US09994283B1
A human-powered vehicle may include a frame and a drive member pivotally coupled to the frame. Pivotal reciprocal motion of the drive member in either direction may generate rotational motion to the wheels of the human-powered vehicle. The seat of the human-powered vehicle may be positioned such that an axis about which the drive member pivots is located below, or closer to the ground surface, than the seat.
US09994278B2
In some embodiments, a scooter comprises a deck configured to support a rider, a front wheel and a rear wheel, a head tube, a steering column, and a foot brake. The steering column can include a steering tube and a handlebar assembly, and the steering column can be used to steer the scooter by controlling a direction of the front wheel. The foot brake can be configured to apply a braking force to the rear wheel when the foot brake is pressed down. A plurality of neck members can connect the deck to the head tube.
US09994267B1
A side-skirt system for a vehicle includes first and second side-skirts. The vehicle includes a vehicle body having a first body end facing oncoming ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion, an opposing second body end, and first and second lateral body sides spanning a distance between the two body ends. The vehicle also includes at least one first road wheel proximate the first body end and at least one second road wheel proximate the second body end. The first and second side-skirts are mounted to the respective first and second lateral body sides between the respective first and second road wheels and configured to adjust respective magnitudes of aerodynamic disturbance at the lateral body sides when the vehicle is in motion. The system also includes a mechanism configured to shift the first and second side-skirts relative to the vehicle body and adjust the respective magnitudes of aerodynamic disturbance.
US09994258B2
A vehicle body side reinforcement assembly includes a first side reinforcement panel; an inner center pillar coupled to the first side reinforcement panel and to a floor support forming a lower portion of a vehicle body; and a second side reinforcement panel coupled to the first side reinforcement panel, the inner center pillar, and the floor support to form a closed structure at a lower portion of the side of the vehicle. This structure improves vehicle body performance during a side collision by transferring the collision load to the floor support, resulting in improved safety performance. In addition, the assembly minimizes the number of necessary parts and allows for low-cost assembly methods, such as spot welding, thereby reducing production costs and increasing marketability.
US09994255B2
A vehicle guidance apparatus includes a power supplying parameter acquisition device, a power receiving parameter storage device, a charge efficiency calculator, and a display processing device. The power supplying parameter acquisition device is configured to acquire in a electric vehicle a power supplying parameter which corresponds to a specification of a power supplier. The power receiving parameter storage device is configured to store a power receiving parameter corresponding to a specification of a power receiver. The charge efficiency calculator is configured to calculate a charge efficiency according to a relative position between the power supplier and the power receiver based on the power supplying parameter and the power receiving parameter. The display processing device is configured to display on a display a range of the charge efficiency with respect to a center of the power receiver to guide the electric vehicle.
US09994251B2
A method for controlling an output of a power steering system may include sensing at least one of a driving speed of a vehicle, a steering angle, a steering angular velocity, and a steering torque; obtaining a target steering torque by using at least one of the driving speed, the steering angle, the steering angular velocity, and the steering torque; and determining a motor assist output of the power steering system by using the target steering torque.
US09994249B2
Maneuverability and stability of a suspension unit for a vehicle are improved. A vehicle includes: a steer-by-wire system detecting a displacement of a steering wheel and displacing a steering rack steering steerable wheels on a basis of a detection result of the displacement and a suspension unit suspending the steerable wheels, the suspension unit including: wheel hub mechanisms, each wheel hub mechanism supporting a tire wheel on which a tire is attached, and a plurality of link members supporting the wheel hub mechanisms on the vehicle body; and a kingpin axis passing through an upper pivot point of the link members and lower pivot point of the link members being set to pass through a road surface contact area of the tire at a neutral position of the steering wheel.
US09994248B2
The release capsule includes a sleeve having a through-hole for inserting therein a fastening member configured to fix the vehicle body mounting bracket to the vehicle body and to be arranged in the notch groove, a sliding plate having a hole formed thereon, in which the sleeve is to be inserted, and configured to sandwich the vehicle body mounting bracket, and an fixing part and a lock member each provided at an end portion and the other end portion of the sleeve so as to sandwich the sliding plate and the vehicle body mounting bracket. The sleeve includes a male screw formed on a cylindrical part thereof. The male screw of the sleeve is configured to be screwed with a female screw formed at a round hole of the lock member. The sliding plate and the vehicle body mounting bracket are sandwiched by the fixing part and the lock member.
US09994245B2
In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein that are useful for holding containers open. For example, in some forms a cart accessory and cart are disclosed herein with an apparatus for holding open a receptacle or container. In one form, the apparatus is an accessory including an elongated body having a cart attachment mechanism for securing the cart accessory to at least a portion of a cart, a receptacle securing mechanism connected to the elongated body via a tether, the receptacle securing mechanism being movable between a retracted position wherein the securing mechanism is positioned proximate the elongated body and an extended position wherein the securing mechanism is spaced apart from the elongated body closer to at least a portion of a receptacle to assist in holding open the receptacle when connected thereto. In another form a cart is disclosed having such a container holding apparatus.
US09994241B2
A rail vehicle includes a vehicle unit having operating device subsystems and a guide system including a first guide system level in which operating device subsystems are networked with one another by using a digital data bus structure, and at least one second guide system level having at least one line set associated with the analog handling of processes in the operating device subsystems. In order to provide a generic rail vehicle in which a high level of safety can be achieved with little outlay on wiring, the vehicle unit includes a guide system interface device having a first interface unit associated with the data bus structure, at least one second interface unit associated with the line set, and a control unit which, in at least one operating mode, is provided for handling the processes through the second interface unit.
US09994237B2
The invention relates to an electrical vehicle (100), including an electric engine (102) and on-board energy storage means (104, 106) that are electrically connected to the engine in order to supply same with electrical energy, in which the energy storage means include a first energy storage module (104) including at least one supercapacitor, and a second energy storage module (106) including at least one battery, the first and the second energy storage modules (104,106) being arranged on parallel electrical branches, the vehicle including interconnection means (108), arranged between the energy storage means (104, 106) and the engine (102), capable of electrically connecting the two electrical arms to the engine (102) and configured such that a single one of the two electrical arms is connected to the engine (102) at a time. The invention also relates to a facility comprising the vehicle (100) and at least one station (200) for recharging the vehicle.
US09994236B2
Rail transport bogie (1) configured to operate on a track (2) having track surfaces (3,4) on opposite sides thereof and an slot (5) extending along substantially the center of the track (2), the bogie (1) comprising a load-bearing wheel (9) to run on a first (3) of the two track surfaces, a support shaft (11) extending from the load-bearing wheel (9) operatively through the slot (5) in the track (2) and terminating in load support means (8), a first pinch wheel (12) rotatably secured in a forward position (20) in respect of the support shaft (11) and a second pinch wheel (13) rotatably secured in rearward position (21) in respect of the support shaft (11), with both the first (12) and second (13) pinch wheels located between the load-bearing wheel (9) and load support means (8) to run on the second (4) of the two track surfaces, the load-bearing wheel (9) and pinch wheels (12,13) clamping between them the bogie (1) to the opposing track surfaces (3,4), and at least one of the load-bearing wheel (9) and either or both of the pinch wheels (12,13) connected to a motor (10) operatively to be driven thereby to comprise a driven wheel for the bogie (1). Also disclosed are a rail transportation system and a track for a rail transportation system using such a bogie (1).
US09994234B2
A driving assistance apparatus outputs a deceleration recommendation indicator as an indicator of recommending deceleration of a vehicle to a display section. The deceleration recommendation indicator recommends deceleration of the vehicle for a target position ahead in the traveling direction of the vehicle. The deceleration recommendation indicator varies in accordance with the speed of the vehicle.
US09994230B2
An information processing apparatus is mounted on a vehicle. The information processing apparatus includes: a first acquiring unit that acquires, from each of one or more traffic lights, traffic light information including identifying information for identifying a corresponding traffic light, position information of the corresponding traffic light, and start time and end time of lighting in a color of a traffic signal indicating stop of the vehicle; a calculation unit that calculates a signal waiting time that indicates a time period for the vehicle to stop at a traffic light by using one or more pieces of the traffic light information; and an electric power control unit that controls an electric power state during stop of the vehicle in a multistage manner in accordance with the signal waiting time.
US09994226B2
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing whether active engine mounts configured to isolate engine vibration from a cabin and chassis of a vehicle are functioning as desired. In one example, engine vibrations are actively induced, and the active engine mounts are alternately controlled to a first, dampening mode, and to a second, stiffening mode for predetermined time periods, where resultant chassis vibrations are monitored during the predetermined time periods. By monitoring chassis vibrations as a function of induced engine vibrations, and further responsive to the active engine mounts being controlled to the first and second modes, it may be indicated as to whether the active engine mounts are functioning as desired.
US09994225B1
A powertrain system includes a geartrain configured to transfer mechanical power between an internal combustion engine, torque machines and a driveline by activation of a synchronous engagement clutch. A method includes commanding activation of the synchronous engagement clutch, including commanding operations of the engine and the first and second torque machines to control members of the clutch, including monitoring speeds thereof. A magnitude of clutch slip is determined. A zero-slip feedback control routine is executed when the clutch slip approaches a zero-slip state, wherein the zero-slip feedback control routine is operative to control the engine and the first and second torque machines to control the rotational speeds of the opposed first and second members to achieve zero clutch slip. The synchronous engagement clutch is activated when the clutch slip is less than a threshold level associated with the zero-slip state.
US09994224B2
A shift control system that reduces drop in driving force and shocks during execution of clutch-to-clutch upshifting is provided. The control system is configured to reduce a torque transmitting capacity of a first clutch at a predetermined rate while increasing a torque transmitting capacity of a second clutch with a reduction in the torque transmitting capacity of the first clutch during execution of the upshifting, to set a target speed of the engine to a level determined by adding a predetermined speed to a synchronous engine speed corresponding to a low speed stage, during a torque phase in which the torque transmitting capacity of the first clutch is being reduced and the torque transmitting capacity of the second clutch is being increased, and to execute a feedback control of an engine torque in such a manner as to maintain the engine speed to the target speed based on a difference between the target speed and an actual engine speed.
US09994220B2
A target vehicle speed generating device basically includes a determination unit and a correction unit. The determination unit determines whether or not a sudden change point is present in the target vehicle speed contained in the corrects the target vehicle speed so as to eliminate the sudden change point upon determining that the sudden change point is present by the determination unit. The sudden change point corresponds to a point at which acceleration changes in excess of a predetermined condition.
US09994208B2
A bicycle hose structure comprises a tubular main body and a first electrical conductor. The tubular main body defines a through-hole, an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface. The through-hole is configured to arrange a force transmitting element provided so as to transmit operating force. The first electrical conductor is provided at least radially inwardly of the outer peripheral surface and has an end portion configured to be electrically connected to a bicycle component.
US09994207B2
An autolift-resistant piston assembly is provided for an air compressor. The piston assembly comprises an unloader piston having an interior chamber. The piston assembly further comprises a first coil spring for biasing the unloader piston to a loaded position when the piston assembly is installed in the air compressor. The piston assembly also comprises an inner member disposed in the interior chamber of the unloader piston and including (i) a body portion, and (ii) a tapered end portion extending from the body portion and facing an unloader air passage of the air compressor when the piston assembly is installed in the air compressor.
US09994200B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an automatic stopping device for a forklift, and more particularly, to an automatic stopping device for a forklift, which forcibly stops the forklift by simultaneously operating a forward clutch and a reverse clutch when an operator moves away from the forklift in a state in which an engine is turned on. According to the automatic stopping device for a forklift according to the exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, first, it is possible to prevent a safety accident by forcibly stopping the forklift in the absence of the operator, and second, the automatic stopping device for a forklift is economical because it is possible to effectively stop the forklift using an additional simple configuration.
US09994190B2
The present invention provides a gas generator including a combustion chamber cup which is disposed in the housing provided with a gas discharge port and includes a combination of a cup member and a cylindrical member, a combustion chamber being separated by the combustion chamber cup into an inner combustion chamber and an outer combustion chamber, the cup member having, in a circumferential wall surface thereof, a dropout-preventing slit formed in an axial direction from a first end on the side of a bottom surface to a second end on the side of an opening and a plurality of through holes formed in a circumferential direction, the cylindrical member having a first end opening fixed to a bottom plate of the housing and a protrusion protruding radially outward in a circumferential wall surface thereof, the cup member covering a second end opening of the cylindrical member, and the bottom surface of the cup member being positioned on the side of a top plate of the housing, the plurality of the through holes being closed when the protrusion of the cylindrical member is fitted at the first end of the dropout-preventing slit, at the time of actuation, the plurality of the through holes of the cup member being opened when the cup member moves until the protrusion, which has located at the first end of the dropout-preventing slit, abuts against the second end.
US09994181B1
A vehicle seat includes a seatback extending from a first side to a second side. An airbag assembly having a housing is supported by the seatback at one of the first and second sides. An airbag is inflatable from the housing to an inflated position. In the inflated position, the airbag has a first leg extending away from the seatback and a second leg spaced from the seatback, and extending from the first leg in a cross-seatback direction to a distal end of the second leg. A panel extends from the distal end of the second leg to the housing.
US09994174B2
A vehicle-mounted electronic component with a smart power supply interface includes a smart power supply interface module and a component function module. At the vehicle-side, the smart power supply interface module is connected with the vehicle fuse fox and with the CAN bus of the vehicle, and also is connected with the vehicle transmission gear and the vehicle-mounted sensing module respectively. At the component-side, the smart power supply interface module has an ACC output interface and an ACC enhanced output interface for the gating connection of the ACC interface of the component function module.
US09994169B2
A wire harness and a method for manufacturing a wire harness. The wire harness includes a first wire harness to which a clamp is fixed at a predetermined position, and a second wire harness that is provided with a fitting portion into which the clamp can be fitted, and the second wire harness is attached to the first wire harness by fitting the clamp into the fitting portion.
US09994168B1
A dent shield for a vehicle door includes a running board having a first position for stepping into the vehicle door. The running board conceals or at least partially overlies a lifter including a linkage in the lowered position. The lifter includes an actuator for actuating the linkage to move the running board to a second position (which may be a tilted position) for at least partially shielding the vehicle door from dents or dings.
US09994162B2
Arrangement for mounting a functional component such as a camera on a motor vehicle bodywork element
An arrangement for mounting a functional component on a motor vehicle bodywork element includes a trim clipped onto the bodywork element and provided with an outer flange bearing against an outer face of the bodywork element and a support to which the functional component is fixed. The support is clipped to the trim. The support includes a central boss to which the functional component is fixed. The boss is introduced into a housing of the trim so as to position the functional component opposite an opening formed in an end wall of the trim. The support also includes a dished formation inside which the boss is located. Peripheral edges of the dished formation are extended forward to contact and interact with an inner face of the bodywork element.
US09994153B2
The invention relates to a camera (2) for a motor vehicle (1), which includes a printed circuit board (16), on which a current connector (29) and a communication bus connector (30) and a video interface connector (31) each for connecting to the motor vehicle (1) are disposed, wherein the video interface connector (31) is connected to a capacitor (25) and a parallel-to-serial converter (26), wherein the video interface connector (31) and/or the capacitor (25) and/or the parallel-to-serial converter (26) are surrounded by a device (32) shielding electromagnetic radiation.
US09994146B2
A beam is projected on the roadway by a vehicle that is visible to vehicles that are in its proximity, the beam on the roadway indicating to adjacent vehicles when they are in a blind spot of the beam generating vehicle. This makes it possible for the vehicle to slow down, speed up or move into another lane to avoid being in a blind spot of the vehicle in its proximity. An optical beam generator is mounted or integrated on a vehicle such as within side view mirror(s). The beam(s) may be generated using any suitable optical beam generator(s) including a laser, LED's or any other suitable source of illumination for projecting a line or other optical illuminated indicia to demarcate blind spot region(s) to operators of adjoining vehicles.
US09994145B2
A software application product executable on a mobile device (110) for traffic signalling using a screen (111) of the device (110), in combination with remote activation means (120,130) providing a user interface. The invention further relates to a pocket for accommodating the a device (110) during such signalling. The invention further relates to a kit comprising such a soft-ware application product and optionally such a pocket, as well as to a method for traffic signalling.
US09994144B2
A vehicle is provided that includes a glazing that has a first glass substrate and a second glass substrate. A polymeric interlayer is positioned between the first and second glass substrates and a phosphorescent layer is positioned on the polymeric interlayer. A light source is optically coupled with polymeric interlayer.
US09994142B2
An apparatus for an amusement park includes a mounting device for use in a transportation vehicle in the amusement park, wherein the mounting device is configured to retain a personal electric vehicle (PEV). The apparatus for the amusement park also includes a base assembly of the mounting device configured to secure the mounting device to a floor of the transportation vehicle. The apparatus for the amusement park further includes an arm of the mounting device including a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion of the arm is pivotally coupled to the base assembly via a hinge assembly and the second portion of the arm is coupled to a retaining assembly of the mounting device configured to retain the PEV, and wherein the first portion and the second portion are coupled to one another at a joint.
US09994137B2
An automotive armrest includes an elastic core defining a patterned array of channels extending therethrough such that the elastic core exhibits a predetermined target vertical stiffness and a predetermined target lateral stiffness different than the predetermined target vertical stiffness. The automotive armrest also includes a skin arranged with the elastic core.
US09994136B2
[Problem]To provide a cushion pad that improves the holding property and reduces the wobbling feeling.[Solution]A force S25 during compression to 25% in a first portion and a first side portion, which are positioned on a seating surface side, is set to a value smaller than the value of S25 in a second portion and a second side portion, which are positioned on a bottom surface side. The first portion and the first side portion are positioned on the seating surface side of a thickness center. This allows ensuring a close contact property with the buttocks. The second portion and the second side portion are positioned on the bottom surface side of the thickness center. This allows improving the holding property of the buttocks and reducing the wobbling feeling.
US09994135B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a base seat defining a seating surface configured to position an H-point of an occupant at a predetermined location. The base seat includes first and second sides. First and second seat bolsters are disposed at the first and second sides, respectively, of the base seat. First and second thigh supports are disposed forward of the base seat. The first and second thigh supports define a cushion split. A transverse seam extends across a forward edge of the base seat. The transverse seam is forward of the H-point a predetermined distance. The first and second thigh supports are pivotable about an axis disposed at the predetermined distance forward of the H-point.
US09994125B2
Embodiments include a vehicle comprising a seat, a first sensor coupled to the seat for detecting a seat angle, and a processor communicatively coupled to the first sensor and the seat, and configured to output a control signal for correcting the seat angle if the seat angle is not within a predetermined range of values. Embodiments also include a method of correcting a position of a vehicle seat having an occupant seated therein. The method comprises receiving, at a processor, an output detected by a sensor unit coupled to the seat; comparing, using the processor, the output to a predetermined threshold to determine whether an alarm condition exists; if it does, outputting a control signal for correcting the seat position, wherein the sensor unit includes an angular position sensor.
US09994123B2
A controlling apparatus is provided for a vehicle including a motor, an inverter, and a battery. The controlling apparatus includes a determiner, an estimator, and a controller. The determiner judges whether a first condition is satisfied or not. The first condition is satisfied if the vehicle is in a coasting state in a regeneration prohibited mode in which a regenerative brake is disabled. The estimator estimates whether a second condition is satisfied or not. The second condition is satisfied if the motor is not to generate a regenerative torque upon a shutdown of the inverter. The controller shuts down the inverter if the determiner judges that the first condition is satisfied and the estimator estimates that the second condition is satisfied.
US09994117B2
A system for employing gravity to provide electrical power for mining operations in a mine includes a battery configured to power an electric vehicle. The vehicle includes a kinetic energy capture system that can charge the battery as the vehicle conveys a loaded vehicle down a ramp from an ore face to a chamber. Traveling down the ramp produces a surplus charge in the battery due to a weight differential between a loaded vehicle traveling down a ramp producing more energy via the kinetic energy capture system than energy used by the vehicle to convey the empty vehicle up the ramp to the ore face. A discharging device disposed in the chamber is configured to discharge the surplus energy out of the battery and into the mine's power grid. One or multiple trips between the ore face and the chamber may fully charge the battery.
US09994115B2
Disclosed herein are a battery pack replacement system for an electric vehicle with an Energy Storage System (ESS) and a method of managing and replacing a battery pack using the same. A system equipped with a replacement system for replacing a battery pack of an electric vehicle and an ESS includes a determination unit for determining the type of battery pack of the vehicle, a replacement unit for detaching a discharged battery pack from the vehicle or mounting a battery pack on the vehicle, a charging/discharging unit for charging/discharging and storing the discharged battery pack, and a transfer unit for conveying the discharged battery pack, detached from the replacement unit, to the charging/discharging unit or conveying the battery pack, fully charged by the charging/discharging unit, to the replacement unit.
US09994114B2
One aspect provides a wireless power transmitter. The wireless power transmitter includes a transmit antenna configured to generate a field for wireless transmit power in both a first and second configuration. The wireless power transmitter further includes a first capacitor. The wireless power transmitter further includes at least one switch configured to selectively connect the first capacitor in one of the first and second configuration, the first capacitor being in parallel with the transmit antenna in the first configuration and in series with the transmit antenna in the second configuration. The wireless power transmitter further includes a second capacitor in parallel with the transmit antenna and a transformer configured to operate at a first turns-ratio in the first configuration and a second turns-ratio in the second configuration, the first turns-ratio being lower than the second turns-ratio.
US09994105B2
A working machine having a body supported on a ground engaging structure and a working arm mounted to the body so as capable of performing working operations. The working machine having a drive arrangement to propel the working machine including a prime mover and a hydrostatic transmission including at least one hydraulic pump driven by the prime mover, and at least one motor driven by hydraulic fluid. The working machine also having a hand throttle for selectively setting the power output of the prime mover, a foot throttle for dynamically adjusting the power output of the prime mover in a first mode of operation, wherein the transmission is configured to operate in a second mode of operation when a predetermined criterion is met, and in the second mode the foot throttle directly controls the speed of movement of the ground engaging structure.
US09994098B2
A multi-mode electro-mechanical variable speed transmission capable of providing two power split operation modes and at least one fixed output-to-input speed ratio operation mode. The transmission includes an input shaft, an output system, at least one planetary gear set having at least a first, second and third co-axial rotatable components, two electric machines, and at least one torque transfer device. The first co-axial rotatable component couples to the first electric machine with a constant speed ratio; the second co-axial rotatable component couples to the output system with a constant speed ratio; and the third co-axial rotatable component couples to the input shaft with a constant speed ratio; the second electric machine selectively couples to two different co-axial rotatable components of the planetary gear set with two different speed ratios. The transmission is configured to unload the torque transfer device, adjust engine power, shift one of the electric machines to a freewheeling state, and actively synchronize the speed of the electric machines with the speed of one of the engagement positions of the torque transfer device.
US09994092B2
A panel structure includes a first panel that is made of resin and has a first flange portion, and a second panel that is made of resin and has a second flange portion that overlaps the first flange portion and is joined to the first flange portion by an adhesive, and an abutting portion that abuts against a tip end portion of the first flange portion. The second panel forms a closed sectional shape (a hollow chamber) with the first panel.
US09994087B2
A vehicular heat management system has a compressor, a heat-medium heating heat exchanger, and a flow adjustment part. The compressor draws and discharges a refrigerant. The heat-medium heating heat exchanger causes a heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and a heat medium other than air and heats the heat medium. The flow adjustment part causes a flow of a cooling fluid cooling the refrigerant when the compressor is stopped. The vehicular heat management system further has a refrigeration cycle unit and a refrigerant-flow-path forming member. The refrigeration cycle unit includes devices configuring a refrigeration cycle. The refrigerant-flow-path forming member (i) is disposed in a low-temperature area having an air temperature that is lower than an air temperature in an area in which the refrigeration cycle unit is disposed, and (ii) passes a refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle flows.
US09994082B2
A vehicle tire monitoring methodology is based on embedding into a tire at least one tire inductor coil with multiple circumferential windings. A tire condition that causes deformation of the tire, causes deformation of the tire inductor coil. A tire condition (such as pressure, speed, damage or deterioration) can be monitored by acquiring tire coil response measurements corresponding to an inductive response to the tire condition that causes deformation of the tire, and thereby deformation of the tire inductor coil, and then converting the tire coil response into data representing the tire condition. Multiple circumferential tire inductor coils can be embedded (such as into the tread and/or sidewalls), so that tire monitoring can involve acquiring respective tire coil responses corresponding to a tire condition that causes differential tire coil responses (such as steering direction), which can be converted into data representing the tire condition.
US09994081B2
A device (10) is disclosed for providing air to a tire which is mounted on a wheel rim which itself is free to rotate about a fixed, that is, non-rotatable axle 22. The device includes a pump (50, 52, 54, 62) which in use rotates with the tire and which is configured to provide, when activated, air under pressure to the tire. There is a pump drive system for activating the pump. The pump drive system comprising a piston rod (56) which is connected to and rotates with the tire and a body (40) which rotates in unison with the rod (56) while the pump is inactive. An electric motor (68) rotates the body (40) with respect to the rod (56) to activate the pump and provide air to the tire. Rotation of the body (40) is superimposed on rotation of the pump with the tire. The device also includes a stator component (26) and coils (30) and magnets (32) for generating, by electrical induction, power for driving the motor using the relative rotation between the second part and the stator component (26).
US09994073B2
A tire includes: a ring shaped tire frame member that is made of a resin with plural tire pieces joined along a tire circumferential direction; a joint portion reinforcing belt that is adhered to the tire frame member, that extends around the tire circumferential direction, and that covers a joint portion of the plural tire pieces; and a tread layer that is provided further to the tire radial direction outside than the tire frame member and the joint portion reinforcing belt.
US09994068B1
An artist's palette is provided herein including: a body having a first, generally flat surface; a protruding first ridge running along an edge of the first surface; and, a pane removably mountable to the body, the pane being transparent or sufficiently translucent to permit visual color matching through the pane of a sample of prepared paint disposed on the pane with a reference sample disposed between the pane and the body. The artist's palette may be provided as part of an assembly which also includes a cover removably mountable to the body, the cover being configured to be mounted to the body without any portion of the cover contacting the first surface and without any portion of the cover contacting the pane.
US09994060B2
In order to prevent a page from returning from a page-turning end point to a page-turning start point and improve the reliability of page turning, in addition to a catching section having a plurality of vane sections provided on the outer circumferential surface, there are provided a pull-in roller which rotates around the rotation axis of the catching section and has a diameter smaller than that of the catching section and a pressing roller having a diameter smaller than that of the pull-in roller. When a page is conveyed by a sticking section, the catching section brings the page to a page-turning end point while rubbing the page surface with the rotating vane sections, and the pull-in roller pulls in the page caught by the vane sections of the catching section. The pressing roller presses the page pulled in by the pull-in roller at the page-turning end point.
US09994055B2
In accordance with an embodiment, an image decoloring apparatus comprises a conveyance path configured to convey a sheet on which an image is formed with a coloring agent that is decolored by heat; a first heat roller configured to be arranged at the upstream side of the conveyance path; and a second heat roller configured to be arranged at the downstream side of the conveyance path. Each of the first heat roller and the second heat roller includes a cylindrical portion and a heat source. The thickness of the cylindrical portion constituting the first heat roller is larger than the thickness of the cylindrical portion constituting the second heat roller. In this way, the heat capacity of the first heat roller is also larger than the heat capacity of the second heat roller.
US09994053B2
A user defines the real costs for each of the individual inks used in printer and also defines a tolerance level for visual acceptance, defined in CIE units of DeltaE2000. Then, an algorithm performs a search through all nodes of the device link profile and for each node it tries to find an ink combination that creates less costs and is still within the given visual tolerance (
US09994049B1
Systems and methods for adjustable path length of print media in a dryer of a printing system. In one embodiment, the dryer includes a drum that applies heat to a web of print media. The dryer also includes first rollers positioned in an arc around the drum to define a path of travel of the web along the arc when the web is between an entrance of the dryer and the drum. The dryer further includes second rollers positioned inside the arc from the first rollers to reverse the path of travel of the web inside the arc when the web is between the drum and an exit of the dryer. A first roller and a second roller transport the web around the drum. A location of the first roller and the second roller relative to the arc defines a length of the web inside the dryer.
US09994048B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a head unit that discharges a liquid from each of a plurality of nozzles and causes a liquid column to extend downwardly; a liquid droplet generating unit that irradiates the liquid column with a laser beam from a position separated from the plurality of nozzles and separates liquid droplets from the liquid column; and a direction changing unit that applies energy to the liquid droplets and changes a flying direction of the liquid droplets.
US09994047B2
A drying apparatus includes a plurality of rollers including at least one heating roller and arranged to form a conveying path where a conveyed object is wound to be heated and conveyed. The plurality of rollers are arranged such that a first subset of rollers amongst the plurality of rollers is arranged on one side in a horizontal direction, and a second subset of rollers is arranged on an opposite side in the horizontal direction. The conveyed object is conveyed along the conveying path windingly back and forth between the first side and the second side, such that the winding conveyance back and forth between the first side and the second side advances the conveyed object upwardly or downwardly in a vertical direction. As an example, the conveying path includes plural horizontal sections, one disposed above another, and amongst the plural horizontal sections, each horizontal section is shorter than the horizontal sections below the horizontal section.
US09994046B2
Generation of cockling is suppressed to enable superior image quality printing. An inkjet printing device is provided with a head discharging ultraviolet curing ink onto a medium, pinning irradiation sections irradiating the ultraviolet curing ink on the medium with light, and a curing irradiation section arranged on a downstream side of the pinning irradiation sections in a conveying direction of the medium, and radiating light with a shorter wavelength than the pinning irradiation sections.
US09994041B2
The present disclosure describes, among other things, a device. The device includes a plurality of sensors, an output system, a processor coupled to the plurality of sensors and the output system, and a memory. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to receive a signal from the plurality of sensors, interpret the signal as a first Braille cell, and send a signal corresponding to the first Braille cell to the output system.
US09994036B2
An example in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes an ink channel of a printer, coupleable to an ink supply to receive an ink. A sensor assembly is mounted to the ink channel, including a sensor in fluid communication with the ink channel to identify an ink level of the ink supply based on a pressure difference between an air pressure, associated with the sensor assembly, and an ink pressure, associated with the ink channel.
US09994033B2
There is provided a liquid supply device that supplies liquid to a liquid ejecting portion which ejects liquid from a nozzle, the liquid supply device including a holding portion that holds, so as to be attachable and detachable, a liquid accommodating body that accommodates the liquid, and a rotation mechanism that rotates the holding portion between an attachment and detachment position at which the liquid accommodating body is attached and detached and a supply position at which the liquid is supplied to the liquid ejecting portion, in which the liquid accommodating body that is held in the holding portion at the supply position is disposed at a higher position than the nozzle.
US09994028B2
An ink heating device that is disposed on an inkjet recording device and heats ink includes an ink tank and at least one heater to heat the ink tank. The ink tank is an integrated unit of subtanks storing ink disposed along the longitudinal direction. The at least one heater heats both longitudinal ends of the ink tank to a temperature higher than a temperature of a central area in the longitudinal direction of the ink tank.
US09994026B2
A line inkjet head cleaning apparatus for effectively cleaning a long line inkjet head includes a wiper fixer extending in a longitudinal direction of a line inkjet head as a cleaning target and having a predetermined width in a vertical direction, a cleaning wiper being fixed to an upper end thereof, a cleaning solution tank having a predetermined volume accommodating the wiper fixer and having an opening in an upper surface, and a driver that vertically moves the wiper fixer between a cleaning solution in the cleaning solution tank and the line inkjet head as a cleaning target positioned above the opening.
US09994019B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus is provided with an actuator substrate on which a piezoelectric actuator that generates a pressure change in a pressure generation chamber, which is in communication with a nozzle opening that ejects a liquid, is provided. The liquid ejecting head is provided with lead-out wiring that is led out from the piezoelectric actuator to the top of the actuator substrate, the lead-out wiring is provided with an adhesive layer that is provided on an actuator substrate side, and a conductive layer that is provided on a side of the adhesive layer which is opposite the actuator substrate, and the adhesive layer has a width that is narrower than the conductive layer in at least a parallel arrangement direction of the lead-out wiring.
US09993996B2
This invention provides liquid-metal-based thixotropic fluids that, upon solidification with or without a mold, provide metal-matrix composite materials. The fluid is a liquid metal with dispersed solid particles, which can move substantially relative to one another. The liquid is essentially continuous; the solid is substantially discontinuous. The liquid substantially occupies the separation among the solid particles and essentially occupies a portion of the separation. The portion consists of a plurality of regions. Each region is in contact with the surface of a particle. This invention also provides a laminate consisting of metal-matrix composite layers that are essentially parallel and bonded to one another. This invention further provides a method of making a metal-based structure in the absence of a mold, with relevance to three-dimensional metal printing. This method comprises preparing, shaping and depositing the thixotropic fluid on a substrate, and allowing the fluid to cool for complete solidification.
US09993995B2
A cover for a print bed for a three-dimensional object, and methods of manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The cover may include a polycarbonate substrate having a selectively textured upper surface and a double coated adhesive layer provided to adhere the polycarbonate substrate to a print bed.
US09993987B2
A sheet processing device includes: a conveying module that conveys a folded sheet; and a pressing module that presses a folded part of the folded sheet by rotating about a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction of the conveying module as a rotation axis. The pressing module includes a projecting part arranged in a certain range in a direction of the rotation axis along a circumferential surface about the rotation axis. The projecting part is formed to be symmetric with respect to a middle part of the rotation axis in the direction of the rotation axis, and the projecting part arranged on one side from the middle part along the direction of the rotation axis are formed such that a position of the projecting part in a rotational direction of the circumferential surface varies along the direction of the rotation axis.
US09993986B2
A method for sealing and cutting of a flexible material for forming a flexible container comprising a product volume and at least one structural support volume can include feeding at least two flexible material into a sealing apparatus comprising a sealing surface and an opposed anvil surface; contacting a seam region of the at least two flexible material with the sealing surface to form a seal in the seam region and cut the seal to form a seam in a single unit operation. The seal defines one or both of at least a portion of a boundary of the product volume and at least a portion of a boundary of the at least one structural support volume.
US09993985B2
Method for producing a plurality of blanks from a continuous strip of material. Firstly, a continuous strip of material (101) is provided, the strip having a plurality of cut-outs (103) spaced along a longitudinal direction thereof. Then, the continuous strip is cut along a plurality of cut lines (203) to form the plurality of blanks (301), each cut line comprising a straight transverse section and a curved section. Each cut line intersects a respective cut-out in the strip in the curved section of the cut line. Each cut line, together with its respective intersected cut-out, corresponds to an edge (303, 305) of at least one of the plurality of blanks. There is also provided a blank (301) formed by the method and a container (400) for consumer goods, the container comprising an inner frame (301) formed from a blank formed according by the method.
US09993975B2
The present invention relates to a device for manufacturing three-dimensional models by means of a 3D printing process, whereby a build platform for application of build material is provided and a support frame is arranged around the build platform, to which said support frame at least one device for dosing the particulate material and one device for bonding the particulate material is attached via the guiding elements and the support frame is moveable in a Z direction, which essentially means perpendicular to the base surface of the build platform, said movement provided by at least two vertical positioning units on the support frame. In this respect, it is provided that the positioning units are respectively separate components and are arrangeable on the support frame independently from one another and the location and orientation of such can be adjusted independently from one another.
US09993973B1
A novel 3D printing technique is used to mobilize a 3D printer while printing thus creating an unlimited build volume. The 3D printer is mobilized by printing track or scaffold that guides the 3D printer as it moves in a spiral or helical, corkscrew, or linear fashion. After printing a segment the printer subsequently utilizes the track or scaffold printed during the process, after the material has set to the desired or specified hardness, for advancement and support of the printer.
US09993958B2
A method for the fabrication of a container (802), comprising the steps of: —providing a preform (705), said preform being substantially tubular in form and being provided with a closed end (709), a cavity (707), and an open end (710) communicating with said cavity (707); —positioning at least one restriction device (711, 714) relative to the preform (705) so as to define at least one restriction zone and restrict expansion of the preform (705) therein; —injecting a pre-determined volume of an incompressible fluid (800) into the cavity (707) of the preform (705) via the open end (710), provoking the preform (705) to plastically deform by expansion, said preform (705) expanding freely in at least one expansion zone outside said at least one restriction zone; and —Using for the fabrication of a beverage container (802).
US09993944B2
A mobile concrete mixing unit has an aggregate bin divided into two compartments by a water tank provided within the aggregate bin. A hydraulic reservoir is provided within the water tank in order to cool the hydraulic fluid within the hydraulic reservoir and warm the water within the water tank. The water tank also helps to keep the aggregate warm and flowable when used in low temperatures. A lower portion of the water tank includes sides that slope inwardly so that aggregate within the bin can drop freely onto a conveyor belt without bridging between the water tank and the sidewalls of the aggregate bin.
US09993942B2
This document describes systems and processes for forming improved synthetic molded slabs suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).
US09993938B2
A combination includes a work table defining a working surface for placing a workpiece and a fence assembly including a fence. The fence is rotatably mounted on the work table. The fence includes a first contacting surface which is arranged to provide an abutting surface when the fence is rotated to an abutting position and which is arranged to provide an extending surface when the fence is rotated to an extending position, a second contacting surface which is arranged to provide a supporting surface when the fence is rotated to a supporting position, and a third contacting surface which is arranged to provide an abutting surface when the fence is rotated to the supporting position.
US09993935B2
An apparatus for clipping ends of a book of sheets includes a first detector for detecting a first end of the book of sheets, a clipper positioning system and a first clipper including a knife. The clipper positioning system is adapted to automatically position the first clipper to a proposed first clipping position based on the detected first end of the book of sheets. A method of processing a plurality of sheets includes assembling the plurality of sheets into a book of sheets, detecting a first end of the book of sheets to propose a first position for clipping the book of sheets, positioning a first clipper based on the detected first end of the book of sheets, advancing the book of sheets to an infeed conveyor, detecting, the presence of the book of sheets in the infeed conveyor, advancing the book of sheets to the first clipper, clipping the first end of the book of sheets, and advancing the book of sheets from the first clipper.
US09993934B2
The invention features methods and apparatuses for determining replacement of components in liquid pressurization systems. A replaceable component for use in a pump of a liquid pressurization system includes a body portion and a data storage mechanism. The data storage mechanism is in physical contact with the body portion. The data storage mechanism is configured to communicate information to a reader of the liquid pressurization system. The information is usable to determine a condition of replacement (e.g., a remaining usable life) of the replaceable component.
US09993926B2
A joint structure includes a joint hollow body having a first plate and a second plate arranged opposite to each other, and the second plate has a penetrating hole for defining an axial direction with respect to the penetrating hole, and an external side plate is extended in the defined axial direction from the external periphery of the first plate and connected to the external periphery of the second plate, so as to enhance the structural strength of the joint hollow body and prevent the joint hollow body from having concentrated stress or being cracked easily.
US09993917B1
A handgrip for the handle of a cleaning tool, and particularly a push broom, has a frustum shaped front section with side walls tapering downwardly from an outwardly extending upper lip portion to an opening at the terminus of the front section. The opening is shaped to retain the cleaning tool handle. A stock shaped rear section extends downwardly from the front section. The rear section has a curved top wall which merges smoothly downward into curved sidewalls and merges upwards to the lip portion. A curved notch is formed between the lip portion and the top wall. This configuration allows the user to maintain a comfortable grasp of the handgrip, eliminating the strain and risk of injury, while ensuring that the user's hand does not slip off the handle.
US09993914B2
A hammer tool assembly for a machine is provided. A hammer tool assembly includes a power cell, a tool and a frame assembly. The frame assembly includes a first side plate and a second side plate. The hammer tool assembly includes a flange member extending from an outer periphery of an outer wall of the first and second side plates. The flange member includes a plurality of serrations that extend from the outer periphery of the outer wall of at least one of the first and second side plates. The hammer tool assembly also includes a plurality of blocks provided in surrounding contact with the power cell and an inner wall of the first and second side plates respectively.
US09993910B2
An apparatus including a first pliers handle having a first end and a second end; a second pliers handle having a first end and a second end; a first pivot pin which connects the first pliers handle, at a location between the first end and the second end of the first pliers handle and the second pliers handle at a location between the first end and the second end of the second pliers handle; and a first belt having teeth. The first belt having teeth may be configured to rotate while the first pliers handle remains stationary with respect to the second pliers handle. The first belt having teeth may be configured to be detached from the first pliers handle and the second pliers handle. The apparatus may include a motor located for rotating first belt while the first pliers handle remains stationary with respect to the second pliers handle.
US09993907B2
A method of fabricating a polishing pad includes determining a desired distribution of voids to be introduced within a polymer matrix of a polishing layer of the polishing pad. Electronic control signals configured to be read by a 3D printer are generated which specify the locations where a polymer matrix precursor is to be deposited, and specify the locations of the desired distribution of voids where no material is to be deposited. A plurality of layers of the polymer matrix corresponding to the plurality of the first locations is successfully deposited with the 3D printer. Each layer of the plurality of layers of polymer matrix is deposited by ejecting a polymer matrix precursor from a nozzle. The polymer matrix precursor is solidified to form a solidified polymer matrix having the desired distribution of voids.
US09993898B2
Forming respective packets (20, 21, 46, 50, 52, 70, 82, 84) of filler metal powder (24) and flux powder (26) for adjacent placement on a working surface (30) for laser deposition of the metal. Each packet may be formed of a sacrificial sleeve (22) or adjacently seamed sheets (72A-D), which may include flux fibers such as alumina, zirconia, basalt, or silica. A packet (56) of flux may be disposed centrally inside a packet (56) of metal or vice versa. A connected stack (70, 82, 84) of three packets (74A-C, 86A-C) may be formed by seaming (76A-B) four stacked sheets (72A-D) around common edges and filling the three resulting spaces between the sheets with a respective vertical sequence of metal/flux/metal or flux/metal/flux powders. Quilting and intermediate stitching may provide for precise control of material distribution and facilitate feeding of material.
US09993893B2
An apparatus for treating a surface of a strip casting twin roll includes: a laser machining unit configured to form dimple patterns on a surface of a rotating casting roll using a laser; a machining region processing unit, wherein if the casting roll is rotated by a critical angle, the machining region processing unit calculates a size and a position of a machining region, in which a dimple pattern will be formed, based on image information obtained by imaging the machining region; and a laser beam absorbing unit, wherein if the size of the machining region is smaller than a size of the dimple pattern, the laser beam absorbing unit places a screen at an overlap start position from which the machining region and the dimple pattern start to overlap each other, so as to absorb a laser beam emitted toward a peripheral region of the machining region.
US09993880B2
A tool holder includes a basic body, in which a tool receiving region is located, a circular cylindrical clamping chuck having several joints and an external thread which has an external pitch angle, as well as a union nut having an internal thread which has an internal pitch angle. The union nut has a stopping face on the basic body or on the clamping chuck. The external pitch angle is different from the internal pitch angle.
US09993879B1
A cutting tool includes a cutting insert mounted to a head attached to a collar at a first end of the cutting tool. A shank is located at a second, opposite end of the cutting tool. A central cavity extends inwardly from the first end toward the shank. An eddy current vibration absorber assembly is disposed within the central cavity. The eddy current vibration absorber assembly includes an absorber mass made of an electrically conductive material, a magnetic material proximate the absorber mass, and a support member for supporting the absorber mass within the central cavity. The eddy current vibration absorber assembly is tuned by selectively adjusting a distance between the absorber mass and the magnetic material.
US09993871B2
A silver powder, including: an organic substance on a surface of the silver powder, the organic substance containing at least one carboxyl group and at least one hydroxyl group in one molecule of the organic substance, wherein a BET specific surface area of the silver powder is 0.1 m2/g or more but 2.0 m2/g or less, and wherein a cumulative 50% point of particle diameter (D50) of the silver powder in a volume-based particle size distribution of the silver powder as measured by a laser diffraction particle size distribution analysis is 0.1 μm or more but 6.0 μm or less, and a ratio of [(D90−D10)/D50] is 3.0 or less, where D50 is the cumulative 50% point of particle diameter, D90 is a cumulative 90% point of particle diameter of the silver powder, and D10 is a cumulative 10% point of particle diameter of the silver powder.
US09993852B2
Described embodiments include an unmanned aerial vehicle and a method. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes an airframe and a rotary wing system coupled with the airframe and configured to aerodynamically lift the vehicle in the air. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a flight controller configured to control a movement of the vehicle while airborne. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a cleansing controller configured to manage a removal of a surface contaminant from a selected portion of a surface of an external object using an airflow generated by the rotary wing system.
US09993843B2
Ultrasonic transducer coupling adapters, ultrasonic transducer assemblies with an adapter, and methods for making and for using ultrasonic transducer adapter components are disclosed. An ultrasonic transducer assembly is disclosed for generating and transmitting ultrasonic energy to a work piece (e.g., non-resonant structures). The assembly includes piezoelectric actuators that generate ultrasonic vibrations in response to high-frequency electrical signals. A feedback system monitors and regulates voltages applied to the piezoelectric actuators. The assembly also includes an adapter that is connected to the piezoelectric actuators (e.g., via a front mass) and is configured to distribute the ultrasonic vibrations from the actuators to the work piece. The adapter reduces or substantially eliminates transmission back to the piezoelectric actuators of erratic strain generated by the work piece in response to these ultrasonic vibrations. The adapter helps to ensure that the ultrasonic transducer assembly vibrates with a simple axial motion when the work piece vibrates erratically.
US09993842B2
Disclosed are Bisphenol A (BPA), Bisphenol F, Bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE), and Bisphenol F diglycidyl ether (BFDGE)-free coating compositions for metal substrates including an under-coat composition containing a polyester (co)polymer, and an under-coat cross-linker; and an over-coat composition containing a poly(vinyl chloride) (co)polymer dispersed in a substantially nonaqueous carrier liquid, an over-coat cross-linker, and a functional (meth)acrylic (co)polymer. Also provided is a method of coating a metal substrate using the BPA, BPF, BADGE and BFDGE-free coating system to produce a hardened protective coating useful in fabricating metal storage containers. The coated substrate is particularly useful in fabricating multi-part foodstuffs storage containers with “easy-open” end closures.
US09993833B2
A blocked hole treatment apparatus and method are provided. The blocked hole treatment apparatus includes: a dredge element, a support element and a driving element, the dredge element is arranged on the support element, and the driving element is configured to drive the dredge element to rotate around the support element such that one end of the dredge element is inserted into a vent hole (the blocked hole) of the crucible.
US09993822B2
When taking in outside air with a fan to control the temperature inside a covered portion where a specimen is installed, the internal temperature may change depending on an environment temperature to cause a difference in temperature control. The wind generated by the fan may blow against a reaction container depending on its loading position and it may influence the temperature control over individual specimens and lead to problems with temperature accuracy, temperature rise speed, and temperature drop speed. A reaction container avoiding these problems has a covered portion which performs temperature control on the reaction container and in which a cover and a fin cover have a heat insulating structure. A heat source is provided for controlling an internal temperature of an internal covered space. The internal temperature is kept constant and the influence of the environment temperature over the temperature control of the reaction container is minimized.
US09993821B2
For the present small solenoid valve, a stem is coupled to a solenoid plunger, and a valve body is attached to a distal end of the stem. A circular-ring shaped valve seat on which the valve body is seated is provided in a valve chamber of a valve casing, and a seal ring is externally fitted on the stem between the valve chamber and the solenoid plunger with an outer peripheral portion of the seal ring made to contact with an inner surface of the valve casing. The valve casing and the seal ring are made of a rubber-like polymer elastic body, a first port is connected to communicate with the valve chamber, and a second port is connected to communicate with an inner side of the valve seat. At actuation of the solenoid, when the stem moves in an axial direction, the seal ring follows the movement by only elastic deformation without sliding.
US09993817B2
A biological fluid sample analysis cartridge is provided. The cartridge includes a housing, a fluid module, and an analysis chamber. The fluid module includes a sample acquisition port and an initial channel, and is connected to the housing. The initial channel is sized to draw fluid sample by capillary force, and is in fluid communication with the acquisition port. The initial channel is fixedly positioned relative to the acquisition port such that at least a portion of a fluid sample disposed within the acquisition port will draw into the initial channel. The analysis chamber is connected to the housing, and is in fluid communication with the initial channel.
US09993815B2
A controlled environment enclosure comprises a robotic arm manipulation system used to protect and unprotect a fluid path within the controlled environment enclosure. The apparatus allows the fluid path to be protected against dangerous decontamination vapors and chemicals before the controlled environment enclosure is decontaminated, the method not requiring the use of gloves or other means that degrade the integrity of the controlled environment enclosure. The apparatus similarly allows the fluid path to be unprotected for use without the use of gloves, the method not requiring the use of gloves or other means that degrade the integrity of the controlled environment enclosure when decontamination is completed. The apparatus and method allow for the protecting, unprotecting and decontaminating sequences to be automated.
US09993808B1
A method for preparing nanosized sulfide catalysts includes providing an aqueous solution having an organometallic complex, mixing the organometallic complex with a sulfiding agent, an emulsifier, and a hydrocarbon oil to prepare a water-in-oil nanoemulsion; subjecting the water-in-oil nanoemulsion to thermal decomposition and isolating a solid product from the liquid.
US09993807B2
The invention concerns a composition comprising a mixture of zinc sulphide (ZnS) and molybdenum sulphide (MoSx), in which the Mo/Zn molar ratio is in the range 0.01 to 1.9. The invention also pertains to a process for its preparation as well as to its application in photocatalysis and more particularly to its application in photocatalysis for the production of dihydrogen from water (H2O) and/or hydrogen sulphide (H2S) and/or any other source of protons in the presence of a source emitting in the ultraviolet and/or visible spectrum.
US09993806B2
Provided is a method for preparing a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of formic acid, the method including: preparing a nitrogen-doped carbon support; forming a mixed solution including a first aqueous metal precursor solution which includes palladium (Pd) and a second aqueous metal precursor solution which includes nickel (Ni); and forming a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of formic acid by stirring the nitrogen-doped carbon support with the mixed solution, and then immobilizing alloy particles of Pd and Ni on the nitrogen-doped carbon support.
US09993800B2
The preservation or extension of the life of oxygen perishable products such as fresh or cooked meats; fresh vegetables and fruits; dried vegetables, fruits and meats; packaged pharmaceuticals or biologicals; open and enclosed marketing display cases of meats, fruits and vegetables; and packaging, warehousing and transportation of meats, fruits, and vegetables is obtained by subjecting such products to an atmosphere obtained from gas permeable packets of an oxygen scavenging composition comprising a sodium carbonate mineral and one or more carboxylic acids. When the environment surrounding the oxygen perishable product is subjected to the packets of gaseous permeable oxygen scavenging compositions, oxygen is taken in by the scavenging composition and also the presence of carbon dioxide in the surrounding environment is enhanced thereby minimizing or eliminating the effect the oxygen on the oxygen perishable products.
US09993799B2
Methods of producing solid CO2 sequestering carbonate materials are provided. Aspects of the methods include introducing a divalent cation source into a flowing aqueous liquid (e.g., a bicarbonate rich product containing liquid) under conditions sufficient such that a non-slurry solid phase CO2 sequestering carbonate material is produced. Also provided are systems configured for carrying out the methods.
US09993798B2
Oxidative dehydrogenation of paraffins to olefins provides a lower energy route to produce olefins. Oxidative dehydrogenation processes may be integrated with a number of processes in a chemical plant such as polymerization processes, manufacture of glycols, and carboxylic acids and esters. Additionally, oxidative dehydrogenation processes can be integrated with the back end separation process of a conventional steam cracker to increase capacity at reduced cost.
US09993794B2
Methods, compositions and arrays for non-random loading of single analyte molecules into array structures are provided. For example, methods are presented for providing a surface comprising the plurality of array regions by exposing the surface to a solution comprising polymerase enzymes where each polymerase enzyme is bound to a binding structure having several functional moieties. The functional moieties of the binding structure react with the binding elements on the array regions such that the functional moieties on the binding structure react with other available binding sites in an array region, preventing other polymerase-binding structures from loading, and resulting in a single polymerase molecule bound to each of these regions.
US09993791B2
A reactor for producing a solid carbon material comprising at least one reaction chamber configured to produce a solid carbon material and water vapor through a reduction reaction between at least one carbon oxide and at least one gaseous reducing material in the presence of at least one catalyst material. Additional reactors, and related methods of producing a solid carbon material, and of forming a reactor for producing a solid carbon material are also described.
US09993788B2
In an outlet flow control arrangement (1) arrangeable to control a flow of material through an outlet (2) with a predetermined diameter arranged at an end of a pressurized processing container (3), the outlet flow control arrangement (1) comprises an adaptor unit (4) configured so that a cross-section of a flow into the adaptor unit (4) is reduced as compared to a cross-section of the outlet (2), to enable the adaptor unit (4) to control and center a flow of processed material out of the processing container (3) and through the outlet (2) into a discharge pipe (5).
US09993787B1
The disclosure relates to ultrahigh efficiency spray drying systems and processes, utilizing induction of localized turbulence in a drying fluid flow stream to produce spray dried product, having particular utility for low temperature spray drying operations. In a specific implementation, a method of processing a spray dryable liquid composition to form a spray dried product includes the steps of: generating a spray of the spray dryable liquid composition; contacting the spray of spray dryable liquid composition in a spray drying contact zone with a stream of primary drying fluid; injecting pressurized secondary drying fluid into the stream of primary drying fluid in the spray drying contact zone at multiple loci thereof to provide localized turbulence at said multiple loci; and recovering the spray dried product from the spray drying contact zone. Systems of the present disclosure are effective in achieving high-rate production of dry powder spray dried products, with substantially reduced capital equipment costs, energy requirements, and operating expenditures.
US09993784B2
Devices for preparing a liquid solution are disclosed. The device includes a receptacle defining a cavity for receiving at least one active substance to be dissolved, at least one inlet leading into the cavity for feeding at least one solvent into the cavity, and at least one outlet leading out of the cavity for discharging the liquid solution including the at least one active substance and the at least one solvent from the cavity. The cavity or the receptacle may include a flexible outer shell for enclosing the cavity and an inner, preferably columnar, supporting element for stretching the flexible outer shell between at least two points, the supporting element comprising the at least one inlet at its first end and the at least one outlet at its second end and being enclosed by the flexible outer shell to provide an axially rigid cartridge that can be used in currently customary dialysis machines comprising cartridge connection systems, which can be produced at low cost.
US09993783B2
A blending machine, for homogenizing materials deposited within an intermediate bulk container (IBC), includes: a frame; a drive motor; a clamp disk rotatably supported by the frame and coupled to the drive motor to drive disk rotation; first and second jaw clamps movably mounted to the frame; and a drive mechanism to drive the jaw clamps to translate toward each other and rotatably secure the IBC's boom to the rotatable clamp disk. A clutch, a torque limiter, and a limit switch limit the pressure applied by the clamps, and the extent of their travel to optimize clamping and rotatability. The blending machine is moveably mounted to a pedestal, and elevated by an actuator. A blending bar within the IBC is coupled through the boom to the clamp disk, and driven to rotate to blend the materials, in addition to mixing by rotation of the ICB.
US09993776B2
The present invention relates to a separation membrane module including: a pressure vessel; a plurality of separation membrane elements which are provided in the pressure vessel and each includes: a wound membrane body in which a separation membrane, a liquid-to-be-treated channel member and a permeated liquid channel member are spirally wound around a permeated liquid collection tube; and anti-telescoping plates disposed on both ends of the wound membrane body; and a thrust load holding member which holds a thrust load generated when water passes through the separation membrane elements, in which a thrust load adjustment holding member which is capable of adjusting the thrust load by adjusting a total length of the separation membrane elements in the pressure vessel, is provided on at least one end of the thrust load holding member in an axial direction of the separation membrane elements.
US09993768B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for removing carbon dioxide from hydrocarbons, the method comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a feed stream comprising hydrocarbons and carbon dioxide with one or more gas-separation membranes to produce a hydrocarbon-rich retentate gas stream and a permeate gas stream rich in carbon dioxide, the retentate gas stream containing less carbon dioxide relative to the feed stream; and (b) passing at least one of the retentate gas stream or the permeate gas stream through an absorption unit to produce a hydrocarbon-rich gas phase and a liquid absorbent phase containing said carbon dioxide. The present disclosure also relates to a system for doing the same.
US09993767B2
A CO2 recovery device includes: a CO2 absorption tower in which CO2 included in an exhaust gas is absorbed by a CO2 absorption liquid; and a CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower that heats and regenerates the CO2 absorption liquid that has absorbed CO2. The CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower includes: a main body part in which the CO2 absorption liquid is temporarily stored; a boot part provided downward from a tank end of the main body part, having a relatively smaller capacity than the main body part; a flowmeter provided to the boot part, and measuring the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid that changes between the main body part and the boot part; and a control device controlling the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid between the main body part and the boot part on the basis of the measurement result of the flowmeter.
US09993763B2
A filter element, a safety element and fluid cleaner assembly. The fluid cleaner assembly generally includes a housing having a cover and a primary fluid cleaner section. The element generally comprises z-filter media, arranged in a straight through configuration, and an axial seal gasket positioned to extend continuously around at outer perimeter of the straight through flow construction. The fluid cleaner assembly can have a precleaner positioned therein. Methods of assembly and use are provided.
US09993761B2
Fiber structures and methods are described that incorporate a body of a micron fiber modified by the attachment of discrete length nano-fibers. Numerous of these modified fiber structures can be assembled into air filter media. Further augmentations of the modified fibers and media can be implemented to improve filtration characteristics.
US09993760B2
The disclosure provides a particle separator for removing aerosolized particles from exhaust emissions from a preconditioner or other apparatus. The separator comprises an enclosure with at least two baffles linearly spaced from one another therein. At least two baffles prevent the exhaust from linearly flowing directly from an inlet through the separator to an outlet. Each baffle is positioned at an angle relative to the linear flow of exhaust into the separator and a distance from an inner surface of the separator. This places a leading edge within the exhaust flow to redirect a portion of the flow, thereby promoting impact of particles on a portion of the inner surface of the separator, while also providing a surface that collects particles in the flow that impact the baffle surface. The separator and baffle surfaces can be cleaned through an access. The separator can be box- or tube-shaped or other configuration.
US09993756B2
The invention relates to a filter (10) having at least a first bayonet joint (22). The first bayonet joint (22) has a first bayonet slotted guide (26) with two locking positions that are axially spaced apart from one another for a first bayonet projection (24) of the first bayonet joint (22). By rotating a filter part for releasing the first bayonet joint (22), the first bayonet projection (24) may be moved from the second locking position into the first locking position. The filter (10) preferably has a second bayonet joint (28). The second bayonet joint (28) is preferably embodied such that, by further rotation in the same direction of rotation, it is released in that a second bayonet projection (30) is moved out of a third locking position of a second bayonet slotted guide (32) of the second bayonet joint (28) after the first bayonet projection (24) has been stopped in the first locking position. The second locking position is preferably embodied axially offset from the first locking position such that when the first bayonet projection (24) is moved from the second locking position into the first locking position, there is an increase in the volume of the filter (10) in which medium of the filter (10) may be received.
US09993753B2
A device for filtering ballast water which performs filtering by installing a filter element having a conical shape in a concentric circle direction inside the device for filtering ballast water that accommodates a filter portion, and introducing ballast water from a lower end of the device for filtering and passing same through the filter element inside the device for filtering, and for discharging backwash water containing foreign substances that are inside a filter by way of differential pressure, which is created by a driving portion communicating with a filter element by rotating a suction portion that is located on a lower end of the device for filtering. Particularly, the present invention relates to a high-efficiency candle-type device for filtering ballast water having a high-density filter structure, wherein the driving portion is positioned on a lower portion of a housing so that more filter elements can be accommodated inside the housing.
US09993750B2
Clog-resistant serpentine crossflow filters and blade loading structures for micro- and nano-fluidics are provided. In one aspect, a filter includes: a substrate; and at least one layer of pillars on the substrate, wherein the pillars are arranged adjacent to one another and groups of the pillars alternate between being perpendicular and parallel to a direction of fluid flow through the filter giving the filter a serpentine configuration having at least one downstream catch. A method of forming the filter as well as a system employing the filter in conjunction with a pillar sorting array and optionally a staged blade structure are also provided.
US09993748B2
A clip of the present application generally comprises a first clip member, a second clip member, and a retention feature. The first clip member and the second clip member are coupled together and capable of being placed in at least two positions. In the first position, the clip is capable of receiving a bag containing a fluid, and, in the second position, the bag is capable of being held between the first and second clip members. While the clip is holding the bag, two or more pockets are formed in the bag, and the fluid is generally restricted or prohibited from transferring from one pocket to another pocket while the clip is in this position. A retention feature retains the clip, which is holding a bag, to a centrifuge receptacle and allows the clip to be placed in a predetermined position on the centrifuge receptacle.
US09993744B2
An atmospheric water generation system, including a casing into which an air treatment unit and a chiller unit are located, the air treatment unit being provided with a first air inlet for ambient air and a first air outlet, the chiller unit being provided with a second air inlet and a second air outlet, wherein a respectively closing member is directly associated to each first and second air inlet and outlet. The system thus can additionally be used as an air conditioning unit, when the cooled and demoistured air from the air treatment unit is directed to a closed work space. The system may additionally include a water treatment unit and a power generating unit for stand alone purposes.
US09993737B2
Features are described to use data from game play to construct social networks of users. For example determining that a user played a game with a certain player, a certain number of times, can indicate compatibility between the user and the player. The compatibility may suggest the potential for a social network connection between the user and the player. Social network connections could be within the particular game platform, or the connection may be outside the game such as via other social networking platforms. In addition, a type of connection via the service may be identified. For example, some services allow users to follow or friend other users, where each type of connection is associated with different data security features.
US09993736B2
In a cloud computing system having a plurality of computational resources that are connected via a network, a table display section displays, on a terminal used by a user using the cloud computing system, a table showing a list of thumbnail movies of execution screens of applications that can be provided on arbitrary dates and times to the user, the table assigning the thumbnail movies to specified dates and times. A movie selection acceptance section acquires the user's selection from the thumbnail movies shown in the table. An application provision part provides an application, associated with the thumbnail movie selected by the user, to the user.
US09993733B2
Some embodiments herein include systems, methods, and software for IR object identification and motion detection. Consumers may project an interactive projection surface on the wall or floor of any room, and when IR object motion is detected, the interactive projection may update in response to the motion. A newly introduced IR object may be identified, and an effect specific to the IR object may be projected into the IR object.
US09993732B2
A gaming device, during play of a particular game, receives a plurality of audio channels carrying game sounds and determines whether a first of the game sounds overwhelms a second of the game sounds. In response to the determination, the gaming device adjusts a level of one or more of the audio channels such that perceptibility of the second game sound is improved relative to perceptibility of the first game sound prior to the adjustment, wherein for the adjustment, a level of one or more of the audio channels carrying the first game sound is decreased while a level of one or more of the audio channels carrying the second game sound is maintained or increased. The audio channels include three or more audio channels and the adjustment of the level of the audio channels is performed while the three or more audio channels are combined into two stereo channels.
US09993729B2
A method is provided, including: receiving, over a network by a cloud gaming server computer, a request from a client device to initiate gameplay of a cloud video game; responsive to the request, assigning the client device to a first data center from which to stream the gameplay of the cloud video game; responsive to the request, initiating transfer of user save data over the network from a second data center to the first data center; loading the cloud video game on a cloud gaming machine at the first data center, the loading of the cloud video game including loading of generic save data; initiating interactive gameplay of the cloud video game with the generic save data; during the interactive gameplay, completing the transfer of the user save data to the first data center; applying the user save data to update the execution of the cloud video game.
US09993728B2
A bingo game system provides for new features and functionality for a bingo game platform, including a bingo listener for relaying messages from a bingo broadcaster to at least one mobile client device (e.g., via a bingo connection proxy).
US09993727B2
The present invention relates to an online flash game system and method, a flash game web page providing method, a web server for providing web pages for flash game execution, and a storage medium for recording method programs. When a flash game execution is selected, a skin flash module performs a skin flash, which is a frame on a flash game screen, on a user terminal screen, and controls a UI flash module and a game contents flash module. The skin flash module displays the skin flash, which is a frame on the flash game screen, on the user terminal screen, and controls the UI flash module and the game contents flash module.
US09993726B2
Simulated video game channel systems and methods are disclosed that allows users to connect their video game consoles to a device, such as a set-top box, and to then connect over a gaming channel that is identified by an electronic programming guide (EPG). Both audiovisual broadcast content channels and video game channels are displayed on the same integrated EPG. An individual may either watch the video game action or participate in the video game. A video game channel may be either public, viewable by all service provider subscribers, or private, viewable to only a subset of subscribers. The system also analyzes the video gaming habits of the user to determine recommendations for audiovisual broadcast content and video on demand content to present to the user.
US09993725B2
An operating device has an operating shaft, engagement protrusions, and a movable body. The movable body can rotate relative to the operating shaft. The movable body engages with the engagement protrusions at positions separate from its rotation center. The movable body rotates relative to the operating shaft through the engagement with the engagement protrusions according to the translation of the operating shaft. A base abuts against the movable body in the rotational direction of this movable body and receives a force due to the movement of the operating shaft from the movable body. Sensors detect the force acting on the base. According to this, an operating device having a novel structure allowing detection of the translation of the operating shaft is implemented.
US09993711B2
A folding structure (2), is provided to which one or more rollers (3) are coupled, which is constituted by an articulated one-piece construction, formed of straight sections (2a, 2b) joined together with articulated joints that rotate around a vertical axis (4) and movement of the sections on the horizontal plane, and hinged joints that rotate around a horizontal axis (5) and movement of the sections on the vertical plane. In a use position, it has a rectangular frame shape, while in a folded position it forms an elongated and flat compact block. The upper part of the structure (2) has recesses (8) with protruding nipples (9), suitable for being inserted into holes (10) made on the ends (3a) of the roller (3) axis; while dampers (11) are disposed in the lower part. There is a joint that rotates around a vertical axis (4), and another hinged joint that rotates around a horizontal axis (5).
US09993710B1
A sports apparatus, comprising: at least two support columns, and at least two base structures coupled to the at least two support columns. At least one horizontal support bar is coupled to the at least two support columns. The at least one horizontal support bar is moveable and/or adjustable, and comprises at least two openings. At least one connector, disposed entirely below the lower surface of the at least one horizontal support bar, comprises at least two connecting point coupling the at least one connector to the at least one horizontal support bar at a lower surface of the at least one horizontal support bar by engaging with the at least two openings in the at least one horizontal support bar.
US09993705B2
To provide a golf club shaft that can provide a moderate rigidity and enhance an impact strength. A shaft 6 includes full length layers s3, s4, s7, s8 and s9 provided wholly in a longitudinal direction of the shaft, and tip end partial layers s1, s2, s10, s11 and s12 provided on a tip end part of the shaft. The full length layers include bias layers s3 and s4 and straight layers s8 and s9. The tip end partial layer includes an inner glass fiber reinforced layer s1, and an outer low elastic carbon fiber reinforced layer s10 or an outer glass fiber reinforced layer s10 which is disposed outside the inner glass fiber reinforced layer s1. The low elastic carbon fiber has a tensile elastic modulus of 22 ton/mm2 or less. In the shaft 6, a shaft weight in terms of 46 inches is 55 g or less.
US09993697B2
This system (1) for blocking one or more strings (C) of a racket on the stringing machine comprises a guide support on which two clip holders (3) each provided with a clip (37) for gripping a string (C) are mounted. Each of the clip holders (3) is movable relative to the support along a trajectory forming a closed contour around a central axis (X5) of the support.
US09993695B2
A method of manufacturing golf balls having a core and a cover of at least one layer encasing the core includes, when molding the cover, blending a thermal antioxidant into the cover stock in a plurality of divided portions. This method is able to minimize deterioration and discoloration of the cover stock, enabling golf balls of stable quality to be obtained. In addition, it is able to facilitate the use of reclaimed material, enabling environmentally and economically efficient production to be carried out.
US09993690B2
The present invention is directed to golf balls having improved aerodynamic performance due, at least in part, to the selection of the plan shapes of the dimples thereon. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a plan shape defined by low frequency periodic functions along a closed simple path. In addition, the present invention provides methods for designing dimples having a plan shape defined by a low frequency periodic function along a closed simple path.
US09993688B2
Devices such as medical devices, including those for use in conducting pelvic muscle exercise, are generally provided. Embodiments herein relate generally to the medical device and consumer medical product fields, and in some embodiments, to a device for sensing, guiding, and/or tracking pelvic muscle exercise in men and women for the purpose of treating urinary incontinence, sexual dysfunction, and other pelvic conditions.
US09993685B2
A push-up device and method of use has been disclosed that employs the use of a spherical member that makes contact with the ground surface and supports the weight of a user when the user grasps the handle members of the push-up device and/or rests thereon. The user may balance his or her body on the push-up device while exercising. The push-up device is operable to permit the push-up device to move or translate in various directions or angles when the user is resting thereon by rotating the spherical member omni-directionally. As such, not only may a user stimulate chest and/or other upper-body muscles, but the user may also stimulate abdominals or other lower-body muscles, permitting the user to stimulate a more variety of his or her muscles through balancing himself or herself on the push-up device through the curved surface of the spherical member.
US09993669B2
A D-ring keeper assembly is provided. The D-ring keeper assembly includes a D-ring and a base member. The D-ring has a mid-portion, a first end portion and a second end portion. The mid-portion is curved in generally a C-shape. The D-ring further has at least one post that extends between the first and second end portions. The base member is configured and arranged to be coupled to a webbing. The at least one post of the D-ring is pivotally in communication with the base member. The base member further includes at least one locking tab that is configured and arranged to lock the position of the D-ring in relation to the base member.
US09993667B2
A descent control device includes a gear train, a speed-control mechanism, a first fastening plate, a second fastening plate and a third fastening plate.
US09993663B2
There is presented a method 100 and apparatus 200 to measure the surface of the patient (thorax and abdominal regions), e.g., during therapy delivery and (if necessary) while imaging. Together with biomechanical considerations the position of internal structures of the patient, such as an organ, and optionally a tumor in an organ, is inferred from the measured patient surface. In case the patient breaths and thus the organ and/or tumor moves, the position may be determined, which may be advantageous during, e.g., radiation therapy, since it enables that whenever the tumor is at the right position according to the radiation therapy plan, the radiation is switched on. In a specific embodiment, a finite element model is employed.
US09993657B2
An electrical system controlled, driven by and/or based on naturally occurring electrophysiological signals in a patient's body is used to produce useful electromagnetic fields for health applications and/or medical applications provided to the patient.
US09993647B2
The disclosure relates to an electrical stimulation therapy method. The method includes applying a variable frequency stimulation pulse to target nerve tissue of the patient suffering from dysfunction of a nerve circuit in the brain selected from the group consisting of motor circuit, associative circuit and limbic circuit, wherein the variable frequency stimulation pulse comprises at least two kinds of electrical stimulation pulse trains at different frequencies; and each of the at least two kinds of alternate electrical stimulation pulse trains in each of the plurality of pulse train periods has a duration in a range from about 0.1 seconds to about 60 minutes. The target nerve tissue is a part of the nerve circuit. The different frequencies of the electrical stimulation pulse trains are in a range from about 10 Hz to about 250 Hz.
US09993640B2
A mouthpiece for providing non-invasive neuromodulation to a patient. The mouthpiece includes an elongated housing having a center of gravity located within a posterior region, a positioning pad attached to the top surface of the elongated housing for minimizing contact between a patient's upper teeth and the exterior top surface of the elongated housing, and a printed circuit board mounted to a bottom portion of the elongated housing, the printed circuit board having a plurality of electrodes for delivering subcutaneous local electrical stimulation to the patient's tongue. In some embodiments, the mouthpiece includes at least one locator disposed along the anterior region of the elongated housing for contacting a patient's teeth to securely position the mouthpiece within the patient's mouth.
US09993634B2
A retention feature configured to provide interference between a threaded connection of a Luer access device and a separate device, wherein the Luer access device further comprises a septum that provides a soft interfaced between the two threadedly connected devices. The retention features of the instant invention are designed to provide the user with a tactile sensation of a tightening threaded connection, despite a soft interface between the interconnected devices. The retention features of the instant invention further prevent “spring back” and unintentional disengagement of the interconnected devices.
US09993631B2
A ventriculoperitoneal shunt includes a proximal catheter, a distal catheter, a shunt valve operably coupling the proximal catheter to the distal catheter, and a contrast container containing contrast material configured to change acoustic impedance proportionally to a change in pressure applied to the contrast container.
US09993626B2
A medical balloon includes an outer layer and an inner layer. The outer layer has a surface texture or formation such as a scoring element. The inner layer is made of a reflow material which during production of the balloon from a raw tubing will soften and flow into internal recesses in the outer layer, thereby filling these recesses and providing support to the outer layer formations so as to avoid flattening of these formations during use of the balloon. The balloon can be manufactured in a single formation step from a raw tubing having the outer and inner reflow layer coextruded.
US09993621B2
An adaptable sleeve for securing a catheter in place and protecting it once secured is provided. The sleeve provides a body configured to wrap about a catheter insertion location, a cover to protect the catheter once inserted, and a hub attachment mechanism to hold the catheter hub and prevent its movement relative to the insertion site, once inserted.
US09993619B2
A securement system for anchoring a medical article to a patient includes a pliant holding device. The device has a body and a plurality of tentacles extending from the body. The tentacles compress and may conform around at least a portion of the medical article to form a secure mount. The holding device may also cushion the medical article and protect the site of attachment on the patient while promoting air circulation. The holding device may include a support and a hinge so that the holding device may be swung away from the medical article to provide easy access for a medical provider.
US09993618B2
A method of coupling a catheter tunneler adapter to a catheter is provided. The method includes providing a catheter having a lumen divider at a proximal end thereof; forming a receiving notch in the lumen divider by removing a center portion thereof such that two divider side portions remain; providing a catheter tunneler adapter having a distal end including a radially inward step which defines a contact surface configured to be received in the proximal end of the catheter; positioning the distal end of the catheter tunneler adapter within the catheter until the radially inward step engages the receiving notch; and securing the catheter tunneler adapter to the catheter.
US09993613B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a guide extension catheter. The guide extension catheter may include a proximal tubular member having a lumen defined therein. A distal tubular member may be attached to the proximal tubular member. The proximal tubular member may have an outer diameter. The distal tubular member may have an inner diameter. The inner diameter of the distal tubular member may be greater than the outer diameter of the proximal tubular member. A stiffening member may be slidably disposed within the proximal tubular member.
US09993607B2
An oral cannula for delivering oxygen and sampling end-tidal carbon dioxide includes an oxygen supply lumen having plural outlets and an end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) lumen having an inlet. The ETCO2 lumen and oxygen supply lumen form a unitary oral cannula such that the oxygen supply lumen outlet is spaced apart from the ETCO2 lumen inlet. The oral cannula is adapted for bending or has a bend such that the oral cannula is insertable and retainable in a patient's mouth.
US09993598B2
The present invention relates to a display arrangement for a drug delivery device, comprising: a first display member comprising numerous surface portions having at least two different but interrelated appearances and being alternately arranged along a first direction, and a second display member comprising a light modulating structure to modulate visible light emanating from the first display member, wherein first and second display members are movably disposed relative to each other along the first direction to simultaneously reveal and/or to conceal at least two surface portions of interrelated appearance.
US09993594B2
An embodiment of a fluid infusion device includes a fluid pump mechanism having a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes a reference surface and a cam element rising from the reference surface, and the stator includes a cam element having a stator cam surface. The cam elements cooperate to axially displace the rotor as a function of angular position of the rotor. A biasing element provides force to urge the cam elements together. A drive motor actuates the rotor to pump medication fluid from a fluid cartridge module to a body, via a subcutaneous conduit. A detection circuit processes axial and angular position data of the rotor, and determines that an upstream occlusion has occurred based on detectable characteristics of the axial and angular position data.
US09993590B2
The interface between nanotechnology and biological systems is used to synthetically replicate the body's vital, innate, immune functions with targeted precision. Through the creation and use of complexed nanodiamonds (or other particles) with capture agents in a flow-through return apparatus or in an analytic/diagnostic tool, the invention provides individualized treatment of blood-borne pathogens and disease spectrums and rapid, individualized diagnostics. The invention can be used, for example, to clear blood-borne pathogens during initial infections prior to tissue sequestration in real time, to decrease overwhelming numbers of bacterial/viral/cytokine load during life threatening infectious conditions, to super sensitize the immune system to a variety of conditions-cancer markers, vaccinates, etc., to tag and present preloaded microspheres to the immune system for phagocytosis and cell control or delivery, to create human-derived antibodies in vitro for use in vivo, to create direct human anticancer therapies through linkages, among various other areas.
US09993576B2
Disclosed are cement products, methods of forming cement using the cement product, and methods of using the cement product in orthopedic and dental applications. Generally, the disclosed cement product includes a first component and a second component. The first component comprises a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenic unsaturated double bond, a suitable glycidyl group and/or a suitable isocyanate group. The second component includes a compound comprising more than one type of amine selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amines, tertiary amines and quaternary amines. Alternatively, the second component includes a compound comprising a suitable mercapto (SH—) group, a hindered amine or a dimethylthiotoluenediamine (DMTDA). Optionally, the cement product includes a filler and/or a bioactive component to promote bone formation.
US09993565B2
An immunogenic product including IFNα coupled to a carrier protein molecule is capable to induce in vivo anti-IFNα antibodies and is useful in treating IFNα related conditions.
US09993564B2
A blood brain barrier shuttle comprising a brain effector entity and a brain targeting peptide.
US09993560B2
There is provided a complex comprising rifaximin and a complexing agent, wherein the complexing agent is a polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) or a cyclodextrin. There is also provided a process for preparing the complex, a pharmaceutical composition including the complex and therapeutic uses of the complex.
US09993559B2
Described is a class of symmetrical and asymmetrical N-alkyl lactam ethers. One preferred ether is bis-N-ethyl pyrrolidone ether. Preferred compositions and uses of the ethers are in performance chemicals, personal care, and pharmaceutical fields, where they function a variety of roles, including as a solvent, solubilizer, freezing point depressor, diluent, extracting agent, cleaning agent, degreaser, absorbent and/or dispersion agent.
US09993551B2
Combination therapies are disclosed. The combination therapies can be used to treat or prevent cancerous conditions and/or disorders.
US09993545B2
The present invention relates to synthetic, consensus foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) immunogenic proteins and nucleic acid molecule encoding such proteins, to vaccines against FMDV, to methods for inducing immune responses against FMVD, to methods for distinguishing between individuals infected with FMDV versus those vaccinated against FMDV, and methods of prophylactically and/or therapeutically immunizing individuals against FMDV.
US09993541B2
The disclosure relates to outer membrane vesicles from Francisella and Piscirickettsia, and their use in vaccine compositions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful in inducing protective immunity against francisellosis or salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) in fish.
US09993534B2
A vaccine comprising Calnexin fragment and a method of using the vaccine to immunize a patient against fungi are disclosed. The Calnexin fragment may be either a full-length native version or a functionally equivalent version of full-length Calnexin.
US09993520B2
Provided herein are peptide formulations comprising polymers as stabilizing agents. The peptide formulations can be more stable for prolonged periods of time at temperatures higher than room temperature when formulated with the polymers. The polymers used in the present invention can decrease the degradation of the constituent peptides of the peptide formulations.
US09993513B2
A preparation is disclosed, made of, preferably colloidal, oat flour, along with the same for use in the treatment of diseases, further cosmetic methods, comprising the application of the preparation, as well as methods of making the preparation. The preparation is particularly suitable for use in the treatment of irritable or inflammatory conditions, comprising itching, redness, and/or dry or cracked or open or oozing or thickened or inflamed skin or mucous membrane, for external or internal administration, preferably to the skin or mucous membranes, in particular directly at the site of irritated or inflammatory conditions.
US09993512B2
The present invention provides the use of escin for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical preparation for the treatment diseases mediated or caused by activated granulocytes, preferably a type I or type III allergy or septic shock.
US09993500B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons and/or chloride ions from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.
US09993499B2
An adhesive and solid particulates adhered to the pads of an animal's paw, the adhesive being cured, thereby increasing the friction of the surface of the pads; and a method of increasing the friction of an animal's paw by applying to clean, dry pads of the animal's paw a layer of uncured adhesive, and while the adhesive layer is uncured, contacting the paw with particulates to adhere the particulates to the pad, then curing the adhesive.
US09993496B1
Disclosed is a method for mitigating or ameliorating osteoarthritis in vertebrate subjects including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation. Also disclosed is an oral or parenteral hyaluronan composition comprising a polydisperse hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and a method of manufacturing the composition.
US09993490B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a phosphonic acid compound, such as a natural product. Such compounds can include, such as an antibiotic or compound with other activity, derived from an Actinobacteria strain having a gene encoding pepM (phosphoenolpyruvate phosphomutase) or a pepM-dependent biosynthetic pathway. The present invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing or reducing the risk of a bacterial infection by administering a therapeutically effective or prophylactically effective amount of a phosphonic acid antibiotic, or a pharmaceutical composition containing such an antibiotic, to a patient or subject in need thereof. The present invention further relates to methods for isolating, purfying, and identifying such phosphonic acid compounds from Actinobacteria strains.
US09993480B2
Provided herein is a combination therapy comprising an mTOR inhibitor and a JAK inhibitor. The combination therapy is useful for the treatment of a variety of cancers, including myeloproliferative neoplasms. The combination therapy is also useful for the treatment of any number of JAK-associated diseases.
US09993478B2
1-pyrazolyl-3-(4-((2-anilinopyrimidin-4-yl) oxy) napththalen-1-yl) ureas as P38 MAP knase inhibitors
There are provided compounds of formula (I) which are inhibitors of the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes, and to their use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, such as asthma and COPD.
US09993476B2
The present application relates to novel substituted 5-fluoro-1H-pyrazolopyridines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09993468B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprises a solution having a pH of from 5 to 7.5, including loratadine and/or desloratadine. The composition is suitable for treatment of e.g. allergic rhinitis and allergic conjunctivitis.
US09993463B2
The present invention is related to a compound of formula (I) a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, a solvate thereof, a metabolite thereof or a prodrug thereof; for use in a method for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of N—R1, O and S; R1 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, arylalkyl and hydrogen; R2 is selected from the group consisting of indolyl, substituted indolyl, azaindolyl and substituted azaindolyl; and R3 is selected from the group consisting of aryl, substituted aryl, unsubstituted heteroaryl, heterocyclyl and substituted heterocyclyl.
US09993458B2
Systems and methods for determining whether a cancer patient may respond to inhibition of RNA polymerase II as a treatment for the patient are provided. Inhibition of RNA polymerase II may be by way of chemotherapy with an agent such as triptolide, an analog of triptolide, or a prodrug form of triptolide. The cancer patient may be a pancreatic cancer patient, an ovarian cancer patient, a gastric cancer patient, or an esophageal cancer patient. The patient may have any cancer in which c-Myc is over-expressed or over-amplified.
US09993448B2
A method of delivering a daily dose of hydroxycitric acid in the form of a salt as a single bolus that is as effective or more so than the same amount of active delivered via two or three administrations (b.i.d. or t.i.d.) using current delivery modalities. The method reduces the rate of occurrence of common adverse events with hydroxycitric acid salts, and reduces the occurrence of reverse effects on diets high in fat and/or alcohol. The method improves the uptake of the active compound thereby reducing the dose required.
US09993442B2
This invention concerns a method for treatment or prevention of lower urinary tract symptoms with or without pelvic pain in an individual, said method comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a selective estrogen receptor modulator, or an isomer, isomer mixture or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09993441B2
A biocompatible polymeric controlled release matrix barrier structure for delivery of one or more bioactive agents from an implantable medical device is described. In an embodiment, a biocompatible polymeric controlled release matrix barrier structure is included. The biocompatible polymeric controlled release matrix can include a body structure formed of a compliant material comprising one or more compliant biocompatible polymers and one or more bioactive agents. The body structure can define a central aperture through which a subcutaneous element of an implantable medical device passes. Other embodiments are included herein.
US09993419B2
A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in an aerosol foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more silicones, perfume, and less than 10% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the aerosol foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.40 g/cm3 when dispensed from the aerosol foam dispenser.
US09993417B2
The present invention relates to a combination comprising a hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof and a sulphated polysaccharide of which the molecular weight is between 5 and 25 kDa, which is of use in particular for combating the signs of skin ageing or for treating and healing skin wounds.
US09993414B2
The present invention relates to oral care compositions and methods of inhibiting microbial biofilm formation and/or degrading a microbial biofilm. Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising an Amadori compound having a glucose moiety and an amino acid moiety. The Amadori compound has use for inhibiting oral microbial biofilm formation and/or degrading an oral microbial biofilm in the oral cavity of a mammalian subject.
US09993411B2
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibres, comprising: at least one fatty substance, at least one surfactant; at least one oxidation base, at least one coupler of formula (B3) below and also salts thereof, optical and geometrical isomers and tautomers thereof, and hydrates thereof: (B3) in which; R1, R3, R5 represent a hydrogen; a C1-C8 alkyl or alkenyl, —SR or —OR; a (C1-C4)alkylcarbonyl; hydrocarbonyl; sulphonic or carboxylic acid; R2, R4 represent a hydrogen, a C1-C8 alkyl or alkenyl; —OR′; two groups chosen from R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and borne by adjacent carbon atoms may form, together with said carbon atoms, a ring or a heterocycle which is optionally substituted, and which is optionally interrupted with one or more carbonyl groups; at least one of the radicals R1, R3, R5 representing a hydrogen; at least one of the radicals R2 or R4 denoting a group —OR′ with R′ representing a C1-C8 alkyl or alkenyl, it being possible for this radical to form, with the carbon atom bearing it, one of the neighbouring carbon atoms and its substituent, a heterocycle; at least one alkalinizing agent; the fatty substance content representing in total at least 25% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition. The present invention also relates to a process using this composition in the presence of at least one chemical oxidizing agent, and to multicompartment devices suitable for the implementation of the invention.
US09993405B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable support: a) at least one merocyanine of formula (1) or (2). b) at least one oily phase comprising at least one amide compound of formula (I). The present invention also relates to a non-therapeutic cosmetic process for caring for and/or making up a keratin material, comprising the application, to the surface of the said keratin material, of at least one composition as defined above. The invention also relates to a non-therapeutic cosmetic process for limiting the darkening of the skin and/or improving the color and/or uniformity of the complexion, comprising the application, to the surface of the keratin material, of at least one composition as defined previously. The invention also relates to a non-therapeutic cosmetic process for preventing and/or treating the signs of ageing of a keratin material, comprising the application, to the surface of the keratin material, of at least one composition as defined previously.
US09993393B2
The invention features a polymerizable composition that comprises a free-radically polymerizable acidic resin, and a photoinitiator system comprising a polycyclic aromatic component. The photoinitiator system may also contain a visible light sensitizer, an iodonium salt, and a tertiary amine.
US09993391B2
In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US09993390B2
In certain embodiments, a vial adaptor for removing liquid contents from a vial comprises a piercing member and a bag. The bag can be contained within the piercing member such that the bag is introduced to the vial when the vial adaptor is coupled with the vial. In some embodiments, the bag expands within the vial as liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, thereby regulating pressure within the vial. In other embodiments, a vial comprises a bag for regulating pressure within the vial as liquid is removed therefrom. In some embodiments, a vial adaptor is coupled with the vial in order to remove the liquid. In some embodiments, as the liquid is removed from the vial via the adaptor, the bag expands within the vial, and in other embodiments, the bag contracts within the vial.
US09993383B2
A shelf assembly comprises a shelf, an arm having a distal end and a proximal end, a first pivot connection between the shelf and the distal end of the arm, and a second pivot connection between the proximal end of the arm and a base. The base comprises a drawer movable in translation between at least a storage position and an operating position. A cabinet for a swing-out shelf is also described.
US09993382B1
A tissue retention belt for maintaining tissue in a position that permits access to a body portion of a patient for a medical procedure includes a first anchor zone, a second anchor zone, and a tension zone. The tension zone extends between the first anchor zone and the second anchor zone and defines a tension axis that extends in a direction of loading to be applied to retained tissue. The tension zone may include an auxiliary anchor zone that includes a removable non-adhesive and an adhesive surface configured to adhere to a patient's skin and provide auxiliary anchoring for maintaining tissue in position.
US09993376B1
A deployable gurney ramp assembly with a retractable ramp deployment apparatus having two deployment tracks extending parallel, parallel first and second base tracks terminating in stops, the deployment tracks slidably engage the base tracks, with ramp guides slidably pivotally engaging a ramp at the end permitting the ramp to pivot when raised or lowered. Extension devices are utilized to advance the deployment ramps and the ramp guides.
US09993366B2
An in-ear stimulator for administering thermal stimulation to the ear canal of a subject includes (a) an earpiece configured to be insertable into the ear canal of said subject, the earpiece having an outer surface and an internal cavity formed therein, the internal cavity having an inner surface; and (b) at least one thermoelectric device thermally coupled to the earpiece internal cavity inner surface.
US09993364B2
A temporary stoma bag for receiving waste from a patient's stoma. The temporary stoma bag includes a bag and a sealing ring for temporary sealing against a stoma to facilitate changing of an ostomy bag or a stoma port for attaching an ostomy bag.
US09993353B2
A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. An access cannula may be introduced over the first dilator tube. A drill may be inserted through the access cannula and used to perform a foraminoplasty. Surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
US09993351B2
The present invention features new methods, apparatuses and devices for fixing adjacent bone segments, segments of a bony structure and adjacent vertebrate of a spine. The methods, apparatuses and devices utilize a new apparatus for forming a channel in a surface of the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra or a channel submerged within the bone or bony structure segments or adjacent vertebra. In more particular embodiments such apparatuses and methods including forming an arcuate channel and which channel can receive therein a curved rod or implant member, which also preferably is arcuate, and avoids the associated problems with prior cage or straight rod and screw systems. Also featured are systems, apparatuses and methods for repairing, replacing or augmenting the nucleus and/or annulus of a disc.
US09993346B2
This application describes an implantable device for tissue repair comprising at least two fabrics with interconnecting spacer elements transversing, connecting, and separating the fabrics, forming the device. Some embodiments have fixation points which can be an extension of at least one of the fabrics. The implantable device allows modification of the two fabrics having varying constructions, chemistries, and physical properties. The spacer elements create a space between the two fabrics, which can be used for the loading of biological materials (peptides, proteins, cells, tissues), offer compression resistance (i.e. stiffness), and compression recovery (i.e., return to original dimensions) following deformation and removal of deforming load. The inclusive fixation points of the fabrics are designed to allow for fine adjustment of the sizing and tension of the device to promote integration with the surrounding tissues as well as maximize the compressive resistance. The fixation points can include either the first fabric, the second fabric, or the combination of both fabrics. This device is suitable for soft and hard tissue regeneration or replacement with a preference for musculoskeletal tissues including but not limited to cartilage (including hyaline (referred to as articular; e.g. cartilage on the ends of long bones), fibrous (e.g. meniscus or intervertebral discs), elastic (e.g. ear, epiglottis)), bone, muscle, tendon, ligament, and fat.
US09993345B2
A provisional femoral component, in one embodiment, including at least one first visual indicator and at least one second visual indicator, the first and second visual indicators providing indicating means for simultaneously visually representing a first profile of a first femoral prosthesis and a second profile of a second femoral prosthesis. In another embodiment, a provisional femoral component including a patellofemoral flange having two sulci and a central ridge between the two sulci. In this manner, the provisional femoral component can be positioned on a resected distal femur surface of both a right and left knee joint.
US09993322B2
A method of treating urinary incontinence includes removing a urinary control system from a package, where the urinary control system has three components including a cuff attachable to a pump and a reservoir attachable to the pump. The method includes forming one skin incision in a patient, and implanting the three components of the urinary control system into the patient through the one skin incision.
US09993320B2
A method for manufacturing a comb-shaped toothpick structure includes cutting a wooden block by a rotary cutter having a plurality of dies to form a plurality of toothpick shapes arranged in a row. Each toothpick shape includes a top edge formed by a cutter groove between two dies. Each toothpick shape further includes at least one stepped portion formed by at least one stepped cutting portion of one of the dies. The bottoms of the toothpick shapes are connected to each other. A bottom groove is located between two adjacent toothpick shapes and is formed by a blade of one of the dies. The toothpick shapes is further cut by partial cutting at an end of the toothpick shapes to form a front end of each toothpick shape. The toothpick shapes are cut from the wooden block to obtain a toothpick structure including a plurality of toothpicks.
US09993316B2
A bracket system for orthodontic appliances including a bracket combinatorial library having a plurality of brackets each interchangeably fixedly mountable to each of a plurality of teeth within a dentition group in a dental arch, whereby the plurality of brackets can be configured to provide incremental variation in tipping force moments, in-out force moments, and torqueing force moments over the entire useful range of orthodontic mechanics, allowing an orthodontic practitioner to prescribe a combination of tipping force moments, in-out force moments, and torqueing force moments unique for each tooth in relation to the plurality of teeth of a patient.
US09993313B2
An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of a proximal extension of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the proximal extension of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the proximal extension of the tool and allows free rotation of the proximal extension about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.
US09993312B2
The present application relates to reference body for intraoral scan procedures adapted to be releasably mountable to a dental implant. The reference body comprises a cylindrical body portion extending along a longitudinal axis from an apical end to a coronal end, the apical end abutting the dental implant in a mounted state of the reference body, a coronal end surface defining the coronal end of the reference body, a first radial protrusion protruding from the body portion in a first radial direction, and a second radial protrusion protruding from the body portion in a second radial direction. The first radial protrusion and the second radial protrusion have different cross-sectional shapes in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the reference body.
US09993306B2
Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall are provided herein.
US09993303B2
A computer implemented method for assessing an arterio-venous malformation (AVM) may include, for example, receiving a patient-specific model of a portion of an anatomy of a patient; using a computer processor to analyze the patient-specific model for identifying one or more blood vessels associated with the AVM, in the patient-specific model; and estimating a risk of an undesirable outcome caused by the AVM, by performing computer simulations of blood flow through the one or more blood vessels associated with the AVM in the patient-specific model.
US09993301B2
A method for monitoring a reprocessing device for endoscopes the method including: logging one or more process parameters as well as a time of each reprocessing operation over a plurality of reprocessing operations for at least one endoscope in at least one reprocessing device; storing the logged one or more process parameters in association with the respective reprocessing operation, and performing a trend analysis of at least one logged process parameter in an evaluation device via the one or more logged process parameters.
US09993299B2
Apparatus and systems herein support sharps containers and medical instruments trays, brackets, fasteners or holders on a mayo cart. Embodiments include an apparatus for attaching to a mayo cart to support a detachably mounted container, bracket or holder. A first portion has an arm extended to approximately the distance from the mayo cart vertical support pole to an outer edge of a mayo cart tray. A second portion attaches to the vertical pole proximate one end of the apparatus. A third portion attaches with the detachable container, bracket or holder proximate the opposite end of the apparatus. Embodiments may also include a detachable container, bracket or holder comprising an attachment portion to receive the third portion of the support apparatus for supportively attaching to the mayo cart. The support apparatus arm may also be extended to an adjustable length for attaching the container, bracket or holder with the mayo cart.
US09993292B2
An apparatus includes a balloon adapted to be placed adjacent a calcified region of a body. The balloon is inflatable with a liquid. The apparatus further includes a shock wave generator within the balloon that produces shock waves that propagate through the liquid for impinging upon the calcified region adjacent the balloon. The shock wave generator includes a plurality of shock wave sources distributed within the balloon.
US09993283B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, an ablation apparatus includes a proximal body portion, a shaft extending distally from the proximal body portion, the shaft being selectively deformable utilizing at least one deformation system between a first position wherein the shaft is straight an a second position wherein the shaft is bent, the at least one deformation system configured to retain the shaft in each of the first and second positions, and at least one electrode disposed at least partially within the shaft, the electrode movable with the shaft upon movement of the shaft between the first and second positions.
US09993265B2
A percuscopic access device is disclosed. The percuscopic access device has a hollow shaft with a proximal opening and a distal opening. The percuscopic access device also has one or more barrier ridges on the outside of the hollow shaft. The percuscopic access device also has one or more recesses on the inside of the hollow shaft and in communication with the distal opening. A cleaning obturator for use with the percuscopic access device is also disclosed. The cleaning obturator and percuscopic access device may be combined as a surgical apparatus. The cleaning obturator has a guide rod having a proximal end and a distal end. The cleaning obturator also has a plugging tip on the distal end. The cleaning obturator further has one or more swab guides proximal to the plugging tip.
US09993263B2
A puncture assistance device for use in connection with an ultrasound probe to guide a Veress needle through the layers of the wall into a bodily cavity is provided. The puncture assistance device comprises a tenaculum-like forceps, a needle guide body provided with a slot for guiding the Veress needle within the scan plane of the ultrasound probe, attachment means to the ultrasound probe, and attachment means of the needle guide to the tenaculum-like forceps. Also provided is a balloon catheter for use as a retractor in gaining access into the abdominal cavity, presenting at its distal end an inflatable balloon membrane and an framework of non-distendable flexible fibers disposed in a specific arrangement. A method access the abdominal cavity with the aid of said devices under ultrasound guidance is also provided.
US09993262B2
A skin graft mesher including a cutting roller and a guide roller rotatably mounted to a fixture. A skin graft may be advanced through the mesher between the rollers to form a pattern of perforations in the skin graft. The cutting roller includes cutting rings disposed on an axle and rotatable therewith. The cutting roller further includes a tissue clearing structure positioned between adjacent cutting rings with the axle extending through the tissue clearing structure and rotatable relative to the tissue clearing structure. The tissue clearing structure may clear tissue from between adjacent cutting rings during operation of the skin graft mesher. The tissue clearing structure may be eccentrically rotated about the axle between adjacent cutting rings with the tissue clearing structure extending radially outward beyond the outer diameter of the cutting ring around less than the entire outer circumference of the cutting ring.
US09993261B2
Skin graft harvesting systems and methods are disclosed that utilize sensors to automate the harvesting of skin grafts or assist a user in deciding when the skin graft is ready to be harvested. Such systems and methods can reduce the burden of visual observation and ensure greater reliability and consistency of the grafts. The invention is particularly useful with harvesters that rely upon suction and/or heating to raise a plurality of small or “micro” blisters simultaneously.
US09993250B2
The present invention relates to a device for protecting rectal anastomosis. The device of the present invention is a double type leakage prevention system composed of micro-villi of a head filter and a triple lumen catheter, and thus minimizes contamination of the anastomotic area from intestinal contents, thereby enabling successful healing of the rectal anastomotic area. The device of the present invention has a main tube with side holes, and thus the intestinal contents, even when passing through the head filter, are sucked into the main tube through the side holes, so that the intestinal contents can be effectively drained while being diverted from the anastomotic area. The device of the present invention is inserted through the anus after surgery and thus involves less risk of additional complications due to the installation of the device, and has advantages of low manufacturing costs due to the simplification of the structure and convenient use and handling. Furthermore, the device of the present invention serves as an existing support for protecting anastomosis, thereby alleviating patient discomfort due to anastomotic leakage.
US09993249B2
The invention relates to a surgical device (100) designed to be inserted into a stump of a hollow organ (40) of a person or animal in order to prepare a circular anastomosis, wherein the device (100) is designed without a stapling unit for producing a surgical stapled scam, wherein the device (100) has an instrument shaft (120) having a handle section (121, 300) and, at the end of time instrument shaft (120) away from the handle section (121, 300), a head section (130) that is or can be coupled to the instrument shaft (120) by means of a detachable coupling (113), wherein the handle section (121, 300) is designed for a user to hold the device (100), wherein the head section (130) has at least one first molded body (109) and a counter-pressure plate (111) of a surgical circular stapling device (160) connected to the first molded body (109), wherein the surgical device has fu least one first molded body (109) and one second molded body (108) between the handle section and the counter-pressure plate, the second molded body being arranged immediately adjacent to the first molded body (109), wherein a third cross-section reduction (122), which is used as a cutting aid for severing a part of the hollow organ (40) and which rotates about the longitudinal axis of the device (100), is present between the first molded body (109) and the second molded body (108), at which third cross-section reduction the cross-section of the device (100) is reduced relative to the cross-section of the first and second molded bodies (108, 109), wherein the first and second molded body (108, 109) have rounded transitions without edges at the transitions to the third cross-section reduction (122).
US09993242B2
A suture management device includes a handle defining a first elongate channel. The first elongate channel extends about a longitudinal circumference of the handle. A shaft extends distally from the handle. A suture anchor is coupled to a distal end of the shaft. A suture is configured to extend from the suture anchor proximally along the shaft and into the first elongate channel defined by the handle. A door integrally can be formed with the handle. The suture extends into an area between the door and the handle. The door is configured to maintain tension on the suture when in a closed position.
US09993241B2
An apparatus can include a first flexible member having first and second ends and a first body extending therebetween, where the first body defines a first passage portion. A second flexible member can have first and second ends and a second body extending therebetween, where the second body defines second and third passage portions. The first end of the first flexible member passes into and through the second passage portion such that the first end extends outside of the second passage portion, and the second end of the first flexible member passes into and through the third passage portion such that the second end extends outside of the third passage portion. The first and second ends of the second flexible member pass into and through the first passage portion to form a self-locking adjustable flexible member construct.
US09993239B2
A surgical retractor system having a frame and a plurality of arms connected thereto is disclosed. At least one arm is moveable relative to the frame and the relative movement is constrained to a direction along the longitudinal axis of the arm. At least one retractor blade is removably connected to each of the plurality of arms. The blade is fixably rotatable about an axis normal to the longitudinal axis of the arm to which it is connected.
US09993231B2
A biopsy tool includes an elongated flexible body, a sensor assembly, and a screw member. The sensor assembly is disposed within the elongated flexible body towards the distal end thereof. The sensor assembly includes a location sensor(s) configured to enable detection of a location of the sensor assembly. The screw member is coupled to the distal end of elongated flexible body, extends distally from the elongated flexible body, and is positioned distally of the sensor assembly. The screw member defines a helical configuration having a hollow interior and is configured for simultaneous rotation relative to tissue and advancement into tissue to obtain a tissue sample.
US09993229B2
A suture loop assembly is provided for securing a specimen collection bag in a closed condition. The suture loop assembly generally includes a length of suture material forming a distal loop and a one-way ferrule for securing the distal loop in a closed condition about an upper end of the specimen collection bag. A specimen retrieval device is also provided for use with the suture loop assembly.
US09993227B2
In an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, a vascular wall tracker tracks pulsation-originated vascular wall movement based on reception signals obtained through transmission and reception of ultrasonic beams by an ultrasound probe to and from a subject, and a pulsating timing determiner determines pulsating timing by detecting pulsation-originated periodic changes in the vascular wall movement tracked by the vascular wall tracker in each of sound rays, obtaining a detection time point as a pulsating timing candidate in each of the sound rays, and statistically analyzing pulsating timing candidates in the respective sound rays within a single pulse duration. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus can accurately measure the state of a blood vessel merely using information obtained through ultrasound examination without electrocardiographic waveforms.
US09993226B2
The hand-held device detects the distance between a muscle and an outer skin layer in a body by impacting the outer surface of the skin and detecting the distance to the muscle from that point of engagement. The device includes a first end including a force sensor configured to detect the force of an impact of the first end to an associated body part. The device further includes a distance sensor provided at the first end configured to detect the distance between a skin outer layer and a muscle; and a main body configured to receive a hand. The detection device includes a controller and processor to detect the impact force and distance between the skin outer layer and muscle at engagement. The device may be used in a method of determining muscle depth and/or location in connection with the prescription and/or administration of anaphylaxis medications by auto injector.
US09993225B2
An apparatus and methods to quantify the volume of urine in a human bladder with a limited number of acoustic beams is disclosed. In a first version a plurality of narrow ultrasound beams is transmitted in different directions towards the bladder. Returning echoes are converted to digital form and stored in memory. A volume display on the apparatus allows to define the optimal apposition of the transducer assembly. Signal processing software automatically determines the bladder Depth D and Height H and computes the volume of urine. In a second version, a single wide angle ultrasound beam transducer transmits ultrasounds signals at a fundamental frequency to quantify the urine volume. Return signals originating from a depth beyond the usual position of the posterior wall depth of a filled bladder are analyzed for presence of higher harmonic signals, which in turn are related to the presence or absence of urine.
US09993222B2
A system and method of dynamic virtual collision objects includes a control unit for a medical device. The control unit includes one or more processors and an interface coupling the control unit to the medical device. The control unit is configured to determine a position of a first movable segment of the medical device, a volume occupied by the first movable segment being approximated by one or more first virtual collision objects (VCOs); adjust, based on the position and motion goals for the medical device, one or more properties of the first VCOs; determine, based on the position and the properties, first geometries of the first VCOs; receive second geometries of one or more second VCOs associated with a second segment of a second device; determine relationships between the first VCOs and the second VCOs; and adjust, based on the relationships, a motion plan for the medical device.
US09993221B2
An X-ray apparatus includes an X-ray radiator configured to radiate an X-ray, and a controller acquiring orientation information of the X-ray radiator and orientation information of at least one X-ray detector, selecting the at least one X-ray detector based on the orientation information of the X-ray radiator and the orientation information of the at least one X-ray detector, and determining a power mode of the selected X-ray detector to be a power consumption mode and a power mode of an X-ray detector that is not selected, to be a power save mode.
US09993220B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for estimating object scatter and/or internal scatter in a multi-level photon-counting x-ray detector, as well as x-ray tomographic imaging while correcting for object and internal scatter. The x-ray detector has at least two layers of detector diodes mounted in an edge-on geometry, e.g. designed for 1) estimating the object scatter contribution to the counts in a top layer of the at least two layers based on difference(s) in counts between the top layer and lower layer(s) under the assumption the object scatter has a slowly varying spatial distribution, and/or 2) estimating counts from reabsorption of photons that have Compton scattered inside the detector based on selectively blinding some detector elements from primary radiation by placing a highly attenuating beam stop on top of the detector elements, in lower layer(s) or in both top layer and lower layer(s), and measuring the counts in those detector elements.
US09993219B2
A device for estimating scatter in X-ray imaging is described. An anti-scatter grid with varying grid ratio is used in conjunction with an X-ray detector. The anti-scatter grid comprises attenuating lamellae that block scattered radiation. The anti-scatter grid contains regions of lesser or greater scatter rejection efficiency, which can be achieved by variations in the grid ratio. Contrast between these regions can be used to estimate residual scatter content. A method for estimating scatter from this device is further described.
US09993218B2
An image processing method of an image processing apparatus includes projecting centers of pixels of a pixel grid onto a preset common axis, mapping a boundary of a detector cell comprised in the detection unit on the preset common axis, and determining a detector value based on the projecting the centers of the pixels onto the preset common axis and the mapping the boundary of the detector cell on the preset common axis.
US09993217B2
The disclosure is related an apparatus and method for producing a panoramic radiograph of a target object using a three dimensional (3D) radiograph of the same object. The apparatus may include a communication circuit and a processor. The communication circuit may be configured to receive 3D radiograph digital data of the 3D radiograph. The processor may be configured to generate a plurality of x-ray projection images of the target object by performing forward-projection on voxels associated with the target object, and to combine the generated x-ray projection images to produce the panoramic radiograph of the target object.
US09993214B2
The present invention provides an image displaying device including: a display section that displays a pair of mutually related sectional images; a reception section that, for one of the sectional image pair, receives a successive change instruction for a slice position; a generation section that generates a combined sectional image, corresponding to the slice position of the one sectional image, from the other sectional image of the pair; and a controller that, in cases in which the reception section has received the successive change instruction, effects control to switch display of the one sectional image from the one sectional image being displayed to the one sectional image that corresponds to the slice position indicated in the instruction, and, in conjunction with switching, to successively switch display of the other sectional image from the other sectional image that is being displayed to the combined sectional image.
US09993203B2
An electronic sticker assembly includes a first electronic sticker comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, and a first group of conductive connection dots on the upper surface, a first adhesive layer on the first electronic sticker and comprising a first window. The first window is positioned to expose the first group of one or more conductive connection dots. A second electronic sticker on the first adhesive layer includes a lower surface and one or more second conductive connection dots on the lower surface. The first group of conductive connection dots on the upper surface of the first electronic sticker are in contact with the one or more second conductive connection dots on the lower surface of the second electronic sticker through the first window in the first adhesive layer.
US09993199B2
A textile-based electrode system includes a first fabric layer having an inner and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a knitted electrode configured to be placed in contact with the skin of a user. A second fabric layer is disposed and configured to contact the outer surface of the first fabric layer. The second fabric layer includes a knitted conductive pathway configured to be electrically coupled to the knitted electrode. Furthermore, a third fabric layer is configured and disposed to contact the second fabric layer. A connector is disposed on the third fabric layer and is configured to be electrically coupled to the knitted conductive pathway. The second fabric layer can be folded about a first fold axis and the third fabric layer can be folded about a second fold axis to place the second fabric layer in contact with the first fabric layer and the third fabric layer.
US09993194B2
A sleepiness calculation device is provided. In a smartphone, I/F obtains heart rate of the subject measured by a heartbeat sensor and measurement time, determines active state of a subject in the state discriminant section, and send it to a server. Next, in the server, a correction section obtains sleepiness baseline heart rate from a sleepiness baseline heart rate table storing sleepiness baseline heart rate of the subject for each active state according to an active state sent from the smartphone. Next, the sleepiness baseline heart rate obtained by the correction section is corrected based on fatigue degree, sleep time, and state of meals. Thereafter, the corrected sleepiness baseline heart rate (correction sleepiness baseline heart rate) is sent to the smartphone. Sleepiness level calculation section of the smartphone calculates sleepiness level of the subject based on correction sleepiness baseline heart rate and heart rate obtained by I/F.
US09993193B2
A method and a system for unobtrusively measuring a person's respiration, wherein at least two microphones positioned at either side of a person's head are utilized based on a distance of the persons head to the microphones and an identification of which microphone is in a line of sight and which is out of the line of site of the person's breathing as computed on the basis of images captured by a video camera.
US09993192B2
The present disclosure provides methods for decreasing the duration of second stage labor by managing the labor process. In one aspect, a tactile feedback device is positioned adjacent the perianal tissues. A mother's labor is monitored for the progression of the baby along the birth canal and adjustments are performed in response to the progression of labor to promote a vaginal childbirth. A perianal support device includes a perianal support member having a pressure surface configured for engagement with tissue adjacent an anal orifice and a pressure detecting system associated with the perianal support member to detect pressure indicative of pressure on the perianal tissue of a patient.
US09993188B2
An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided.
US09993184B2
The lancet device includes a housing and a lancet having a puncturing element. The lancet is disposed within the housing and is adapted for axial movement between an initial or pre-actuated position wherein the puncturing element is retained within the housing, and a puncturing position wherein the puncturing element extends through a forward opening in the housing. The lancet device includes a drive spring disposed within the housing for biasing the lancet toward the puncturing position, and a retraction or return spring for returning the lancet to a position within the housing where the puncturing element is disposed within the housing. The retraction spring thereafter maintains engagement with the lancet to assist in preventing the puncturing element from again projecting outward from the forward opening in the housing.
US09993181B2
A sensor system for performing gait analysis of a person includes a sensor system that includes a pair of sensor insoles that include a plurality of force sensors, an accelerometer, and a transmitter for transmitting data to a portable electronic device. A monitoring program operably installed on the portable electronic device performs the following steps: receiving a desired cadence; receiving the data from the sensor insoles; determining an actual cadence of the person's footsteps based upon the data received; and comparing the actual cadence with the desired cadence.
US09993180B2
A cross-leg alert device comprising a cross-leg detector for detecting a cross-legged posture and an alert generator is disclosed. The alert generator is to generate an alert to a user upon the cross-leg detector detecting a change in posture from a non-cross-legged posture to a cross-legged posture. The cross-leg detector is for detecting a cross-legged posture and the alert generator is for generating an alert signal to a user when the cross-leg detector has detected a change in posture from a non-cross-legged posture to a cross-legged posture.
US09993179B2
In a sleep posture alerting method or an apparatus therefor, the sleep posture of a person is detected and the person is automatically alerted by an alerting device when the sleep posture is out of a predetermined body posture range. However, the alerting of the person is provided only in part of the occasions, when his/her body posture is out of the predefined body posture range.
US09993175B2
A pulsed ultra-wideband sensor comprises a control unit designed for forming a time delay of a synchronizing pulse, a probing signal forming path, a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna, a path of a probing signal transmitter, with an output of said path being connected to the transmitting antenna, a path of a return signal receiver, with an input of the path being connected to the receiving antenna, and a first electronic switch. The input of the first electronic switch is connected to the output of the path for forming a probing signal, and its outputs—to the input of the path of the probing signal transmitter and to the path of a return signal receiver. The outputs of the channels for processing a return signal, which are parts of the path of the return signal receiver, are connected to the path for calculating a respiratory rate and a heart rate.
US09993168B2
There is provided an implantable pressure monitor having a fluid sack in contact with a body part of a patient where the fluid sack is retained to the body part by a pressure monitor housing that may have various attachment means. The fluid sack is filled with a liquid such as silicone oil. The pressure monitor housing has an opening that provides access to a fistula with a fluid valve that terminates through the fluid sack. A fiber optic pressure sensor is in contact with the liquid in the fluid sack by way of the fistula and fluid valve. In some embodiments of the present invention, an electronics module is incorporated with the implantable pressure monitor to provide telemetry, power, and the like.
US09993167B2
A delivery and fixation system of an implant assembly having an intracorporeal device. The system provides for a low profile delivery system for an implant assembly having an anchor for fixation within a vessel adapted to be delivered via a catheter.
US09993163B2
Improved apparatus and methods for monitoring, diagnosing and treating at least one medical respiratory condition of a patient are provided, including a medical data input interface adapted to provide at least one medical parameter relating at least to the respiration of the patient, and a medical parameter interpretation functionality (104, 110) adapted to receive the at least one medical parameter relating at least to the respiration (102) of the patient and to provide at least one output indication (112) relating to a degree of severity of at least one medical condition indicated by the at least one medical parameter.
US09993162B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining an exercise parameter during a physical performance or after it. In the method the pulse of the heart is measured by means of a sensor, the pulse value is determined on the basis of the measurement and the said exercise parameter is calculated on the basis of the pulse value. According to the invention, a recovery pulse value is determined on the basis of the pulse value and previously determined pre-data, the value being dynamically varied during the exercise and the said exercise parameter being defined by using the recovery pulse value. With the invention, it is possible to accurately estimate the recovery time required after the performance as well as the energy consumption during the performance.
US09993161B1
Body temperature of a toilet user may be non-intrusively obtained on a regular basis using one or more non-contact optical temperature sensors having a field-of-view between a surface of a toilet bowl and a user of the toilet while the user is releasing body excrement into the toilet. An output of the non-contact optical temperature sensor is used to determine a body temperature of the user based on at least one of: a temperature of the body excrement while the body excrement is in the field-of-view of the non-contact optical temperature sensor, a temperature of a perineal area of the user while using the toilet, a temperature of the body excrement while the body excrement is detached from the body and falling toward the surface of the toilet bowl, or a combination thereof.
US09993159B2
A system and method for using near-infrared or short-wave infrared (SWIR) light sources for early detection and monitoring of breast cancer, as well as other kinds of cancers may detect decreases in lipid content and increases in collagen content, possibly with a shift in the collagen peak wavelengths and changes in spectral features associated with hemoglobin and water content as well. Wavelength ranges between 1000-1400 nm and 1600-1800 nm may permit relatively high penetration depths because they fall within local minima of water absorption, scattering loss decreases with increasing wavelength, and they have characteristic signatures corresponding to overtone and combination bands from chemical bonds of interest, such as hydrocarbons. Broadband light sources and detectors permit spectroscopy in transmission, reflection, and/or diffuse optical tomography. High signal-to-noise ratio may be achieved using a fiber-based super-continuum light source. Risk of pain or skin damage may be mitigated using surface cooling and focused infrared light.
US09993158B2
The present disclosure provides a measurement apparatus including a light source configured to output light toward a first side of an object, a sensor positioned relative to the light source to permit the object to be positioned between the light source and the sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to sense the light transmitted through the object, and an optical transmitter disposed at an upper portion of the sensor and comprising a plurality of optical fibers configured to transfer the transmitted light to the sensor.
US09993150B2
A monitoring system for monitoring the visual behavior of a wearer of a head-mounted device, the monitoring system includes: —a least one wearer's visual behavior sensor configured to sense at least one wearer's visual behavior data relating to the visual behavior of the wearer of the head-mounted device, —a communication unit associated with the at least one wearer's visual behavior sensor and configured to communicate the visual behavior data to a wearer information data generating unit, —a wearer information data generating unit configured to: —receive the wearer's visual behavior data, —store the wearer's visual behavior data, and —generate an wearer information data indicative of at least one of: wearer's vision or general health condition of the wearer or wearer's activity or wearer's authentication based, at least, on the evolution over time of the wearer's visual behavior data.
US09993149B2
Certain embodiments pertain to Fourier ptychographic retinal imaging methods and systems that focus on a retina of an eye to acquire a sequence of raw retinal images, construct a full-resolution, complex retinal image from the sequence of raw retinal image and correct the aberration in the full-resolution, complex retinal image to generate a substantially aberration-free retinal image.
US09993141B2
A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
US09993138B2
A rigid endoscope set according to the invention includes a rigid endoscope body having a first insertion portion inserted into a subject, a first channel provided in the first insertion portion and an ultrasound observation section disposed at a distal end of the first insertion portion to observe the subject, a treatment instrument guide having a second insertion portion configured to be inserted into or removed from the first channel and a second channel provided in the second insertion portion, and an optical telescope having a needle portion configured to be insertable into or removable from the second channel, a third insertion portion configured to be insertable into or removable from the first channel instead of the treatment instrument guide and an optical observation section disposed at a distal end of the third insertion portion to observe the subject.
US09993132B2
A dish treating appliance for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation and including a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, multiple sprayers emitting a liquid into the treating chamber, and a diverter valve having a rotatable valve body, which can be rotated to discrete rotational positions to selectively fluidly couple with the multiple sprayers. A rotary drive is located exteriorly of the tub and comprises a housing defining an interior with a liquid leak reservoir, a motor carried by the housing, an output shaft rotationally driven by the motor, extending through the housing and the tub, and operably coupled to the valve body, and a printed circuit board (PCB) located within the housing.
US09993130B2
A robot cleaner system may include a robot cleaner that may be automatically driven while performing a cleaning operation, a recharging base that receives the robot cleaner, and a remote control device that remotely controls the robot cleaner. The remote control device may also generate mapping information between an actual region and a virtual region based on image information generated by a camera provided on the robot cleaner, and/or image information generated by a camera on the recharging base.
US09993118B2
A relocatable, easily movable worksite sanitation system that is a combination decontamination station and lavatory with two separate rooms suitable for complying with ADA and safety regulations that is continuously automatically electrically checked and verified to be in proper working order. The sanitation system has a water source and a power source, and the sanitation system includes an improved flush-type lavatory comprising at least a toilet and a sink with a lavatory water supply line providing water to said toilet and said sink. Both the lavatory and the decontamination rooms include an electrical system with a switch for turning the electrical system on and off. The decontamination station has at least an eye wash station and a shower with a decontamination water supply line providing water to said eye wash station and to said shower. The self-checking power system is included in the decontamination station electrical system with a decontamination station switch having an on position, wherein said on position provides power to said decontamination station electrical system. Further, a valve is adapted to receive water from said water source that actuates the decontamination station switch between providing water to said lavatory water supply line and said decontamination water supply line. The valve provides water to the decontamination water supply line when the decontamination station switch is in its “on” position.
US09993112B2
A cooking device. A stove support bracket is rigidly attached to the underside of a grill. A plurality of legs is attached to the grill for support. A stove having cookware support extensions is attached to the grill and supported by the stove support bracket. A stove position adjustment mechanism is connected to the stove support bracket. The stove support mechanism is for moving the stove upwards so that the cookware support extensions are pressed tightly against the underside of the grill for optimum heat transfer. In a preferred embodiment, the grill is a skottle grill.
US09993111B2
A portable combination cooking and storage unit having:a housing having at top, a bottom, a front, a back and two sides, and at least one access door at the front;at least two stackable removable grilling trays containable within the housing;at least one removable storage tray containable within the housing;wherein each of the at least two removable grilling trays have at least one burner, a cooking grid proximate the at least one burner, and at least one burner control for controlling fuel to the at least one burner.
US09993104B2
A system to control the salinity of an industrial pasta cooker. The system uses a model predictive estimator to estimate the state of the salt content, and predict an amount of salt to add to the system, in order to reach and maintain the target salinity. Salt may be added in short bursts, or gradually and continually to maintain the proper salt levels. Rather than use a human to taste, the system employs at least one sensor (conductivity, temperature and potentially a water level sensor) and a-priori knowledge of the system dynamics to estimate the system state using a state-estimating filter, such as a Kalman filter. This allows the system to reject noise from the sensor, and distinguish between NaCl and other compounds added to the water that effect the conductivity.
US09993101B2
A device adapted to facilitate insertion of a hand into a glove is provided. The device may include a body portion and a handle portion. The body portion may be generally hand-shaped, and include a palm portion and a plurality of digit portions adapted to accommodate the palm and finger portions, respectively, of a user's hand. The plurality of digit portions may provide concave grooves for slidably guiding the fingers of the user's hand. After the device has been partially slid into an inner portion of a predetermined glove, wherein the plurality of digit portions are at least partially received within the respective finger holes of the glove, the user's fingers may ride along the concaved grooves of the plurality of digit portions, guiding the user's fingers into the proper finger holes of the glove.
US09993099B2
A cake transporting device for use in transporting cakes of various sizes. The cake transporting device includes an enclosure having a base, foldable side panels, and a removable lid, defining an interior volume in which a cake can be positioned for transportation. Once a cake is positioned on the base, pins are inserted into apertures disposed on the base so as to surround or encircle the cake, thereby preventing the cake from shifting during transportation. The side panels on the base are movable between an open configuration wherein the panels lie in the same plane as the base, and a closed configuration wherein the panels are folded so as to form a three dimensional shape. Each panel includes a strap having a mating fastener thereon, wherein the mating fasteners on opposing panels are engaged so as to secure the enclosure in the closed configuration.
US09993091B2
A merchandising system that improves the merchandising of product by limiting the number and the frequency with which product can be removed from, for example, a merchandising shelf. The merchandising system may include a base configured to support product and a housing configured to engage the base. The housing may comprise a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, and a front retaining wall mounted to the base at an angle. The system may further include a spring-urged pusher movably mounted on the base. The system may further include an opening defined by the first side wall and the front retaining wall through which product may be removed.
US09993088B2
A folding bed chest device includes a chest and a sleeping platform. The chest is configured to store a foldable mattress and the sleeping platform when the folding bed chest device is in a folded position. The sleeping platform is configured to support a weight of the foldable mattress when the folding bed chest device is in an unfolded position.
US09993076B2
A movable table assembly includes a base, a vertical support, and a table. The base includes a longitudinal frame member and at least one wheel. The vertical support connects with the base at either a first mounting location adjacent a first end of the longitudinal frame member or a second mounting location adjacent a second, opposite, end of the longitudinal frame member. The table connects with the vertical support and is vertically offset from the base. The table extends away from the vertical support toward the second end of the longitudinal frame member when the vertical support is connected with the base at the first mounting location. The table extends away from the vertical support toward the first end of the longitudinal frame member when the vertical support is connected with the base at the second mounting location.
US09993071B2
A support device includes an upright frame and upper and lower constant force springs. The upright frame includes upper and lower members respectively defining upper and lower receiving spaces, and an upright frame body between the upper and lower members and having two first slide grooves communicating with the upper receiving space and two second slide grooves communicating with the lower receiving space. Each of the upper and lower constant force springs includes a coiled portion disposed in a respective one of the upper and lower receiving spaces, and a free end connected to the coiled portion. First and second slide units are slidably mounted on the upright frame body.
US09993063B2
An identification badge holder includes a character body that has a front and back side. The front side of the character body includes a face of an animal character, a humanoid or a licensed entity. The back side of the character body is attached to a spring loaded clip. The spring loaded clip has two arms that are hinged at a middle section, with one arm being permanently fixed to the back side of the character body and the other arm movable relative to the fixed arm so that the clip can open and close. This operation allows the spring loaded clip to attach to or release from an identification badge such as a convention or trade show badge. One of the arms also has a slot at an end for attaching to a lanyard clip.
US09993061B2
A backpack for stowing and carrying a smart self-balancing electric scooter is provided. The backpack includes a tubular shaped body defining an interior compartment sized to fit a self-balancing electric scooter compactly therein. A pocket disposed in the interior compartment receives the scooter's battery and a slot disposed in the body provides a power cord access to the interior compartment, such that the scooter may be charged while stowed in the backpack. A flame retardant layer lining the interior compartment extinguishes any fire caused by the scooter battery, while the scooter charges in the backpack. An access flap and an access collar provide access to the interior compartment for stowing the scooter. A shoulder harness enables the backpack to be carried and a retractable handle and a plurality of multidirectional wheels enable the backpack to be towed while the scooter is stowed therein.
US09993050B2
According to various embodiments, there is provided a wearable electronic device including a main body, at least one strap connected to at least one part of the main body, a buckle installed to an end portion of the strap, and a connection member for connecting the buckle and the strap. Accordingly, hardness and aesthetic feeling can be improved, while improving an assembling capability, reducing a manufacturing cost, and contributing to a slimness of the device.
US09993047B1
A button cover for use in covering a button to reduce or eliminate damaging of adjacent clothing such as pants, shorts, etc. Some embodiments provide a relatively thin disk shaped cover having a resilient wire button clip extending from the back side of the disk shaped cover. The button clip provides a button mounting channel formed by two opposed resilient arms in the clip, with the two opposed arms interconnected by an intermediate section of wire secured to, or formed within, the body of the disk-shaped cover. The cross-section of the button clip from its intermediate, interconnecting section through to its opposed resilient arms can be U-shaped or otherwise shaped to orient the coplanar opposed arms with the backside of the body of the disk-shaped cover.
US09993045B2
The present invention relates to an interchangeable footwear device. The device may include a flip-flop sandal design wherein the device may include interchangeable structural features to allow a user to change features as associated with a particular terrain. The interchangeable footwear device includes a gripping system to traverse a number of different terrains. The footwear may include a sole member having a thong member attached to a top of the sole and a heel strap selectively attached to the sole. The heel strap may be selectively attached to the sole with a fastener that may be manually adjusted in a secured or unsecured position to remove the heel strap from the sole. In particular, the interchangeable footwear device may include a gripping unit selectively attached to the sole member of the footwear. The gripping unit may include a toe grip pad and a heel grip pad.
US09993039B2
A load-bearing garment, such as a vest, is provided having stretchable web platform on an outside surface, such as between front and back panels of the vest. The stretchable web platform includes stretchable bands that extend horizontally, and vertical webbing extending between multiple horizontal bands. Additional embodiments are directed to a mounting system in a plate carrier for a plate. Still further embodiments are directed to a handle and strap system for a vest or other garment that permits a quick rescue of a person wearing the vest.
US09993038B2
A brassiere formed of an inner garment base, memory foam, a pair of under supports, and an outer fabric cover. The under support is rigid and has varying width and differing radii to accommodate the bottom portion shape of a natural breast or a breast implant, which is not a perfect semi-circle. The under support is positioned such that the foam encapsulates the under support keeping the proximal edge in proximity with bottom portion of the breast tissues or implant and the ribs. The under support has its largest width, thereby the largest contact surface with the implant or breast tissues, closest to the lateral end causing the breast tissues or implant to be supported upward and medially. The under support has openings or anchors extending thereform with openings to allow the foam to surround and go through the under support to secure it in place in the brassiere.
US09993032B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the case is lockable to prevent use by unauthorized persons, including under-age persons.
US09993031B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the case is configured to implement a nicotine reduction or cessation program.
US09993015B2
An apparatus for making a frozen dessert. The apparatus including a reservoir located within a chassis for receiving a liquid dessert mixture and a rotatable paddle located within the reservoir. The paddle can have a body coupled to at least one respective scraper element by a living hinge, such that the scraper element has a scraping edge that is radially-outward biased by the living hinge for abuttingly engaging a wall of the reservoir. The reservoir and the axis of rotation can be substantially horizontally directed, with a substantially vertically-orientated lid closing an opening of the reservoir, the lid defining an aperture for receiving the mixture or enabling egress of the frozen dessert.
US09993006B2
Entomopathogenic fungal strains, compositions, and methods of using the strains for reducing overall insect damage.
US09992997B2
A rodenticidal bait composition includes bromadiolone mainly in the form of the homostereoisomer of formula 3-[3-(4′-bromo-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl)-3-hydroxy-1-phenylpropyl]-4-hydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one, where carbons 1 and 3 of the 3-hydroxy-1-phenylpropyl group have the same absolute configuration. A method for controlling rodent pests using the rodenticidal bait is also described.
US09992993B1
A system, apparatuses, and methods for an animal call are shown and described. A hunting call of the present disclosure may include a base, a radiating arm having an attachment point to the base, a bottom click and a top click. The radiating arm may be resilient at one end to suspend the top click above the bottom click. The top and bottom click may be aligned to allow an interface of the top and the bottom click.
US09992991B2
In a method and apparatus (710) for treating soil at a work site, a high pressure application tool (712) is connected to a base unit (714) and moved relative thereto along a first area of the work site adjacent a structure (94) and operated to inject soil treatment down into the soil along the first area of the work site. A low pressure application tool (711) is interchanged with the high pressure application tool (712) and moved relative to the base unit along a second area of the work site adjacent the structure (94) and different from the first area of the work site. The low pressure application tool (711) is operated to apply soil treatment to the soil along the second area of the work site.
US09992983B1
A sieving apparatus for separating pupa is described. The sieving apparatus includes a frame to support an actuation system and a basin. The actuation system is attached to a sieving device. The sieving device includes a sieve surface supported within a sieve rim. In the sieve surface are formed openings sized to correspond to a representative pupa of a population of pupae to be separated. The actuation system is configured to move the sieving device vertically with respect to the basin. For example, after a population of pupae has been added to the sieving device, the actuation system may move the sieving device into and out of a body of liquid held in the basin. This process of moving the sieving device into and out of the body can be used to separate the population of pupae based on size.
US09992981B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for disrupting at least one reward-related behavior in an individual through the use of light-responsive opsin proteins used to control the polarization state of the cholinergic interneurons of the nucleus accumbens or the striatum.
US09992978B2
An oxalic acid vaporizer for vaporizing oxalic acid crystals in a bee hive with a bee entrance for treatment to kill mites on bees and in the bee hive has a cup to hold oxalic acid crystals with a resistive heating element mounted on one end of an extension. A handle is mounted on the other end of an extension with internal resistive heating element wires passing from the heating element to an internal circuit board with a microcontroller. A rocker switch is mounted on the handle connected to the circuit board. An LED is mounted to the handle connected to the circuit board. An external electrical cord connected to the circuit board and extending out of the handle with a positive battery post clamp and a negative battery post clamp is adaptable to be connected to a 12 volt battery.
US09992977B2
Aspects of this disclosure include a system for providing non-contact, computer-vision based monitoring of the health and pollination activity of a beehive. The system may include camera positioned proximate to a beehive. The camera may include an onboard processor that analyzes video of the beehive captured by the camera and calculates an activity value that estimates a number of bees moving about the beehive. The video calculated activity values may be uploaded to a server where they can be accessed via a user device. The user device may allow the user to display interactive plots of the activity values over a variety of time bases. The disclosed beehive monitoring system relies on relatively lost-cost hardware and requires neither modification to the hive nor special constraints on the placement of the camera.
US09992974B2
A battery operated animal release tool and associated method for initiating release of the clamped jaws of e.g. a dog, including a vibratable probe connected at a proximate end to a handle, and an actuator for selectively operating the vibration of the vibratable probe, at least part of the vibratable probe being selectively moveably mounted to cause vibration of a distal end of the vibratable probe remote from the handle, wherein in use the tool is arranged to communicate a vibrating sensation to the mouth of the animal on contact of the probe with the animal.
US09992971B2
An apparatus for receiving a food product having a cover and a removable liner are disclosed. The cover has a top and bottom opening and a sidewall that extends at least partially between the top and bottom opening. At least one aperture is disposed on the sidewall. The removable liner can be inserted within the cover to form the apparatus for receiving the food product. After use of the removable liner, a user can dispose the removable liner by using the aperture to lift the cover with the removable liner inside, and dropping the removable liner into a waste receptacle.
US09992968B2
A sliding door for a metal wired pet cage includes a pair of torsional springs; a rotary locking member; a rotary lifting handle; and a sliding-type door plate; wherein sliding guide rails of the sliding door are configured longitudinally, wherein the lifting handle is hingedly fixed to an upper end of the sliding-type door plate, the pair of torsional springs are fixed on the metal wired pet cage and are connected with both ends of the locking member, and the torsional springs is configured to drive the locking member to prop against the lifting handle so that the sliding-type door plate is at a locking state. When the sliding type door plate needs to be opened, the lifting handle is rotated upwards so that the locking member is separated from the lifting handle, and the lifting handle drives the sliding-type door plate to move upwards along the sliding guide rails.
US09992967B2
A teatcup liner includes a head defining a mouthpiece, a barrel with an upper barrel joined to a lower barrel, an outlet portion that extends downward from the lower barrel co-operates with the shell of the teat cup. In a relaxed state, the barrel has a polygonal cross-sectional shape, with the lower barrel having a flexibility for closing during the liner collapse phase of the milking operation greater than a flexibility of the upper barrel such that corner portions of the lower barrel are weaker than the corner portions of the upper barrel thereby assuring the lower barrel collapses first to create an upward wave movement of the lower barrel towards the upper barrel that securely collapses the upper barrel onto the teat to provide an enhanced teat massage and relieve congestion in the teat tissue.
US09992965B1
A soybean cultivar designated 218023621658 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 218023621658, the plants of soybean 218023621658, to plant parts of soybean 218023621658, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 218023621658 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 218023621658, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 218023621658, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 218023621658 with another soybean cultivar.
US09992957B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH329249. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH329249, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH329249 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH329249.
US09992955B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2DNC and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2DNC with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2DNC through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2DNC or a locus conversion of PH2DNC with another maize variety.
US09992951B1
A novel maize variety designated PH2G5Z and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2G5Z with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2G5Z through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2G5Z or a locus conversion of PH2G5Z with another maize variety.
US09992946B1
An inbred corn line, designated MPS11, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line MPS11, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line MPS11 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line MPS11 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MPS11, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line MPS11 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US09992945B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01062057. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01062057. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01062057 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01062057 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09992943B2
The cotton variety ST 4949GLT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 4949GLT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 4949GLT and to plants of ST 4949GLT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 4949GLT.
US09992928B2
A fertilizer tube system for efficiently dispensing and placing fertilizer within a furrow to minimize germination injury. The fertilizer tube system generally includes a fertilizer tube having an input opening at an upper end of the fertilizer tube and an output opening at a lower end of the fertilizer tube, an upper connector attached to an upper portion of the fertilizer tube, a central connector attached to a central portion of the fertilizer tube and a lower connector attached to a lower portion of the fertilizer tube.
US09999163B2
Embodiments of the invention provide high-efficiency cooling in a data center in response to a cooling and/or humidity demand using a system having multiple cooling loops to allow for a higher chilled liquid temperature of a first chilled liquid loop, while maintaining data center room temperature and humidity control. Specifically, the system includes a plurality of integrated cooling systems each comprising one or more specifically sized chillers and a liquid loop to address the cooling demand. A free cooling heat exchanger is coupled to the first liquid loop for use when a wet-bulb temperature surrounding the data center is at or below a free cooling set point of the first chilled liquid loop. The system isolates humidity control components to a second chilled liquid loop, and enables greater control of the first chilled liquid loop of the data center to meet specific IT loads.
US09999160B1
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, a system, and a computer program product for controlling conditions of an input air stream. The method includes detecting air quality conditions as environmental input variables of an input air stream and determining whether to take corrective action on the air quality conditions of the input air stream according to the environmental input variables. An output variable then may be controlled to affect the air quality conditions of the input air stream.
US09999153B1
A server includes a motherboard, a base, a back plate, a hard disk and a fan module. The base is fixed on the motherboard. The back plate is placed upright on the base. The back plate and the base jointly form a fan accommodating space and a hard disk accommodating space. The back plate has a first side face and a second side face. The first side face faces the fan accommodating space. The second side face faces the hard disk accommodating space. The back plate is electrically connected to the motherboard. The hard disk is located in the hard disk accommodating space and electrically connected to the back plate. The fan module is located in the fan accommodating space and electrically connected to the back plate. The fan module is electrically connected to the motherboard via the back plate.
US09999146B2
A semiconductor module includes sealing resin from which a main terminal protrudes, which seals an insulating substrate. The module includes a semiconductor element and a wiring substrate. The sealing resin has a nut housing portion in which a nut is disposed. The semiconductor module also has a busbar terminal to which a main terminal that protrudes from the sealing resin is electrically connected and which has an insertion hole facing the nut.
US09999140B2
A light emitting diode (LED) light engine includes: an LED; an LED driver for driving the LED; a bottom printed circuit board (PCB), the LED and the LED driver being securely mounted to the bottom PCB; and a top PCB secured to the bottom PCB, the top PCB including first and second cavities for receiving the LED and the LED driver therein. The LED light engine further includes a layer potted over the LED and formed of material containing a phosphor, or a plate that is disposed over the LED and secured to the top PCB and includes a layer formed of material containing a phosphor. The phosphor is excited by the light emitted from the LEDs to the intensity distribution over the wavelength of the light emitted by the LED.
US09999139B2
A multilayer thin film and a method of depositing a multilayer thin film on a surface of a product is provided. The multilayer thin film includes a first layer including a non-conductive material coupled to an object, a second layer including a metallic material coupled to the first layer, and a third layer including a non-conductive material coupled to the second layer.
US09999121B2
According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of board level shields with virtual grounding capability. In an exemplary embodiment, a board level shield includes one or more resonators configured to be operable for virtually connecting the board level shield to a ground plane or a shielding surface. Also disclosed are exemplary embodiments of methods relating to making board level shields having virtual grounding capability. Additionally, exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components on a substrate by using a board level shield having virtual grounding capability. Further exemplary embodiments are disclosed of methods relating to making system in package (SiP) or system on chip (SoC) shielded modules and methods relating to providing shielding for one or more components of SiP or SoC module.
US09999119B2
Heating elements are mounted on a substrate. A heat sink is provided to be capable of releasing heat of the heating elements. Each radiating component is provided between a corresponding one of the heating elements and the heat sink, and is provided in a corresponding one of radiating regions. Each radiating region includes a corresponding one of mounting portions of the heating elements. A gap part is formed in an area surrounded by the radiating components each of which is provided at a corresponding one of the radiating regions. Each heating element is located in a corresponding one of the radiating regions. There is not any one of the radiating components disposed at the gap part.
US09999117B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for lighting control. For example, a user may commission a touch-controlled luminaire (106) to emit light output having various lighting properties dependent on a manner in which the touch-controlled luminaire is touched subsequently. In particular, a user may use an electronic mobile device (102) such as a smart phone, tablet computer, or a wearable computing device (e.g., computing glasses, smart watches) to associate a touch event profile indicative of a manner in which a touch-controlled luminaire was touched (e.g., tapped, swiped, etc.) with a lighting control action. The user may then provide that association to the touch-controlled luminaire. When the touch-controlled luminaire is later touched in the same manner, it may adjust its light output in accordance with the lighting control action. Operation and commission of gesture-controlled luminaires (706) is also described herein.
US09999115B2
A two-way load control system comprises a power device, such as a load control device for controlling an electrical load receiving power from an AC power source, and a controller adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the power device. The load control system may be installed without requiring any additional wires to be run, and is easily configured without the need for a computer or an advanced commissioning procedure. The power device receives both power and communication over two wires. The controller generates a phase-control voltage and transmits a forward digital message to the power device by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage. The power device transmits a reverse digital message to the controller via the power wiring.
US09999108B2
An emergency lighting driver (100, 200, 400) includes: a power translation circuit (120, 220, 421/423/425) which receives input power from an emergency power source (10) and supplies output power to a load (20); and a programmable control device (140, 240) which controls the power translation circuit in response to a voltage feedback signal and a current feedback signal to cause the output power supplied to the load to have a programmed power output profile (302, 304), wherein the programmed power output profile is a function of time, temperature, the type of energy source employed for the emergency power source, the amount of remaining energy stored in the emergency power source, and/or the occupancy of an area in which the emergency lighting driver is located.
US09999095B2
A method for setting up/releasing by a user equipment (UE) a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved node B (eNB) in a communication system is provided. The method includes detecting that traffic occurs. The method also includes that after detecting that the traffic occurs, determining a traffic type of the traffic The method further includes adaptively adjusting a timing point at which the UE releases a RRC connection between the eNB and the UE based on the traffic type.
US09999090B2
In embodiments of mesh network commissioning, a commissioning device of a mesh network can determine steering data for the mesh network, where the steering data is an indication of a device identifier associated with a device that is allowed to join the mesh network. The commissioning device can then propagate the steering data from the commissioning device for the mesh network to one or more routers in the mesh network, and the steering data indicates that a commissioner is active on the mesh network. The commissioning device propagating the steering data enables the one or more routers to transmit the steering data in a beacon message, and the steering data is effective to enable the device associated with the device identifier to identify that the device is allowed to join the mesh network.
US09999086B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and arrangements for re-establishing packet data transfer between a radio base station and a wireless device following radio link failure, the radio base station having pre-configured wireless device information. The RBS receives a request for re-establishment of the radio link from the wireless device. One or more DRBs are selected for re-establishment based on the pre-configured wireless device information. The RBS transmits a radio link re-establishment response to the wireless device comprising information about the selected one or more DRBs. The selected one or more DRBs are re-established upon receipt of a re-establishment confirmation from the wireless device, whereupon packet data transfer is resumed.
US09999080B2
The method for performing device-to-device communication by a first device according to the present invention comprises: a step of searching a second device that supports device-to-device communication; a step of receiving, from the found second device, second network information including information on whether or not the second device may access the Internet; and a step of determining either the first device or the second device as a group owner based on a first network information including on whether or not the first device may access the Internet and the second network information on the second device. The first device determines the second device as a group owner when the first network information indicates that the first device may not access the Internet.
US09999069B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed that may allow a wireless device to dynamically select a bandwidth for MU-MIMO communications. A wireless device may transmit, on each of a plurality of wireless channels, a clear-to-send-to-self (CTS2S) frame that reserves medium access on a number of wireless channels and/or confirms the continued availability of the wireless channels. The bandwidth for a subsequent sounding operation may be based on the bandwidth used to transmit the CTS2S frames. Thereafter, the wireless device may transmit one or more MU-MIMO data frames to a number of other wireless devices using the selected bandwidth.
US09999058B2
Channel assignment for wireless access networks is directed toward improved overall communication capability of the networks. A network is formed of wireless access points (APs) coupled via wired (and/or wireless) links and enabled to communicate with clients via radio channels of each of the APs. Local information is collected at each of the APs and processed to determine channel assignments according to a Neighbor Impact Metric (NIM) that accounts for one-hop and two-hop neighbors as well as neighbors not part of the network. Optionally, the NIM accounts for traffic load on the APs. The channel assignments are determined either on a centralized resource (such as a server or one of the APs) or via a distributed scheme across the APs. The local information includes how busy a channel is and local operating conditions such as error rate and interference levels.
US09999054B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a multi-user or multi-Station (multi-STA) radio frame including control information in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system are disclosed. The method includes generating a frame including a signaling field and a data field, and transmitting the generated frame to the plurality of STAs. The signaling field includes a first signaling field (a SIG A field) including control information for frame interpretation and a second signaling field (a SIG B field) including control information individually for each of the plurality of STAs, the second signaling field includes a first block including common control information for the plurality of STAs, and a second block including control information for each of the plurality of STAs.
US09999051B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes: a first wireless communication section performing wireless communication on the basis of a first communication mode; a second wireless communication section performing wireless communication on the basis of a second communication mode using a different frequency band from the first communication mode; a beam learning signal generation section generating a beam learning signal for specifying a beam pattern at the time of the communication based on the second communication mode and transmitting the beam learning signal from the second wireless communication section; a response information acquisition section acquiring response information responding to the transmitted beam learning signal; and a preliminary information generation section generating preliminary information so as not to cause interference among a plurality of wireless communications using the second communication mode on the basis of the response information and transmitting the preliminary information from the first wireless communication section.
US09999047B2
A communication method includes: determining a correspondence between Y uplink subframes and X downlink subframes, where the Y uplink subframes are used to respectively transmit HARQ information that is corresponding to the X downlink subframes, at least one uplink subframe of the Y uplink subframes is an uplink subframe on an FDD carrier, and the X downlink subframes are downlink subframes in one radio frame on a TDD carrier; and communicating with UE according to the correspondence.
US09999043B2
Parallel demodulators are provided in field units. Forward and reverse channel allocation information may be broadcast to the field units in the same epoch as traffic data but on first and second channels, such as paging and traffic channels. This assures that all field units are able to receive forward and reverse channel allocation information every epoch. By having parallel demodulators in the field unit, switching between the first and second channels is avoided and channel allocation information is not lost.
US09999040B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a downlink signal transmission and reception method and device taking into account antenna port relationship. A method for the reception of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, can comprise: a step for determining a start symbol index for the PDSCH in a downlink subframe; and a step for receiving the PDSCH signal on the basis of the start symbol index. The PDSCH start symbol index (k) when the downlink subframe belongs to a specific subframe set is determined according to k=min(KThreshold, K), KThreshold being a prescribed threshold, K being the PDSCH start symbol index when the downlink subframe does not belong to the specific subframe set, and min(KThreshold, K) being the minimum value among KThreshold and K.
US09999037B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for adjusting flow rate of transmissions received at a device. A user equipment (UE) determines, in response to detecting a trigger condition, a proposal to adjust feedback provided to a base station (BS) in order to adjust a flow rate of transmissions received at the UE from the BS. The UE adjusts the feedback based on the proposal and at least one additional condition and transmits the adjusted feedback to the BS.
US09999034B2
A method is provided in which a first wireless access point selects two or more of a plurality of client devices based on similarity of receive signal strength and carrier frequency offset with respect to the first wireless access point, and sends a downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission to the two or more client devices. The downlink multi-user MIMO transmission is configured to solicit acknowledgments from the two or more client devices. The acknowledgments are received at a plurality of antennas of the first wireless access point from the two or more client devices. Uplink multi-user MIMO processing of the acknowledgments is performed from the two or more of the plurality of client devices to recover the acknowledgments respectively from each of the two or more client devices.
US09999033B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for calculating and reporting a buffer status in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: reporting a first amount of Data Available for Transmission (DAT) to the first BS; starting a timer for the first BS when the amount of DAT is reported to the first BS; and triggering a reporting for a second amount of DAT if the UL grant is not received from the first BS during run time of the timer for the first BS.
US09999027B2
A mobile station in a mobile radio system can send different types of packet mode resource requests to a network, corresponding to different transfer modes that can be supported by the mobile station, a mobile station being able to use one or the other of request types corresponding to transfer modes that it supports, in accordance with its requirements. In a method of allocating packet mode resources in the mobile radio system, for signaling data transfer in the uplink direction, the signaling being liable to generate an allocation of packet mode resources in the uplink direction for user data transfer, a mobile station uses a type of packet mode resource request corresponding to a transfer mode best suited to the requirements of the user data transfer.
US09999021B2
A method and electronic device are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to implement the method, including receiving a first notification for a first application, generating, by at least one processor, a first notification page including at least a part of the first notification, generating an abstract page including a first object related to the first notification and displaying the abstract page on a display, and switching from displaying the abstract page to displaying the first notification page in response to detecting an input signal selecting the first object, wherein the abstract page and the first notification page are generated and displayed based on a same application or home application.
US09999007B2
The disclosure discloses a reporting method, device and system for a Power Headroom Report (PHR) in dual connectivity. A first Evolved Node B (eNB) and a second eNB establish split Data Radio Bearers (DRBs) with a User Equipment (UE), and transmit an indication for indicating change in uplink transmission to the UE; the UE determines the change in the uplink transmission of the split DRBs, and triggers and reports the PHR to the first eNB and/or the second eNB according to the change in the uplink transmission respectively; and the first eNB and/or the second eNB receive/receives the PHR reported by the UE respectively. The disclosure also discloses the reporting device and system for the PHR in the dual connectivity.
US09998996B2
A vehicle communication system includes a mobile terminal having a display screen in which display ON and OFF of the display screen can be operated by a user and a vehicle that performs communication with the mobile terminal in a first interval period when a connection has been established. The vehicle has an in-vehicle control unit that, before the connection is established, sends an inquiry signal for establishing the connection to a vicinity of the vehicle in a second interval period. The mobile terminal has a control section that, before the connection is established, performs scanning operation that enables the inquiry signal to be received in a third interval period. The control section can set the third interval period so as to be operational in at least two periods and sets the third interval period to the high-speed mode when the display of the display screen is on.
US09998989B2
A wireless communication device may include a baseband processing unit comprising a wakeup detector configured to receive a wireless signature beacon signal; determine that the received wireless signature beacon signal matches the selected wakeup signature beacon signal; and generate a wake up signal, in response to determining that the received wireless signature beacon signal matches the selected wakeup signature beacon signal. The wireless communication device may further include an application processing unit comprising a power manager configured to cause the wireless communication device to enter a power saving mode; receive the wake up signal from the wakeup detector; and perform a wakeup process, in response to receiving the wakeup signal wherein the wakeup process causes the wireless communication device to exit the power saving mode.
US09998988B2
A user equipment (30) has an idle mode and a connected mode and is configured to perform discontinuous reception when in the connected mode. The user equipment (30) comprises a wireless interface (31) configured to receive a message from a mobile communication network (10, 14, 15) causing the user equipment (30) to make a transition from the connected mode to the idle mode after inactivity of the user equipment (30) for a time period defined by an inactivity timer value. A processing device (32) is configured to determine whether the inactivity timer value is to be adjusted in the mobile communication network (10, 14, 15), and to control the wireless interface (31) to transmit a signal to the mobile communication network (10, 14, 15) to request an adjustment of the inactivity timer value.
US09998980B2
An operation method of a network node for supporting network discovery and selection of a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a network discovery and selection (NDS) rule request message requesting an NDS rule from the UE, transmitting a policy request message requesting NDS rule generation support information for generating the NDS rule to at least another network node, receiving a policy response message including the NDS rule generation support information from the at least another network node, generating an NDS rule on the basis of the NDS rule request message and the policy response message, and transmitting an NDS rule response message including the generated NDS rule to the UE.
US09998979B2
Explicit congestion notification (ECN) bits that have traditionally been utilized in end to end congestion mitigation can be redefined to identify and compare congested and uncongested wireless accesses. Accordingly, mobile devices or other user equipment can leverage ECN data in order to make intelligent network selection, e.g., selecting a network with no congestion over one in a congested state. Accordingly, an application executing at the mobile device can send or receive data via the selected network that is selected based on ECN data.
US09998975B1
Described are systems and methods for considering a user equipment (UE) location and Evolved Node B (eNodeBs) locations as a factor in determining whether a handoff of a wireless connection between the UE and a first eNodeB to a second eNodeB should be initiated. Alternatively, the systems and methods include selection of an eNodeB with which a wireless connection is to be established. In addition to considering a signal strength for an eNodeB and determining whether to established a wireless communication or initiate a handoff based on the signal strength, the UE location and eNodeB locations may likewise considered. Likewise, a navigation path or anticipated trajectory of the UE may also be considered when selecting an eNodeB with which a wireless communication is to be established or to which a handoff of an existing wireless communication is to be initiated.
US09998972B2
Provided are a radio resource management method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving handover messages in a mobile communication system. The radio resource management method for a source base station (source ENB) handling handover in a mobile communication system may include: determining resource information for silencing so that at least one ENB does not perform downlink or uplink transmission when a handover related message is sent or received for handover processing; determining to handover a user equipment (UE); and carrying out handover for the UE according to the determined resource information.
US09998970B2
A user equipment (UE), method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for fast VoWiFi handoff using internet key exchange (IKE) v2 optimization. The UE includes a memory and one or more processors operably connected to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine reference signal received power (RSRP) for a long term evolution (LTE) signal and reference signal strength indicator (RSSI) for a WiFi signal, in response to at least the RSSI of the WiFi signal being greater than an RSSI threshold, perform a pre-setup of the IPsec tunnel, determine whether a handoff is to be performed, and in response to a determination that the handoff is to be performed, perform a completion of the IPsec tunnel.
US09998969B2
In one embodiment, a portable, networked, computing device comprises a processor, a plurality of radios, and a memory. The device may be operable to pair, by at least one of the radios, with a device associated with a user. The device may then monitor, by one of the radios, a signal for a connection established with a first network. When the device determines that the signal for the first network has dropped below a threshold level of quality, it may enable access point mode for at least one of the paired devices by turning on a radio to establish a connection with a second network and thereby providing connectivity to the second network for the at least one of the paired devices. If multiple networks are available, the device may select an optimal network based on an assessment of one or more factors.
US09998961B2
Apparatus and methods of mobility management include identifying a target cell as an active set candidate. The apparatus and methods further include determining that a trigger adjustment condition exists, wherein the trigger adjustment condition triggers an adjustment of a timing value that indicates a sending time of a target cell add message to a serving cell. Moreover, the apparatus and methods include sending the target cell add message including the target cell to the serving cell based on determining that the trigger adjustment condition exists.
US09998960B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a second base station. The second base station receives a measurement report and a cell identifier, associated with a first base station, from a UE. The second base station determines, based on the cell identifier, that the first base station is in a dormant state. The second base station sends an activation request to the first base station, based on the measurement report, to prompt the first base station to transition from the dormant state to an active state. The second base station further includes handing off the UE to the first base station.
US09998953B2
The disclosure is related to adaptive load management in a femtocell network. A load state of a femtocell base station may be determined as one of a low load state, a middle load state, and a high load state. According to the determined load state, a reserved service capacity and an available service capacity of the femtocell base station may be adaptive controlled. Furthermore, at least one handover trigger condition associated with the femtocell base station may be controlled according to the determined load state of the femtocell base station.
US09998951B2
Methods and apparatuses for communicating over a wireless communication network using a resource unit are disclosed herein. One method includes generating a high-efficiency long training (HE-LTF) field, based on at least one of a sequence x=[+1, +1, +1, −1, −1, −1, +1, −1, −1, +1, −1], a rotation pattern C=[c1−cy], a sequence M1=[c1.*x, c2.*x, c3.*x, c4.*x, c5.*x, c6.*x, c7.*x, c8.*x, c9.*x, c10.*x, c11.*x], a sequence M2=[+1, +1, +1, +1, +1, −1, −1, +1, +1, −1, +1, −1, +1], and a sequence M3=[+1, +1, +1, −1, −1, +1, −1]. The method further includes transmitting the HE-LTF field.
US09998950B2
In a method for generating a physical layer (PHY) data unit for transmission via a communication channel, the PHY data unit is generated according to a first PHY format when the PHY data unit is to be transmitted in a regular mode, wherein the first PHY format corresponds to a first bandwidth. The PHY data unit is generated according to a second PHY format when the PHY data unit is to be transmitted in an extended range mode, wherein the second PHY format corresponds to a second bandwidth. A preamble of the PHY data unit is modulated such that a receiving device can auto-detect whether the PHY data unit was transmitted at the first bandwidth or the second bandwidth.
US09998945B2
A method, a computer program product, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus determines a resource congestion level based on signals received on a plurality of resources of a peer discovery channel. In addition, the apparatus adjusts a duty cycle of a peer discovery transmission based on the determined congestion level. Furthermore, the apparatus transmits peer discovery signals at the adjusted duty cycle.
US09998935B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for sharing data based on a combined bandwidth consumption. In use, a first sharing action is received. Next, a first bandwidth consumption is received. Further, a second bandwidth consumption is received. Additionally, it is determined whether a combination of the first bandwidth consumption and the second bandwidth consumption surpasses a predefined threshold. Lastly, the first sharing action is conditionally allowed based on the determination. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.
US09998932B2
A system for detecting a fault in a first wire of a power grid that affects a transmission or reception of electromagnetic waves that transport data and that propagate along a surface of the first wire, selecting a backup communication medium from one or more backup communication mediums according to one or more selection criteria, and redirecting the data to the backup communication medium to circumvent the fault. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09998931B2
An embodiment of a computer program product for manufacturing an object includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes receiving instructions to manufacture an object by a three-dimensional (3D) printing operation; determining a manufacturing plan for performing the 3D printing operation, the manufacturing plan prescribing a plurality of operational stages to be performed cooperatively by a plurality of independently operable mobile machines, providing instructions to the plurality of mobile machines, each of the plurality of mobile machines configured to perform at least one of the plurality of operational stages, and manufacturing the object by the plurality of mobile machines according to the manufacturing plan.
US09998930B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one implementation, an apparatus includes a processing system configured to receive information related to a first device, wherein the information includes an indication that the first device is configured to change its operating channel, exclude the first device from an available device list in a neighbor report in response to receiving the indication that the first device is configured to change its operating channel, and output the neighbor report for transmission to a second device.
US09998928B2
A method for rapidly creating an indoor wireless signal fingerprint database, comprising the following steps: constructing an indoor and outdoor combined three-dimensional scene model of a target building, predicting wireless signal field intensity information of 3D space using a ray-tracing algorithm, selecting a small quantity of testing points to perform manual field measurements and recording the wireless signal intensity information, correcting/calibrating 3D ray-tracing propagation model parameters based on the difference between the actually measured wireless signal intensity information and the theoretical wireless signal intensity information calculated through the 3D ray-tracing propagation model.
US09998913B2
In a management method and a management server for using a plurality of SIM cards, a large number of users can start use easily. First, an MVNO 230A that has obtained one or more SIM cards logs in to a management screen provided by an MVNE 210 in association with a user ID of the MVNO 230A. From the standpoint of the MVNE 210, it is determined whether a user ID of a user who has accessed a management screen of a management server of the MVNE 210 is under MVNO contract (S301). When the user ID is under MVNO contract, an identification number given to each SIM card and a passcode for authentication given as needed are received as registration information (S302). If the management server of the MVNE 210 can receive necessary registration information, each SIM card of which an identification number is specified by the registration information is associated with the user ID as an SIM card used by the MVNO 230A and the association is registered in the management server of the MVNE 210 or a database 211 accessible therefrom (S303).
US09998912B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a first packet for transport via a mobile device, identifying a first policy, of a plurality of policies, specifying a plurality of rules for transmitting data packets via a plurality of network interfaces of the mobile device, applying the rules of the first policy to a plurality of attributes of each network interface to select at least a first one of the plurality of interfaces of the mobile device, and transporting the first packet via the at least the first one of the plurality of interfaces of the mobile device.
US09998905B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for a wireless communication device switching between lower energy and higher energy wireless communication techniques are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes processing circuitry to: receive a packet in accordance with a lower energy wireless peer-to-peer (P2P) network communication technique from a service provider wireless device, wherein the packet indicates one or more services provided by the service provider wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further to: determine to switch to a higher energy wireless P2P communication technique to communicate with the service provider wireless device based on a determination that a target service is provided by the service provider wireless device. The processing circuitry may be further to: perform a connectivity setup with the provider wireless device to use the target service in accordance with the higher energy wireless P2P communication technique.
US09998902B2
A mobile communication system that comprises: a base station that manages a cell; a user terminal connectable to the cell; and another user terminal that can communicate, via the base station, with the user terminal, and that supports D2D communication that is direct device-to-device communication, wherein the user terminal starts transmitting a discovery-use signal for the D2D communication when it is determined that the user terminal and the other user terminal exist in the vicinity while the user terminal communicates with the other user terminal connected to a neighbor cell adjacent to the cell.
US09998899B1
The invention is a system and use method for providing safety to living occupants inside a closed, locked vehicle, such as a child or a pet left inside, or a driver who has become incapacitated after parking but while still inside the closed, locked vehicle.
US09998896B1
A method including determining whether a subscriber identification profile (SIDP) is stored within a UE; sending an initial attach request along with a default network access key to a MME, upon determining that the SIDP is not stored; receiving a first authorization to attach to the network in response to the initial attach request, the first authorization restricts connectivity of the UE to an M2M activation system accessed by a dedicated APN associated with the default network access key; receiving, from a subscription management system, a SIDP generated by the M2M activation system; detaching from the M2M activation system and the network; sending a second attach request to the network based on the received SIDP; and receiving a second authorization to the network in response to the second attach request; the second authorization provides unrestricted APN connectivity and access to services associated with the subscriber identification profile.
US09998891B2
A network system includes a plurality of terminals including at least a first terminal and a second terminal, one or more devices including at least a first device, and a server adapted to refer to group information. The server refers to the group information and determines whether to accept a request for the first device from the second terminal, when in a state of accepting a request for the first device from the first terminal.
US09998889B2
A data processing apparatus is provided. Call path storage circuitry stores an identifier of a call path and processing circuitry executes a current group of instructions from a plurality of groups of instructions. The processing circuitry is responsive to a calling instruction to firstly cause the processing circuitry to start executing, in dependence on the calling instruction, a next group of instructions from the plurality of groups of instructions such that the current group of instructions is added to the call path, and to secondly cause the call path storage circuitry to update the identifier of the call path, on the basis of the call path, using a compression algorithm.
US09998887B2
A method and device are provided for reading a SMS. In the method, the device receives reading request to read an SMS from a third party application. When the SMS is a SMS carrying sensitive information, the device determines whether the third party application belongs to an access authority list corresponding to the SMS, where the access authority list includes one or more applications having an authority of accessing the SMS. When the third party application belongs to the access authority list, the device feed the SMS back to the third party application.
US09998882B2
A method and system of delivering a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message is disclosed. In one example, the method includes providing a storage location and time duration for outside content to be indirectly referenced by an MMS message. Receiving and storing the outside content via a transport network is also disclosed. The method may include encapsulating an MMS message in a payload of a transport message with the MMS message indirectly referencing the storage location of the outside content. Delivery of the transport message may occur over a transport network. Confirming receipt of the transport message is also disclosed.
US09998870B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a receiver of a first device, electromagnetic waves that are generated by a transmitter of a second device at a physical interface of a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, and where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium to the receiver of the first device. The first device can detect a physical object in proximity to the transmission medium according to a change in the parameter associated with the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09998864B2
A tracking system can provide intervention notifications to a user to notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or is in a predicted state. The tracking system may notify the user that a tracking device is potentially lost or in a predicted state based on a number of factors, including: a proximity of a tracking device to other tracking devices or a user's mobile device, a movement of a tracking device to more than a threshold distance away from a mobile device or other tracking devices, a location of a tracking device relative to a geographic location or to geographic boundaries, a usage or movement behavior of the tracking device, a usage or movement behavior of a user or owner of a tracking device, information received from an external source, or information received from sensors within the tracking device or a user's mobile.
US09998857B2
A system and method for determining the presence of an individual at a particular spot within a location preferably based on the strength of signals received from beacons assigned to the particular spot by a software application (“App”) running on an electronic device of the individual. In one embodiment, certain presence calculations are performed by the App. In another embodiment, the App forwards information regarding the received beacon signals to an electronic identification and location tracking system and the presence calculations are performed by the system.
US09998852B2
Methods and computer-executable instructions for mapping performance data of wireless systems include receiving from an access point actual performance information, such as throughput, of a user device at a particular time, along with an identifier of the access point, and location information of the user device. Then, using the received actual performance information, the received location information, and the particular time to map the received actual performance information on a map of an area around the mobile device. In certain embodiments, converting the mapped actual performance information into a visual reference gradient for display on the user device.
US09998839B2
Disclosed in the present specification are a multimedia apparatus for servicing an optimized sound depending on the surrounding environment and a method for processing an audio signal thereof. The method for processing an audio signal of the multimedia apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving an external test sound; analyzing the frequency properties of the received test sound; calculating a compensation value of the test sound according to the analyzed frequency properties; compensating an audio signal to be output, according to the calculated compensation value; and outputting the compensated audio signal.
US09998838B2
An implantable transducer converts an electrical stimulation signal into a corresponding mechanical stimulation signal. The transducer has an elongated shape with a transducer end face having a transducer drive surface adapted to produce the mechanical stimulation signal, and a transducer adhesive feature adapted to intra-operatively receive adhesive material. A separate coupling cap has a coupling end face with a coupling adhesive feature adapted to engage the transducer adhesive feature with the adhesive material and a coupling drive surface adapted for distortion-free coupling of the mechanical stimulation signal from the transducer drive surface to the coupling cap. A signal delivery surface of the coupling cap delivers the mechanical stimulation signal to an adjacent cochlear surface for sensation as sound.
US09998837B2
A device, comprising a prosthesis including an external component configured to output a signal in response to an external stimulus and a skin penetrating component configured to communicatively transfer the signal at least partially beneath skin of the recipient, wherein the skin penetrating component is configured to extend into skin of the recipient and substantially lay above a surface of bone of a recipient in abutting contact thereto.
US09998836B2
According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a piezoelectric element; a first sound generating unit that is vibrated by the piezoelectric element and generates a vibration sound transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body; and a second sound generating unit that generates an air conduction sound.
US09998831B1
A speaker is provided in the present disclosure. The speaker includes a frame with a receiving space, a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system which are received in the frame, wherein the vibration system comprises a diaphragm fixedly connected to the frame, a voice coil for driving the diaphragm to vibrate and a voice coil lead connected with the voice coil; the diaphragm comprises a dome portion in the center, and a suspension portion extended from the dome portion and encircling the dome portion; the dome portion comprises a main body portion connected with the voice coil and an extended portion extended from the main body portion to the outgoing line direction of the voice coil lead; and the central axis of the diaphragm and the central axis of the magnetic circuit system are non-coaxial and parallel.
US09998828B2
A concept is provided which permits the implementation of MEMS microphone elements having a very good SNR, high microphone sensitivity and a large frequency bandwidth. The microphone structure of the MEMS element is implemented in a layer structure and includes at least one sound pressure-sensitive diaphragm (210), an acoustically permeable counter element (220) and a capacitor system for detecting the diaphragm deflections, the diaphragm (210) and the counter element (220) being situated on top of each other and a distance apart from one another in the layer structure and each bring equipped with at least one electrode of the capacitor system. According to the invention, the layer structure of the diaphragm (210) includes at least one thin closed layer (1) and at least one thick structured layer (2), a grid structure (100) covering the entire diaphragm area being provided in the thick layer (2), which determines the stiffness of the diaphragm (210).
US09998827B2
A method for forming a complete ring network of a plurality of Bluetooth® speakers, the method including populating a configurable speaker register of each of the plurality of Bluetooth® speakers with an address of an upstream Bluetooth® speaker that is in the plurality of Bluetooth® speakers, populating the configurable speaker register of each of the plurality of Bluetooth® speakers with an address of a downstream Bluetooth® speaker that is in the plurality of Bluetooth® speakers, and coupling an audio source to one Bluetooth® speaker of the plurality of Bluetooth® speakers.
US09998820B2
An acoustic resonator device for reproducing sound in audio headphones having acoustic transducers coupled to resonating structures composed of various materials which react to the vibrations of the transducers. The resonator structures are designed with large surface areas by using projections of rigid materials of various shapes, sizes and quantities. These projections also resonate at different frequencies. The acoustic resonator reproduces sound from audio sources without compression waves being directed into the ear. These compression waves emanate from more typical audio drivers found in most headphones and can lead to listening fatigue as well as discomfort. The acoustic resonator device also produces a haptic effect which produces a richer sound, especially in the low frequency range. More than one acoustic transducer and resonator assembly is used to reduce distortion by dividing the frequency response into low and high/mid frequency ranges.
US09998809B2
A loudspeaker module comprises an outer casing in which a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system are received. The magnetic circuit system comprises a basin-like stand fixed on the outer casing. The outer casing comprises a second casing provided with a rear sound exit hole that transversely runs through the inner side surface and the outer side surface of the second casing at the position corresponding to the outer side surface of the sidewall of the basin-like stand. The rear sound exit hole is communicated with an inner cavity of the module and an inner cavity of the electronic terminal. A chamfered plane is disposed at an upper end of the sidewall of the basin-like stand, and on a side of the sidewall of the basin-like stand. A sound emitting channel is formed between the chamfered plane and the inner side surface of the second casing.
US09998807B2
A method and an apparatus establish a trail in a network, where the method includes: in a process of establishing a first trail, adding, by a first ingress node to a first trail establishment response message, an IP address of the first ingress node and an optical domain; and in a process of establishing a second trail, receiving, by the first ingress node, a first trail request message sent by a second ingress node; and sending, by the first ingress node to the second ingress node in the optical domain, information about a trail that is of the first trail and is in the optical domain to which the first ingress node belongs. According to the embodiments, that a trail that is of a working trail and a protection trail are in each optical domain do not overlap can be met.
US09998801B2
A receiving device includes: a receiver configured to receive AV content; a feature extractor configured to extract a feature from data of the received AV content; an identification result acquirer configured to acquire an identification result of the AV content identified from the extracted feature by using an Automatic Content Recognition technique; a command acquirer configured to acquire a command for controlling operation of an application program run in conjunction with the AV content in accordance with the acquired identification result; and a controller configured to control operation of the application program in accordance with the acquired command.
US09998800B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional (3D) broadcast service using images with asymmetric aspect ratios and a method and apparatus for reproducing a 3D broadcast service. The method of providing the 3D broadcast service includes adjusting a second viewpoint image to be composed with a first viewpoint image into a 3D form with respect to the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image for 3D broadcasting, encoding the first viewpoint image and the adjusted second viewpoint image, and generating a broadcast stream of the first viewpoint image and a broadcast stream of the second viewpoint image by multiplexing the first viewpoint image and the second viewpoint image.
US09998798B2
The present technique relates to a reception device, a reception method, a transmission device, and a transmission method, capable of flexibly supporting various operation modes. A service package unit processes, on a per-service basis, using an IP address included in each of packets, a particular service and a shared service related to the particular service, among a plurality of services transmitted via a broadcast wave of digital broadcasting using an IP transmission scheme. Accordingly, it is possible to flexibly support various operation modes in the digital broadcasting using the IP transmission scheme. It would be possible, for example, to apply the present technique to a television receiver.
US09998775B2
Disclosed is a method including receiving program event information indicating whether a media asset is to be presented with supplemental content, receiving, from a client, a request for a media-segment file corresponding to the media asset for consumption at the client, determining whether the program event information indicates that the media asset is to be presented with the supplemental content, and restricting trick-play operations in response to the program event information indicating that the media asset is to be presented with the supplemental content and restriction criteria are met.
US09998773B2
A response time until initial presentation decreases in such cases as reception of a service and reproduction of reception data after accumulation of the reception data.Identification information based on which a packet handled with priority is identifiable is inserted into each of transmission packets at the time of transmission of a transmission stream containing the transmission packets disposed successively in the transmission stream. For example, each of the transmission packets is a multilayered packet containing a multiplexed transport packet in the uppermost layer. For example, the identification information is inserted into packets in a part or all of layers of each of the multilayered packets.
US09998769B1
Multiple videos having individual time durations may be obtained, including a first video with a first time duration. The videos may include visual information defined by one or more electronic media files. An initial portion of the first time duration where the one or more electronic media are to be transcoded may be determined, including identifying a first moment of interest within the first video, associating the first moment of interest with a first portion of the first video having a first portion time duration, and determining the initial portion to be the first portion time duration. One or more transcoded media files may be generated during the initial portion. A request for the first video may be received from a client computing platform. In response to receipt of the request, the one or more transcoded media files may be transmitted to the client computing platform for display.
US09998757B2
Techniques are described related to performing random access starting from a random access point picture that is not an instantaneous decoder refresh picture. Some techniques are also related to reducing the amount of information that is signaled for long-term reference pictures of a reference picture set. Additional techniques are also related to decoded picture buffer management, such as removing decoded pictures based on a temporal identification value.
US09998754B2
A method of calculating discontinuity of a motion vector includes obtaining at least any one of a k-th projected forward motion vector by a forward motion vector of a block and a k-th projected backward motion vector by the forward motion vector and at least any one of a k-th projected forward motion vector by a backward motion vector and a k-th projected backward motion vector by the backward motion vector; obtaining inconsistency of forward motion vector to k-th frame projection and inconsistency of backward motion vector to k-th frame projection by calculating a first difference function using the obtained vectors, and calculating discontinuity using the inconsistency of forward motion vector to k-th frame projection and the inconsistency of backward motion vector to k-th frame projection.
US09998753B1
Encoding and decoding using prediction dependent transform coding are provided. Encoding and decoding using prediction dependent transform coding may include identifying a current input block from a current input frame from an input video stream, generating a prediction block for the current input block, generating a residual block based on a difference between the current input block and the prediction block, generating, by a processor in response to instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, an encoded block by encoding the residual block based on the prediction block using the using prediction dependent transform coding, including the encoded block in an output bitstream, and outputting or storing the output bitstream.
US09998747B2
According to an embodiment, a decoding device includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire first format information, encoded data, and first filter information, the first format information indicating a resolution of a color-difference component of the encoded data; a decoding unit configured to decode the encoded data to obtain a decoded image; and a converting unit configured to convert a color-difference format of the decoded image represented by a first color-difference format by using a filter identified by the filter information.
US09998746B2
Techniques are described for optimizing memory used by a video decoder. A residual coefficient matrix including non-zero value residual coefficients of a larger parent matrix with both non-zero and zero value residual coefficients can be provided to the decoder. Residual coefficient matrix metadata can also be provided so that a modified and reduced inverse transform matrix can be selected and applied to the residual coefficient matrix.
US09998741B2
A higher coding efficiency for coding a significance map indicating positions of significant transform coefficients within a transform coefficient block is achieved by the scan order by which the sequentially extracted syntax elements indicating, for associated positions within the transform coefficient block, as to whether at the respective position a significant or insignificant transform coefficient is situated, are sequentially associated to the positions of the transform coefficient block, among the positions of the transform coefficient block depends on the positions of the significant transform coefficients indicated by previously associated syntax elements. Alternatively, the first-type elements may be context-adaptively entropy decoded using contexts which are individually selected for each of the syntax elements dependent on a number of significant transform coefficients in a neighborhood of the respective syntax element, indicated as being significant by any of the preceding syntax elements.
US09998738B2
An image encoding apparatus which encodes an image includes a first acquiring unit configured to acquire an evaluation value for a block being a division of the image, a determining unit configured to determine a class to which the block belongs to among a plurality of classes based on the evaluation value acquired by the first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit configured to acquire count information describing the number of blocks belonging to a predetermined class of the plurality of classes, and a setting unit configured to set a quantization parameter usable for encoding a block belonging to a different class from the predetermined class based on the count information acquired by the second acquiring unit.
US09998736B2
An image coding method includes: adding, to a candidate list, a first adjacent motion vector as a candidate for a predicted motion vector to be used for coding the current motion vector; selecting the predicted motion vector from the candidate list; and coding the current motion vector, wherein in the adding, the first adjacent motion vector indicating a position in a first reference picture included in a first reference picture list is added to the candidate list for the current motion vector indicating a position in a second reference picture included in a second reference picture list.
US09998732B2
A display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel, and a plurality of light sources irradiating the liquid crystal panel with light. The display apparatus respectively displays signals corresponding to the respective regions in an image frame, in respective regions of the liquid crystal panel irradiated with light by each of the light sources, in an order from both end sides in an arrangement direction thereof toward a center alternately with each other, respectively. The display apparatus irradiates the respective regions with light by the light sources corresponding thereto, in a latter period within a period in which the signals are displayed in the respective regions of the liquid crystal panel.
US09998723B2
Techniques related to filling hole regions in a disparity map are discussed. Such techniques may include generating approximated disparity values for grid nodes of an approximation grid having a lower resolution than the disparity map based on disparity values within outer hole contour regions circumscribing the hole regions. The hole regions may be filled with upsampled disparity values based on the approximated disparity values to provide a final disparity map.
US09998720B2
An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes the following steps: blending a plurality of exposure frames captured by one or more image capturing devices using a plurality of exposure times to generate a real-time image; analyzing one or more regions of interest (ROIs) of the real-time image according to ROI information about the one or more ROIs of the real-time image, and accordingly generating an analysis result; and utilizing an image processor for referring to the analysis result to locally adjust image data within the one or more ROIs of the real-time image to generate an adjusted real-time image in real time.
US09998719B2
A non-planar surface projecting system, an auto-calibration method thereof and an auto-calibration device thereof are provided. In an embodiment of the non-planar surface auto-calibration method, a depth map of a projection surface is measured, a corresponding area corresponding to a projecting area and a depth sensing area is calibrated; and in the corresponding area, an interactive content is adjusted according to the depth map of the projection surface.
US09998710B2
Provided is an apparatus for supporting a video conference in a client terminal for a video conference system. The apparatus includes: an edition/rendering module configured to receive basic lattice layout screen data containing respective participant images included in a plurality of lattices and respective location information of the plurality of lattices applied to the basic lattice layout screen data; and an input module configured to input edition information, wherein, in response to the edition information input through the input module, the edition/rendering module classifies respective lattice images of the basic lattice layout screen data according to the respective location information, and generates new layout screen data edited with respect to the respective lattice images.
US09998704B2
A video communication method and system, and a terminal are presented. A sending terminal sends an invite message to a receiving terminal. The sending terminal receives a reply message. The sending terminal determines that a video encoding/decoding format supported by the sending terminal does not include a video encoding/decoding format included in the reply message. The sending terminal obtains a video encoding/decoding format supported by both the sending terminal and the receiving terminal. The sending terminal performs video communication with the receiving terminal by using the obtained video encoding/decoding format.
US09998695B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an automotive imaging system including an electronic image sensor having a sparse color filter array (CFA). The use of a sparse CFA results in: (1) improved image quality; and/or (2) cost savings by enabling use of a less complex, cheaper lens without any or any substantial reduction in image quality.
US09998690B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device including a plurality of pixels arrayed at a predetermined pixel pitch, a shift mechanism configured to perform a pixel shift in a movement amount which is a non-integral multiple of the pixel pitch, a microcomputer configured to cause the image pickup device to pick up an image at pixel shifting positions to respectively acquire a plurality of pieces of image data, a synthesis processing section configured to synthesize the acquired plurality of pieces of image data to generate composite image data with a high resolution, and an image processing section configured to determine an edge enhancement parameter based on a characteristic relating to a pixel opening of the composite image data and perform edge enhancement processing for the composite image data.
US09998688B2
A method and apparatus are provided for generating a thermal image of a target. The method comprises: at one or more electro-magnetic transducers, receiving long wave infra-red (LWIR) radiation emitted from the target; illuminating the electro-magnetic transducers with radiation being transmitted wavelengths that belong to Near Infra-Red (NIR) band and/or that belong to the visible (VIS) band; converting at least part of the radiation received as LWIR radiation to energy at the NIR band and/or at the VIS band; and generating a thermal image based on the energy retrieved after converting at least part of the LWIR radiation received, to energy at the NIR band and/or at the VIS band, and wherein receiving the LWIR radiation and illuminating the electro-magnetic transducers, are carried out simultaneously.
US09998687B2
A system for the display of thermal imaging data is provided with a hands free thermal imaging camera; a transparent display directly coupled to said thermal imaging camera; a head mounted lens; the display being integrated into the head mounted lens in front of at least one eye of a user.
US09998674B2
Imaging apparatus capable of detecting and displaying information with respect to an incline thereof
An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline.
US09998672B2
Disclosed is a magnifier for use by blind or low vision users. The magnifier includes a camera, such as a CMOS image sensor, that displays enlarged images upon a screen for easy viewing. The magnifier further includes a handle that is pivotally interconnected to a housing to allow for handheld use in a variety of different configurations.
US09998671B2
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling an electronic apparatus. The method of controlling an electronic apparatus includes: selecting a specific image; generating a first image having a contour line and an adjusted transparency for the selected image; and displaying the generated first image in a state in which the generated first image is overlapped with a photographed image corresponding to live-view-photographing of the electronic apparatus.
US09998669B2
A camera gimbal is provided. The camera gimbal includes a gimbal barrel; a lens barrel configured to support a camera module thereon, and assembled to the gimbal barrel; and a connection unit configured to interconnect the gimbal barrel and the lens barrel, wherein the lens barrel is connected to be freely rotatable, wherein the connection unit provides a rolling axis, a yawing axis, and a pitching axis of the lens barrel, and wherein the lens barrel assembled to the connection unit is configured to maintain a horizontal posture by gravity.
US09998668B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus which corrects uneven exposure caused when a sensor-shift image stabilization and an electronic front curtain reset are used concurrently. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera shake detector configured to detect a camera shake; an imaging device configured to capture e a subject image; an image stabilizer configured to move the imaging device in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; an electronic front curtain configured to reset electric charges accumulated in the imaging device; a mechanical shutter configured to switch between blocking and passing of a subject image to be collected onto the imaging device; and an image stabilization controller configured to produce an image stabilization signal from the camera shake detected by the camera shake detector and configured to control the image stabilizer. The image stabilization controller controls the imaging device to move to a specified position and then controls the electronic front curtain to operate in response to the shooting instruction.
US09998665B2
An aspect provides a method, including: obtaining, using one or more sensors of a device, contextual data relating to a picture taking context; assigning, using a processor, the contextual data to a predetermined picture taking context; and selecting a camera from two or more cameras of the device based on the predetermined picture taking context. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US09998663B1
Systems and methods are provided to perform surround image capture and processing. A camera device may use physical position and orientation sensors to determine the camera device's position along a circular path. The camera device may capture images from positions along the circular path and combine the images into a surround image animation of a central point within the circular path. The camera device may determine feature points within the image frames, and determine a smooth path or track for corresponding feature points to follow from one image to the next. The images can be combined into a smoothly animated 360-degree surround animation, which may be continually rotated without a set beginning or ending point to the animation.
US09998657B2
A support system for the manufacture of dental restorations is provided that includes a measurement device for determining the tooth data, such as the tooth color and color coordinates, and a data processing device including a camera for capturing a tooth image. The data processing device includes a reception module and the measurement device has a transmission module, for direct transmission of measured tooth data from the measurement device to the data processing device. The support system further includes an allocation module integrated into the data processing device for allocating the received tooth data to the tooth image, and a transmission module integrated into the data processing device for transmission of the tooth image inclusive of allocated tooth data to a data processing device of a dental laboratory.
US09998645B2
A telecommunication unit which ensures high reliability of electric connection with a simple structure and enables satisfactory communication between an apparatus main body of an image pickup apparatus and an interchangeable lens. A first electric connecting unit has contact portions that are electrically connected to the interchangeable lens when the interchangeable lens is mounted on the lens adapter. A second electric connecting unit has contact portions that are electrically connected to the apparatus main body when the lens adapter is fixed to the apparatus main body. The contact portions of the first electric connecting unit are arranged in the form of an arc with an optical axis of the interchangeable lens at its center. The contact portions of the second electric connecting unit are arranged in a linear fashion in a width direction of the apparatus main body perpendicular to the optical axis of the interchangeable lens.
US09998644B1
A camera module and its molded circuit board assembly and manufacturing method are disclosed, wherein the molded circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and a molded base integrally formed with the circuit board through a molding process. The molded base forms a light window disposed corresponding to a photosensitive element of the camera module, wherein the light window is configured to have a trapezoidal or to multi-stair trapezoidal shape cross section which has diameters increasing from bottom to top to facilitate demolding, so as to prevent damage to the molded base, and to avoid stray light.
US09998640B2
Provided is a camera module capable of securing air permeability in an imaging portion of the camera module and reducing failure (speck failure) of an image sensor, which is caused by adhesion of a foreign matter. In a camera module in which an internal space is formed by a wiring substrate, a cover body (36), and a transparent plate (38), a ventilation groove (45) which extends from the internal space to an outside of the internal space and a recess part (46) which is formed so as to branch off from the ventilation groove (45) are formed on a surface of the cover body (36), which adheres to the transparent plate (38).
US09998639B1
A device for conducting scientific experiments in space has a housing having dimensions of about 100×100×150 mm or smaller. Within the housing is an electronic processor, a camera, and a chamber for containing living or non-living test subjects. A mirror is positioned next to the chamber so that the camera lens can view both a face of the chamber, and the mirror, which reflects a side of the chamber. The chamber can additionally include sensors and a fan controlled by the processor to change conditions within the housing based upon sensor data.
US09998626B2
There is provided a scanner including: a first light source that generates light of a first wavelength; a mark that emits light in a case where light of the first wavelength is received; a deviation calculation section that calculates a deviation between a plurality of sensors based on sensor outputs acquired in such a way that the sensors detect light emitted from the same mark; a second light source that generates light which does not include light of the first wavelength; and an image generation section that generates image data based on the sensor outputs, acquired in such a way that the plurality of sensors detect light acquired when light from the second light source is stuck on and is reflected in the document, and the deviation.
US09998607B2
A method of provisioning a plurality of applications from different application developer systems to a network provider system comprises establishing a plurality of service accounts for a corresponding plurality of application service provider systems, receiving a plurality of API interfaces from the plurality of application service provider systems, integrating, by the processor system, each of the plurality of API interfaces with a unified services platform API interface, receiving a provider API interfaces for a network provider system, and integrating the provider API interface with the unified services platform API interface. The plurality of application service provider systems provide services for use in association with a telephone number of a subscriber of telecommunication services. At least two of the API interfaces are different, and at least one of the plurality of API interfaces from the plurality of application service provider systems is not compatible with the provider API interface.
US09998604B2
An apparatus, system and method for call notifications to active communication devices are provided. At an apparatus comprising a processor and a communication interface, a call for a first device is received via the communication interface. When is determined that a second device is active, a notification of the call is transmitted to the second device.
US09998603B2
Agencies issue multiple devices to personnel for maintaining distinct identities over the course of assigned investigations. To provide flexible capabilities to agencies, a phone is converted for use with multiple attached telephone numbers. Accordingly, a single phone may be used to manage multiple identities over the course of one or more investigations. Using a multiple attached number, a given device can place and receive calls over the network to and from contacts. In addition to providing multiple attached numbers, calls using the multiple attached numbers may be monitored live and recorded to establish evidence.
US09998596B1
Devices, computer-readable media and methods for delivering customer service content associated with a reason code are disclosed. Examples of the present disclosure may include a processor of a telecommunication network identifying a reason code associated with calls from customers to a customer call center and determining a set of shared traits among the customers. The shared traits may be based upon first network event data and first customer account data associated with the customers. The processor may further determine a customer with a propensity to call score that exceeds a threshold and with a customer profile that matches the set of shared traits. The customer profile may be based upon second network event data and second customer account data associated with the customer. The processor may further deliver a customer service content associated with the reason code to the customer via a communication modality that is determined for the customer.
US09998595B1
A party associated with multiple contact addresses, such as a home, cell, and/or work telephone numbers, is contacted by a dialer using a contact attempt sequence that defines how the various contact addresses are used. A graphical user interface allows a user to create a visual representation of the contact attempt sequence flow for contacting the party, e.g., a template, where logic is defined indicating how and when the various contact addresses are to be used. Thus, in one instance, the dialer may use the template to make multiple attempts to reach the party using first their home number and then their cell phone number, and if such attempts are unsuccessful, then make a further attempt to the reach the party using their work number, wherein attempts to reach the party using the home, cell, and/or work phone numbers may be limited over one or more defined time periods.
US09998593B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product is provided for processing the status of phone devices having a phone number. A synthetic communication server receives updated status of a target phone device referencing a normalized phone number that specifically identifies the target phone device on a synthetic communication network. Accordingly, the server stores the updated status of the target phone device in a status area referenced by the normalized phone number. The server identifies a subset of phone devices from phone devices on the synthetic communication network interested in the status of the target phone device. For each of the phone devices in the subset, the server pushes the updated status of the target phone device to each phone device in the subset.Yet another aspect of the invention concerns monitoring status of the phone devices in a status list of normalized phone numbers on a phone device. The phone device monitors other phone devices and also provides individual status. Accordingly, the method and system sends the status list and updated status of the phone device that includes a normalized phone number identifying the phone device on the synthetic communication network. Subsequently, the method and system receives the status updates of the one or more other phone devices in the status list. The status updates received are also referenced using the corresponding normalized phone numbers for each of the other phone devices. These status updates of the one or more other phone devices are processed by the method and system and then displayed in a display area of the phone device.
US09998584B2
A display device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The display device includes a sensor unit configured to detect a first gesture input for a control interface, a communication unit configured to transmit a signal for generating a first image to a mobile device based on the detected first gesture input and to receive a signal for generating a second image from the mobile device, a display unit configured to display the control interface and the second image, and a processor configured to control the sensor unit, the communication unit and the display unit and execute according to a received control signal. The mobile device generates the signal for generating the first image, displays the first image, detects second gesture input for the first image, and transmits the signal for generating the second image to the display device based on the detected second gesture input.
US09998575B2
A method used in a network device for outputting data to a bus with a data bus width at each cycle includes: using a packet generating circuit for generating idle data after an end of packet for a packet at a cycle and generating a start of packet for a next packet at a different cycle; and using an inter-packet gap (IPG) generating circuit for receiving data transmitted from the packet generating circuit, dynamically writing the received data into the buffer, and inserting a gap of idle data between the end of packet and the start of packet according to the end of packet and the idle data generated by the packet generating circuit.
US09998562B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for implementing service-oriented system optimization using partial service relocation are disclosed. An optimized configuration is determined for the service-oriented system based on performance data. The optimized configuration improves a performance metric in the service-oriented system. A partial service is automatically generated based on an original service in a service-oriented system. The partial service includes a first set of program code from the original service and excludes a second set of program code from the original service. The first set of program code is included in the partial service based on its frequency of use. One or more instances of the partial service are deployed to the service-oriented system based on the optimized configuration.
US09998560B2
An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are provided for abstracting a public facing identity associated with one or more devices, such as user devices. In some embodiments, a unique identity may be associated with a device. A mapping may be used to establish a relationship between the public facing identity and the unique identity. In some embodiments, configuration data may indicate how a communication (e.g., an incoming or outgoing communication) is to be handled or routed. For example, the configuration data may indicate preferences as to which device(s) amongst a plurality of devices is to receive an incoming communication and/or which public facing identity/identities amongst a plurality of public facing identities is to be used in transmitting an outgoing communication.
US09998551B1
Automatic discovery and registration of service application for files introduced to a user interface
A catalog system automatically detects changes to configuration file at a service application. Based on the changes to the configuration file(s), the catalog system stores mapping data that identifies a resource item type that can be processed by the service application and one or more user actions that are available for processing resource items of the resource item type. The techniques thus provide for dynamic interaction with service applications.
US09998545B2
In order to enable a dynamic handshake procedure, a client device is configured with a list of handshake contributors. The client device initiates a handshake by determining the handshake contributors and writing properties of the handshake contributors in a client handshake, which is then sent to a server device. The client handshake is processed at the server device by invoking an appropriate handler, which handles the handshake result. The server can also send its contributors and their properties to the client. Once the client receives the properties, the client can call an appropriate handler to handle the properties. Connections may be created based on the exchanged properties. New contributors and contributor handlers may be added to both the client and server devices.
US09998543B2
A method for operating a server of a communication system includes at least one user appliance and a monitoring device adapted to perform a remote monitoring of the at least one user appliance through the intermediation of the server, the at least one user appliance being associated with a list of attributes that can take predetermined values. The method includes: 1) receiving the list of attributes associated with the at least one user appliance, and the values that can be taken by each of said attributes; 2) storing at the server the list of attributes with the related values received in 1); and 3) sending said list of attributes with the related values to the monitoring device.
US09998531B2
A computer program product for provisioning resources in a balanced data transfer pipeline may associate a first requested task with a first category, allocate a first resource of a data path to the first requested task based on the first resource corresponding to the first category; and allocate a second resource as part of the data path to the first requested task based on the second resource corresponding to the first category, wherein the first resource corresponds to a first segment of the data path and the second resource corresponds to a second segment of the data path.
US09998529B2
In some implementations, a system and corresponding method for load balancing data traffic addressed to an anycast address include maintaining, by each of a plurality of load balancing (LB) devices a data structure including entries associated with application instances in a group of application instances served by the LB device. The frequency with which each served application instance is included in the data structure is indicative of a weight value associated with a capacity of the corresponding served application instance. Upon receiving a data packet, originally addressed to an anycast address, the LB device uses one or more header fields of the received data packet to identify a virtual Internet protocol (IP) address of one of the served application instances in the data structure maintained by the LB device. The LB device then forwards the data packet to the identified application instance.
US09998523B2
A method for controls a file name in an electronic device. The method includes when a data transmission event occurs, detecting at least one file for attachment to data transmission; determining whether a renamed file exists among the at least one file; when at least one renamed file exists, generating a header in consideration of a changed name with respect to the at least one renamed file; and generating and transmitting a data packet including the header.
US09998518B2
A system is provided. The system includes a content database that stores content synchronization data received from a graphical user interface. The content synchronization data has a location of media, a set of content, a content start time, and a content end time. The content start time is a time in the media at which play of the content is to start. The content end time is a time in the media at which the play of the content is to end.
US09998517B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for implementing real-time transport control protocol (RTCP) to obtain end-to-end session information. The system receives an RTCP extension that is associated with an RTCP packet in a communication session. The RTCP extension may include an instruction for transmitting RTCP data based on a triggering event. The RTCP extension can be configured to propagate along the communication session. Next, in response to the triggering event, the system can transmit the RTCP data to an address defined by the instruction as a destination address for receiving information associated with the triggering event.
US09998514B2
A method is disclosed for execution by an apparatus of a multimedia delivery system when distributing streamed media content via UDP. The method includes receiving media content, distributed in a plurality of files, from at least one media source, and identifying, from the received files, associated files including at least one audio file and at least one video file. The method further includes combining the associated files into one source block and encoding the content of the source block. A manifest file describing the content of the source block is then generated. The manifest file and the associated source block are transmitted. Related methods for decoding and separating the combined files in a UE are also provided.
US09998509B2
Application of comments to a variety of application functionality content is provided. Comments may be entered and displayed in a comments user interface component directly in line in the text or other objects of a document or other content item. Displayed comments may be collapsed to a simplified comments tab that may remain displayed in the associated document or content item. Selection of the comments tab may allow for expansion of the comments user interface component to full size. The comments tab may likewise be collapsed to an icon or other image displayed next to the associated content, and the icon or other image may be configured to provide an indication of the length of an associated comments conversation thread. One or more social feedback mechanisms may be employed to show feedback on a given component or portion of a document or content item.
US09998499B2
Features are disclosed for facilitating management of network directories of multiple organizations by a centralized directory management system. Various applications can access the directories of the organizations via the directory management system according to the permissions that the applications have been granted by the respective organizations. Organizations may maintain directories on-premises or off-premises, and the applications can access the directories via the directory management system regardless of the physical location of the directories. Additionally, the applications may be hosted by a computing service provider that also hosts or otherwise manages the directory management service, or the applications can be hosted by third-party servers separate from the directory management system and the organizations.
US09998482B2
An attack upon a web interface is detected in real-time. The web interface is one of many web interfaces across many ports across many computer systems within a network. Data on the attack is gathered. The attack data includes traffic data. Variants of the attack are determined based on data of the attack. The variants are selected from a predetermined set of attack variants. The attacked interface is scanned with the selected attack variants. The web interface is identified as vulnerable to at least one variant of the attack. In response to this identification, the attack is responded to without human intervention.
US09998481B2
Systems and methods are provided for scoring business entities for attack preparedness, for example, in connection with cyber-attaches, etc. One exemplary method includes receiving a selection of a target business entity, associated with a payment network, and then generating a preparedness score related to cyber-attack for the selected business entity based on at least one security aspect of the business entity and at least one stage of attack. The method then also includes publishing the preparedness score to a user, for example, through an interface, etc.
US09998478B2
A system and method for securing data in mobile devices (104) includes a computing mode (102) and a plurality of mobile devices (104). A node security program (202) executed in the computing node (102) interfaces with a device security program (204) executed at a mobile device (104). The computing node (102) is responsible for managing the security based on a node security profile (208) interpreted by a node security program (202) executed in the computing node (102). A device discovery method and arrangement (106) also detects and locates various information (120) about the mobile devices (104) based on a scan profile (206).
US09998476B2
According to an embodiment, a data distribution apparatus is connected with electronic apparatuses through a network. The data distribution apparatus includes a storage, a transmitter, a receiver, and an output unit. The storage is configured to store management information in which predetermined data is associated with number specification information for specifying number of electronic apparatuses belonging to the group. The transmitter is configured to transmit a sharing start instruction including the predetermined data. The receiver is configured to receive one or more distribution requests transmitted from one or more electronic apparatuses in response to the instruction. The output unit is configured to output an error signal indicating that an unauthorized electronic apparatus is connected when the number of received distribution requests exceeds the number specified.
US09998471B2
A security software comprises administrative module for configuring access levels and creating types of accounts and application server for domain filtering by checking against friendly and unfriendly inbound, outbound and exception lists. Hard filtering either approves, terminates requests or re-routes request without the user's knowledge. Soft filtering passes disapproved requests and sends an e-mail alert to authorized recipients. Content filtering includes checking a content of a requested document against a friendly, unfriendly list and exception list. Hard filtering passes or rejects the requested document. Soft filtering passes the requested document or rejects or approves by highlighting its content. Options include e-mail filtering that checks subject, sender's address and domain against an unfriendly, friendly and exception list. e-mail alert for hard filtering, inbound privacy shield, a pop up blocker, the application server acts as proxy server with proxy chaining capabilities and an encryption function can encrypt part of e-mail message.
US09998453B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for controlling access to personal data of a user. In one embodiment, content is requested from a network site using an authentication token. It is determined that the content includes a placeholder for personal data. The personal data is received from a personal data service, where the service is configured to limit access to the personal data to a client authorized by the user who owns the personal data. The content is modified to replace the placeholder with the personal data, and the content is then rendered for presentation.
US09998449B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. A method includes transmitting a request to a serving network with a nonce and a signature request directed to a network function of the serving network, receiving a response to the request from the serving network, and authenticating the serving network based on the signature of the network function. The nonce may provide replay protection. The response may include a signature of the network function. The request sent to the serving network may include a radio resource control (RRC) message or a tracking area update (TAU) request. The serving network may be authenticated using a trusted third party to verify a certificate associated with the serving network.
US09998443B2
A method for identifying a shared credential within a networked computing environment. The method includes a computer processor accessing information corresponding to an aggregated plurality of authentication events within a networked computing environment. The method further includes identifying one or more credentials that are associated with the aggregated plurality of authentication events. The method further includes analyzing a frequency of usage of a first credential that is included in the identified one or more credentials. The method further includes determining that the first credential is shared, based at least in part, on the analysis of the frequency of usage of the first credential in authentication events by one or more hosts, and information related to authentication events corresponding to the one or more hosts that utilize the credential in authentication events. The method further includes generating a report that identifies that the first credential is shared.
US09998442B2
A device comprising: a display; a communication interface; and at least one processor configured to: receive from an external device, via the communication interface, authentication information associated with a user of the external device; transmit the authentication information to a server; transmit a request for content to the server when the device is successfully authenticated by the server based on the authentication information; receive the content from the server; and control the display to display the content.
US09998438B2
In one embodiment, a client device 110 may use an attestation service 140 to verify a secure server 120. The secure server 120 may receive a signed trusted credential 310 from an attestation service 140 validating the secure server 120 as trustworthy to a client device 110 seeking access. The secure server 120 may protect the signed trusted credential 310 in a server secure module 280.
US09998436B2
A streaming environment includes at least a first processing element of a first compute node and a second processing element of a second compute node. A tuple encryption operation is determined of the first processing element and the second processing element. The first processing element includes a first encryption key for encrypting the tuples as the leave the first processing element. An encryption workload is measured of the tuple encryption operation of a processing workload of the use of the first encryption key of a transfer of the stream of tuples. A threshold of the tuple encryption operation is determined. The second processing element is migrated to the first compute node and fused to the first compute node with the first processing element. The tuple encryption operation is removed from the first processing element.
US09998428B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network maintains first and second routing tables associated with a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel. The first and second routing tables comprise routing information used to route packets external to a particular routing domain. The device routes a first packet in the network via the VPN tunnel and a second tunnel that encapsulates the VPN tunnel, using the routing information in the first routing table. The device receives a second packet via the VPN tunnel that was routed to the device using the routing information in the second routing table and bypasses the second tunnel.
US09998426B2
A cyber-security device includes a processor operable to process messages with a data validation rule-set; an external communication interface configured for bi-directional data communication between the processor and external networks or systems; and an internal communication interface configured for bi-directional data communication between the processor and a safety-critical control device, wherein the data received by the processor via either the external or internal communication interface is blocked, sanitized, or passed by the appropriate rule-set, depending on whether the data conform to validation criteria established by the rule-set. The processor analyzes the data, preferably byte-by-byte, with the data in each byte being required to conform to the rule-set validation criteria before being passed from the processor to the appropriate interface.
US09998424B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are provided for VoIP communication with endpoint devices via a network address translator (NAT). A plurality of proxy servers is configured to relay communications through mapped paths of the NAT during operations including VoIP sessions through or with the plurality of endpoint devices and during other operations not involving VoIP sessions through or with the plurality of endpoint devices. The mapped paths are susceptible to being unmapped by the NAT if the mapped path is unused for a threshold duration of time. The proxy servers maintain the mapped paths through the NAT by prompting the endpoint devices to communicate data to the plurality of proxy servers. A call control server uses a selection algorithm to select a particular one of the proxy servers to be used for routing communication of a VoIP session between endpoint devices.
US09998413B2
A system and method for prioritizing messages based on message importance is provided. Messages from one or more senders are received for a recipient. For each message, an identity of the sender is determined. A determination is made as to whether each message includes a request for an action to be performed. Also, a length of time required to read that message is determined for each message. An importance value for each message is then calculated based on the identity of the sender, whether a request is included in the message, and the length of time to read the message. Those messages with high importance values are identified as high priority messages and are provided to the recipient.
US09998411B2
Methods and systems effective to restrict posting of information to a sharing processor are generally described. A device may receive a request to post captured information to a sharing processor. The device may receive a restriction request and determine that the restriction request is applicable to the information. In response to determining that the restriction request is applicable to the information, the device may output a privacy message through a user interface of the device. The privacy message may provide an indication that the restriction request is applicable to the information.
US09998403B2
A switch according to the present invention can have a number of ports in an ASIC greater than the ASIC clock speed divided by the network protocol rate. The switch ASIC contains multiple blocks, each block having a number of ports equal to the ASIC clock speed divided the packet rate of the protocol. Each block has a number of queues equal to the total number of ports on the ASIC to receive packets. The queues are scheduled from each block into a number of outputs equal to the number of blocks. The outputs of each block are received by a scheduler which evaluates the packets available at the outputs of each block to determine the combination of outputs which provides the most connections that are ready for transmission. The combination with the most connections is then utilized to provide packets to the egress section of each block.
US09998401B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes: a plurality of islands configured on a semiconductor die, each of the plurality of islands having a plurality of cores; and a plurality of network switches configured on the semiconductor die and each associated with one of the plurality of islands, where each network switch includes a plurality of output ports, a first set of the output ports are each to couple to the associated network switch of an island via a point-to-point interconnect and a second set of the output ports are each to couple to the associated network switches of a plurality of islands via a point-to-multipoint interconnect. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09998400B2
A method of attributing contributions to congestion of a shared resource to respective user registers, the resource being operable to serve requests for service, each of a plurality of the requests having a user indication associated therewith indicating with which of a plurality of user registers the request is associated.
US09998394B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for scalable network buffer management may include (1) receiving, via a connection to a client, data to be transmitted to a cloud service, (2) buffering the data in at least one data buffer, (3) determining that the data will not be transmitted to the cloud service within a timeout period for the client connection, (4) delaying reception of additional data from the client connection for a portion of the timeout period, and (5) before the timeout period has elapsed, buffering data from the client connection in at least one secondary data buffer, wherein the secondary data buffer is smaller in size than the data buffer. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09998392B1
Techniques for making placement decisions for the placement of components within a computer network are described herein. A simplified representation of the computer network is used to determine a candidate placement solution based on a representation of placement requests. Constrained machine locations and constraints on the connections are used to iteratively determine placement locations based on perturbations to those constraints.
US09998390B1
A system for servicing streaming media requests. The system includes stream director nodes and intelligent stream engine nodes, such as permanent storage devices with network interfaces. The stream director node receives a streaming media request and enqueues the request until all resources on a path from the stream engine node having the media object being requested to the user/client system have been reserved. Once reserved, the enqueued request is then serviced by requesting the stream object from the stream engine node, which then transfers the requested stream object between the stream engine node and the user/client system over the prepared path without involving the stream director node. Upon completion, the prepared path is torn down. In one embodiment the prepared path is a Label Switched Path. A provision is made for balancing the load among the stream engine nodes by duplicating stream objects on other stream engine nodes.
US09998389B2
A network device including first and second queues, a timing module and a shaper. The first queue receives first frames. The second queue receives second frames. A priority level of the second frames is lower than a priority level of the first frames. The timing module determines a start time of a burst period of the first frames. The first frames are transmitted from the network device during the burst period. The shaper determines: a size of a head-of-line frame of the second frames; a predetermined maximum size of one of the second frames; or a predetermined minimum size of one of the second frames. The shaper determines whether to block transmission of the head-of-line frame from the network device based on (i) the start time, (ii) the size of the head-of-line frame, (iii) the predetermined maximum size, or (iv) the predetermined minimum size.
US09998388B2
The method may include sending, via an unreliable protocol, a stream of data packets to at least one recipient device over a network. The stream of data packets may include source packets and forward error correction (FEC) packets. The method may include, during said sending, receiving one or more feedback reports from the at least one recipient device, each said periodic feedback report characterizing packet loss during a corresponding period of time. The method may also include, during said sending, adjusting a rate at which said data packets are sent in the stream in response to at least one of said feedback reports. Adjusting the rate may include increasing a FEC rate at which the FEC packets are sent while maintaining a source rate at which the source packets are sent in response to a one of the feedback reports which characterizes the packet loss as within an acceptable level.
US09998384B2
Disclosed aspects relate to window management in a stream computing environment. An indication of congestion may be detected with respect to the stream computing environment. Based on the indication of congestion, a set of window configurations in the stream computing environment may be determined. In response to determining the set of window configurations in the stream computing environment, the set of window configurations may be established in the stream computing environment.
US09998382B2
A process and system for user-controlled configuration of an Internet protocol network. The user may supply input for generating a network classification profile, which includes a number of classes of service (COSs) for prioritizing network traffic, including video transmission. A quality of service (QOS) may be measured and compared with a COS for video transmission. Depending on the measured QOS, a network alert may be issued and a priority of packets associated with the COS for video transmission may be increased.
US09998380B2
A bridge device including first and second queues and a shaper. The shaper receives an indication of a first time corresponding to a beginning of a blocking band and transmits, during a first portion of a transmission interval, a frame of data from the first queue. The transmission interval begins at a second time subsequent to the first time and the blocking band extends from the first time into the first portion of the transmission interval. The shaper blocks a frame of data from the second queue during the blocking band in response to a determination that transmission of the frame of data will not be completed prior to the second time. The shaper transmits the frame of data from the second queue during the blocking band in response to a determination that the transmission of the frame of data will be completed prior to the second time.
US09998379B2
Various aspects of the invention provide for determining data rate for a reverse link communication by determining packets of data for transmission for a number of communication services, determining a data rate for transmission of the packets of data based on an arrangement of the packets of data in a queue allowing for meeting the transmission deadline for each of the packets of data. The base station determines whether available resources allow for allocation at the base station for transmission from the mobile station at the determined data rate and duration. The mobile station drops at least a packet of data of the packets of data in the queue to determine a new queue of packets of data. The new queue of the packets of data is used to determine a new data rate for communication on the reverse link.
US09998375B2
Some embodiments provide novel methods for controllers to communicate with managed hardware forwarding elements (MHFEs) in a transactional manner. The transactional communication methods of some embodiments ensure that an MHFE receives the entirety of a control plane update that a controller supplies to it, before the MHFE starts to modify its data plane forwarding data and operations. The transactional communication methods of some embodiments provide one or more transactional boundary controls to the controllers to define complete control plane data set updates. In some embodiments, the transactional controls ensure that an MHFE receives all of a control plane update before it starts to modify its data plane forwarding data. Controllers use one transactional control in some embodiments when they define logical forwarding elements (e.g., logical switches or routers) on the MHFEs.
US09998364B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for processing a packet in a software-defined network (Software-Defined Network), where the method is performed by a forwarder, and the method includes: receiving an input packet; determining a flow to which the input packet belongs according to the input packet; determining a context identifier set corresponding to the flow to which the input packet belongs according to a first correspondence between flows and context identifier sets, where a context identifier set corresponding to each flow in the first correspondence includes at least one context identifier; determining a context corresponding to the context identifier set according to a second correspondence between context identifiers and contexts; and processing the input packet according to the context corresponding to the context identifier set.
US09998361B2
Techniques are described for enhancements to multicast Label Distribution Protocol (mLDP) to support multicast only fast re-route (MoFRR) over a remote loop free alternate (RLFA) backup path. An egress router is configured to generate a modified mLDP control message to signal the RLFA backup path in which an address of a RLFA node is included in an LSPRoot field and an address of an ingress router is included in an opaque data field. In addition, the RLFA node of the RLFA backup path is configured to recognize that it is identified in the LSPRoot field of the modified mLDP control message, and, in response, look up the ingress router identified in the opaque data field of the modified mLDP control message. The RLFA node is further configured to send an mLDP control message that includes the address of the ingress router in the LSPRoot field towards the ingress router.
US09998355B2
It is possible to improve backhaul resource utilization efficiency during dynamic point selection (DPS) transmissions by unicasting different portions of a traffic flow to different access points participating in the DPS transmission. Specifically, a traffic flow may be encoded to obtain forward error correction (FEC) packets, and different subsets of the FEC packets may be unicast to different access points participating in the DPS transmission. The subsets of FEC packets may have partial (or no) redundancy such that the amount of duplicative data communicated over the backhaul network is reduced when compared to multicasting the entire traffic flow to each access point participating in the DPS transmission. There may be different degrees of redundancy between subsets of FEC packets to achieve different traffic engineering (TE) objectives.
US09998354B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a first routing table of a first server computer; receiving a second routing table of a second server computer; receiving a request, from a client computer, for information about content servers that hold a media item title, wherein the request includes a client internet protocol address of the client computer; estimating that the first server computer is closer to the client computer than the second server computer is to the client computer based, at least in part, on the client internet protocol address, the first routing table, and the second routing table; sending, to the client computer, a first address to the client computer based, at least in part, on estimating that the first server computer is closer to the client computer than the second server computer, wherein the first address identifies the media item title stored on the first server computer.
US09998353B2
An apparatus associated with a first domain, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to compute a portion of a Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) path, wherein the P2MP path spans a plurality of domains including the first domain, wherein the apparatus does not require knowledge of a core tree of domains to compute the portion of the P2MP path.
US09998341B2
This application relates to a method of constructing a data collector. The method may include generating a node corresponding to a data source server to generate a data collecting service node associating the generated node with at least one agent, graphically representing a data collection service flow being associated with one of the at least one agent, the data collection service flow sequentially associating at least a source flow item, a channel item or a sink item and generating an execution environment of data collection service for analyzing the data collection service node and the data collection service flow to control an operation of a data collector. A GUI (Graphic User Interface) environment is provided to more effectively construct and manage a data collection service being installed in a plurality of servers.
US09998339B1
An application awareness system for a virtualized infrastructure. The application awareness system may use commands in standardized protocols to obtain data from virtual entities in the virtualized infrastructure. The data may be processed to indicate applications on specific virtual entities. The application awareness system may interact with those applications to gain information about the configuration of the application, or for a distributed application, components of the application on each of the plurality of virtual entities. These techniques may be applied to both virtual machines and containers, generating data that may be used in any of multiple management functions performed on the virtual infrastructure, such as backup, monitoring and resource allocation.
US09998338B2
A method for effective flow rate estimation for a plurality of video flows includes determining a first flow rate of each of the plurality of video flows in a first transmission window and receiving quality of experience (QoE) feedback for playing portions of the plurality of video flows in the first transmission window. The QoE feedback is received from a plurality of user equipments (UEs) receiving the plurality of video flows. A dynamic effective flow rate is estimated for each flow in the plurality of video flows in a second transmission window in accordance with at least the first flow rates of the plurality of video flows and the QoE feedback.
US09998336B2
A system that facilitate broadcast of a device discovery beacon by a dynamic physical device wishing to bind to one or more control systems are provided. If the dynamic physical device comprises a server that is configured to bind to multiple master controllers, the dynamic physical device may include a device Type Flag and set the value of the device Type Flag to indicate the dynamic physical device comprises a server. On detection of the beacon, a master controller evaluates the device Type Flag if it is present in the device discovery beacon. If the device Type Flag is present and indicates the dynamic physical device comprise a server which may bind to multiple master controllers, the master controller may automatically load a device Module for the dynamic physical device and commence communications with the dynamic physical device with no manual intervention.
US09998334B1
A device is disclosed. The device includes a network module; where the network module is capable of communicatively coupling to one or more network access points. The device further includes one or more processors, a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which, when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations including: receiving one or more broadcast signals from the one or more network access points, wherein the broadcast signal comprises a network discovery beacon frame, extracting an information from the beacon frame of each broadcast signal, determining a language of communication based on the extracted information; and assigning the language of communication as a first option of language of communication of the device.
US09998321B2
Domain Name System (DNS) Queries and DNS Responses both use the same packet format. The DNS packet format includes a header section, a question section, an answer section, an authority record section and an additional record section. In conventional DNS Queries, the header section and the question section are used; the answer section, authority record section and additional record section are empty. In the present invention, when issuing a query, the client places the question in the question section as usual, and places all the answers it already knows into the (previously empty) answer section. When receiving a query, a responder checks to make sure that the answer it is about to give is not already included in the answer section. If the answer is listed in the answer section of the query, it means that the client already has that information, and doesn't need to be told again.
US09998319B2
Disclosed are a method for transferring control information, a transmitting device and a receiving device, the method includes that: a transmitting end orderly selects an element yn or two elements y2m−1, y2m, from a sequence Y to be modulated corresponding to control information B newly added, then it selects pairing elements x2p−1, x2p from a sequence X to be modulated corresponding to related control information A, and groups yn or y2m−1, y2m and the x2p−1, x2p into an element group (x2p−1, x2p, yn) or (x2p−1, x2p, y2m−1, y2m) and maps (x2p−1, x2p, yn) or (x2p−1, x2p, y2m−1, y2m) as specified constellation points of a specified constellation diagram, and takes the constellation points as modulation symbols; it takes each two elements in the elements of the sequence X which are not used for pairing as an element group to perform QPSK modulation, modulating into QPSK modulation symbols; and it maps the constellation points and the QPSK modulation symbols to part of or all resources occupied by a corresponding control channel to be transmitted.
US09998317B2
A method, communication device, and user equipment (UE) for detecting a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a synchronization signal including a code sequence of length 2N, wherein the code sequence includes an even code sequence of length N and an odd code sequence of length N; obtaining the code sequence by de-scrambling the received synchronization signal; generating and storing a correlation value of the even code sequence by full-correlating the even code sequence with a number of candidate even code sequences; generating a correlation value of the odd code sequence by full-correlating the odd code sequence with a number of candidate odd code sequences, and obtaining a correlation value of the code sequence by adding the stored correlation value of the even code sequence corresponding to the candidate odd code sequences to the generated correlation value of the odd code sequence; and detecting the synchronization signal based on the obtained correlation value of the code sequence.
US09998315B2
A method and apparatus for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation includes separating a frequency-domain sequence of complex numbers into a first portion and a second portion that is disjoint with the first portion, each of the first portion and the second portion including a respective half of the complex numbers of the frequency-domain sequence, and generating a time-domain sequence having a real in-phase component that is a function of the first portion only, and an imaginary quadrature-phase component that is a function of the second portion only.
US09998312B2
A transmission method includes mapping processing, phase change processing, and transmission processing. In the mapping processing, a plurality of first modulation signals and a plurality of second modulation signals are generated using a first mapping scheme, and a plurality of third modulation signals and a plurality of fourth modulation signals are generated using a second mapping scheme. In the phase change processing, a phase change is performed on the plurality of second modulation signals and the plurality of fourth modulation signals using all N kinds of phases. In the transmission processing, the first modulation signals and the second modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from different antennas, and the third modulation signals and the fourth modulation signals are respectively transmitted at a same frequency and a same time from the different antennas.
US09998289B2
An apparatus for supplying power includes a converter configured to output power by transforming external power, and a controller configured to determine whether a total power consumption of a powered device (PD) continues to exceed a maximum power that can be supplied from the apparatus for a time greater than a first period of time, in response to an additional power supply request from the PD.
US09998285B2
A method and system of securing the firmware of a router. Upon determining that a received digital message does not have integrity or the digital signature of the received digital message is not correct, the digital message is ignored or discarded. Otherwise the digital message is decrypted and a new firmware extracted therefrom. The existing firmware is then flashed with the new extracted firmware.
US09998283B2
An access manager determines whether access will be granted to a guarded species or space utilizing a controller including a digital processor with a memory for storing an ID library and a transducer block coupled with the processor for accessing a plurality of different ID types and an actuator block coupled with the processor for unblocking a normally locked portal to the guarded space.
US09998273B2
A duplex frequency is supplemented by providing simplex frequencies and distributing a data load among them. A server initially communicates with a communications device using a duplex channel. A scheduler of the server determines when it is no longer optimal to use the single duplex channel, and distributes data among the duplex channel and the simplex channels. Before sending this data through multiple channels, the server first sends a schedule to the communications device to inform which bits of data are coming through which channels at which times. The scheduler compiles this schedule and sends it to the communications device through the duplex channel. A descheduler within the communications device receives the schedule and alerts the communications device to start receiving data on other simplex channels. The descheduler then puts the bits of data in order as they stream in across the duplex and simplex channels.
US09998272B2
The present specification relates to a communication method and apparatus. The communication method for a base station (P-ENB) that controls a primary cell (PCell) of user equipment (UE) according to one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: receiving a packet from a serving gateway through a non-primary (NP)-evolved packet system (EPS) bearer for a serving cell of a non-P-ENB base station (NP-ENB); generating a first radio link control packet data unit (RLC PDU) using the received packet; and transmitting the generated first RLC PDU to the NP-ENB.
US09998265B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data, a mapper to map the encoded service data, a time interleaver to time interleave the mapped service data, wherein the time interleaving is performed depending on number of physical paths for the service data, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmit the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US09998264B2
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a higher layer processor configured/programmed to configure a plurality of serving cells. The UE also includes a physical downlink shared channel receiver configured/programmed to receive one or more physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a subframe. The UE further includes a physical layer controller configured/programmed to determine the number of storing soft channel bits on the basis of N. N is the maximum number of serving cells on which the UE is able to receive physical channels in a subframe. N is smaller than the number of the configured serving cells.
US09998251B2
Embodiments herein achieve a method and system for selecting non-coherent spreading sequences with binary alphabets {0, 1} with variable spreading factors. The method generates circular shift equivalent sets of spreading sequences by circularly shifting base sequences with elements {1, 0} and having at least one variable spreading factor. The method determines whether each spreading sequence in the circular shift equivalent set meets pre-defined spreading sequence criteria. The spreading sequence criteria comprise balanced criteria, a non- repetition criteria, non-circular criteria, and conjugate criteria. Furthermore, the method selects the spreading sequence from expansions of at least one spreading sequence from the circular shift equivalent sets in response to determining that the spreading sequences in the circular shift equivalent sets meets the pre-defined spreading sequence criteria.
US09998248B2
A management server for managing a population of wireless access point devices by detecting out-of-band interference to the operation of the wireless access point Wi-Fi networks caused by LTE small cell devices such as macrocells and femtocells. A flow processor monitors the characteristics of data flows of devices connected to the wireless access point to determine whether they are LTE cells based on MAC address matching or the termination of a flow at a known mobile network operator gateway. A mitigation action to change the operational behavior of the wireless access point is then generated and applied to mitigate the effect of the detected interference device on the Wi-Fi network. The management server further determines, using a data store containing the location of the wireless access points, whether other wireless access points will be affected by the presence of the interference device and sends mitigation actions to potentially affected devices.
US09998243B2
Methods for tracking a signal origin by a spectrum analysis and management device are disclosed. Signal characteristics of other known emitters are used for obtaining a position of an emitter of a signal of interest. In one embodiment, frequency difference of arrival technique is implemented. In another embodiment, time difference of arrival technique is implemented.
US09998237B2
Embodiments include an implant and a method of operating the implant. The implant includes a receiver that receives first ultrasound signals emitted by an external transmitting unit of a further apparatus. The receiver includes a piezoelement, which is excited by the first ultrasound signals at a first resonance frequency (f1) and therefrom converts the mechanical energy transferred with the first ultrasound signals into electrical energy. In embodiments of the invention, the piezoelement is additionally excited at a second resonance frequency (f2), which differs from the first resonance frequency (f1), and at the second resonance frequency (f2) operates as a transmitter to transmit second ultrasound signals.
US09998232B2
An optical device may include a transmitter to provide an optical signal via a set of channels and a modulator. The optical device may include two or more tributary modulators to modulate the set of channels with a training pattern. The optical device may include a set of optics to alter a first channel relative to a second channel of the set of channels. The optical device may include a detector to determine an optical power measurement of the optical signal after the first channel is altered relative to the second channel. The optical device may include a controller to generate a control signal to adjust a power balance associated with the optical signal based on the optical power measurement. The optical device may include a controller to provide the control signal to a tributary modulator to alter a modulation of the optical signal.
US09998230B2
Optical transmitter, optical communication system, and optical transmission/reception control method
An optical transmitter includes an optical modulator to modulate light having a predetermined wavelength into an optical signal based on a data signal, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to modulate an input signal into a multi-carrier signal so as to generate the data signal, the multi-carrier signal including a plurality of subcarriers each to which a transmission capacity is allocated, acquire a first frequency distribution of an intensity of the multi-carrier signal, acquire a second frequency distribution of an intensity of the optical signal, control the modulating of the input signal into the multi-carrier signal to change a number of subcarriers of the multi-carrier signal, and control the optical modulator to adjust a modulation characteristic of the optical modulator so that a divergence between the first frequency distribution and the second frequency distribution is equal to or less than a predetermined value.
US09998229B2
Consistent with an aspect of the present disclosure, optical signals are transmitted that are modulated in accordance with an 8QAM modulation format. The optical signals carry symbols of data and may be represented by a constellation in the IQ plane that includes four inner points that are symmetrically arranged about the origin, and four outer points that are uniformly distributed about the origin, but rotated relative to the inner points. The rotation is toward inner points that represent symbols for which an erroneous transition between the outer points and such inner points is more likely to result in a single bit error, instead of two bit errors, because the symbol corresponding to the outer point and the symbol corresponding to such inner point differ by just one bit. Accordingly, a binary forward error correction algorithm may be employed to correct the errored bit. Such binary forward error correction operates with greater efficiency compared to symbol-wise error correction and thus additional noise can be tolerated by the optical receiver.
US09998211B2
The present invention provides a protection switching method for a passive optical network. The method includes receiving, by an optical network unit ONU through each of two uplink passive optical network PON interfaces, an optical network terminal management and control interface OMCI message delivered by an OLT, where the OMCI message includes: configuration information on a work side and configuration information on a protect side; and processing, by the ONU by using each of two independent OMCI MIBs of the ONU, the OMCI message received by each of the two uplink PON interfaces, updating each of the two independent OMCI MIBs according to the OMCI message, and independently responding to the OMCI message.
US09998210B2
A method of transceiving a signal by a base station using a TDD frame structure in a wireless communication system, includes transceiving the signal using a TDD frame in accordance with the TDD frame structure, wherein the TDD frame comprises a static downlink subframe region, a static uplink subframe region and a dynamic region changeable into a downlink subframe or an uplink subframe, wherein the TDD frame is configured in a manner that at least one of the static downlink subframe region, the status uplink subframe region and the dynamic region is assigned to a user equipment in consideration of a location of the user equipment in a cell, and wherein the signal is transceived with the user equipment via at least one region assigned in the TDD frame.
US09998200B2
Various embodiments provide for systems, methods, or apparatuses that provide a fronthaul architecture that facilitates high fidelity and low latency communication between a radio processing unit, such as a baseband unit (BBU), which may be located a central office (CO), and a remote transceiver, which may comprise a remote radio head (RRH) or a remote radio unit (RRU), which may be located at remote cell site.
US09998196B2
An antenna device includes: antennas; magnetic oscillation element units converting electrical energy to high-frequency power; and a modulator outputting electrical energy input from outside to at least two magnetic oscillation element units, with a time difference to differentiate phases of high-frequency power converted from electrical energy by at least two magnetic oscillation element units. The magnetic oscillation element units respectively include a pair of electrodes, and further include, between the pair of electrodes, a PIN layer, a free layer, and an intermediate layer. A resistance value of an element configured by the PIN, free and intermediate layers changes according to the angle between the magnetization direction of the PIN layer and the magnetization direction of the free layer. The antennas transmit electromagnetic waves to open space outside the magnetic oscillation element units with the supply of high-frequency power.
US09998191B2
[Object] To make it possible to reduce an increase in the interference while reducing load involved in beamforming.[Solution] There is provided a communication control apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire cell identification information assigned to an individual three-dimensional beam formed by a directional antenna capable of forming a three-dimensional beam, and a control unit configured to control transmission of a reference signal performed using the individual three-dimensional beam, on the basis of the cell identification information. The control unit controls the transmission so that the reference signal is transmitted in a limited portion of available resource blocks.
US09998181B1
A method, a system and an apparatus is configured for selectively accessing content at a device. A disabled NFC tag is attached to an electronic device capable of reading the NFC tag. While the NFC tag is disabled, the electronic device is able to read any other additional NFC tag as normal. When the disabled NFC tag is activated it is read by the electronic device and transmits stored data to the electronic device. In some embodiments, the NFC tag is activated by completing a circuit of the NFC tag. In some embodiments, the circuit is completed by depressing a button.
US09998178B2
A method can be used for contactless communication of an object with a reader using active load modulation. A main clock signal is generated within the object. The generating includes a calibration phase and a transmission phase. The calibration phase includes locking an output signal of a controlled main oscillator onto a phase and frequency of a secondary clock signal received from the reader and estimating a frequency ratio between a frequency of the output signal of the main oscillator and a reference frequency of a reference signal originating from a reference oscillator. The transmission phase includes only frequency-locking the output signal of the main oscillator onto the frequency of the reference signal corrected by the estimated frequency ratio.
US09998177B2
A method of writing digital data to a plurality of printed business cards (1) provided in a printed sheet (10), each business card comprising a wireless communication chip (7) to which the digital data is written, the method comprising: determining relevant pieces of digital data corresponding to the printed sheet (10); writing, using a plurality of wireless communication devices (30), the relevant digital data to each of the wireless communication chips (7); testing each wireless communication chip (7) to determine if there are any inactive wireless communication chips for which the digital data has not been successfully written to the wireless communication chip; and enabling positive visual identification of the inactive wireless communication chips (7).
US09998160B2
A method for avoiding inter-modulation distortion in a communications apparatus capable of supporting carrier aggregation and communicating with a peer communications apparatus in a wireless network via at least a first CC and a second CC includes: determining a frequency adjustment value for adjusting a first oscillating frequency of a first local oscillation signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the first CC or a second oscillating frequency of a second LO signal utilized for processing an RF signal of the second CC when an RF signal or a baseband signal of the second CC is interfered with by an inter-modulation distortion signal contributed by any signal component related to the first CC; and adjusting the first oscillating frequency or the second oscillating frequency according to the frequency adjustment value.
US09998159B2
A robust frequency drift tracking receiver. The received signal is translated to an intermediate frequency in the RF stage by a quadrature demodulator, and is then brought into the base band by a digital mixer made by a CORDIC. A base band processing stage allows for a synchronization of the receiver relative to the data frame, to estimate data and to output a counter-reaction signal to the CORDIC, obtained by integration of successive frequency corrections, with a predetermined step.
US09998157B2
Systems and methods are presented for increasing throughput between mobile transmitters/receivers (e.g., between an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and a ground station) using orthogonally polarized transmission channels. The system may first calibrate the receiver and transmitter antenna pairs using pilot signals and then may update look up tables for feedforward correction. The system may decouple and predict the cross polarization interference due to relative dynamic movement between the transmitter and the receiver. The system may perform a closed-loop suboptimal estimation to generate refined corrections by minimizing a difference between a training vector and a pilot-signal feedback. Cross-polarization discrimination between the transmission and reception antennas may then be Cancelled to improve signal to noise and interference ratio and performance of the system.
US09998154B2
System, methods and apparatus are described that facilitate transmission of data, particularly between two devices within electronic equipment. Transmission lines are selectively terminated in an N-phase polarity encoded transmitter when the transmission lines would otherwise be undriven. Data is mapped to a sequence of symbols to be transmitted on a plurality of wires. The sequence of symbols is encoded in three signals. A first terminal of a plurality of terminals may be driven such that transistors are activated to couple the first terminal to first and second voltage levels. The first terminal may further be driven such that a dedicated transistor is activated to couple the first terminal to an intermediate voltage level. The dedicated transistor is activated based on a voltage level for driving a second terminal of the three terminals and a voltage level for driving a third terminal of the three terminals.
US09998153B2
A new front-end module is disclosed. In an embodiment the front-end module is configured to operate carrier aggregation modes using a cascade of switches and an intelligent set of bands. The module can be assembled by sub-modules.
US09998150B1
Techniques and methods for generating and implementing multiple layers of redundancy coded data are disclosed. For example, a redundancy coding scheme may include data elements that include data that is unencoded relative to the input, yet may still fully participate in providing redundancy to any data element in a given set. In a layered scheme, the input may include a bundle or group of encoded (or unencoded) data elements, thereby nesting two or more layers of redundancy coding. The specific amount of redundancy generated by such a scheme may be adjusted and adapted to failure characteristics of the entity on which the data elements are stored.
US09998144B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for generating a code alphabet for use by a deployed program to determine codewords for words. A first code alphabet has a first number of symbols that provide variable length codings of the words. A second code alphabet is generated having a second number of symbols formed by merging the symbols in the first code alphabet, wherein the second code alphabet comprises the code alphabet used by the deployed program.
US09998139B1
An auto-zeroed charge transfer circuit uses an output MOS transistor having a gate, a source and a drain; the gate of the MOS transistor being maintained to a predetermined control voltage and the drain of the MOS transistor being connected by default to a current sink; and a control circuit arranged to, in response to an input signal, bring the MOS transistor to a non-conductive state where any drop in voltage of the MOS transistor source causes the MOS transistor to conduct and, after connecting the drain of the MOS transistor away from the current sink and to an output node, pull down the source of the MOS transistor until a predetermined charge is sent to the output node through the MOS transistor.
US09998135B2
An analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) block includes: an amplifier block configured to receive two analog input signals and a primary-precision configuration signal and generate a first pair of differential signals by amplifying the two analog input signals according to a primary-precision gain that is programmably set by the primary-precision configuration signal; a configuration block configured to receive a fractional-precision configuration signal and generate a second pair of differential signals by amplifying the first pair of differential signals according to a fractional-precision gain that is programmably set by the fractional-precision configuration signal; and a differential analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), two counters, and an error generator block. The VCO receives the second pair of differential signals and generates two pulse signals having frequencies that vary depending on a difference between the second pair of differential signals. Each of the two counters receives a respective pulse signal from the VCO and generate a digital counter value. The error generator block receives digital counter values from the two digital counters generates a digital conversion code corresponding to a difference between the digital counter values.
US09998133B2
A method for testing a DAC comprising controlling the DAC digitally to cause it to produce a known desired analog output, for example a fixed amplitude sine wave; determining the duration of fixed voltage segments of the actual output of the DAC and using the duration of the fixed voltage segments to assess or determine performance of the DAC.
US09998126B1
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to generating a quadrature clock signal from an in-phase clock signal. In accordance with one aspect, a delay locked loop (DLL), including a first pulse to digital converter (PDC) to generate a first pulse width measurement, wherein the first pulse width measurement includes a first sign and a first magnitude; a second pulse to digital converter (PDC) to generate a second pulse width measurement, wherein the second pulse width measurement includes a second sign and a second magnitude; a digital loop filter coupled to the first PDC and the second PDC, the digital loop filter to generate a filtered comparison output based on the first pulse width measurement and the second pulse width measurement; and a first delay generation block to generate a quadrature clock signal based on the filtered comparison output and an in-phase clock signal.
US09998124B2
An ultra-low power clock source includes a compensated oscillator and an uncompensated oscillator coupled by a comparator circuit. In an example, the compensated oscillator is more stable than the uncompensated oscillator with respect to changes in one or more of temperature, voltage, age, or other environmental parameters. The uncompensated oscillator includes a configuration input configured to adjust an operating characteristic of the uncompensated oscillator. In an example, the uncompensated oscillator is adjusted using information from the comparator circuit about a comparison of output signals from the compensated oscillator and the uncompensated oscillator.
US09998123B2
An impedance calibration device for a semiconductor device includes a process sensor that detects a process condition for the semiconductor device and outputs a process signal, a temperature monitoring sensor that detects a temperature of the semiconductor device and outputs a temperature signal, a converter that converts the process signal and the temperature signal into a digital signal, and a code generation circuit that generates and outputs a driving code for controlling a level of a voltage at an output node according to the digital signal of the converter and a data signal. The impedance calibration device further includes an output driver that pulls up or pulls down the voltage at the output node according to the driving code.
US09998121B2
An output buffer circuit may include a pulse generator, a transmitter, and an emphasis controller. The pulse generator generates a pulse signal for determining an emphasis execution period. The transmitter may receive an input data and to have a first output resistance value, which is determined by the input data and a resistance calibration code, and to have a second output resistance value different from the first output resistance value, which is determined by the input data and an emphasis code different from the resistance calibration code for executing an emphasis operation during the emphasis execution period, based on the pulse signal. The emphasis controller provides the resistance calibration code or the emphasis code to the transmitter based on the pulse signal. The emphasis code may include a first code determined by the input data regardless of the resistance calibration code.
US09998118B2
Flexible sheet made of polymer material, preferably a plastics-material sheet provided with a grain structure or embossing, which has functional surface-area regions designed in the form of a switching, sensor or operating element such that the sheet is of multi-layered design at least in the region of the functional surface-area regions, wherein at least one layer made of conductive polymer material is arranged in the functional surface-area regions, wherein the layer made of conductive material is spaced apart, on the rear side, from the visible surface of the sheet and is connected to an electronic control and regulating device, which detects changes in electrical properties of the sheet in the functional surface-area regions and converts these into actuating, switching or control signals.
US09998115B1
A cascode switch circuit includes a normally-on device cascode coupled to a normally-off device between first and second terminals of the cascode switch circuit. A leakage clamp circuit is coupled between first and second terminals of the normally-off device. The leakage clamp circuit is coupled to clamp a voltage at an intermediate terminal between the normally-on device and the normally-off device at a threshold voltage level. The leakage clamp circuit is further coupled to clamp a voltage between the second terminal of the normally-on device and the control terminal of the normally-on device at the threshold voltage level to keep the normally-on device off when the normally-on device and the normally-off device are off.
US09998097B2
A radio-frequency front-end circuit includes a first filter that has a first pass band and is connected to an antenna common terminal, a second filter that has a second pass band and is connected to the antenna common terminal, a switch that includes a common terminal and selection terminals, the common terminal being connected to the first filter, and a third filter that is connected to one of the selection terminals and is disposed between the switch and an input/output terminal. A reflection coefficient of the first filter alone in the second pass band viewed from the antenna common terminal is larger than a reflection coefficient of the third filter alone in the second pass band viewed from the antenna common terminal.
