the fixation portion. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a method for finishing articulation surfaces of ceramic components of a knee joint prosthesis, including the steps of combining the ceramic bearing portion and the ceramic body portion, and imparting relative movement to the bearing portion and/or the body portion.
US09833320B2
Systems for and methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint are provided which may include an implant adapted to be inserted into the joint space defined by the bones of a sacrum and an ilium and a delivery tool for inserting the implant into the sacroiliac joint. The method may include delivering the implant into the SI joint in a first position and transitioning the implant from the first position to a second position in situ. The implant may be configured such that in the second position the implant generally mimics a shape of the joint space of the sacroiliac joint. The implant may further include an actuation mechanism configured to cause the implant to transition from the first position to the second position. The actuation mechanism may include a hydraulic, pneumatic, geared or screwed mechanical arrangement.
US09833306B2
There is described a method, a system, and a device for the anchoring of and into a corpus disposed distally in a conduit by engaging a stranded tube with the corpus and unwinding the wound threads of the stranded tube into unwound threads. Engagement includes the use of handling and manipulation shaft to dispose the stranded tube proximally, distally, or in the interior to the corpus. Unwinding, of the stranded tube is achieved by rotating a tube tool against the stranded tube. Unwinding liberates the helically coiled unwound strands in “corkscrew” rotation into the corpus. Proximal retrieval of a corpus is achieved by proximal retrieval of the stranded tube anchoring the corpus. An unwound stranded tube is operable as a fastener, as an electrical lead, and as a support for a device.
US09833292B2
The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for removing volumes in the body of a patient using a robot attached to a passive structure and to a device to carry out said methods.The present invention further concerns a device suitable to carry out the methods according to the present invention.
US09833290B2
The present invention relates to a convenient, minimally invasive surgical instrument, and more particularly to a minimally invasive surgical instrument to allow a user to operate an end effector by manipulating a handling unit or the like to perform a minimally invasive surgery in a delicate and convenient manner. According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a minimally invasive surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; an end effector being connected to one end of the shaft via a joint unit; a rotation manipulation unit being connected to the other end of the shaft, the rotation manipulation unit comprising a gyro link including a gyro wheel; and a plurality of wires being connected between the joint unit and the gyro wheel, wherein the end effector carries out joint motion by the joint unit according to the action of at least some of the plurality of wires caused by a manipulation of the gyro wheel.
US09833289B2
A substantially radiolucent cranial stabilization pin is adapted for use with a fixture for immobilizing a patient's head during a medical procedure. The pin includes a tip and a body, which are secured together to form the pin. The tip and body are constructed from non-ferrous, non-magnetic materials that are biocompatible. The tip and body are safe for use with, and compatible with, imaging techniques including MR imaging and CT imaging. In some examples the tip is a titanium insert and the body is molded within and around at least a portion of the tip. In some versions, the tip includes a hollow portion and one or more projections extending within the hollow portion. The molded body flows into the hollow portion and around the one or more projections of the tip creating a secure pin suitable to withstand torque and axial forces observed in use.
US09833286B2
Disclosed is a microwave antenna assembly that includes proximal and distal radiating sections and a junction member. The proximal radiating section includes inner and outer conductors and DC power and neutral conductors. The inner conductor is disposed within the outer conductor and the DC power and neutral conductors are disposed radially outward therefrom. The junction member mates the distal and proximal radiating sections such that the distal and proximal radiating sections are positioned relative to one another. The junction member further includes a microwave signal amplifier (MSA) that receives a signal at a first energy level from the inner and outer conductors and a DC power signal from the DC power and neutral conductors. The MSA amplifies the signal from the first energy level to an additional, greater energy level. The junction member provides the microwave signal at the additional energy level to the proximal and distal radiating sections.
US09833284B2
A medical pump includes first and second compartments, which are configured to accept respective first and second containers of fluid to be pumped to a medical device, and a paddle, which is fitted between the first and second compartments. The pump additionally includes a control module, which is configured to drive the paddle to alternate between first time periods in which the paddle applies pressure to the first container so as to pump the fluid therefrom, and second time periods in which the paddle applies the pressure to the second container so as to pump the fluid therefrom.
US09833280B2
A jaw of a grasping treatment device includes a non-contact portion having a space between it and a distal treatment section in a state where an abutment portion abuts on the distal treatment section, and the non-contact portion includes a wall surface portion inclined so that it is extended toward a distal treatment section side as it is extended away from the abutment portion. A movement regulating portion is provided in a region of the non contact portion located closer to the abutment portion than a continuous surface which forms an edge of the non-contact portion. The movement regulating portion located in the first wall surface portion regulates a movement of a grasp object along the jaw axis direction.
US09833275B2
Various methods and devices are provided for tensioning a tether. In one embodiment, a tether tensioning device is provided and includes a tensioning mechanism adapted to couple to a tether extending along a path between at least two bone anchors implanted in adjacent vertebrae. The tensioning mechanism can be adapted to apply a tensioning force to the tether along the path of the tether to thereby move the tether along the path. The device further includes an actuation mechanism movably coupled to the tensioning mechanism such that the actuation mechanism is adapted to effect movement of the tensioning mechanism to control the tensioning force applied to the tether.
US09833268B2
A reduction jack for placing a spinal rod within a rod channel of a bone fixation screw includes a mounting stem having a tubular body, a plurality of teeth disposed on the body, a pair of legs projecting from the body, and catches disposed on the legs for engaging the bone fixation screw. A reduction sleeve at least partially encircles the mounting stem. A gear assembly is mounted on the reduction sleeve and engages the teeth on the body such that manipulation of the gear assembly facilitates movement of the reduction sleeve along the mounting stem. A first pawl is pivotably mounted to the reduction sleeve and resiliently biased against the teeth on the body, the first pawl being pivotable between a first position where the first pawl engages the teeth on the body and a second position wherein the first pawl does not engage the teeth on the body.
US09833266B2
The present invention relates to an implantable vertebral arthrodesis device (1) for fusing an overlying vertebra and an underlying vertebra, the device comprising an anterior portion (2) having upper and lower bearing zones (2a, 2b) suitable respectively for receiving lower and upper portions (3, 6) of upper and lower laminae (4, 7) of the overlying and underlying vertebrae (5, 8), said zones (2a, 2b) being spaced apart by a minimum height h (h1) for maintaining intervertebral spacing; rigid retaining devices (9) arranged relative to the anterior portion (2) so as to block migration of said anterior portion (2) towards the spinal canal; a posterior portion (10) in connection with said anterior portion (2), including a main housing (11) having first and second openings (11a, 11b) facing each other and suitable for receiving in part the spinous processes (12, 13); and a granular osteosynthesis material arranged in said main housing (11).
US09833263B2
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that include one or more features for indicating the relative positioning of the receiver member and the shank, or for selectively maintaining the receiver member and the shank in a fixed relative position. For example, the head of the shank can include a surface feature that interacts with a drag ring to provide tactile or audible feedback when the shank is positioned at a particular orientation with respect to the receiver member. By way of further example, the head of the shank and a compression cap disposed in the receiver member can each include engagement features that cooperate to allow for selective locking of the orientation of the shank with respect to the receiver member.
US09833256B1
A surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure includes an instrument body, an ultrasonic transducer assembly extending along a longitudinal axis, a power cord, and a transducer slip joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is rotatably mounted within the instrument body about the longitudinal axis and defines a first outer profile. The power cord projects from the instrument body to provide electrical power to the ultrasonic transducer assembly for operating an acoustic waveguide. The transducer slip joint is positioned between the power cord and the ultrasonic transducer assembly and electrically and mechanically connects the power cord to the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The ultrasonic transducer assembly selectively rotates relative to the power cord for inhibiting the power cord from winding upon rotation of the ultrasonic transducer assembly. The transducer slip joint also defines a second outer profile that fits within the first outer profile of the ultrasonic transducer assembly.
US09833253B1
A platform of devices for removing obstructions and other objects within a blood vessel or other interior lumen of an animal is provided. The system may be deployed in the lumen from a catheter(s) and the system includes a proximal hub, and a distal basket comprised of a plurality of cells. A number of different baskets designs are disclosed. Methods of manufacturing such baskets out of a single tube of a memory metal without the need for any welding or soldering, and methods of use are also disclosed.
US09833252B2
An obstruction removal device is described having a retrieval component used to engage an obstruction within the vasculature and a sheath component that is capable of inverting to fold over the obstruction and the retrieval component. The sheath component helps contain the obstruction and minimizes trauma to the blood vessel during the removal process.
US09833250B2
An apparatus for treating hemorrhoids including a first member having a proximal portion, a distal portion and a window formed therein to receive tissue. A third member is operably connected to the second member and movable between a first position and a second position, the third member having a clamping surface movable to the second position to provide a clamping force on tissue received through the window. Movement of the second member in a distal direction moves the third member in the distal direction toward the second position, the third member movable in a distal direction until such movement is limited due to contact and compression of tissue within the window, the second member continuing movement in the distal direction after movement of the third member in the distal direction has been limited.
US09833238B2
A retainer for assembling tissue thickness compensators to a surgical stapler can comprise a grip, a first surface for supporting a first tissue thickness compensator, a second surface for supporting a second tissue thickness compensator, and clips for aligning and attaching the retainer to the surgical stapler. The clips may align and attach the retainer to a staple cartridge of the surgical instrument. The clips may align the retainer with an anvil of the surgical instrument. An insertion tool may be used in combination with the retainer to insert the retainer into the surgical stapler and to push the tissue thickness compensators against the anvil and/or the staple cartridge of the surgical instrument.
US09833217B2
An ablation catheter includes a tubular catheter body having a lumen, a tip portion, a liquid inlet, at least one liquid outlet, a liquid flow path defined between the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet, and an ablation element mounted on the tip portion of the catheter body. A rotationally-scanning ultrasound assembly is disposed within the lumen of the catheter body adjacent the tip portion. The ultrasound assembly includes an ultrasound transducer having an active face, an acoustic mirror acoustically coupled to the active face of the ultrasound transducer, and an impeller positioned in the liquid flow path and operably coupled to at least one of the ultrasound transducer and the acoustic mirror to impart rotational motion thereto when a liquid flows through the impeller.
US09833215B2
A method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images of an object are provided. An x-ray beam source is moved by a control unit on a path into a plurality of positions, in which an x-ray beam is transmitted. An x-ray beam detector is moved by the control unit into a plurality of positions, in which the x-ray beam, penetrating the object, is detected. The x-ray beam source and/or the x-ray beam detector are moved on a calculated path around the object, at a constant distance between the x-ray beam source and the x-ray beam detector or the object. The path is described by an nth degree polynomial and determined by the control unit through an optimization of a path along the central x-ray beam. The polynomial is selected such that a safety clearance with respect to the object is maintained and a distance between the x-ray beam detector and the object is minimized.
US09833211B2
According to one embodiment, an image analysis device (24) includes a parameter value acquisition unit (24b), a color allocation unit (24c) and a time phase image generation unit (24d). The parameter value acquisition unit acquires a parameter value per pixel, on the basis of time variation of pixel values per pixel corresponding to the same region of an object in image data of a plurality of sequential DSA images. The color allocation unit generates a color map in which a (chromatic) color in accordance with the parameter value is allocated per pixel corresponding to the same region of the object. The time phase image generation unit generates color image data of time phase images respectively corresponding to a plurality of time phases, by reflecting information in accordance with pixel values of the DSA images to each pixel of the color map.
US09833208B2
There are provided a gantry with an opening having a central axis inclined so that the opening is directed obliquely downward, a chair disposed obliquely below the gantry, and having an inclined surface for supporting a patient M so that the central axis of the opening and a body axis A of the patient M become parallel, and a chair moving mechanism for driving at least one of the gantry and the chair to insert the patient M into the opening parallel to the central axis of the opening of the gantry. Thus, images can be picked up of the patient M in a comfortable position safely and efficiently.
US09833206B2
Disclosed herein is a mobile fluoroscopic imaging system, and methods of use. A table top imaging system can include a support, an x-ray source carried by the support, an x-ray detector carried by the support and positionable at a distance from the source; a primary x-ray propagation axis extending between the source and the detector. The distance between the source and the detector can be adjustable along the axis, and the axis can be angularly adjustable throughout an angular range.
US09833205B2
Provided is an X-ray output apparatus including an X-ray output unit including a plurality of X-ray sources and configured to output parallel X-ray beams, a shield on which positions that are capable of blocking the output parallel X-ray beams and positions that are capable of transmitting the parallel X-ray beams are variable, and a control unit configured to control the output of the parallel X-ray beams in the X-ray output unit and the positions through which the parallel X-ray beams are transmitted in the shield.
US09833194B2
A patient support apparatus includes a computer supported thereon that acts as a thin client for at least one network service available on a remote network to which the patient support apparatus has access. The thin client architecture of the patient support apparatus enables the patient support apparatus to dynamically change its functions, algorithms, features and other aspects more easily. The thin client architecture may be applied to generating alerts, performing maintenance functions, analyzing sensor data—including, but not limited to—weight sensors used to detect weight distributions on the patient support apparatus, implementing patient care protocols, performing patient assessments, accumulating information for billing, and monitoring patient movement. The patient support apparatuses may also function as local WiFi hotspots and/or as software access points to the healthcare network and/or the Internet. One or more Software-as-a-Service applications may run on the patient support apparatus.
US09833192B2
The described physiology sensor is worn on a single finger to capture one or more different physiological signals and has a sensor body including first and second raised mounds, protruding from its surface and being longitudinally spaced-apart such as to define a transverse air gap therebetween. The mounds each retain electrodes which abut palmar surfaces of the single finger. The sensor also has one or more physiological sensing devices housed within the body, including a skin conductance sensing device. The sensor can also have at least one of a temperature sensing device, and a photoplethysmography sensing device. A processor is housed within the body and communicates with the electrodes and the sensing devices to apply an electrical excitation thereto, and to process the physiological measurements.
US09833191B2
A computer-based method includes receiving, from a computer-based user interface, user-specified information about one or more events influential on the user's blood glucose level, generating, with a computer-based processor, a plurality of estimated trajectories of the user's blood glucose level as influenced by the one or more events, receiving a set of data that represents actual blood glucose measurements for the user, and identifying, with the computer-based processor, which of the estimated trajectories represents a best fit to the set of data that represents the actual blood glucose measurements for the user. At least some of the actual blood glucose measurements occurred later in time than a start time of the one or more events influential on the user's blood glucose level. A computer-based system is provided for implementing the method.
US09833176B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US09833174B2
A method for determining hearing thresholds in the absence of pure-tone testing includes an adaptive speech recognition test which includes a calibrated item pool, each item having a difficulty value (di) and associated standard error (se). Test items are administered to a group of individuals having mild to moderately severe hearing loss to obtain responses. The responses are subjected to multiple regression statistical methods to develop an equation for converting an individual's test score to hearing threshold values at several frequencies. The adaptive speech recognition test can be administered to an individual and their score can be converted into hearing thresholds at each of the several frequencies by use of the equation.
US09833171B2
In a multi-sensor system and method of monitoring vital body signals during movement of a body of a human or an animal, acceleration sensors are placed at body locations in such a way that an acceleration angle change induced by the vital body signals differs between the at least two acceleration sensors. The retrieval of the vital body signals is achieved by extracting a wanted vital body signal based on measurement results from multiple sensors that may be motion contaminated. Three retrieval schemes are proposed, each with preferred sensor locations that provide optimal performance of retrieving the vital body signal(s).
US09833167B2
A system for superimposing virtual anatomical landmarks on an image includes a medical positioning system (MPS) for producing location readings with respect to points within a region of interest in accordance with an output of a location sensor disposed in a medical device. A coordinate system of the MPS is registered with an image coordinate system. A control unit receives a signal from a user to record a location reading when the medical device is at a desired point in the region of interest where the user desires to place a virtual landmark, modifies the recorded location reading for motion compensation, transforms the motion-compensated location reading from the MPS coordinate system to the image coordinate system to produce a target location, and then superimposes a representation of the virtual landmark on the image at the target location.
US09833162B2
Provided is an atrial fibrillation detection system which can reduce the burden on a test subject, with which it is possible to detect even paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and which can be used in the home, contributing to early detection of atrial fibrillation. This atrial fibrillation detection system detects the presence of atrial fibrillation in a subject, and is provided with a heartbeat period measurement means that measures heartbeat periods of the heart; a normalized heartbeat period computation means that computes normalized heartbeat periods DR(N) from heartbeat periods of the heart measured by the heartbeat period measurement means; an abnormal normalized heartbeat period cumulation means that, from among a prescribed number of successive normalized heartbeat periods DR(N), adds up the count of abnormal normalized heartbeat periods that have an absolute value exceeding a normal heartbeat period value; and a comparison/determination means that compares the cumulative count of the abnormal normalized heartbeat periods and a normal cumulative count threshold value, and in the event that the cumulative count of the abnormal normalized heartbeat periods exceeds the normal cumulative count threshold value, determines that atrial fibrillation has occurred.
US09833153B2
A method for inflating a cuff of a non-invasive blood pressure measurement apparatus includes obtaining a plurality of pressure values of the cuff at a plurality of time points; calculating a first inflation speed parameter on the basis of the plurality of pressure values, a plurality of target pressure values of the cuff at the plurality of time points and a plurality of inflation speed parameters corresponding to each time interval between every two adjacent time points of the plurality of time points; and inflating the cuff at a speed corresponding to the first inflation speed parameter from a last time point of the plurality of time points to a first time point after the plurality of time points. In this way, uniform cuff inflation can be achieved when the target pressure values of the cuff change uniformly, so that the over-voltage phenomenon or the condition of low-speed cuff inflation can be reduced or eliminated. By introducing the plurality of pressure values, even if there is a big error in a cuff pressure value obtained at a certain time point, it is still possible to control the cuff inflation correctly.
US09833149B2
A method for introducing an elongate medical instrument with a shaped portion into the body of a subject includes at least partially straightening the shaped portion from an exterior of the elongate medical instrument. A retention element may then be introduced into an interior of the shaped portion to maintain the shaped portion in an at least partially straightened configuration as the external force is removed from the shaped portion. With the retention element in place, the shaped portion may be introduced to a desired location within a hollow interior of an internal organ. The retention element may then be removed to enable the shaped portion to return to its desired shape. A straightening apparatus includes the retention element, as well as an external element that at least partially straightens the shaped portion of the elongate medical instrument from the outside. A system includes the elongate medical instrument and the straightening apparatus.
US09833145B2
Provided are a method for simultaneously detecting fluorescence and Raman signals for multiple fluorescence and Raman signal targets, and a medical imaging device for simultaneously detecting multiple targets using the method. The method includes: injecting at least one marker particle comprising Raman markers and receptors into the body of an animal, which can be a human; irradiating a laser beam onto the body of the animal; and detecting the optical signals emitted by the marker particle after the irradiation of the laser beam separately as fluorescence signals and Raman signals. The simultaneous detection of multiple targets may be performed even without scanning optical signals emitted by the marker particle individually with different optical fibers. As an examination may be performed by injecting surface-enhanced Raman marker particles, weak Raman signals may be augmented so as to obtain a more accurate diagnosis result in real time.
US09833139B1
Apparatus and methods are described for performing structure measurement on a tear film of an eye of a subject. At least a portion of a surface of the tear film is illuminated using a broadband light source. A spectrum of light of the broadband light that is reflected from at least one point of the tear film is measured, using a spectrometer. Color information for a plurality of points of the tear film is obtained, by imaging a field of view of the tear film using a color camera. Using a processing unit, data from the color camera and data from the spectrometer that are indicative of characteristics of the tear film are received, and based upon a combination of the data received from the color camera and the data received from the spectrometer, an output is generated that is indicative of a structure of the tear film.
US09833135B2
An optical apparatus applied to ophthalmology detection is disclosed. The optical apparatus includes a first light source module, a second light source module, and an interference module. The first light source module is formed by a laser light source and lens units and used to emit a first light signal. The second light source module is formed by fiber units and lens units. The second light source module is coupled to the first light source module in series. The second light source module is used to receive a first light signal and emit a second light signal. The interference module is coupled to the second light source module and used to receive the second light signal and provide a first incident light and a second incident light to an object to be detected and a reference mirror respectively.
US09833133B2
A dental light comprises at least one light emitting diode light source configured to produce a light beam and at least one collimating lens system situated to receive the light beam. The collimating lens system is configured to collect and collimate the light beam. The collimating lens system can additionally modify the beam through controlled diffusion or shape the beam using an aperture.
US09833125B2
An imaging device for imaging a portion of a patient's vasculature with an imaging element may include a proximal portion having a relatively higher stiffness that provides rigidity for pushing the imaging device through a patient's vasculature, and may include a distal portion having a relatively lower stiffness that enables threading through a curved vasculature of the patient. The imaging device also may include a transition region disposed between the proximal portion and the distal portion.
US09833124B2
An endoscope system having: an endoscope having: an endoscope insertion section wherein the endoscope defines a channel having a distal opening in the endoscope insertion section; and a first inductance element arranged to the channel, and configured to receive a high-frequency power to generate an AC magnetic field; and a treatment tool having: a treatment tool insertion section configured to be movably inserted in the channel; an electrically powered treatment device attached to the treatment tool insertion section; and a second inductance element arranged to the treatment tool insertion section, wherein the second inductance element is electrically connected to the electrically powered treatment device, and wherein the second inductance element is inductively coupled to the first inductance element such that the AC magnetic field induces an electromotive force to generate an induced current in the second inductance element to power the electrically powered treatment device.
US09833122B2
A dishwasher includes a wash tub, a lower basket, a first upper basket, a second upper basket, and movement parts. The wash tub defines a space in which dishes are washed. The lower basket is disposed in the wash tub. The first upper basket is disposed over the lower basket inside the wash tub to define a first lower reception space together with the lower basket. The second upper basket is disposed over the lower basket side by side with the first upper basket to define a second lower reception space. The movement parts move the first upper basket above or below the second upper basket to increase the first lower reception space.
US09833119B2
A dual sided reusable floor-cleaning cloth having outer layers which are preferably made of woven material which can be fastened by Velcro or the like without limitation, thereby combining the cloth and rod handle into a set. The cleaning cloth is dual sided providing additional benefits such as increasing durable use of the cloth.
US09833118B2
A cleaning article. The cleaning article has a laminate construction. The cleaning article comprises a sheet and a hydrophilic gather strip element joined together at plural bonds. The gather strip element has plural layers superimposed upon one another, providing strips extending outwardly from the bonds. Different layers are differentially bonded, to provide a construction which allows the strips to advantageously present a dynamically changing area to the target surface during cleaning, under normal usage conditions. By changing the surface area, more liquids, and associated debris, can be cleaned from the target surface.
US09833117B2
A pad includes a leading edge, a trailing edge having a thickness different from a thickness of the leading edge, a first portion oriented to engage a surface, and a second portion oriented to engage the surface. The second portion is more fluid absorbent than the first portion.
US09833116B2
Methods and apparatuses for providing multiple modes of cleaning on a smart robotic cleaner are disclosed. A cleaning mode of rolling brush sweeping and a cleaning mode of vacuuming are provided on the smart robotic cleaner. When different cleaning devices are replaced on the body of the smart robotic cleaner, an electronic control unit in the body may control the smart robotic cleaner to switch between the cleaning modes automatically. A mounting position may be provided in the smart robotic cleaner. A rolling brush assembly and a suction inlet assembly may be detachably mounted on the mounting position, and the rolling brush assembly and the suction inlet assembly may be replaced with each other at the mounting position.
US09833113B2
An expanding curtain does not require the addition or installation of a new curved rod and/or any external mechanical devices such as curtain supports, control devices, or adapters to expand the usable space in the enclosure area. Rather, the curtain itself has the strength, rigidity and/or fortitude to form an outwardly extended shape (e.g., away from the enclosure area) that holds it in place, thus, expanding the amount of space available for utilization by the user of the enclosure area. The curtain easily and rapidly mounts and thereafter is easily slidable/manipulated between an open and closed position. The curtain surrounds, divides and/or provides privacy to a specific area and/or confined space. The curtain also maintains a mold, mildew and germ resistant facade, while remaining inexpensive to manufacture.
US09833107B2
A capsule for preparing a beverage, for example coffee, includes a hollow element for containing a product from which the beverage is made, for example ground coffee. The hollow element is provided with a side wall, a top surface, a bottom surface and a flange. The flange includes a deformable element which is deformed by a deforming member arranged on the capsule holder. A device for using the capsule and a method for extracting a beverage are also provided.
US09833103B2
A food preparation system includes a food preparation machine with a receptacle for a food capsule and a fluid injecting member, and the food capsule including a capsule body, a cavity, a first end, an opening communicating with the cavity, a second end including at least one outlet communicating with the cavity, an injection wall, and at least one partition dividing the cavity into chambers containing a respective quantity of an alimentary substance and having at least one outlet with an independently-operable closure member in the second end. The injection means injects a quantity of fluid into the capsule through a single injection point, and a sealing member selectively blocks fluid communication between the chambers, resisting a pressure difference between the chambers of between 2 and 20 bar, preferably between 4 and 15 bar.
US09833100B2
A portable framed artistic window pane covers includes plain and textured window pane film mounted on glass or transparent polyvinyl sheet with a prismatic effect that allows incoming light to pass through a window pane while refracting the light at random or semi-random angles in a manner that distorts viewed images through window panes of any size outside a home, office, or structure to create privacy for persons inside home, office, and other structures.
US09833099B1
A holder for affixing a user chosen decorative element to the top trunk of a tree is shown and described. Multiple methods are provided for affixing the holder to the decorative element. The holder is easily secured to the trunk and can be adjusted to obtain the most pleasing vertical and horizontal position of the decorative element. Electrical wiring can also be routed through the device to provide electrical power to the decorative element from a power supply.
US09833096B2
A carpet stretcher, the tail assembly including a slider block, a first end and a second end attached to the slider block, wherein at least one of the first end and second end is moveable relative to the other of the ends on the slider block to define a gap having a selected width; and a locking assembly engagable with the at least one of the first end and second end to fix the selected width.
US09833087B1
A decorative pillow system includes a pillow and pillowcases. The pillow includes a pocket, and a pocket inlet to the pocket. Each of the pillowcases is a removable cover for the pillow and has a decorative theme. The decorative themes of the pillowcases are different from one another. One of the pillowcases is drawn over the pillow, and at least one of the remaining pillowcases is stored in the pocket.
US09833080B1
The present invention provides a lateral recumbency back support designed to support various portions of the body generally comprising a contoured and flexible foam wedge design allowing flexibility at all points along the length of same and having sufficient firmness to provide support for the desired portion of the body.
US09833079B2
A modular table comprising a main table body having a center portion, a mid-section which is disposed vertically underneath the main table body wherein the mid-section is adapted to provide vertical support to the main table body. An alternative embodiment of the table has a center portion of the main table body which is telescopically expandable allowing the mid-section to become vertically disposed. This telescopic expansion can be achieved using jack screws or rotatable mid-section. The table trunk is capable of housing a plurality of stools or chairs. The stools or chairs can be coupled together and, when placed end to end, provide a further base for the main table body due to a notch which is formed and which fits an extension which protrudes downwardly from the main table body. The main table body can also have a reversible table top which can be designed to be a gaming board or a bar top.
US09833074B2
A support mechanism for mounting a seat part to a foot part of a functional chair having a slide bearing which cooperates with a front section of the seat part, and a pivotable support part which is supported by a cantilever part and which is connected to a region of the seat part that is adjacent to the rear region of a seat surface section of the seat part.
US09833073B2
A detachable easel to convert a camera tripod into an artist easel. The easel consists of a one or two arm design employing a built-in adapter, or connecting device in the center of the arm(s) of the attaching easel whereby the easel arm attaches directly to the mounting device of the tripod by way of the connecting device, allowing the tripod features to be extended to the easel. Attributes such as the tilting, raising, and rotating features of the tripod are then incorporated and translated as new easel functions. This can be a one or two arm embodiment, and can also attach to a wall mount or telescoping arm.
US09833066B2
A rack assembly has two support frames and at least one shelf that are secured to the support frames by connecting assemblies. Each connecting assembly comprises a well secured to a medial surface of each vertical tube of the support frame, and a hook that extends from each end of each shelf, with each hook having an opening extending therethrough. The connecting assembly also includes a connector that is seated inside each well, each connector having a top plate that has an elongated opening, the connector also having a body that is sized and configured to fit inside a well, the body defining two wings with a space between the wings, and wherein each wing has a bump positioned in the center of the inner surface of each wing that faces the space. Each hook is inserted through the elongated opening of a corresponding connector with the bump on each wing fitted inside the opening of the hook to retain the hook inside the body of the connector.
US09833059B2
A tie strap includes an elongated flexible strap defining first and second opposed ends, a first surface and a second surface; a first fabric attachment pad secured to the first surface proximate the first end; a second fabric attachment pad secured to the first surface proximate the second end; a third fabric attachment pad secured to the second surface proximate the second end; and a fourth attachment pad secured to a personal item, the personal item being securable to the tie strap by passing the second end of the flexible strap on a first side of a belt or the like and pressing the fourth attachment pad against the second attachment pad and thereafter rotating the second end of the elongated strap and the personal item upwardly and thereafter folding the first end of the flexible strap upon the third fabric attachment pad and pressing the first attachment pad against the third attachment pad.
US09833056B1
A shoulder sling retainer comprising a substantially planar exterior directed wall flanked on one end thereof by an abutment wall which extends substantially perpendicularly therefrom. The retainer is configured such that the shoulder sling rests atop the exterior directed wall, and is prevented from sliding off of the exterior directed wall via the abutment wall. A bottom side of the retainer, which is oppositely situated from the exterior directed wall, is configured to rest securely on a shoulder portion of a garment, and, to that end, has a generally concave configuration. An engagement member that secures the retainer to a shoulder portion of the garment may be integrally formed with the bottom side of the receiver.
US09833051B2
A jewelry storage case includes a spool having a cylindrical hollow body, a first slot at a first end, and a second slot at a second end. The first and second slots are sized and shaped to receive an end of a jewelry item that is secured to the spool. The spool may be disposed in a base and protected by a cover that is removably attached to the base.
US09833043B2
A shoe garter configured and designed to secure a shoe to a user's foot. The shoe garter device comprises a flexible strap with fastening means to secure the shoe garter about the shoe and foot of the wearer. The shoe garter device further comprises gripping member on the inner side for frictionally securing the garter to a shoe. The shoe garter may also be adapted and configured to comprise one or more designs, decorative elements, and/or indicia, for varying the decorative appearance and providing different styles to the shoe garter. Typically, the fastening means may comprise hook and loop type fasteners.
US09833040B2
A footwear insole system for use with an article of footwear including a base insole component and an upper insole component. The base insole includes a chassis and first and a second shock absorbing inserts. The upper insole includes a spacer panel, first and a second gel insert members, and a fabric sheet layer. The insole system may be permanently secured to an article of footwear or the insole system may be replaceable or interchangeable for installation and removal to and from an article of footwear by a user.
US09833030B1
A fabric folding machine contains: a body and a limiter. The body includes an external housing, an internal housing, and a connection portion. The external housing has a first peripheral fence, a second peripheral fence, and two third peripheral fences, wherein the internal housing is disposed in the external housing, and between the external housing and the internal housing is defined a through hole which has a first segment and a second segment, a height of the first segment is more than that of the second segment, and a width of the internal housing gradually decreases from the first segment to the second segment. The first peripheral fence has a first orifice defined, and the second peripheral fence has a second orifice and two guiding apertures. The limiter includes a sheet and a protrusion, and the sheet has two openings defined thereon.
US09833029B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional electronic mannequin includes the following steps. First, measured data are provided. Subsequently, mannequin central axes are calculated. Inclination angle of the central axes are also calculated. A plurality of coordinate values of each human circumference line are calculated. At least one human orientation parameter of the three-dimensional electronic mannequin is adjusted. The adjusted three-dimensional electronic mannequin is displayed. The human orientation parameter includes a central axis of the neck part, a central axis of the side neck armpit part, a central axis of the armpit waist part and a central axis of the waist gluteal fold part.
US09833025B2
The head and neck support system includes a pair of rods, a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a pad having an attachment device, a first surface and a second surface. The pad wraps around the frame so as to form a loop to hold the head of a user against the second surface. The pad can have an eye mask or face mask section for a resting or sleeping position for the user. The lower portion of the frame is aligned with the back of the user so that the weight of the user stabilizes the frame. The rods connect the lower portion and the upper portion of the frame so that stabilization from the back of the user supports the pad and head of the user.
US09833021B2
An electronic cigarette device having a disposable tank are described. The disposable tank may have a sealed liquid chamber, an atomizer element and a tank well.
US09833016B2
The apparatus for combining tobacco sheets (3, 4) comprises a first shaft for carrying a first bobbin (30) of tobacco sheet (3) and a second shaft for carrying a second bobbin (40) of tobacco sheet (4). The apparatus also comprises a splicing unit (2) for combining an end portion of tobacco sheet from the first bobbin (30) to a head portion of tobacco sheet from the second bobbin. The splicing unit comprises a cutting device (20) for cutting the tobacco sheets such as to provide complementary cuts to the tobacco sheets (3) from the first bobbin and from the second bobbin (4), a dispensing device (23) for dispensing water to at least one of the tobacco sheets (3, 4), and a combining device (24) for applying force onto the tobacco sheets thereby producing a spliced tobacco sheet.
US09833013B2
The present invention provides an enteral nutritional composition with which the labor of administering water between meals can be saved. The enteral nutritional composition comprises proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, with the calories per ml of the composition being less than 1 kcal and the moisture content being 30 percent by mass or more.
US09833011B2
A fresh pasta capable of providing a cooked pasta having a smooth surface appearance and a hard and elastic texture comparable to boiled dry pasta. A method for manufacturing a fresh pasta comprising extruding, at a pressure of 80 kgf/cm2 to 200 kgf/cm2 to form noodles, a dough obtained by kneading a raw material flour comprising a wheat flour of hexaploid wheat group and having a gluten index of 45 to 100.
US09833007B2
An object of the present invention is to provide: a soy milk having a pleasant flavor and suppressed soybean odor, raw smell, astringency, and so forth; and a method for producing the soy milk. Specifically, provided are: the soy milk; a soy-milk flavor improver containing, as an active ingredient, a triacylglycerol having a medium-chain fatty acid with 6 to 12 carbon atoms as a constituent fatty acid; an improved soy milk containing a soy milk and the soy-milk flavor improver; and a food and a drink containing the improved soy milk. A method for producing the improved soy milk is also provided.
US09833006B2
Methods are provided for making a fermented milk product in which a stabilizing additive is introduced before fermentation. The methods generally include (1) combining milk and pectin to form a mixture, (2) heat treating the mixture, and (3) fermenting the mixture. In some embodiments, the methods further include combining the milk and pectin with a low acyl gellan gum. The methods also may include homogenizing the mixture before heat treating the mixture and/or after fermenting the mixture. Also provided in embodiments herein are fermented milk products.
US09833005B1
A shrimp processing machine includes an adjustable cutting assembly and an adjustable meat picking assembly. The adjustable cutting assembly is adapted to adjust between a first configuration that forms a cut having a first length on a shrimp and a second configuration that forms a cut having a second length on the shrimp. The adjustable cutting assembly is further adapted to adjust between a first position that forms a cut having a first depth on the shrimp and a second position that forms a cut having a second depth on the shrimp. The adjustable meat picking assembly is adapted to rotatably adjust when a meat picker contacts the shrimp to remove shrimp meat from a shrimp shell.
US09833004B2
A cereal flour composition is made by subjecting a mixture to a heating treatment, the mixture including: a cereal flour; and 0.2-10 parts by mass of an emulsifier with respect to 100 parts by mass of the cereal flour. Preferably, the emulsifier is a monoglycerol fatty acid ester or lecithin. Preferably, the heating treatment is performed for 2 seconds to 3 minutes at a mixture temperature of 80 to 120° C. Preferably, the heating treatment is a heat-moisture treatment using saturated water vapor. A process for producing the cereal flour composition involves a heating step of directly applying saturated water vapor to the mixture including a cereal flour and an emulsifier, and heating the mixture, wherein the heating step is performed by using a production device including: a transporting path that transports an introduced raw material to an outlet; and a mechanism that introduces saturated water vapor into the transporting path.
US09833003B2
Provided is a photocatalytic composition comprising zinc (Zn) doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, wherein the ratio of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to zinc is from about 5 to about 150. The photocatalytic composition absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range from about 200 nm to about 500 nm, and the absorbance of light of wavelengths longer than about 450 nm is less than 50% the absorbance of light of wavelengths shorter than about 350 nm.
US09832998B2
The present invention relates to novel antiviral compounds which are covalently attached to solid, macro surfaces. In another embodiment, the invention relates to novel antiviral compositions including a polymeric material and, embedded therein, an antiviral compound. In other embodiments, the invention relates to making a surface antiviral and making a polymeric material antiviral.
US09832992B1
A synergistic microbicidal composition having two components. The first component is a nonionic surfactant with structure: R2O(CH2CH(CH3)O)3(CH2CH2O)5H, where R2 is a mixture of C8-C14 linear alkyl groups. The second component is 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol. The weight ratio of the nonionic surfactant to 2-bromo-2-nitropropane-1,3-diol is from 1:0.08 to 1:0.12 or 1:0.2 to 1:1.8286.
US09832990B2
A composition and a method of preparing the composition are provided herein. The composition comprises an active substance and a polymeric additive comprising at least one unit represented by the formula (I): wherein each R is independently selected from the group of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, and combinations thereof; and Z comprises at least 10 units represented by the formula (II): wherein each R1 is independently selected from the group of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a carbonyl group, a hydroxyl group, an ether group, and combinations thereof and R2 is a C1-C10 hydrocarbon group. The polymeric additive further comprising at least one unit represented by the formula (III): A (III) wherein A is an alkyleneoxy group having from 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
US09832989B2
A portable multi-use platform that is capable of providing 360 degree views for multiple persons safely and securely without interfering with each individuals comfort space. The platform can be easily set up and taken down and transported to different locations using a detachable wheeled frame assembly. The applications of this platform are not limited solely to hunting but can be used in numerous activities such as “zip-line” type sports, photography and video applications, utility pole climbing professions, as well as military and police operations. This platform solves the problem of partial views, limited occupants, and the transportation over terrain to and from site. It also addresses the issue of attaching to a plurality of various tree sizes with a sliding floor attachment system as well as a possible problem of tree lean and leveling with the use of a sliding “biter” system.
US09832976B2
Reconfigurable pet toy products and releasable twist-locking interfaces which may be used in connection with the reconfigurable pet toy products are disclosed. Some example reconfigurable pet toy products may comprise at least one middle piece, a first end piece, and a second end piece. The different pieces may couple with one another in multiple different configurations. The middle piece may include an internal cavity and a chew access window. The end pieces, when coupled with the middle piece according to one configuration, may provide closures for the internal cavity. In another configuration, the first and second end pieces may be coupled directly together, without the middle piece. In still further configurations, multiple middle pieces may be coupled together, and a variety of different middle pieces and/or end pieces may be mixed and matched.
US09832971B1
A pet feeding system includes amongst its features a bowl member, at least one plate member, and an annularly contoured lid member. In the bowl member, a lower base plate and an upper base plate are integrally formed with a sidewall to define a liquid containing chamber between the lower and upper base plates. Moreover, the sidewall extends vertically above the upper base plate. The plate member is mounted on the upper base plate. In certain exemplary uses, the upper base plate has a recessed surface to receive the plate member. The plate member is adapted to receive an ingestible good product. Furthermore, the annularly contoured lid member is rotationally and fixedly attached to the sidewall of the bowl member.
US09832970B1
The present development is a pet toy with a hidden cavity for a treat or similar enticement for the pet. The hidden cavity is preferably enclosed within a plunger-type device so the pet must extract the plunger to retrieve the treat.
US09832956B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063886. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063886. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063886 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063886 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09832950B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH842997. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH842997, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH842997 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH842997.
US09832935B1
A PTO driven yard clean up tool is for attachment to a tractor is disclosed and claimed. The PTO system drives a rake attachment that runs in a counter-clockwise direction to the direction of travel to throw material into a basket; the material can be dumped out of the basket when it gets full by tilting the basket.
US09832933B2
A grain bin aeration system has inlet ducting in communication with the hollow interior of the storage bin adjacent a perimeter of the storage bin and exhaust ducting in communication with the hollow interior of the storage bin at a central location within the storage bin. A first portion of the inlet ducting is directed to the top end of the bin so that aeration flow therethrough is directed downwardly through the material in the storage bin to the exhaust ducting. A second portion of the inlet ducting is directed to the bottom end of the bin so that aeration flow therethrough is directed upwardly through the material in the storage bin to the exhaust ducting.
US09832929B1
A harvesting head utilized with or incorporated into a mechanical harvesting machine for harvesting crops. The harvesting head has a frame that attaches to a frame member of the harvesting machine. The frame defines a harvesting area sized to receive the canopy of a tree or vine and supports a picking assembly and a motion inducing mechanism. The picking assembly comprises a pair of sub-structures having a forward post member, rearward post member, a connecting member connecting the two posts and a plurality of curvilinear rods, which also interconnect the posts, that extend into the harvesting area. The motion inducing mechanism is connected to and pivots the posts of the picking assembly so as to rapidly move the rods forward and backward to engage the canopy and dislodge the crop therefrom. A conveying assembly conveys the crop to a bin.
US09832928B2
A crop harvesting width of a harvester head is partitioned into a plurality of portions. At least one sensor detects a metric of a crop being harvested for each of the plurality of portions. A processing unit determines an attribute of the crop harvested for each of a plurality of portions using the detected metric.
US09832921B2
An agricultural implement system includes a tow bar assembly configured to couple the agricultural implement system to a tow vehicle. The agricultural implement system also includes a toolbar assembly coupled to the tow bar assembly. The toolbar assembly includes a first wing toolbar configured to support a first row unit, the first wing toolbar is configured to rotate about a first axis relative to the tow bar assembly to enable the toolbar assembly to bend in response to variations in a surface of soil, and no ground engaging wheel is coupled to the first wing toolbar. The agricultural implement system also includes an actuator configured to rotate the first wing toolbar upwardly about the first axis while the toolbar assembly is in a raised position such that the first row unit is disengaged from soil.
US09839168B2
Systems and methods for serviceable EMI shielding are provided. In one embodiment, an electronics device comprises: a circuit board; at least one component mounted to the circuit board; an electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shield that encloses the at least one component within a volume of space, wherein the EMI shield comprises: a sheet of shielding material shaped to define a shield fence and a shield cover, wherein the shield fence is mechanically attached to a surface of the circuit board and extends away from the surface; and a kiss-cut feature in the sheet of shielding material between the shield fence and the shield cover.
US09839166B2
An electronic device having a heat radiator and a method for controlling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a frame including at least one optical assembly and a structure configured to receive a portable electronic device including a display, wherein an image is on the display can be seen through the at least one optical assembly when the portable electronic device is in the structure, a wearing member connected to the frame and configured to be worn together with the frame on the head of a user, and a heat radiator configured to remove heat from a space between the display and the optical assembly to outside the electronic device when the portable electronic device is received in the structure and is turned on.
US09839157B2
A liquid cooling apparatus includes a heat exchange module and a cooling module. The heat exchange module includes a liquid outlet and a liquid outlet. The cooling module includes a first body, a second body, a first cooling component and a cooling duct. The first body is connected to the liquid outlet. The second body is connected to the liquid outlet, and the first body is disposed above the second body. The first cooling component is disposed between the first body and the second body. The cooling duct is connected to the first body and the second body, and the cooling duct is in thermal contact with the first cooling component.
US09839153B2
The invention relates to an assembly comprising a rack server insert and a server rack for accommodating multiple rack server inserts. A rack installation carrier for supporting the rack server insert in the server rack is set up to be supported by telescopic rails. Two holders each with a first rail and a second rail are included in the rack installation carrier. The first rails are fixed to the rack server insert. The second rails are fixed to the server rack. The first rails freely and directly rest on the second rails so that the rack server insert is supported in the server rack.
US09839150B2
A multi-part sealing system is provided for a housing of a motor vehicle control unit. The housing includes a first housing part and at least one additional housing part, with at least one electronic component in the interior of the housing and at least one conducting structure which leads out of the interior of the housing and connects an electronic component in the interior of the housing to components outside the housing in an electrically conductive manner. At least one housing part has at least one device for accommodating at least one part of the multi-part sealing system. A first part of the sealing system is suitable for preventing liquid harmful or noxious substances from penetrating into the interior of the housing and additional parts of the sealing system are suitable for preventing gaseous harmful or noxious substances from penetrating into the interior of the housing.
US09839146B2
A power module includes a number of sub-modules connected via removable jumpers. The removable jumpers allow the connections between one or more power semiconductor die in the sub-modules to be reconfigured, such that when the removable jumpers are provided, the power module has a first function and when the removable jumpers are removed, the power module has a second function. The removable jumpers may also allow for independent testing of the sub-modules. The power module may also include a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), which is used to connect one or more contacts of the power semiconductor die. The multi-layer PCB reduces stray inductance between the contacts and therefore improves the performance of the power module.
US09839131B2
Embedding a discrete electrical device in a printed circuit board (PCB) includes: providing a vertical via as a blind hole from a horizontal surface of the PCB to an electrically conductive structure in a first layer, the first layer being one layer of a first core section of a plurality of core sections vertically arranged above each other, each core section including lower and upper conductive layers, and a non-conductive layer in between; inserting the electrical device into the via, with the device extending within at least two of the core sections; establishing a first electrical connection between a first electrical device contact device and the electrically conductive structure in the first layer; and establishing a second electrical connection between a second electrical device contact and a second layer, the second layer being one of the electrically conductive layers of a second horizontal core section.
US09839115B2
Disclosed is a touch window. The touch window includes a cover window; a first print layer disposed on the cover window to form an instruction icon pattern part; a second print layer in the instruction icon pattern part; and a reinforcement material on the second print layer.
US09839114B2
A method for the suppression of upstream-directed field emission in RF accelerators. The method is not restricted to a certain number of cavity cells, but requires similar operating field levels in all cavities to efficiently annihilate the once accumulated energy. Such a field balance is desirable to minimize dynamic RF losses, but not necessarily achievable in reality depending on individual cavity performance, such as early Q0-drop or quench field. The method enables a significant energy reduction for upstream-directed electrons within a relatively short distance. As a result of the suppression of upstream-directed field emission, electrons will impact surfaces at rather low energies leading to reduction of dark current and less issues with heating and damage of accelerator components as well as radiation levels including neutron generation and thus radio-activation.
US09839111B2
A fusible target is embedded in a high Z liner, ohmically heated and then shock wave heated by implosion of an enveloping high Z liner. The target is adiabatically heated by compression, fusibly ignited and charged-particle heated as it is being ignited. A shock front forms as the liner implodes which shock front detaches from the more slowly moving liner, collides with the outer surface of the target, accelerates inward, rapidly heating the target, adiabatically compressing the target and liner and amplifying the current to converge the liner mass toward a central axis thereby compressing the target to a fusion condition when it begins to ignite and produce charged particles. The charged particles are trapped in a large magnetic field surrounding the target. The energy of the charged particles is deposited into the target to further heat the target to produce an energy gain.
US09839110B2
A plasma light source apparatus includes a first laser generator configured to generate a first laser. A second laser generator is configured to generate a second laser. A chamber is configured to accommodate and seal a medium material for plasma ignition and to allow plasma to be ignited by the first laser and to be maintained by the second laser. An inner surface of the chamber includes two curved mirrors that face each other.
US09839107B2
A method and system for reducing static charges on a material. X-rays can ionize a flowing fluid. The ions can be transported to the material and can reduce or dissipate the static charges.
US09839105B1
The described devices, “grounded [ungrounded] stimulation devices” and “devices with [without] EMF removal”, assist in maintaining and/or restoring bodily health primarily via two modes of operation:In one set of embodiments, by reducing or removing the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) encountered in daily life, through grounding.In another set of embodiments, by stimulating and/or encouraging bodily healing processes through the supply of free electrons, at Schumann frequencies.The embodiments function by allowing or increasing, respectively, the flow of low-current, low-voltage current into or out of the body, at levels safe for humans and animals, through conductive materials in electrical contact with the body. These devices use conductive materials incorporated into and/or comprising handheld, wearable or other items that directly contact the body, including shavers, clothing, shoes, mousepads, footstools, bedding, jewelry and collars. Certain devices allow the addition of heat/cold.
US09839101B2
A wearable wireless device may be configured for control of a parameter of a load control device. The load control device may be responsive to a network device, for example, to provide fine tune adjustment of the parameter. The wearable wireless device may include a touch-responsive visual display for displaying feedback of the parameter of the load control device. The visual display may be configured to be actuated to receive a user input to adjust the parameter of the load control device. An actuation of the visual display of the wearable wireless device may adjust the parameter by a greater percentage than the fine tune adjustment provided by the network device.
US09839092B2
A wavelength sensing lighting system that may comprise a light source included in an array to emit illuminating light, the array including a plurality of light sources, a sensor included in the array configured to sense environmental light from an environment, and a controller operatively connected to each of the sensor and the light source and may be configured to analyze the environmental light sensed by the sensor to at least one of detect and generate data relating to a condition of the environment, the data being transmittable in a data light. The controller may be configured to receive the data included in the data light using the sensor. The controller may be configured to analyze the data and to control the transmission of the data light from the light source.
US09839085B2
A lighting control apparatus using a wire and wireless integrated dimming circuit includes: an input power supply unit; a converter for converting input power to lighting unit supply power; a lighting unit applied with the lighting unit supply power to emit light; a wired module for inputting a wired dimming signal for controlling the lighting unit; a wireless module for inputting a wireless dimming signal for controlling the lighting unit; and a transform module for receiving the wired dimming signal or the wireless dimming signal, transforming the received dimming signal to a preset power, and applying the transformed power to the converter, in which the wired module and the wireless module are connected in parallel, selectively receive the wired dimming signal or the wireless dimming signal, and applies the received dimming signal to the transform module.
US09839082B2
A flyback converter is provided with a first output associated with a first secondary winding, a primary side controller arranged to maintain the first output at a predetermined voltage level and a second output associated with a second secondary windings; an LED controller. A first secondary electronically controlled switch is responsive to the LED controller; a first LED luminaire arranged to provide a first illumination responsive to a power signal on the second output when the first secondary electronically controlled switch is in a closed state and not provide the first illumination when the first secondary electronically controlled switch is in the open state, wherein the turns ratio of the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding is such that power is delivered to the first output via the first unidirectional electronic valve only when the first secondary electronically controlled switch is switched to the open state.
US09839077B2
An LED lighting device using a ballast may be provided that includes: an LED unit which includes at least one LED device; a rectifier which rectifies a current power signal output from the ballast; and a current driving unit which receives an output current of the rectifier and controls the power which is transmitted from the ballast to the LED unit. The current driving unit transmits current which has a magnitude greater than that of the output current of the rectifier to the LED unit.
US09839075B1
An induction heater removing paraffin deposits from a drill pipe includes an inductor having an external coil heating up the deposits in the pipe, and an internal coil heating up a heating element transmitting heat to a rod, conducting heat to a tip melting the deposits surrounding thereof. The tip encloses a thermistor generating temperature feedback signals corresponding to its temperature, being operatively restricted. The inductor includes a capacitor battery series-connected with the coils forming an LC-circuit having a resonance frequency operatively subjected to changes. Electric current in LC-circuit is generated by an HF inverter, and measured by a current transformer generating current feedback signals. The temperature and current feedback signals are transmitted to a microprocessor executing a program controlling the inverter's frequency, providing a power-efficient operation mode of the heater. The proposed design of the coils and a connector, interconnecting the internal coil with the battery, reduces energy losses.
US09839066B2
PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) monitoring operation regardless of the DRX configuration is disclosed. The UE operating in a wireless communication system receives DRX (Discontinuous Reception) configuration information from a network. When the UE transmits a specific indication, the UE ignores the DRX configuration information and monitor a PD-CCCH after transmitting the specific indication.
US09839060B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to manage the establishment of a dual connection. A method according to an example embodiment may include causing a dual connection setup request message to be transmitted to a local area access point (LAAP) and causing a dual connection command to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE). The method further includes receiving a dual connection establishment complete message and causing resources associated with one or more split bearers to be released or suspended.
US09839056B2
A second internet protocol network is logically connected to a packet data network connection provided between a user equipment and a first internet protocol network over a radio access network, the second internet protocol network located on a data path from the first internet protocol network to the user equipment. The first internet protocol network represents the highest level internet protocol point of attachment to the packet data network connection. Router advertisements are sent from the second internet protocol network to the user equipment over the radio access network via the packet data network connection.
US09839054B2
A device capability attribute regarding a setting on communication parameters, and provision attribute information indicative of whether or not a communication terminal is in a state that it can provide communication parameters to another communication terminal are stored in advance. The communication terminal, where the device capability attribute has at least a provision capability of the communication parameters, is selected as a provision device. In a case where there are plural communication terminals where the device capability attribute has a communication parameter provision capability, a communication terminal where the device capability attribute has the communication parameter provision capability only is preferentially selected. In a case where the device capability attributes of respective communication terminals are equal, a communication terminal storing the provision attribute information indicative of the state that it can provide the communication parameters is selected as a provision device.
US09839041B2
Methods and apparatus for mitigating the effects of interference between multiple air interfaces located on an electronic device. In one embodiment, the air interfaces include a WLAN interface and PAN (e.g., Bluetooth) interface, and information such as Receiver Signal Strength Index (RSSI) as well as system noise level information are used in order to intelligently execute interference mitigation methodologies, including the selective application of modified frequency selection, variation of transmitter power, and/or change of operating mode (e.g., from multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) to single-in, single-out (SISO)) so as to reduce isolation requirements between the interfaces. These methods and apparatus are particularly well suited to use cases where the WLAN interface is operating with high data transmission rates. Business methods associated with the foregoing technology are also described.
US09839039B2
According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless network element of transmitting a transport block comprises determining a modulation coding scheme for a transmission of the transport block; determining a category type of a wireless device that will transmit or receive the transport block; determining, using the category type of the wireless device, an encoding soft buffer size (NIR) for the transport block; adjusting, using the modulation coding scheme. the encoding soft buffer size (NIR) by a factor (KH); encoding the transport block according to the determined modulation coding scheme and the adjusted encoding soft buffer size; and transmitting the transport block. In particular embodiments, the determined modulation coding scheme is 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256 QAM) and the factor (KH) is 4/3.
US09839028B2
A carrier aggregation controller for providing an aggregated baseband signal from a plurality of baseband signals is provided. The controller comprises an accumulating memory, a selector and a time domain transformer. The selector is configured to add at least a first list of frequency domain samples obtained for the first baseband signal to first consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a first preset location associated with the first baseband signal, and a second list of frequency domain samples obtained for the second baseband signal to second consecutive locations in the accumulating memory centered at a second preset location associated with the second baseband signal. The time domain transformer is configured to apply at least an inverse discrete Fourier transform to the frequency domain samples accumulated in the accumulating memory, obtaining the aggregated baseband signal.
US09839025B2
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel.
US09839015B2
A method for transmitting and receiving Uplink Control Information (UCI), a terminal, and a base station are provided. The transmitting method includes: calculating the number (Q′) of modulation symbols occupied by the UCI to be transmitted; dividing the information bit sequence of the UCI to be transmitted into two parts; using Reed Muller (RM) (32, 0) codes to encode each part of information bit sequence of the UCI to be transmitted to obtain a 32-bit coded bit sequence respectively, and performing rate matching so that the rate of the first 32-bit coded bit sequence is ┌Q′/2┐×Qm bits and that the rate of the second 32-bit coded bit sequence is (Q′−┌Q′/2┐)×Qm bits; and mapping the two parts of coded bit sequences that have undergone rate matching onto a Public Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH), and transmitting the coded bit sequences to a base station.
US09839010B2
Methods and user equipment (UE) apparatuses are provided to transmit an acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ack/nack) signal. A method includes receiving configuration information through higher layer signaling; determining a first resource or a second resource based on the received configuration information; transmitting the ack/nack signal using a first sequence on the first resource, if the first resource is determined; and transmitting the ack/nack signal using a second sequence on the second resource, if the second resource is determined.
US09839006B1
An electronic device has a first and second radio, each being compatible with at least two wireless local area network (LAN) standards and one or both being compatible with at least one wireless personal area network (WPAN) standard. The electronic device includes a radio control arrangement that establishes mutually non-interfering communication links between (i) one or both of the first and second radio and (ii) at least two remote devices within a wireless LAN that includes the electronic device and the at least two remote devices. The at least two remote devices include at least one network access point and at least a second electronic device; the mutually non-interfering communication links including a network communication link between the first or second radio and the access point, and a peer-to-peer communication link between the first radio or the second radio and the second electronic device.
US09839002B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a mobility management method and a device, where the mobility management method of a single radio controller includes: receiving a paging message for a UE sent by at least one first network device, where the paging message carries a user identifier used for indicating the UE; determining a paging management context of the UE according to the user identifier, where the paging management context of the UE records network standard information; and determining a paging range according to the paging message and the paging management context of the UE, and initiating paging on the UE in a cell in the paging range. The mobility management method and the device provided in the embodiments of the present invention implement optimization on a paging process and improve a mobility management effect.
US09839001B2
Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to dynamically change or implement paging mode operation, such as optimization based on one or more network parameters. In one embodiment, the wireless network is a cellular network (e.g., 3G UMTS or LTE), and both base stations and cellular user devices dynamically configure the paging mode operation based on various desired operational attributes relating to the network parameters. Such flexible paging mechanisms may be published to the network users via several methods, and users with appropriately enabled user devices may improve their power and applications performance. Base stations may also advantageously reclaim freed-up cellular resources to support other services. Legacy subscribers are also not affected.
US09838997B2
Fixed infrastructure devices (FIDs) may be configured to work with other devices (e.g., other FIDs, mobile wireless devices, etc.) to obtain or improve location information and/or provide enhanced location based services (e.g., emergency location service, commercial location service, internal location service, lawful intercept location service, etc.) to other devices or programs. For example, a first fixed wireless device may be configured to receive information that was obtained via a geospatial system, and determine whether it is able to establish a location fix based on this information. In response to determining that it is unable to establish a location fix based on the received information, the device may establish a communication group and/or collect additional location information from devices that belong to the communication group. The device may use this information to compute a new three-dimensional location fix, and use this new fix to provide the location based service.
US09838994B1
The present invention discloses a production system and method for location-aware environment. The method comprises the following steps: making each of the gateways sense a test RSSI corresponded to a test position of the end device; obtaining a corresponded reference GPS parameter through finding corresponding data of the fingerprint positioning database according to the test RSSI; and determining the selected area is a location-aware completed area if a difference between the reference GPS parameter and the real GPS parameter is smaller than or equal to a preset error.
US09838984B2
Examples are disclosed for a system to improve wireless spectral efficiency, including a processor, memory coupled to the processor, a radio coupled to the processor, one or more antennas coupled to the radio, wireless logic to be executed on the processor component to process reception of a high-power request for open sharing (ROS) signal by a master wireless receiver from a master wireless transmitter and to process transmission of a high-power confirmation of open sharing (COS) signal to the master wireless transmitter, the high-power COS signal comprising an indication of a desired reduction of transmission power level from high power by the master wireless transmitter, and a timer initiated by the high-power COS signal, the timer to indicate a period of time when the master wireless transmitter and master wireless receiver are enabled for low-power communication.
US09838980B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for transmitting reference signals (RS) from user equipments (UEs) in wireless communication systems. These RS are used, among other functions, by a serving base station to schedule data transmission from UEs and perform power and timing control of the UE signal transmissions. The RS are constructed based on constant amplitude zero autocorrelation (CAZAC) sequences, including their possible modifications. The invention describes methods to multiplex transmission of RS from multiple UEs by having the serving base station control the CAZAC sequence and the associated cyclic shift, transmission bandwidth, transmission period, and transmission power applied to the RS transmission by each UE.
US09838979B2
A wireless network system can be provided with a one-way communication link for communicating a beacon signal between beacon circuitries of two electronic devices. According to information stored in the beacon signal, the device that receives the beacon signal can activate a primary communication circuitry to enable communication of primary communication data signals with a primary communication circuitry of the device that transmitted the beacon signal. The beacon circuitries of the two devices may require less power than the primary communication circuitries of the two devices.
US09838975B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting and receiving a signal by a device to device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method comprising the steps of: calculating a power headroom; and reporting the power headroom to a base station, wherein, if a terminal performs an uplink transmission to the base station on a first component carrier and performs a D2D transmission on a second component carrier, the terminal, when calculating the power headroom, considers transmission power related to a minimum coverage for D2D communication.
US09838970B2
One embodiment relates to an apparatus, comprising logic, at least partially incorporated into hardware, to determine whether a first device priority associated with a first smart device is greater than a second device priority associated with a second smart device; and responsive to a determination that the first device priority is greater than the second device priority: send first data associated with the first smart device from the first smart device to a primary communication device; and send a first message from the first smart device, the first message including a first indication that the second smart device is to transmit second data associated with the second smart device to the primary communication device.
US09838963B2
A IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system of an access point (AP) and one or more stations (STAs) reduces power consumption and increases battery life of power efficient low power STAs by decreasing the amount of time that a power efficient low power STA remains in an awake state. After indicating power efficient low power operation during association with an AP supporting such operation, the power efficient low power STA may enter the doze state from the time that the power efficient low power STA sends a PS-Poll until the power efficient low power STA receives the buffered DATA frame from the AP. While implementing the power efficient PS-Poll method, the AP can send the buffered DATA frame to the STA SIFS after the AP sends an ACK to the received PS-Poll from the STA.
US09838933B2
The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for standardized inter-base station reporting of pilot contamination for improved pilot resource re-use. Specifically, possible pilot channel contamination is detected at first user equipment and, in response to the detection, a request is transmitted for the first user equipment to forego transmission during a next frame designated for transmitting a pilot signal. A determination is made within the next frame if other second user equipment, which are communicating with a neighboring base station, are transmitting on a same channel as a pilot channel of the first user equipment and, in response to such a determination, a report is sent to the neighboring base stations that indicates that the pilot channel on which the first user equipment is communicating is currently contaminated.
US09838927B2
There is provided a method for determining radio resource usage. The method is performed by a network node. The method comprises associating a bearer of a terminal device with a target bitrate. The method comprises estimating a spectral efficiency of the bearer. The method comprises acquiring a maximum radio resource usage. The method comprises determining radio resource usage of the bearer based on the target bitrate, the maximum radio resource usage, and the estimated spectral efficiency. A corresponding network node and a corresponding computer program are also provided.
US09838923B1
Systems, methods, and software can be used to transmit data over a radio access technology (RAT). In some aspect, a data transmission using a first radio access technology (RAT) is initiated at a mobile device. A timer is started at a first value. When the timer expires, it is determined that data remains to be transmitted. In response to determining that data remains to be transmitted: the data transmission is suspended, and a search is initiated for a second RAT for transmitting the remaining data. The second RAT provides a higher data rate than the first RAT.
US09838917B2
The disclosure relates to methods for supporting establishment of dual connectivity for a wireless device, performed in a wireless communication network. The wireless device is connected to a first network element via a second network element. The second network element and the wireless device are communicating over a first wireless link. Network functions are split between the first network element and the second network element. The method performed in the wireless device comprises transmitting (2110) a request for a connection to a third network element which is a candidate network element for establishing DC, transmitting (2120) information identifying the first network element to the third network element, and transmitting (2130) an identifier of the wireless device to the third network element, for enabling the establishment of dual connectivity for the wireless device. The disclosure also relates to the methods performed in the network elements, and to the corresponding apparatus.
US09838916B2
A method and device for accessing and obtaining user equipment (UE) context and UE identity are provided. The method for access includes: when a UE accesses a System Architecture Evolution (SAE) network, judging, by a network node, whether a Globally Unique Mobility Management Entity Identifier (GUMMEI) carried by the UE or a Mobility Management Entity Group Identity (MMEGI) in the GUMMEI is allocated or mapped by the SAE network; if the GUMMEI or MMEGI is allocated by the SAE network, selecting, by the network node, a Mobility Management Entity (MME) according to the GUMMEIA network device includes an identity attribute obtaining module and a network resource node allocation module. Therefore, the access of the UE is achieved.
US09838914B2
Embodiments of this application relate to a method for controlling transmission, a network device, and a terminal. The method includes: determining, by a first radio access network device according to a service transmission condition of a terminal in a first single-mode wireless communications system, that a multimode wireless communications system comprises at least two wireless communications systems transmits a service for the terminal; and sending, by the first radio access network device, first control information to the terminal, where the first control information includes link information of the at least two wireless communications systems, so that the terminal switches a service, which is transmitted in the first single-mode wireless communications system, to the multimode wireless communications system according to the link information of the at least two wireless communications systems. In this way, resource utilization of a wireless communications network is improved.
US09838912B1
Systems and methods are described for determining a carrier for a wireless device. Data may be communicated between a wireless device and a wireless communication network over a first carrier. It may be determined whether the wireless communication network provides a fallback protocol for switching the wireless device from the first carrier to a second carrier. The wireless device may be instructed to communicate with the wireless communication network over the second carrier when it is determined that the wireless communication network does not provide the fallback protocol.
US09838904B1
In general, techniques are described for programming a set of one or more pre-defined rules within the forwarding plane of a packet gateway of a mobile service provider network and caching, within control plane, a group identifier that identifies the set of programmed, pre-defined rules. The control plane may match quality of service (QoS) information of incoming subscriber service requests with the group identifier and respective subsets of the set of programmed, pre-defined rules to rapidly associate service requests with already-programmed PCC rules and thereafter install, to the forwarding plane, subscriber service-specific actions for the PCC rules.
US09838900B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be an AP that requests a plurality of STAs to jointly enable and disable an MRP based on at least one of that each STA of the STAs has uplink traffic with the AP or that each STA of a subset of the STAs has a hidden node. The AP receives, from the STAs, information indicating a communication metric while jointly enabling or disabling the MRP. The AP determines, based on the received information indicating the communication metric, whether the joint enablement of the medium reserving procedure improves communication for the plurality of STAs. The AP requests the STAs to jointly enable the medium reserving procedure for subsequent communication when the joint enablement of the medium reserving procedure improves communication for the plurality of STAs.
US09838881B2
A method, a device, and a system for applying for frequency spectrum are provided. The present invention relates to the field of wireless communications technologies, and is mainly used in a broadcast multicast service, so as to coordinate multiple access devices to apply for a same band of white frequency spectrum. The method includes: a controller sending first application information to a database (201), the first application information being used for applying for a frequency band of frequency spectrum for at least one access device; the controller receiving the frequency band of the frequency spectrum sent by the database (202); and the controller sending the frequency band of the frequency spectrum to the access device (203).
US09838879B2
A method performed by a network node (101), for detecting a false base station in a communications network (100). The network node (101) operates in the communication network (100) and is adapted to serve a network device (120) via a serving Radio Access, RA, node (110). The network node (110) sends a message to a network device (120), which message comprises configuration data configuring the network device (120) to perform measurements in order to collect information transmitted by network nodes (110) in a surrounding area of the network device (120). The network node (110) further receives a message comprising measurement reports from the network device (120) according to the configuration. The network node (110) further provides an indication that a false base station is present when a difference between the received information in the measurement report and a predetermined target information is detected.
US09838867B2
One embodiment provides a device that includes one or more line of sight transmitters configured to transmit signals over a line of sight communications medium, one or more transmitters configured to transmit signals over another communications medium and a controller. The controller is configured to perform an operation that includes retrieving a key adapted for use in decrypting encrypted content. The operation further includes transmitting the key to a second device over the line of sight communications medium using the one or more line of sight transmitters. Additionally, the operation includes encrypting data such that the data can be decrypted using the retrieved key. The operation also includes transmitting the encrypted data to the second device over the other communications medium using the one or more transmitters, where the second device is configured to decrypt the encrypted data using the key received over the line of sight communications medium.
US09838865B2
The present disclosure describes various techniques to provide network access to a user equipment by using network infrastructure and/or wireless spectrum from an asset operator. In an aspect, a network device associated with the asset operator may receive a request for wireless wide area network (WWAN) access for a UE. The network device may identify the UE as a subscriber of an operator based at least in part on the request, where the operator is different from the asset operator, and where the network device is configured to provide WWAN access to subscribers of the operator via a core network associated with the operator based at least in part on a services agreement between the operator and the asset operator. The network device may then provide WWAN access to the UE in response to identifying that the UE is a subscriber of the operator.
US09838863B2
A method performed in a device-to-device (D2D) enabled device, for transmitting discovery signals for enabling D2D communication establishment in a cellular communication system is disclosed. The method comprises assigning, by a controller of the device, a time in a periodic time schedule and at least a subcarrier among a plurality of subcarriers assigned for carrier for D2D communication of the communication system based on a dynamic rule for spreading timing and/or subcarrier selection for the discovery signal. Furthermore, the method comprises transmitting, by a transceiver of the device, the discovery signal according to the time and subcarrier assignment provided by the controller.
US09838861B2
A portable device including a gesture recognizer module for automatically detecting a specific sequence of gestures is described. The portable device may be used to detect a health, safety, or security related event. The portable device may further include an emergency event module for automatically determining whether the sequence of gestures corresponds to an emergency event. The portable device may further include a proximity detection module for automatically determining whether a mobile device corresponding to a user listed as an emergency contact is in a state of proximity to the portable device. The portable device may further include a notification module for automatically transmitting a message, indicating the emergency event, to the user of the mobile device determined to be in the state of proximity.
US09838859B2
An emergency calling system includes a housing for accommodating a radio communication module; a battery mounting guide including a battery frame in which a battery is seated; a connector holder disposed at one end of the battery frame and a knob disposed at another end of the battery frame; a battery mounting unit, which is provided on one side of the housing and in which the battery mounting guide is fitted; a unit connector, which is disposed at an inner end of the battery mounting unit and is connected to a connector of the battery; and a locking unit for locking the battery mounting guide to the battery mounting unit. The emergency calling system enables easy replacement of the battery without requiring opening and closing the entire housing to replace the used battery.
US09838858B2
A system and method are provided in accordance with the various aspects of the invention that enhance the information regarding a caller and a call location. Such calls are typically sent to a dispatcher that handles urgent or emergency calls. The information provided can be in the form of a message that is includes specifics about the call initiator and the nature of and/or reason for the call; a message that is converted to verbal form from text-to-speech; and/or the message may include location information, especially as it relates to representing a wireless device as a landline location based on nearby communication options, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth beacons.
US09838849B2
A system and method for identifying a customer's location at a business and provide notification to a company representative upon arrival of the customer at the business location. Real-time location determinations for the customer and customer location tracking can be provided. One or more wireless beacons communicate with the customer's electronic device. The beacons provide the system with real-time data about the customer's whereabouts, allowing for the confirmation and tracking of the customer at the location. A first non-limiting example of use, include a company that provides food and beverage allowing the customer to place an order for food and beverages on their electronic device and having the order delivered to the person at their current location as determined by the system. Another non-limiting example includes a company using the notification system to have assigned staff members notified of the customer's arrival.
US09838846B1
A method implemented by one or more processors may include determining a rotation between a client device frame and a world frame, determining a rotation between an average gravity aligned (AGA) frame of the client device and the client device frame, performing step detection of the client device, and determining a change in orientation from a first detected step to a second detected step. In one example, computing the change in orientation includes determining a rotation between a horizontally projected AGA (HPAGA) frame and the AGA frame, determining a rotation between the world frame and the HPAGA frame, and determining the change in orientation by using the rotation between the world frame and the HPAGA frame. The method may also include determining, using the computed change in orientation, pedestrian dead reckoning data of the client device over a time period, and determining an output location estimate of the client device using the pedestrian dead reckoning data.
US09838843B1
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and method for generating geo-fences having boundaries around geographic regions of interest based on historical activity data of a user application on a plurality of client devices. For example, systems and methods described herein involve tracking activity data to identify instances of an application activity associated with an action to promote and identify locations where users more frequently perform the application activity. In addition, systems and methods described herein involve tracking activity data over time to determine geographic regions of interest at different time periods where users more frequently perform application activities. Further, systems and methods described herein involve generating geo-fences around one or more geographic regions of interest.
US09838841B2
Terminal device, communication system, and communication method for executing call for communication
An acquisition unit acquires positional information. A storage unit stores a list in which a plurality of correspondence relationships between an area including positional information that can be acquired in the acquisition unit and an identifier are included. A selection unit selects, from the list stored in the storage unit, an identifier corresponding to the positional information acquired in the acquisition unit. A communication unit receives, from a calling device, a call signal including an identifier to be called. A control unit makes, when the identifier included in the call signal received in the communication unit matches the identifier selected in the selection unit, the communication unit execute communication.
US09838836B2
A location detection system for person support apparatuses includes multiple network wireless access points that communicate with a plurality of mobile transceivers positioned on board the person support apparatuses. Based upon signal strength data (e.g. RSSI or RCPI) of messages from the access points to the transceivers, the locations of the person support apparatuses are determined. In some embodiments, the person support apparatuses include an additional location detection system that utilizes fixed locators having short range transceivers to generate a second location determination of the person support apparatuses. In still other embodiments, the person support apparatuses utilize the second location detection system to determine the location of the wireless access points. The person support apparatuses may also broadcast their location to other devices that then utilize the received signal strengths of those messages to determine their own location.
US09838833B2
A communication apparatus may include: a first wireless interface; a second wireless interface; a processor. The communication apparatus may perform: in a case where a first communication link via the second wireless interface is established with a first external apparatus while the communication apparatus operates as a first parent station of a first wireless network, operating as a second parent station of a second wireless network different from the first wireless network, each of the first wireless network and the second wireless network being for performing a wireless communication via the first wireless interface; and after the communication apparatus has started an operation as the second parent station, establishing a wireless connection via the first wireless interface with the first external apparatus so as to cause the first external apparatus to participate as a child station in the second wireless network.
US09838827B2
Techniques are disclosed for controlling, in a network device, multiple radio circuits operating in a same or similar frequency band and in close physical proximity. In some embodiments, the radio circuits operate on the same network protocol. The network device can include a coexistence controller coupled to the network circuits. According to some embodiments, the network circuits are each assigned a priority, and the coexistence controller can control operations among the network circuits by selectively adjusting one or more transmission operating parameters of a respective network circuit based on a plurality of operating criteria, which include each network circuit's priority. Among other benefits, the embodiments disclosed herein can increase wireless network bandwidth and reduce mobile device power consumption by providing coordination among the radio circuits so that the transmitting and receiving operations are performed in a way that they do not interfere with their respective antennas.
US09838824B2
According to one embodiment, the grouping and arrangement of sound sources within a three-dimensional sound space can be based on attributes of the sound source. The content presented in the three-dimensional sound space can comprise social media content. According to another embodiment, the content can comprise voicemail messages and the three-dimensional sound space can be used for managing and retrieving the voicemails messages. In yet another embodiment, the content can comprise communications in a contact center between a customer or other caller and a customer support agent. According to a further embodiment, the three-dimensional sound space or an environment in which the three-dimensional sound space is implemented can provide an opportunity for the user or listener to initiate a follow-on communication with the originator of the sound source such as a social media post or other social media communication, a voice call, or other message or communication.
US09838813B2
A self diagnostic loudspeaker load impedance testing system, or Push Here Diagnostic (PHD) system, located within a mixer/amplifier for testing loudspeaker connections to the mixer amplifier during installation and maintenance. The system includes a test signal source that replaces the normal audio input to the amplifier during test. A PHD analyzer within the mixer amplifier analyzes the response of the loudspeakers and related wiring to the test signal to detect a total system impedance that exceeds the amplifier rating and to detect short circuits in the wiring. The PHD analyzer illuminates an indicator when a fault occurs. The test is initiated by depressing a momentary contact switch within the mixer amplifier housing by inserting a tool through an opening in the mixer amplifier housing.
US09838810B2
Devices and methods of detecting a predetermined audio signal in audio signals are provided. A device includes a processor coupled to a clock signal generator, a power controller and an audio detector. The power controller controls a clock rate provided to the processor by the clock signal generator, to control the device to operate in a low power mode having a relatively low power consumption or in a normal power mode having a relatively high power consumption. The audio detector receives audio signals and detects, in the low power mode, probable presence of a predetermined audio signal in the audio signals. The power controller controls the device to switch from the low power mode to the normal power mode responsive to the detected presence of the predetermined audio signal by the audio detector.
US09838806B2
The invention is directed to a hearing aid device that includes a housing having an opening and a battery drawer. The opening and the battery drawer are parts of a battery door that is rotatably mounted to the housing. The battery drawer also includes a finger engagement portion arranged at the outside surface of the battery drawer. The battery door can be closed by pushing the finger engagement portion, and maintained in a closed state. The battery door can be at least partly opened by pushing the finger engagement portion, and maintained in an at least partly open state. The hearing aid device can be electrically switched on and off by pushing the finger engagement portion.
US09838804B2
Systems, methods, and devices for adaptively filtering audio signals are disclosed. An example system includes a microphone configured to generate a first audio signal in response to receiving a sound, an output transducer configured to provide an output, and a sound processor configured to: (i) filter a first sample of the audio input signal using an adaptive filter to provide a first filtered audio input signal, with the dynamic range of the adaptive filter being limited by an initial value of at least one parameter filter; (ii) process the first filtered audio signal to provide a output audio signal; and (iii) cause the output transducer to provide an output that is based at least in part on the output audio signal. Adaptive signal modeling may be used to update the adaptive filter, with model and the initial value of at least one parameter filter being based on environmental classifier.
US09838803B1
A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided. The thermophone includes high temperature rated shells as protective walls as the top and bottom housing of the thermophone with carbon nanotube sheets affixed between the shells. The shells act as acoustic windows that match the surrounding frequency and acoustic radiation medium. A high temperature rated sealant gasket is used to enclose the shells of the thermophone where gas holes are inserted for interior heavy gas filling. The acoustic resonant frequency is defined by the dimensions of the housing of the thermophone and the sound speed of the filled heavy gas. Each carbon nanotube sheet has an electrode at both ends. Multiple carbon nanotube sheets can electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load.
US09838800B2
A piezoelectric, poly (γ-benzyl-α,L-glutamate) (“PBLG”) planar microphone, and method for construction thereof, are disclosed. The microphone includes at least a polyester film, a piezoelectric, hot pressed poly (γ-benzyl-α,L-glutamate) (“HPPBLG”) layer, and an aluminum coating for the HPPBLG layer. The coated HPPBLG layer is coupled to the polyester film.
US09838799B2
In an embodiment, an electroacoustic converter has an enclosure, piezoelectric sounding body, electromagnetic sounding body, passage, and wiring members. The piezoelectric sounding body includes a first vibration plate supported directly or indirectly on the enclosure, and a piezoelectric element placed at least on one side of the first vibration plate. The piezoelectric sounding body divides the interior of the enclosure into a first space and a second space. The electromagnetic sounding body has a second vibration plate and is placed in the first space. The passage is provided at the piezoelectric sounding body or around the piezoelectric sounding body, to connect the first space and second space. The wiring members are electrically connected to the piezoelectric element and led out toward the electromagnetic sounding body, from the piezoelectric element, through the first space or second space.
US09838790B2
A data-processing method for determining at least one spatial coordinate of a sound source emitting a sound signal, in a three-dimensional space, includes the following steps: obtaining at least one first signal and one second signal from the sound signal, collected according to separate directivities by a first sensor and a second sensor; deducing from the first and second signals an expression of at least one first spatial coordinate of the sound source, the expression comprising an uncertainty; determining additional information relating to the first spatial coordinate of the sound source, from a comparison between the respective features of the signals collected by the first and second sensors; and determining the first spatial coordinate of the sound source on the basis of the expression and the additional information.
US09838786B2
A method to produce a dynamic sound stage for engine harmonic enhancement (EHE). Dynamic refers to the ability to position the sound stage at different positions as the engine operates at various RPMs and load. In order to control the sound stage width, a phase difference can be introduced between a first audio channel (e.g., a left audio channel) and second audio channel (e.g., a right audio channel). In the most general case, the phase difference can be introduced per harmonic per RPM. In this approach, the phase difference can be adjusted such that a vehicle occupant will perceive each harmonic signal to have a particular width. This width can be adjusted independently per RPM regions by tuning the per harmonic phase difference.
US09838785B2
The present invention includes methods, circuits, devices, systems and associated computer executable code for acquiring, processing and rendering acoustic signals. According to some embodiments, one or more direction specific audio signals may be generated using a microphone array comprising two or more microphones and an audio stream generator. The audio stream generator may receive a direction parameter from an optical tracking system. There may be provided an audio rendering system adapted to normalize and/or balance acoustic signals acquired from a soundscape.
US09838783B2
A time domain impulse response filter may be used to equalize signals in the time domain to avoid error and artifacts that are introduced by domain transforms such as the IFFT. The disclosed time domain impulse response filter is based on the magnitude responses of the individual signals. The magnitude responses for each signal may be calculated in the frequency domain or with other techniques such as auto-regressive analysis and mathematical signal approximations algorithms, such as Padé approximations. An adaptive filter may then equalize the input sensor signals in their original time domain form using a filter calculated based on the processed signals.
US09838780B2
A single prong, multiple signal conducting plug and plug detection circuitry is provided. The plug may be electrically coupled to a stereo headset including a microphone. The plug may include four signal conducting regions arranged in a predetermined order along the length of the prong. Detection circuitry may be operative to determine whether a microphone type of plug (e.g., a four region plug including a microphone region and two audio regions, or a three region plug including microphone region and only one audio region) or a non-microphone type of plug (e.g., stereo plug) is inserted into the jack of an electronic device (e.g., mobile phone). Detection circuitry may also detect user activated functions performed in response to user activation of one or more switches included with the headset. For example, the headset may include a single switch for performing a function with respect to a microphone (e.g., end-call function).
US09838777B2
[Object] To make it possible to further improve acoustic characteristics.[Solution] There is provided a headphone including: a driver unit including a vibration plate; a housing configured to house the driver unit, to form an air-tightened front air chamber of which a part except for an opening for sound output is spatially blocked from the outside on a front side on which the vibration plate of the driver unit is provided, and to form a rear air chamber that has a predetermined capacity on a rear side that is the opposite side to the front side; and an acoustic tube provided in a partial region of a partition wall of the housing that constitutes the rear air chamber and configured to spatially connect the rear air chamber and the outside of the housing through a tube.
US09838776B2
A ball and socket joint preventing rotation of the ball about the axis of radial symmetry of the socket and restricting rotation of the ball about both axes orthogonal to the axis of radial symmetry to a predetermined angular value. The ball is irregular in shape and has grooves that receive ridges in the socket to accomplish the axial rotational restriction. The interaction of socket shape with ball shape accomplishes the rotational restrictions about the orthogonal axes. An exemplary use is for joining headset ear cups to headset side pieces to provide flexibility to accommodate a wide range of head shapes and sizes. The ball is preferably made of one piece with the headset side pieces and the socket is preferably made of one piece with the shell of the ear cup. Embodiments for head-mounted headsets and helmet-mounted headsets are disclosed.
US09838773B2
An adaptor for retaining and suspending cabled microphones comprises a main body having a first threaded end and an opposite second threaded end with a circumferential flange separating the first and second threaded ends and extending from the main body. A bore extends longitudinally through main body. A cap threads onto the first threaded end and a nut threads onto the second threaded end. The microphone cable extends through a bore in each of the nut and the cap and through the bore 20 through main body. An O-ring is captured between the cap and main and prevents relative movement between the cable and the main body when the cap is tightened, and creates a plenum seal through the adaptor.
US09838769B2
Various configurations of a microphone shield are disclosed. Each of the microphone shields includes a number of panels configured to be positioned around a point in space at which a microphone may be positioned. Acoustic liners may be coupled to the panels. At least one of the panels and/or acoustic liners is configured to define an arc that is convex in shape relative to the point in space.
US09838767B2
Measures for regulating the electrical bias voltage at the measuring capacitor of a MEMS sensor element are described. A base voltage is applied to the measuring capacitor and regulated in such a way that the potential difference between the two electrode sides of the measuring capacitor corresponds to the setpoint voltage. The base voltage is regulated in a low-voltage range.
US09838765B1
A speaker box includes a housing with an accommodation space including a retaining wall for dividing the accommodation space into a front cavity and a rear cavity opposite to the front cavity; a speaker unit received in the front cavity of the accommodation space; sound-absorbing powder arranged in rear cavity of the housing; and a separation mesh injection-molded with the retaining wall. The retaining wall includes a through hole for communicating the front cavity with the rear cavity, the separation mesh covers the through hole for separating the sound-absorbing powder from the front cavity.
US09838751B2
A transmission/reception installation for microwave radio signals, including a unit for transmission/reception including a receiver for receiving the electric signals from the conversion of radio signals received via a terrestrial or satellite link, referred to as forward-link signals, a demodulator for demodulating the electric signals using a first modulation/demodulation protocol, a modulator for modulating electric signals using a second modulation/demodulation protocol that is different than the first protocol, the second protocol being a spread-spectrum protocol, the modulator modulating the signals demodulated by the demodulator, and a converter for converting the electric signals modulated using a spread-spectrum protocol into radio signals that can be transmitted via a satellite link. The installation also includes one or more boxes including a modulator for modulating the electric signals using the first modulation/demodulation protocol, and a coaxial cable connecting the unit for transmission/reception to the boxes.
US09838749B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering programming content to vehicles (e.g., seagoing vessels) in a cost-effective manner. In some embodiments, programming content may be delivered to vehicles over previously deployed networks (e.g., satellite networks), using excess network capacity which may not otherwise be used to deliver data. By opportunistically employing excess network capacity (e.g., as the capacity becomes available), data constituting programming content may be delivered to vehicles over a period of time, such as via multicast transmission. A vehicle may store received data on one or more onboard servers. After an item of programming content has been received, the item may be made accessible to the vehicle's crew and/or passengers, such as by streaming the item to one or more suitably configured playback devices. Content may be served to playback devices “on demand” and/or according to a programming schedule.
US09838738B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for storing or caching targeted content on a receiver device using existing bandwidth within a media network are described. For example, unused bandwidth within a transport stream may be detected and targeted content may be inserted into the transport stream within the unused bandwidth. The targeted content may include targeted advertisements for a household addressable media network. The transport stream may be transmitted to the receiver device which may access and store the targeted content responsive to various targeted content signals. For instance, the transport stream may include targeted content signals configured to trigger the receive device to access and store the targeted content. The transport stream may include a commercial feed transport stream.
US09838737B2
Implementations disclose filtering wind noises in video content. A method includes receiving video content comprising an audio component and a video component, detecting, by a processing device, occurrence of a wind noise artifact in a segment of the audio component, identifying duration of the wind noise artifact and intensity of the wind noise artifact, selecting, by the processing device, a wind noise replacement operation based on the identified duration and intensity of the wind noise artifact, and applying, by the processing device, the selected wind noise replacement operation to the segment of the audio component to remove the wind noise artifact from the segment.
US09838735B2
The present technology relates to a reception device, reception method, and program that can prevent erroneous detection of a predetermined signal, such as a P1 signal, included in, for example, a received signal such as DVB-T2.A correlation calculation unit obtains a correlation value between received signals including a predetermined signal in which an original signal and a duplicate signal obtained from a copy of at least a part of the original signal are disposed. An average power calculation unit obtains average power of the received signals. A normalization unit obtains a normalized correlation value obtained by normalizing the correlation value by the average power. The present technology can be applied to a case where a P1 signal being a preamble signal is detected from a received signal such as DVB-T2, for example.
US09838725B2
A system for intelligent video streaming a video controller having at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to receive a playback request from a user device for a live stream, determine, from the playback request, whether source streaming content for the live stream is being transcoded, and allocate an available transcoder to transcode the source streaming content. The system further includes a transcoding having at least one processor and non-transitory computer readable media having a set of instructions executable by the at least one processor to join the multicast stream, retrieve the source streaming content, and transcode the source streaming content, and provide transcoded streaming content for delivery to the user device.
US09838717B2
The present invention discloses a method and system for filtering image noise; the system includes: an image acquisition unit, a judgment unit, a first filtering unit, a second filtering unit and a selecting unit; the steps includes: selecting a pixel in one of the color channels in YUV image to detect; according to all the pixels in the N*M matrix which centers on the pixel currently detected, judging whether the pixel is in a flat region; and if the pixel is in a flat region, according to the Y-component of all the pixels inside the N*M matrix, calculating and outputting the filtering strength parameter of the pixel, and then filtering the pixel according to the filtering strength parameter; the positive effects of the mentioned technical scheme are: easy in calculation; retaining image details efficiently, restoring the original color of image and improving the quality of the filtered image after filtering.
US09838716B2
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a decoding section configured to decode a difference from a previous value of a prediction parameter used when an image of a second layer having a different color gamut from a first layer is predicted from an image of the first layer, and a prediction section configured to predict the image of the second layer from the image of the first layer using the prediction parameter calculated using the difference decoded by the decoding section.
US09838712B2
A method of signaling depth-based block partitioning (DBBP) for multi-view or three-dimensional (3D) video coding is disclosed. In one embodiment, the DBBP flag is signaled for all candidate prediction modes of the current texture coding unit including a non-2N×N partition mode. The group of candidate prediction modes may consist of 2N×N partition mode and N×2N partition mode. If the DBBP flag indicates the DBBP being used for the current texture coding unit, DBBP encoding is applied to the current texture coding unit or DBBP decoding is applied to one or more PUs associated with the current texture coding unit to recover the current texture coding unit. If the DBBP flag indicates the DBBP being not used for the current texture coding unit, a prediction partition mode is signaled at an encoder side or parsed at a decoder side from a CU (coding unit) level of the bitstream.
US09838707B2
A method and apparatus for variable accuracy inter-picture timing specification for digital video encoding is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that allows the relative timing of nearby video pictures to be encoded in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, the display time difference between a current video picture and a nearby video picture is determined. The display time difference is then encoded into a digital representation of the video picture. In a preferred embodiment, the nearby video picture is the most recently transmitted stored picture. For coding efficiency, the display time difference may be encoded using a variable length coding system or arithmetic coding. In an alternate embodiment, the display time difference is encoded as a power of two to reduce the number of bits transmitted.
US09838706B2
According to an embodiment, an encoder is configured to ensure that for each long-term picture of a reference picture set (RPS) of a picture i, the value of a flag referred to as delta_poc_msb_present_flag[i] is equal to 1 when there is at least two reference pictures in a decoded picture buffer DPB) with least significant bits (lsbs) of the picture order count (POC) referred to as pic_order_cnt_lsb equal to the lsbs of the respective long-term picture i, denoted POC lsbLt[i]. When the delta_poc_msb_present_flag is equal to 1, the long-term picture is indicated by the full POC.
US09838703B2
A method and an apparatus for performing multi-threaded video decoding are disclosed. The method takes use of a multi-threaded scheme to process an encoded picture stream on a picture by picture basis. In the method, multiple threads are used for performing video decoding at the same time, such as one thread for the operation of parsing input bits into syntax elements of one picture implemented by the first thread, another thread for the operation of decoding the parsed syntax elements of another picture into pixel values implemented by the second thread, and the other threads for the operations of the non-reference picture, such as bidirectional predictive picture, including parsing input bits into syntax elements and the subsequent operation of decoding the parsed syntax elements into pixel values. Therefore, the decoding speed is substantially increased, and the decoding efficiency is enhanced.
US09838702B2
The present invention relates to a method for predicting an inter-layer of an image having a plurality of layers including at least one temporal sub-layer. The method according to present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a temporal sub-layer for inter-layer prediction; inducing a reference picture used for predicting an inter-layer of a current picture on the basis of the information on the temporal sub-layer; and predicting the inter-layer of the current picture on the basis of the reference picture.
US09838700B2
There are provided an encoding or decoding technique capable of performing more efficient encoding or decoding than before. An encoding apparatus for encoding a time-series signal in a frequency domain is provided with: a spectral envelope estimating portion 2A estimating a spectral envelope, regarding absolute values of a frequency domain sample sequence corresponding to the time-series signal raised to the power of η as a power spectrum, on the assumption that η is a predetermined positive number other than 2; and an encoding portion 2B performing such encoding that changes bit allocation or that bit allocation substantially changes, for each coefficient of the frequency domain sample sequence corresponding to the time-series signal, based on the estimated spectral envelope.
US09838687B1
A server includes an input node to receive video streams forming a panoramic video. A module forms a suggested field of view in the panoramic video. The suggested field of view is based upon a viewing parameter, such as a client device motion parameter or a motion prediction parameter. An output node sends the suggested field of view to a client device.
US09838665B2
An image processing apparatus is provided, that is configured to: extract a first pixel value corresponding to a first viewpoint that is one of a plurality of viewpoints to capture a subject image, at a target pixel position from image data having the first pixel value; extract second and third luminance values corresponding to second and third viewpoints that are different from the first viewpoint, at the target pixel position from luminance image data having the second and third luminance values; and calculate at least any of second and third pixel values of the second and third viewpoints such that a relational expression between the second or third pixel value and the first pixel value extracted by the pixel value extracting unit remains correlated with a relational expression defined by the second and third luminance values.
US09838658B2
An image processing apparatus which is capable of properly performing tone correction without damaging the atmosphere of an image in shooting. Based on a luminance histogram for photographed data, an input lower limit and an input upper limit of luminance values for use in developing the photographed data are determined. Based on at least one of the input lower limit and the input upper limit, a reference level of a gamma curve for use in carrying out gamma correction on the photographed data is calculated. Gamma correction on the photographed data is performed using the input lower limit and the input upper limit and the gamma curve corresponding to the reference level.
US09838653B2
An imager module for a vehicle includes a support having a first side and a second side. A shroud is operably coupled with the first side. The support and the shroud define a cavity. A viewing aperture is disposed in one of the support and the shroud. An imager system is disposed in the cavity. An electrical connector is configured to provide communication with the imager system. The electrical connector is disposed outside the cavity in abutting contact with the second side of the support.
US09838651B2
Systems and methods for streaming video and/or audio from wireless cameras are provided. Methods may include, at a network camera, receiving an instruction to begin video capture from a first network node, including information identifying a second network node. A first video stream may be sent from the network camera to the first network node, and a second video stream may be simultaneously sent to the second network node. The first and second video streams may be based on common video capture data, and may be sent at different bitrates, different resolutions, different frame-rates, and/or different formats. A parameter of the second video stream may be adjusted in response to performance data received from the second network node or another network node.
US09838647B2
A device for use in a digital conference system has a first and a second port in connection with each other and has a configuration device for configuring, on receipt of a trigger signal, either the first or the second port as input port of the device and the other port as output port. The trigger signal is a synchronization signal. The device is preferably a delegate unit or an extension unit.
US09838635B2
Techniques describe computing computer vision (CV) features based on sensor readings from a sensor and detecting macro-features based on the CV features. The sensor may include a sensor element array that includes a plurality of sensor elements. The sensor may also include in-pixel circuitry coupled to the sensor elements, peripheral circuitry and/or a dedicated microprocessor coupled to the sensor element array. The in-pixel circuitry, the peripheral circuitry or the dedicated microprocessor may include computation structures configured to perform analog or digital operations representative of a multi-pixel computation for a sensor element (or block of sensor elements), based on sensor readings generated by neighboring sensor elements in proximity to the sensor element, and to generate CV features. The dedicated microprocessor may process the CV features and detect macro-features. Furthermore, in certain embodiments, the dedicated microprocessor may be coupled to a second microprocessor through a wired or wireless interface.
US09838631B2
A solid state imaging device includes a pixel circuit 102 configured to generate a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion, a reference signal generation circuit 115 configured to generate a reference signal which changes in level with time, and a plurality of comparators configured to, based on the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation circuit, compare a plurality of reference signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the pixel signal, or compare a plurality of pixel signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the reference signal.
US09838630B2
An image sensor having photosites forming an array (K×L) of K rows and L columns, including a first set of integrator circuits, with a first regulation by analog weighting in blocks of n×n′ photosites, said photosites belonging to n adjacent columns and to n′ adjacent rows, and a second set of integrator circuits, with a second regulation by analog weighting in blocks of m×m′ photosites, said photosites belonging to m adjacent columns and to m′ adjacent rows, n adjacent columns of a first set of columns of the array being connected to n×n′ integrator circuits of the first set, m adjacent columns of a second set of columns of the array being connected to m×m′ integrator circuits of the second set, n columns of the first set alternating with m columns of the second set to form the array of photosites.
US09838627B2
A method of correcting errors in the output of an image detector is disclosed. The method comprises measuring an output signal (Vm) of a capacitor (Csh) holding a voltage corresponding to a signal detected by the image detector; comparing the value of output signal (Vm) to the value of the previously measured output signal (Vm−1) of the capacitor (Csh); calculating the error in the output signal (Vm) using a predetermined correction factor and the difference between the value of the output signal (Vm) and the value of the previously measured output signal (Vm−1); and providing a corrected output value (Vcrt) in accordance with the calculated error. Detectors, methods of calibrating detectors, image correction apparatus and guidance systems comprising the detectors are also disclosed.
US09838624B2
Imagers and associated devices and systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an imager includes a pixel array and control circuitry operably coupled to the pixel array. The pixel array includes an imaging pixel configured to produce a reset signal and a non-imaging pixel configured to produce a nominal reset signal. The control circuitry is configured to produce an output signal based at least in part on one of (a) the nominal reset signal when distortion at the imaging pixel exceeds a threshold and (b) the reset signal when distortion does not exceed the threshold.
US09838620B2
A sensor includes a plurality of image sensors, wherein each image sensor of the plurality of image sensors is configured to detect a first spectrum of light. The sensor further includes a depth sensing pixel bonded to each image sensor of the plurality of image sensors, wherein the depth sensing pixel is configured to detect a second spectrum of light different from the first spectrum.
US09838615B2
An image editing method and an electronic device including a display unit are provided. In the method, a first image is captured and displayed on the display unit. A first object is extracted from the first image, and a second object in the first image is detected. A second image is captured and the second object in the second image is detected. A movement of the second object is obtained according to the first image and the second image, and the first object on the display unit is moved along with the movement of the second object. Accordingly, an object in a photo can be moved by using images.
US09838611B2
An image capturing apparatus includes a light emitting unit and an image sensor having a plurality of pixels are disposed in a matrix. Each pixel includes a photodiode, a pixel memory connected to the photodiode, and a floating diffusion portion connected to the pixel memory via a switch. The image capturing apparatus opens the switch from the start of a charge accumulation period that includes a light emission period of the light emitting unit until a predetermined time in the light emission period, reads out a first signal corresponding to the charge accumulated in the floating diffusion portion after the switch has been closed, reads out a second signal corresponding to a charge accumulated in the pixel memory when the charge accumulation period has passed and calculates a distance to the subject based on the first and second signals.
US09838607B2
A digital camera includes an optical assembly and image sensor for capturing still and/or video images and displaying the images on a rear display screen. The camera includes a magnifying viewfinder that is coupled to the housing and is movable between a stowed position out of the way of the display screen and an active position for viewing a subset of display screen pixels with magnification.
US09838606B2
A transparent cover or shield of variable thickness prevents glare using particular dimensions in particular applications.
US09838605B2
In a camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body, the camera body includes a blur correcting unit that performs blur correction in a plurality of directions, and a determining unit that determines whether the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is a lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions. When the determining unit determines that the mounted lens unit is the lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions, the camera body performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a camera body side blur correction ratio, and the lens unit performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a lens unit side blur correction ratio.
US09838592B2
There are provided a lens barrel, an imaging device body, and an imaging device that can reduce a deviation in a blurred image of oblique luminous flux caused by an APD filter.A lens barrel includes a first lens optical system and a second lens optical system serving as lens optical systems including focus lenses, a diaphragm that changes the amount of an incident ray and emits the incident ray, a first APD filter that is disposed on a light-incident side of the diaphragm, and a second APD filter that is disposed on a light-emitting side of the diaphragm. Since the amount of a reduced upper ray L1 of oblique luminous flux and the amount of a reduced lower ray L2 thereof are made to be substantially equal to each other by the first APD filter and the second APD filter, a deviation of a blurred image is reduced.
US09838591B2
Ones of row addresses and column addresses of pixels in a first group are the same as those of a second group. A range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group excludes that of the second group. A range of the others of row addresses and column addresses is included in a range of the others of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first and second groups. A portion of the range of the row addresses and the column addresses of the first group overlaps with that of the third group, and the other portion of the range of the first group does not overlap with that of the third group. Intra-group addition signals of the first, second, and third groups are obtained.
US09838587B2
A space registration system includes a display apparatus, an image sensor, a processor, and a plane mirror. The display apparatus has an inherent display coordinate system which defines a coordinate of the virtual space. The image sensor has an inherent sensor coordinate system which defines a coordinate of the real space. The processor analogizes a transformation equation of the sensor coordinate system and the display coordinate system by means of symmetry of an incidence angle and a reflection angle of light with respect to the mirror surface, compares a coordinate of the reflection image with respect to the display coordinate system with a known coordinate of the reflection image with respect to the sensor coordinate system, and adjusts the transformation equation of the sensor coordinate system and the display coordinate system.
US09838575B2
Imaging is performed such that a flow-down path of the liquid from the nozzle arranged above a work to an upper surface of the work is included in an imaging field of view (Step S401). A total value of pixel values of pixels belonging to each pixel column composed of the pixels arranged in a line along a flow-down direction of the liquid in an evaluation region corresponding to the flow-down path out of an imaged image is calculated (Step S402-S403). Based on a change mode of the total value in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the flow-down direction, presence or absence of the flow-down of the liquid is determined (Step S405-S407).
US09838571B2
The present aspects relate to techniques of timing synchronization of audio and video (AV) data in a network. In particular, the techniques for a AV master to distribute AV data encoded with one or more time markers to a plurality of processing nodes. The one or more time markers may be indexed to a precision time protocol (PTP) time stamp used as a time reference. In one technique, the nodes extract the time markers to determine an offset value that is applied to a PLL to synchronize AV data packets at a distribution node or a processing node. In another technique the distribution node or the processing node determines the worst case path, which corresponds to a system offset value. The distribution node then reports the system offset value to the AV master, which in turn adjusts the phase based on the report.
US09838570B2
An example embodiment may involve obtaining (i) an a×b attribute macro-cell, and (ii) a×b pixel macro-cells for each of a luminance plane, a first color plane, and a second color plane of an input image. The a×b pixel macro-cells may each contain 4 non-overlapping m×n pixel cells. The example embodiment may also involve determining 4 attribute-plane output values that represent the 4 non-overlapping m×n attribute cells, 1 to 4 luminance-plane output values that represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the luminance plane, a first color-plane output value to represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the first color plane, and a second color-plane output value to represent the a×b pixel macro-cell of the second color plane. The example embodiment may further involve writing an interleaved representation of the output values to a computer-readable output medium.
US09838564B2
A system and method for distributed processing in an Internet Protocol network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an application server can have a controller element to receive a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message from a communication device, establish a Real Time Protocol (RTP) channel between the communication device and the application server responsive to the SIP INVITE message, and submit a SIP SUBSCRIBE message to an intermediate communication node (ICN) directing the ICN to engage one or more Digital Signal Processing (DSP) resources for processing signals in the RTP channel. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09838561B2
A serial data transfer apparatus includes a decoder, a counter, and a calculation circuit. The decoder is configured to decode serial data to obtain written data, a base address, and transfer type information for specifying a storage unit for storing the written data. The counter is configured to count a frame synchronization pulse. The calculation circuit is configured to generate a chip select signal based on the transfer type information and the base address, as decoded by the decoder, and a count value of the frame synchronization pulse output by the counter.
US09838557B2
A system and method are provided for implementing more efficient printing in image forming devices by providing a user-interactive scheme for delaying printing of individual user-requested print operations when an individual image forming device to which a specific user-requested printing operation is directed is determined to be in a power saving mode. The disclosed system and method may determine whether a requested image forming device is in a power saving mode at the time that a user requests an image forming operation and automatically present to the user a formatted user interface page on a display at the user workstation. The formatted user interface may provide the user with an option to direct the image forming device to delay (hold) executing the requested image forming operation until some additional condition is met.
US09838555B2
An image forming system includes an image former; a reader that executes reading a document or a sheet; a post processor that applies post processing to the document or the sheet; and a controller. The controller controls the image formation, the reading and the post processing, judges the requested degree of importance of reading for a reading target on the document or the sheet, judges existence or nonexistence of an overlap between an execution timing of the reading and a timing of generation of vibration at the post processing, judges the necessity of a countermeasure to prevent the overlap from occurring with reference to the degree of importance of reading and the existence or nonexistence of the overlap, and controls the execution timing of the reading and the post processing to prevent the overlap from occurring when the controller determines that the countermeasure is necessary.
US09838535B2
The present disclosure describes a system, method, and computer readable medium for providing information of a calling party to an alert party, wherein the calling party is in communication with the receiving party in a communications network. The method includes receiving a message from a calling party to a receiving party and performing a lookup of information relating to the calling party in a database, wherein the lookup is based on an identifier associated with the message, Thereafter, an alert is sent to the alert party if the calling party information is unavailable in a contact list of the receiving party.
US09838534B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing multiple persona support for communications. A processor, at the device, can execute a persona service. The persona service can create one or multiple containers/highly secure work space(s) within the user device. The processor, at the administrator level of the specific work group, can detect a communication request comprising a request to initiate a communication. The processor can determine if the communication comprises a call. If a determination is made that the communication comprises the call, the processor, based on the profiles of the parties, can obtain call handling rules/policies, initiate setup of a communication path for the call, provide contacts to parties to the call, and determine how the call is handled. If a determination is made that the call is accepted, the processor can allow initiation of the call, or other appropriate treatments
US09838521B2
A mobile device can include a support frame adapted to support one or more electronic components of the mobile device. The mobile device includes a chassis shell adapted to form an exterior of the mobile device. The mobile device can include a tray exposed on the exterior and having at least two functional components of the mobile device attached thereon serving at least two different functions (e.g., an electronic function, an input or output function, and/or a mechanical function to support a permanent or temporary component). The chassis shell exposes one of the functional components on the exterior. The tray is capable of sliding outward to further expose the other one of the functional components.
US09838520B2
A mobile electronic device such as a mobile phone includes wallet application software for receiving, storing, encrypting, and transmitting selected payment card data. A tab including a programmable magnetic stripe is associated with a controller for receiving transmitted payment card data and programming the stripe with selected data. The tab is mounted directly to the electronic device or to an attachment device removably coupled to the electronic device. The attachment device may comprise a case for the mobile electronic device that allows access to a user interface and display of the mobile electronic device.
US09838517B2
A mobile terminal is provided that does not have a separate dedicated microphone hole. The mobile terminal preferably includes an ear jack assembly and a microphone unit. The ear jack assembly includes an ear jack plug insert hole. The microphone unit is disposed in a neighborhood of the ear jack assembly. The microphone unit is realized to use a microphone hole for receiving an external note also as an ear jack plug insert hole. Since a microphone hole for a speaker phone is excluded, the microphone unit is advantageous in space utilization, and can contribute to designing an elegance appearance of the mobile terminal. In addition, since the microphone unit is manufactured integrally with the ear jack assembly, manufacturing costs reduce and working efficiency may increase.
US09838507B2
A method and system includes, by a computing device, redirecting a connected Bluetooth device connected to a local client such that the properties and functionalities of the Bluetooth device are available to applications hosted at a server. A virtual Bluetooth device is created and a virtual Bluetooth driver and a real Bluetooth driver a loaded by the operating system of the server. Requests from applications at the server are converted to transaction requests and transmitted to the Bluetooth device whereupon responses from the Bluetooth device are directed to the requesting application.
US09838506B1
Systems and methods for enabling a visitor to access VR representations authored by different authors of images at different quality levels at various locations in a virtual universe via a computer network are provided. A plurality of data sets may be stored in memory. Each VR data set may define a VR representation of a location and may be independently authored by a respective author different from the other authors. In addition, each VR dataset may have a speed and quality metric to assist the visitors in an optimized experience. One or more VR data servers may access and transmit the VR data sets of various quality and speeds, each of which may be associated with a VR data server having access to the VR data set. A domain server may be adapted to access and transmit domain data comprising the location within the universe of each VR representation and the network address of the VR data server associated with the VR representation. Further, a client host may be adapted to communicate with the domain server to receive domain data representing the network address of the VR data server associated with a bets matched quality and speed VR representation and to communicate with that VR data server to access the VR data set defining the VR representation without leaving the virtual universe.
US09838505B2
A method may receive a message from a first client associated with a first device type. A first application context associated with a session may be prepared for a response to the message based on the first device type. The response to the message may be prepared and the response may be transmitted to the first client via the session. The first application context associated with the session may be cleansed. Furthermore, the first application context associated with the session may be stored in a pool.
US09838501B2
A method and an apparatus for generating contact relationship data in a network communication system are disclosed. The method includes: selecting target users from contacts of an introducer according to a selecting instruction; sending an introducing request to each of user accounts of the target users; monitoring response instructions from the user accounts of the target users, and generating contact relationship data between the user accounts of the target users after detecting that all the user accounts of the target users return response instructions for accepting the introducing request. The apparatus comprises: a target user selecting module, a request sending module, a response monitoring module, and a contact relationship data generating module. Using the present invention, the convenience and success rate of generating contact relationship data is improved.
US09838499B2
Systems and methods for application controlled pre-fetch are described. One method is for receiving pre-fetch information, over a network, at a first load balancer. The pre-fetch information is received from a first server. The pre-fetch information includes a first element identifier. The method is further for retrieving a first element by communicating a message to a second server, the message including the first element identifier.
US09838495B2
A system or computer usable program product for efficiently acquiring data from a plurality of proximate devices including a mobile ad-hoc network (manet); selecting one of the mobile devices as a harvest node to transmit data to a repository for storing data; responsive to detecting a first data stream and a second data stream from a respective first mobile device and a second mobile device, determining that the data from the first and second data streams have a threshold similarity; utilizing a node in the manet to compress portions of the first data stream and the second data stream to produce a compressed data stream according to a first compression technique, wherein data from the first data stream and the second data stream are present in the compressed data stream; and transmitting the compressed data stream to the repository by the harvest node.
US09838492B2
The present invention relates to a data pushing method, apparatus, and system. The data pushing method includes: sending a query request for a camp-on state of a mobile terminal to a gateway; receiving reply information that is about the camp-on state of the mobile terminal and returned by the gateway; determining, according to the camp-on state of the mobile terminal, a data volume of cached content to be pushed; and sending a pushing instruction to a main cache; sending the first pushing instruction to the main cache if the mobile terminal is in a first camp-on state; and sending the second pushing instruction to the main cache if the mobile terminal is in a second camp-on state, so as to control the main cache to push a second data volume of data of the cached content to the mobile terminal.
US09838486B2
A method, system and computer program product for checking documents using colloquialisms. Colloquialisms used in messages by users in a social network are tracked. The relationships (e.g., co-worker) between the senders and recipients of these messages are identified. A social graph is then generated to depict the relations between the users in the social network based on these identified relationships. Furthermore, usage patterns of colloquialisms (e.g., a particular colloquialism is used only with close friends as opposed to co-workers) are formulated. A rule set is generated using the social graph and formulated usage patterns. By using the rule set to check documents, documents may be more accurately checked for spelling and/or grammatical errors by taking into consideration the appropriate usage of colloquialisms based on the context (e.g., communicating with a friend). Furthermore, alternative words or phrases may be appropriately recommended based on the context using such a rule set.
US09838484B2
Computer-based systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. In a social network embodiment, information regarding a first user is obtained and formed into a first dataset. Conceptual spaces are selected for the first user, and the first user's location is determined in the spaces. Distances between the first user and other users and their datasets are computed in the selected conceptual spaces. Actions are taken based on the distances, such as including or excluding the other users from a friends list of the first user.
US09838473B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for integrating peer-to-peer (P2P) networks with content delivery networks (CDNs). In an embodiment, a method for use in a network storage control peer (NSCP) supporting P2P operation includes receiving swarm stats from a tracker; determining, based on the received swarm stats, a P2P rarity associated with a content piece; and responsive to the determined P2P rarity, transmitting an upload request message to an ingestion gateway, wherein the upload request message indicates that the content piece is to be uploaded to a CDN.
US09838470B2
A method for optimizing repeated write access by a client to at least one variable in a server via OPC UA, wherein a call method for repeated write access is provided on the server, the call method includes notification of an access time interval and at least one variable for the repeated write access, the client calls the call method on the server, the server is notified of an access time interval and the at least one variable for the repeated write access in the process, where the server creates a data structure for the repeated write access and maintains said data structure during the access time interval, values of the at least one variable which are to be written are transmitted to the server by the client during the access time interval, and the server allocates each value transmitted by the client to the associated variable.
US09838469B1
A system includes event engine logic distributed across a plurality of devices dispersed over an area of coverage, and logic to process events according to layout information homologized by an event web service from scene captures and location data from the plurality of devices, and logic to partition the homologized layout into areas of coverage and to assign each area of coverage to a device or subgroup of devices in the plurality of devices.
US09838459B2
A content controller monitors current network capacity usage and ongoing streaming data requests. Based on the collected information, the content controller assigns a data segment prefetching task to a data storage (e.g., a cache) of the network. One or several caches can be used to prefetch one or more data segments, depending on the network conditions and the speed with which a data store can retrieve the data over the network. The task assignment is performed for a given period of time, which is defined as a round. Periodically, the controller uses information collected from previous rounds, such as the history of streaming data requests and bandwidth usage, to determine the data segments to be prefetched by data stores in the next round.
US09838449B2
A local application streaming proxy can create a virtual image of storage media, which allows cloud operators to rapidly deliver applications, or deliver any operating system remotely, while providing better security, network utilization, low power requirements, and consistent performance for streamed applications and operating systems. A station using its WiFi/LAN provides QoS guarantees (or priority) for application streaming network communications to create a consistent user experience regardless of other application bandwidth utilization. “HTTP demand paging” is also possible.
US09838447B2
A method of conveying a location information (2) representing a physical location of a first communication device (D) from the first communication device (D) to a server (S) comprises sending a first invite message (12) of the server (S), the server (S) being triggered by a third communication device (C), to the first communication device (D) to invite the first communication device (D) to initiate a communication connection (26) to a second communication device (T), and sending an answer message (13) of the first communication device (D) in response to the first invite message (12) to the server (S), wherein the location information (2) is inserted in the answer message (13) for insertion in a second invite message (14) of the server (S) to the second communication device (T) to invite the second communication device (T) to accept the communication connection (26).
US09838445B2
For each of a group of nodes including a node corresponding to a first member and a plurality of nodes corresponding to members with which the first member is directly connected in a social graph, a plurality of reputation scores may be calculated for a node in the social graph, and the plurality of reputation scores for the node may be averaged into an importance score for the node. A keyness score for each of the plurality of nodes corresponding to members with which the first member is directly connected in the social graph can be calculated, the keyness score for each of the plurality of nodes being based on a connection strength for a connection between the node and the node corresponding to the first member and based on the importance score for the node. The keyness scores may be selected, averaged, and saved as a social capital score.
US09838443B2
A method for controlling media presentation during a teleconference. The method generally includes the steps of coupling a buffer operatively to a host device and a participant device, storing media information associated with the teleconference in the buffer and directing playback of the media information from the buffer to the participant device. The host device is associated with a host of the teleconference and the host thereby enables playback of the stored media information to a participant other than the host.
US09838440B2
The disclosed embodiments include a computer implemented method for managing network communications. In one embodiment, the method includes gathering, using performance information packet (PIP) data packets, network performance information from a communications network that includes network performance information from a set of egress points between the communications network and an outside network. The method selects a network connection including an egress point and an egress packet path within the communications network to the egress point offering the best quality of service between the communications network and an outside network based on the network performance information. The method then establishes the network connection between the communications network and the outside network for routing communications.
US09838437B2
The present invention discloses a method, a device, and a system for implementing prompting and collecting user information, and belongs to the field of computer networks. The method includes: obtaining, by an AIP device, ETC operation information forwarded by an IMS network side entity and carrying prompting and collecting user information information, where the ETC operation information is sent by a service control point SCP, and the prompting and collecting user information information includes a routing address of the AIP device, an ID of the SCP, and a service correlation ID; establishing, by the AIP device, a connection with the SCP through the IMS network side entity according to the prompting and collecting user information information carried in the ETC operation information; and interacting, by the AIP device, with the SCP according to the established connection, so as to complete a prompting and collecting user information process.
US09838436B2
An aircraft data network is provided that can include a first Remote Data Concentrator (RDC), a network switch and a second RDC. The first RDC can receive one or more input signals comprising data from a transmitting system, and translate the data per a network protocol to generate translated data having a format in accordance with the network protocol. The network switch can receive the translated data from the first RDC, determine a destination for at least some of the translated data, and route at least some of the translated data toward a first receiving system. The second RDC can receive at least some of the translated data from the network switch, convert at least some of the translated data to generate converted data having a format designed for use by the first receiving system, and communicate the converted data to the first receiving system.
US09838433B2
In an information processing apparatus that communicates with a printing control apparatus, whether the printing control apparatus is connected is determined in a case where a security policy is set for the information processing apparatus, and setting of the security policy is activated. The setting of the security policy is deactivated in a case where the printing control apparatus is connected, and the setting of the security policy is applied in a case where the printing control apparatus is not connected.
US09838430B1
Functionality is disclosed herein for providing temporary access to a resource. A software product that is executing in response to a request from a customer may access one or more resources of a software provider. The resources that may be accessed by a software product may be identified within an access policy. The customer is prevented from accessing the resource when the software product is not executing.
US09838419B1
A method comprises obtaining data characterizing web browsing activity of a group of users of an enterprise, processing the data characterizing the web browsing activity to identify one or more patterns of web browsing activity of the group of users, selecting, based on the patterns of web browsing activity, at least one website to check for evidence of a watering hole attack threat to the enterprise, analyzing elements of said at least one website to identify executable code evidencing the watering hole attack threat to the enterprise, and modifying access by one or more client devices of the enterprise to said at least one website responsive to identifying executable code of said at least one website evidencing the watering hole attack threat to the enterprise.
US09838417B1
According to one embodiment, a malware detection system is integrated with at least a static analysis engine and a dynamic analysis engine. The static analysis engine is configured to automatically determine an object type of a received object. The dynamic analysis engine is configured to automatically launch the object after selecting an action profile based on the object type. The dynamic analysis engine is further configured to, provide simulated user interaction to the object based on the selected action profile either in response to detecting a request for human interaction or as a result of a lapse of time since a previous simulated human interaction was provided.
US09838415B2
A network node includes enhanced functionality to fight through cyber-attacks. A plurality of virtual machines run at the network node. The network node receives a plurality of transaction requests and distributes a copy of each of the transaction requests to the plurality of virtual machines over a plurality of time steps. Based on the first virtual machine having executed (n) transaction requests in the plurality of transaction requests, the node detects whether any of the virtual machines has been compromised. In response to detecting the plurality of virtual machines includes a compromised virtual machine, the network node isolates the compromised virtual machine. Furthermore, after isolating the compromised virtual machine, the network node may receive a subsequent transaction request and dispatch the subsequent transaction request to the compromised virtual machine. The compromised virtual machine may execute the subsequent transaction request.
US09838408B1
In an embodiment, a system, device and method for detecting a malicious attack is described. Herein, the system includes a security network device that conducts an analysis on received network traffic to detect a suspicious object associated with the network traffic and determine an identifier associated with a source of the suspicious object. Information associated with the suspicious object and/or ancillary data, including information that identifies a return path for analysis results to a customer, are uploaded to a detection cloud. The detection cloud includes provisioning logic and one or more virtual machines that are provisioned by the provisioning logic in accordance with at least a portion of the ancillary data. The provisioning logic to customize functionality of the detection cloud for a specific customer.
US09838398B2
A method of managing access to enterprise resources is provided. An access manager may operate at a mobile device to validate a mobile application installed at that mobile device. If the access manager does not successfully validate the mobile application, the access manager may prevent the mobile application from accessing computing resource. If the access manager does successfully validate the mobile application, then the access manager may identify the mobile application as a trusted mobile application. The access manager may thus permit the trusted mobile application to access the computing resource.
US09838397B2
An information processing apparatus which manages identification information of a first user and device identification information of a device of the first user in association with each other, manages identification information of a second user and device identification information of a plurality of devices of the second user in association with each other, and controls data transmission and reception between the devices of the first user and the second user. The apparatus receives a request to the second user from the first user, transmits the request from the first user to the plurality of devices of the second user, and notifies a device other than the device that transmitted the permission information among the plurality of devices of the second user of cancellation of the request.
US09838393B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for reviewing inputted commands and preventing the execution of accidentally or maliciously entered adverse commands are disclosed. These commands may be operating system commands, resource commands, device commands, application commands, and so on. Some aspects of the disclosure provide ways to split entry and/or approval of commands prior to their execution. In some aspects, execution of the command may be undone or reversed if the command is not successfully validated. Commands may be encapsulated in a control wrapper to identify commands subject to split approval or co-entry process, and criteria regarding the commands or the user(s) entering the commands may be used to determine whether co-entry or split approval and/or post-execution validation is required. Indications of approval or denial of a command may be transmitted to other computing devices to reduce or eliminate malicious or accidental activity.
US09838385B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention relate to password management. Specifically, a user selects a variable parameter rule from among a set of variable parameter rules. The variable parameter rule includes a set of variable parameter values. The user defines two or more static passwords and maps each static password to a variable parameter value. To access a protected source, the user must enter a valid password that matches one of the static passwords based on a current variable parameter value associated with the variable parameter rule.
US09838376B1
A system provides cloud-based identity and access management. The system receives a request for performing an identity management service, where the request includes a call to an application programming interface (“API”) that identifies the identity management service and a microservice configured to perform the identity management service. The system authenticates the request, accesses the microservice, and performs the identity management service by the microservice.
US09838366B2
A system for auditing authorized key files associated with secure shell (SSH) servers is disclosed. In an example, the system may include a purpose-built SSH audit server. The SSH audit server may be configured to receive an authorized key file and a list of users. The SSH audit sever may generate and provide unique registration codes for each of the users in the list. The SSH audit server may associate particular users with particular public keys as each of the users accesses the SSH audit server using a public key and inputs a registration code.
US09838364B2
A content distribution system is disclosed that supports verification of transmission. In some embodiments, a remote probe device captures content and sends the content to a decrypting device so that decryption may be performed. The decrypting device may archive the content and may subsequently send the content to the probe device or to a playback device so that the content may be displayed. Consequently, the content distribution system can verify that specified content (e.g., an advertisement) was correctly distributed according to scheduled information.
US09838362B2
The method and system enable secure forwarding of a message from a first computer to a second computer via an intermediate computer in a telecommunication network. A message is formed in the first computer or in a computer that is served by the first computer, and in the latter case, sending the message to the first computer. In the first computer, a secure message is then formed by giving the message a unique identity and a destination address. The message is sent from the first computer to the intermediate computer after which the destination address and the unique identity are used to find an address to the second computer. The current destination address is substituted with the found address to the second computer, and the unique identity is substituted with another unique identity. Then the message is forwarded to the second computer.
US09838361B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable medium are provided to secure data centers and cloud computing. A method receives network identifiers for functions, requests a network key for each function, allocates network interfaces, requests a virtual network interface controller allocation, requests a network key for each cloud function, receives storage identifiers for functions, requests a storage key for each cloud function, allocates virtual storage disks, requests a storage interface controller allocation, requests a storage key for each cloud function. Methods secure migration of a virtual machine from a source to a target server. A server includes multiple cores where each core is dedicated to a compute function and a unique key encrypts data of each compute function. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encodes programs that execute the above methods.
US09838360B2
A method of securely transmitting communication information from a first terminal operating in a first coordinate measurement domain to a second remotely-located terminal operating in a second coordinate measurement domain is described. The method comprises: combining the communication information with extraneous information to create a data signal; determining a value of an identification variable expressed with respect to the first coordinate measurement domain, the identification variable value enabling the location of the communication information concealed within the data signal to be determined; transmitting the data signal and the identification variable value from the first terminal to the second terminal; using a coordinate transform function configured to map coordinate values from the first coordinate measurement domain to the second coordinate measurement domain to calculate a value of the received identification variable expressed with respect to the second coordinate measurement domain; and extracting the information from the received data signal using the calculated identification variable value to distinguish the communication information from the extraneous information.
US09838352B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a network device, an endpoint device attempting to access a data network via a data link; and generating, by the network device, a unique device signature for identifying the endpoint device based on the network device identifying a sequence of link layer data packets transmitted by the endpoint device upon connection to the data link, the unique device signature identifying a behavior of the endpoint device independent of any link layer address used by the endpoint device.
US09838351B2
A method and system for federation of proxy-based and proxy-free communications systems is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-executable method comprises broadcasting a network address of a federation computer with an identification of the federation computer as a server for domains operating on a proxy-less protocol. The method includes establishing communications with a server on the network according to a proxy-less communications protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-based communications protocol and to receive data bound for a destination domain that operates according to a proxy-less communications protocol. Further, the method calls for establishing communications with a proxy on the network according to a proxy-based protocol to receive data bound for a destination domain.
US09838350B2
In particular embodiments, a computing device receives from each of one or more contact-information sources a set of contact information associated with a user of a social-networking system. The set of contact information includes one or more instances of contact information in one or more categories of contact information. The computing device automatically selects, in each of the categories of contact information, one of the instances of contact information from the sets of contact information as a default for the category of contact information for a second user of the social-networking system.
US09838344B2
A computer-implemented method for preventing spam emails from a share site includes providing a network-based computer system to enable users to set up share sites and to send emails from the share sites, detecting potential spam emails based on one or more spam detection rules, identifying false positive emails in the potential spam emails based on one or more false alarm reduction rules, removing false positive emails from the potential spam emails to produce a list of verified spam emails, identifying a sender of the list of verified spam emails as a spammer, and prohibiting the spammer from sending emails from one or more share sites owned spammer.
US09838343B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program for control of a text component of a call. The method may include sending a message to a node for establishment of a call in an area, the area providing at least partially overlapping packet switched and circuit switched coverage. The message may include a request for one of a packet switched real-time text component and a circuit switched real-time text component in said call. In response to receiving a message from the node, the method may include sending a further message to the node including a request to provide the other of a packet switched real-time text component and a circuit switched real-time text component in the call.
US09838341B1
A network device determines whether a utilization threshold is reached, the utilization threshold associated with memory resources of the network device, the memory resources including a shared memory and a reserved memory. Available memory in the shared memory is available for any egress interfaces in a plurality of egress interfaces, and the reserved memory includes respective sub-pools for exclusive use by respective egress interfaces among at least some of the plurality of egress interfaces. First packets to be transmitted are stored in the shared memory until a utilization threshold is reached, and in response to determining that the utilization threshold is reached, a second packet to be transmitted is stored in the reserved memory.
US09838324B2
An information processing system includes: a management apparatus coupled to nodes to execute data transfer, wherein the management apparatus preforms operations to: acquire data transfer information in which a priority level of data transfer and an identifier of a node that executes the data transfer are associated with an identifier of the data transfer; identify, when receiving an execution instruction of first data transfer, one or more first nodes that execute second data transfer having a lower priority level than a priority level included in information of the first data transfer based on the data transfer information; and transmit, to each of the one or more first nodes, a stop request to stop the second data transfer, and a transfer request including the information of the first data transfer and information of a portion to be executed by the first node of the first data transfer by the first node.
US09838322B2
Embodiments presented herein describe techniques for isolating multicast and broadcast frames to a traffic class that is separate from a traffic class used for unicast frames. According to one embodiment, a network switch receives an incoming Ethernet virtual local area network (VLAN)-tagged frame. The switch evaluates priority bits of the VLAN tag of the frame. The switch also determines a type of frame (e.g., whether the frame is unicast, broadcast, multicast, or flood). Based on the priority field values and the type of the frame, the switch identifies a mapping of the frame to a particular traffic class. The network switch assigns the frame to the traffic class.
US09838321B2
Systems and methods of performing traffic shaping in a network device are provided. A network interface driver of the network device can store descriptors associated with packets received from multiple streams in a transmission queue in a first order. The network interface driver can transfer the descriptors to a traffic shaping module. In response to determining that a packet from a first stream, among the received packets, has been successfully transmitted by a network card, the network interface driver can communicate a packet transmission completion message corresponding to the packet to a software application that has awaited receipt of a packet transmission completion message before forwarding additional data packets from the first stream to the network interface driver. The network interface driver can communicate packet transmission completion messages corresponding to the packets received from the multiple streams to the software application in a second order, different from the first order.
US09838317B1
An example network device includes a set of physical network interfaces and a control unit that executes a routing protocol and a traffic impact prediction module. The traffic impact prediction module determines, prior to occurrence of a topology-changing device fault, that one or more operating characteristics of the network device are indicative of a possible fault, wherein the network device is one of a plurality of network devices in a network, determines a probability of traffic loss associated with the possible fault, and determines an adjusted routing metric for routes impacted by the possible fault based at least in part on the probability of the traffic loss. The routing protocol sends, via at least one of the set of physical network interfaces, one or more interior gateway protocol update messages specifying the adjusted routing metric to at least one other network device in the network.
US09838314B1
In one embodiment, contextual service mobility in an enterprise fabric network environment (e.g., overlay and underlay networks) provides for moving of the location of a service being applied to packets with minimal updates to the mapping database. The mapping database is used to convert addresses of the overlay network to physical network and service addresses. The mapping database provides contextual lookup operations on the same destination address of a packet being forwarded in the overlay network to provide different results. The contextual lookup operations provide for a packet to be forwarded to a service node or its intended destination depending on the current context. In one embodiment, the enterprise fabric network uses Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP), a network architecture and set of protocols that uses different overlay and underlay namespaces and a distributed mapping database for converting an overlay address to an underlay address.
US09838312B2
A method and apparatus for improving forwarding performance of a chip are disclosed. The method includes: when a chip receives a message, judging whether the message is a protocol message required to be processed, if the message is the protocol message required to be processed, performing MAC learning, and if the message is not the protocol message required to be processed, determining whether to perform learning after performing calculation according to a current actual time value of the chip and a preset empirical value. The apparatus includes: a first judgment module and a second judgment module. With the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present document, an MAC learning intensity of the chip can be relieved to a great extent, thereby improving the forwarding performance of the chip.
US09838310B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for flushing of Customer Media Access Control (C-MAC) addresses in a PBB-EVPN network are disclosed. A first provider edge (PE) device can maintain a plurality of service instances configured on a first interface. The first PE device can detect at least one failed ethernet virtual circuit (EVC) on the first interface and identify at least one service instance from the plurality of service instances that is associated with the at least one failed EVC. The PE device can send, to a second PE device, a C-MAC flush notification message that identifies the at least one service instance and the message can cause the second PE device to remove C-MAC addresses corresponding to the at least one service instance and the B-MAC address for the first interface.
US09838299B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling centralized path definition and policy with distributed path setup, and centralized path setup control with distributed path utilization constraints. In one example, a path computation client (PCC) requests, utilizing opaque PCE profile identifiers, path computation from a path computation element (PCE). The PCE profile identifier corresponds to path computation constraints, stored local to PCE, and are unknown to the PCC. Advantageously, the PCE profile identifiers allow the PCC to initiate path computation requests based on information local the PCC while leveraging centralized computation by the PCE. In another example, a PCE requests, utilizing opaque PCC profile identifiers, that a PCC initiate a path. The PCC profile identifier corresponds to path usage constraints, stored local to PCC, and are unknown to the PCE. Advantageously, the PCC identifiers allow the PCE to marshal path initiation while leveraging distributed resources to enforce compliance with usage parameters.
US09838296B2
Systems and methods for bandwidth optimization in a network include monitoring a state of the network, wherein the network is a connection-oriented network; utilizing analytics based on the monitoring to predict trends, create triggers, and determine updates to policy associated with the network; and performing bandwidth optimization on one or more connections based on the trends, the triggers, and the policy, wherein each of the one or more connections has one or more of a Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) component, a Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) component, and a packet component, and wherein the bandwidth optimization finds the one or more connections with inefficient resource usages and moves the one or more connections, in one or more of time and space, to more optimal paths.
US09838287B2
Embodiments provide interactive prediction of network data consumption. Current data usage statistics are compared with a data usage plan. The current data usage statistics represent network data consumed by at least one computing device of the user. The network data is consumed during at least a portion of a pre-defined time interval of a data usage plan. For the given time interval, one of a plurality of pre-defined data usage states is assigned to the user, such as On Track, Off Track, Over Limit, and Under Track. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the data usage pattern to dynamically adjust for expected future use, which may change the currently assigned data usage state.
US09838284B2
According to one aspect disclosed herein, a performance monitoring SDN controller can translate an intent specified by a performance monitoring application into a flow rule and an action set to be utilized by a performance monitoring SDN element to process a packet flow received from the target SDN network. The performance monitoring SDN controller can provide the flow rule and the action set to a performance monitoring SDN element, which can receive the packet flow from the target SDN network and can analyze the packet flow in accordance with the flow rule to match the packet flow to an action included within the action set. The performance monitoring SDN element can execute the action to monitor a performance metric of the packet flow and to provide a value for the performance metric to the performance monitoring application agent, which can generate a message that includes the value.
US09838277B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to provide packet copy management for service chain processing within virtual processing systems. A packet manager virtual machine (VM) controls access to shared memory that stores packet data for packets being processed by service chain VMs operating within a virtual processing environment. For certain embodiments, the packet manager VM is configured to appear as a destination NIC (network interface controller), and virtual NICs (vNICs) within the service chain VMs are configured to process packet data using pointers to access the packet data within the shared memory. Once packet data is processed by one service chain VM, the next service chain VM within the service chain is able to access the processed packet data within the shared memory through the packet manager VM. Once all service chain processing has completed, the resulting packet data is available from the shared memory for further use or processing.
US09838271B2
Systems and methods are described for network service pricing and service resource management, implemented by a server communicatively coupled to a Software Defined Networking (SDN) network configured to provide the network service. The systems and methods includes receiving a service request for a network service in the SDN network; determining one or more price categories and one or more network resources for the service request, wherein the network resources are selected to instantiate the network service; adjusting a price of the network resources by adjusting the price within a range of the price categories based on current and known future network information of the SDN network; and responsive to acceptance of the price, instantiating the network service through the network resources in the SDN network.
US09838266B2
Using various functionalities of electronic devices such as applications that gather location information to provide a service to the user can come at the cost of significant power consumption, and consequently battery drainage. A data sharing system enables the creation of a network of participant devices where participant devices in the network can take turns in collecting and sharing data with the rest of the participant devices in the network. The one or more participant devices can share the obtained data through Bluetooth® low energy (BTLE) or other low consumption channel, so that the ensemble of participant devices could have better battery life, higher availability, and/or better accuracy, compared to each device having to individually obtain the data.
US09838259B1
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium and an application traffic manager computing device for determining whether a received query from a client computing device to resolve a hostname comprises a domain name with a value indicating type of internet protocol version. The received query is processed by truncating a portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version from the received query when the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version is determined to be present. An internet protocol address is received from at least one of a plurality of servers based on the truncated portion of the domain name with the value indicating type of internet protocol version. The format of the received internet protocol address is determined for conforming to one or more policies. One or more actions are performed based on the determination.
US09838258B2
Utilizing a network service interface function within a machine-to-machine common service layer is presented herein. A method can comprise determining network configuration information for network devices coupled to a set of distributed remote devices; receiving a device request directed to a remote device of the set of distributed remote devices; determining, based on the network configuration information, a network interface for facilitating performance of the device request; and sending, via the network interface, command information corresponding to the device request directed to the remote device. In an example, in response to determining that a traffic load of a communication channel associated with the remote device satisfies a defined condition with respect to an increased loading of such channel, the method can comprise sending a message to request delay of the device request if the device request has been determined to be a non-priority request.
US09838253B2
Object-oriented network virtualization may involve creating and operating virtual network objects (VNO) using a software-programmed networking operating system (SPN OS). A VNO may be a complete representation of a virtual network service provided under the SPN OS. A VNO may have a unique identity and properties, along with an internal set of methods for executing functionality encapsulated by the VNO. A VNO may exhibit persistence and autonomous control to enable improved virtual network services.
US09838249B2
One or more aspects of this disclosure may relate to using a configurable server farm preference for an application, desktop or other hosted resource. Additional aspects may relate to moving server farm workloads based on the configurable server farm preference. Further aspects may relate to performing reboot cycles, a reboot schedule and on-demand rebooting. Yet further aspects may relate to staggering individual machine reboot operations over a specified period of time and performing reboot operations such that some machines are available for user sessions during a reboot cycle.
US09838248B1
The disclosure describes techniques that enable a network device to determine a confidence level for a network alarm and provide information indicative of the confidence level to other devices. For example, a network device may experience any number of conditions that cause the network device to output an alarm. In addition to or instead of simply sending out the alarm, the network device may perform operations to determine a confidence level associated with the alarm. For instance, the network device may determine whether the conditions that caused the alarm continue or whether the conditions can be validated. The network device may output information indicative of the confidence level.
US09838242B2
A data processing task may be implemented in a distributed computing system by the use of a workflow broken into flowlets that are arranged in a directed acyclic graph between data sources and data sinks. Such an arrangement may include various flow control and/or fault tolerance schemes, among other features. Fault tolerance may be implemented using key/value store (KVS) flowlets.
US09838240B1
Dynamic application instance discovery and state management within a distributed system. A distributed system may implement application instances configured to perform one or more application functions within the distributed system, and discovery and failure detection daemon (DFDD) instances, each configured to store an indication of a respective operational state of each member of a respective group of the number of application instances. Each of the DFDD instances may repeatedly execute a gossip-based synchronization protocol with another one of the DFDD instances, where execution of the protocol between DFDD instances includes reconciling differences among membership of the respective groups of application instances. A new application instance may be configured to notify a particular DFDD instance of its availability to perform an application function. The particular DFDD instance may be configured to propagate the new instance's availability to other DFDD instances via execution of the synchronization protocol, without intervention on the part of the new application instance.
US09838234B2
Orthogonal differential vector signaling codes are described which support encoded sub-channels allowing transport of distinct but temporally aligned data and clocking signals over the same transport medium. Embodiments providing enhanced LPDDR interfaces are described which are suitable for implementation in both conventional high-speed CMOS and DRAM integrated circuit processes.
US09838233B2
The present invention provides a method of transmitting broadcast signals, the method including, encoding service data, building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data, modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, scheme and transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09838232B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for signaling high efficiency short training field are disclosed. A high-efficiency wireless local-area network (HEW) station is disclosed. The HEW station may comprise circuitry configured to: receive a trigger frame comprising an allocation of a resource block for the HEW station, and transmit a high efficiency short training field (HE-STF) with a same bandwidth as a subsequent data portion, wherein the transmit is to be in accordance with orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and wherein the transmit is within the resource block. A subcarrier allocation for the HE-STF may matche a subcarrier allocation for the subsequent data portion. The HE-STF and the subsequent data portion may be transmitted with a same power. A total power of active subcarriers of the HE-STF may be equal to or proportional to a second total of data subcarriers and pilot subcarriers of the subsequent data portion.
US09838225B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a receiver. The receiver includes a receiving (Rx) estimation controller configured to set a bit load of a subcarrier in a bit allocation table (BAT) at a transmitter, a receiving unit configured to receive, from the transmitter, a bit sequence that is loaded to the subcarrier based on the bit load of the subcarrier in the BAT wherein the bit sequence is transmitted through a channel from the transmitter to the receiving unit, and a channel estimator configured to estimate a condition of the channel based on the bit sequence that is loaded to the subcarrier.
US09838218B2
A method and a system for providing an overlay network interworking with an underlay network are disclosed. The method for providing the overlay network interworking with the underlay network comprises a method for providing an overlay based virtual network between data centers (DC) connected with a wide area network (WAN), the method comprises the steps of: identifying accessibility between a source customer system connected to a first network virtualization device included in a first DC and an object customer system connected to a second virtualization device included in a second DC by a network virtualization management device; transferring forwarding information obtained by interworking with the first network virtualization device to the second virtualization device by the network virtualization management device; and configuring a path so as to perform a tunneling process between the first network virtualization device and the second network virtualization device using information on a WAN section and a control command by the network virtualization management device.
US09838215B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing redundancy in a network node implementing a ring protection protocol. Each of the two ring ports connecting the node to other nodes in a ring supporting the protocol may be maintained by a separate line card. Should one line card fail, traffic passing through the node may be redirected through the remaining ring port under the control of the surviving state machine. The two state machines may be coordinated over the backplane of the node to maintain a common state, making them transparent to other nodes. Additionally, the backplane link between the state machines may be monitored for failures that may be addressed with messages used to respond to general ring failures and by assigning one state machine to block a ring port upon recovery to prevent a loop within the ring until the ring protection link can be blocked.
US09838214B2
A security gateway system offloads cellular data from user equipment (“UE”). The system receives a dynamic host configuration protocol (“DHCP”) message from a Wi-Fi access point (“AP”) in communication with the UE. The system converts the DHCP message into an authentication, authorization and accounting (“AAA”) access request and sends the AAA access request to an AAA server. The system receives an AAA access accept from the AAA server and initiates a gateway general packet radio service tunneling protocol tunnel setup with a setup node.
US09838211B2
A communication system and operating method use a home gateway. A method of a terminal in a communication system using a home gateway includes transmitting a service request signal using the home gateway to an adjacent node; receiving information of at least one home gateway of other user from the adjacent node; and transmitting and receiving signals to and from the at least one home gateway of other user. A method of a home gateway in the communication system using the home gateway includes receiving information of a user of other home gateway from a home gateway server; and transmitting and receiving signals to and from a user terminal of the other home gateway.
US09838210B1
Techniques are described for providing robust control plane asserts in a network using Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) or other routing protocols for controlling delivery of multicast traffic. In one example, a router includes a control unit having a hardware-based processor executing a Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) protocol. The control unit, when executing the PIM protocol, initiates an election process for selecting, from a plurality of routers, a forwarding router to forward multicast traffic to a shared media computer network. In addition, the control unit determines whether the multicast traffic has been received by the router and outputs, in association with the election process, a PIM assert message that includes an indication as to whether the router has successfully received the multicast traffic.
US09838208B2
Systems and methods for virtual interactions are described. One or more users can view or listen to media, react to the media and share such media experience virtually with others. The media experience can take place synchronously, asynchronously or both.
US09838205B2
In a network authentication method, a client device stores a reference first private key portion obtained by encrypting a first private key portion of a private key. The private key and a public key cooperatively constitute an a symmetric key pair. After receipt of a second private key portion of the private key, the client device generates a digital signature for transaction data using a current key which combines the second private key portion and a current key portion obtained by decrypting the reference first private key portion. A verification server verifies, based on the public key, whether a received digital signature is signed with the private key, and obtains the transaction data when verification result is affirmative.
US09838180B2
A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a user equipment in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: when transmission of a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) on a first component carrier (CC) and transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) on a second CC coincide, transmitting the first PUSCH to a base station via a first subframe on the first CC, wherein the SRS is not transmitted at a last symbol of a second subframe on the second CC and the first PUSCH is transmitted at a last symbol of the first subframe on the first CC, and wherein the first subframe on the first CC and the second subframe on the second CC are aligned in time.
US09838179B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS) by a terminal in a wireless communication system, which can include a step of determining whether a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a first timing advance (TA) group, or an SRS in a second TA group in the same subframe, is to be transmitted when the transmission timing of the PUCCH or the PUSCH in a cell of the first TA group and the transmission timing of the SRS in a cell of the second TA group overlap each other in the same subframe.
US09838175B2
A method for a base station transmitting transmission power of a subframe to a user equipment, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a step of transmitting downlink control information to the user equipment through a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the transmission power information of the subframe is indicated by information related to the PDCCH, and a value of the information related to the PDCCH can be decided based on a predetermined mapping relationship between the transmission power information and the value of the information related to the PDCCH.
US09838165B2
A method of testing a data transmission and reception system comprises sending a test signal from a transmitter (14) of the system to a receiver (12) of the system, and analyzing the received signal. A duty cycle relationship is varied between the test signal and the timing signal used by the receiver of the system, and the effect of the duty cycle variation is analyzed. Varying the duty cycle relationship provides duty cycle distortion (DCD), and this can be considered as a form of embedded jitter insertion. This type of jitter can be measured relatively easily.
US09838162B2
The present invention relates to a method for managing a soft buffer for the hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) of a terminal to which a plurality of cells are set in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus using the method. Through the method, information is received about the maximum number of cells capable of being simultaneously scheduled from among a plurality of cells, and the size of the soft buffer is determined for storing transmission blocks or code blocks of each cell on the basis of the information.
US09838161B2
Feedback determined for a plurality of subframes within a time window in a time division duplex system is bundled into at least two sets of feedback information based on differently timed bundling windows defined based on subframe types. When feedback associated with the plurality of subframes is received, possible errors in the subframes is determined based on the at least two sets of feedback information.
US09838160B2
The present invention relates to retransmissions In a communications system. A method and system of reducing uplink retransmission delay of a radio communications system by introducing an uplink MAC ARQ layer of Node B is disclosed. Further, a MAC PDU data indicator for soft combining control In Node B and RLC PDU reordering is introduced.
US09838153B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a User Equipment to transmit acknowledgement information together with data information to a base station during a Transmission Time Interval. A number of nominal resources for the transmission of the first set of AIBs is compared to a number of resources available to the UE for transmission of the acknowledgement information. The first set of AIBs is transmitted if the number of nominal resources is less than or equal to the number of available resources. A second set of AIBs is selected from the first set of AIBs and bundling operations are performed over respective distinct subsets of AIBs in the second set of AIBs to obtain a third set of AIBs if the number of nominal resources is greater than the number of available resources. The third set of AIBs and a fourth set of AIBs are transmitted.
US09838152B2
A method and apparatus for improving performance in communication systems is provided. In one implementation, information is accessed indicating the quality of at least one communication channel. Based on the accessed information, a modulation scheme is indicated for sending data over the channel encoded with a rateless code. Various different information relating to the communication channel can be used to determine a quality metric for the channel.
US09838145B2
The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for sending data content and advertising and providing multiple value added services on a user screen of a mobile communication device and any electronic portable/non portable device. The system and method comprising installing software application on the user's communication device for sending and/or receiving content and for utilizing the available value added services; one or more Application Server that provides business logic and respond to all requests; one or more Application Programmable Interface Server that integrate with content delivery platforms in a communication network; one or more Community Server that integrate with service provider servers at emergency response centers, transportation centers, and hospitals to send subscriber service request to these centers; one or more Web Server where all connections and requests terminate and which forwards all requests to the application server; one or more Database Server that store subscribers profiles; one or more Statistics Server that generate rich reports and statistics of usage and subscribers' interactions; one or more Administration Server which administrations can use to upload, schedule, plan, and provision content and services and view logs of all transactions performed in the system.
US09838142B2
A system uses optical signals to monitor real world inputs and convert them to electrical signals for conventional indication and control systems. Optical signals see use where electrical signals cannot and improve reliability of existing control systems. Optical loops extend to peripheral devices which process the light into discrete or analog light signals. A receiving circuit interprets that signal and converts it to a useable electrical signal of discrete or analog form. The system operates within a range of light wavelength from at least as low as 399 nm up to at least as high as 1801 nm. The system replaces electrical conductors for input cards of Programmable Logic Controller systems. The optical sensing devices withstand electrical surges and immersion into water, do not generate electrical noise, allow for maintenance without shock hazard, and lack susceptibility to electrical or magnetic phenomenon.
US09838133B2
An optical transceiver comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a first signal, and a receiver coupled to the transmitter and configured to receive a first compensation, wherein the first compensation is based on a pattern-dependent analysis of the first signal, and provide the first compensation to the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is further configured to compensate a second signal based on the first compensation to form a first compensated signal, and transmit the first compensated signal. An optical transmitter comprises a digital signal processor (DSP) comprising a compensator, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) coupled to the DSP, a radio frequency amplifier (RFA) coupled to the DAC, and an electrical-to-optical converter (EOC) coupled to the RFA. An optical receiver comprises an optical-to-electrical converter (OEC), an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) coupled to the OEC, and a digital signal processor (DSP) coupled to the ADC and comprising a calibrator.
US09838131B1
An optical communication system provides coherent optical transmission for metro applications. Relative to conventional solutions, the optical communication system can be implemented with reduced cost and can operate with reduced power consumption, while maintaining high data rate performance (e.g., 100 G). Furthermore, a programmable transceiver enables compatibility with a range of different types of optical networks having varying performance and power tradeoffs. In one embodiment, the optical communication system uses 100 Gb/s dual-polarization 16-point quadrature amplitude modulation (DP-16QAM) with non-linear pre-compensation of Indium Phosphide (InP) optics for low power consumption.
US09838129B2
The present disclosure disclose an optical line terminal, including: an acquiring unit, configured to acquire device information of an optical network terminal that registers and gets online; a determining unit, configured to match the device information of the optical network terminal with an interoperability mode configuration table preset on the optical line terminal, and determine whether an interoperability mode obtained by matching is the same as a current interoperability mode; an instructing unit, configured to instruct, if the interoperability mode obtained by matching is different from the current interoperability mode, the optical network terminal to be reset, reregister, and get online; and a configuring unit, configured to switch the current interoperability mode to the interoperability mode obtained by matching, and configure and manage the optical network terminal according to the interoperability mode obtained by matching.
US09838127B2
An example apparatus includes a mode selective detector, a measurement module, a difference calculator and a threshold and alarm module. The mode selective detector detects a plurality of modes of a spatially multiplexed signal. The measurement module measures a parameter for the plurality of modes of the spatially multiplexed signal, wherein the parameter is a power or a signal to noise ratio (SNR). The difference calculator compares the measured parameter among a subset modes and/or among a known set of unperturbed parameters and determines a differential, the subset including at least one mode. The threshold and alarm module sets an alarm indicator when the differential is out of bounds.
US09838117B2
Systems and methods for detecting and correcting bias errors in optical coherent transponders are disclosed. An “outer” modulator in a transponder may, when properly biased, produce a phase offset of π/2 radians between in-phase and quadrature components of the optical signals transmitted in optical modulation formats by the transponder. The method may include providing input to a transponder to produce a periodic (and generally sinusoidal) output signal, measuring (using an optical power meter) the optical power of positive and negative harmonics of the signal while varying the amount of skew introduced by a de-skewing filter in the transponder, and determining that a curve representing the measurements performed on the positive harmonics and a curve representing the measurements performed on the negative harmonics are not orthogonal. The method may include adjusting the bias voltage of the modulator to make the two curves orthogonal, thus eliminating the bias error.
US09838112B2
An apparatus and method for providing a differential latency, DL, between an upstream, US, transmission and a downstream, DS, transmission via an optical transmission link (OTL), said apparatus comprising a measurement unit (2) configured to measure the round trip delays, RTD, of at least two measurement signals having different measurement wavelengths; and a processing unit (3) configured to derive an upstream, US, delay of at least one optical signal at an upstream wavelength from the at least two measured round trip delays, RTD, and to derive a downstream, DS, delay of at least one optical signal at a downstream wavelength from the at least two measured round trip delays, RTD, wherein the differential latency, DL, is calculated on the basis of the derived delays, RTD.
US09838103B2
A method and user equipment for transmitting channel state information (CSI) are provided. The method includes identifying a first CSI configuration with a first information for a period and an offset; identifying a second CSI configuration with a second information for a period and an offset; generating a first CSI for the first CSI configuration, the first CSI including at least one of a rank indicator (RI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and a precoding type indicator (PTI); generating a second CSI for the second CSI configuration, the second CSI including at least one of a RI, a CQI, a PMI, and a PTI; and reporting a CSI for a CSI configuration among the first CSI configuration and the second CSI configuration based on a type of the CSI, in case of collision between report of the first CSI for the first CSI configuration and report of the second CSI for the second CSI configuration, wherein a type of a CSI with wideband CQI has lower priority than a type of a CSI with RI.
US09838093B2
Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving a frame for a multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication in an access point (AP), the method including determining at least one transmission station (STA), transmitting, to the transmission STA, an uplink multi-user poll (UL MU poll) frame requesting a data frame, receiving the data frame from the at least one transmission STA simultaneously, and transmitting an acknowledgement (ACK) frame to the at least one transmission STA in response to the receiving.
US09838079B2
A load power monitoring apparatus and method use a power line communication apparatus and method. The power line communication apparatus is capable of performing power line communication through a simple circuit structure by loading a data signal on a current signal supplied over the power line. The power line communication apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to generate a data signal using the current signal, which is supplied through the power line, as a carrier wave, and to transmit the data signal through the power line, and a reception unit configured to receive the data signal, which is generated by the transmission unit, through the power line.
US09838077B2
A method is for processing an analog channel signal from a transmission channel. The analog channel signal conveys frames, the transmission channel being linear and cyclostationary for a duration of a frame. The method may include converting of the analog channel signal into a digital channel signal, and performing channel estimations for the frame based upon the digital channel signal to generate a sequence of N transfer functions of the transmission channel. Each of the sequence of N transfer functions may be respectively associated with N successive time slices. The method may include decoding at least some symbols of the frame using, for each of the symbols, a transfer function associated with a successive time slice including a respective symbol.
US09838076B2
A method for testing a device under test (DUT) is disclosed. The method comprises communicating signals wirelessly from a first plurality of patch antennae disposed on a top surface of the DUT to a second plurality of patch antennae disposed on a printed circuited within a handler device, wherein the handler device is operable to place the DUT in a socket of a tester system, and wherein the tester system comprises the handler device and a test fixture. The method further comprises communicating the signals captured by the second plurality of patch antennae using microstrip transmission lines to a patch antenna on the printed circuit board, wherein a first waveguide is mounted to the patch antenna using a first waveguide flange, and wherein the first waveguide flange is coupled to a first end of the first waveguide.
US09838075B2
Methods, devices and systems of supporting discontinuous operation in communication systems using vectoring Methods, devices and techniques are disclosed where vectoring is adapted to lines becoming inactive and active, for example in a discontinued operation. In some embodiments, the vectoring is modified based on already present coefficients.
US09838070B1
The present invention relates to wireless network technology and presents a permutation group-based channel rendezvous method for a multi-antenna cognitive radio network, allowing a cognitive user equipped with multiple antennas to achieve blind channel rendezvous without the need for clock synchronisation. The present invention defines channel hopping sequences whilst making full use of properties such as channel diversity, the closure nature of permutation groups, and multi-antenna concurrency; based on the permutation groups obtained by rotating a regular polyhedron or a regular polygon around different angles according to different types of axes of symmetry, cyclical splicing is implemented, and different antennas can, according to different rules, independently generate hopping sequences and switching channels; the sequence generating methods are various and flexible; the use of parallel search ensures that deterministic rendezvous with other cognitive users is achieved as quickly as possible and as much as possible in a limited time; and the present method is a highly efficient blind channel rendezvous method having wide applicability and suitable for use in large-scale wireless networks.
US09838056B2
A front-end module (FEM) is disclosed that includes an integrous signal combiner. The integrous signal combiner can process received signals and use a set of resonant circuits to filter signal noise prior to recombination of a plurality of signal bands that form an aggregate carrier signal. These resonant circuits may be placed after a set of low noise amplifiers and can be used to more efficiently reduce noise and parasitic loading within each of a set of signal paths. Each resonant circuit may be configured to filter noise relating to a bandwidth for a signal that is to be combined with the signal of the signal path that includes the resonant circuit. In some implementations, the integrous signal combiner can be a tunable integrous signal combiner with resonant circuits that may be reconfigurable or dynamically configurable.
US09838052B2
An interference processing method comprises: receiving a multi-carrier modulated signal, wherein the multi-carrier modulated signal comprises multi-carrier modulation symbols; discomposing the multi-carrier modulation symbols into a set of subcarriers, wherein the set of subcarriers at least comprises a target subcarrier; equalizing the target subcarrier to obtain an equalized target subcarrier; obtaining an error power of the equalized target subcarrier; and comparing the error power of the equalized target subcarrier with a predefined threshold to determine the existence of interference in the target subcarrier, wherein the predefined threshold is associated with a minimum distance between two constellation points of a modulation constellation of the target subcarrier.
US09838051B1
A radio frequency receiver subject to a large in-band interferor employs active cancellation with coarse and at least one fine cancellation signal, each with a respective radio frequency combiner, in order to increase the effective dynamic range of the receiver for weak signals of interest. One or both can be digitally synthesized. This is particularly applicable for co-site interference, whereby the interfering transmit signal is directly accessible. A similar system and method may also be applied to external interferors such as those produced by deliberate or unintentional jamming signals, or by strong multipath signals. An adaptive algorithm may be used for dynamic delay and gain matching. In a preferred embodiment, a hybrid technology hybrid temperature system incorporates both superconducting and semiconducting components to achieve enhanced broadband performance.
US09838040B1
Techniques and methods for generating and implementing multiple layers of redundancy coded data are disclosed. For example, a redundancy coding scheme may include data elements that include data that is unencoded relative to the input, yet may still fully participate in providing redundancy to any data element in a given set. In a layered scheme, the input may include a bundle or group of encoded (or unencoded) data elements, thereby nesting two or more layers of redundancy coding. The specific amount of redundancy generated by such a scheme may be adjusted and adapted to failure characteristics of the entity on which the data elements are stored.
US09838032B2
According to an embodiment, a data compression device includes a receiving unit, generating unit, a selecting unit, and a compressing unit. The receiving receives input data pieces. The generating unit generates starting point candidates representing the data having an error within a threshold value with respect to starting point data input at a first timing. The selecting unit refers to the starting point candidates, end point data input at a second timing, and intermediate data input at a timing in between the first timing and the second timing; and selects the starting point candidate which, as compared to the other candidates, has a greater number of pieces of the intermediate data approximated using the starting point candidate and using the end point data in such a way that the error is within the threshold value. The compressing unit outputs the selected starting point candidate and the end point data.
US09838031B2
For continuous-time multi-stage noise shaping analog to digital converters (CT MASH ADCs), quantization noise cancellation often requires estimation of transfer functions, e.g., a noise transfer function of the front end modulator. To estimate the noise transfer function, a dither signal can be injected in the front end modulator. However, it is not trivial how the dither signal can be injected, since the dither signal can potentially leak to the back end modulator and cause overall noise degradation. To address some of these issues, the dither signal is injected post the flash analog to digital converter (ADC) of the front end modulator. Furthermore, dummy comparator structures can be used to synchronize the dither with the quantization noise of the targeted flash ADC.
US09838021B2
The present invention discloses a configurable gate array based on three-dimensional writable memory (3D-W). It comprises an array of configurable computing elements, an array of configurable logic elements and an array of configurable interconnects. Each configurable computing element comprises at least a 3D-W array, which is electrically programmable and can be loaded with a look-up table (LUT) for a math function.
US09838016B1
A packaged integrated circuit device includes a first driver, which has a first pair of differential output terminals and a first common-mode sensing terminal, and a second driver, which has a second pair of differential output terminals and a second common-mode sensing terminal. The second driver can be a smaller scaled replica of the first driver. A comparator and a reference signal generator are provided. The comparator is configured to compare first and second common-mode voltage signals developed at the first and second common-mode sensing terminals, respectively, and the reference signal generator is configured to provide the first and second drivers with a reference voltage having a magnitude that varies in response to changes in a signal generated at an output terminal of the comparator. This variation in the magnitude of the reference voltage supports a built-in adaptive response to changes in source-side termination in HCSL driver/receiver circuits.
US09838015B2
An apparatus for performing level shift control in an electronic device includes an input stage positioned in a level shifter of the electronic device, and an output stage positioned in the level shifter and coupled to the input stage through a set of intermediate nodes. The input stage is arranged for receiving at least one input signal of the level shifter through at least one input terminal of the input stage and controlling voltage levels of the set of intermediate nodes according to the at least one input signal. The input stage includes a hybrid current control circuit coupled to the at least one input terminal and arranged for performing current control for the input stage. The hybrid current control circuit is equipped with multiple sets of parallel paths for controlling currents passing through the set of intermediate nodes, respectively, each set may include two or more paths in parallel.
US09838012B2
Digital circuits are disclosed that may include multiple transistors having controllable current paths coupled between first and second logic nodes. One or more of the transistors may have a deeply depleted channel formed below its gate that includes a substantially undoped channel region formed over a relatively highly doped screen layer formed over a doped body region. Resulting reductions in threshold voltage variation may improve digital circuit performance. Logic circuit, static random access memory (SRAM) cell, and passgate embodiments are disclosed.
US09838011B2
An integrated circuit chip includes at least one driver circuit of single-ended structure and the first drive circuit, the first drive circuit and the at least one driver circuit of single-ended structure have the same structure, the first drive circuit includes a plurality of parallel-connected PMOS tubes and a plurality of parallel-connected NMOS tubes, the plurality of parallel-connected PMOS tubes connect the plurality of parallel-connected NMOS tube in series at a first node. After impedance calibration has been conducted, the chip confines a first impedance calibration code and a second impedance calibration code, and controls the at least one driver according to the first impedance calibration code and the second impedance calibration code; the first reference voltage is preferably configured to ¾ times of the supply voltage VDD, and the second reference voltage is preferably configured to ¼ times of the supply voltage VDD.
US09838008B2
The present disclosure provides modular lighting control system interfaces and method of implementing modular lighting control system interface for a lighting control system. The lighting control system includes a light switch module including a light switch actuator coupled to an actuator circuit board system. The light switch actuator is configured to move with respect to the actuator circuit board. The actuator circuit board includes a low power circuit electrically connected to a low power circuit electrical connector. The light switch also includes a light switch base module including a base housing forming a well configured to receive, at least in part, the actuator circuit board. The high power circuit electrical connector is configured to engage the low power circuit electrical connector. The high power circuit board includes a voltage reducer.
US09838005B2
A system and method for protecting an electronics module on a spacecraft in space are described. The system includes a non-radiation hardened electronics module electrically connected to a power supply, with a switch connected between the power supply and the electronics module. The switch can disconnect the electronics module from the power supply in response to an event signal. A sensor which is capable of detecting a solar proton event is connected to the switch. The sensor emits the event signal upon detection of the solar proton event.
US09837987B2
The floating immittance emulator is presented in four embodiments in which four new topologies for emulating floating immittance functions are detailed. Each circuit uses three current-feedback operational-amplifiers (CFOAs) and three passive elements. The present topologies can emulate lossless and lossy floating inductances; capacitance, resistance, and inductance multipliers; and frequency-dependent positive and negative resistances.
US09837986B2
The floating immittance emulator is presented in four embodiments in which four new topologies for emulating floating immittance functions are detailed. Each circuit uses three current-feedback operational-amplifiers (CFOAs) and three passive elements. The present topologies can emulate lossless and lossy floating inductances; capacitance, resistance, and inductance multipliers; and frequency-dependent positive and negative resistances.
US09837983B2
An acoustic filter device for telecommunication devices includes a first acoustic band pass filter having a corresponding first passband and a second acoustic band pass filter having a corresponding second passband. The second acoustic band pass filter is connected in parallel with the first acoustic band pass filter to provide a combined passband including the first and second passbands.
US09837973B2
A differential input circuit (FIG. 3A) is disclosed. The circuit includes a first input terminal (drain of 310) and a second input terminal (drain of 312). A first input transistor (310) has a first control terminal and has a current path coupled to the first input terminal. A second input transistor (312) has a second control terminal and has a current path coupled to the second input terminal. A third transistor (306) has a third control terminal and has a current path between a first differential input terminal (Vin+) and the first control terminal. A fourth transistor (308) has a fourth control terminal and has a current path between a second differential input terminal (Vin−) and the second control terminal.
US09837968B2
Amplifiers with noise splitting to improve noise figure are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus (e.g., a wireless device, an integrated circuit, etc.) includes a plurality of amplifier circuits and at least one interconnection circuit. The amplifier circuits receive an input radio frequency (RF) signal. The interconnection circuit(s) are coupled between the plurality of amplifier circuits. Each interconnection circuit is closed to short the outputs or internal nodes of two amplifier circuits coupled to that interconnection circuit. The plurality of amplifier circuits may include a plurality of gain circuits coupled to a plurality of current buffers, one gain circuit and one current buffer for each amplifier circuit. Each amplifier circuit provides an output current, which may include a portion of the current from each of the plurality of gain circuits when the plurality of amplifier circuits are enabled.
US09837963B2
A power switch 307a is provided between a bias generation circuit 301 and a high potential power source, or a power switch 307b is provided between the bias generation circuit 301 and a low potential power source. A bias potential Vb output from the bias generation circuit 301 is held by a potential holding circuit 300. The bias potential Vb held by the potential holding circuit 300 is input to a bias generation circuit 301a, and a bias potential Vb2 output from the bias generation circuit 301a on which an input signal IN is superimposed is input to an amplifier circuit 302. The potential holding circuit 300 is constituted of a capacitor 306 and a switch 305 formed of, for example, a transistor with a low off-state current that is formed using a wide band gap oxide semiconductor. Structures other than the above structure are claimed.
US09837960B2
Provided is an oscillation circuit that can limit a maximum value and a minimum value of a frequency even when some troubles are caused in a V/I conversion circuit. The oscillation circuit includes a current controlled oscillator configured to oscillate based on an input current, and a current limiting circuit configured to: compare the input current with a first constant current and with a second constant current; limit, when the input current reaches the first constant current, a maximum current value of the input current with a transistor arranged on a path of the input current; and limit, when the input current is lowered to the second constant current, a minimum current of the input current through addition of current on the path of the input current by a transistor arranged in parallel with the path of the input current.
US09837956B2
The heat exchanger for photovoltaic (PV) panels is a heat exchanger that maintains a uniform temperature for cooling PV modules. The heat exchanger is a box-shaped enclosure attached to the rear face of the PV panel. The enclosure has an inlet end, an outlet end, and a plurality of parallel baffles disposed between the ends defining a plurality of channels dividing fluid flow through the enclosure into parallel paths. The spaces between the ends of the baffles and the inlet and outlet ends define an inlet header and an outlet header. In one embodiment, the fluid inlet and outlet are disposed in diagonally opposite corners of the disclosure, opening into triangular input and output headers. In another embodiment, the fluid inlet and outlet are centered at the ends of the enclosure, and the outlet header is V-shaped with the vertex extending into the enclosure along its centerline.
US09837955B1
A monolithic trim piece is used for covering an opening between the edge of a photovoltaic module and the roof. The trim piece, with a curved front face, is attached to the underside of the photovoltaic module(s) using a standardized end-clamp (for a single module) or a standard mid-clamp (for a pair of modules). A threaded fastener with a T-shaped head can be used in a recessed channel located underneath an attachment flange of the trim piece.
US09837952B1
Embodiments herein relate to a drive system for an electric motor. The drive system including a DC bus having a positive terminal and a ground terminal, an inverter connected to the DC bus configured to provide a plurality of motor excitation signals, and an interface cable operably connected to the inverter, and configured to transmit the plurality of motor excitation signals. The drive system also includes a motor remote from and connected to the inverter via the interface cable, the motor responsive to the motor excitation signals and a plurality of snubber circuits, each of the snubber circuits having a first terminal connected to a winding of the motor, and a second terminal operably connected to a first end of a transmission line and a second end of the transmission line is connected to the positive terminal of the DC Bus.
US09837948B2
A power supply system includes a first power supply, a second power supply, a first voltage converter, a second voltage converter, and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to control the first voltage converter to boost a first output voltage when the first power supply and the second power supply electric power to the load such that first passing power and second passing power are within a passing power range. The circuitry is configured to control the second voltage converter to stop boosting the second output voltage so as to supply the electric power from the second power supply directly to the load when the first power supply and the second power supply the electric power to the load such that the first passing power and the second passing power are within the passing power range.
US09837945B2
A motor control method and system are provided. The motor control method includes recognizing, by a controller, a driving signal for a motor and when the controller recognizes the driving signal, the controller determine a failure of multiple Hall sensors disposed within the motor, based on signals detected by the multiple Hall sensors. Additionally, when the Hall sensors in the motor are determined to be faulty, the controller identifies a faulty Hall sensor from among the multiple Hall sensors by analyzing respective frequencies of the signals detected by the multiple Hall sensors.
US09837942B2
A power system may include a power generation component and a sensor configured to measure a parameter. The power system may also include a controller in communication with the power generation component and the sensor. The controller may be configured to run the power generation component in an exercise mode for a duration. The duration may be based on the measured parameter.
US09837938B2
An aspect of the present invention relates to a vibration element comprising: a substrate; a ceramic layer containing glass and provided on the substrate; and a piezoelectric element comprising an electrode layer fixed to the substrate with the ceramic layer therebetween and a piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer are integrated by the piezoelectric layer, the electrode layer, the substrate, and the ceramic layer being sintered together at a sintering temperature of from 800° C. or higher to 940° C. or lower.
US09837934B2
Disclosed is a fibrous triboelectric generator. The fibrous triboelectric includes a first textile; a first electrode layer that is formed on a surface of the first textile; a friction layer that is formed on a surface of the first electrode layer and is able to be electrically charged by friction; and a second electrode layer that is able to undergo friction with the friction layer.
US09837930B2
The present disclosure provides a power supply system and a power conversion device. The power conversion device is used for converting electric energy outputted by a power supply module, and the power conversion device includes an electric energy conversion module and a switching module. The electric energy conversion module is configured to convert the electric energy output from the power supply module into a single-phase two-wire output or a single-phase three-wire output, and includes a half-bridge circuit, a bridge conversion circuit and a neutral line. The switching module is coupled with the electric energy conversion module, and is configured to control the electric energy conversion module to provide the single-phase two-wire output or single-phase three-wire output.
US09837924B1
Power conversion systems, methods and precharge systems are disclosed to charge a DC bus capacitor, including thyristors and reverse diodes coupled in AC circuit paths between AC input lines and a rectifier, a precharge resistor coupled in one or more of the AC circuit paths, and a controller to turn all the thyristors off to allow the DC bus capacitor to charge through the precharge resistor, and to turn all the thyristors on when the DC bus voltage reaches a non-zero threshold value.
US09837912B2
A switching power converter is provided that extrapolates from a reference voltage during dead periods of a rectified input voltage as determined from a comparison of an Isense voltage to a current threshold.
US09837909B2
A mode selection circuit generates a mode voltage according to a clamping current flowing when a voltage of a multi-pin is clamped to a predetermined clamping voltage, and selects one of a plurality of mode signals according to the mode voltage. The mode voltage is controlled according to a passive element connected to the multi-pin.
US09837908B2
A power conversion device, which includes an insulation type full bridge converter and can switch a power transmission direction at a high speed, is provided. A DC/DC converter (10) constitutes a power conversion device, which operates as a first type converter that converts a voltage within a first range applied to a first input/output terminal pair into a voltage within a second range and outputs the voltage from a second input/output terminal pair or a second type converter that converts a voltage within the second range applied to the second input/output terminal pair into a voltage within the first range and outputs the voltage from the first input/output terminal pair, as a device that performs predetermined state transition of the DC/DC converter (10) after waiting for a load current value of a secondary side of a transformer (TR) to be a value within a predetermined current value range.
US09837906B1
An object of the disclosure is to provide a multiphase Buck, Boost, or other switching converter to give high efficiency over the full range of output currents, and to maximize the total output current the switching converter is able to supply, by fully utilizing every phase of the switching converter. Further, another object of this disclosure is to balance the asymmetric transconductance, such that the load share between phases is optimized for different load levels of coil value, coil type, pass-device scaling, and frequency. Still further, another object of this disclosure requires that each of the switching converter operates at a similar point of saturation current at each point along the output load range, and each phase provides a different percentage of the total output current.
US09837901B1
A system includes an inductor having first and second terminals. First and second transistors have first terminals connected to the first and second terminals of the inductor, respectively, and second terminals connected to a power supply and a common potential, respectively. Third and fourth transistors have first terminals connected to the first and second terminals of the inductor, respectively, and second terminals providing first and second output voltages of first and second polarities, respectively. First and second feedback circuits generate first and second feedback signals based on the first and second output voltages, respectively. A first control circuit controls the first and third transistors based on the second feedback signal and not based on the first feedback signal. A second control circuit controls the second and fourth transistors based on the first feedback signal and not based on the second feedback signal.
US09837899B2
A power converter including a load transient response control module and associated method for controller the power converter. The load transient response control module detects a deviation of an output voltage of the power converter from a desired value of the output voltage and compares the deviation with a first threshold to provide a load response control signal indicating whether load transient change occurs. If the deviation is lower than the first threshold, a clock signal of the power converter is reset and a main switch of the power converter is maintained on during the period when the deviation is lower than the first threshold.
US09837897B2
A buck converter is described having a buck converter output for outputting an output supply voltage; a first power supply domain operably coupled to a power source; a second power supply domain; a power supply controller coupled to the first power supply domain, the second power supply domain and the buck converter output; wherein the power supply controller is configured to supply power to the second power supply domain from the first power supply domain or the buck converter output, in dependence of the buck converter output supply voltage. Changing the current supplied to the second power supply domain to the buck converter output may reduce the quiescent current consumption from a battery power source, prolonging battery life.
US09837892B2
A charge pump circuit for generating a negative voltage has a switched capacitor voltage inverter circuit arranged to receive at least one clock signal and generate a negative voltage therefrom; a regulation control loop providing a feedback path from the output of the switched capacitor voltage inverter circuit to a supply input of the switched capacitor voltage inverter circuit, wherein the regulation control loop has a filter arranged to filter the generated negative voltage; and an output arranged to output the filtered generated negative voltage.
US09837890B2
Efficiency of a charge pump circuit is increased. The charge pump circuit includes serially connected fundamental circuits each including a diode-connected transistor and a capacitor. At least one transistor is provided with a back gate, and the back gate is connected to any node in the charge pump circuit. For example, the charge pump circuit is of a step-up type; in which case, if the transistor is an n-channel transistor, a back gate of the transistor in the last stage is connected to an output node of the charge pump circuit. Back gates of the transistors in the other stages are connected to an input node of the charge pump circuit. In this way, the voltage holding capability of the fundamental circuit in the last stage is increased, and the conversion efficiency can be increased because an increase in the threshold of the transistors in the other stages is prevented.
US09837888B2
A boost control apparatus is provided with a current value change amount detecting device configured to detect a change amount of output current that flows through the reactor in a first predetermined period during one-side element control for driving only one of a first switching element and a second switching element. A determining device is provided that is configured to determine that the output current is near zero if the change amount is less than a predetermined threshold value. A controlling device is also provided that is configured (i) to perform first duty control by a first control parameter if the output current is not near zero, and (ii) to perform second duty control by a second control parameter, which is different from the first control parameter, if the output current is near zero.
US09837887B1
A vehicle powertrain includes an IGBT, having a Kelvin emitter and a mirror current sense, configured to energize an inductance, a first switch configured to draw a current from a gate of the IGBT at a rate based on a resistance engaged by the first switch while a current of the inductance exceeds a threshold, and a second switch configured to increase the rate in response to the current being less than the threshold. In one embodiment, the current is based on a filtered voltage across a resistor connected between the mirror current sense and chassis ground while the Kelvin emitter is connected to chassis ground. In another embodiment, the current is based on a filtered voltage across a resistor connected between the mirror current sense and the Kelvin emitter.
US09837883B2
Provided is an electric motor combined with a power generator comprising: a fixed coil plate in which separate coil bodies are uniformly arranged; and a reciprocating magnet plate in which separate magnets are uniformly arranged. The installation location of the electric motor combined with a power generator is not restricted by linearly or rotationally moving equipment. In addition, the electric motor combined with a power generator enables coils and magnets to be regularly and closely arranged in the coil plate and the magnet plate, thereby minimizing loss of the locomotive force. Furthermore, when performing a reciprocating movement to which an inertial force is added, the electric motor combined with a power generator enables electric current to be instantly broken and converted and supplied by sensing of sensors, while implementing a strong reciprocating movement due to an increase of speed by means of the compression and repulsive force of a spring.
US09837878B2
A power tool is provided including a housing and an electric motor disposed within the housing, where the electric motor includes a stator and an armature rotatably received within the stator, and the armature includes an armature shaft on which a commutator is mounted. The power tool includes a brush assembly disposed around the commutator. The brush assembly includes at least two brushes in contact with the commutator and a circuit board mounted on the brush assembly and in electrical contact with the brushes. The circuit board includes at least one electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression component electrically mounted thereon, the EMI suppression component being electrically coupled to the brushes.
US09837871B2
The invention relates to a securing plate (10), a fixing device and to a method for fixing an electric machine (12), for example to a component (30) of a motor vehicle, comprising a central through-opening (14) for receiving a round bearing sleeve (16) of the electric machine (12), said through opening (14) having a polygonal shape (15), the lateral surfaces (18) resting on the bearing sleeve (16). The securing plate (10) has, in a radially outer region (20), securing holes (22) via which the electric machine (12) can be secured to the component (30).
US09837867B2
A rotor for connection to a rotating member for use in an electric machine is provided. The rotor includes a first member connected to the rotating member and generally positioned perpendicularly thereto and a second member connected to one of the rotating member and the first member.
US09837866B2
In an inductive energy transfer system, the phase of a signal that is applied to a transmitter coil to transfer energy is adjusted while energy is transferred from the transmitter device to a receiver device. The phase of the signal can be adjusted by changing a state of a DC-to-AC converter from a converting state to a non-converting state. The DC-to-AC converter outputs a signal that is applied to the transmitter coil when the DC-to-AC converter is in a converting state. A signal is not applied to the transmitter coil when the DC-to-AC converter is in a non-converting state.
US09837862B2
A surgical instrument system is disclosed. The surgical instrument system includes an instrument case and a charging plate that may be placed in a sterile surgical field. The charging plate is configured to receive electrical power from outside the sterile surgical field and transmit that electrical power to other devices within the sterile field.
US09837861B2
A resonance power transmission system for controlling a supply voltage of a power converter based on power transmission efficiency is provided. According to an aspect, a resonance power transmitter configured to transmit resonance power to one or more resonance power receivers may include: a voltage controller configured to receive an input signal and to output voltage of a predetermined level; a source controller configured to control a signal level of the DC voltage based the number of resonance power receivers.
US09837860B2
The disclosure features a wireless power transmission system for an elevator that includes at least two wireless power sources disposed at intervals along a wall of an elevator shaft and coupled to a power supply, and at least one wireless power receiving device configured to be mounted to an exterior of an elevator cab and to be coupled to a load onboard the elevator cab, where during operation, the at least two wireless power sources are configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field to transfer wireless energy to the at least one wireless power receiving device.
US09837858B2
A power reception device includes a power reception antenna, a rectifier circuit, a communication section, a switch and a switch control section. The rectifier circuit converts electric power received by the power reception antenna into direct current voltage. The communication section communicates via the power reception antenna. The switch is connected between the power reception antenna and the communication section. The switch can transition between a conductive state where the communication section is electrically connected to the power reception antenna and a cut-off state where the communication section is electrically disconnected from the power reception antenna. The switch control section performs transition of the switch into the cut-off state when the direct current voltage exceeds a first threshold. The switch control section performs transition of the switch into the conductive state when the direct current voltage falls below a second threshold different from the first threshold.
US09837850B2
A control device connected to a non-contact charging device for non-contact charging a portable device and a wireless communication device for communicating with an electronic key to operate an electrical component mounted in a vehicle, includes a memory that stores a wireless communication cycle for communication between the electronic key and the wireless communication device, a wireless communication control signal output part that outputs a wireless communication control signal for controlling operation of the wireless communication device, a non-contact charge control signal output part that outputs a non-contact charge control signal for controlling operation of the non-contact charging device, and a synchronizer that synchronizes the wireless communication control signal and the non-contact charge control signal with each other.
US09837841B2
A switching power supply device has: a switching output stage configured to generate from an input voltage an output voltage to feed it to a load; a controller IC configured to control the switching output stage such that a feedback voltage applied to an output feedback terminal of the controller IC remains equal to a predetermined reference voltage; a first resistor connected between the output terminal of the output voltage and the output feedback terminal; a second resistor connected between the output feedback terminal and a ground terminal; a sense resistor configured to convert the output current passing between the load and the ground terminal into a sense voltage; and a first diode whose anode is connected to the application terminal of the sense voltage and whose cathode is connected to the output feedback terminal.
US09837824B2
The present invention relates to a connection system for connecting a power generator to a DC electrical power system, with a controllable voltage source unit functionally connected in series with the power generator to receive AC electrical power from the power generator, and to generate an AC electrical power output accordingly, and a rectifier arranged to receive AC electrical power output from said voltage source unit and to rectify the AC electrical power output to a DC electrical power to be provided to the DC electrical power system. The invention also relates to method for connecting a power generator to a DC electrical power system.
US09837819B2
Disclosed is a power network system etc. which can safely detach a power router whose communication with a control apparatus becomes interrupted, from other power routers and power cells, the power network system including a second control apparatus controlling one of or plural of the power cells, when the second control apparatus detects abnormality in communication between the apparatus itself and the power router, the second control apparatus performs control so as to stop transmission/reception between the power router in which the abnormality is detected and another power router which is connected to the power router, and when the first control apparatus included in the power router detects abnormality in communication between the power router and the second control apparatus, the first control apparatus performs control so as to stop transmission/reception of the power conversion leg connected to the another power router.
US09837814B2
A radio frequency-assisted fast superconducting switch is described. A superconductor is closely coupled to a radio frequency (RF) coil. To turn the switch “off,” i.e., to induce a transition to the normal, resistive state in the superconductor, a voltage burst is applied to the RF coil. This voltage burst is sufficient to induce a current in the coupled superconductor. The combination of the induced current with any other direct current flowing through the superconductor is sufficient to exceed the critical current of the superconductor at the operating temperature, inducing a transition to the normal, resistive state. A by-pass MOSFET may be configured in parallel with the superconductor to act as a current shunt, allowing the voltage across the superconductor to drop below a certain value, at which time the superconductor undergoes a transition to the superconducting state and the switch is reset.
US09837811B2
The power source apparatus enables each battery pack to be charged with power supplied from an external charging power supply, and allows power stored in each battery pack to be output externally. Each battery pack is provided with battery pack fault output terminals to send battery pack error signals to other battery packs or to the protection unit when a malfunction occurs. The protection unit is provided with protection unit input-output terminals to connect with battery pack fault output terminals, and a protection circuit capable of cutting-off battery pack current. When a battery pack malfunction occurs, a battery pack error signal is output from the battery pack fault output terminals to the protection unit input-output terminals. When the protection unit detects a battery pack error signal, the protection circuit cuts-off current.
US09837798B1
A tip that contains a noble metal is joined to a joining surface of an electrode base material of a ground electrode via a welded portion. On cross-sections of the tip and the electrode base material in a longitudinal direction of the joining surface, the welded portion has a void above the joining surface, and a continuous distance of the welded portion on the joining surface is less than or equal to 0.5 mm, whereby thermal stress due to a difference in thermal expansion between the tip and the electrode base material can be reduced. A total of continuous distances of the welded portions on the joining surface, are 0.4 times to 0.8 times a length from an end of the tip to another end thereof, whereby joining strength of the welded portion can be assured. Peeling at the tip or falling-off of the tip due to thermal stress can be less likely to occur, whereby durability of the ground electrode can be improved.
US09837795B2
An ESD protection device of the present disclosure includes a ceramic multilayer structure inside which a cavity portion is formed, at least one pair of discharge electrodes arranged inside the ceramic multilayer structure, and outer electrodes formed on the surface of the ceramic multilayer structure and connected to the discharge electrodes, wherein the pair of discharge electrodes are arranged in such a way that one end-face of one discharge electrode and one end-face of the other discharge electrode are opposed to each other through the cavity portion, and the cavity portion is formed as a single cavity occupying a region between the opposed end-faces, regions along other end-faces connected to the opposed end-faces via corner portions, and, on first principal surfaces, regions along the opposed end-faces and regions along the other end-faces.
US09837787B2
A method and system for generating a Raman second Stokes light to a source light comprising generating a Raman first Stokes light from the source light by a Raman interaction in a nonlinear optical medium disposed in an optical resonator, and resonating the Raman first Stokes light in the optical resonator; generating a seed light at the frequency of the Raman second Stokes light from the source light and the Raman first Stokes light by a four wave mixing process which is not phase matched in the nonlinear medium; amplifying the seed light by transferring power from the first Stokes light resonating in the optical resonator to the seed light using a Raman amplification process in the nonlinear medium; and extracting from the optical resonator a majority of the power of the seed light so amplified.
US09837783B2
An optical apparatus includes one or more pump sources situated to provide laser pump light, and a gain fiber optically coupled to the one or more pump sources, the gain fiber including an actively doped core situated to produce an output beam, an inner cladding and outer cladding surrounding the doped core and situated to propagate pump light, and a polymer cladding surrounding the outer cladding and situated to guide a selected portion of the pump light coupled into the inner and outer claddings of the gain fiber. Methods of pumping a fiber sources include generating pump light from one or more pump sources, coupling the pump light into a glass inner cladding and a glass outer cladding of a gain fiber of the fiber source such that a portion of the pump light is guided by a polymer cladding surrounding the glass outer cladding, and generating a single-mode output beam from the gain fiber.
US09837779B2
A laser apparatus may include, a first frame and a second frame, a sleeve through-hole provided in the second frame, a sleeve insertion hole provided in the first frame, a bolt, a positioning sleeve that is formed in an approximately cylindrical shape into which the bolt can be inserted and that positions the first frame and the second frame by passing through the sleeve through-hole and being inserted into the sleeve insertion hole, a nut that is provided in the first frame and into which the bolt is screwed, and a fall prevention unit that is provided in the second frame and that prevents the bolt and the positioning sleeve from falling.
US09837767B2
A communication connector including a plurality of conductors each having a plug contact region and an opposing cable conductor termination region. The plurality of conductors are arranged in respective communication pairs. The communication connector includes a coupling zone between a first conductor of a first communication pair and a second conductor of a second communication pair. The coupling zone has at least one first conductive finger connected to the first conductor and at least one second conductive finger connected to the second conductor, each of the first conductive fingers are adjacent to at least one of the second conductive fingers.
US09837765B2
An apparatus is described. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a housing; a tray; an ejector; a push member having two positions, the push member is configured to receive an external force for moving the push member and to operate the ejector to eject the tray to an ejected open position when the push member is moved to a second position and to maintain in the second position; and a switch comprising two electric position; the switch is configured to switch to a first electric position when receiving the external force, and the push member is configured to maintain the switch in the first electric position when the push member is moved to the second position causing the tray to eject; when the tray is returned to a retracted closed position, the push member is moved to a first position causing the switch to switch to a second electric position.
US09837761B1
An electrical cable connector includes a contact subassembly and a housing. The contact subassembly is terminated to an electrical cable. The contact subassembly includes a center contact, a dielectric holder, and an outer contact. The contact subassembly has a protrusion extending outward from an outer surface of the contact subassembly. The housing defines a cavity that receives the contact subassembly therein. The electrical cable extends from the housing through an opening at a rear end of the housing. The housing includes a retention mechanism that engages the protrusion of the contact subassembly to secure an axial position of the contact subassembly in the cavity relative to the housing. The retention mechanism allows the housing to rotate relative to the contact subassembly and the cable.
US09837758B1
An anti-loose data cable contains: an interface element, a first protective fixing layer, a second protective fixing layer, a third protective fixing layer, a positioning head, and a USB cable. The interface element is welded with the USB cable, on a connection area of the interface element and the USB cable is fixed the first protective fixing layer, and the interface element and the first protective fixing layer are accommodated in the second protective fixing layer, wherein a main part of the second protective fixing layer is accommodated in the third protective fixing layer, and the third protective fixing layer and the positioning head are integrally formed together.
US09837757B2
With the increasing density of in-vehicle electronic circuits, not only conventional cracks at bonding interfaces such as between the substrate and the solder attachment site or a component and the solder attachment site but also novel cracking problems of cracks occurring in the Sn matrix in the interior of the bonded solder have appeared. To solve the above problem, a lead-free solder alloy with 1-4 mass % Ag, 0.6-0.8 mass % Cu, 1-5 mass % Sb, 0.01-0.2 mass % Ni and the remainder being Sn is used. A solder alloy, which not only can withstand harsh temperature cycling characteristics from low temperatures of −40° C. to high temperatures of 125° C. but can also withstand external forces that occur when riding up on a curb or colliding with a vehicle in front for long periods, and an in-vehicle electronic circuit device using the solder alloy can thereby be obtained.
US09837752B2
A connector is provided for attachment to a coaxial cable. The connector includes, in one embodiment, a connector body and a locking sleeve. The locking sleeve is configured to be moved between an attached and a detached state. In each such state, the locking sleeve is configured to receive the end of the cable. In one position, the locking sleeve is configured to lock the end of the cable to the connector body.
US09837745B2
A connector terminal includes a top side contact portion which makes contact with a top surface of a counter connector terminal and three linear bottom side contact portions each of which extends along a fitting axis and makes contact with a bottom surface of the counter connector terminal, the three bottom side contact portions being arranged such that centers of themselves form an isosceles triangle, the top side contact portion being, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the counter connector terminal in a fitted state, positioned in a straight line that lies between a base and a vertex facing the base in the triangle and extends parallel to the base in a manner that a ratio of a distance from the base to a distance from the vertex is 1:2.
US09837743B2
A banana plug center pin with a raised break point is disclosed. The banana plug center pin comprises a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion has a first diameter, and the bottom portion has a second diameter. The banana plug center pin with a raised break point further includes a locking ring peripherally surrounding the center pin at the interface of the top portion and the bottom portion. Additionally, the banana plug center pin has a fillet feature coupled to the bottom portion and the locking ring. In one embodiment, the interface of the top portion and the bottom portion is located such that when the center pin is inserted into a banana jack, the interface is disposed above a top edge of the banana jack.
US09837742B2
A pin structure may be connected to a printed circuit board (PCB), and may include a circuit connection portion connected to a circuit component, a variable portion, and a PCB connection portion. The variable portion may be connected to the circuit connection portion and may be configured to deform in shape when the PCB is bent. The PCB connection portion is connected to the variable portion and connected to the PCB.
US09837740B2
An electrical connector comprises a plurality of first terminal blocks and a plurality of second terminal blocks stacked together along a first direction. The first terminal block and the second terminal block are stacked one by one. Each of the first terminal block and the second terminal block has a first insulative plate and a plurality of first terminals fixed in the first insulative plate. The first terminals are arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first terminal extends along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The first terminal has a deflectable contacting arm and a connecting foot, and the deflectable contacting arm of the first terminal block and the deflectable contacting arm of the second terminal block bend in a face to face style to form an inserting space in the first direction.
US09837737B1
An electrical connector for electrically conducting a chip module to a circuit board. At least one pad is disposed on the circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulating body for sustaining the chip module, multiple signal terminals disposed in the insulating body and electrically conducting the chip module, and a first shielding sheet and a second shielding sheet respectively located on two adjacent sides of the signal terminals. The first shielding sheet and the second shielding sheet are connected to the same pad.
US09837729B2
A HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) DIY (Do-It-Yourself) connector kit includes a connector head having a plurality of terminals, a wire terminal having a plurality of alignment slots, and a wire alignment unit which includes a guider holder detachably holding the wire terminal in position and a plurality of wire slots aligned with the alignment slots respectively when the wire terminal is disposed at the guider holder. Therefore, the wire slots are arranged for retaining wires of HDMI cable in position when wire conductors thereof are inserted into the corresponding alignment slot. After the wire conductors are retained at the alignment slots, the wire terminal is detached from the guider holder to ensure only the wire conductors to be retained at the alignment slots respectively.
US09837725B2
The disclosure discloses a wide-frequency wave-absorbing metamaterial, which comprises a plurality of layers of substrates and microstructures respectively arranged on the substrates at different layers. The wave-absorbing frequency band of the wide-frequency wave-absorbing metamaterial is relatively wide. The disclosure further discloses an electronic device and a method for obtaining a wide-frequency wave-absorbing metamaterial. By using the foregoing manner, the disclosure can enable a wave-absorbing metamaterial to significantly increase a wave-absorbing bandwidth based on a relatively good electromagnetic wave absorbing effect.
