US09950512B2
A liquid discharge head includes an element substrate to which an electric signal is supplied, an electrical wiring board that is connected to the element substrate and that is capable of supplying the electric signal to the element substrate, and a printed circuit board that includes a wiring line and an insulating layer covering the wiring line and that is capable of supplying the electric signal to the element substrate via the wiring line. A protruding structure that has a thickness approximately equal to a thickness of the wiring line and that is covered with the insulating layer is disposed along the wiring line on the printed circuit board, and a portion of the electrical wiring board is bonded to a portion of the insulating layer located on the wiring line disposed on the printed circuit board.
US09950509B2
A modified ink cup for plate printing is presented, where the ink cup is separated internally into two domains, a storage area and a print area, by a baffle system. The baffling allows only a limited amount of exposure of the ink in the ink cup to the outside air, reducing evaporation of the ink solvent and extending the life of the ink supply in the cup. This system greatly reduces the number of times an ink cup has to be re-filled to perform plate printing and limits the evaporation of possibly toxic solvents to the air.
US09950507B2
Provided is a three-dimensional structure manufacturing apparatus which manufactures a three-dimensional structure by laminating layers formed using three-dimensional formation compositions containing three-dimensional formation powders, the apparatus including: a formation unit in which the three-dimensional structure is formed; a first supply unit and a second supply unit which supply the three-dimensional formation compositions to the formation unit; a first squeegee and a second squeegee which form the layers configured with the three-dimensional formation compositions on the formation unit; and a discharge unit which discharges a binding solution for binding the three-dimensional formation compositions to the layer, in which the first supply unit, the first squeegee, the discharge unit, the second squeegee, and the second supply unit are arranged in this order, along a movement direction of the discharge unit.
US09950502B2
Described is paper or cardboard packaging produced from mineral oil contaminated, (e.g., recycled) paper, wherein the packaging includes a barrier layer obtainable by applying an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a copolymer obtainable by emulsion polymerization of C1-C4 alkyl (meth)acrylates, acid monomers, e.g., acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, 0-20 wt % of acrylonitrile and 0 to 10 wt % of further monomers in an aqueous medium in the presence of a carbohydrate compound, preferably in the form of a degraded starch, wherein the glass transition temperature of the copolymer is in the range from +10 to +45° C. The barrier layer may be situated on one of the surfaces of the packaging or form one of multiple layers of a multilayered packaging coating or be situated as a coating on one side of an inner bag situated within the packaging.
US09950493B2
A decorative film includes a dark-colored opaque substrate, which includes a surface that includes an uneven section, and a transparent decorative layer, which is stacked on the surface of the opaque substrate and closely contacts the uneven section. The uneven section includes ridges and grooves, which are located between the ridges. The ridges extend in directions of the same tendency, and the grooves extend in directions of the same tendency as the ridges. A minute uneven section formed in the top surface of each ridge includes minute ridges and minute grooves, which are located between the minute ridges. The minute ridges extend in directions of the same tendency and have a narrower width than the ridges and the grooves, and the minute grooves extend in directions of the same tendency as the minute ridges and have a narrower width than the ridges and the grooves.
US09950491B2
A flexible structure inflation and sealing assembly that can comprise a driver configured for engaging the flexible structure to drive the structure in a downstream direction longitudinally along a material path and a nozzle configured for reception in an inflation channel that extends through the flexible structure. At least a portion of the nozzle is flexible and is operable to adjust to the direction and angle that the flexible structure approaches from. The flexible portion may align with a tip of the nozzle in one axis and the opposite end of the nozzle in a second axis thereby allowing for misalignment of the flexible structure as it engages the nozzle and is directed to a pinch area.
US09950489B2
The plastic bag may include flexible thermoplastic sidewalls that have a pattern imparted onto them. The wrinkle pattern may be a plurality of linear ribs formed into the sidewall that may be arranged adjacent and parallel to one another. To impart the pattern to the sidewall, a thermoplastic web used to make the sidewall may be directed between a first cylindrical roller and a second cylindrical roller, each of which may have a plurality of spaced ridges extending about their peripheries. When the web is directed between the first and second rollers, the meshing of the ridges may form ribs into the web.
US09950485B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of forming an annular apex filler for tire beads. Said apparatus comprises a cylindrical former (2) for supporting a cut length of an apex filler strip (91) of elastomeric material, wherein said cylindrical former (2) comprises a hollow rotary shaft (21) and a plurality of rigid, circumferentially spaced apart fingers (22). The fingers (22) are movably connected to support members (24) for flipping the apex filler when wound on the cylindrical former. The support members (24) are movable connected to substantially radially extending guiding members (25). The guiding members (25) are connected to a hollow rotary shaft (21). The fingers (22) are connected via linkages (27) to a driving member (281) which is connected to a push/pull shaft (28) which extends at least partially through the hollow rotary shaft (21). Said apparatus further comprises a setting unit comprising a setting plate (26), said unit being arranged for moving the support members (24) radially inwardly or outwardly, and a feed assembly for feeding said apex filler (91) to said cylindrical former (2).
US09950478B2
A method of fabricating a spar for a blade, which spar includes transversely at least one arrangement. A male former is defined for each arrangement that is to be fabricated and each arrangement is subdivided into a pressure-side subassembly and a suction-side subassembly, each comprising a plurality of hanks, each hank comprising a plurality of U-shaped tape segments stacked on one another. Each subassembly of an arrangement is fabricated outside a mold for fabricating the blade on a single former adapted to that particular arrangement, fabrication being by stacking tape segments on the former using a fiber placement method implemented by a placement head.
US09950458B2
This invention relates generally to an apparatus for casting a portion of a tire or other article of manufacture, and, more specifically, to an apparatus that has a gate design, that has a plunging nozzle with a waste reservoir for separating off-ratio material before it enters the cavity that forms a portion of the tire or other article of manufacture. The design may further include a passage that connects the runner to the waste reservoir as-well as an air vent that allows trapped gas or air to exit the waste reservoir as it fills with waste material, a valve that is operative!'/associated with the passage for closing and opening the passage at appropriate times, and a nozzle constructed from two independently translating components for initially introducing material into the waste reservoir and subsequently into the runner.
US09950454B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a PUR/PIR foam body, comprising the steps of providing a mold adapted for applying an underpressure to the interior of the mold; introducing a reaction mixture comprising an isocyanate-reactive component A and an isocyanate B into the mold, and applying an underpressure to the interior of the mold, so the underpressure acts on the introduced reaction mixture. The underpressure is applied to the interior of the mold no later than the reaction mixture has started to set in the mold, and the isocyanate index of the reaction mixture is ≥300.
US09950448B2
Molds, methods and systems are provided for adjusting one or more plysteer parameters in a tire having a tread formed from a mold.
US09950446B2
A device for producing pellets from a melt material. The device can have a perforated plate with nozzles from which a melt material emerges. Located opposite the perforated plate is a cutting chamber with a motor-driven cutter arrangement having a cutter head with at least one blade, and a cutter shaft. A coolant is introduced into the cutting chamber from an inlet apparatus. The inlet apparatus has a separate inlet chamber that circumferentially encloses the cutting chamber in the area of rotation of the at least one blade, and has an adjustable annular inlet nozzle arrangement. Coolant is introduced into the cutting chamber circumferentially and substantially radially inward from the outside. A substantially centripetal flow of the coolant is produced in the area of rotation, and the coolant and the pellets are conveyed to an outlet of the cutting chamber.
US09950445B2
A device for drilling a hole with an expanded diameter includes: a body, a shank; a sleeve; a compression spring; a drill bit body; an expanded diameter hole portion forming member attached to a side surface of the drill bit body and configured such that a cutting bit protrudes laterally from the drill bit body when the expanded diameter hole portion forming member moves forward on the side surface; a compression spring, which urges the expanded diameter hole portion forming member rearward relative to the drill bit body; and a cam. The expanded diameter hole portion forming member is configured to move forward on the side surface of the drill bit body owing to rotation of the cam when the body moves forward relative to the sleeve.
US09950437B2
Methods and apparatuses for preparing sandwiches (subs, wraps) and meal, such as Shawarma, Gyros and Doner Kebab sandwiches and meals. The apparatus includes a grilling mechanism, a smoking mechanism, a slicing mechanism, sandwich and meal assembly mechanism, sandwich wrapping and packing mechanism and accepting money and credit card mechanism. The slicing mechanism is configured to slice a cylinder or cone of meat in an automated, substantially helical slicing pattern. The sandwich assembly includes various components to automatically dispense selected bread, condiments, and other sandwich and meal ingredients and wrapping and packing the sandwich.
US09950429B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot cleaner. The control method includes acquiring an image of the robot cleaner and a surrounding area of the robot cleaner at a reference position, the robot cleaner having two markers spaced apart from each other by a given distance, extracting the two markers from the acquired image, defining a horizontal plane of an actual space in which the two markers are located, based on positions of the two markers displayed on the acquired image and an actual distance between the two markers, acquiring position information of the robot cleaner relative to the reference position, based on position information of the two markers in the horizontal plane, and controlling travel of the robot cleaner based on the position information of the robot cleaner relative to the reference position.
US09950425B2
A robot control apparatus, which controls motions of an industrial robot based on processing results of an image processing apparatus which images the robot or objects around the robot, includes: a first communication unit which communicates with a computer for development as an external computer; a second communication unit which is connected to the image processing apparatus via a network; and a command processing unit which opens a communication port of the second communication unit and causes the second communication unit to start communication with the image processing apparatus via a server on the network in response to an open command received by the first communication unit.
US09950424B2
Herein is disclosed a multifunctional tool with replaceable tool tips. The disclosed multifunctional tool may be used as an end-effector on a robotic arm in space. Each tool tip, when in the tool holder, is driven by a common motor. The same motor can also be used to control the orientation of the tool tip about an axis. The tool tips are replaceable in the tool holder by simple and robust means, resulting in a lighter and cheaper multifunctional tool. The tool tips can be variously adapted to perform a variety of functions, including cutting, grasping, drilling, driving, etc. Since the tool may be driven by only one actuator, and the single actuator may be used to drive both the tool and rotation of the tool, mass can be saved. Use of such a multifunctional tool also reduces overall system power requirements, and system complexity.
US09950423B2
An industrial robot includes a robot arm with multiple elements connected via joints, one element of which is designed as a linkage and another designed as an arm extension. The arm extension is mounted on one side of the linkage in a pivotal manner about a rotational axis by one of the joints and supports at least two other elements which form hand elements of the robot arm. An arm extension drive on the arm extension pivots the arm extension relative to the linkage, and a first hand element drive on the arm extension moves one of the hand elements relative to the arm extension. A motor shaft of the arm extension drive on the arm extension is offset from and runs parallel to the rotational axis, and a motor shaft of the first hand element drive on the arm extension is perpendicular to and spaced from the rotational axis.
US09950422B2
A flexible exosuit includes rigid and flexible elements configured to couple forces to a body of a wearer. Further, the flexible exosuit includes flexible linear actuators and clutched compliance elements to apply and/or modulate forces and/or compliances between segments of the body of the wearer. The flexible exosuit further includes electronic controllers, power sources and sensors. The flexible exosuit can be configured to apply forces to the body of the wearer to enable a variety of applications. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to augment the physical strength or endurance of the wearer. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to train the wearer to perform certain physical tasks. In some examples, the flexible exosuit can be configured to record physical activities of the wearer.
US09950416B2
To provide a handle that is effective at achieving both vibration resistance and usability. A handle attached to a tool body of a power tool has: a grip portion; a connecting portion that connects to the tool body; elastic element interposing regions that are formed between the grip portion and the connecting portion; elastic elements disposed in the elastic element interposing regions; a powder filling region formed between the grip portion and connecting portion; and a plurality of powder bodies that fill the powder filling region.
US09950413B2
A multifunctional tool includes first and second handle members, first and second jaw members operatively connected to the first and second handle members and movable between a first open position and a second closed position, and first and second removable collar attachment members configured to be removably installed in the first and second jaw members, respectively, to provide different sizes of compressing and/or cutting diameters when the first and second jaw members are in the second closed position.
US09950412B2
A torque wrench includes a driving shank having two pivot bases, an anchor pivotally attached to one of the pivot bases and having channel formed in the anchor, a connection rod pivotally attached to the other pivot base, a housing engaged onto the connection rod, a casing disposed on the housing, a peg secured to the casing and slidably engaged in the channel of the anchor, a retainer member engaged into the casing and having a protrusion engaged into the housing, and a positioning element is engaged into the housing and engaged with the protrusion of the retainer member and for positioning the positioning element to the housing.
US09950403B2
A device for grinding and deburring a flat workpiece comprise a grinding roller having an abrasive coating. A coaxial drive shaft that is connected rotation-fast to the guide roller is driven by a drive motor via a primary belt drive. The grinding roller is borne axially displaceable on the drive shaft. Via a second secondary belt drive, the drive motor drives a cam mechanism, comprising a control cylinder that is rotatably borne on the drive shaft of the grinding roller and that has a groove cam and comprising a cam slide arranged on the grinding roller. The rotating grinding roller thus performs an oscillating axial back-and-forth movement.
US09950402B2
An alignment system for aligning an ingot of semiconductor or solar-grade material is provided. The alignment system includes a mounting block for attachment to the ingot, an optical device for aligning a predetermined centerline of the ingot with a reference line, and adjustable supports configured for supporting the ingot on at least four support points and configured to adjust the position of the ingot. The mounting block is movable between a horizontal position and a vertical position.
US09950391B2
A welding system is provided. The welding system includes a fixture, a plurality of pressure blocks, and a laser welder. The fixture is configured to grasp a roof panel and transition to an advanced position in order to align the roof panel with a roof rail along a weld line. The plurality of pressure blocks are movably secured to the fixture such that advancing the pressure blocks when the fixture is in the advanced position provides a compression force between the roof panel and roof rail along the weld line to prevent distortion during a welding operation. The laser welder is configured to weld the roof panel to the roof rail along the weld line.
US09950386B2
An end assembly for use with a welding device having a chamber between the diffuser sleeve and the insert which allows for cooling the insert and for controlling the flow of gas through the end assembly. Some of the components of the end assembly such as the contact tip, insert and gooseneck are constructed of a conductive material which are securely held together in contact by a diffuser sleeve constructed of a non-conductive material. The end assembly provides better conductivity of the current through the end assembly for use of less energy during welding.
US09950381B2
A method for forming a tube coupling includes forming a metallurgical joint between a copper tube and an aluminum tube and annealing the copper tube and the aluminum tube after forming the metallurgical joint. The metallurgical joint has a eutectic region and an intermetallic region after annealing the copper tube and the aluminum tube. The method may assist with improving a performance of the metallurgical joint. A related tube coupling and evaporator are also provided.
US09950380B1
An electric discharge machining electrode is shaped to form a die for roll forming a dual threaded screw. The electrode is oriented with a face thereof adjacent to a forming surface of the die and placed within an electric discharge machine to cause electric discharge via the electrode to the forming surface of the die, to shape the die to have the geometry required for roll forming of the dual threaded screw. The EDM electrode face has a plurality of troughs and tips substantially matching coarse threads of the screw. Grooves are formed in the tips. The grooves are angled relative the tips and have a geometry substantially matching the fine threads of the screw. The face of the electrode has a form which shapes the forming surface of the die so that the die can roll form the dual threaded screw.
US09950378B2
In a wire electric discharge machine, a discharge delay time is used to classify the inter-electrode state into three categories; a short-circuit state, small-gap state, and large-gap state. Based on this classification, the magnitude of a machining current supplied from a main discharge circuit is determined. If the discharge delay time is zero (i.e., if no electric discharge is generated) after the lapse of a predetermined time since the start of the application of a machining voltage to an inter-electrode gap by an auxiliary discharge circuit, the inter-electrode gap is determined to be short-circuited by machining chips. Thereupon, a short-circuit machining current is supplied from the main discharge circuit to the inter-electrode gap to remove the machining chips. In this way, establishment of a complete short-circuit state is prevented so that the machining efficiency is improved to increase the machining speed.
US09950372B2
Beveling tools having a variety of features are described. The tools can utilize a combination of handles, a protective external frame, guide rollers that are positionally adjusted by swing arms with timing lobes, or by an alternative guide bar mounting system, a helical knurled drive roller, guide rollers that have a convex or crowned face, skewed guide rollers, a positive clutch assembly for governing force applied to the guide rollers, a hand crank assembly for moving the tool when mounted on a workpiece, position adjustment provisions for varying the position of a milling head, and indicators providing visual feedback to an operator.
US09950371B2
Method and installation for converting a metal in the liquid state into a fragmented metal in the solid state. The metal in the liquid state is poured on an upstream portion of a receiving surface (7) of a first cooled vibrating table (4). The metal falls from the downstream end of the first table on an upstream portion of a receiving surface (17) of a second cooled vibrating table (5). The fragmented and solidified metal is discharged at the downstream end of the receiving surface of that second table. A rotary fragmentation roller (102) may be positioned above a table. The tables comprise an upstream cooling zone (7) by means of a liquid/gas emulsion and a downstream cooling zone (17) by means of a liquid.
US09950362B2
A device to generate and direct electric heat 10 for use over risers, drains, pathways and pour cups during solidification in which less than 2% plasma is utilized, comprising an outer shell 20 having one open heat delivery end 25, at least one lip 30 located at the open end 25, one closed end 35, at least one electric heating element 80 affixed within the closed 35 end and refractory material 60 surrounding the electric heating element 80. A method, employing the device 10, to improve the properties of cast alloys which comprises the heating and blanketing of a molten cast surface with an atmosphere of less than 2% plasma during solidification, the atmosphere of less than 2% plasma thereby controlling temperature during the solidification and shielding the molten cast surface from the affects of oxidation.
US09950360B2
An apparatus and a system including a casting pit; a mold including a reservoir and a cavity; a coolant feed operable to introduce a coolant to a periphery of a metal emerging from the mold cavity; an array of water vapor exhaust ports about at least the top periphery of the casting pit; a mechanism to introduce an inert fluid into the coolant feed. A method for a direct chill casting including, after detecting a bleed out, exhausting generated gas from the casting pit at a flow volume rate that is enhanced relative to a flow volume rate prior to detecting bleed out or run out; introducing an inert gas into the casting pit; and introducing an inert fluid into a coolant feed to the casting mold.
US09950353B2
A composition useful for removing energetic compounds from contaminated environments. The composition includes a supported reactant including an adsorbent with high affinity for energetic compounds. Further, the composition includes a first bioremediation material comprising at least one organism capable of degrading an energetic compound and a polymeric substance fueling the first bioremediation material during the degrading of the energetic compound. Additionally, the composition includes a second bioremediation material breaking the polymeric substance into smaller molecules over a degradation time period to provide the fueling of the first bioremediation material in a time-release manner.
US09950347B2
The invention relates to an individual sorting device (10) for sorting tablets which have been pressed by a tableting machine using press punches. The individual sorting device (10) comprises a tablet feed (20), a pressing force signal input (30) for receiving pressing force signals which can be assigned to the fed tablets, a programmable control unit (40), and a storage unit (50). The individual sorting device (10) is suitable for separating tablets to which an unacceptable pressing force signal can be assigned, said unacceptable pressing force signal lying outside of an accepted pressing force range, from tablets to which an acceptable pressing force signal can be assigned, said acceptable pressing force signal lying within the accepted pressing force range. A test control program is stored in the storage unit (50) for programming the control unit (40) for a test operation of the individual sorting device (10), and during the test operation, the test control program includes the offset application of pressing force signals which can be assigned to tablets that have been pressed by at least one of the pressing punches of the tableting machine. The invention further relates to a system comprising a tableting device with multiple pressing punches and with an individual sorting device (10) and to a method for checking a proper functioning of an individual sorting device (10) for a tableting device with pressing punches.
US09950345B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for warp and shear detection and correction and, more particularly, to systems and methods for detecting and correcting shear and warp in an address block of a mailpiece. The method is implemented in a computing device and includes: locating a barcode which is spatially consistent with a block of text; obtaining barcode bar data from the barcode which correlates to a difference in spatial orientation of one or more bars of the barcode with respect to a best fit line through the barcode; and replacing the block of text with a non-distorted block of text which can be read by optical character recognition processes, based on the barcode bar data.
US09950335B2
The invention relates to a device for separating overspray from the booth air of coating booths, in particular painting systems, charged with overspray. The device includes a separation unit through which booth air charged with overspray can be guided and in which overspray is separated. The separating unit is designed as an exchangeable structural unit having a filter housing, an inlet opening and a filter unit. The air flow charged with overspray can be guided via the air guiding device to the separation unit. The separating unit includes an inlet collar which defines the inlet at least in sections and the air guiding device includes a connecting sleeve, which immerses in such a manner into the inlet opening when the separating device is in operation in such a manner that said connecting sleeve is surrounded by the inlet collar of the separation unit.
US09950333B2
The present invention relates to a coating device for small parts, in particular for lacquering mass produced small parts, like e.g. bolts, small plastic parts and similar, and it relates to a method for this purpose with a movable receiver element for receiving and moving the small parts, and a dispenser device, located at the receiver element for continuous or portioned dispensing the coating material into the receiver element, wherein a radiation emitter device is provided in the receiver element for emitting radiation for drying and/or hardening the coating material.
US09950325B2
A discharge electrode using carbon fibers, nanofibers and/or nanotubes to generate the corona discharge. The invention contemplates conductive fiber, such as carbon strands with or without a polymer matrix to form a composite, and a supporting configuration in which the strand is extended along or wrapped helically around a supporting rod that extends along the length of the electrode. A mechanical bias is applied to each strand to maintain tension on the strand. Preferably this includes coil springs extending between bushings mounted on the rod and moveable hemispherical supports slidably mounted on the rod that seat against the strand.
US09950320B2
The invention relates to sulfonated aminomethylated chelate resins, to a method for producing same, to the use thereof for obtaining and purifying metals, in particular rare earth metals, from aqueous solutions and organic liquids, and for producing highly pure silicon.
US09950318B2
A process for treating metal oxide catalysts includes activating one or more lasers to produce laser light. The process also includes exposing at least a portion of the metal oxide catalyst to the laser light to increase hydrophobicity of the metal oxide catalyst. The metal oxide catalyst may include a plurality of metal oxide particles or a metal oxide film.
US09950299B2
The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for the treatment of an incoming fluid, comprising: a bottom part connecting a common feed stream to individual membrane filter modules through a tailor made connecting piece; a top part connecting individual membrane filter modules to a common retentate stream through a tailor made connecting piece. According to the invention the apparatus is assembled out of tailor-made parts with the object to reduce material costs and labor costs, and the part are made such that footprint of the contraption is minimized. Furthermore, the individual parts form a sub-unit with such dimensions that multiple sub-units can be combined into one main unit, without the need to execute any alterations to the sub-units in terms of sizing, by which means modularity and scalability is introduced into the main units.
US09950287B2
A filter for fluid has a filter housing and a filter element disposed in the filter housing. An element-associated electrical connecting element associated with an electrical/electronic functional component is provided. A housing-associated electrical connecting element is provided. When the filter element is mounted in the filter housing, the element-associated electrical element and the housing-associated electrical connecting element are connected electrically with each other and form an electrical connection. A positioning assist device assists in positioning the element-associated electrical connecting element and the housing-associated electrical connecting element relative to each other.
US09950286B2
A filter housing comprising an accommodation space for accommodating a filter is disclosed, wherein the filter housing further comprises at least one connector-like coupling element configured to indirectly or directly mate with at least one mating coupling element of a mating filter housing; and wherein the coupling element is integrally formed on a portion of the filter housing.
US09950274B2
In a method for cooling a flow containing at least 35% carbon dioxide and at least 0.2 μg/Nm3 of mercury, the mercury being in liquid and/or gas form, the flow is cooled in a first brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger from a first temperature to a second temperature higher than −38.6° C. to form a cold flow at the second temperature, and the flow cooled to the second temperature is cooled in a second heat exchanger, which is a tube and shell heat exchanger, to a third temperature lower than −38.6° C.
US09950269B2
[Problem to be Solved] To provide an electrically-operated toy that uses an electric double-layer capacitor as a main power source and yet can secure an operation duration time per charge that is long enough to fully satisfy the users who are infants, younger school children, etc.[Solution] Provided is an electrically-operated toy that includes: an electric double-layer capacitor acting as a main power source; a movable mechanism for realizing toy functions; an electric motive power source for operating the movable mechanism; and a chopper-type step-up DC/DC converter that boosts a voltage received from the electric double-layer capacitor and supplies the voltage as a power source to at least the electric motive power source.
US09950266B2
The present disclosure discloses a tornado yoyo, including two rotating disks and a connecting axle configured to connect back portions of the two rotating disks, in which a protruding cylinder provided with a bearing thereon is disposed in the rotating disk and located in the middle of the rotating disk; a rotating cap is disposed outside the rotating disk and provided with a connecting hole portion extending from the middle of the rotating cap to the rotating disk, and the connecting hole portion is sleeved on the bearing to realize a rotation of the rotating cap relative to the rotating disk; and an outer edge of the rotating cap is provided with an edgefold configured to envelop an edge of the rotating disk, so that when the yo-yo is held or pinched in a forward direction, the rotation of the rotating disk will not be influenced.
US09950257B2
Active gameplay of a video game on a computer gaming device is overseen by a platform-level in-game recording companion that executes separately from any of a plurality of different video games. During active gameplay of the video game, the active gameplay is continuously and automatically buffered to a temporary storage buffer. During active gameplay the computer gaming device receives a command to save a segment of the active gameplay for subsequent viewing. Without interrupting the active gameplay, the segment of the active gameplay is saved from the temporary storage buffer to a library of the platform-level in-game recording companion.
US09950256B2
A device comprising a High Dimensional Touch Parameter (HDTP) touch capability that can selectively function, as desired by the user, as one or more of a game controller that connects to a game console via network connections, an independent portable/mobile game device with limited but sufficient capacity of processor/memory, a controller for a game console connected remotely through the internet and or a storage device/media player that can store gaming history, personal information, or media files. In an embodiment the device comprises at least one processor for executing at least one algorithm, the algorithm including at least a game, at least one touch sensor providing real-time tactile information to at least one algorithm, the algorithm implementing at least on HDTP function, and at least one networking element configured to network the device to at least the internet.
US09950248B2
A computing system of an electronic puzzle includes a memory, an electronically controlled lock, and a plurality of sensors to generate sensor data. The computing system controls the electronically controlled lock to regulate access to an inner chamber of the electronic puzzle and monitors the sensor data generated by the plurality of sensors. The computing system generates an input password based on the monitored sensor data, compares the input password to a puzzle password stored in the memory, and unlocks the electronically controlled lock to permit access to the inner chamber in response to a determination that the input password matches the puzzle password.
US09950246B2
A method, gaming machine, and online gaming system for playing a game of baccarat with a color side bet that the number of cards of a selected suit color in either the Player hand or the Banker hand will exceed the number of similarly colored cards in the other hand. After the regular baccarat hand is played, the Banker hand and the Player hand are compared with respect to the number of cards of the selected color and the outcome of the color side bet is determined based on which hand contains more cards of the selected color. A gaming table is configured the specific areas for receiving the color side bet.
US09950245B2
A new game and the methods thereof are disclosed. The game comprises utilizing new devices, rules, methods, well-defined terms, and a plurality of playing cards designed with special markings and performing alternative actions within a conditional loop to tactically and strategically form the cards on-hand as required melds/pair with bonus-earning patterns. The structure, format, rules, and playing methods of the present invention are designed to provide a great mental workout, and the purpose of the present invention is to engage people and create a friendly and gregarious environment that allows everyone to enjoy the company of others.
US09950242B2
A ski for use on ice or snow is disclosed. The ski includes a ski body having a tip portion, a tail portion, and a longitudinal running length extending between the tip portion and the tail portion and a substantially flat bottom surface for sliding on snow or ice. The ski also includes a suspension system comprised of a substantially rigid support structure secured to the longitudinally central region of the said ski body at two attachment locations separated by a distance of at least 5 inches along the longitudinal axis of the ski body, and at least one resilient element configured to exert an opposing force between the support structure and the ski body in the area between the two attachment locations.
US09950218B2
A head for a ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face member having a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a rear surface opposite the striking surface, a weight member connected to the face member behind the rear surface of the face member, and a resilient member positioned between the weight member and the face member. The resilient member is connected to the rear surface of the face member to connect the weight member to the face member. The resilient member is compressible to permit energy and/or momentum to be transferred between the weight member and the face member through the resilient member during impact, including an off-center impact on the striking surface. Momentum transferred from the weight member to the face member during an off-center impact may reduce energy loss and twisting of the face on impact.
US09950217B1
The utility model discloses a multilayer composite high-elastic environmentally-friendly ball structure which comprises a base layer, a first coating layer, a second coating layer, a third coating layer and a fourth coating layer, wherein both the base layer and the first coating layer are formed by splicing a number of pieces into a hollow spherical structure, and a contact surface of two adjacent spliced pieces is a stepped surface in a “Z” shape or a concave-convex fitting surface in a “U” shape. The utility model have the advantages of simple manufacturing process, novel design, high stability, high reliability, high elasticity and long service life.
US09950214B2
A multi-piece solid golf ball having a core, at least one intermediate layer encasing the core and at least one outer layer encasing the intermediate layer is characterized in that the intermediate layer is formed of a resin composition containing a specific acid-containing polymer or ionomer resin, and the outer layer is formed of primarily a polyurethane or a polyurea. The ball also has, between the intermediate layer and the outer layer, a bonding layer made of a polycarbonate and/or polyether-type aqueous polyurethane dispersion composition which includes a specific aqueous polycarbodiimide.
US09950207B2
An exercise device includes a frame having a width and a length and defining a first opening extending in a direction perpendicular to the width and the length. The first opening is sized to retain at least a portion of a weighted object therein such that the width and the length of the frame extends along at least a portion of a width and a length of the weighted object, respectively, and externally thereto when the frame is connected to the weighted object. A handle member is connected to the frame to be gripped by a user.
US09950200B2
A closing device is provided for a container of a respirator with two container shells (2, 2′) joining each other at front surfaces, with at least one tightening strap (4), which encloses a part of a container shell outer surface located at right angles to the front surfaces. Two holding elements (5, 5′) are each provided with a recess (6, 6′) and are formed at the free ends of the tightening strap (4). A closing element (7) is formed in a U-shaped pattern with two legs (8) and meshes with each recess (6, 6′) of the holding elements (5, 5′). The legs (8) of the closing element (7) can be pulled out of the recess (6, 6′) of the holding elements (5, 5′) to take off the tightening strap (4).
US09950198B2
An apparatus includes a scrubber bed, a cooling unit operatively connected to the scrubber bed, and a frame configured for a user to carry the apparatus. The cooling unit includes a compressor, a condensing coil operatively connecting the compressor to an expansion valve, and an evaporating coil operatively connecting the expansion valve to the compressor, and a first fluid circulating through the compressor, the condensing coil, the expansion valve, and the evaporating coil. A method of cooling a gas in a rebreather apparatus includes scrubbing an exhalation gas to produce a recycled gas having a lower concentration of carbon dioxide than the exhalation gas, compressing, condensing, expanding, and evaporating a refrigerant in a closed-loop system, transferring heat energy from the recycled gas to the refrigerant, and metering a cooled gas to the user.
US09950186B2
According to one aspect, a display device may include: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; and a controller arranged to receive an image signal comprising a plurality of image frames and then, if certain of the image frames are determined to represent a still image, to insert a sub-image frame between immediately successive image frames of the certain of the image frames, the sub-image frame allowing at least one of the plurality of pixels to emit light of a specified wavelength.
US09950182B2
An external defibrillator estimates the phase of ventricular defibrillation (VF) by deriving, from an ECG exhibiting VF, at least one quality marker representing the morphology of the ECG and, therefore, the duration of the VF. The duration of the VF is calculated as a function of the value (s) of the quality marker (s). The quality marker (s) may comprise any one or more of the median slope of the ECG, the average slope of the ECG, the ratio of the power in relatively high and low frequency bands of the ECG, and a measure of the density and amplitude of peaks in the ECG, over a predetermined period.
US09950169B2
Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients for treating chronic heart failure. A computer-implemented control system is operated to automatically identify a neural fulcrum zone based on a monitored patient physiological response. Ongoing neurostimulation therapy is delivered within the neural fulcrum zone.
US09950159B2
A system for restoring muscle function to the lumbar spine to treat low back pain is provided. The system may include one or more electrode leads coupled to an implantable pulse generator (IPG) and a tunneler system for subcutaneously implanting a proximal portion of the lead(s). The system may also include a handheld activator configured to transfer a stimulation command to the IPG, and an external programmer configured to transfer programming data to the IPG. The stimulation command directs the programmable controller to stimulate the tissue in accordance with the programming data. The system may include a software-based programming system run on a computer such that the treating physician may program and adjust stimulation parameters.
US09950158B2
An implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system for directing stimulation energy toward a target tissue and away from unwanted tissues for providing an appropriate stimulation is provided by the present invention. The implantable cardiac rhythm management (CRM) system includes an implantable lead. The implantable lead includes a lead body and an electrically insulating member. The lead body includes at least one electrode extending substantially around the lead body. The electrically insulating member defines at least one window. At least one insulating member includes a protruding portion configured to urge at least one electrode toward the target tissue.
US09950157B2
A system and method for use in iontophoretic anesthesia of a tympanic membrane are disclosed. The system generally includes an earplug and an electrode device. The earplug includes at least one sealing member for sealing the earplug in an ear canal. The sealing member includes microholes which vent fluid above a certain pressure threshold. A headset may connect the earplug to a second earplug. The method involves using the system on a human or animal subject.
US09950156B2
Apparatus is provided that includes at least one intra-pulposus exposed electrode surface, configured to be implanted in a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc, and a plurality of extra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces, configured to be implanted outside the nucleus pulposus, in electrical communication with the intervertebral disc. Control circuitry is configured to separately control at least two of the plurality of extra-pulposus exposed electrode surfaces, and to repeatedly alternatively assume: (a) a pressure-increasing mode of operation, in which fluid is electroosmotically driven into the nucleus pulposus to increase pressure in the intervertebral disc, by applying a first mean voltage of less than 1.23 V between the exposed electrode surfaces, and (b) an oxygen-generating mode of operation, in which oxygen is generated within the nucleus pulposus by electrolysis, by applying a second mean voltage of at least 1.23 V between the exposed electrode surfaces. Other embodiments are also described.
US09950155B2
An implantable medical device capable of sensing cardiac signals and delivering cardiac electrical stimulation therapies is enabled to detect a short circuit of a medical electrical lead. A physiological signal correlated to a motion of a patient is sensed via a physiological sensor. If a lead monitoring condition is met based on the physiological signal, a cardiac signal is acquired and analyzed to detect an abnormality. The short circuit of the medical electrical lead is detected in response to detecting the abnormality.
US09950154B2
A method of forming an implantable electrode array that includes one or more packaged control modules. A control module is packaged by mounting the module to a substrate and forming a containment ring around the module. A conformal coating is disposed over the surface of the module to cover the carrier. Within the containment ring, the conformal coating hardens to form a non-porous shell around the control module. The one or more packaged control modules are placed in a flexible array. Electrodes that are mounted to or embedded in the flexible carrier are connected to the one or more control modules.
US09950151B2
An implantable medical system that comprises a gas unit for supplying gas that is essentially oxygen and at least one functional cells unit configured to receive oxygen from the gas unit so as to maintain the cells in a viable condition. The cells unit is flexible. Several embodiments are disclosed.
US09950143B2
An intravenous splint cover may include a main body, a pair of opposing securing members, and a splinting member. The main body may be rectangular shaped and have a bottom portion and a top portion. The pair of opposing securing members may be rectangular shaped and be connected to and extend outwardly from the main body and have a bottom portion and a top portion. The splinting member may be rectangular shaped and be carried by the bottom portion of the main body and extend outwardly from the main body to create an elevated portion of the main body. The bottom portions of the pair of opposing securing members may have an adhesive material applied thereto. The bottom portion of the main body that does not carry the splinting member may have an adhesive material applied thereto.
US09950128B2
An oscillating positive expiratory pressure device comprising a housing enclosing at least one chamber, a chamber inlet configured to receive exhaled air into the at least one chamber, and a chamber outlet configured to permit exhaled air to exit the at least one chamber. A channel is positioned in an exhalation flow path between the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet, with the channel being moveably connected to a chamber of the at least one chamber. An air flow regulator is moveable with respect to the channel between a first position, where the flow of air through the channel is restricted and a second position, where the flow of air through the channel is less restricted, the air flow regulator being configured to repeatedly move between the first position and the second position in response to a flow of exhaled air.
US09950118B2
The present invention relates to an injection device (1) for setting and injecting set doses from a held drug cartridge (10). The injection device (1) comprises a housing (110,120,130, 140), a piston rod (800), a rotatable driver (500, 700) and a dose setting device (400). The dose setting device (400) comprises a predetermined stop to limit the amount of an expelled dose corresponding to the amount of a set dose. A secondary stop limiter includes first (700) and second (270) components and a secondary stop track follower (950) arranged between the first (700) and second (270) components. If the predetermined stop fails to stop the driver (500, 700) at the end of injection, the secondary stop track follower (950) moves towards a safety stop (708) to prevent the driver (500, 700) from rotating further.
US09950117B2
A cartridge engageable with a medical device, the method of making a cartridge comprising an ordered arrangement of N electrical components each with different respective values of an electrical property, and an ordered arrangement of N conductors operably coupled to the ordered arrangement of the N electrical components.A medical device is arranged to receive a cartridge comprises for each of N conductors on the cartridge, at least a first respective contact arranged to electrically couple with the corresponding conductor when the cartridge is engaged with the medical device; the medical device also comprises an evaluation means operable to evaluate the different respective values of an electrical property of N electrical components on the cartridge, wherein the N electrical components form an ordered arrangement which is operably coupled to the N conductors on the cartridge, and a switching arrangement operable to selectively electrically couple a respective pair of contacts to said evaluation means.
US09950113B2
Various embodiments of needle assemblies for use with a drug delivery device to deliver two or more medicaments are provided. Additionally, various embodiments of methods for delivering two or medicaments are provided. In one embodiment, a needle assembly comprises an injection needle, a proximal housing member, a distal housing member, and a medicament transfer element. The proximal housing member contains a first medicament and is configured to attach to a drug delivery device containing a second medicament. The distal housing member is movably engaged with the proximal housing member such that relative axial movement between the proximal and distal housing members causes the first medicament to be delivered. Upon activation of the drug delivery device (e.g., activation of a dose button of the drug delivery device) the second medicament is transferred, via the medicament transfer feature, from the drug delivery device to the injection needle of the needle assembly such that the second medicament can be delivered.
US09950111B2
A device for the transcutaneous, in vivo measurement of the concentration of at least one analyte in a living organism includes a catheter which can be introduced into the organism, and a luminescence indicator, which is immobilized on the catheter and which reacts to a change in the concentration of the at least one analyte to be measured with a change in at least one optical property. The luminescence indicator is transcutaneously connected to a source for providing an excitation radiation and a detector for detecting the measuring radiation. The luminescence indicator is immobilized on the outer circumference of the catheter, which is used to dispense a fluid medium, for example a medication, into the organism or to drain a body fluid.
US09950110B2
An optical sensor for a delivery device having a piston that displaces a substance, such as a fluid, from a reservoir. The optical sensor has a light source and a detector array for imaging encoding features disposed along a plunger rod coupled to the piston. By virtue of the pattern of encoding features, an absolute position of the plunger rod relative to a fiducial position may be determined uniquely. Thus, the volume of fluid remaining in the reservoir, the rate of fluid delivery, and proper loading of the reservoir may be accurately ascertained. Additionally, the encoding may serve to uniquely identify a version of the reservoir which may be supplied in various versions corresponding, for example, to differing concentrations of a therapeutic agent to be dispensed.
US09950097B2
The invention relates to a multifunctional chitosan grafted surface. Specifically, the invention relates to a chitosan modified with a quaternary ammonium salt (CH-Q) grafted surface that provides various functional properties, including stability (pH 3-9) and unique pH dependent swelling and antibacterial properties.
US09950096B2
The present invention encompasses the finding that certain treatments (e.g., surface modifications) to particulate materials can provide surprising and unexpected benefits and/or features to composites and/or compositions as described herein. In some embodiments, such benefits and/or features may render particular composites and/or compositions particularly useful in a certain therapeutic context (e.g, for repair of tibial plateau, femoral head, craniofacial, or lateral mandibular body defects). The present invention demonstrates that certain composites and/or compositions wherein the particular material is or comprises defatted bone have surprising and beneficial attributes.
US09950093B2
A fiber-reinforced hydrogel composite is provided. The composite includes a hydrogel and a fibrous component containing a plurality of fibers. Length of each of the plurality of fibers is less than about 1,000 μm. A method of preparing a fiber-reinforced hydrogel composite is also provided. The method includes coating a hydrogel precursor solution on a substrate to form a hydrogel precursor film, depositing the plurality of fibers onto the hydrogel precursor film, and allowing the hydrogel precursor film to form a hydrogel film, thereby forming the fiber-reinforced hydrogel composite. A scaffold containing the fiber-reinforced composite, and a tissue repair method using the fiber-reinforced composite are also provided.
US09950092B2
The present invention provides highly injectable, long-lasting hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel dermal filler compositions which are particularly advantageous for correction of fine lines in the face.
US09950085B2
Disinfecting devices and related methods are provided that apply germicidal ultraviolet light to disinfect dispensing components of food and beverage dispensers. A disinfecting holster for a bar gun includes a support surface configured to interface with a bar gun to support the bar gun when stowed in the holster, a housing coupled with the support surface and surrounding a dispensing nozzle of the bar gun when the bar gun is stowed in the holster, and an ultraviolet light source configured to emit germicidal ultraviolet light onto the nozzle. The housing substantially contains the ultraviolet light within the housing during the application of the ultraviolet light to the dispensing nozzle. The ultraviolet light can be periodically applied to maintain the nozzle in a disinfected state.
US09950077B2
The present disclosure provides anti-folate receptor alpha (FRA) antibody-drug conjugates comprising a hydrophilic self-immolative linker. The present disclosures further provide compositions and methods for treating cancers.
US09950076B2
Provided herein are maytansinoid compounds, derivatives thereof, conjugates thereof, and methods of treating or preventing proliferative diseases with the same.
US09950074B2
A vehicle composition in the form of a vesicular composition or a particular composition and, optionally, an active agent associated with the vesicle forming components or particles, and folate receptor alpha is used as a delivery system for the transport of components and/or active agents into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and/or brain and/or central nervous system and/or spinal cord. The composition is used for treating of CSF or brain pertaining diseases, disorders or conditions, such as preventing or treating neurological or neurodegenerative diseases, disorders or conditions.
US09950072B2
Controlled release dosage formulations for the delivery of one or more HIF-1 inhibitors are provided. The controlled release formulations contain one or more HIF-1 inhibitors conjugated to or dispersed in a polymeric vehicle. The one or more HIF-1 inhibitors can be dispersed or encapsulated in a polymeric matrix. In some embodiments, the one or more HIF-1 inhibitors are covalently bound to a polymer, forming a polymer-drug conjugate. Polymeric vehicles can be formed into implants, microparticles, nanoparticles, or combinations thereof. Controlled release HIF-1 formulations provide prolonged therapeutic benefit while lowering side effects by releasing low levels of one or more HIF-1 inhibitors and/or HIF-1 inhibitor conjugates over a prolonged period of time. Controlled release dosage formulations can be used to treat or prevent a disease or disorder in a patient associated with vascularization, including cancer, obesity, and ocular diseases such as wet AMD.
US09950070B2
This invention relates to a complex for cancer cell chemotherapy and, more particularly, to a HER2 aptamer-anticancer drug complex for chemotherapy of cancer cells, which includes a nucleic acid aptamer specifically binding to HER2 and an anticancer drug linked with the nucleic acid aptamer, so that HER2-positive breast cancer cells are selectively targeted and killed.
US09950069B2
A hydrophilic biocompatible sustained-release material is disclosed. The material comprises amounts of Pluronic F-127, PEG-400, HPMC and water, effective to produce a composition of sufficiently low viscosity at room temperature to be injectable into an internal body cavity via a tube inserted within a urinary catheter. At body temperature, the material exhibits a much higher viscosity and will stably adhere to the internal surface of a body cavity. As the material dissolves, a therapeutic agent incorporated therein is slowly released to the body cavity, while the material itself is excreted from the body.
US09950063B2
Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier.
US09950034B2
The present disclosure relates to methods of treating, ameliorating or preventing a disorder comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition to a subject in need thereof, which composition contains a lipocalin mutein or a fragment or a variant thereof capable of increasing the bioavailability of iron in the subject.
US09950032B2
Airway stem cells have been implicated in the pathology and progression of chronic airway diseases and yet also hold the promise of physiological and ultimately therapeutic repair of damage wrought by these conditions. The present invention is based on the observation that certain p63-expressing stem cells in the bronchiolar epithelium undergo rapid proliferation after infection and radiate to interbronchiolar regions of alveolar ablation. Once there, these cells assemble into discrete, Krt5+ pods and initiate expression of markers typical of alveoli. The dynamics of this p63-expressing stem cell in lung regeneration mirrors parallel findings that defined pedigrees of human distal airway stem cells assemble alveoli-like structures in vitro and provides new therapeutic avenues to acute and chronic airway disease as well as identifying agents which can promote repair.
US09950028B2
The present invention relates to a method for preventing or treating virus and protozoa infection in a subject in need thereof comprising: orally administering to said subject an effective amount of a composition comprising a complex consisting of a starch binding protein (SBP)-tagged immunostimulatory protein and a SBP-binding matrix, wherein the immunostimulatory protein is from Ganoderma species. The present invention also relates to a method for inducing interferon-gamma production in a subject in need thereof comprising: orally administering to said subject an effective amount of a composition comprising a complex consisting of a starch binding protein (SBP)-tagged immunostimulatory protein and a SBP-binding matrix, wherein the immunostimulatory protein is from Ganoderma species. The present invention further relates to a method for improving feed intake, growth rate or feed conversion ratio in a subject in need thereof comprising: administering to said subject by oral administration or injection an effective amount of a composition comprising a complex consisting of a starch binding protein (SBP)-tagged immunostimulatory protein and a SBP-binding matrix, wherein the immunostimulatory protein is from Ganoderma species.
US09950027B2
The present invention relates to peptide analogs comprising one or more branched amino acid probes and a peptide, native or variants thereof.
US09950023B1
An all-natural composition for treating acne, the composition comprising: N-acetylcysteine (NAC); Nicotinamide; Resveratrol; Rhodionin; Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG); Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Vitamin D3, Allicin; and Propolis.
US09950020B2
Disclosed are the action and use of water extracts and polysaccharides from Fusarium oxysporum in immune enhancement, which belong to the field of biological medicine. The water extracts and polysaccharides from Fusarium oxysporum have a significant immune enhancement effect, which can promote the proliferation of macrophages, increase the phagocytic ability of macrophages, activate macrophages to release immunological active factors NO, IL-1α and TNF-α and can be used in lower immune function diseases and tumor adjuvant treatment.
US09950007B2
A method of treating a subject with elevated levels of peroxynitrite includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of cerium oxide nanoparticles to the subject, wherein the cerium oxide nanoparticles reduce the level of peroxynitrite in the subject.
US09950005B2
The invention provides compositions, kits, and methods for treatment of neuronal injury. In one embodiment, the composition comprises a biomembrane sealing agent, such as PEG, and a bioactive agent, such as a magnesium compound. The biomembrane sealing agent and/or the bioactive agent an intravenous administration, an intramuscular administration, an intrathecal administration, a subcutaneous administration, an epidural administration, a parenteral administration, a direct application onto or adjacent to a site of the pathological condition, and any combinations thereof. Alternatively, the biomembrane sealing agent and/or the bioactive agent may be delivered from a pump or an implant.
US09949997B2
The present invention relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing oxidative stress, for example in patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, as well as to the use of such SGLT-2 inhibitors in treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular diseases in patients, for example type 1 or type 2 diabetes patients. The present invention further relates to certain SGLT-2 inhibitors for treating and/or preventing a metabolic disorder and preventing, reducing the risk of or delaying the occurrence of a cardiovascular event in patients, for example patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
US09949995B2
A method of treating a bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of at least one β-lactam antibiotic and at least one triazolylmethyl boronic acid.
US09949993B2
Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as zoledronic acid, in an acid or a salt form can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions, such as chronic low back pain.
US09949988B2
The invention relates to a halogenated salicylanilide selected from closantel, rafoxanide, oxyclozanide and niclosamide and derivatives thereof including salts, hydrates, esters and the like for use in the topical treatment or prevention of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus, in particular Staphylococcus aureus, and Streptococcus, in particular Streptococcus pyogenes. Gram positive bacteria treated with the halogenated salicylanilides exhibit a very low frequency of appearance of resistant mutants compared to commonly used topical antibiotics.
US09949984B2
A method for treating cancer comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are independently alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or cycloalkyl of 3 to 6 carbon atoms, Xa is CH or N, Ya is hydrogen or a substituent, each of which is independently selected; n is an integer from 1 to 5, J is a counter ion.
US09949981B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer or Proteus syndrome, by utilizing 3-(3-(4-(1-aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-5-phenyl-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine or 3-(3-(4-(1-aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-5-(3-morpholinophenyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-2-amine or N-(1-(3-(3-(4-(1-aminocyclobutyl)phenyl)-2-(2-aminopyridin-3-yl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-5-yl)phenyl)piperidin-4-yl)-N-methylacetamide. The methods of the present invention can also relate to methods of treating cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer or Proteus syndrome, by utilizing the above compounds in combination with ((R)-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-N-(3-(2-((2-methoxyethyl)amino)ethyl)phenyl)-5,6-dihydrobenzo[h]quinazolin-2-amine).
US09949973B2
A process for acoustically mixing a bulk drug substance involves the application of acoustic energy to drive an accelerative force in a mixing vessel containing the drug substance. The drug substance may be, for example, Elagolix.
US09949962B2
The present invention relates to novel biologically active glutarimide derivatives of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, their use as a therapeutic agent for the treatment of eosinophilic diseases, preferably of allergic nature, in particular bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis, polypous rhinosinusopathies, eosinophilic colitis, eosinophilic syndrome, allergic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, anaphylactic shock, Quincke's edema, eosinophilic vasculitis, eosinophylic esophagitis, eosinophilic gastroenteritis, or fibroses. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising glutarimide derivatives of general formula (I):
US09949954B2
A method is described for the treatment of systemic diseases in cats. A composition is administered to a cat, where the composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of angiotensin II receptor 1 (AT-1) antagonist (sartan).
US09949946B2
Inclusion complexes of pinocembrin with cyclodextrin or its derivatives and their preparation are provided. The inclusion complexes can be used to make drugs.
US09949940B2
A pharmaceutical composition as a solid oral dosage form is described, comprising: i) a combination of two pharmacological active principles, dexketoprofen salt with an organic or inorganic base and tramadol salt with an organic or inorganic acid, wherein: the organic or inorganic base is selected in the group: trometamol, trimethylamine, dimethylamine, ethylamine, triethylamine, diethylamine, L-lysine, L-arginine, diethanolamine, sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide the organic or inorganic acid is selected in the group: hydrochloric, hydrobromic, phosphoric, sulfuric, methanesulfonic, benzenesulfonic, toluenesulfonic, acetic, propionic, malic, maleic, succinic, citric, L-tartaric, lactic, malonic, aspartic, glutamic; ii) microcrystalline cellulose as a filler; iii) a binder selected in the group: maize starch, pre-gelatinized maize starch, hypromellose or their mixtures; iv) pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.
US09949933B2
Various fenofibrate dosage forms contain a plurality of beads or particles, where the beads or particles include a pharmaceutical composition comprising fenofibrate; from 0.3% to 10% by weight of the beads or particles of a surfactant; and from about 5% to about 15% by weight of the beads or particles of a water soluble or water dispersible cellulosic binder. The mass ratio of the drug to the binder in the dosage form is between about 3.5:1 and 4.5:1; and the dosage form produces a first Cmax in vivo that is between about 10% and about 50% higher than a comparative Cmax produced by a comparative dosage form. The comparative dosage form comprises the drug and the binder in a ratio of between about 5:1 and 15:1.The dosage form may contain a plurality of beads or particles, each of the beads or particles including a pharmaceutical composition containing from about 20% to about 55% by weight of fenofibrate; from 0.3% to 10% by weight of a surfactant; and from about 5% to about 15% by weight of a water soluble or water dispersible cellulosic binder.
US09949912B2
The invention provides methods of hair loss or inducing new hair growth, as well as methods of preventing hair loss, comprising applying an effective amount of a dihydromyricetin compound to the scalp. The invention also provides methods of delaying or reversing signs of aging skin comprising applying an effective amount of a dihydromyricetin compound to the skin. Also provided are cosmetic products (e.g., skin and hair products) comprising a dihydromyricetin compound and methods of making the same.
US09949911B2
The present application relates to antiperspirant compositions comprising nitrogen-based and/or oxygen based perfume raw materials, and methods for making and using the antiperspirant compositions.
US09949910B2
A method of improving the rinsability of a cleansing composition comprising an isethionate ester surfactant of formula R6COOCH2CH2SO3−M+ the method comprising incorporating into the composition one or more compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 and R6 each independently represents a C4-36 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group; each of R2, R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group and wherein at least one of R2, R3, R4 and R5 is not hydrogen and M+ represents a cation.
US09949907B2
The present invention provides an oral care composition comprising, by total weight of the composition: (a) 15 to 35 weight % calcium carbonate; (b) 0.5 to 2 weight % cellulose ether thickening agent; (c) 1 to 6 weight % clay thickening agent; and (d) at least 35 weight % water; wherein, when the composition comprises less than 28 weight % calcium carbonate and less than 4 weight % clay thickening agent, the cellulose ether thickening agent is present in an amount of greater than 1 weight %.
US09949906B2
Substrates having formulations disposed thereon, wherein the formulations have improved transfer rates from the substrate to skin, are disclosed herein. More particularly, the formulations can be applied to nonwoven, particularly elastomeric substrates, as well as tissue paper, and can be easily and efficiently transferred from the substrate to the skin of a user upon intimate contact thereto. Laminated articles using one or more of the substrates having the formulations disposed thereon are further disclosed.
US09949903B2
A composition for imparting anti-aging benefits onto skin containing: (a) an aqueous phase containing: (i) from about 0.5% to 10% by weight, of at least one water-soluble active ingredient; and (ii) water; and (b) an oil phase containing: (iii) at least one emulsifying crosslinked siloxane elastomer; (iv) from about 0.1% to 1% by weight, of at least one oil-soluble active ingredient; (v) wax; and (vi) oil; all weights based on the total weight of the composition.
US09949899B2
Described herein is a cosmetic composition comprising a mixture of metal oxide pigments having different shapes and sizes which provides high coverage and a natural look upon application.
US09949893B2
An exemplary method of treating obesity or dyslipidemia of a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to at least one of a saphenous nerve and a peroneal nerve of the patient by way of an electrode array located within the patient at an acupoint corresponding to at least one of the saphenous nerve and the peroneal nerve.
US09949889B2
A light emitting module and massage device provide vaginal rejuvenation. The device exposes collagen in the vaginal area or mucosa to temperatures elevated over normal body temperature to cause the collagen to reversibly or irreversibly denature while simultaneously applying vibration. Once thermally-induced collagen denaturation has occurred, both neoelastogenesis and neocollagenesis may occur and may be initiated with fibroblast proliferation, which may be promoted with vibration. Neofibrogenesis also occurs due to the fibroblastic activity, responsible for secretion of new collagen matrix to effect tissue repair. Thus, the device exploits thermally-induced collagen denaturation and repair along with simultaneous vibration to improve tissue tone, connective tissue tension and bulk tissue regeneration.
US09949874B2
An apparatus has a first fluid conduit, a second fluid conduit, a connector member, an first tubular member, a second tubular member, and an inner cannula. The connector member has first and second passageways in which the first and second fluid conduits are positioned, respectively. A portion of the second tubular member is positioned within the lumen of the first tubular member. A proximal portion of the inner cannula is fixedly secured within the lumen of the first tubular member. The inner cannula lumen is in fluid communication with the first and second fluid conduits via the lumen of the first tubular member and the lumen of the second tubular member. The inner cannula may be inserted into the subretinal space of a human eye to deliver a leading bleb of fluid and then deliver a therapeutic agent, without having to withdraw the inner cannula from the subretinal space between the acts of delivering the leading bleb delivering the therapeutic agent.
US09949871B2
There is provided a method for controlling a flow of eggs in a uterine tube formed by a uterine tube wall of a patient. The method comprises gently constricting (i.e., without substantially hampering the blood circulation in the uterine tube wall) at least one portion of the uterine tube wall to influence the flow of eggs in the uterine tube, and stimulating the constricted wall portion to cause contraction of the uterine tube wall portion to further influence the flow of eggs in the uterine tube. The method can be used for restricting or stopping the flow of eggs in the uterine tube, or for actively moving the fluid in the uterine tube, with a low risk of injuring the uterine tube.
US09949862B2
A pouch (10) comprises a flexible bag (12) having an opening (12a) at one end, and a safety valve arranged inside the bag (12) to substantially prevent the content of the bag (12) leaving through the opening (12a). The valve comprises a first pair of sheets (22) and a second pair of sheets (24) that are bonded together locally at a plurality of spaced-apart primary bonding points (25), and a third pair of sheets (26), the first, second, and third pairs of sheets (22, 24, and 26) being bonded together locally at a plurality of spaced-apart secondary bonding points (27). The distance between the primary bonding points (25) and the distal end of the sheets of the second pair of sheets (24) varies along a transverse axis (Dt) of the bag (12).
US09949856B2
The present disclosure provides an inflatable weight control device that is implanted long-term with an endoscope in obese and bariatric human patients to promote early and prolonged satiety. The device includes a flexible, inflatable member coupled to a valve body assembly and an elongated durable module residing within the flexible member. The flexible member is selectively inflated to form two bulbs with a central passageway extending through the bulbs and the valve body assembly. Once the bulbs are inflated, the device is retained within the patient's pyloric valve to form a gastric outlet obstruction wherein chyme accumulates and then is directed through the central passageway to reach the patient's duodenum. Due to its unique configuration, the implanted device reduces gastric outflow which results in early and prolonged satiety when the patient consumes normal-sized meals or food portions, thereby reducing food consumption and increasing the patient's weight loss.
US09949850B2
A magnetic locking actuator for a prosthetic or orthotic device is provided. The actuator includes a first component including one or more magnets and a second component including one or more magnets. The first and second components are coupled to separate portions of the device. The magnets allow for adjustment of a length of the actuator to adjust an angular orientation of the first and second portions of the device. When magnets in the second component are aligned with magnets in the first component having an opposite polarity, a position of the second component is fixed relative to the first component, locking the actuator. When magnets in the second component are not aligned with magnets in the first component having the opposite polarity, the position of the second component is adjustable relative to the first component, thereby allowing adjustment of the height of the actuator.
US09949849B2
A device is provided including a first linkage system and a second linkage system. Each linkage system may include an upper support, a lower support, and a cross bar linkage including a first cross bar and a second cross bar. The first cross bar may be configured with a first end pivotally coupled to a first end of the lower support and a second end pivotally coupled to a second end of the upper support. The second cross bar may be configured with a first end pivotally coupled to a second end of the lower support and a second end pivotally coupled to a first end of the upper support. The device may also include a flexible bridging platform coupled to one of the upper support or the lower support of the first linkage system and coupled to the upper support of the second linkage system, and a flexible strut coupled to the lower support of the second linkage system.
US09949842B2
An expandable anterior lumbar interbody fusion device comprises a deformable monolithic body having posterior and anterior ends, an upper bone contact structure and a lower bone contact structure. The body is expandable along a height axis between a first smaller height to a second larger height. The body comprises a pair of opposed side structures, each including a translatable center section being movable in a direction transverse to the height axis, a first locator arm adjacent the posterior end, a second locator arm adjacent the anterior end and a pair of formable load-bearing columns supported by the upper bone contact structure, the lower bone contact structure and the center section. The columns are not formed at the first height but are operative upon expansion of the body to the second height to form load-bearing columns along the height axis between the upper and lower bone contact structures.
US09949841B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09949834B2
Prosthetic element for bone extremities such as fingers or toes, or teeth, comprising a trabecular part (20, 40, 120) and two end parts or stumps (12, 34, 112; 15, 39, 115).
US09949831B2
A method for determining whether a medical device is appropriate for implanting into a cardiovascular conduit of a patient is disclosed comprising imaging a first section of the conduit of the patient into which the medical device is to be implanted during a first expanded state occurring at a first portion of a heart rhythm; reimaging the first section of the conduit of the patient during a first contracted state occurring at a second portion of the heart rhythm; deriving, from the imaging and the reimaging, dimensional characteristics of the first section of the conduit; and determining whether the medical device is appropriate for implantation in the first section of conduit based on the derived dimensional characteristics. The first section of the conduit includes a sizing device providing a selected radial force on the patient.
US09949830B2
A method for replacing a native heart valve in need thereof comprises delivering to the native heart valve an apparatus comprising a valve member, a connecting member, and an anchor member suitable for anchoring the apparatus. The valve member reversibly moves between an open position and a closed position to augment or replace the function of the native valve leaflets, thereby reducing valve regurgitation. Some embodiments include a stent that is positioned in the native heart valve with the valve member disposed therein.
US09949828B2
A catheter (14), advanced toward an anatomical site, has a proximal end and a steerable distal end. An anchor (32, 2332) is advanced through the catheter. An anchor driver (36) drives the anchor out of the catheter's distal end (104), anchoring the anchor at the site. A first constraining member (1602, 1652) engages tissue, and inhibits, after the anchor has been driven out of the catheter and before the anchoring, movement of at least the anchor driver's distal end, on a first axis between the anchor driver's distal end and a site at which the first constraining member engages the tissue. A second constraining member (26) inhibits, after the anchor has been driven out of the catheter and before the anchoring, movement of at least the anchor driver's distal end, on a second axis. Other embodiments are also described.
US09949827B2
A replacement heart valve and method of treating valve insufficiency includes an expandable frame configured to engage a native valve annulus. A valve body is coupled to the frame. The valve body can include a leaflet portion and possibly a skirt portion. A portion of the frame has a foreshortening portion configured to longitudinally expand when urged to a radially compacted state and longitudinally contract when urged to a radially expanded state. In one embodiment the valve skirt is attached to the frame so that it can adapt to changes in the length of the frame. A delivery device in some embodiments can use one or more coverings, such as sheaths, to controllably release the replacement heart valve at a native heart valve.
US09949820B2
The present disclosure relates to a delivery device and screw combination. The combination includes a delivery device comprising a handle and a shaft coupled to the handle, the shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, a non-circular cannulation, and markings along a length of the shaft; an interference screw coupled to the delivery device comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the screw including threads extending in an open helical form from the proximal end to the distal end, a suture bridge located at a distal end of the screw and housed within a slot of the delivery device shaft, and a plurality of runners extending longitudinally along an interior of the screw, the runners housed within grooves of the delivery device shaft; and a suture disposed around the suture bridge, ends of the suture extending through the cannulation of the delivery device shaft.
US09949812B2
There is disclosed a method for treating anal incontinence in women. The method comprises accessing the rectum or colon or anus though an incision in the vagina and implanting a powered restriction device on the rectum, colon or anal sphincter. There are also disclosed methods for energizing and controlling the restriction device.
US09949811B2
Various embodiments of a mesh or implant system are provided for treating pelvic conditions such as incontinence, vaginal prolapsed, and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness. Embodiments of the implants can include a material, substrate, configuration or coating adapted to provide immediate or timed release of various therapeutic agents or drugs to treat the surrounding tissue.
US09949808B2
A process for producing a ceramic body (100), in particular a dental ceramic blank, having selectively adjustable degrees of expression of one or more different physical properties, wherein the ceramic body (100) has a porosity to enable the control of a selective distribution of one or more chemical substances (101, 102) that are suitable for influencing the physical properties of the ceramic body (100), and in a first step, which is a loading step, the ceramic body is loaded with one or more solutions (104) of the one or more chemical substances (101, 102). In a second step, which is a distribution step, the distribution of the one or more chemical substances (101, 102) within the porous ceramic body (100) is controlled, wherein a progression and/or a spatial progression of the degree of expression of the one or more physical properties can be produced. The control is effected by adjusting one or more ambient parameters (106) in an environment (108), in particular by adjusting the air humidity and/or the pressure and/or the temperature.
US09949801B2
Devices, systems, and methods for reconfiguring a surgical manipulator by moving the manipulator within a null-space of a kinematic Jacobian of the manipulator arm. In one aspect, in response to receiving a reconfiguration command, the system drives a first set of joints and calculates velocities of the plurality of joints to be within a null-space. The joints are driven according to the reconfiguration command and the calculated movement so as to maintain a desired state of the end effector or a remote center about which an instrument shaft pivots. In another aspect, the joints are also driven according to a calculated end effector or remote center displacing velocities within a null-perpendicular-space of the Jacobian so as to effect the desired reconfiguration concurrently with a desired movement of the end effector or remote center.
US09949786B2
Surgical devices are provided having end effectors including a jaw closure. The devices herein generally include a handle portion, an elongate shaft, and an effector having first and second jaws configured to engage tissue. In some embodiments, the devices can be configured to allow for the removal of the upper jaw and the cutting blade when the device is not in use. In certain aspects, the jaw and/or cutting blade can be cleaned, sterilized, and reused or completely replaced. In some aspects, the device can then be reassembled including the cleaned or new elements, and reused.
US09949775B2
A system includes and implant and an elongate device. The implant includes a first bone engaging portion and a flexible portion coupled to an end of the first bone engaging portion at an engagement portion. The flexible portion is configured to be compressed toward a longitudinal axis defined by the flexible portion. The elongate device includes an engagement end that is sized and configured to engage the engagement portion of the implant.
US09949770B2
A control instrument 100 for a guidewire comprising a first component moveable from a first position, in which the guidewire can move axially relative to the first component, to a second position in which the guidewire is fixed relative to the first component and a second, rotatable, component, wherein rotation of the second component causes the first component to move axially, only when the first component is in its second position, thereby moving the guidewire move axially.
US09949767B2
Methods and devices are provided for manipulating a vertebra. In one embodiment, a surgical device can include a frame configured to couple two or more surgical instruments attached to one or more vertebrae. Coupling the two or more surgical instruments together, the frame and/or at least one of the surgical instruments can be manipulated to move at least one of the surgical instruments, thereby effecting movement at least one of the vertebra or vertebrae to which the surgical instruments coupled to the frame are attached. In this way, the surgical device can be used to facilitate rotation of a vertebra relative to another vertebra to correct the angular relationship of the vertebrae.
US09949761B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a system for noninvasive adjusting fastener tensioning has an elongated shaft having a slot defined therein. The shaft has a first end oppositely disposed from the second end. An associated rod or rods may pass through each end. Selectively adjustable fasteners may have a plurality of magnets disposed in the head of the fastener. An external drive device generating a magnetic field may be used to rotate the fasteners via the magnets in the fastener head externally without the need for surgery. The fasteners may move in and out from the shaft and contact the rod to adjust tensioning.
US09949760B2
A bone anchor assembly comprising a shank, receiver, pressure insert, sleeve and closure. The sleeve having a body constructed of deformable material and including a transfer of non deformable material molded into the body of the sleeve to transfer force around the body. The receiver having interior guides and the insert having guide followers that cooperate to align the insert in the receiver and prevent rotation of the insert in the receiver.
US09949759B2
A growing rod adapted to be secured along a length of a spine for treating deformities of the spine. The growing rod comprises a base rod, an extendable rod having a proximal portion that is slidably coupled to the base rod and arranged with a gear rack, and a distraction unit. The distraction unit includes a housing attached to the base rod, a rotatable drive interface accessible by an external driver from outside of the housing, and a drive gear mechanism housed within the housing and coupled to the rotatable drive interface and the gear rack such that rotation of the rotatable drive interface causes linear movement of the extendable rod through the gear rack.
US09949756B2
Everting balloon systems and methods for using the same are disclosed herein. The systems can be configured to access and dilate body lumen and cavities. For example, the systems can be used to dilate the cervix and access the uterine cavity. The systems can also be used to occlude the cervix. The systems can also be used to occlude the urethra.
US09949729B2
A medical device for keeping open of a wound during surgery is described. It comprises a surgical retractor, a mechanical retracting system a force element for automatically winding an elongate wire-like element to apply tension to the elongate wire-like element.
US09949716B2
An image processing method enables an elasticity image of a body including a cavity to be produced on the basis of the material(s) forming the body, wherein the method includes the steps of: receiving a deformation image illustrating a field of movement of the points of the body on the basis of a pressure difference in the body, estimating a shape function of the body from the deformation image, calculating an elasticity image of the body on the basis of the shape function, of the pressure difference and of the deformation image.
US09949715B2
Systems and method for ultrasound probe guidance are provided. One system includes a probe guide with a body having at least one engagement portion for coupling an ultrasound probe to the body. The system also includes at least one sensor configured to communicate with an ultrasound imaging system, wherein the at least one sensor coupled to the body and configured to determine at least one of a spatial position, an orientation, a probe head movement speed, a temperature, a scan speed of the body relative to an object being scanned, or a contact pressure relative to the body and the object being scanned.
US09949700B2
A system and method for providing image guidance for planning approach paths for one or more medical devices at a target location. The system can receive a volumetric medical image, determine a density of content within the volumetric medical image, receive an indication of a target location within the volumetric medical image, identify obstructing objects within the volumetric medical image, and determine a plurality of pathways from an approach region of the volumetric medical image to the target location. The system can cause a display to concurrently display the volumetric medical image and a plurality of emplacements for one or more medical imaging devices.
US09949697B2
There is disclosed a device for imaging a body. In one arrangement, the device comprises a controller, storage storing electronic program instructions for controlling the controller, a display for displaying a user interface, and an input means. In one form, the controller is operable, under control of the electronic program instructions, to receive input via the input means, where the input comprises a first representation of the body, to process the first representation, to generate a second representation of the body on the basis of processing of the first representation, and to display the generated second representation via the display.
US09949690B2
An automatic configuration system for an operator console wherein one or more operators control and monitor physical facilities, operations or physically dispersed services. The system includes wearable personal identification devices worn by the operators and a control unit for communicating with the wearable personal identification devices in order to detect the presence of one or more operators within a defined control room area. Each personal identification device includes a sensor unit for monitoring operator data, and is adapted to communicate the operator data to the control unit, which is adapted to configure the operator console based on the operator data.
US09949688B2
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like.
US09949687B2
A system and method for correlating health related data for display. The system includes a medical device recording data and a display producing device which correlates the data and simultaneously displays different types of data or displays two sets of the same type of data along with the circumstances at which the two sets of data were recorded. Such displays aid a physician in prescribing and ascertaining the efficacy of cardiac therapies.
US09949684B2
A new and/or novel image analysis technique for quantitative assessment of motion-based testing for injury in a patient using universally available and affordable devices and techniques is provided and disclosed. A video of a test being performed can be processed to track the motion of markers and/or bodily landmarks in two or more dimensions to quantitatively describe motion, thereby removing the subjective aspects typically associated with motion-based testing. In an example, the pivot shift test is a commonly used test for evaluating rotational instability of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)-deficient knee. The pivot shift test's subjective grading scale can be quantified and refined using image analysis techniques.
US09949677B2
Embodiments provide an apparatus, system, kit and method for in vivo measurement of blood oxygen saturation (BAS). One embodiment provides an implantable apparatus for measuring BAS comprising a housing, emitter, detector, processor and power source. The housing is configured to be injected through a tissue penetrating device into a target tissue site (TS). The emitter is configured to emit light into the TS to measure BAS, the emitted light having at least one wavelength (LOW) whose absorbance is related to a BAS. The detector is configured to receive light reflected from the TS, detect light at the LOW and generate a detector output signal (DOS) responsive to an intensity of the detected light. The processor is operably coupled to the detector and emitter to send signals to the emitter to emit light and receive the DOS and includes logic for calculating a BAS and generate a signal encoding the BAS.
US09949675B2
A noninvasive blood measurement platform may be used to determine the amounts of various constituents of the blood based on the bulk absorption characteristics of the blood. The platform may measure bulk absorption of energy such as, a broad-spectrum light, to determine maximum and minimum blood volumes. The platform may measure bulk absorption of energy at the maximum and minimum blood volumes. The bulk absorption measurements may be transformed using a transformation operation to determine bulk absorption characteristics in terms of frequency and/or wavelength. A time-varying component of the bulk absorption characteristics may be derived by comparing the bulk absorption characteristics at the maximum blood volume to the bulk absorption characteristics at the minimum blood volume. Multivariate analysis may be performed on the time-varying component to determine the amount of the one or more constituents of the blood.
US09949674B2
The present invention covers the integration and utility of accelerometer features into a clinical analysis system. For example, measurement of dynamic acceleration and orientation of a blood-testing instrument with respect to Earth's gravitational field may be used to determine reliability of a test procedure and optionally to provide corrective elements thereof.
US09949671B2
Diagnostic mouthpieces and separate pads for same allow dental devices of various types to have a dual purpose. The diagnostic mouthpieces allow frequent use and early intervention.
US09949655B2
A method of measuring and analyzing the ultra high frequency EKG is performed by measuring the EKG within the frequency range above 250 Hz with a dynamic range of at least 100 dB. In the UHF EKG signal positions of Rm of R wave in QRS complex of EKG are detected on the time axis and the EKG signal is converted to amplitude or power envelopes, the amplitude or power envelopes frequency range is anywhere within the limits from 0.2 Hz to at least 500 Hz. From these envelopes the amplitude and time numerical parameters that describe the myocardium depolarization inhomogeneity and electric myocardium dyssynchrony are determined, and these parameters are used for selecting the patients for multi-chamber stimulators implementation and optimization of their setting.
US09949651B2
A surgical system kit is described. The surgical system kit includes a peripheral electrode, a surgical access instrument configured to be placed in a surgical target site, and a control unit. The surgical access instrument has a body with a proximal end, and a distal end, two or more electrodes on the distal end at fixed locations and spaced apart a known distance. The control unit is configured to send a signal to the peripheral electrode, receive information indicative of a neural response from at least one electrode of the surgical access instrument, and interpret the information according to a nerve conduction velocity modality to measure the nerve conduction velocity through the segment of the nerve.
US09949650B2
Approaches for assessing hemodynamic characteristics for an organ of interest are related. In one implementation, a fluid dynamics model may be provided with data derived from an anatomic imaging modality and blood flow information derived by ultrasound to derive the desired hemodynamic characteristics. In one such implementation, a fractional flow reserve is estimated.
US09949648B2
A blood pressure measurement system is configured to perform a calibration automatically when a calibration condition is satisfied. The calibration condition is based upon one or more parameters of pulse waves of a subject. The parameters may include pulse wave area; a time difference between systolic peak and reflected wave peak or dichrotic notch in the pulse wave and a shape of at least a portion of the pulse wave.
US09949640B2
Provided are embodiments of systems for sensing health characteristics of a user using a floor mat including a set of health sensors integrated therewith. The set of health sensors including temperature sensors, body position sensors, and body fat sensors. A method including receiving, from the temperature sensors, temperature data corresponding to a sensed body temperature of the user, receiving, from the body position sensors, body position data corresponding to a sensed body position of the user, receiving, from the body fat sensors, body fat data corresponding to a sensed body fat of the user, and transmitting, to a computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the body position data, and the body fat data for use in determining the body temperature, the body position, and the body fat of the user.
US09949634B2
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging systems are provided including a source of broadband optical radiation coupled to a sample arm of the OCT imaging system; a beam shaping optical assembly in the sample arm, the beam shaping optical assembly being configured to receive optical radiation from the source as a beam of optical radiation and to shape the spatial profile of the beam of optical radiation; a scan mirror assembly coupled to the beam shaping optical assembly; and objective lens assembly coupled to the beam shaping optical assembly. The beam shaping optical assembly includes a lens assembly configured to change a NA of the OCT system without changing a focus; to change a focus of the OCT system without changing a NA of the system; or to change both the NA and the focus of the OCT system responsive to a control input.
US09949620B2
A support system for minimally invasive surgical instruments. A platform supports one or more minimally invasive surgical instruments that extend through a guide tube into a patient. The platform is supported by at least one support arm link that is coupled to a base a rotational joint. The rotational joint's axis of rotation is aligned with a point at which the guide tube enters the patient.
US09949609B2
Water dispersible nonwoven substrates in accordance with the present invention are formed primarily of individualized bast fibers substantially free of pectin. The nonwoven substrate can include staple fibers to a lesser extent than the individualized bast fibers. Individualized bast fibers include fibers derived from the flax and hemp plants. The nonwoven substrate is formed into a web in a wet or a dry state and subsequently bonded to produce a water dispersible nonwoven substrate. The nonwoven substrate can be a tissue or a wet wipe.
US09949601B2
A surface cleaning apparatus, which in one embodiment is a hand held vacuum cleaner, comprises a cyclone and a suction motor wherein the cyclone air outlet and the suction motor inlet are positioned towards the same end of the surface cleaning apparatus whereby air exiting the cyclone travels laterally and then axially to the suction motor inlet. A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a cyclone and a suction motor wherein the suction motor is positioned rearward of the cyclone and the cyclone air outlet is positioned at a lower end of the cyclone whereby air exiting the cyclone travels laterally and then axially towards the suction motor inlet.
US09949599B2
An exemplary refill unit for a dispenser includes an inverted non-collapsing container for holding a liquid. A pump housing is secured to the bottom of the inverted non-collapsing container. The pump housing includes a pump chamber for pumping fluid out of the inverted non-collapsing container. The pump housing includes an annular venting chamber. The annular venting chamber has a floor with an opening therethrough. A vent valve is located within the venting chamber. The vent valve has a first wiper seal in contact with a wall of the annular venting chamber.
US09949593B2
An embossed paper-based bakeable tray having a bottom surface and sidewalls and an embossed pattern formed in the bottom surface providing a series of closely spaced projections substantially entirely over the bottom surface.
US09949591B2
A pour-over coffee brewer apparatus comprises a base containing a motor that drives a coffee grinder via a set of gear assemblies, a vertical support structure extending upwards from a rear portion of the base, and a horizontal support structure extending out from a top portion of the vertical support structure, the horizontal support structure comprising a grinder for grinding coffee beans and a water dispenser for dispensing water onto ground coffee beans. The set of gear assemblies comprises a first gear assembly in the base, a second gear assembly in the horizontal support structure, and a gear shaft in the vertical support structure that couples the first gear assembly and the second gear assembly.
US09949581B2
The present disclosure relates generally to picture frames and picture cabinets, and more specifically to rotatable picture frames and picture cabinets. In some embodiments, the picture frame may be easily rotatable between a landscape display and a portrait display via a set of recesses that correspond to a set of protrusions on a hanging mount. The picture frame may also support a varying number of photographs in a varying number of picture support compartments while also allowing the picture frame to be accessible while said picture frame is mounted on a planar surface such as a wall.
US09949572B2
An air mattress comprises an internal structure for helping the air mattress maintain a desired geometric shape when inflated and for preventing shearing of the top and bottom surfaces of the mattress. The internal structure comprises a plurality of connection strips or a mesh web that are attached to a plurality of top surface connection points and bottom surface connection points.
US09949571B2
The present invention is a spring unit for a mattress comprising first and second pocket springs. Each of the first and second pocket springs comprise a coil pocket comprising a pocket and a coil spring disposed in the pocket and a cushion pocket comprising a pocket and a first resilient member disposed in the pocket of the cushion pocket. Each cushion pocket is engaged with and acting only upon the corresponding coil pocket. Substantially the entire side of the pocket of the coil pocket of the first pocket spring is engaged with substantially the entire side of the pocket of the coil pocket of the second pocket spring. Each cushion pocket is free standing and not connected with each other thereby creating a pumping action upon depression of the first pocket spring and/or the second pocket spring that produces circulation of air within the mattress.
US09949568B2
An air bladder assembly for a seat comprising is provided. A central sacral bladder has a support surface defined by an enlarged width portion connected to an elongated tapered portion, wherein the tapered portion is defined by elongated lateral sides. A pair of side iliac bladders is provided so that one of the side bladders is positioned adjacent each of the elongated sides of the central bladder. A support surface of the central air bladder is not parallel to a support surface of the side air bladders when the air bladder assembly is inflated.
US09949563B2
A bottle rack includes a bottle-supporting assembly having an elongate portion and support bars connected to the elongate portion, with the support bars being spaced longitudinally along the elongate portion and suitable to support bottles therebetween; and a panel having support bar apertures suitable for the support bars of the bottle-supporting assembly to extend through. The bottle-supporting assembly is secured onto the panel with the support bars extending through the apertures of the panel and the support bars are suitable to support the bottles such that the bottles are substantially perpendicular to the support panel. The bottle supporting assembly may be supplied in the form of a kit.
US09949552B2
An apparatus for treating human skin includes an outer housing including a graspable portion and an applicator portion comprising an applicator head and at least one nozzle in the applicator portion having a main axis for delivering a skin treatment composition through an opening in the applicator head onto human skin. An image capture device captures images of the human skin through the opening. A processor analyzes the images of the human skin to identify skin deviations. An optical axis of the image capture device is offset angularly from the main axis of the at least one nozzle.
US09949534B2
A method of making an article of footwear is disclosed. The method may include the steps of selecting a family of article types, selecting a customized article type, manufacturing an article of footwear with the customized article type and shipping the article of footwear to a pre-designated shipping address. The customized article type can be configured with a user selected characteristic. The method can also include limiting the number of article types displayed to a user at any time.
US09949533B2
Provided is a self-fitting and automatically adjustable footwear wherein the shoe upper and/or shoe tongue have or are attached to a shape memory material (‘SMM”). Upon stimulation, the SMM deforms and brings the footwear to self-assemble about a foot, which further brings two clasp members close to each other and facilitates the clasp thereof to form a self-assembled and closed footwear. The clasp members may be integrated with straps or shoelaces, and optionally SMM. The footwear may include a motor, a control unit, and sensors which enable a motor-actuated fine tensioning of the footwear. A push button to enable manual opening of the footwear may be affixed on the footwear or removably attached to multiple surfaces/locations. The entire assembly generates data transmittable to health care providers and other data trackers. The footwear may include a battery, which may be charged by placing the footwear on a charge dock station.
US09949530B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a plate, a plurality of cleats extending from the plate, and an auxetic structure disposed between the plurality of cleats. The auxetic structure is affixed to the plate such that an outer surface of the auxetic structure is positioned between a lower surface of the plate and a tip surface of at least one of the plurality of cleats.
US09949528B2
A ski boot with an element in shell form at least partially contains a plastic compound material. The compound material contains a mixture of caprolactam polyamide and ionomers, such that cations and anions of the ionomers form ion bonds. Elastic components of the compound material form a physical network that is soluble between 60° C. and 100° C., and therefore the element in shell form of the ski boot at least partially containing the compound material can undergo thermoforming below 100° C.
US09949508B2
The present disclosure relates to connectors that may be employed in cartridges for smoking articles. The connectors may include a single-use mechanism that may include a blocking pin, a biasing mechanism, and a release mechanism. The release mechanism may hold the blocking pin in a partially retracted position in which the blocking pin is at least partially retracted from an aperture extending through threads defined by the connector. The release mechanism may include a latch that is displaced from contact with the blocking pin by a release pin upon engagement of the connector with a mating connector. The biasing mechanism may force the blocking pin against an end of the mating connector such that when the mating connector is unscrewed from the connector, the blocking pin extends through the aperture and blocks at least one recess defined between the threads such that the connector may not be reused.
US09949495B2
A sliced jumbo tender of a meat tender or poultry breast resulting in strips having a desired weight and thickness with minimal losses. The sliced tender includes two diagonal cuts across and through the tender to yield three strips which are substantially the same in weight and thickness.
US09949493B2
A system for forming a product. The system includes a hopper with a rotating feeder; a mold drum with cavities; and a feed pump with a moving member. The feed pump is configured to pump food mass from the hopper into the cavities. The system has means configured to determine: a position and a motion of the mold drum relative to a frame of the system; a position and a motion of the moving member of the feed pump relative to a housing of the feed pump; and a position and a motion of the rotating feeder relative to the hopper to synchronize the motion of the mold drum and the motion of the moving member of the feed pump and to synchronize the motion of the rotating feeder with the motion of the moving member of the feed pump. The system has at least two pressure sensors.
US09949488B2
Compositions and methods for modulating flowering, sugar metabolism and stress response in plants are provided.
US09949475B2
The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising A) an organic active ingredient which is sparingly water-soluble and sparingly oil-soluble, in dissolved form, B) an oil which is soluble in water at 20° C. to at most 20 g/l, and C) an ionic liquid comprising a cation and an anion as described below. Also provided is a process for the preparation of the liquid composition, where the active ingredient, the oil and the ionic liquid are brought into contact; and also the use of the ionic liquid for increasing the solubility of the active ingredient in an oil.
US09949468B2
One object is to provide a fishing line guide that allows a line snagged in a loop to be released readily. The line guide 5 according to the present invention include a frame including a fixing portion fixed on the outer surface of the rod, a ring retainer retaining a guide ring that admits the line, and a connecting portion connecting the ring retainer and the fixing portion. For a width Wa of the frame at the inflection point between the connecting portion and the ring retainer and a maximum width Wb of the ring retainer, the frame 5A is formed such that the width Wa is equal to or greater than 70% of the maximum width Wb.
US09949465B2
The present invention provides a transgenic non-human mammal retaining, in a specifically expressible state, a DNA encoding IL-33 in the skin, and having one or more features selected from the group consisting of (1) spontaneous onset of dermatitis, (2) increase in the number of inflammatory cells, (3) increase in total IgE concentration, histamine concentration, cytokine concentration and/or chemokine concentration, and (4) increase in scratching time, under SPF (specific pathogen free) breeding conditions, as compared to a corresponding non-transgenic non-human mammal, and the like.
US09949463B2
An automatic washing apparatus (1) includes: an electrolyzed water generation unit (8) that electrolyzes raw water to which an electrolyte is added to thereby generate electrolyzed water; a bubble generation unit (9) that allows fine bubbles to be contained in the electrolyzed water with use of a generated gas generated in the electrolyzed water generation unit (8) to thereby generate bubble electrolyzed water; a washing unit (4) that discharges the bubble electrolyzed water to a washing object to wash the washing object; and a control unit (2) that controls a discharge timing and discharge amount of the bubble electrolyzed water.
US09949462B2
A blower apparatus is supported on a frame detachably mounted on the implement mounting plate for a skid steer loader. The blower is powered by a hydraulic motor operatively connected to the auxiliary hydraulic system of the skid steer loader. The blower is mounted on the frame in a manner that orients the discharge spout upwardly to be directed at elevated structure within the chicken house. Re-orientation of the air stream from the blower can be affected by manipulating the tilt position of the implement mounting plate and by raising the boom arms of the skid steer loader to elevate the blower apparatus. By properly positioning and orienting the discharged air stream from the blower apparatus, the dirt and debris in elevated structure of the chicken house can be dislodged and removed from the chicken house to improve the health and environment for a subsequent flock of birds installed therein.
US09949461B2
A method to identify morbid animals housed in a feedyard having a feed bunk, where the method includes providing a plurality of animal beacons and at least one beacon reader, placing the beacon reader adjacent the feed bunk, transmitting by a first animal beacon a first signal comprising a first unique identifier for a first animal wearing the first animal beacon, wherein the first animal is housed in the feedyard, receiving by the beacon reader the first signal, and based upon the first signal, determining a proximity of the first animal to the feed bunk.
US09949452B2
Disclosed are alfalfa varieties with low or reduced lignin content, including an alfalfa seed designated CW 096043 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122473, an alfalfa seed designated CW 103009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122475, an alfalfa seed designated CW 099079 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122474, an alfalfa seed designated CW 090075 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122471, an alfalfa seed designated CW 054004 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122470, an alfalfa seed designated CW 093009 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122472, and an alfalfa seed designated CW 104015 deposited as ATCC Accession Number PTA-122476. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the cultivar, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of these alfalfa varieties, such as CW 096043, CW 103009, CW 099079, CW 090075, CW 054004, CW 093009, or CW 104015 and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in alfalfa breeding and alfalfa transformation.
US09949442B2
An agricultural harvester includes a frame; a threshing and separating system carried by the frame; a cleaning system carried by the frame; a mounting surface carried by the frame; and a residue system including a chopper carried by the frame and supplied with crop material from the threshing and separating system and/or the cleaning system. The chopper includes a chopper frame mounted to the mounting surface and having at least one shaft opening formed through; a chopper shaft held in the at least one shaft opening that is configured to rotate and is carried by the frame independently of the chopper frame; at least one rotating knife carried by the chopper shaft; and at least one stationary knife held in the chopper frame.
US09949439B2
A wrapping material is provided comprising a plurality of wrapping units, each said wrapping unit having a leading edge at one of thereof and a tail edge at an opposing edge thereof, where each one of said plurality of wrapping units is serially connected to at least one other of said plurality of wrapping units at the corresponding leading edge, tail edge, or both. In a further embodiment, discrete adhesive areas are disposed on the first surface of said plurality of wrapping units. In a still further embodiment, the discrete adhesive areas are covered by a protective cover, wherein the protective cover is attached to the first surface of the next said serially connected wrapping unit.
US09949436B2
A grass mower is provided with a plurality of rotating shafts passing through a ceiling wall of a mower deck and extending upward, disposed in a side-by-side state; cutting blades respectively linked to the rotating shafts in an internal space of the mower deck; an electric motor mounted at a location to the lateral outside relative to a rotation path of the cutting blades within the mower deck, and having an output shaft extending upward; and a power transmission mechanism positioned above the ceiling wall of the mower deck, and configured to transmit power from the output shaft to the rotating shafts of the cutting blades.
US09949435B2
A grain tank level sensing system for a combine which harvests grain. The combine includes an upwardly open grain tank fillable with harvested grain and a cover that is displaceable for closing off the open grain tank. An actuator displaces the cover between an open and close position and either single or dual ultrasonic sensors continuously detect the level of grain in the tank and generate a signal proportional to the level of grain in the grain tank. A control system receives the signal from the ultrasonic sensors and generates an indication of the level in the tank to a monitor and/or disables the actuator to initiate the closing function when the grain tank is full.
US09949431B2
A riding yard maintenance vehicle may include a positioning module. The positioning module may include processing circuitry configured to receive information indicative of vehicle position of the riding yard maintenance vehicle, receive an indication of a triggering event that indicates a presence of an obstacle proximate to the riding yard maintenance vehicle, and cause recordation of an obstacle identifier in association with the vehicle position responsive to receipt of the indication.
US09949423B2
An agricultural system includes agricultural equipment and a user interface. The agricultural equipment includes a command and control system and an equipment configuration code file. The command and control system, in operation, configures and controls the agricultural equipment based at least in part on the equipment configuration code file. The agricultural equipment comprises a work vehicle or an implement to be carried or towed by a work vehicle. The user interface displays information to, and receive inputs from a user for one or more data fields in the equipment configuration code file for the agricultural equipment. The data fields comprise a user-given name and at least one of a compatible implement, an accessory, or a task for which the agricultural equipment may be configured.
US09955613B2
The present disclosure provides a power electronic module that includes a first power device having a first switching element and a second power device having a second switching element. The power electronic module further includes a cooler having a coolant passage to cool the first and second power devices. The cooler includes a first inner fin and a second inner fin in the coolant passage. The first power device and the second power device are disposed along a flow direction of the coolant passage so that the first power device is arranged on an upstream side of the coolant passage from the second power device. The first inner fin and the second inner fin are disposed along the flow direction corresponding to the first and second power devices so that the first inner fin is arranged on the upstream side from the second inner fin. The first inner fin has a corrugated passage and a straight passage. The straight passage bypasses the corrugated passage along the flow direction of the coolant passage.
US09955611B2
A pressure structure which is arranged between a first pressed body and a second pressed body facing the first pressed body and applies a pressure to the first pressed body and the second pressed body includes: a first spring member including a center portion which is in contact with the first pressed body, two end portions, each of which is in contact with the second pressed body, and two arm portions which extend from the center portion toward the different end portions; and a second spring member including a center portion which is in contact with the second pressed body, two end portions, each of which is in contact with the first pressed body, and two arm portions which extend from the center portion toward the different end portions.
US09955601B2
The invention relates to an electrical device (1) for installation in the interior of an electrical enclosure that has at least one single- or multiple-pole plug (3) accommodated in a housing (2) of the device (1) to connect an electrical conductor having an easily accessible plug opening (6) via one side (4, 5) of the plug (3) wherein the at least one plug (3) has no less than two positions or orientations with respect to the housing (2).
US09955596B2
A memory cartridge for use during assembly of a storage drive apparatus. The memory cartridge includes a first memory printed circuit board (PCB). The memory cartridge also includes a second memory PCB, where the second memory PCB is operatively coupled to the first memory PCB by a first flexible connection. The memory cartridge also includes a chassis configured to fasten to the first memory PCB and to the second memory PCB such that the first and second memory PCBs have a spaced relationship to each other, and where the spaced relationship defines a gap.
US09955594B2
An operation device driven by an internal battery includes: a casing; an operation element; a mechanical switch; a pressing part; and a support part. The operation element is located on a plane continuing from a front surface of the casing. The mechanical switch is disposed in the casing such that a distance between the mechanical switch and the operation element is fixed. The mechanical switch has a flexible region located to oppose to a rear surface of the casing. The pressing part is located between the mechanical switch and an attachment surface, and presses the flexible region from a side opposite from the operation element. The support part supports the casing such that a distance between the operation element and the attachment surface is changeable.
US09955590B2
The present disclosure relates to redistribution layer structures useful in semiconductor substrate packages, semiconductor package structures, and chip structures. In an embodiment, a redistribution layer structure includes a dielectric layer, an anti-plating layer, and a conductive material. The dielectric layer defines one or more trenches. The conductive material is disposed in the trench(es), and the anti-plating layer is disposed on a surface of the dielectric layer.
US09955589B2
This disclosure relates generally to an electronic chip package that can include a die and a buildup layer substantially enveloping the die. Electrical interconnects can be electrically coupled to the die and passing, at least in part, through the buildup layer. An optical emitter can be electrically coupled to the die with a first one of the electrical interconnects and configured to emit light from a first major surface of the electronic chip package. A solder bump can be electrically coupled to the die with a second one of the electrical interconnects and positioned on a second major surface of the electronic chip package different from the first major surface.
US09955584B2
A stamp that is configured to be employed in a printed circuit process, a method of fabricating the stamp, and a printed circuit process are provided, and the stamp includes a main structure, a micro-protrusion structure, and a plurality of nano-conical structures. The micro-protrusion structure is located on the main structure. The nano-conical structures are located on the main structure and surround the micro-protrusion structure.
US09955582B2
Single-die or multi-die packaged modules that incorporate three-dimensional integration of active devices with discrete passive devices to create a package structure that allows active devices (such as, silicon or gallium-arsenide devices) to share the same footprint area as an array of passive surface mount components. In one example, a module includes at least one active device stacked on top of an array of passive surface mount components on a substrate. A conductive or non-conductive adhesive can be used to adhere the active device to the array of passive devices.
US09955579B2
A printed circuit board includes first and second insulating layers, a wiring trace, a metal thin film, and a connection terminal. The wiring trace is formed on the first insulating layer. The metal thin film is formed on the wiring trace, and has a thickness larger than 0 nm and not more than 150 nm. The second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer to cover the metal thin film. The connection terminal is formed on the first insulating layer to be electrically connected to the wiring trace and exposed from the second insulating layer.
US09955570B2
The subject matter of this disclosure relates to a flexible circuit for carrying a signal between electrical components that includes boosting circuitry for mitigating the effects of signal degradation. More particularly the flexible circuit can carry a signal between a main logic board and an input/output board supporting input/output ports of a portable electronic device. The flexible circuit can be configured with bends in order to meet packaging constraints such as avoiding contact with components obstructing a direct path between connectors of the electrical components. Additional bends can also be included in the flexible that facilitate the assembly of the portable electronic device.
US09955564B2
A dielectric barrier discharge actuator comprising a first electrode disposed adjacent on a surface of a dielectric; a second electrode disposed under the surface and downstream of the first electrode, relative to a flow direction of an ionized layer; an electrical ballast, a third electrode disposed on the surface of the dielectric downstream from the second electrode, connected to the second electrode through the ballast; a series of equal potential strips disposed across the surface of the dielectric and aligned perpendicular to the flow direction of the ionized layer; and a voltage source for applying a voltage across the first and second electrodes, to cause ionization of air between the first electrode and the surface of the dielectric, and to accelerate the ions across the surface of the dielectric; whereby an ionized layer is created when the first electrode is energized by the voltage source.
US09955562B2
An engine comprising an engine body and a nonconductive engine part attached to the engine body which are positively charged. A self-discharge type static eliminator is provided which, if placed on the nonconductive engine part, can lower the amount of carried charge on the wall surface of the nonconductive engine part in a limited range centered about the location of the placement of the static eliminator. The self-discharge type static eliminator is placed on the outer wall surface of the connecting part of the engine part to the engine body to whereby eliminate a static electricity from the engine body.
US09955561B2
A ballast circuit for a lighting system using an induction fluorescent lamp utilizes an AC-DC rectification circuit, a DC-DC boost power conversion circuit, a DC-AC half bridge inverter circuit, and a resonating circuit to ignite the lamp and maintain substantially constant power output of the lamp, while the DC-AC half bridge inverter circuit is further comprised of a gate isolation transformer connected in a half bridge inverter schematic which uses a ballast integrated circuit (IC) to drive a high side MOSFET and a low side MOSFET and the gate isolation transformer electrically isolates a gate signal to the high side MOSFET.
US09955558B1
A remote-controlled turn signal unit for a vehicle or trailer is provided. In one embodiment, an LED array and digital transceiver are embedded into a traditional bulb housing. This bulb can then be placed into existing tail or other light sockets on the exterior of a vehicle and can serve as turn signals being actuated by radio. This bulb can also be part of a self-contained magnetic housing that can be attached temporarily to the vehicle. This self-contained unit contains miniature digital radio, rechargeable battery, and LED light assembly, but does not rely upon or required modification of the vehicle's electrical system.
US09955555B2
The present disclosure provides lighting control system multi-switch apparatuses and methods. The apparatus includes a lighting control module including at least three electrical terminals. The lighting control module configured to cause a transmission of a quantity of electrical energy to a lighting circuit of a light fixture electrically connected to the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a detector circuit positioned in the lighting control module. The apparatus includes a controller in electrical communication with the detector circuit, the controller specially programmed to cause a call signal to be transmitted to a switch connected to the traveler terminal, the call signal configured to request the switch connected to the traveler terminal transmit a response signal to the controller to identify the switch connected to the traveler terminal.
US09955548B2
A wall-mountable wireless control device may include an enclosure, a bezel, a metal yoke, a slot antenna, a radio-frequency communication circuit, and one or more conductive elements. The bezel and the enclosure may define a space. The slot antenna may be located within the space defined by the enclosure and the bezel. The slot antenna may be configured to communicate radio-frequency signals. The radio-frequency communication circuit may be configured to transmit or receive the radio-frequency signals via the slot antenna. The one or more conductive elements may be electrically coupled to the yoke, and may be configured to re-radiate the radio-frequency signals transmitted by the slot antenna. The one or more conductive elements may include a conductive backer in electrical connection with the metal yoke, where in some instances, the conductive backer is electrically connected to the metal yoke via a single electrical connection.
US09955544B1
A system and method that uses a tag-driven network architecture controlled by one or more central controllers. Unique tags are associated with various system components such as remote switches, sensors and other peripherals. A tag is assigned to a node when the node is first entered into the network. A distributed policy creates relationships between tags of various different equipment. The tag typically defines what the policy is for a particular local node. The node executes the policy that is supplied in its tag by accessing a recipe associated with that tag. If a device is not working, other similar devices can take over its task simply by executing the recipe associated with the failed device's tag instead of their own.
US09955542B2
The present disclosure provides devices, circuits, and methods for driving an LED display panel, so as to ensure the delivery of equal global charge at minimum gray scale. In one example, the circuit of the present disclosure includes a current source, a detection module, and a measurement module. The current source is configured to generate a current signal for the LEDs. The detection module is configured to detect a forward voltage of the LEDs in response to a low current applied to the LEDs. The detection module is further configured to hold the detected forward voltage. The measurement module is configured to measure a time period for an anode voltage of the LEDs to rise to the detected forward voltage in response to a display current applied to the LEDs.
US09955533B2
An induction shield is configured to substantially reduce emissions emitted from an induction heat source (e.g., coil) during use. The shield is positioned adjacent to a vessel (e.g., in an injection system) having a melting portion configured to receive meltable material to be melted therein and an induction heat source positioned adjacent the vessel configured to melt the meltable material received in the melting portion of the vessel. The shield may include a tube configuration configured to flow liquid therein to absorb heat emitted from the heat source. The tube configuration can comprise a single tube or multiple tubes. The shield can be positioned adjacent the induction source in a helical manner, for example, or at ends of the vessel. The shield can be used during melting of amorphous alloy and for forming a part.
US09955531B2
A manufacturing method of a PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) element includes: producing a polymer aqueous emulsion solution; producing a polymer aqueous emulsion conductive composite by mixing the polymer aqueous emulsion solution with a conductive agent; and producing the PTC element by coating a substrate with the polymer aqueous emulsion conductive composite, or print the polymer aqueous emulsion conductive composite on the substrate, or dipping the substrate in the polymer aqueous emulsion conductive composite and drying the substrate. Here, the polymer aqueous emulsion solution includes an adhesive polymer, a cross-linking agent, an initiator, and water. The substrate is film, non-woven, textile, inflexible plate, and the like, which are formed of polymer resin.
US09955523B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and computer-readable media related to adaptively changing availability of neighbor awareness networking (NAN) devices for post-NAN activities. In some embodiments, a first NAN enabled device may generate a NAN service discovery frame. The first NAN enabled device may transmit the NAN service discovery frame to a plurality of NAN enabled devices during a discovery window of the NAN. A request frame from a second NAN enabled device may be received based at least in part on transmitting the NAN service discovery frame. A response frame may be transmitted to the second NAN enabled device. A second NAN service discovery frame may be generated and include an updated availability bitmap based at least in part on data received in the request frame from the second NAN enabled device. The first NAN enabled device may transmit the second NAN service discovery frame.
US09955501B2
The subject matter described herein relates to scheduling enhancement in wireless communication. A scheduling grant including an indicator can be generated, for example, at the base station (BS). The indicator included in the scheduling grant identifies multiple carriers to be scheduled with the scheduling grant. Upon receiving the scheduling grant, a device, for example, UE can recognize the multiple carriers scheduled with the single scheduling grant, and can detect corresponding data transmission in the multiple carriers accordingly. Compared with scheduling each carrier with independent scheduling grant, the proposed solution saves control signaling overhead, and thereby alleviates the problems caused by control signaling capacity limitation, and increase peak data rate and system throughput.
US09955496B2
A controller performs a mediation of an assigned radio resource such that the radio resource assigned to each of a plurality of other user terminals does not overlap each other, in a case where a transmission of user data is not performed among each of the plurality of other user terminals through D2D communication, and in a case where each of the plurality of other user terminals assigns the radio resource for transmitting the user data through the D2D communication.
US09955494B2
A user equipment (UE) may communicate over a first wireless wide area network (WWAN). The first WWAN may be supported by a first subscriber identity module (SIM) of the UE. The UE may also communicate simultaneously over a second WWAN supported by a second SIM. The UE may process the second WWAN communication with a portion of a WWAN module and a portion of a wireless local area network (WLAN) module.
US09955491B2
A terminal receives access priority information on a plurality of sub-beams configuring a beam from a base station, selects one of a plurality of beams, and selects one of a plurality of sub-beams of the selected beam on the basis of the access priority information to perform a random access.
US09955485B2
Provided are a method for device-to-device (D2D) communication performed by terminals in a wireless communication system, and terminals for supporting the method. The method comprises: receiving resource assignment information for D2D communication; and performing the D2D communication by using resources indicated by the resource assignment information, wherein the validity of the resource assignment information is determined on the basis of the type of the cell from which the terminals receive services, and the D2D communication is performed only if the resource assignment information is valid.
US09955484B2
A mobile radio device uses its own location/position information to itself select a radio access resource from a plurality of radio access resources shared among a plurality of mobile radio devices; and sends a transmission on a wireless shared radio access channel using the selected radio access resource. In non-limiting embodiments: the location/position information represents global/absolute physical position, or a position relative to a local reference location within an access region which may be a cell, building, roadway, etc.; and the radio access resources are time slots; frequency blocks; and/or preambles. The examples have a map or algorithm stored in the device's local memory that associates different access resources to different discrete location areas within the access region; the algorithm identifies the location area that corresponds to the location/position information and outputs the selected access resource (or an index/identifier of it) associated with the identified location area.
US09955482B2
Systems and methods for improved interference management by Wi-Fi devices are disclosed. The interference management may be achieved by monitoring, by the Wi-Fi device, signaling energy on a communication channel in a frequency band associated with the Wi-Fi device, comparing the monitored signal energy with a known waveform signature corresponding to Long Term Evolution (LTE) operation, and identifying a presence of an LTE interferer on the communication channel in the frequency band associated with the Wi-Fi device based on the comparison.
US09955481B2
Systems and methods for providing opportunistic carrier aggregation to short range or low power extension carriers are generally disclosed herein. One embodiment includes data traffic offload techniques to offload data communicated in a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) from a primary cell to a secondary cell. For example, the primary cell may be provided by a LTE/LTE-A base station operating in licensed spectrum, and the secondary cell may be provided by a low-power extension carrier operating in unlicensed spectrum using a LTE/LTE-A standard. The low-power extension carrier may be activated as needed to offload data transfers from the primary cell, in download-only, upload-only, and time-division LTE (TD-LTE) modes. Configurations involving multimode base stations, multi mode user equipment (UE), relay extension carriers, and remote radio equipment are also described herein, in conjunction with deployment of opportunistic carrier aggregation using extension carriers.
US09955480B2
A low-complexity, efficient Radio Resource Allocation method performed by a base station of a wireless communication network allocates a first plurality of frequency resources among a second plurality of requesting mobile terminals. Each mobile terminal employs a service such that two or more services are represented in the second plurality. The RRA method satisfies all of an exclusivity constraint that each frequency resource is allocated to only one mobile terminal, an adjacency constraint that all frequency resources allocated to any given mobile terminal are contiguous in a frequency domain, and a minimum service requirement constraint that a predetermined number of the mobile terminals employing each service be granted a required data rate. The RRA method comprises two phases: Unconstrained Maximization and Reallocation. In the Unconstrained Maximization phase, frequency resources are iteratively allocated to mobile terminals in an opportunistic way, obeying the exclusivity and adjacency constraints but without concern for the minimum service requirement constraint; the resulting allocation is tested for fulfillment of the minimum service requirement constraint; and one or more mobile terminals are removed from the allocation based on the minimum service requirement constraint test. In the Reallocation phase, frequency resources from one or more mobile terminals that have their required data rate fulfilled are reallocated to one or more mobile terminals that do not have their required data rate fulfilled.
US09955473B2
A method for processing physical downlink control channel data, a transmitting end, and a user equipment are provided and relate to the field of communications, which can extract a scrambling sequence in multiple modulation modes, so that scrambling and descrambling are performed on physical downlink control channel data in multiple modulation modes. The method includes: generating a scrambling sequence corresponding to a control channel element according to an index number of the control channel element and/or a modulation mode used by the control channel element; performing scrambling on physical downlink control channel data by using the scrambling sequence; and sending the scrambled physical downlink control channel data to a user equipment. The embodiments of the present application are used to perform scrambling and descrambling on physical downlink control channel data.
US09955467B2
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a BS for transmitting control information to a UE, and an associated BS. The method includes: generating a first indication indicating whether data, which are downlink data transmitted from the BS to the UE or uplink data transmitted from the UE to the BS, are in an initial transmission or a retransmission, the first indication being comprised in the control information; if the data are in the initial transmission, generating a second indication for determining modulation mode and Transport Block, TB, size of the data, the second indication being comprised in the control information; and transmitting the control information to the UE.
US09955457B2
A user terminal apparatus, a driving method of the user terminal apparatus and a computer readable recording medium thereof are provided, in which the user terminal apparatus is configured to perform communication with a first external device and a second external device and includes a first communication interface performing communication with the first external device, a second communication interface performing communication with the second external device, and a controller determining characteristics of the received signals when signals of the second external device are received at currently operating channel which performs communication with the first external device through the first communication interface while performing communication with the first external device, and controlling the second communication interface to perform communication with the second external device according to a determining result.
US09955456B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network determines a first channel hopping schedule for the device to receive unicast communications from one or more neighbors of the device. The first channel hopping schedule differs from channel hopping schedules used by the one or more neighbors to receive unicast communications. The device determines a second channel hopping schedule for the device that includes a common channel that is common to the device and the one or more neighbors at any given point in time, wherein the second channel hopping schedule is self-generated by each of the device and the one or more neighbors. The device switches from the first channel hopping schedule to the second channel hopping schedule, in response to a network event. The device causes a particular neighbor to join the network using the second channel hopping schedule.
US09955451B2
Improved network event tagging for mobile communications is described herein. By way of example, a mobile network can be configured to take periodic geographic positions of a mobile terminal operating within the mobile network. Network events occurring between the periodic geographic positions, otherwise partially unknown in position, can be estimated by referencing topographical information and estimating a route of travel of the mobile device. Estimated speed of the mobile device can be utilized to place the mobile device on a road network, cycling route, pedestrian walkway, or the like, and refine the estimated position of the mobile device at the time of the network event. Such estimates can be refined from traffic information or other real-time travel data. An estimated position of the mobile device can be output as an approximation of the network event to facilitate event modeling for the mobile network.
US09955450B2
A geo-localization device and methodology use a plurality of wireless localization technologies, predictive methods and filtering to deliver accurate and reliable 3-dimensional positioning data for static and moving objects both outdoor and indoor.
US09955442B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to synchronization channel design for a new carrier type. In certain aspects, a User Equipment (UE) may first search for legacy locations of PSS (Primary Synchronization Signal) and SSS (Secondary Synchronization Signal), and attach to a cell that transmits the legacy PSS/SSS. Then the UE may be provided with information indicating a search space for PSS and SSS of a new carrier. The UE may then search for the PSS and SSS for the new carrier based on the received information. The relative spacings in time between the PSS and SSS for the first carrier may be different from the relative spacings in time between the PSS and SSS for the second carrier. In alternative aspects, the UE may receive a frequency offset value and determine PSS/SSS locations for the new carrier based on the frequency offset value and spaced center frequencies.
US09955441B2
Provided is a receiver configured to perform automatic gain control (AGC), the receiver including a first variable gain amplifier configured to amplify, according to a first variable gain, a signal of a first frequency band, a second variable gain amplifier configured to amplify, according to a second variable gain, a signal of a second frequency band generated by frequency converting the amplified signal of the first frequency band, and an AGC circuit configured to control a total gain by controlling a gain ratio between the first variable gain and the second variable gain to be within a set target range by adjusting at least one of the first variable gain and the second variable gain.
US09955432B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and system for adaptive cell size management. The system can determine a minimum SNR value and one or more current environmental factors for a particular environment. Also, the system dynamically determines a minimum signal strength value for receiving wireless signals based on the minimum SNR value and the one or more current environmental factors, and configures a network device to receive signals with the minimum signal strength value. Alternatively, the system can estimate a particular coverage area such that a first set of wireless signals transmitted by devices located within the particular coverage area reach a network device at a minimum signal strength. The system then computes a transmission power such that a second set of wireless signals transmitted by the network device at the transmission power reaches an edge of the particular coverage area at a particular signal strength value.
US09955431B2
A method in a wireless communication terminal supports aggregated carrier access. The terminal is configured to transmit a power headroom report of a first type, determine that a condition for transmission of a power headroom report of a second type is satisfied, and transmits a power headroom report of the second type. In other embodiments, essential power headroom reports are prioritized over non-essential power headroom reports.
US09955428B1
A power service receives, from one or more battery enabled mobile devices, battery usage information for one or more locations within an area. A power service identifies, from the battery usage information, one or more battery usage impact factors that are location based that consume additional battery power for the area. A power service predicts, based on the one or more battery usage impact factors for the area a predicted battery consumption factor in the area. A power service updates one or more user schedules of users with one or more events scheduled in the area with an alert identifying the predicted battery consumption factor in the area.
US09955420B2
A first device including a controller and a transmitter. The controller generates a communication schedule based on a profile. The communication schedule specifies a first duration to transfer data between the first device and a second device using a wireless protocol. The profile indicates (i) a start time, (ii) a duration, and (iii) a periodicity of communication between the first device and the second device using the wireless protocol. The transmitter transmits the communication schedule via a message from the first device to the second device using the wireless protocol. The message is a pre-defined message specified by the wireless protocol. The pre-defined message is dedicated to communicate information about interference present in an operating environment of the first device and the second device.
US09955415B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a radio link establishment method, apparatus, and system, which are used to save radio link overhead. The method includes: determining a first supporting user equipment UE; determining a first beneficial UE served by the first supporting UE; configuring synthesis layer information of the first supporting UE and first synthetic bearer information of the first supporting UE for the first supporting UE according to radio bearer information of the first beneficial UE; configuring synthesis layer information of the first beneficial UE for the first beneficial UE according to the radio bearer information of the first beneficial UE; and configuring synthesis layer information of the base station according to the radio bearer information of the first beneficial UE. The present invention is applicable to a scenario of communication between the UE and the base station.
US09955414B2
Disclosed is an apparatus, system, and method for a wireless device to select a network. The wireless device receives a request from a user to access a network site. The wireless device then selects a network based upon a predefined weighted criteria setting that was previously selected by the user.
US09955412B2
For selecting a network, a method is disclosed that includes associating interface executable code with one or more network interfaces, selecting one of the network interfaces responsive to detecting network communication originating at the executable code, and directing the network communication to the selected network interface.
US09955411B2
A transmitter and a method therein for transmitting discovery signals to a receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are comprised in a radio communications system. The transmitter transmits two or more discovery signals over two or more directions. Each discovery signal is configured to span over a fraction of a carrier bandwidth.
US09955410B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for collecting information about a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point (AP). The method specifically includes: a user equipment (UE) receives WLAN AP request information from a base station in a Minimization of Drive Tests (MDT) measurement configuration process, collects WLAN AP information according to the WLAN AP request information, and sends the WLAN AP information to the base station, wherein the WLAN AP request information is used to request the UE to report WLAN AP information. By using an MDT measurement configuration process, a UE may collect and report WLAN AP information based on architecture of a mobile communications network. In this way, WLAN AP information can be conveniently collected.
US09955404B2
A wireless remote communication unit for communicating with a cellular network node and other wireless remote communication units is described. The wireless remote communication unit comprises: at least one receiver configured to receive first messages using a first technology from at least one other wireless remote communication unit and configured to receive second messages using a second technology from the cellular network node; at least one transmitter configured to transmit first messages using the first technology to at least one other wireless remote communication unit and configured to transmit using the second technology to the cellular network node; and a processor coupled to the at least one receiver and the at least one transmitter and arranged to configure the wireless remote communication unit as a router to support mesh network communications using the first technology based on, at least in part, information obtained from the received first messages from at least one other wireless remote communication unit.
US09955403B2
Provided is a method for communicating carried out by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple access network. The method comprises receiving a traffic routing configuration from a first access network, wherein the traffic routing configuration involves specifying traffic routing criteria, searching a second access network, determining whether a second access network entity discovered by the search satisfies the traffic routing criteria, and processing traffic on the first access network through the second access network entity when the traffic routing criteria are satisfied.
US09955402B2
When a first sensor node has a large power consumption, an information processing apparatus propagates a portion of request information for a data process having the request recipient set to a second sensor node, through a path that does not pass through the first sensor node. For example, the information processing apparatus changes a division rate at a third sensor node acting as a branching point for the request information for the data process having the request recipient set to the second sensor node to thereby change the distribution of the transferred data amount and equalize the power consumption of the sensor nodes in a sensor network.
US09955394B2
A method and apparatus for performing a L3 handover between CNs in a packet-switched network are provided. When a UE moves from an old RAN to a new RAN, the UE sends a measurement report message including cell information to the old RAN. The old or new RAN determines whether to perform a L3 handover. If the L3 handover is required, a tunnel is established between the new RAN and a new CN. The UE performs a handover from the old RAN to the new RAN, without establishing a tunnel between the new RAN and an old CN. Upon detection of the movement of the UE, the new RAN sends a L2 handover complete message to the old RAN. After moving to the new RAN, the UE acquires a new IP address, performs the L3 handover, and communicates with the new CN through the new RAN.
US09955383B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting cell load information in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobility management entity (MME) of an evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) system receives cell load information of a cell in a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) system, from a radio network controller (RNC) of the UMTS system, and transmits the received cell load information to a plurality of eNodeBs (eNBs) of the E-UTRAN system, respectively.
US09955379B2
Methods and apparatus for reduction of interference between a plurality of wireless interfaces. In one exemplary embodiment, a device having a first (e.g., Wi-Fi) interface and a second (e.g., Bluetooth) interface monitors interference between its interfaces. A reduction in transmit power of the Wi-Fi module causes a disproportionately larger reduction in undesirable interference experienced at the Bluetooth antennas. For example, when the Bluetooth interface detects interference levels above acceptable thresholds, the Wi-Fi interface adjusts operation of one or more of its transmit chains based on various conditions such as duty cycle, Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI), etc. Various embodiments of the present invention provide simultaneous operation of WLAN and PAN interfaces, without requiring time division coexistence, by reducing power on a subset of interfering antennas.
US09955378B2
A connection node provides a high bandwidth connection on demand to mobile units that are in need of increased bandwidth for data transfers. In this manner, the connection node can supplement the bandwidth available to a mobile unit so that large volumes of data can be communicated to and from the mobile unit. A movable antenna automatically focuses its reception area on the mobile unit's location, after which, a high bandwidth connection can be established for high-speed data transfer. The high bandwidth connection is maintained, such as by tracking the mobile unit with the antenna, even if the mobile unit is moving.
US09955377B2
A transmission control method for buffer status reporting includes the steps of, by a network, configuring inter-site uplink carrier aggregation based upon at least one of a data size accumulated in a buffer of user equipment in communication with a first radio base station of a serving cell or a quality of a cell under a second radio base station, sending information of the configuration of the inter-site uplink carrier aggregation from the first radio base station to the user equipment, and transmitting a buffer status report from the user equipment to the second radio base station upon configuration of the inter-site uplink carrier aggregation.
US09955376B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for performing measurement reporting considering in-device coexistence interference. The present invention provide a user equipment transmitting a measurement report in a wireless communication system, comprising an interference detection unit, an assistant information generation unit, a measurement controller and a transmitter. According to the present invention, a measurement procedure can be clearly defined in an interference delicate band where in-device coexistence interference occurs and scheduling restrictions on an eNodeB due to measurement reporting about an interference delicate band can be reduced.
US09955371B1
A test method for testing a device under test with a measurement unit comprises transmitting a number of test commands from the measurement unit to the device under test via a test interface of the device under test, generating in the device under test in response to the test commands respective communication signals, emitting by the device under test the generated communication signals via a wireless communication interface, receiving signals from the device under test in the measurement unit, and evaluating the received signals in the measurement unit.
US09955359B2
A location services system used with a wireless LAN network provides wireless LAN Internet access in a venue, and also provides location-based analytics and services. The system monitors the locations of individuals using devices that communicate with a network, and maintain statistics for analytical purposes, and can provide services, such as special promotions and discounts. The system can determine whether a single person is carrying multiple devices, e.g., a user carrying a cellphone (including a smartphone) and a tablet or a laptop; and can also determine whether multiple people are within the venue as a temporary logical group, such as a family or group of friends. These capabilities allow the system to adjust how it communicates with users, and also allows it to adjust the analytics.
US09955354B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling a security mode by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, including performing a camp-on process and a cell update process with a network when an out-of-service (OOS) situation has occurred, receiving one of a signaling connection release (SCR) message and a first protocol data unit (PDU) which corresponds to the SCR message from the network, receiving a security mode command (SMC) message from the network if the SCR message is received, performing an integrity process on the SCR message using an old security configuration, and performing a rollback process to discard a new security configuration included in the SMC message if a result of the integrity process result an integrity check success, and updating a security configuration to the old security configuration.
US09955353B2
Identities of mobile communications devices and subscription credentials are maintained by an enterprise server. The subscription credentials are operative to enable access to subscription services of a mobile network operator. Control of the subscription credentials is delegated from the mobile network operator to the enterprise server. The enterprise server determines which of the mobile communications devices are to be provisioned by the subscription credentials. Policies for use of the subscription credentials by the determined mobile communications devices are identified. The subscription credentials and policies are applied to the mobile communications devices.
US09955341B2
A method for preventing call-up operation errors and system using the same are provided. The method includes the steps of: (S1) a proximity sensor continuously detecting a proximity or distant state of an obstruction; (S2) when detecting that the obstruction approaches, uploading the proximity state in drive program to an upper layer; (S3) when detecting that the obstruction moves far away, the proximity sensor first skipping reporting the distant state at this time, and increasing the transmission power of the proximity sensor; (S4) determining whether the reflection intensity signal exceeds a setting threshold; and (S5) if the obstruction is near the proximity sensor of the mobile phone, the proximity sensor skips uploading the distant state, and the display screen will not light up, if the obstruction is far away from the proximity sensor, the proximity sensor uploading the distant state and then lighting up the display screen.
US09955338B2
A method and system for operator-assisted device-to-device (D2D) discovery is disclosed, which method may be executed as instructions on a machine, where the instructions are included on at least one computer readable medium. The method can include a transmission station in an operator network receiving a request for data service from a requesting wireless device. The transmission station can identify a serving wireless device to provide the data service for the requesting wireless device. The transmission station can transmit a device discovery message to the requesting wireless device and the serving wireless device. The device discovery message provides a device discovery period for communication via an ad-hoc, D2D network between the requesting wireless device and the serving wireless device. The ad-hoc, D2D network provides for device-to-device communication.
US09955337B2
Mechanisms are provided to enable the identification of a UE in both the cellular network (e.g., a 3GPP network) and the WLAN. In some aspects, the UE is provided with information enabling it to find the transport network layer, TNL, address (e.g., an IP address) of the WT and an identifier of the UE. Using the TNL of the WT, the UE can establish a connection towards the WT (either connectionless or connection oriented) and provide the UE identity. The WT and eNodeB exchange information about the UE ID, and the UE is identified in both the 3GPP network and the WLAN. The WT is a logical node and may be integrated in the eNodeB, in a WLAN node (e.g. access controller, access point), standalone or somewhere else. Once identified, user data can be sent to the UE via the WT.
US09955336B2
Provided are a method for transmitting/receiving discovery signals in a wireless communication system and user equipment for supporting same. The method involves receiving a discovery request signal from user equipment, and determining whether or not to transmit a discovery response signal in response to the discovery request signal on the basis of the determination of the validity of proximity of the user equipment.
US09955331B2
Methods for prioritizing and routing audio signals between consumer electronic devices using wireless communication standards are provided. In one embodiment, a method for prioritizing and routing audio signals between consumer electronic devices includes receiving a device prioritization designation for at least two connectivity technology-enabled devices. The prioritization designation designates a first of the at least two connectivity technology-enabled devices as having a higher priority than another of the at least two connectivity technology-enabled devices. The method further includes connecting with each of the at least two connectivity technology-enabled devices and providing an audio signal to the first of the at least two connectivity technology-enabled devices.
US09955330B2
Distributed computing task costing is disclosed. Costing can be employed to determine if a task will be passed to a distributed computing cluster including mobile devices. Costing can include determining a base cost value predicated on a selectable level of utility to a user of a burdened device, a base time value related to completing the task without the use of the cluster, determining a delay cost, and any monetary costs associated with performing the task without the use of the cluster. Costing can further include demining a relief cost that can include the selectable level of utility, a relief time value related to completing the task with the cluster, the delay cost, an incentive cost based on the sum across a set of relief devices and their corresponding parameters for cluster participation, and any remaining monetary costs borne by the burdened device. Where the base cost value and relief cost value satisfies conditions, a task can be divided into subtasks that can be distributed to the cluster to accomplish the task in a distributed computing environment.
US09955321B2
A network node communicates data of a first push-to-talk (PTT) group using a first multimedia broadcast/multicast service (MBMS) bearer, and data of a second PTT group using a second MBMS bearer. Responsive to a regrouping of the first PTT group and the second PTT group to form a regrouped PTT group, the network node communicates data of the regrouped PTT group using at least one of the first and second MBMS bearers.
US09955315B2
A mobile terminal is operated by receiving a first signal and a second signal, determining a signal strength of the first signal, and determining an indoor location of the mobile terminal based on the signal strength of the first signal and the second signal. The first signal is a radio frequency signal and the second signal is an audio frequency signal.
US09955314B1
A power service receives, from battery enabled devices, battery charging information for multiple locations, wherein the battery charging information specifies the type of power source a device is being charged from and an amount of time charged. The power service analyzes the battery charging information for the locations to identify moving charging locations that change location. The power service filters the locations to identify locations where the type of power source is a power outlet. The power service filters the locations against a security map to identify a first selection of locations that are publicly accessible and a second selection of locations that require a security authorization. The power service generates a base map of the selection of locations. The power service specifies the base map for each user based on a schedule of the user identifying predicted locations and whether each particular user has a required security authorization.
US09955308B2
Methods for processing a media content are disclosed. For example, a method captures the media content, determines a direction from which the media content is captured, encrypts the media content, and sends the media content that is encrypted toward a receiving device in the direction from which the media content was captured. Another method captures the media content, determines a direction from which the media content is captured, encrypts the media content and uploads the media content that is encrypted to a data store. The method then sends a notification toward a receiving device in the direction from which the media content was captured. The notification identifies that the media content that is encrypted has been uploaded to the data store.
US09955307B1
A method is disclosed for relative positioning performed by a first mobile device that is one of a plurality of mobile devices. The method determines a first probe signal parameter that is indicative for a distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device. The method obtains one or more further probe signal parameters. Each further probe signal parameter is indicative for a distance between two of the plurality of mobile devices. The method selects probe signal parameters of the first probe signal parameter and the further probe signal parameters for determining one or more relative positions between two or more of the plurality of mobile devices. The method determines one or more relative positions between two or more of the plurality of mobile devices at least based on the selected probe signal parameters. A corresponding apparatus, system and computer readable medium are also disclosed.
US09955272B2
A device (10) for connection to an audio accessory (20) comprising: a jack socket (14) for connection to a jack plug (25) of the audio accessory (20), a ground connection to a first socket contact (428) which is positioned to mate with a ground return pole of the plug (25). The jack socket (14) comprises a second contact (432) also positioned to mate with the ground return pole of the plug (25). Driver amplifiers (416, 418) comprise an input coupled to the second contact (432) and are configured to superimpose a signal present at the second contact (432) onto received speaker signal. It may achieve reducing the crosstalk which could distort or blur the stereo image.
US09955271B2
In bone conduction auditory prostheses, a suspension of the electronic components relative to the vibrating mass is beneficial for a number of reasons. The suspension systems depicted also function as a seal, so as to prevent infiltration of direct, water, or other contaminants into the housing. The present technology utilizes a combination suspension and sealing system that seals the housing of an auditory prosthesis while still providing sufficient suspension functionality.
US09955270B2
Methods and systems for fitting a bone conduction device are provided herein. These methods and systems comprise obtaining dynamic range parameters for a bone conduction device. These dynamic range parameters may include threshold and a maximum comfort levels for the bone conduction device. Once determined, the bone conduction device may use the dynamic range parameters in applying stimulation to a recipient.
US09955267B1
A film speaker includes a metal foil; a diaphragm apart from and opposed to the metal foil, an elastomer for supporting the diaphragm, and a voice coil disposed on the metal foil for producing magnetic field. The diaphragm includes a number of diaphragms. The elastomer includes a main body and a number of partition portions for dividing the elastomer into a number of vibration areas, each of the vibration areas corresponding to one of the number of diaphragms. The voice coil includes a number of voice coils corresponding to the vibration areas. Each of the diaphragms includes a substrate layer and a magnetic material layer attached to a surface of the substrate layer for interacting with the magnetic field produced by the voice coils so as to drive the diaphragms to vibrate for generating sound.
US09955261B2
A method and apparatus for adjusting a cross-over frequency of a loudspeaker system. The loudspeaker system includes at least a first loudspeaker for frequencies below the cross-over frequency and a second loudspeaker for frequencies above the cross-over frequency. A level of the first loudspeaker is matched with the second loudspeaker using a first test signal and a room response is compensated in the loudspeaker system on the basis of the first test signal. The compensated room response is measured using a second test signal. A maximum frequency for the first loudspeaker and a minimum frequency for the second loudspeaker are determined. A cross-over frequency that results in a minimum cumulative total harmonic distortion energy at one or more sound pressure levels is searched between the minimum and maximum frequency.
US09955257B2
The present disclosure relates to a class-D audio amplifier. When the class-D audio amplifier is powered on, an auxiliary power amplifier and an auxiliary feedback circuit constitute an auxiliary close loop so that a control loop is established in advance. The auxiliary close loop is disconnected after various circuit modules reach their steady operation points, and the class-D audio amplifier operates at a normal state. A soft start circuit is provided for suppressing noise which occurs when the class-D audio amplifier is powered on. Thus, the class-D audio amplifier suppresses POP noise at an output terminal when the class-D audio amplifier is powered on.
US09955256B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a controller configured to be coupled to an audio speaker, wherein the controller receives an output signal indicative of a physical quantity associated with the audio speaker, compares the output signal to an audio input signal to determine if differences between the output signal and the audio input signal are present indicating at least one of distortion of the output signal, non-linearities of the audio speaker, and overexcursion of the audio speaker, and controls an audio signal communicated from the controller to the audio speaker and based on the audio input signal responsive to determining that differences between the output signal and the audio input signal are present indicating at least one of distortion of the output signal, non-linearities of the audio speaker, and overexcursion of the audio speaker.
US09955253B1
Systems and methods are proposed for adjusting the coverage pattern of a directional loudspeaker array. The methods may comprise adjusting a coverage pattern of a loudspeaker array based on a distribution of audience members. The audience distribution may be determined by imaging a venue with a camera, performing facial detection on the resultant image, and processing the facial detection results to obtain the distribution.
US09955250B2
A personal audio device including multiple output transducers for reproducing different frequency bands of a source audio signal, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal for each of the transducers from at least one microphone signal that measures the ambient audio to generate anti-noise signals. The anti-noise signals are generated by separate adaptive filters such that the anti-noise signals cause substantial cancelation of the ambient audio at their corresponding transducers. The use of separate adaptive filters provides low-latency operation, since a crossover is not needed to split the anti-noise into the appropriate frequency bands. The adaptive filters can be implemented or biased to generate anti-noise only in the frequency band corresponding to the particular adaptive filter. The anti-noise signals are combined with source audio of the appropriate frequency band to provide outputs for the corresponding transducers.
US09955246B2
In at least one embodiment, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone assembly is provided. The assembly comprises an enclosure, a single micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) transducer, a substrate layer, and an application housing. The single MEMS transducer is positioned within the enclosure. The substrate layer supports the single MEMS transducer. The application housing supports the substrate layer and defining at least a portion of a first transmission mechanism to enable a first side of the single MEMS transducer to receive an audio input signal and at least a portion of a second transmission mechanism to enable a second side of the single MEMS transducer to receive the audio input signal.
US09955244B2
An electronic device may have a speaker for presenting audio to a user. The speaker may have a speaker diaphragm mounted in a speaker enclosure and driven using a speaker driver. A sensor such as a gas sensor, particulate sensor, or other environmental sensor may be mounted within the speaker enclosure. Control circuitry in the electronic device may move the speaker diaphragm to draw fresh air into the speaker enclosure or to capture a sample of liquid while using the environmental sensor to make sensor measurements. The control circuitry may use a display, other visual output devices, audio output devices, and/or vibrating output components to present alerts to the user based on environmental data from the environmental sensor.
US09955238B2
A network of environmental sensor nodes is proposed in which data is transmitted wirelessly between the nodes using a rateless erasure code with a redundancy which is matched to the effective data rate, thereby permitting distanceless link transmissions. The wireless sensor networks is suitable to be sparsely deployed over wide area. A communication protocol is proposed to efficiently coordinate the distanceless link transmissions. A new metric (expected distanceless transmission time) is proposed for routing selection. The distanceless transmissions are well-adapted to low duty-cycled sensor networks.
US09955234B2
The video receiving apparatus is capable of transmitting and receiving data via a communications network. The video receiving apparatus includes a video extractor, a controller, a calibration executor, and an input unit to which a video signal is input. The video extractor extracts a partial video, which is to be used for video recognition processing, from the video signal. The controller controls the following operations: That is, the controller transmits, to a video recognition apparatus, either the partial video or content recognition information formed from the partial video, thereby requesting the video recognition apparatus to perform the video recognition processing. The controller acquires a result of the video recognition processing from the video recognition apparatus, and acquires the additional information based on the video recognition processing from an additional-information delivering apparatus. The calibration executor performs calibration processing in cooperation with the video recognition apparatus, thereby setting the predetermined parameter.
US09955231B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods used to identify video content that may be of interest to a viewer by examining the viewing habits of the viewer's geographic marketing area, recommendations from the viewer's social media sites, the viewer's past viewing patterns, the viewer's demographic information, the viewer's preferences, and the viewer's past purchase history.
US09955230B2
FDM based broadcast transmitter arrangement for transmitting a digital audio/video information signal, wherein an encoded version of the digital audio/video information signal is encapsulated in a network layer encapsulation step in accordance with DAB, DVB-T or DVB-T2 to obtain a network layer information signal. The network layer information signal is then converted in a Data Link Layer conversion step to obtain a Data Link Layer information signal, which is subjected in a Physical Layer conversion step to obtain a broadcast information transmission signal.
US09955227B2
A system and method for distributing an alert to a set-top box. Media content is received for communication to one or more set-top boxes. Data is extracted from the media content. A determination is made whether the extracted data is associated with one or more alert profiles. The alert is generated in response to the extracted data being associated with the one or more alert profiles. The alert is distributed to one or more set-top boxes in response to generating the one or more alert profiles.
US09955218B2
Systems and methods are described herein for blocking sections of media using censoring techniques adaptive to context of the user environment. For example, by first determining features of the user environment such as location, time of day, attention level of the user, number of users, the type of media system being used, or the layout of a user environment, different methods of censorship and blocking may be implemented. A group of friends watching television with rapt attention may be shown a highlight reel; a single user not paying attention to a movie may be shown a synopsis of the plot; or a child watching a cartoon on a smart-phone may be presented with a social media update to seamlessly distract their attention. Thus unwanted content is blocked in an intelligent fashion, and overall user experience is enhanced.
US09955209B2
An apparatus, a method of providing scenes on a display and an immersive viewing system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes: (1) a movement detector configured to monitor movement of a user with respect to a display, wherein the movement detector is disengaged from the user and includes a distance sensor configured to detect a distance of the user from the display and (2) an active screen displayer configured to navigate an active scene on the display based on changes in the distance and dynamically provide an updated view of the active scene on the display based thereon.
US09955205B2
Embodiments of the present invention recite a method and system for providing visual cues in an interactive media response system. In one embodiment, at least one visual prompt for display on a thin device is generated. The visual prompt is then sent to the thin device where it is displayed.
US09955201B2
In one aspect, an example method for outputting an alert indicating a functional state of a back-up video-broadcast system involves: a computing device receiving a first video-stream that represents first video-content; the computing device generating a first signature based, at least in part, upon an extent of aspect-ratio transitions included within the first video-content; the computing device receiving a second video-stream that represents second video-content; the computing device generating a second signature based, at least in part, upon an extent of aspect-ratio transitions included within the second video-content; the computing device making a determination that the generated first-signature and the generated second-signature lack a threshold extent of similarity; and responsive to the determination that the generated first-signature and the generated second-signature lack the threshold extent of similarity, the computing device outputting an alert.
US09955199B2
Consumable data objects are transferred from a source server to a vehicle server. The availability of a first data communications link from the source server to a vehicle server is detected and a count of consumable data objects stored on the vehicle server is generated. If the first data communications link is detected, the count is transmitted to the source server over the link. An identifier of the vehicle server is derived from the first data communications link, and this identifier is associated with the count. A consumable data object replenishment count is generated based upon an evaluation of the count in relation to historic use data derived from past counts.
US09955197B2
Encryption and encoding of video and/or audio may be implemented on an integrated circuit before being transmitted wirelessly to a remote adapter for display.
US09955194B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to performing collaborative rendering. A GPU of a mobile device can generate a mobile-rendered video stream based on a first instance of an application executed on the mobile device. A GPU of a server can generate one or more server-rendered video streams based on instance(s) of the application executed on the server. Based on the one or more server-rendered video streams, the server can generate a compressed server-manipulated video stream. The mobile device can further combine the mobile-rendered video stream and the compressed server-manipulated video stream to form a collaborative video stream, and a display screen of the mobile device can be caused to display the collaborative video stream. The mobile-rendered video stream can have a first level of a quality attribute and the collaborative video stream can have a second level of the quality attribute greater than the first level of the quality attribute.
US09955190B2
A method and apparatus for managing video transport is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to predict visibility to a viewer of packet loss impairment for communicated video content based at least in part on scene information for one or more packets of the video content. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09955189B2
A method, and an associated system, for sending to a first group of recipients only the content portions of a continuity source data-flow which takes the form of ordered, successive, alternating content and non-content segments. From a methodologic point of view, the invention involves, in a manner which utilizes content-segment material buffering, delivering fully, and in correct order, to the first recipient group the material in each content segment, via steps including (a) bridging each gap between next-adjacent content segments at least partially with transmitted injection material that differs from the non-content segment material in the gap, which injection material ends in time no sooner than the end of the gap, and (b) employing, as needed, and as a part of such full delivering of content-segment material, time-progressive, time-length-variable buffering, and subsequent, progressive buffer-delivering, of any content-segment material which overlaps in time with the transmission of injection material.
US09955188B2
A first filter decision value is calculated for a block of pixels in a video frame based on pixel values of pixels in a first line of pixels in the block. A second filter decision value is also calculated for the block based on pixel values of pixels in a corresponding first line of pixels in a neighboring block in the video frame. The first filter decision value is used to determine how many pixels in a line of pixels in the block to filter relative to a block boundary between the block and the neighboring block. The second filter decision value is used to determine how many pixels in a corresponding line of pixels in the neighboring block to filter relative to the block boundary.
US09955187B2
A method of encoding an image using a depth information includes: extracting a depth value distribution information of a current largest coding unit (LCU); predicting a plurality of division structure candidates of the LCU based on the depth value distribution information; and determining an optimum division structure among the plurality of division structure candidates of the LCU based on at least one of coding efficiency and image quality.
US09955183B2
Methods of converting an open group of pictures (GOP) to a Closed GOP are described that remove backward references to the GOP prior to the GOP undergoing conversion in an Open GOP interframe-encoded video stream. Within the GOP undergoing conversion, bipredictive frames with backward references to the prior GOP are replaced with frames referring only to the I frame of the GOP undergoing conversion, which is flagged as an IDR frame. Consolidation and assembly of video clips that are encoded using Open GOP compression schemes generally result in broken interframe references between GOPs. To address this, existing methods involve significant decoding and re-encoding of edited video sequences. The described methods serve to break the backward chain of references in the encoded stream, resulting in reduced re-encoding requirements, with attendant reduced quality degradation of the edited sequence.
US09955171B2
A prediction set determining section selects a prediction set from a prediction set group including a plurality of prediction sets having different combinations of prediction modes corresponding to different prediction directions. Further, a prediction mode determining section selects a prediction mode from the prediction set thus selected. An entropy encoding section encodes the prediction set thus selected, the prediction mode thus selected, and residual data between an input image and a predicted image formed on the basis of the prediction set and the prediction mode. This allows an image encoding device to carry out predictions from more various angles, thereby improving prediction efficiency.
US09955169B2
An intra prediction mode encoding and decoding method, an image decoding device, and an image encoding device operate by deriving most probable modes (MPMs) from surrounding prediction units adjacent to a current prediction unit and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit on the basis of an MPM flag indicating whether an MPM having the same prediction mode as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit exists among the derived MPMs.
US09955163B2
Disclosed is a method for encoding a block of video. The method includes identifying, by a processor, a transformed video data block including a plurality of transformed video data, identifying a first portion of the plurality of transformed video data, identifying a second portion of the plurality of transformed video data, determining a plurality of quantized values based on the second portion of the plurality of transformed video data, and generating a quantization coefficient data block including a first portion of a plurality of quantized data values corresponding to the first portion of the plurality of transformed video data and set to a default value and including a second portion of the plurality of quantized data values corresponding to the second portion of the plurality of transformed video data and set to the plurality of quantized values.
US09955160B1
Approaches for digital video encoding based, at least in part, on adaptive pre-filtering of the digital video. A user may select values for a plurality of video quality preference categories. An adaptive video preprocessor determines adaptive preprocessor information for the digital video, based, at least in part, on the current video complexity of the digital video and an output bit rate. The encoder encodes the digital video to produce encoded digital video using the adaptive preprocessor information. In this way, for example, the encoder may dynamically adjust how the digital video is encoded based on a selection, made by the user, regarding a stress bias video quality preference.
US09955155B2
Disclosed herein is a method for coding image information, including: generating prediction information by predicting information on a current coding unit; and determining whether the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, wherein when the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information, a flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is the same as the prediction information is coded and transmitted, and when the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information, the flag indicating that the information on the current coding unit is not the same as the prediction information and the information on the current coding unit are coded and transmitted.
US09955138B2
Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus, including: a displaying controlling section adapted to control a display section to display a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image information; a detection section adapted to detect a change of the eyeballs of a user when the stereoscopic image is displayed on the display section; and a correction section adapted to correct the position of a material body included in the stereoscopic image in the depthwise direction based on the detected change of the eyeballs.
US09955137B2
A method and apparatus are provided for displaying a three dimensional (3D) image in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying an image comprising at least one object; sensing a touch gesture selecting an object for changing a three dimensional depth of the object among the at least one object with the image displayed; checking the three dimensional depth of the selected object; determining the three dimensional depth of the selected object based on the checked three dimensional depth; and displaying the selected object reflecting the determined three dimensional depth.
US09955130B2
An image display control device for displaying an image that is easy to view for a person is provided. The image display control device includes: an entry detector that detects, based on an image captured by an imaging device, an entry position through which a person entered a range of imaging; an entry direction identifying unit that identifies, based on the detected entry position and a center position of a region including a range of projection by a projecting device, an entry direction in which the person entered the range of imaging; a renderer that performs on an image data item a rotational rendering process in which an image to be projected by the projecting device is rotated according to the identified entry direction; and an output unit that outputs to the projecting device the image data item on which the rotational rendering process has been performed.
US09955129B2
A light source device according to the invention includes a light source, a light separating/combining element including a dichroic layer, a wavelength conversion layer, and a diffusely reflecting element. A bundle of light beams emitted from the light source includes a first light bundle and a second light bundle. The first light bundle enters the wavelength conversion layer via the dichroic layer. The second light bundle enters the diffusely reflecting element without entering the dichroic layer, and is converted into diffusely reflected light. The dichroic layer combines the third light bundle from the wavelength conversion layer and the diffusely reflected light from the diffusely reflecting element with each other.
US09955124B2
This sensor placement determination device is provided with an external storage device (15) in which traffic data, i.e. the actual paths taken by people, is recorded in a planned target area in which sensors are to be arranged, a traffic simulation observation unit (100) which, for candidate arrangement positions of the sensors in the target area, generates, on the basis of the traffic data, information about the passage of people through the monitoring area of the sensors, a traffic estimation unit (102) which, with the passage information as a constraining condition, generates candidate paths by which people might pass through the target area, an estimated error calculation unit (104) which, for the traffic through the monitoring area of the sensors, calculates an estimated error between the number of people passing along the candidate paths and the number of people passing along the actual paths, and an additional camera determination unit (106) which determines a sensor arrangement position that minimizes the calculated estimated traffic error.
US09955112B2
Provided is a digital-image transmission apparatus including a transmitting unit connected to a host device and a receiving unit connected to a display device. The transmitting unit includes a host-side additional-communication control unit that controls additional communication for digital image transmission. The host-side additional-5 communication control unit performs communication with an external device to diagnose an operation state of the transmitting unit, transmit a diagnosis result to the external device, and control an operation of the transmitting unit.
US09955111B2
An image display apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of LF image data in which a corresponding focus position being an in-focus position in a depth direction is changeable after image capturing, and pieces of added data each of which is associated with a position in the depth direction, a group identification unit configured to identify a group to which at least one of the pieces of added data belongs, an image generation unit configured to generate, from pieces of image data associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to an identified group, each of a plurality of refocused images with a corresponding focus position set to a position associated with one or more pieces of added data belonging to the group, and a display control unit configured to display the plurality of refocused images on a screen.
US09955108B2
A miniature high definition camera system which converts parallel data to serial data at the camera and then back to parallel data at a remote digital video recorder to avoid signal attenuation issues known to occur with parallel data transmitted across data cables. The camera system features video sensors to permit recording in visible, infrared, and ultraviolet wavelengths as well as in low light for night vision.
US09955106B1
A support system for supporting a television, said support system comprising a mounting bracket and at least one universal clamp. The mounting bracket is fixedly mountable to said universal clamp and comprises a mounting plate provided with a hole-pattern spaced for mounting to the universal clamp; and bracket arms adapted to be attachable to a back of the television. The support system further comprises at least one mounting structure defining a longitudinal axis, having a length adjustable along said longitudinal axis and is adapted to be tension mounted. The universal clamp is adapted to allow movement along and about the longitudinal axis of the at least one mounting structure and is fastenable thereto using a lever movement. The support system is adapted to prevent movement of the television relative to the at least one mounting structure when the universal clamp is fastened thereto.
US09955104B2
Provided is a television apparatus including: a display panel which displays an image; a front cover which covers a front side of the television apparatus such that the display panel is exposed; a rear cover which is opposed to the front cover; a power supply which is supported between the front cover and the rear cover and includes an input connector mounted thereon to receive an input AC power for the display panel; an output connector configured to detachably coupled with the input connector to supply the input AC power, wherein the rear cover includes an inwardly-depressed portion at which a cover insertion hole is formed such that the output connector is coupled to the input connector through the cover insertion hole.
US09955098B2
To improve the speed of AD conversion. An amplifier amplifies, by a magnification larger than 1, signals of a pixel that outputs a signal in which there is no accumulation of a charge by a photon as a reset signal, and outputs a signal in which there is accumulation of a charge by a photon as an accumulation signal. A calculation unit generates an offset amount signal corresponding to an amount of own offset component using the amplified signal, and calculates a digital value corresponding to the own offset component using the generated offset amount signal and accuracy set for AD conversion of the amplified accumulated signal.
US09955096B2
A system and method of routing multiple pixels from a single column in a CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) image sensors (CIS) to a plurality of column analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) is disclosed. The CIS includes an array of pixel elements having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A plurality of column-out signal paths is coupled to each of the plurality of columns of the array of pixel elements. A column routing matrix is coupled to each plurality of column-out signal paths for each of the plurality of columns. A plurality of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are coupled to the column routing matrix. The column routing matrix is configured to route at least one column-out signal path to each of the plurality of ADCs during a down-sampling read operation.
US09955094B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit including a plurality of pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a microlens collecting light to the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit, and a first mixing unit configured to mix output signals from the first photoelectric conversion units of the plurality of pixels to generate a first signal and configured to output the first signal and a second signal based on the output signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and an output signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit from each of the plurality of pixels, an image processing unit configured to generate an image based or the second signal, and a focus detection processing unit configured to perform focus detection based on the first signal and the second signal.
US09955091B1
A pixel circuit includes a photodiode to accumulate image charge in response to incident light. A transfer transistor is disposed between the photodiode and a floating diffusion disposed in the first semiconductor layer to selectively transfer the image charge accumulated in the photodiode to the floating diffusion. A select circuit is disposed in second semiconductor layer coupled to a control terminal of the transfer transistor through a hybrid bond between the first and second semiconductor layers to select between first and second transfer control signals to control the transfer transistor. The select circuit is coupled to output the first transfer control signal in response to a precharge enable signal during a read out operation of a different row, and output the second transfer control signal in response to a sample enable signal during a read out operation of the row.
US09955085B2
Adaptive bracketing techniques for photography are described. An adaptive bracketing logic/module directs an imaging device to capture an adaptive bracket. The adaptive bracket can include a first image captured at a first exposure value, a second image captured at a second exposure value, and a third image captured at the first exposure value. The first exposure value can be underexposed in comparison to the second exposure value. The adaptive bracketing logic/module can determine that a difference between the first and second images; determine that the third image is more similar to the second image than the first image; and generate a composite image using the first image and the third image. The adaptive bracketing logic/module can also update the adaptive bracket to include the composite image. Optionally, the updated adaptive bracket can be used to generate one or more high dynamic range (HDR) images. Other embodiments are described.
US09955080B2
A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a camera that is configured to capture images, and a controller. The controller is configured to access a preview image that is captured by the camera and that includes an object. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the preview image, whether the camera is focused on the object and a prescribed condition of the object is satisfied. The controller is further configured to output, based on a determination that the camera is focused on the object and the prescribed condition of the object is satisfied, information associated with the object by overlaying the information associated with the object on the preview image.
US09955070B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing high resolution images using image deconvolution and depth information in accordance embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, an array camera includes a processor and a memory, wherein an image deconvolution application configures the processor to obtain light field image data, determine motion data based on metadata contained in the light field image data, generate a depth-dependent point spread function based on the synthesized high resolution image, the depth map, and the motion data, measure the quality of the synthesized high resolution image based on the generated depth-dependent point spread function, and when the measured quality of the synthesized high resolution image is within a quality threshold, incorporate the synthesized high resolution image into the light field image data.
US09955067B2
In one embodiment, while a mobile electronic device is in a first operation state, it receives sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device in a locked state analyzes the sensor data to estimate whether an unlock operation is imminent, and in response to a positive determination, initializes the camera subsystem so that the camera is ready to capture a face as soon as the user directs the camera lens to his or her face. In particular embodiments, the captured image is utilized by a facial recognition algorithm to determine whether the user is authorized to use the mobile device. In particular embodiments, the captured facial recognition image may be leveraged for use on a social network.
US09955064B2
A mobile terminal including a display unit; a camera configured to capture an image; and a controller configured to control the camera to capture a plurality of images in response to an image capture request, and generate an image including a focused particular graphic object and at least some out of focus portions excluding the focused particular graphic object by combining at least two of the plurality of images.
US09955063B2
It is possible to further reduce failure of simultaneous imaging performed by a plurality of imaging terminals. A second processor repeatedly transmits a specific multi-address packet in a first duration when a communication connection of a data link level with an imaging terminal 101 is not established. When a time point at which a first communication device 103 has received a specific multi-address packet is referred to as a first time point, a first processor 102 performs imaging control in response to the specific multi-address packet that has been received at the first time point and does not perform the imaging control in response to a specific multi-address packet that is newly received in the first duration after the first time point.
US09955060B2
System and Method to adjust the orientation of a mobile video camera suited to film a pair of athletes moving on a field of play, wherein the position of the athletes is determined relative to a coordinate system integral to the field of play by using radio transmitters, which are applied to the bodies of the athletes, and radio receivers arranged around the field of play, and fixed relative to the field of play and interfaced with a processing and control unit, the processing and control unit determines an intermediate position between the two athletes as a function of the current positions of two athletes, and a motor-driven moving device moves the mobile video camera so as to center the respective camera framing on the intermediate position.
US09955055B2
An array imaging module includes at least two optical lenses and a molded photosensitive assembly, wherein the molded photosensitive assembly includes at least two photosensitive units, a circuit board that electrically couples to the photosensitive units, and a molded base having at least two optical windows. The molded base is integrally coupled at the circuit board at a peripheral portion thereof, wherein the photosensitive units are aligned with the optical windows respectively. The optical lenses are located along two photosensitive paths of the photosensitive units respectively, such that each of the optical windows forms a light channel through the corresponding photosensitive unit and the corresponding optical lens.
US09955051B2
Modular digital camera systems are disclosed. The modular digital camera system can include a brain module configured to be releasably coupled to one or more of a port extender module, power module, display module, and handle module. The brain module and other accessory modules can be structured according to some embodiments to increase an ease of coupling and decoupling the modules.
US09955041B2
A method of operating a three-dimensional object printer to form printed images on a surface of an object with increased color resolution includes generating a plurality of low-precision tone reproduction curves (TRCs) from a plurality of high-precision color conversion entries that are modified by a plurality of values in a one-to-one correspondence to the TRCs. The method further comprises generating modified contone image and halftone image data for each plane using one of the low-precision TRCs and forming the image from multiple printed layers of ink corresponding to the plurality of planes.
US09955039B2
An image processing device comprises a receiving port, a processor and an output port. The receiving port receives old image data from a peripheral device. The old image data has partial positioning mark data corresponding to a portion of a positioning mark of a document, and partial main image data corresponding to a partial main image of a portion of a main image of the document. The processor electrically connected to the receiving port shifts the partial main image by a calibration distance in a calibration direction to a standard position of a typesetting page according to the partial positioning mark data and the partial main image data, and adds a predetermined image to one side or neighboring two sides of the partial main image to generate new image data. The output port electrically connected to the processor outputs the new image data. Copy apparatus and method are also provided.
US09955037B2
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit for forming an image on a sheet, an image reading unit for reading a sheet surface and generating a scan image, an image inspection unit for detecting abnormalities within the scan image, and a history generating unit for generating detection information of each of the abnormalities and generating a history image by embedding the detection information in the scan image; a storage device for storing the history image; and a user terminal for displaying an abnormality detection result and inputting a user's evaluation of the abnormality detection result, wherein the image forming apparatus further includes a parameter setting unit for finally determining the abnormalities depending on the user's evaluation, and determining and setting abnormality detection parameters such that the abnormalities finally determined are detected, and the abnormalities not finally determined are not detected.
US09955036B2
An image forming apparatus, which includes a first storage, a second storage, and a bus, includes a first controller configured to store first image data based on input image data, in the first storage, when the input image data is input via the bus; a second controller configured to store second image data based on the first image data, in the second storage; a third controller configured to store third image data based on the second image data, in the first storage; a fourth controller configured to output output image data based on the third image data; and an image former configured to perform image formation based on the output image data.
US09955033B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for selection of a preferred image from multiple captured images. An image corresponding to a photograph time t=0 may be retrieved from a circular buffer and stored as a preferred image. Alternative images captures before and after the t=0 image may be retrieves and stored in an alternative image location. The t=0 image and preferred images may be presented to a user in a user interface. The user may select a preferred image for the photograph from among the t=0 image and the alternative images.
US09955031B2
A laser scanning device includes light source, deflection portion, image forming lens, a block position setting portion, and a light source control portion. The image forming lens condenses a light beam deflected by the deflection portion on a scanned surface, and causes the light beam to be scanned on the scanned surface in a scanning direction at an equal speed. The block position setting portion sets one or more block areas which each include a plurality of section areas sectioned from each other on the scanned surface in the scanning direction. The light source control portion controls the light source to irradiate the light beam to the plurality of section areas at a plurality of irradiation timings that are determined for each of the block areas. The block position setting portion shifts set positions of the block areas along the scanning direction for each scan of at least one line.
US09955030B2
A printing system includes a printing apparatus that prints an image on a sheet, a sheet processer that executes sheet processing, and a sheet detection sensor that detects a sheet on which the sheet processing is performed not in association with the printing of an image, where the printing of an image is restricted in response to detection of a sheet by the sheet detection sensor.
US09955029B2
An authentication processing portion of an MFP requests user authentication to a server based on user information including at least a user ID input from a mobile terminal apparatus or an operation panel. The server has a user authentication portion which performs the user authentication and a UI instruction portion which specifies, when the user authentication succeeds, a UI image displayed on a display panel of the apparatus for operating the MFP depending on the user ID, and instructs the MFP to display the UI image on the apparatus. The MFP executes image output in accordance with a user operation received from the apparatus through the wireless communication portion in a state where the UI image is displayed on the apparatus.
US09955023B2
A system for monitoring a live-data flow through a network includes at least one server communicating with the network. A processor within each of the at least one server implements a first processing node for monitoring a mirrored live-data flow of the live-data flow passing through at least one selected point within the network in a non-intrusive manner that does not affect the live-data flow passing through the at least one selected point. The first processing node decodes data within the mirrored live-data flow according to each protocol associated with the data. The first processing node detects at least one predetermined or deduced condition defined by at least one of a plurality of applications implemented on a second processing node and executes at least one predetermined or deduced response responsive to an indication of occurrence of the at least one predetermined or deduced condition within the decoded data. The first processing node also forwards data from the first processing node to a second processing node data from at least one of the plurality of simultaneous live-data flows based upon occurrence of the at least one predetermined or deduced condition. The processor within the at least one server the processor further implements the second processing node for accessing from the second processing node, external data from an external data source. The second processing node also processes at least a portion of the data forwarded from the first processing node using at least one of the plurality of applications implemented on the second processing node and the external data. The processing of the data by the at least one of the plurality of applications and the external data causes execution of the at least one predetermined or deduced response to determine a manner for controlling an operation of the network at a same time the live-data flow is in active transmission between the endpoints in the network. The operation of the network is controlled in response to the executed at least one predetermined or deduced response while events associated with the live-data flow are occurring within the network.
US09955004B2
Systems and methods for utilizing customer data in a communication system are provided. In exemplary embodiments, customer records at a customer data warehousing system are accessed. Customer data from the customer records are extracted and associated with a customer identifier. The customer data is then stored to an indexed database, the extracted customer data being indexed according to the identifier. When an incoming communication is received, the communication system will determine a communication identifier of the incoming communication. A lookup and matching process is then performed using the communication identifier in the indexed customer information database. If a matching customer identifier is found, associated customer data may be retrieved and used to provide enhanced communication system services including communication routing and customer data alerts.
US09955002B2
Methods and systems directed to a social caller ID application that performs a reverse look up on an incoming communication to determine a specific member of a social networking system associated with the incoming communication, and, based on the social relationship between the detected member and the recipient of the communication, display particular information to the recipient. In this manner, a user is provided a caller ID system that leverages information stored remotely on a social network.
US09954998B2
A method of displaying call history information in a first mobile device communicating with at least one second mobile device. The method according to one embodiment includes displaying a call history screen. The call history screen includes information on an outgoing call history, an incoming call history, a missed call history, and a video call history. The method according to the one embodiment further includes displaying a specific content on the display unit in an activated state in response to a selection of the specific content; displaying at least one edit screen after the specific content is selected; deleting selectively the selected specific content corresponding to a pre-stored name or multiple contents including non-selected content; and changing the pre-stored same name corresponding to the selected specific content into an edited name with changing the pre-stored same name corresponding to all of the non-selected content into the same edited name.
US09954997B2
An apparatus and method are provided. The method includes reproducing, by a portable phone, multimedia content via an external output device while the portable phone is coupled with the external output device, determining whether the portable phone is decoupled from the external output device, and terminating the reproducing of the multimedia content based at least in part on a determination that the portable phone is decoupled from the external output device.
US09954990B2
An apparatus including a speaker and a sensor. The speaker includes a vibrating element and a display element. The vibrating element is configured to at least partially move the display element to generate sound waves from the display element. The sensor is configured to sense when an ear of a user is placed at the speaker.
US09954979B2
Embodiments relate to protocol selection for transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP). An aspect includes tracking connection data corresponding to a plurality of TCP/IP connections in a computer system. Another aspect includes determining, based on the tracked connection data, whether a particular connection of the plurality of TCP/IP connections is appropriate for sockets over remote direct memory access (RDMA) protocol. Another aspect includes, based on determining that the particular connection is appropriate for sockets over RDMA protocol, automatically enabling sockets over RDMA protocol for the connection. Yet another aspect includes, based on determining that the particular connection is not appropriate for sockets over RDMA protocol, automatically disabling sockets over RDMA protocol for the connection.
US09954971B1
A cache server is operative as one of a set of cache servers of a distributed cache. The server includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executed by the processor to receive a cache storage request, establish a cache eviction requirement in response to the cache storage request, and identify an evict entry within a cache in response to the cache eviction requirement. The evict entry is selected from a random sampling of entries within the cache that are subject to an eviction policy that identifies a probabilistically favorable eviction candidate. The evict entry is removed from the cache. Content associated with the storage request is loaded into the cache.
US09954962B2
Anonymously providing purchasing analytics associated with customer to a website while the customer is accessing the website. Specifically, a financial institution, having access to a customer's transactional data, can analyze the data to determine analytical purchasing data. Once the customer authenticates themselves at a financial institution website, a networked application or the like, an anonymous cookie that is configured to identify the analytical purchasing data is generated and stored in the web browser cache. In response to the customer using the device to access a website that displays advertisements, the anonymous cookie is retrieved from the web browser cache and the analytical purchasing data is provided to the website. In specific embodiments of the invention, the website uses the analytical purchasing data of the customer to determine which of the plurality of advertisements are to be displayed to the customer while they visit the website.
US09954957B2
In a system that centrally manages a terminal device group composed of a plurality of terminal devices in a home, a method allows for: determining an instruction to be transmitted to one of the terminal devices according to an operation status acquired from a different one of the terminal devices; specifying, from among the terminal devices, a terminal device as a transmission destination of the instruction, with use of pieces of connection source information specifying the respective terminal devices in a network, and acquisition times of the pieces of connection source information; and transmitting the instruction to the specified terminal device. Upon receiving the instruction, the specified terminal device performs an operation based on the received instruction. The operation is in coordination with the operation status acquired from the different terminal device.
US09954953B2
For distributed processing using forecasted location-based IoT device clusters, at a central IoT device, a data source that is to be used and a duration for processing a workload is determined. A set of IoT devices operating within a threshold distance from the data source at a first time is selected. A first subset of the IoT devices is selected to form a cluster of IoT devices where each IoT device satisfies a clustering condition. A second subset of the first subset is selected to form a sub-cluster of IoT devices where a forecasted travel path of a member IoT device in the second subset keeps the member within the threshold distance from the data source for the duration. A lightweight application is configured at a first IoT device in the second subset which enables the first IoT device to participate in the sub-cluster and process the workload.
US09954952B2
The present invention discloses a data transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: obtaining information of a vehicle, the information comprising a current location of the vehicle; predicting a possible location of the vehicle in a future period of time and corresponding communication connection quality; predicting changes of the communication connection quality in the vehicle running course according to the communication connection quality at the current location of the vehicle and the communication connection quality at the predicted location; and according to the changes, determining an adjustment policy of computing resources for processing data uploaded by the vehicle. By means of the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, computing resources for processing real-time data uploaded by vehicles can be determined dynamically.
US09954949B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to cloud images. The examples enable generating a first cloud image to configure a first node to serve a first role in a cloud infrastructure. The first cloud image comprising a first set of packages may be stored in a first local repository of the first cloud image. The examples further enable generating a second cloud image to configure a second node to serve a second role in the cloud infrastructure where the second cloud image comprises a second set of packages stored in a second local repository of the second cloud image. The examples further enable causing the first cloud image to be deployed to the first node in the cloud infrastructure and causing the second cloud image to be deployed to the second node in the cloud infrastructure.
US09954943B2
A method for configuring multi-vision by an electronic device is provided. The method includes obtaining, by the electronic device, a user input, generating first user input information from the obtained user input, determining whether the electronic device is one of a master device and a slave device, when the electronic device is determined to be the master device, obtaining second user input information from one or more other electronic devices, and determining an arrangement structure of one of the master device and the slave device based on one of the first user input information and the second user input information.
US09954937B2
A grouping method of User Equipment (UE) is provided. The grouping method includes transmitting, to a server, relational data stored in the UE using a first communication mode, and receiving, from the server, generated group information based on relational data of a plurality of UEs, wherein, in response to the first communication mode being unusable, communication is performed using a second communication mode.
US09954928B2
Provided is a method for a portable terminal to acquire Web site pages related to the current position, without a user selecting a site page. A proxy server includes an address correspondence table in which the addresses of the site pages and access points are associated. The portable terminal searches for the access points in the vicinity, receives annunciation signals including access points' addresses, and measures the reception levels. The portable terminal transmits a page acquisition request to the proxy server. The proxy server searches for the address of the site page corresponding to the address of each access point, using address correspondence table, and transmits list information, where the addresses are arranged in descending order of reception levels, to the portable terminal. The portable terminal presents the list information to the user and transmits page acquisition requests having one or more addresses as destinations to the corresponding site servers.
US09954908B2
A collaboration system may include a computing device that may communicate with the at least one other computing device via a computing network network. The computing device may receive data that has been acquired using one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection devices, receive an input that may cause a list of one or more experts indicated as available to collaborate to be derived. The computing device may also receive a selection of at least one expert from the list of experts. After receiving the expert selection, the computing device may establish a communication connection between the computing device and the at least one other computing device that corresponds to the at least one expert. Here, the communication connection may share data depicted on the computing device with the at least one other computing device.
US09954907B2
Systems and methods for facilitating shared access-right evaluation using linked communication channels are provided. A first communication can be received over a first communication link from a first user device, and a second communication can be received over a second communication link from a second user device. The first and second communications can include requests for the assignment of access rights. Map data can be generated and transmitted to each of the first and second user devices. Each user device can display a visual representation of access-right data. Further, a communication session can be facilitated between the first user device and the second user device. The communication session can be presented on the visual representation for each user device so that the first user and the second user can collaboratively evaluate access rights.
US09954902B1
Methods and systems are provided herein to enable secure proxying of network traffic between trusted and untrusted environments. In particular, a secure proxy may be provided that includes a set of policies. The policies may be applicable to various network protocol layers (e.g., an application layer), network traffic types, and/or endpoint resolution. The set of policies may be used to inspect, restrict and/or modify traffic between the trusted and untrusted environment to ensure data and network security. A proxy device may use the set of policies, for example, to obtain current service-related information (such as the list of IP addresses) currently associated with a computing resource requested by an application. Such endpoint information may be used, in turn, to update a white list.
US09954900B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for a method, system, and apparatus for creating a publishable computer file. The method includes selecting a first computer file encapsulating a source security policy for a computing device and creating a second computer file using the source security policy of the first computer file to create a local security policy and to encapsulate the created local security policy and also an operating system security policy. The method further includes calculating a hash value for the second computer file and storing the hash value in a header for the second computer file. The method yet further includes encrypting the second computer file, wherein the encrypted second computer file once loaded into memory of the computing device is processed by the computing device.
US09954899B2
Embodiments of the present technology relate to a method for applying a security policy to an application session, comprising: determining, by a security gateway, a first user identity and a second user identity from a data packet for an application session; obtaining, by the security gateway, a security policy for the application session; and applying the security policy to the application session by the security gateway. The user identity may be a network user identity or an application user identity recognized from packets of the application session. The security policy may comprise a network traffic policy mapped and/or a document access policy mapped to the user identity, where the network traffic policy is applied to the application session. The security gateway may further generate a security report concerning the application of the security policy to the application session.
US09954897B2
Methods and systems for providing cyber security, wherein a computer with network access incorporates game theory and utilizes a honeypot to enhance game-theoretic developments over active and passive sensors. To numerically solve the uniquely three-sided game modeled cyber security problem, using a geometric solution based on three-dimensional (3D) action surface and action curve. The methods and systems determine whether the game problem has one Nash equilibrium, multiple Nash equilibriums, or no Nash equilibrium; checks whether the equilibrium is a mixed or pure Nash; and timely computes Nash equilibriums; and follows a fictitious play concept. The solution is adaptive and can be applied for any partially observed cyber security system.
US09954894B2
Aspects of the technology described herein allow webpages to maintain control over content displayed as part of the webpage when viewed on a browser. The technology described herein can send a security script and validation rules along with a webpage to a web browser. The web browser then runs the security script, which monitors content on the webpage. In one aspect, when an add-in attempts to display secondary content, the security script checks identification information associated with the secondary content against the validation rules, which lists authorized content. If the secondary content does not satisfy a validation rule, then the security script can prevent the browser from displaying the secondary content.
US09954886B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for detecting website security. The method includes: performing bypass interception on a network to snatch a hypertext transfer protocol request packet; acquiring a link corresponding to the hypertext transfer protocol request packet; inserting the link into a to-be-scanned queue as a priority task to be scanned if the link is determined to be new; and/or extracting a domain name corresponding to the link, inserting the domain name into the to-be-scanned queue as a priority task to be scanned if the domain name is determined to be new; and performing vulnerability scanning on the task to be scanned in the to-be-scanned queue.
US09954885B2
The present invention discloses a software/hardware device with uncertain service function and structural characterization and a method for scheduling the same. The device comprises a policy generator, a scheduler and a plurality of heterogeneous functional equivalents with equivalent functions, wherein, the policy generator is configured for providing a scheduling policy for the heterogeneous functional equivalents to the scheduler; the scheduler is configured for receiving an external service request, determining heterogeneous functional equivalents that provide a service to the external service request according to the scheduling policy given by the policy generator, assigning the service request to the determined heterogeneous functional equivalents, and outputting a service response which has an uncertain relation with uncertain structural characterization according to a feedback and the scheduling policy given by the policy generator. Therefore, the service response provided to the service request has an uncertain correspondence relation with feedback results of the heterogeneous functional equivalents of the device, so that the effectiveness of detection or attack on an unknown loophole, trapdoor of the device is greatly lowered, and the protective ability of the software/hardware device is enhanced.
US09954880B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to limiting malicious-code analysis of webpage content. In one embodiment, a computing system receives a webpage requested by a client device. The computing system randomly alters content of the webpage to limit analysis of the content by malicious code such that the altering does not affect how the webpage is displayed by the client device. The computing system may then serve the webpage with the altered content to the client device. In some embodiments, the altering includes searching the webpage for an HTML element that specifies a plurality of attributes in a particular ordering and rearranging the plurality of attributes to have a new ordering different from the particular ordering. In some embodiments, the altering includes parsing the webpage for an HTML element that specifies an identifier attribute and modifying an identifier attribute of the element.
US09954878B2
A network surveillance system, including a management server within a network of resources in which users access the resources in the network based on credentials, including a deployment module planting honeytokens in resources in the network, wherein a honeytoken is an object in memory or storage of a first resource that may be used by an attacker to access a second resource using decoy credentials, and wherein the deployment module plants a first honeytoken in a first resource, R1, used to access a second resource, R2, using first decoy credentials, and plants a second honeytoken in R2, used to access a third resource, R3, using second decoy credentials, and an alert module alerting that an attacker is intruding the network only in response to both an attempt to access R2 using the first decoy credentials, and a subsequent attempt to access R3 using the second decoy credentials.
US09954873B2
A method for managing network traffic at a portable electronic device connected to a network that includes establishing a virtual network interface to queue network traffic originated by applications running on the device, monitoring the virtual network interface for queued data, assembling a data packet from the queued data, wherein at least some data in the data packet is intended for a node of the network, applying a first set of rules to the data packet, in accordance with a determination that application of the first set of rules triggers a predetermined response associated with the first set of rules, processing the data packet according to the predetermined response, and in accordance with a determination that application of the first set of rules does not trigger the predetermined response, forwarding at least a portion of the data packet to a connection with the node for transmission to the node.
US09954872B2
A computer implemented method includes monitoring activity on the virtual machine. A plurality of activities being performed at the virtual machine is identified. Each of the activities includes an activity source, an activity target, and an association between the activity source and the activity target. The activity information is stored in the memory. The one or more of the activity sources, activity targets, and associations are transmitted to prevent future attacks.
US09954871B2
A method of protecting a network-connected device from an advanced persistent threat cyber-attack is provided. A network-connected device having an operating system, a memory, memory instructions holding executable program instructions, and being communication enabled, is protected from an advanced persistent threat by steps of detecting the advanced persistent threat due to the presence of rogue software in the memory instructions of the network-connected device and locking-down the communications of the network-connected device. The network-connected device may be provided with low-level routines that are correlated to the memory instructions. Detecting the advanced persistent threat may be comprised of authenticating the memory instructions of the network-connected device by using the installed low-level routines.
US09954865B2
A system may include first sensor to monitor first information relating a volume of information searched by a user, a second sensor to monitor second information relating to a number of requests, made by the user, to access a resource, a third sensor to monitor third information relating to a number of requests, made by the user, from different geographic locations, and a device to receive the first information, the second information, and the third information, and process the first information, the second information, and the third information in connection with the resource.
US09954864B2
A safety apparatus for providing a safe operation of a subsystem within a safety critical system, SCS is disclosed herein. The safety apparatus includes: a system communication interface for communication with components of the subsystem and other subsystems of the safety critical system; a backend communication interface for communication with a safety cloud backend; an integrated identifier memory storing a unique identifier of the subsystem; and an authorization control unit configured to perform a handshake authorization procedure with another target subsystem of the safety critical system via the system communication interface, and with the safety cloud backend via the backend communication interface to get authorization for the subsystem to execute a safety critical function on the target subsystem of the safety critical system based on the unique identifiers of both subsystems.
US09954862B2
A computer system including a processor and a memory for retrieving digital media content, storing the digital media content in the memory, and providing the digital media content to a thin media client is provided.
US09954860B2
In one example, a proxy server acts as a gateway to a website and modifies the traffic between a web browser on a user device and the website server, as necessary to request protection by providing step-up authentication and/or transaction verification. The proxy server blocks transactions when protection is required but has not occurred (either because the authentication was not proper or due to the detection of another problem). Associated methods and systems are also provided.
US09954853B2
There is described a method for enabling a user of a client computer to securely access a remote server via a network, which is preferably the Internet, by authenticating the user. The method comprises providing a portable apparatus to the user which may communicate with the client computer. It further involves storing on the portable apparatus user credentials required to enable the user to be authenticated at the server and performing an authentication protocol between the client and the server. The authentication protocol includes the transmission to the server of a digest based at least partially on the user credentials; and the user credentials are stored on the portable apparatus in the form of a digest.
US09954852B2
A service receives from a sender service a digital message and a corresponding trace, which includes an ordered set of digital signatures of one or more services that participated in causing the service to receive the digital message. The trace may further specify an ordering of the one or more services, which may be generated according to the order of participation of these one or more services. The service may compare the received trace to recorded message paths to determine whether the ordering specified within the trace is valid. If the ordering is valid, the service may use one or more digital certificates to further verify the digital signatures included within the trace. If the service determines that these digital signatures are also valid, the service may process the message.
US09954851B2
A method for controlling access security at a vehicle gateway of a vehicle including at least one control unit in communication with the vehicle gateway includes: receiving a certificate from a diagnosis device; recognizing a rating of the certificate; and performing at least one of an integrity checking process and a security key authorization process according to the rating of the certificate to determine whether the diagnosis device is allowed to access to the vehicle.
US09954848B1
A system implemented on a server computer for managing digital certificates includes a certificate management agent module, a digital certificate processing module and a configuration module. The certificate management agent module processes requests to create a plurality of certificate management agents. Each of the certificate management agents is configured to manage a lifecycle of a digital certificate for a client electronic device. The digital certificate processing module processes requests from the certificate management agent module for digital certificates for the plurality of certificate management agents. The configuration module receives and processes configuration parameters for the certificate management agents and for the digital certificates.
US09954845B2
A network management method and system for managing multiple routers under a single user log-in. The network management system implements the method, which includes authenticating a user log-in to the system, displaying a listing of routers accessible from the system by the user, and receiving a user selection of a router from the listing of routers. The method further includes displaying a listing of commands implementable by the selected router, receiving a user selection of a command for the selected router, and implementing the selected command on the selected router, without requiring the user log-in to the selected router. In particular, the selected command is implemented using router credentials retrieved from a database of the network management system. Additionally, the system implements aggregation of data allowances for user devices into a data pool, against which device data usage is allocated.
US09954840B2
A DNS server receives, from a client device, a DNS query for a resource record type at a domain name. The DNS server determines that the resource record type does not exist at the domain name and generates an answer that indicates that the queried resource record type does not exist at the domain name and also indicates that a plurality of other resource record types exist at the domain name regardless of whether those plurality of other resource record types actually exist at the domain name. The DNS server transmits the generated answer to the client device.
US09954814B1
Systems and methods including computer-executable software for receiving user information, receiving a user request to connect with another user, computing a trust index for the requesting user, and allowing the connection request if the user's trust index is sufficiently high. In some examples, the system includes software for mapping connection and potential connections between the user and a target entity. In some further examples, the systems and methods includes functionality for allowing a user to message other users.
US09954813B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for facilitating publication of a media file at a scheduled time. A media aggregation client sends media and a scheduling request to a media scheduling system. The media scheduling system determines when it is time to publish the media and, when the time is appropriate, sends a notification to a media publishing client. In response to the notification, the media publishing client downloads the media to a scheduled publishing application, transfers the media and the metadata to a social network application, and the social network application publishes the media to a social network.
US09954811B2
Methods and systems for providing notifications to mobile device utilize a cloud extension agent operating on a corporate network for sending notification requests via a cloud-based service. An application on the user's mobile device is configured to receive push notifications sent via the cloud extension agent, while receiving email messages directly from corporate email server. A user can select notification settings, allowing the cloud extension agent to be configured remotely via a cloud to provide appropriate notifications to the user.
US09954804B2
A processor attracts and harvests spam messages. The processor simulates a message relay server. The processor receives one or more messages for the message relay server. The processor relays a message that is included in the one or more messages based on a determination that a pattern of the message matches a first identification pattern for probe messages. The processor captures a second message that originated from an IP address of the relayed probe message. The processor processes the one or more messages and the second message to generate an identification pattern that identifies potential spam messages.
US09954800B2
A multi-path network for use in a bridge, switch, router, hub or the like, includes a plurality of network ports; a plurality of network elements; and a plurality of network links interconnecting the network elements and the network ports, for transporting data packets. Each network element has a fault monitor for detecting faults on the network links to which the network element is connected, a plurality of dynamically selectable output ports and output port selection mechanism. Each network element also being adapted to communicate the existence of a fault back to one or more other network elements so that network elements connected to the faulty network link can be bypassed, and each network element being adapted to update the output port selection mechanism when communication of the existence of a fault is received so that only those output ports which ensure the faulty network link is bypassed are dynamically selectable. Also, a method of managing faults in a multi-path network utilizes a similar methodology to insure that identified faults are avoided.
US09954793B2
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that configures managed forwarding elements to establish tunnels between the managed forwarding elements is described. From a particular managed forwarding element, the program receives information regarding coupling of a network element to the first managed forwarding element. Upon receiving the information, the program generates a set of universal flow entries for configuring another managed forwarding element to establish a tunnel to the particular managed forwarding element.
US09954789B2
The invention relates to a method for efficiently discarding data packets destined to a mobile station connected to both a master base station and a secondary base station. The master base station configures a secondary discard function in a lower layer of the secondary base station, based on the master discard function in the higher layer of the master base station. The master base station forwards the data packet from the higher layer to the lower of the secondary base station. The secondary discard function of the lower layer at the secondary base station discards the received data packet upon expiry of the secondary timer started by the lower layer upon reception of the data packet from the higher layer at the master base station.
US09954785B1
The content-aware application switch and methods thereof intelligently switch client packets to one server among a group of servers in a server farm. The switch uses Layer 7 or application content parsed from a packet to help select the server and to schedule the transmitting of the packet to the server. This enables refined load-balancing and Quality of-Service control tailored to the application being switched. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method includes maintaining a server load metric for each server in a group of servers; parsing application content from a packet; selecting a destination server from the group of servers, wherein selecting the destination server is dependent on the server load metric for each server, assigning a priority to the packet, the priority being dependent on the application content; and dropping the packet if the priority comprises at least one of a predetermined type.
US09954779B2
A method is described in a network element for supporting flexible lookup keys in a software-defined network. The method includes receiving a packet to be forwarded and determining a next hop for the packet, which includes parsing the packet to identify a superkey comprising a plurality of header field values of the packet; identifying a superkey mask value and a superkey offset value for a first lookup table of a set of one or more lookup tables; generating a table key for the first lookup table based upon the superkey mask value, the superkey offset value, and the superkey; and performing a lookup in the first lookup table using the table key. The lookup identifies an entry of the first lookup table indicating the next hop for the packet. The packet may then be forwarded to the next hop.
US09954776B2
A system comprises: a first network node (3); a second network node (4); at least one communication path (702, 703) connecting the first network node to the second network node; a first cache (706) forming part of the first network node; and a second cache (705) forming part of the second network node, wherein: the first cache is configured to cache data received from a host; the first network node is configured to transmit the data from the first cache to the second network node over the at least one communication path; the second network node is configured to receive the data transmitted by the first network node and to store the received data in the second cache prior to providing the data from the second cache to a connected device; the second network node is configured to use operating parameters of the second cache to calculate a hunger parameter representative of the capability of the second cache to receive more data; the second network node is configured to communicate the hunger parameter to the first network node; and the first network node is configured to use the hunger parameter received from the second network node to change the configuration of the first cache.
US09954773B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a label switching path establishment method, a data forwarding method, and a device. The establishment method includes: determining, by a first service controller, each hop on an LSP from a preset ingress to a preset egress, allocating, from first label space information of each hop, a label to each hop, determining incoming and outgoing information of each hop according to topology information of each hop, generating forwarding data of each hop, and sending the forwarding data of each hop to a node device corresponding to each hop to complete establishment of the LSP. A technical solution of the present invention can alleviate burden of a node device in an MPLS network and increase the number of LSPs that the node device is capable of supporting.
US09954770B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to reroute tunnel traffic in a network are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include, in response to detecting an event associated with routing first traffic in the network, determining a plurality of paths to carry respective traffic for a plurality of tunnels between pairs of routers in the network, the plurality of paths being determined based on a quality metric characterizing an aggregate tunnel bandwidth to be carried by the plurality of paths for the plurality of tunnels. Such disclosed example methods also include sending first routing information describing the plurality of paths to the routers in the network to cause the routers to route the respective traffic for the plurality of tunnels using the plurality of paths.
US09954763B1
Methods and apparatus for pre-configured virtual gateways for isolated virtual networks are described. An isolated virtual network (IVN) is configured at a provider network on behalf of a customer. The IVN includes one or more devices whose network addresses are not accessible from the public Internet. In response to a request from a connectivity intermediary, a virtual private gateway (VPG) is established, configurable to enable connectivity between IVNs of the provider network and devices outside the provider network. The VPG is included within a set of candidate VPGs indicated programmatically to the customer. Connectivity is established between the customer's IVN and an external device via the VPG.
US09954759B2
Evaluating communications via a computer network for the presence of proxy-based communications, by sending to a computer via a computer network multiple data packets followed by an out-of-sequence data packet that is out-of-sequence relative to any of the multiple data packets, receipt of the out-of-sequence data packet configured to cause the computer to send an acknowledgement via the computer network, and to cause the requestor to send a second data request via the computer and the computer network, detecting receipt of the acknowledgement at a first time, detecting receipt of the second data request at a second time, calculating a time delay between the first time and the second time, performing the sending, detecting and calculating steps multiple times for calculating multiple time delays, and determining whether the requestor is communicating via a proxy by evaluating the multiple time delays with respect to a predefined proxy evaluation criterion.
US09954753B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a network performance monitoring method and apparatus. The apparatus records a time (e.g. a first time) at which a first network device sends a first packet to a second network device, records a time (e.g. a second time) at which the first network device receives a response packet of the first packet, and determines a round-trip delay between the first and second network devices according to the first and second times; within a preset time, the apparatus collects statistics about a quantity (e.g. a first count) of first packets that are sent by the first network device to the second network device, and collects statistics about a quantity (e.g. a second count) of retransmitted packets in the first packets, and determines a packet loss rate from the first network device to the second network device according to the first and second counts.
US09954752B2
A communication system is provided with a transmission terminal and a reception terminal that communicate over a network, and the transmission terminal includes: an encoded packet generation unit which encodes a predetermined number of packets and transmits the encoded packets to the reception terminal over the network; a network environment measurement unit which measures the state of the network; and a parameter calculation unit which determines the predetermined number of packets by using a characteristics to be guaranteed in regard to delay time required for a packet transmitted from the transmission terminal to arrive at the reception terminal and the state of the network. In the communication system in which the transmission terminal and the reception terminal communicate via the network on which a packet loss may occur, a characteristic regarding a packet delay time specified by a user is guaranteed.
US09954745B2
A streams manager monitors performance of a streaming application and determines if operators are underperforming according to a threshold. When the performance needs to be improved, the streams manager automatically modifies the flow graph to offload or reroute a stream of data, or part of a stream of data, to a similar operator to more efficiently utilize streaming resources. Operators are provided with multiple ports to allow the streams manager to send additional streams to the operator.
US09954740B2
Systems and methods for performance and security management of the computing infrastructure that supports an application deployed in a hosted computing environment are described. In one embodiment, for example, a system comprises agents installed on hosts. The agents capture and record system events from operating systems on the hosts that result from application component processes executing on the hosts. The system further includes a collection and analysis engine that obtains captured and recorded system events from the agents, identifies captured and recorded system events that pertain to an application transaction, and produces, from the identified system events, metric data reflecting quantity of computing resources used by the application component processes to process the application transaction. The system also includes a web dashboard that presents the metric data to a user, for example, on a web page.
US09954732B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a network management module configured to execute at a network device operatively coupled to a switch fabric. The network management module is configured to receive a first set of configuration information associated with a subset of network resources from a set of network resources, the set of network resources being included in a virtual local area network from a plurality of virtual local area networks, the plurality of virtual local area networks being defined within the switch fabric. The first set of configuration information dynamically includes at least a second set of configuration information associated with the set of network resources.
US09954722B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for resource dependency planning. A method is provided for resource dependency planning including receiving resource dependency logic. The resource dependency logic may define a dependency relationship among a plurality of resources. The method may also include receiving a set of resource input data. The resource input data may indicate a status of at least one of the plurality of resources. The method may further include determining a status of each of the plurality of resources based on the set of resource input data and the resource dependency logic, and providing the status of the plurality of the plurality of resources via a resource dependency planning interface. Various other means including a system, apparatus, and computer readable medium are also disclosed.
US09954719B2
Embodiments relate to a data transmission method. A relay node receives information that is about an SCMA codebook used by the relay node and that is sent by a destination node. The relay node receives two or more source signals sent by two or more source nodes. The relay node performs network coding on the received two or more source signals. The relay node performs SCMA codebook mapping on a signal obtained after the network coding, so as to obtain at least two modulation symbols. The relay node sends to the destination node, the at least two modulation symbols obtained after the SCMA mapping.
US09954716B2
A wireless device may include processing circuitry that is configured to process a first portion of a packet, the first portion of the packet comprising a legacy signal (L-SIG) field, and determine whether a constellation of a field of a second portion of the packet is binary phase shift keying (BPSK) or quaternary binary phase shift keying (QBPSK). The processing circuitry may be further configured to: process the second portion of the packet in accordance with a packet structure indicated by the constellation.
US09954711B2
A wireless communication device (alternatively, device) includes a communication interface and a processor, among other possible circuitries, components, elements, etc. to support communications with other wireless communication device(s) and to generate and process signals for such communications. A device is configured to generate various orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and/or orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) packets (e.g., frames, signals, etc.) that are based on any of group of set of OFDM/A frame structures. Across the various OFDM/A frame structures, the ratio of pilot sub-carriers to data sub-carriers across resource units (RUs) decreases as the total number of sub-carriers across the RUs increases. In addition, some of the OFDM/A frame structures include different total number of sub-carriers yet same number of pilot sub-carriers. The device is configured to perform adaptation among and between the various OFDM/A frame structures based on any one or more considerations.
US09954706B1
Spatially combining signals may include receiving a number of RF input signals at a number of RF input connectors. At least one of the RF input signals is a variable envelope signal. A variable envelope signal is converted into two or more outphased constant envelope signals. The two or more outphased constant envelope signals are amplified. The amplified outphased constant envelope signals are radiated. At a spatial combiner aperture, the radiated amplified outphased constant envelope signals are combined to create a combined signal. The combined signal is output onto an output RF connector.
US09954703B2
One or more long OFDM symbols for a data portion of a data unit data are generated. Each of the one or more long OFDM symbols is generated with a first number of OFDM tones. One or more short OFDM symbols for one or more long training fields of a preamble of the data unit are generated. Each of the one or more short OFDM symbols is generated with a second number of OFDM that is a fraction 1/N of the first number of OFDM tones, wherein N is a positive integer greater than one. The data unit is generated. Generating the data unit includes generating the preamble to include the one or more short OFDM symbols corresponding to the one or more training fields of the preamble and generating the data portion to include the one or more long OFDM symbols.
US09954700B2
A transmitting apparatus for transmitting a frequency-modulated signal is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes a pilot tone generation device for generating a pilot tone. The transmitting apparatus also includes a modulation device for obtaining the generated pilot tone and a modulating useful signal and for generating a frequency-modulated signal based on a combination of the generated pilot tone and the modulating useful signal. The generated pilot tone has a frequency outside a frequency range of the modulating useful signal in order to vary a frequency range of the frequency-modulated signal.
US09954687B2
A method and apparatus for establishing a wireless connection. A digital certificate having a second name is obtained by a processor unit in response to receiving a selection of a network using a first name broadcast by a wireless access point. A determination is made by the processor unit as to whether the digital certificate is valid. A determination is made by the processor unit as to whether the second name in the digital certificate matches the first name broadcast by the wireless access point. The processor unit establishes the wireless connection to the wireless access point in response to the digital certificate being valid and the second name in the digital certificate matching the first name broadcast by the wireless access point.
US09954673B2
A method for time synchronization in a communication network comprising a multiplicity of network nodes, wherein synchronization messages are transmitted in the communication network and the synchronization message received in a slave node contains synchronization information for synchronizing the slave time of the slave node with the master time, i.e., synchronization messages are transmitted in a closed ring or line topology and the slave node receives first and second synchronization messages from different transmission directions, and wherein the slave node synchronizes a first time with the synchronization message from one transmission direction and a second time with the synchronization message from the other transmission direction.
US09954666B2
A guard period for switching between uplink and downlink subframes is created by shortening a downlink subframe, i.e., by not transmitting during one or more symbol intervals at the end of the subframe. A grant message includes signaling indicating when a shortened subframe is being transmitted. An example method is implemented in a receiving node configured to receive data from a transmitting node in subframes having a predetermined number of symbol intervals. In an LTE system, this receiving node may be a UE, and the subframes are downlink subframes. This example method includes determining 1120 that a received subframe is to be shortened, relative to the predetermined number of symbol intervals and, in response to this determination, disregarding 1130 a last part of the received subframe by disregarding one or more symbols at the end of the received subframe when processing the received subframe.
US09954663B2
A method for operating a communications device adapted for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) wireless local area network (WLAN) communications includes generating an OFDMA preamble comprising an OFDMA signal (SIG) field including an indication of an allocation of an OFDMA resource to a station, and transmitting the OFDMA preamble in a frame.
US09954662B2
A board includes: a baseband unit, multiple transmitters, multiple receivers, a multi-antenna array, a correction transceiver, a correction calculation unit, a bidirectional coupler, and a combiner-splitter. The bidirectional coupler is configured to couple radio frequency signals output by the multiple transmitters and then transmit the coupled radio frequency signals to the combiner-splitter, and to couple receiver correction reference signals obtained by performing division by the combiner-splitter and then send the coupled receiver correction reference signals to the multiple receivers; and the combiner-splitter is configured to combine transmitter radio frequency signals coupled by the bidirectional coupler and then transmit the combined transmitter radio frequency signals to the correction transceiver, and to divide a receiver correction reference signal sent by the correction transceiver and then send receiver correction reference signals obtained by performing division to the coupler. Accuracy of channel reciprocity correction of a transmitter and a receiver can be ensured.
US09954653B2
A mobile communication system, a base station device, a mobile station device, a communication method, and an integrated circuit that each can efficiently transmit HARQ-ACK and/or channel state information are provided. A mobile station device includes means for receiving a first parameter that is used for instructing whether simultaneous transmission of information relating to HARQ-ACK and channel state information is allowed or not; and means for receiving a second parameter that is used for instructing whether simultaneous transmission of the information relating to HARQ-ACK and the channel state information is allowed or not, and controls a transmission method of the information relating to HARQ-ACK and the channel state information based on the first parameter, the second parameter, and whether or not the information relating to HARQ-ACK corresponds to transmission on a single physical downlink shared channel only on a primary cell.
US09954634B2
A wireless communication method including: when transmitting data from at least one of a plurality of transmission apparatuses to a reception apparatus using a radio resource, selecting a first transmission scheme or a second transmission scheme based on a status of transmission from the plurality of transmission apparatuses, the first transmission scheme in which the plurality of transmission apparatuses transmit same data to same reception apparatus using same radio resource, the second transmission scheme in which one transmission apparatus of the plurality of transmission apparatuses transmits the data to the reception apparatus using the radio resource.
US09954630B1
A multiplexer (MUX) configured to receive a plurality of input data streams and output an output data stream via an output data line based at least in part upon a control signal, includes: a first circuit portion corresponding to a first data stream of the plurality of input data streams, comprising: a first internal node; a first control switch operable to connect the output data line to the first internal node of the first circuit portion based at least in part upon the control signal, wherein the first internal node has a value corresponding to the first data stream when the output data line is connected to the first internal node; and a first reset switch operable to connect the first internal node to a common mode voltage rail based at least in part upon the control signal to remove or reduce residual charge at the first internal node.
US09954628B1
An audio/video (A/V) hub that determines an environment of a portable electronic device is described. In particular, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and receiver devices (which was received from the receiver devices), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Alternatively, the A/V hub may identify the environment based on performance information about communication between the portable electronic device and the A/V hub and the portable electronic device and another A/V hub (which was received from the portable electronic device and/or the other A/V hub), and a history of behavior of an individual associated with the portable electronic device and the A/V hub. Based on the determination, the A/V hub provides an instruction to power on an A/V display device in the environment.
US09954624B2
A computer-implemented method for estimating a rotor speed of an alternating current (AC) machine is provided. The method includes determining a stator flux signal based on signals of voltage and current inputs to the AC machine, and determining a rotor flux signal of the AC machine based on the determined stator flux signal. The method includes determining an electrical angle signal based on the determined rotor flux signal, and deriving an electrical frequency signal from the determined electrical angle signal. Subsequently, the method includes sampling the derived electrical frequency signal at a predetermined sampling rate, and storing a predetermined number of sample values. The method further includes evaluating a median value of the predetermined set of electrical frequency sample values, determining a slip frequency value of the AC machine, and determining the rotor speed of the AC machine by subtracting the slip frequency value from the electrical frequency median value.
US09954616B2
A fiber-radio communication network includes a base station (300) and wireless access nodes (100) coupled by fiber optic cables (125). The base station (300) includes a switch module (320) arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network, and a media converter rack module (310) comprising media converter units MC1-MC6 arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables (125) and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch. The wireless access node (100) comprises a media converter module (120) which converts between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module (110) comprising a local modem which converts between the Ethernet digital signal received over the fiber optic cables and a wireless transmission in a 60 GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal (400) in the vicinity of the wireless access node (100).
US09954613B1
Light is used to communicate between objects separated by a large distance. Light beams are received in a telescopic lens assembly positioned in front of a cat's-eye lens. The light can thereby be received at various angles to be output by the cat's-eye lens to a focal plane of the cat's-eye lens, the position of the light beams upon the focal plane corresponding to the angle of the beam received. Lasers and photodetectors are distributed along this focal plane. A processor receives signals from the photodetectors, and selectively signal lasers positioned proximate the photodetectors detecting light, in order to transmit light encoding data through the cat's-eye lens and also through a telescopic lens back in the direction of the received light beams, which direction corresponds to a location upon the focal plane of the transmitting lasers.
US09954607B2
[Problem] To provide an optical transmission/reception device, an optical communication system, an optical communication method, and a program which are capable of securing the confidentiality of information included in an optical signal even when the optical signal is transferred to a device that is not an original transmission destination device.[Solution] This optical transmission/reception device is provided with: a wave separation unit for receiving a wavelength-multiplexed optical signal and separating the same into a plurality of optical signals; a plurality of reception units for receiving each of the plurality of optical signals separated by the wave separation unit; a plurality of output units for outputting optical signals differing in wavelength from each other; a control unit for requesting, in response to the inclusion in the received wavelength-multiplexed optical signal of an optical signal to which a prescribed process has been applied, that a prescribed change be applied to the optical signal outputted by at least one of the plurality of output units; and a wave combining unit for combining the plurality of optical signals outputted from the plurality of output units and outputting the combined signal.
US09954604B2
Disclosed herein, one embodiment of the disclosure is directed to a system, apparatus, and method for enabling simultaneous transmit and receive in the same Wi-Fi band within a device by first obtaining a first information corresponding to a first set of signals to be transmitted wirelessly by a first antenna of a first device and transmitting, by the first antenna of the first device, the first set of signals. Then, a second set of signals comprising: (a) the first set of signals transmitted by the first antenna of the first device and (b) a third set of signals transmitted by a second device different than the first device are received by a second antenna of the first device. Thereafter, a second information representing the second set of signals received by the second antenna of the first device is obtained. Last, based on the first information and the second information, a third information comprising an estimation of the third set of signals without the first set of signals is determined.
US09954601B2
Methods and systems are described for providing end-to-end beamforming. For example, end-to-end beamforming systems include end-to-end relays and ground networks to provide communications to user terminals located in user beam coverage areas. The ground segment can include geographically distributed access nodes and a central processing system. Return uplink signals, transmitted from the user terminals, have multipath induced by a plurality of receive/transmit signal paths in the end to end relay and are relayed to the ground network. The ground network, using beamformers, recovers user data streams transmitted by the user terminals from return downlink signals. The ground network, using beamformers generates forward uplink signals from appropriately weighted combinations of user data streams that, after relay by the end-end-end relay, produce forward downlink signals that combine to form user beams.
US09954600B2
Selecting serving cells in air to ground communication systems efficiently and with maximum knowledge of forward and return link channel conditions allows maximum throughput available to a user at any point in time, particularly in the presence of high interference. Airborne based and ground based systems may collect forward and return link channel conditions and develop user capacity estimates to be used by aircraft and ground based transceivers. Such user capacity estimates may be shared among distributed air-to-ground networks to ensure the latest channel conditions are available for serving cell selection decisions.
US09954599B2
A system and methodology to dynamically identify and control a UAV with a beam instrument is provided. Specifically, each UAV is provided with a telecommunication module. User equipment is provided with a beam device capable of measuring the distance, speed and location of a UAV. The user equipment is coupled to a command and control center through a command and control center network that can access a data store storing information about UAVs. Identification of the UAV is obtained through a telecommunication network that communicates with the telecommunication module to obtain location information and identity information for each telecommunication module associated with a UAV. The command and control center acquires the identity information and correlates the identity information with FAA register information from an FAA network. Identification of the target UAV is then communicated to the user equipment.
US09954592B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for reporting channel state information (CSI). According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method by which a terminal of the wireless communication system reports the CSI comprises: a step of receiving a reference signal from a base station; and a step of reporting the CSI generated through the reference signal to the base station. The CSI can include information for indicating a first pre-coding matrix for a first domain of a two-dimensional antenna structure and a second pre-coding matrix for a second domain of the two-dimensional antenna structure. The first pre-coding matrix can be determined on the basis of a coefficient wherein an angle the first domain is determined according to an angle in the second domain.
US09954586B1
The single RF chain transmitter implementing space modulation provides wireless multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications that are implemented through a single radio frequency (RF) chain using multiple transmit antennas. A symbol stream is used to provide a single RF signal output modulated by a quadrature or complex symbol stream. An RF switching circuit is used to direct the single RF signal output sequentially to antenna subsets including one or more antennas of a plurality of antennas. An index of the antenna subsets is provided to allow switching by the RF switching circuit according to the index of antenna subsets provides spatial modulation (SM) of the RF signal output as transmitted to through the antennas. The transmitted RF signal output is rendered as a single RF chain through the plurality of antennas as transmitted through the antenna subsets.
US09954585B2
A distributed antenna system includes a master unit including a downlink RF input operable to receive an RF input signal from a downlink port of a base station, a first optical port, and a second optical port. The distributed antenna system also includes a first remote unit coupled to the first optical port. The first remote unit comprises a downlink antenna port and a first uplink antenna port and a second remote unit coupled to the second optical port of the master unit. The second remote unit comprises a downlink antenna port and a second uplink antenna port. The master unit is operable to transmit a first RF signal associated with the first RF uplink signal to a first uplink port of the base station and transmit a second RF signal associated with the second RF uplink signal to a second uplink port of the base station.
US09954581B2
A wireless power enabled apparatus may comprise a wireless power receiver that includes a receive coil configured to generate an AC power signal responsive to a wireless power signal, a rectifier including a plurality of switches configured to receive the AC power signal and generate a DC rectified power signal, a regulator operably coupled with the rectifier to receive the DC rectified power signal and generate an output power signal, and control logic configured to generate a communication signal responsive to adjusting an input impedance of the regulator. A method of operating a wireless power receiver includes generating a rectified voltage responsive to receiving a wireless power signal, generating an output voltage from the rectified voltage with a voltage regulator, and controlling the voltage regulator during a communication mode of wireless power receiver to modulate a characteristic of the voltage regulator with data for transmission to a wireless power transmitter.
US09954571B2
A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments where the first segment includes a first plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a first edge of the flap and where a second segment includes a second plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a second edge of the flap opposite the first edge.
US09954570B2
A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; motion sensing circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; and a planar surface that includes a projection where the projection defines an axis of rotation of the device.
US09954561B2
A method of processing a plurality of time-varying signals received at a sensor communicatively coupled to a signal data processor to identify at least one parameter of at least one of the plurality of time-varying signals is provided. The method includes receiving, at a plurality of blind source separation (BSS) modules of the signal data processor, signals derived from the plurality of time-varying signals, each BSS module of the plurality of BSS modules including a filtering subsystem having a pipelined architecture and a parallelized architecture. The method also includes generating a plurality of blind source separated signals, and transmitting at least one pulse descriptor word (PDW) parameter vector signal to a computing device of the signal data processor. The method further includes identifying the at least one parameter from the at least one PDW parameter vector signal, and outputting the at least one parameter from the signal data processor.
US09954560B2
Techniques pertaining to an adaptive/configurable IF wireless receiver are disclosed. Such an adaptive/configurable IF wireless receiver can be used in a Bluetooth device. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a wireless receiver is designed to include a low noise amplifier configured to amplify an input RF signal; an adjustable local RF synthesizer configured to provide a local RF clock signal with variable frequency; a RF mixer configured to down convert the amplified RF signal to an analog IF signal by mixing the local RF clock signal with the amplified RF signal; a filter configured to filter the analog IF signal; an analog to digital converter configured to convert the filtered analog IF signal to a digital IF signal; an adjustable digital local IF synthesizer configured to provide a digital local IF clock signal with variable frequency; a digital mixer configured to down convert the digital IF signal to a baseband signal by mixing the digital local IF clock signal with the digital IF signal; and an IF configuration unit provided to configure the adjustable local RF synthesizer to vary the frequency of the local RF clock signal, and configure the adjustable digital local IF synthesizer to vary the frequency of the digital local IF clock signal.
US09954557B2
Variable width error correction is described. A memory controller can determine, from a memory address, what type of error correction is to be applied for the address region of that memory address and can generate commands for the memory device. An amount of error correction metadata associated with that address region may vary depending on the spatial location of the address region. In some cases, two translations may be performed: one by a processor using information set up by an operating system and another by the memory controller (or the memory device). In other cases, a single translation may be performed, for example by a processor using information set up by the operating system, which can determine the variable error correction during translation of a virtual address region to a real physical address region.
US09954556B2
The present invention discloses a memory system and operating method thereof. The major features of the memory system and the method of operating thereof are identifying a stuck error pattern including failing constituent codes and decoding the stuck error pattern. The decoding the stuck error pattern is achieved by following steps: step 1 of using possible flipping patterns for decoding the failing constituent codes, and the number of the possible flipping patterns is 2 or more in accordance with at least the number of error bits, step 2 of obtaining a number of successfully decoded codewords after using the possible flipping patterns, and step 3 of selecting the most probable codeword from the number of successfully decoded codewords.
US09954547B1
An interleaved DAC configured to generate a set of second digital inputs responsive to a set of first digital inputs. Each second digital input is obtained by subtracting the other second digital inputs in the set from the corresponding first digital input. Two consecutive first digital inputs are shifted by a phase of T=1/fs. The second digital inputs are supplied to a set of sub-DACs arrange in parallel. Each sub-DAC operates at a frequency of fs/R, and drives an analog output responsive to each second digital input for a duration of R×T. Clock signals used by two sub-DACs for converting two consecutive second digital inputs are offset by a phase of T. In each interval of T, summation of the analog signals output from the set of sub-DACs produces an analog value of a single first digital input, thereby achieving a data conversion speed of fs.
US09954544B2
A method for generating a CPT resonance, includes applying an electric current to a laser light-emitting element, to emit laser light having at least two wavelengths. The value of a direct current component of the electric current applied to the laser light-emitting element in a first period is greater than an oscillation threshold for the laser light-emitting element, and the value of the direct current component of the electric current applied to the laser light-emitting element in a second period, following the first period, is less than the value of the direct current component of the electric current in the first period. An alkali metal atom is irradiated with the laser light, the laser light generated in the first period and the laser light generated in the second period entering the alkali metal atom repeatedly a plurality of times to generate a Ramsey resonance.
US09954542B1
An apparatus includes an oscillator, a frequency divider, a phase circuit, a charge pump, and a filter. The frequency divider may generate an early feedback signal using a clock signal, and may assert a feedback signal a number of periods of the clock signal after asserting the early feedback signal. The phase circuit may generate a charge control signal using a reference clock signal and the feedback signal, and may generate a discharge control signal using the early feedback signal, the reference clock signal, and the feedback signal. The charge pump may charge or discharge a circuit node using the charge control signal and the discharge control signal to generate a frequency control signal. The filter circuit may attenuate at least one frequency component of the frequency control signal. The oscillator circuit may modify a frequency of the clock signal using the frequency control signal.
US09954537B1
In certain embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a circuit configured to scale a phase control value from an external phase control resolution of an external clock frequency to an internal phase control resolution of an internal clock frequency to generate a target phase control value. The circuit may also determine a difference between a current phase control value and the target phase control value and determine a phase step value based on the difference. Further, the circuit may modify a current phase control value based on the phase step value and generate a phase controlled clock signal at the internal clock frequency using the modified phase control value. Additionally, the circuit may divide the phase controlled clock signal at the internal clock frequency to generate a phase controlled clock signal at the external clock frequency.
US09954533B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a memory array comprising a plurality of memory sub-arrays. At least one of the sub-arrays may be arranged as a reconfigurable look-up table. The reconfigurable look-up table may include: a plurality of memory cells configured to store data, a local row decoder configured to activate one or more rows of memory cells based upon a set of input signals, a local line selector configured to select a sub-set of the row of memory cells based upon at least one input signal.
US09954521B2
A gate drive circuit includes first and second transistors for turning on and off semiconductor switching devices. The circuit includes a DC power supply for driving the first and second transistors. The gate drive circuit further includes a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a DC power supply being a power supply for the third and fourth transistors with a voltage value lower than the voltage value of the DC power supply, thereby making lower the impedance of the path of a current flowing from the DC power supply to the gates of the switching devices through the third transistor than the impedance of the path of a current flowing from the DC power supply to the gates of the switching devices through the first transistor.
US09954506B2
The invention relates to the measurement and control of the perceived sound loudness and/or the perceived spectral balance of an audio signal. An audio signal is modified in response to calculations performed at least in part in the perceptual (psychoacoustic) loudness domain. The invention is useful, for example, in one or more of: loudness-compensating volume control, automatic gain control, dynamic range control (including, for example, limiters, compressors, expanders, etc.), dynamic equalization, and compensating for background noise interference in an audio playback environment. The invention includes not only methods but also corresponding computer programs and apparatus.
US09954503B2
A differential amplification circuit includes: a first transistor and a second transistor of a differential pair; first and second loads; current sources; and a resistor circuit, wherein the resistor circuit includes: a coarse adjustment part and a fine adjustment part, one of the coarse adjustment part and the fine adjustment part includes a first lateral adjustment part and a second lateral adjustment part which have the same configuration, the first lateral adjustment part and the second lateral adjustment part are connected symmetrically to both sides of a central adjustment part, and the central adjustment part has a circuit configuration symmetrical with respect to two connection nodes with the first lateral adjustment part and the second lateral adjustment part.
US09954498B2
RF communications circuitry, which includes a first tunable RF filter and a first RF low noise amplifier (LNA) is disclosed. The first tunable RF filter includes a pair of weakly coupled resonators, and receives and filters a first upstream RF signal to provide a first filtered RF signal. The first RF LNA is coupled to the first tunable RF filter, and receives and amplifies an RF input signal to provide an RF output signal.
US09954495B1
Frequency characteristics of a peaking stage can vary depending on variations in the process used to fabricate the peaking stage. For example, depending on the batch of wafers and where on a wafer the peaking stage is formed, the capacitors and resistors may have different values, thereby changing the frequency characteristics of the peaking stage. The embodiments herein describe a peaking stage that is invariant of the process variation. That is, one or more of the frequency characteristics of the peaking stages do not vary as the values of a capacitor or resistor change. As such, peaking stages formed in different process corners on the wafer have the same frequency characteristics, and thus, function in a similar manner.
US09954492B2
An amplifier arrangement comprises N amplifier stages, wherein N is an integer equal or greater than five. The amplifier arrangement comprises a first cascade of quarter wavelength transmission line segments coupled to receive a first set of amplifier stages, and at least a second cascade of quarter wavelength transmission line segments coupled to receive a second set of amplifier stages. The first cascade and second cascade are connected to a common node, for example in parallel to an output node, or in parallel to an intermediate node.
US09954483B2
A solar cell module according to the embodiment includes a support substrate having a single hole at a peripheral region of the support substrate; solar cells at an upper portion of the support substrate; a bus bar electrically connected to the solar cells; and a junction box connected to the bus bar, wherein the junction box includes an insertion part partially inserted in the single hole.
US09954481B2
A linear drive apparatus is provided. The linear drive apparatus may include an outer tube, a sealing end cap provided at the end of the outer tube, a screw provided in the outer tube, a drive nut provided on the screw in a threaded fit, an extension rod provided between the outer tube and the screw, a sealing assembly provided between the extension rod and the sealing end cap, and a waterproof and oil-proof ventilation stopper provided on the outer tube. One end of the screw may be connected to a drive mechanism. One end of the extension rod may be connected to the drive nut. The other end of the extension rod may pass through the sealing end cap.
US09954479B1
A mounting apparatus to secure a pair of solar panel rails to a flat tile roof and minimize penetrations or damage to the roof's rafter is provided. The mounting apparatus includes a lower hook assembly with a plurality of arm members continuously connected together, the plurality of arm members having a first end coupled to the rafter of the flat tile roof and a second end, and an upper arm assembly coupled to the second end of the plurality of arms of the lower hook assembly, the upper arm assembly having a generally U-shaped member comprising a first symmetric half member and a second symmetric half member, each symmetric half member having a slot to receive a fastener that secures one of the pair of solar panel rails thereto, thereby permitting the mounting apparatus to support the pair of solar panel rails above the flat tile roof.
US09954476B2
A TH terminal receives an analog control voltage VTH which indicates a rotational speed. With a first platform, a capacitor and a discharging resistor are connected in parallel between an OSC terminal and the ground. A charging resistor and a first switch are arranged in series between the OSC terminal and a reference voltage line via which a stabilized voltage is supplied. When an oscillator voltage VOSC that occurs at the OSC terminal reaches an upper-side threshold VH, a switching circuit turns off the first switch. When the oscillator voltage VOSC falls to a lower-side threshold value VL, the switching circuit turns on the first switch. The oscillator voltage VOSC is compared with the voltage at the TH terminal, so as to generate a pulse-modulated control pulse S3.
US09954474B2
A driver circuit for driving an electrical motor coil is provided which comprises combined switched inductance boost voltage converter circuitry and switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry. An input node of the driver circuit is provided to be coupled with the electrical motor coil, which provides the inductive element of both the boost and buck circuitry. Further the boost and buck circuitry share a storage capacitor, which provides the capacitive element of each circuitry, and a voltage developed across the storage capacitor by the boost circuitry forms an input of the switched inductance buck voltage converter circuitry. Bidirectional driving of the electrical motor coil is thus provided from a driver circuit which only need be supplied with a single unidirectional supply and the current drawn from that supply is significantly reduced because of the manner in which the boost and buck circuitry operate synergistically to recycle electrical power which is moved back and forth between the electrical motor coil and the storage capacitor. A corresponding driver board, electrical motor driver apparatus, method of operating a driver circuit and apparatus are also provided.
US09954471B2
A motor control unit includes an H-bridge circuit, a current detection part and a control part. The current detection part includes current detection resistors provided at both sides of a DC motor. The control part feedback-controls high-side arm switches and low-side arm switches of the H-bridge circuit so that a detection value of the current detection part follows a target value. In the feedback control, normal control and current circulation control are performed alternately. In the current circulation control, either the high-side arm switches or the low-side arm switches are turned on for both of normal rotation time and reverse rotation time. The control part performs the feedback control based on a detection value of the current detection resistor, which has the same potential reference between the normal control and the current circulation control under the same rotation direction.
US09954468B2
An image forming apparatus includes an engine unit to perform an image forming job; an engine control unit to control the operation of the engine unit; a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor to drive the engine unit; a sensor unit to sense electric angle information and driving velocity information of the BLDC motor; a communication interface to receive a digital control command with respect to the BLDC motor from the engine control unit; a driving signal unit to generate a driving signal to control the BLDC motor; and a digital control unit to control the operation of the driving signal unit in a digital phase locked loop (PLL) manner for feedback controls the BLDC motor, based on the received digital control command, the detected electric angle information and the driving velocity information and a digital gain value as a control factor with respect to the BLDC motor.
US09954466B2
The present disclosure discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle comprising at least two controllers, at least two electronic speed controllers and at least two motors, wherein: the at least two electronic speed controllers are electrically connected with the at least two controllers to obtain at least two sets of control data respectively from the at least two controllers, select optimal control data from the at least two sets of control data, and control a rotation speed of the corresponding motor according to the optimal control data. The present disclosure further discloses a data processing method of an unmanned aerial vehicle. The electronic speed controllers of the present disclosure may be able to receive data directly from the controllers and select the optimal control data for controlling the rotation speed of the motors, thereby effectively reducing design costs and safety risks.
US09954463B2
The present invention relates to an energy conversion device using a change of a contact surface with liquid and, more specifically, to a method and a device for converting mechanical energy into electrical energy by applying an opposite phenomenon to an electrowetting phenomenon. The energy conversion device having a simplified structure and reduced manufacturing costs with minimal malfunctions by changing a contact surface with liquid between a pair of electrodes and using the change of the contact surface with the liquid to generate electrical energy such that channel blocking can be prevented or a lubricating layer or electrodes complicatedly patterned on a channel are not required.
US09954462B2
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are provided wherein inverter topologies and inverter control employ primary and secondary windings with a half-bridge circuit and an unfolding bridge circuit positioned between the second winding and an AC grid. Certain topologies may employ control circuits for controlling the bridges suitable for a phase angle of the AC grid.
US09954454B2
A DC/DC converter is able to step down a voltage value of a high-voltage battery, and is able to step up a voltage value of a low-voltage battery. The low-voltage battery is a battery that provides a lower voltage value than the high-voltage battery. The DC/DC converter includes a transformer, a third diode and a reactor. The transformer includes a first coil and a second coil. The first coil is connected to the low-voltage battery. The second coil is connected to the high-voltage battery. An anode of the third diode is connected to one end of the first coil. One end of the reactor is connected to a cathode of the third diode, and the other end of the reactor is connected to a positive electrode terminal of the low-voltage battery.
US09954452B2
Disclosed herein is a low voltage direct-current (DC)-DC converter. The low voltage DC-DC converter includes a switching portion which includes a first switching portion and a second switching portion and changes a high voltage provided from a high voltage battery to an alternating current (AC) voltage, a transformer which converts the AC voltage output from the switching portion into a low voltage, and a switching portion zero voltage switching auxiliary circuit portion which is connected between the high voltage battery and the switching portion and operates when operations of the first and second switching portions change to consume residual energy in the switching portion.
US09954451B2
A control circuit and a method for a programmable power supply are provided. The control circuit and the method modulate a switching frequency of a switching signal in response to a feedback signal and an output voltage of the programmable power supply. The switching signal is used for switching a transformer and regulating an output of the programmable power supply. The level of the feedback signal is related to the level of an output power of the programmable power supply. The output voltage of the programmable power supply is programmable. Further, the control circuit and the method modulate a maximum switching frequency of the switching signal in response to the output voltage of the programmable power supply for stabilizing the system.
US09954444B1
A method includes generating output power based on a switching signal, comparing the output power to a target power, increasing the output power using a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) and pulse width modulation (PWM) when the output power is less than the target power, and decreasing the output power using the PFM and PWM when the output power is greater than the target power. An apparatus includes a power regulator configured to generate output power based on a switching signal, and a pulse frequency and width modulation (PFWM) controller coupled to the power regulator, and configured to compare the output power to a target power and to increase or decrease the output power using a PFM and pulse PWM according to the comparison result.
US09954438B2
Methods, devices, techniques, and circuits are disclosed for current control of a buck converter. In one example, a device is configured to receive a selected average current value for a current driver. The device is further configured to determine a set of parameters for the current driver. The device is further configured to generate an output to the current driver to cause the current driver to output a switching signal with an average current that corresponds to the selected average current value.
US09954436B2
The detailed description described embodiments of highly efficient power management systems configurable to simultaneously generate various output voltage levels for different components, sub-assemblies, and devices of electronic devices, sub-systems, and systems. In particular, the described embodiments include power management systems that substantially reduce or eliminate the need for inductors, large numbers of capacitors, and complex switching techniques to transform an available voltage level from a system power source, such as a battery, to more desirable power supply voltages. Some described embodiments include a charge pump that uses only two flying capacitors to simultaneously generate multiple supply outputs, where each of the multiple supply outputs may provide either the same or a different output voltage level. The described embodiments also include efficient power management systems that flexibly provide highly accurate voltage levels that are substantially insensitive to the voltage level provided by a system power source, such as a battery.
US09954435B2
A load regulation device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load may be able to calibrate the magnitude of an output voltage of the load regulation device in order to control the magnitude of a load voltage across the electrical load to a predetermined level. The load regulation device may receive the feedback from a calibration device adapted to be coupled to load wiring near the electrical load. The feedback may indicate when the magnitude of the load voltage across the electrical load has reached a predetermined level. The load regulation device may gradually adjust the magnitude of the output voltage, receive the feedback from the calibration device, and then use the feedback to determine the magnitude of the output voltage corresponding to when the magnitude of the load voltage across the electrical load has reached the predetermined level.
US09954419B2
A mist is generated by scooping up cooling oil using a lower end portion of a non-load side end plate. Air containing this mist is circulated by a centrifugal fan provided to a load side end plate to form a recirculating air current flowing through first through-holes in a rotor core and through a ventilation passage on the outside of a rotor in opposite directions. According to a cooling mechanism as above, a mist generated in at least one point in the housing can be supplied with the recirculating air current to every point across a whole area within the machine. Hence, both of the rotor and a stator can be cooled efficiently with a small amount of mist.
US09954414B2
A submersible fluid system for operating submerged in a body of water includes a fluid-end with a fluid rotor disposed in a fluid-end housing. An electric machine housing is coupled to the fluid-end housing and has a hermetically sealed cavity containing a fluid at a pressure less than a hydrostatic pressure at a specified depth at which the submersible fluid system is designed to operate. An electric machine is disposed in the cavity of the electric machine housing and includes an electric machine rotor coupled to the fluid rotor and an electric machine stator.
US09954411B2
An actuating drive contains a housing which has a first housing part and a second housing part. The two housing parts each have an edge, each edge having an end face, and the two end faces face each other when the two housing parts are joined. The first housing part and the second housing part can be detachably joined. The actuating drive is configured to accommodate an exchangeable connection module for a cable feed. The exchangeable connection module can be inserted into an opening of the first edge of the first housing part and the exchangeable connection module can be connected in a form-closed manner to the end faces of the edges in a region of the opening when the two housing parts are joined. Thus, an actuating drive, in particular for ventilation flaps or fire dampers, having high flexibility in the electrical connection contacting is provided.
US09954410B2
The motor comprises a rotary unit, a stationary unit disposed around the rotary unit, and a bearing mechanism. The rotary unit comprises a plurality of magnets, a rotor core, a resin portion which covers the plurality of magnets and the rotor core. The rotor core comprises a ring-shaped inner core portion disposed at a radially inner side of the plurality of magnets, an outer core portion, and a plurality of connecting portions which radially connects the plurality of core elements, which are disposed between the plurality of magnets, and the inner core portion. The resin portion comprises an upper resin portion and a lower resin portion. The upper resin portion includes a plurality of gate holes. The lower resin portion is disposed at a more radially inner side than the plurality of outer core elements, and further comprises a first core support mark which exposes a part of the bottom surface of the rotor core, and a second core support mark disposed in the outer core part, and exposes a part of the bottom surface of the rotor core.
US09954405B2
A magnetic rotor arrangement is provided, having a primary rotor including an array of magnets arranged to provide alternating polarity around the outside of the primary rotor and at least one auxiliary rotor including an array of magnets arranged to provide alternating polarity around the outside of the auxiliary rotor. The primary rotor and each auxiliary rotor are arranged such that when the primary rotor is rotated, the rotation of the primary rotor magnetically induces rotation of each auxiliary rotor.
US09954402B2
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for reducing data corruption in a wireless power transmission system. Power is transmitted from a primary coil to a secondary coil by induction. The voltage induced on the secondary coil by induction is rectified. The change in current supplied to a load configured to be coupled to the wireless power transmission system is limited.
US09954393B2
A power distribution system is described. The system includes a main ac busbar and an emergency ac busbar. A hybrid drive system includes an induction electrical machine and a prime mover, the rotor of the electrical machine and the driving end of the prime mover being mechanically coupled to a load by means of a mechanical linkage such as a gearbox. The system includes a first active rectifier/inverter having ac input terminals electrically connected to the main ac busbar, and dc output terminals. The system includes a second active rectifier/inverter having dc input terminals electrically connected to the dc output of the first active rectifier/inverter by a dc link, and ac output terminals electrically connected to the induction electrical machine. A blackout restart system includes a rectifier having ac input terminals selectively electrically connectable to the emergency ac busbar and dc output terminals selectively electrically connectable to the dc link.
US09954385B2
A computing device includes a charging coil for producing a charging current when placed in a magnetic field of a wireless power transmitter. A wireless charging operating frequency is associated with wireless charging of a battery of the computing device by the charging coil and the wireless power transmitter. An electrically conductive substrate has a plurality of gaps for reducing eddy currents when the electrically conductive substrate is disposed between the charging coil and the wireless power transmitter during charging of the battery. A plurality of filters each electrically bridge a respective one of the gaps. Each filter attenuates signals within a range of frequencies including the wireless charging operating frequency.
US09954376B2
A wireless power transmission controlling apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a communication unit; and a controller configured to compute an amount of transmission power to be transmitted, based on information received from a wireless power receiving apparatus; output a wireless power transmission control signal corresponding to the computed amount of transmission power; filter the wireless power transmission control signal and pass a harmonic wave corresponding to a predetermined communication frequency band; and control the communication unit to transmit the wireless power transmission control signal based on the harmonic wave.
US09954370B2
An electrical grid control system includes a plurality of power conversion apparatuses each storing active power relationship information indicating a relationship between an active power control level representing a level of control for active power output to an electrical grid, and a connection point frequency being a frequency at a connection point to the electrical grid; and a control apparatus that repeatedly receives information indicating a system frequency measured in the electrical grid, determines the active power control level based on the system frequency, and transmits the active power control level to the plurality of power conversion apparatuses. Each power conversion apparatus repeatedly measures the connection point frequency, receives the active power control level from the control apparatus, and controls the active power based on the measured connection point frequency, the received active power control level, and the active power relationship information.
US09954366B2
Various embodiments of the invention include a system including: at least one computing device operably connected with a location on a power grid, the at least one computing device configured to control a power factor at the location on the power grid by performing actions including: determining a phase angle at the location on the power grid in degrees; converting the phase angle to radians from degrees; determining a reactive power exported at the location on the power grid based upon the phase angle in radians and an exported mega-watt measurement at the location on the power grid; and determining the power factor at the location on the power grid based upon the phase angle in radians and the reactive power exported at the location on the power grid.
US09954358B2
The control circuit includes first and second primary terminals for connection to a DC network, a secondary terminal connected in series between the first and second primary terminals and at least one auxiliary energy conversion element and an auxiliary terminal. The first and second primary terminals have a plurality of modules and a plurality of primary energy conversion elements connected in series therebetween to define a current transmission path, each module including at least one energy storage device, each energy storage device being selectively removable from the current transmission path. The plurality of modules include a first module and a second module the first module being connected in series with at least one primary energy conversion element between the first primary terminal and the secondary terminal to define a first current transmission path portion, and the second module being connected in series with at least one other primary energy conversion element between the second primary terminal and the secondary terminal to define a second current transmission path portion. The auxiliary energy conversion element is connected in series between the secondary and auxiliary terminals, the auxiliary terminal being for connection to ground.
US09954354B2
A power distribution monitoring system is provided that can include a number of features. The system can include a plurality of power line sensing devices configured to attach to individual conductors on a power grid distribution network. The sensing devices can be configured to measure and monitor, among other things, current and electric-field on the conductors. The system can further include one or more arc shields positioned near the sensing devices and configured to prevent damage to the conductor or sensing device in the event of a traveling arc. Methods of installing and protecting the system are also discussed.
US09954351B2
There is provided a protection circuit configured to indicate an overcurrent condition of a conductor conducting a load current, the protection circuit including a first current integrator and a second current integrator, each of the first and second integrators being configured to integrate an input voltage proportional to the load current, a summing amplifier configured to receive an offset voltage, to amplify a signal from the second integrator, and to generate a trip threshold based on the input voltage and the offset voltage, and a comparator configured to compare an output of the first current integrator and the trip threshold, and to generate a trip signal at a trip time when the trip threshold is equal to an output of the first integrator, the trip signal indicating an overcurrent condition.
US09954349B2
A feedthrough for feeding signals through a panel having opposite sides includes first and second parts. The first part can include a first body configured to be disposed in a first portion of an opening in a panel, a first lumen disposed within the first body, and a first engagement area comprising a first contact area. The second part can include a second body configured to be disposed in a second portion of the opening in the panel, a second lumen disposed within the second body, and a second engagement area configured to engage the first contact area, wherein engaging the first contact area with the second engagement area causes deformation of the first part, the second part, or both to hold the first part and the second part within the opening such that the first lumen and the second lumen are disposed generally concentrically with each other.
US09954345B2
A stab assembly includes at least one bus bar having and an elongated extension, and a number of line terminals including at least one twofold line terminal. The twofold line terminal has a plug-on portion having an engaging portion. The engaging portion substantially overlays and engages the elongated extension.
US09954340B2
Problem: to suppress the number of times complete gas replacement in a laser chamber.Solution: this excimer laser apparatus may include a gas supply unit, connected to a first receptacle that holds a first laser gas containing halogen gas and a second receptacle that holds a second laser gas having a lower halogen gas concentration than the first laser gas, that supplies the first laser gas and the second laser gas to the interior of the laser chamber. Then, gas pressure control in which the gas supply unit supplies the second laser gas to the interior of the laser chamber or a gas exhaust unit partially exhausts gas from within the laser chamber, and partial gas replacement control in which the gas supply unit supplies the first laser gas and the second laser gas to the interior of the laser chamber and the gas exhaust unit partially exhausts gas from within the laser chamber sequentially, may be selectively performed.
US09954326B2
A cable end connector and the method of making the same are disclosed. The connector includes a first contact module, a second contact module, a central grounding unit, a grounding means, and a shielding shell electrically connecting with the grounding means. The first contact module includes first contacts and a first insulator retaining the first contacts. The first insulator has a first tongue section and a first assembling section. The second contact module includes second contacts and a second insulator retaining the second contacts. The second insulator has a second tongue section and a second assembling section. The shielding shell has a front shell and a rear shell partially overlapped on the front shell. The front shell substantially encloses the first and the second tongue sections of the first and the second contact modules, the central grounding unit and the grounding means. The rear shell covers the first and the second assembling sections of the first and the second contact modules.
US09954317B2
An electrical connector includes: a contact module including an insulative housing and an upper and lower rows of contacts, the insulative housing having a base and a tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the contact module and having a pair of soldering legs; an insulative outer cover enclosing the shielding shell; and a pair of brackets insert-molded with the outer cover; wherein each of the pair of brackets is locked to the insulative housing to prevent a corresponding soldering leg from moving outwardly.
US09954315B2
A grounding link for use with an elbow-type power cable electrical connector. The grounding link includes a bushing interface portion, a cap receiving portion, and a tap portion, wherein the grounding link further includes a grounding element extending between the bushing interface portion and a cap receiving portion, and wherein the bushing interface portion of the grounding link is configured for insertion into a bore in elbow-type power cable electrical connector. The grounding element includes an exposed portion projecting above a surface of the grounding link, wherein the exposed portion of the grounding element is configured for attachment by a grounded hot line clamp to ground the electrical connector assembly. The tap portion is configured for receipt of a second elbow connector to conductively couple the second elbow connector to the elbow-type power cable electrical connector.
US09954314B2
The general field of the invention is that of the locking and extraction devices for an electrical connector in an electronic casing, said electronic casing comprising the electrical socket corresponding to said electrical connector, the connection and the extraction of the electrical connector being performed in a determined direction, parallel to the electrical contacts of the electrical connector. The connector according to the invention is mounted in a mechanical assembly comprising at least one shoulder. The electronic casing comprises a mechanical structure comprising at least one mobile gripping jaw arranged so as to grasp the shoulder of the connector and to impart thereon a translational movement in said determined direction, thus facilitating the connection or the extraction of said electrical connector in its electrical socket.
US09954303B2
An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and an outer cover over-molding the electrical connector. The electrical connector include: an insulative housing having a base, a front tongue, and a rear extension; an upper and lower rows of contacts mounted in the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue, each of the upper and lower rows of contacts having a tail; a metallic plate positioned between the upper and lower rows of contacts; and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing. The outer cover is over-molded with the shielding shell to seal a rear of the electrical connector while exposing the rear extension of the insulative housing and the tails of the contacts.
US09954302B2
A contact increased in contact reliability by suppressing variation in contact area between the contact and a mating contact. A contact body including a contact portion that is brought into contact with a contact portion of a male-side contact, and a supporting member formed separate from the contact body, for receiving therein the contact portion and movably supporting the contact portion form a female-side contact. The supporting member includes a supporting member body for receiving therein the contact portion and the contact portion, first and second spring portions and provided on the supporting member body, for bringing the contact portion inserted in the supporting member body and the contact portion into contact with each other, and restricting portions provided on the supporting member body, for restricting movement of the male-side contact in a spring portion-bending direction of the first and second spring portions.
US09954301B2
A connector has a housing and a TPA member. The housing has a base which includes a first and second sides and a top surface that extends between the sides. The base further includes a channel. The TPA member is operatively associated with the housing and has at least one hinge which extends from the top surface. The at least one hinge has top and bottom portions. The bottom portion is provided proximate to the base and the top portion has a portion thereof cutout to provide a weakened portion of the at least one hinge. The TPA member further includes a rearwardly extending L-shaped feature. Upon a force being applied to the TPA member, the at least one hinge is configured to first rotate about the weakened portion and, thereafter, is configured to rotate about the bottom portion, thereby allowing the L-shaped feature to be inserted into the channel.
US09954296B2
The disclosed embodiments relate generally to a modular connector for a multi-conductor ribbon cable provided for power and data transmission to a network of devices. The modular connector is coupled to the conductors in the ribbon cable by insulation displacement members. The connector contains both fixed and movable conductor punches used to configure a network interface.
US09954289B2
A terminal with a wire having a high sealing property, a manufacturing method thereof, and a wire harness are provided. The terminal with the wire includes an aluminum wire and a crimp terminal. A resin covering member is removed from the aluminum wire to form a conductor exposed portion (a wire forming process). The crimp terminal is connected to the conductor exposed portion to form a wire-terminal connection portion (a wire-terminal connection process). Then, an anticorrosion portion is formed such that a voltage is applied between the crimp terminal and a metal nozzle and an electrified anticorrosion material is supplied from the metal nozzle to the wire-terminal connection portion in a state of being attracted (an anticorrosion material supply process). Further, the anticorrosion portion is formed by irradiating the anticorrosion material with an ultraviolet ray to be UV-cured (an anticorrosion material curing process).
US09954287B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a waveguide including a plurality of devices that facilitate generating scattered electromagnetic waves from electromagnetic waves propagating on a surface of a transmission medium. The scattered electromagnetic waves combine to generate a wireless signal having a directionality based on a separation between plurality of devices and a wavelength of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09954281B2
An antenna device includes a feed terminal configured to feed a first radio-frequency signal at one end part of an antenna element having both end parts, a feed terminal capable of feeding a second radio-frequency signal concurrently with the first radio-frequency signal at the other end part, and a grounding terminal configured to connect to a grounding point at a substantially center part. Based on this, signals in plural frequency bands are allowed to be concurrently used in common in one antenna element.
US09954268B2
A display screen and a portable device are disclosed. The display screen includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region, the display region includes at least one transparent antenna structure, the antenna structure includes an antenna and a capacitor which are located in a same layer, and the capacitor is electrically connected to the antenna. The portable device includes the display screen. The display screen and the portable device simplify the manufacturing process and also reduce the manufacturing difficulty.
US09954259B1
A method of controlling the battery system of an electric vehicle includes detecting a thermal event in a first battery pack of a plurality of battery packs of the battery system, and at least partially powering down the electric vehicle automatically in response to the detected thermal event. The method may also include initiating a thermal rejection scheme in response to the detected thermal event.
US09954257B2
A lithium ion indicator material for a lithium ion battery is provided, the material comprising a lithium ion battery material and Li+ profluorophore dispersed within or on the lithium ion battery material, wherein the Li+ profluorophore comprises a 2-(naphtho[2,3-d]oxazol-2-yl)phenolate moiety or a derivative thereof, or a 2-(naphtho[2,3-d]oxazol-2-yl)phenol moiety or a derivative thereof. Lithium ion batteries comprising the lithium ion indicator material are also provided.
US09954246B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery in which lowering of reactivity of a Li ion and an electrode active material due to a glyme is suppressed. In the present invention, the above object is achieved by providing a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery comprising: a glyme represented by general formula: R1—O(CH2CH2O)n—R2 (in which R1 and R2 each independently represent an alkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms or a fluoroalkyl group with 4 or less carbon atoms, and n is in the range of 2 to 10); a Li amide salt having a Li ion and a sulfonylamide anion; and a fluoride salt represented by XF (in which X represents Li, Na, K, Rb, or Cs).
US09954230B2
A current collector for a lithium ion secondary battery, on which an electrode mixture layer is formed, satisfies A≥0.10 μm and 6≤(B/A)≤15 when assuming that a three-dimensional center plane average roughness SRa of a surface of at least one side of the current collector on which the electrode mixture layer is formed is A and a ratio of an actual surface area of the surface of at least one side of the current collector to a geometric area of the surface of at least one side of the current collector, which is (actual surface area)/(geometric area), is B.
US09954229B2
A device comprising: a lithium sulfur redox flow battery comprising an electrolyte composition comprising: (i) a dissolved Li2Sx electroactive salt, wherein x≥4; (ii) a solvent selected from dimethyl sulfoxide, tetrahydrofuran, or a mixture thereof; and (iii) a supporting salt at a concentration of at least 2 M, as measured by moles of supporting salt divided by the volume of the solvent without considering the volume change of the electrolyte after dissolving the supporting salt.
US09954219B2
Provided is an electric storage device including: a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate having a polarity opposite to that of the first electrode plate, and a separator interposed between the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate, wherein the first electrode plate includes a current collector, a conductive layer laminated onto the current collector, and a mixture layer laminated onto the conductive layer, the mixture layer contains a binder and primary particles of an active material as its constituents, and the primary particles as a constituent of the mixture layer are partially retained in the conductive layer.
US09954212B2
A battery includes electrodes including a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and a particle-containing insulating part that is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and includes particles and a resin, wherein the particles are a material capable of undergoing an endothermic dehydration reaction and have a flat shape with an aspect ratio of 2/1 or more.
US09954205B2
A battery compartment for a device has a single cavity that is segmented into discrete slots, each slot associated with projections that secure and immobilize any batteries inserted into the compartment. Each slot is sized to receive a different size of battery, and the slots are positioned relative to one another to prevent batteries of different sizes from being inserted into the compartment. A shelf may be integrated within the slot(s), and the shelf may include a channel or a multi-planar yet unitary contact member to establish a single point of electrical connection between the battery compartment and the device.
US09954204B2
A curved secondary battery including an electrode assembly having a curved shape, and a pouch sealing the electrode assembly. The pouch includes a first sealing sheet on a first surface of the electrode assembly, a second sealing sheet on a second surface of the electrode assembly, the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet sealing the electrode assembly, and a wing portion formed on a side of the electrode assembly by bound-together edges of the first sealing sheet and the second sealing sheet. The wing portion includes a body portion bent in a first direction and a reinforcement portion that is continuous with the body portion and is bent in a second direction to overlap the body portion. The second direction may be opposite to the first direction.
US09954197B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a first substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The display area includes a plurality of pixels each including an OLED and the peripheral area includes a signal driver electrically connected to the pixels. A conductive layer is formed over the signal driver and on opposing sides of the signal driver and a second substrate is formed over the first substrate. The OLED display further includes a first seal interposed between the first and second substrates in the peripheral area and substantially sealing the first and second substrates and a second seal surrounding the first seal and formed over the signal driver.
US09954192B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a blue organic electroluminescent device and a preparation method, a display panel and a display apparatus. The blue organic electroluminescent device comprises: a substrate and an anode, a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer and a cathode arranged on the substrate successively, the light emitting layer comprises a lower surface layer, an upper surface layer and an intermediate layer; host emitters of the lower surface layer, the upper surface layer and the intermediate layer are all doped with guest emitters, at least one of the doping concentrations in the lower surface layer and the upper surface layer is greater than a doping concentration in the intermediate layer. The power consumption of the blue organic electroluminescent device is greatly reduced; and the efficiency is increased significantly.
US09954185B2
An organic thin film transistor containing a compound represented by the following formula in a semiconductor active layer has a high carrier mobility and a small change in the threshold voltage after repeated driving. Z represents a substituent having a length of 3.7 Å or less, and at least one of R1 to R8 represents -L-R wherein L represents alkylene, etc., and R represents alkyl, etc.
US09954183B2
An intermediate of a heteroacene compound is represented by Chemical Formula 1.
US09954177B2
A light-emitting element containing a fluorescent material and having high emission efficiency is provided. The light-emitting element contains the fluorescent material and a host material. The host material contains a first organic compound and a second organic compound. The first organic compound and the second organic compound can form an exciplex. The proportion of a delayed fluorescence component in light emitted from the exciplex is higher than or equal to 5%, and the delayed fluorescence component contains a delayed fluorescence component whose fluorescence lifetime is 10 ns or longer and 50 μs or shorter.
US09954167B2
According to one embodiment, a memory device includes a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer provided between the first layer and the second layer. The first layer includes first interconnections and a first insulating portion. The first interconnections extend in a first direction. The first insulating portion is provided between the first interconnections. The second layer includes a plurality of second interconnections and a second insulating portion. The second interconnections extend in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second insulating portion is provided between the second interconnections. The third layer includes a ferroelectric portion and a paraelectric portion. The ferroelectric portion and the paraelectric portion include hafnium oxide.
US09954156B2
A Body Heat Powered Portable Wireless Transmitter contains a Thermo Electric Generator, an energy Harvesting System, a Control System and a Wireless Transmitter. The Wireless transmission medium could include but not exhaustively, RF, Ultrasonic or Infrared. The application can range from a keyfob transmitter or a Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System for a car, an infrared remote control for a TV or Hi-Fi or a person location device which can be worn around the wrist like a watch to allow hospital staff to track Alzheimer's patients, allow parents to track their children, detect trapped people from the effects of earthquakes and Tsunamis or an RF ID tag for security purposes. The device can also be used for sensor applications (Wireless Data Capture) such as a fitness tracker or health monitor such as a wireless ECG (Electrocardiogram) monitor to collect patient vitals and wirelessly transmit the data to hospital staff.
US09954143B2
The present invention provides a light emitting device which is capable of enhancing the radiant intensity on a single direction. The light emitting device comprises a substrate, a lens bonded to the substrate, and an LED chip bonded to the substrate and exposed in a gap clipped between the substrate and the lens, wherein the lens has a light output surface which bulges in a direction that is defined from the substrate toward the LED chip and is contained in a thickness direction of the substrate to transmit the light emitted from the LED chip.
US09954142B2
Disclosed herein are a material layer stack, a light emitting element, a light emitting package, and a method of fabricating a light emitting element. The material layer stack includes: a substrate having a first lattice constant; and a semiconductor layer grown on the substrate, the semiconductor layer having a second lattice constant that is different from the first lattice constant. Using the material layer stack, a light emitting element having a low leakage current, a low operation voltage, and an excellent luminous efficiency can be obtained.
