US09856057B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a versatile square lid includes: a lid body comprising a square configuration; and a plurality of square rings formed in the lid body; wherein the plurality of square rings includes a first square ring that is configured to receive a first square container having a first size and a second square ring that is configured to receive a second square container having a second size. In another embodiment of the invention, a versatile square lid includes: a square lid body comprising a center portion, a bendable lid portion, and an edge portion; wherein the bendable lid portion is between the center portion and the edge portion; and wherein the bendable lid portion is configured to bend in an upward direction and bend in a downward direction.
US09856055B2
There is provided a drinking or eating vessel comprising an inner surface that defines a volume for receiving liquid or solid food and an outer surface that supports a polymeric coating and a decorative layer, wherein the polymeric coating comprises a polymer formed by curing a coating mixture on the outer surface of the drinking or eating vessel, said coating mixture comprising a matting agent, wherein the polymeric coating has an inner surface in contact with the drinking or eating vessel and an outer surface in contact with the decorative layer, and wherein the decorative layer comprises a dry toner image applied to the outer surface of the polymeric coating. Also provided is a corresponding process for producing the drinking or eating vessel.
US09856053B2
A detachable storage container for a drinks container comprising of: a storage container comprising of a plurality of storage compartments; a plurality of lids, each lid attached to a compartment, each lid openable and closable, and a distinguishing mark on each lid; and a slide track on each side of the storage container to attach and detach to and from a drinks container; a drinks container comprising of: a drinks container with a deep wide groove and slide tracks to attach and detach the detachable storage compartments; a drinks container with legs to support the drinks container in a lying position; and a removable cap with a partially flat surface to be used as a drinking cup.
US09856049B2
A first conductive strip connected to a package that interacts with and creates a circuit with a second conductive strip connected to a battery-operated product inside the package is provided. The battery-operated product may be tested while in the package by pressing the first conductive strip against the second conductive strip with an electrical break. The first conductive strip eliminates the electrical break and completes a circuit path with the second conductive strip allowing activation of some or all of the electronic parts of the battery operated product located inside the package. Activation occurs without opening the package allowing it to be returned to shelf for sale in a new condition.
US09856046B2
A heat-treatment device for heat treating packaged products that are available in bulk, and to a method of using the device. The device includes: a chamber; a tank for containing a fluid of a density such that the packaged products float when they are poured in bulk into the fluid, the tank presenting an evacuation compartment for evacuating floating products, the evacuation compartment including a hatch that is suitable for being submerged and then opened so as to evacuate a portion of the fluid including the floating products; fluid supply means for filling the tank and for regulating the level of fluid in the tank; submersion means; recovery means; and reception means.
US09856041B2
A reinforcing bar binding machine is provided with a feed means for feeding a wire from a wire reel rotatably mounted on a binding machine body, a braking means for braking a rotation of the wire reel, and a control means that starts a braking to the rotation of the wire reel by the braking means after the wire is fed to a predetermined amount by the feed means.
US09856030B2
An acoustic liner may include a core with a plurality of resonator chambers, a perforated top sheet coupled to the core, and a backskin coupled to the core. A thermoacoustic speaker including nanomaterials may be coupled to at least one of the core, the backskin, and the perforated top sheet. A voltage may be applied to the thermoacoustic speaker. The thermoacoustic carbon nanotube speaker may create a dynamic excitation within a resonator chamber in the core. The dynamic excitation may change the liner acoustic impedance to achieve optimum noise attenuation over a wide range of frequencies or engine operating conditions.
US09856015B2
A rudder bar for an aircraft comprising a floor, a steering connecting rod and a braking connecting rod. The rudder bar comprises a base fixed above the floor, a pedal arm mounted rotatably on the base about a first axis of rotation and having a lower end and an upper end, a pedal mounted rotatably on the lower end about a second axis of rotation, a first transmission assembly configured to transmit a movement to the steering connecting rod when the pedal arm pivots about the first axis of rotation, and a second transmission assembly configured to transmit a movement to the braking connecting rod when the pedal pivots about the second axis of rotation.
US09856008B2
A composite structure is provided. The composite structure includes a first stiffener, a second stiffener, and an intermediate structure positioned between the first and second stiffeners such that the first stiffener is coupled to a first side of the intermediate structure, and such that the second stiffener is coupled to a second opposing side of the intermediate structure. A first radius gap is defined at least partially between the first stiffener and the intermediate structure, and a second radius gap is defined at least partially between the second stiffener and the intermediate structure.
US09856007B2
A hybrid VTOL vehicle having an envelope configured to provide hydrostatic buoyancy, a fuselage attached to the envelope and having at least one pair of wings extending from opposing sides thereof to produce dynamic lift through movement, and a thrust generation device on each wing and configured to rotate with each wing about an axis that is lateral to a longitudinal axis of the envelope to provide vertical takeoff or landing capabilities. Ideally, the envelope provides negative hydrostatic lift to enhance low-speed and on-the-ground stability.
US09856003B2
Sail membrane made of a woven fabric of synthetic fibers, with said fabric having a microroughness in the form of groove families crossing one another arranged so as to achieve a density of 5 to 25 grooves/mm deposited on or integrated into said fabric structure.
US09856002B1
The present watercraft comprises a hull, and a flotation structure. The hull has a length overall and a beam. The flotation structure protrudes under the hull. The flotation structure supports a plurality of buoyant toothed rollers. Each buoyant toothed roller is substantially parallel to a beam of the hull. Each buoyant toothed roller is also rotationally retained by the flotation structure.
US09855999B1
The present embodiments relate to launch and recovery management systems with a pass through tether for an offshore object. The embodiments turn a free flying remotely operated vehicle system into a tether management controlled system by separately supporting the tether management system frame with an independent load line so the tether or umbilical only passes through the frame going direct to a remotely operated vehicle. A traction system coupled with a constant tension system on the tether management system topside maintains the tether or umbilical directly below the launch and recovery system down to the desired working depth thereby avoiding any slack or impacts of current forces.
US09855993B2
Provided is a continuously variable transmission including a variable diameter first pulley assembly, a second pulley assembly, coupled with an endless power transfer element. The first pulley assembly includes: a first side member having a plurality of first guideways coupled to rotate on a first axle; a second side member having a plurality of a second guideways, separated from the first side member, coupled to rotate freely about the first axle; a plurality of pulley segments engaged with the endless power transfer element coupled with the first and second guideways arranged in the circle about the first axis of rotation; an actuator for rotating the first and second side member relative to each other about the first axis of rotation, producing radial displacement of the pulley segments and changing the effective diameter of the first pulley assembly; and a tensioner for tensioning the endless power transfer element.
US09855992B1
A gear motor for decreasing speed at a mechanical power output is provided with a housing; a supporting shaft through the housing; an electric motor in the housing and including a stator secured to the supporting shaft, and a rotor surrounding the stator and driven by the outer stator; a planetary gear train surrounding the rotor and including planet gear assemblies, a stationary ring gear at one end of the planet gear assemblies, and a driving ring gear at the other end of the planet gear assemblies. The driving ring gear rotates the housing either in one direction or in each of two opposite directions. The planet gear assemblies and the rotor form an annular rotor. Each planet gear assembly includes coaxial first and second planet gears. The first planet gear meshes the stationary ring gear. The second planet gear meshes the driving ring gear.
US09855978B2
A component connection is provided. The component connection has a first component, at least a first male fixing element projecting from the first component, and a second component, the second component has at least a female fixing element, into which the male fixing element is fitted. At least the first component consists of a fiber-reinforced plastic material.
US09855974B2
A body structure includes: a bumper beam extending in the vehicle width direction; a pair of front side frames separated from each other in the vehicle width direction; and a pair of bumper beam extensions provided between respective front ends of the pair of front side frames and the bumper beam. The bumper beam is connected to the pair of bumper beam extensions at positions lower than respective upper walls of the pair of front side frames; and each of front portions of the pair of bumper beam extensions includes a connection portion to which a rear wall of the bumper beam is connected, and an extension portion provided above the connection portion and extending toward the vehicle front above the bumper beam.
US09855972B2
A vehicle roof support structure including a pair of reinforcing truss members. The roof support structure includes a header, a roof bow, right and left roof rails, and a center roof support. The trusses form triangular reinforcing structures on the driver-side and passenger-side.
US09855967B2
A steering control apparatus controls includes a steering quantity generation unit generating a steering quantity indicative of an operation performed on the steering member, an adjustment torque generation unit generating an adjustment torque and adjusting a mechanical impedance corresponding to the adjustment torque, and a command value generation unit generating a command value and controlling the motor according to the command value using the adjustment torque generated by the adjustment torque generation unit. The steering quantity is a physical quantity that has different values at least in a state of rotating the steering member, a state of returning the steering member, or a state of retaining the steering member, and the steering quantity indicates an operation amount of rotating the steering member or an operation amount of returning the steering member.
US09855959B2
A railcar bogie includes: a bogie frame including a cross beam and plate springs and being rotatable relative to a bolster in a yawing direction, the cross beam extending in a car width direction, the plate springs supporting both respective car width direction end portions of the cross beam and extending in a car longitudinal direction; and stoppers provided at the bogie frame and configured to contact interference members to restrict a rotation range of the bogie frame when the bogie frame rotates relative to the bolster in the yawing direction, the interference members being connected to the bolster. When the bogie frame is located at a neutral position relative to the bolster in the yawing direction, the stoppers are arranged at car width direction lateral sides of the cross beam so as to overlap the cross beam in a side view.
US09855956B2
A driving assist device includes a driver state detection unit for detecting an inattentive state as a driver state, an alerting unit for altering the driver upon detection of the inattentive state of the driver, a driving operation unit for being operated by the driver for driving operations; and a driving state switching unit that switches at least one of the driving operations in an automated driving state to a manual driving state when the driver's operation of the driving operation unit is detected during the automated driving state of the vehicle. When at least one of the driving operations in the automated driving state is switched to the manual driving state by the driving state switching unit, the driver state detection unit detects whether the state of the driver is an excited state. When the excited state of the driver is detected, the alerting unit alerts the driver.
US09855955B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for operating a vehicle. The vehicle is operated by tracking a location of the vehicle, a vehicle configuration and external conditions around the vehicle over a time period. A repetitive occurrence is identified, the repetitive occurrence having a start condition and an end condition and a transition path between the start position and the end condition. The number of times the repetitive occurrence occurs during the time period is determined and compared to a first threshold. When the first threshold is satisfied and the vehicle is located at the start condition, a function is provided, that when activated by an operator of the vehicle, will automatically transition the vehicle along the transition path between the start position and the end condition.
US09855951B1
A machine may include an engine, a traction device, a continuously variable transmission (CVT) connecting the engine to the traction device, an operator input device outputting engine output command signals input by an operator, an engine speed sensor monitoring an engine output speed, and an electronic control module (ECM). The ECM may control the engine to a non-retarding target engine speed when a commanded engine output is greater than zero, a retarding target engine speed when the commanded engine output is zero and a commanded brake force is greater than zero, and a coasting target engine speed when the commanded engine output is zero and the commanded brake force is zero. The ECM may use engine speed sensor signals as feedback, and determine a CVT transmission ratio that will cause the CVT to apply a load to the engine that will cause the engine to run at the specified target engine speed.
US09855947B1
Methods and systems are provided. One method includes processing communication between a vehicle and one or more connected object. Included is processing geo-location for the vehicle using on-board electronics of the vehicle and data obtained from a global positioning system and determining a heading direction of the vehicle based on changes in the geo-locations of the vehicle. The method receives state information of one or more of connected objects that are located within an area of influence associated with a current geo-location of the vehicle. The connected objects are independent of the vehicle and the state information from the one or more connected objects is processed for the current geo-location of the vehicle and based on the area of influence of the vehicle. As the current geo-location of the vehicle changes, the one or more connected objects identified as relevant to the area of influence changes, and the state information of the one or more connected objects is received by the on-board electronics of the vehicle directly from the connected objects or from a server that captures state information from one or more connected objects. The state information of connected objects determined to be outside of the area of influence is not processed. The method includes generating an alert for the vehicle. The alert includes control data usable by the on-board electronics of the vehicle to cause a notification to be rendered for an occupant of the vehicle. The notification includes information related to a current or change in state of one or more connected objects in the area of influence of the vehicle.
US09855938B2
A pressure change damper for a pressure side of a hydraulic pump of a hydraulic vehicle brake system with brake force control includes a valve assembly. The valve assembly is fitted in the pressure change damper and has a tubular valve that defines a lip of a damper element between the valve assembly and a damper housing pressed into the valve housing. The valve housing and a tubular valve seat part are produced by forming.
US09855937B2
Provided is a motorcycle which can provide a space inside a main frame to place other members therein, and make it difficult for an outside impact to be transmitted to a hydraulic unit. A motorcycle comprises a head pipe which supports a rotary shaft around which a handle is rotatable with respect to a vehicle body; a pair of right and left main frames extending in a forward and rearward direction from the head pipe; and a hydraulic unit mounted to one of the pair of right and left main frames, wherein the pair of right and left main frames have increased-space portions, which define a space with a dimension increasing in an obliquely rearward direction from the head pipe toward maximum-space portions of the main frames, and wherein the hydraulic unit is mounted to an outer portion of the increased-space portion of one of the main frames.
US09855932B2
A parking and stopping control system includes a park maintaining device configured to maintain a parked state; a park maintaining control device configured to control the park maintaining device to maintain the parked state; a parking temporary determining device capable of making a temporary determination that there is a possibility an own vehicle will be parked; and an intention determining device configured to determine an intention of a driver, wherein when the temporary determination is made, the park maintaining control device controls the park maintaining device to execute a maintaining control of the parked state if an intention of the driver is an intention to park, and the park maintaining control device prohibits the maintaining control of the parked state if the intention of the driver is not the intention to park.
US09855929B2
A wheel changing assembly for safely changing a wheel of a vehicle includes a jack that comprises a first housing. A first power module, a first microprocessor, a pump and a lift are coupled to and positioned in the first housing. The first microprocessor is operationally coupled to the first power module. The pump is operationally coupled to the first microprocessor. The lift is fluidically coupled to the pump. A plate is coupled to a second end of the lift. A plurality of wheels is coupled to a bottom of the first housing. A camera, a plurality of lights and a locator, which are coupled to and positioned in the plate, are operationally coupled to the first microprocessor. The camera is configured to image an underside of the vehicle during placement of the jack. The locator is configured to signal proper positioning of the jack relative to the frame of the vehicle.
US09855922B2
An automatic integrated automobile windshield wiper lifting device includes a driver unit, which includes, in the interior thereof, a driving element and a power supply. The driving element has an end to which a first driving body is mounted. A control element is arranged at a predetermined location of the driver unit. A lifting unit is mounted at a predetermined location of the driver unit. The lifting unit has an end at which a support element is arranged. The lifting unit includes therein a second driving body. The support element is coupled to the second driving body. The first driving body and the second driving body mate each other. An activator is arranged at a predetermined location of the lifting unit.
US09855907B2
A sensor retaining assembly is provided to prevent changes in orientations of the sensors. The sensor retainer assembly comprises: a bumper reinforcement extending laterally in the vehicle; a frame member of a chassis; a rigid member integrated with the frame member; and a connection member on which sensors are installed while being adjacent to each other. One end of the connection member is fixed to the bumper reinforcement, and the other end of the connection member is fixed to the frame member or the rigid member.
US09855902B2
A multi-layered noise absorbing and insulating material includes a noise insulation material having opposing first and second major surfaces. The noise insulation material includes an adhesive resin including an air permeability-forming material. A first noise absorption material is adhered to the first major surface of the noise insulation material. A second noise absorption material is adhered to the second major surface of the noise insulation material. The multi-layered noise insulation absorbing and insulating material has air-permeability.
US09855901B1
A fuel filler housing opening includes a segmented flange for attachment of a fuel filler housing. A fuel filler housing opening insert is provided, configured for attaching to the segmented flange. The fuel filler housing opening insert includes a body surrounding a central opening dimensioned to receive a fuel filler housing therethrough. The body may be dimensioned to fully overlay the fuel filler housing opening segmented flange. The fuel filler housing opening insert body includes one or more retainers configured for capturing the segmented flange.
US09855897B2
In one series of embodiments, a carrier system includes a rack mountable on a vehicle to transport material. The rack includes a frame having one or more suction cups attached to the rear side of the frame, e.g., for attachment to a surface such as the side of the vehicle. A support bar mates with the frame. The support bar and the frame may include attachment configurations which mate with one another to selectively and securely attach the bar to the front side of the frame with the bar extending in a direction away from the one or more cups. With the rack comprising a plurality of suction cups, the frame may be configured as a plate or may comprise a series of arms or connected braces which extend away from a center position to the suction cups.
US09855879B1
A single operator is able to couple and decouple a work accessory from a UTV by employing a mounting mechanism comprising a channel assembly coupled to the UTV having channels adapted to receive rails of a rail assembly mounted to the work accessory. Wedges associated with the rails and wedge plates associated with the channels at the distal ends of the rails and channels and rail locks at the proximal ends of the rails and channels are employed to secure the rails in the channels to couple the work accessory to the UTV. Adjustable legs coupled to the rail assembly are used to support the work accessory when not coupled to the UTV, to level and stabilize the work accessory, and to adjust the height of the rails relative to the bottom of the channels when coupling and decoupling the UTV and work accessory.
US09855870B2
A vehicle seat lifter device includes: a pinion gear which meshes with an input gear of a link mechanism which causes a seat to undergo lifting and lowering operations; and a rotational control device which controls rotation of the pinion gear. The rotational control device includes a rotating shaft which rotates in synchronization with the pinion gear, a rotation restriction mechanism including a first meshing member which rotates with the rotating shaft and a second meshing member which restricts rotation of the rotating shaft by meshing with the first meshing member, an input member which is linked to an operation handle to rotate around the rotating shaft, a release mechanism which releases the meshing of the first and second meshing members through rotation of the input member from a neutral position, and a braking mechanism which applies a braking force to the rotating shaft.
US09855850B2
A voltage converter includes a switch having a switching loss that decreases as a switching frequency of the switch decreases. The voltage converter further includes a controller programmed to vary the switching frequency based on a duty cycle of the switch and a current input to the switch to reduce switching losses or reduce a ripple current magnitude.
US09855841B2
Provided is a compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system that can include a frame and at least one container. The frame can include a first side and a second side, with each side being configured to partly define a portion of an interior space. The at least one container can be configured to house or contain CNG and can be engaged to and partly encased by the frame. The at least one container can be partly located within the interior space of at least one of the first side or the second side. The frame assembly can be engaged to a chassis of a vehicle such that the at least one container is located either at least partially underneath a cab of the vehicle or at least partially behind a cab of the vehicle.
US09855834B2
A vehicle having an integrated function of assisting an engine and compressing a refrigerant includes a motor unit and a compression unit coupled within a housing, and a first clutch unit coupled to a rotation shaft of the motor unit or a rotation shaft of the compression unit and that connects or releases a driving force of an engine and a driving force of the motor unit.
US09855831B2
A liquid-sealed antivibration device capable of improving the position accuracy of an outer fitting member and a diaphragm. An outer fitting member (11) is externally fitted on a partition member (20) with an interposition portion (10b) interposed, and the interposition portion (10b) is made to be fixed in thickness. Thus, when a diameter reduction process is given to a second attaching member (3), the outer fitting member (11) is restrained from being displaced in a direction to slip out of the partition member (20). Therefore, the outer fitting member (11) is restrained from falling eccentric or inclined relative to the partition member (20), and hence, it can be realized that the outer fitting member (11) and the diaphragm (10) are improved in position accuracy.
US09855816B2
An automated vehicle (AV) can include a data processing system housed in a cooling rack, and a thermal reduction system to provide cooling for the data processing system. The thermal reduction system can include a fluid pump to pump cooling fluid through the cooling rack, a cabin radiator to receive the cooling fluid and pump cabin air from the interior cabin of the AV to cool the cooling fluid, and a main radiator to receive the cooling fluid and pump outside air to further cool the cooling fluid. Additionally, the thermal reduction system can include a secondary cooling unit that includes a condenser, evaporator, and compressor pump to further cool the cooling fluid.
US09855815B2
A device (1) for the thermal management of a vehicle cabin and of at least one electric component (13) of an electric drivetrain of said vehicle includes a heat-transfer fluid circuit (3) through which there flows a heat-transfer fluid. The device (1) also includes at least —a first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) made up of at least a first pump (7), a heat source and an internal heat exchanger (9) able to heat the cabin, and —a second heat-transfer fluid loop (5) in parallel with the first loop (4) and interconnected therewith by a first interconnection device (6). The second loop (5) including at least a first exchanger (11) of the electric component (13), characterized in that the heat source is able to heat the heat-transfer fluid circulating in the first heat-transfer fluid loop (4) and/or in the second heat-transfer fluid loop (5).
US09855814B2
An active suspension system is configured in a strut arrangement. The active suspension system comprises a hydraulic actuator and a hydraulic pump/electric motor assembly, wherein the actuator movement is preferably in lockstep with the hydraulic motor-pump and electric motor-generator combination. Torque in the electric motor is instantaneously controlled by a controller to create an immediate force change on the hydraulic actuator. The hydraulic actuator is configured so that it can be used as a strut whereby the actuator has sufficient structural rigidity to carry the applied suspension loads while capable of supplying damper forces in at least three quadrants of the force velocity graph of the suspension actuator operation. Embodiments disclosed include low cost active suspension systems for a MacPherson strut application.
US09855811B2
A vehicle suspension system includes a shock absorber having a cylinder in which a fluid is sealed, a piston slidably fitted into the cylinder, a piston rod connected to the piston and extending to an outside of the cylinder and a damping force generating apparatus controlling a flow of the fluid generated by a sliding motion of the piston inside the cylinder, a suspension spring, a detector detecting a stroke position of the piston rod with respect to the cylinder and a controller controlling the damping force generating apparatus so that one of an extension side damping force and a compression side damping force is increased and other of them is reduced in proportion to the stroke position detected by the detector.
US09855806B1
A carrier for suspension system of vehicles may include wheel bearing mounting part configured to have center provided with through hole, outside circumferential surface of the through hole being provided with at least one fastening hole; upper arm mounting part configured to be formed at upper portion of the wheel bearing mounting part and fastened with upper arm; lower arm mounting part configured to be integrally formed at one side toward rear of the vehicle from lower portion of the wheel bearing mounting part; reinforcing part configured to be extended from the wheel bearing mounting part to front of the vehicle; trailing arm mounting part configured to be integrally connected to the reinforcing part and fastened with trailing arm; and assist arm mounting part configured be integrally formed at lower portion of the flat extending end and fastened with assist arm.
US09855802B2
Embodiments relate to a Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID)-tag, a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) device, a tire, a receiver device and a method for providing information related to identification of a tire. The RFID-tag is configured to provide information related to the tire identification and it is configured to be powered by the TPMS device. The RFID-tag comprises a memory module configured to store the information related to the tire identification and a transmitter module configured to transmit the information related to the tire identification to a receiver device of a vehicle or a service station. The TPMS device comprises a coupling element configured to provide Radio Frequency power to the RFID-tag, for providing information related to tire identification.
US09855797B1
An illuminated system is provided herein. The illuminated system includes a badge that is movable between a first position and a second position. First and second light sources are disposed within the badge. The first light source is configured to direct light in a first direction. The second light source is configured to direct light in a second direction. A vehicle feature is operably coupled with the second light source. A first photoluminescent structure is disposed on the vehicle feature and is configured to luminesce in response to receiving an excitation light from the light source. A controller is configured to selectively activate the first and second light sources.
US09855786B2
A display including one or more first relief structures is provided. Each of the one or more first relief structures includes a smooth first reflection surface and a plurality of protrusions or recesses. Each top surface of the protrusions or each bottom of the recesses is a smooth second reflection surface parallel to the first reflection surface. Each of the one or more first relief structures is configured to display a mixed color as a structural color by mixing a plurality of wavelength components of visible light wavelengths. Also provided is a labeled article that includes the display, and an article supporting the display.
US09855783B2
A device comprising a laminate (2) comprising at least two layers (31, 32, 33, 34, 35) and a plurality of electronic components (5, 6, 7, 8) disposed between two layers. At least one of the layers (31, 34) supports conductive tracks (10, 11) arranged to connect electronic components.
US09855776B2
A printer has a print head, a cable harness connected to the print head, a head bracket detachably installed with the print head, a platen roller provided to face the print head, and a storage casing provided in one side of a feeding path and provided with a storage space in which the cable harness can be stored.
US09855764B2
To apply color ink to a region in which application of a glossiness adjusting liquid is completed, a recording apparatus includes a first application unit provided with a nozzle for ejecting color ink and configured to eject the color ink from the nozzle to apply to a recording medium to record an image on the recording medium, and a second application unit configured to apply a substantially transparent adjusting liquid to the recording medium to adjust a degree of surface roughness of the image formed on the recording medium, wherein after the adjusting liquid is applied to a first region of the recording medium by a predetermined times of relative movement between the second application unit and the recording medium, a relative movement between the first application unit and the recording medium for applying the color ink to the first region is started.
US09855763B2
An ink for inkjet includes water; two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents; a pigment; and a resin particle more than the pigment by weight. A hydrosoluble organic solvent A having the smallest SP value and a hydrosoluble organic solvent B having the largest SP among the two or more hydrosoluble organic solvents satisfy the following relations (1) and (2): SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent B−SP value of hydrosoluble organic solvent A≧3 (1) boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent B>boiling point of hydrosoluble organic solvent A (2).
US09855758B2
There is provided a print device including a wet liquid supply unit corresponding to a wider environmental range, with a simple and inexpensive configuration. Therefore, a valve that can change the volume is provided in a flow passage between an intermediate tank and a storing unit that stores liquid and that supplies the liquid to the intermediate tank.
US09855757B2
A liquid cartridge includes: a storage element; an adhesive agent; and a cartridge body. The storage element includes: a substrate having a first surface; and a protrusion protruding from the first surface. The cartridge body includes a support portion supporting the storage element. The support portion has: a first support surface in contact with the first surface and supporting the first surface; a second support surface in contact with the first surface and supporting the first surface; and a recessed surface positioned between the first support surface and the second support surface in a first direction. The recessed surface defines a chamber configured to store the adhesive agent to fix the protrusion of the storage element to the recessed surface. The chamber is exposed to an outside through an opening in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and parallel to the first support surface.
US09855755B2
Provided is an ink supply set configured to detach from a liquid supply apparatus and includes an ink containing portion, a connection unit, an ink guiding portion having an engaging portion, a flow path unit that guides the ink in the ink containing portion to the ink guiding portion, a circuit board, and a substrate installation portion. The liquid supply apparatus includes a liquid introduction portion into which ink is introduced via the ink guiding portion, and a movable support portion that supports the connection unit. In a state in which the engaging portion is engaged with a first engaged portion formed in the movable support portion, the circuit board comes into contact with an electrical connection portion provided in the liquid supply apparatus, and in the removed position, the circuit board is separated from the electrical connection portion.
US09855749B2
A liquid discharge head includes a head body, a cover, a wiring member, and a grounding pattern. The head body has a liquid discharge face in which a nozzle to discharge liquid is disposed. The cover is disposed on the liquid discharge face of the head body. The wiring member has a wiring pattern connected to the head body. The wiring member includes a portion disposed on a side wall of the head body. The grounding pattern on the wiring member is electrically conducted to the cover with the wiring member interposed between the side wall of the head body and the cover.
US09855745B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejection unit including a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid, a housing accommodating the liquid ejection unit, and a sealing section provided between the liquid ejection unit and the housing.
US09855742B2
An ink composition has a viscosity of 25 mPa·s to 35 mPa·s at 20° C., wherein a, b, and c are 800 or more, 7.4 to 14, and 0.16 to 0.22, respectively, when a cylindrical portion is formed by expanding the ink composition so as to have a free surface parallel to the expanding direction of the ink composition, the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion with time is measured in the expanding direction thereof, and the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion with time is fit to a quadratic function given by the following equation: S=−at2−bt+c (1) where S is the rate of change in width of the cylindrical portion and t is the time in seconds.
US09855732B2
An adhesive-applying method is disclosed herein. The method comprises: providing a film comprising pressure sensitive adhesive coated on a major surface thereof; heating the film to a softening point of the film; and pressing the film against a substrate with an application device, the application device comprising a film-contacting portion, the film-contacting portion comprising a foam material and having a thermal conductivity of less than 1.8 BTU in/(hr ft2° F.); wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive on the major surface of the film adheres to the substrate. Application devices and kits that may be used in conjunction with the method are also disclosed herein.
US09855726B2
A transparent pane having at least one transparent substrate and at least one an electrically conductive coating on at least one surface of the transparent substrate. The electrically conductive coating has at least two functional layers arranged one on top of another. Each functional layer contains: a layer of optically highly refractive material; a smoothing layer above the layer of optically highly refractive material; a lower adapting (matching) layer above the smoothing layer; an electrically conductive layer above the lower adapting layer; and an upper adapting (matching) layer above the electrically conductive layer. The lower adapting layer and/or the upper adapting layer contain a homogeneously distributed getter material. At least one lower adapting layer and/or upper adapting layer containing the getter material is in direct contact with the electrically conductive layer.
US09855708B2
A three-dimensional printing device including a processing unit and a mixing unit is provided. The processing unit formats a sliced file into a printing head signal file, wherein the sliced file and the printing head signal file correspond to a three-dimensional structure, the sliced file includes layer data corresponding to a plurality of layers of the three-dimensional structure, and the print head signal file includes layer printing data corresponding to the layers of the three-dimensional structure. The mixing unit combines part of the layer data in the sliced file and part of the layer printing data in the printing head signal file to derive a hybrid file, and stores the hybrid file in a storing unit of the electronic device, wherein the layer data and the layer printing data in the hybrid file correspond to different layers of the three-dimensional structure.
US09855707B2
A method and apparatus for protecting a structure. The method comprises identifying an exterior shape of the structure; generating a model of a mask based on the exterior shape of the structure; and forming the mask using a three dimensional printer based on the model.
US09855704B2
A powder is spread in two directions, that is, the advancement and retraction directions of a powder recoater. The powder recoater according to this invention includes a hopper that stores a powder, and a cylindrical powder supplier that has a side surface close to or in contact with the bottom surface of the hopper and includes a supply path for the powder. The powder recoater according to this invention further includes a pivoting unit that causes the powder supplier to pivot. In the powder recoater according to this invention, the center axis of the supply path is displaced from the center axis of the powder supplier in the radial direction of the powder supplier.
US09855700B2
A method of manufacturing a thermoplastic resin molded article having a hollow portion includes setting a molded article (A) premolded from a thermoplastic resin in a first die, forming a melted thermoplastic resin plate (B) in a shape along an inner surface of a second die facing the first die by being attached to the inner surface of the second die by vacuum pressure, welding the thermoplastic resin plate (B) and the molded article (A) only in a predetermined region by mold-clamping the first die and the second die, and forming at least part of an unwelded region as a hollow portion.
US09855698B2
Automatic process control of additive manufacturing. The system includes an additive manufacturing device for making an object and a local network computer controlling the device. At least one camera is provided with a view of a manufacturing volume of the device to generate network accessible images of the object. The computer is programmed to stop the manufacturing process when the object is defective based en the images of the object.
US09855684B2
Embodiments of electrophoresis systems, devices, and associated methods of analysis are described herein. In one embodiment, an electrophoresis device includes a first electrode having a first polarity, a second electrode having a second polarity, and a substrate. The substrate includes a first channel having a first section with a first cross-sectional area and a second section with a second cross-sectional area. The first end is electrically coupled to the first electrode, and the second end is electrically coupled to the second electrode. The first cross-sectional area is greater than the second cross-sectional area in a first dimension and in a second dimension generally orthogonal to the first dimension.
US09855674B2
In some examples, one or more metal-containing catalysts and one or more waxes can be mixed or otherwise combined to produce an encapsulated catalyst composition. The wax can be at least partially coated on the metal-containing catalyst. A mixture of water and the wax can be agitated or otherwise mixed, and the metal-containing catalyst can be added to or otherwise combined with the water and wax mixture to produce a wax emulsified catalyst. A plurality of lignocellulose substrates, one or more oxidants, and the encapsulated catalyst composition can be mixed or otherwise combined to produce a lignocellulose binder mixture. The lignocellulose binder mixture can be heated to produce a composite product.
US09855673B2
Method for manufacturing second wood sheets from first wood sheets, comprising steps (i) to (iv): (i) providing first wood sheets having a laminarly developed front side and backside, wherein the moisture content of said first wood sheets is below the fiber saturation point of the wood; (ii) applying a water-comprising adhesive to one or more front sides and/or one or more backsides of said first wood sheets provided in step (i); (iii) adhering said wood sheets from step (ii) and optionally from step (i) with laminar sides to each other in order to form a block which comprises adhered layers of said first wood sheets, wherein the adhering is performed such to increase the moisture content of said formed block up to or above the fiber saturation point of the wood; (iv) slicing said block formed in step (iii) to form said second wood sheets.
US09855672B2
A handheld work apparatus has a drive motor which drives a tool of the work apparatus. A lubricating arrangement is provided for the tool. The lubricating arrangement includes a lubricant piece that is solid at 20° C. The work apparatus has a melting chamber into which the lubricant piece projects and which is connected to the tool via at least one lubricant channel. The melting chamber is delimited at least partially by a heat conducting element which is heated during operation of the work apparatus.
US09855669B2
Machines and methods capable of producing diced products from a variety of materials. Such a machine includes a knife adapted to slice food product to produce slices, a circular cutter comprising knives that are adapted and arranged to cut the slices into strips, a cross-cutter comprising knives that are adapted and arranged to produce a cross-cut in the strips, and a shear plate that is at least partially between the circular cutter and the cross-cutter. The shear plate defines a first shear edge in proximity to the knives of the cross-cutter and is adapted to ensure dicing of the strips received by the cross-cutter from the circular cutter. A support bar supports the shear plate, and a feature is provide for adjusting the proximity of the first shear edge relative to the knives of the cross-cutter.
US09855651B2
In an angle-grinder with a rotating handle and a latch for fixing the handle in two different rotational positions, an interlock mechanism is provided for greater security against unwanted rotation of the handle when the tool is being used. The interlock mechanism is moved to a locking position by depressing the trigger to start the motor, and thus provides a safety lock backing up the latch, in case the latch is accidentally released during use. In its unlocking position the interlock mechanism may prevent actuation of the trigger when the handle is not properly aligned in one of its operating positions.
US09855640B2
A processing element for processing a profile-shaped or flat metallic workpiece, with the processing element designed such that a plurality of similar processing elements can be arranged one behind the other on a supporting device in the longitudinal direction of the supporting device, the supporting device can be driven in a circulating manner and the plurality of processing elements can be guided past the workpiece for surface processing at least approximately linearly by means of the supporting device. A rectangular or block-shaped main body having bearing surfaces for bearing on the supporting device is provided, and oblong ribs protruding outward in a web-like manner are provided on the main body on opposite flat longitudinal sides and overlap the corresponding opposite flat longitudinal sides of the main body on an identically embodied processing element, which is arranged between the ribs.
US09855638B2
A dressing apparatus capable of bringing an overall dressing surface of a dresser into uniform sliding contact with a polishing surface of a polishing pad and capable of uniformly dressing the overall polishing surface of the polishing pad is disclosed. The dressing apparatus includes a dresser configured to rub against a polishing surface to dress the polishing surface that is used for polishing a substrate, a dresser shaft that applies a load to the dresser, at least one load-applying device configured to apply a downward load to a part of a peripheral portion of the dresser, and an operation controller configured to control operation of the load-applying device.
US09855637B2
A method and system for observing and monitoring thermal characteristics of a machining operation, such as a surface finishing operation, performed on a workpiece is disclosed. The surface finishing operation can be performed on the workpiece in order to remove a surface defect, e.g. a parting line, on a surface of the workpiece and/or to provide a mirror-like finish to the workpiece. In one embodiment, an emissive layer is applied to the workpiece to increase a thermal emissivity of the workpiece. In some embodiments, a finishing surface, such as a polishing or buffing wheel, and/or a lubricant used in a finishing operation is monitored. A thermal profile of the surface of the workpiece, finishing surface and/or lubricant can be obtained. The finishing operation can be modified in response to the monitored thermal characteristics to prevent the occurrence of defects and improve the efficacy of the finishing operation.
US09855633B1
A blade sharpening system may include a sharpening tool for sharpening a workpiece. The system may also include a sharpening fixture having a mounting surface for mounting a workpiece to be sharpened by the sharpening tool. The mounting surface may be disposed on a sled that is movable along a sharpening path that passes under a sharpening implement that may be mounted to a movable arm of the sharpening tool when the arm is in an engaged position. The movement of the sled may be coupled to the movement of the arm such that moving the arm from a disengaged position to the engaged position initiates the sled to move in a first direction along the sharpening path and moving the arm from the engaged position to the disengaged position initiates the sled to move along the sharpening path in a second direction.
US09855621B2
Automatic welding machine includes: a welding torch mounted to a link actuation device set on a mount; and a one-or-more-axes linear motion actuator which causes the link actuation device to advance and retract relative to the mount. The link actuation device includes: a proximal end side link hub disposed on the mount; a distal end side link hub to which the welding torch is mounted; and three or more link mechanisms configured to couple the distal end side link hub to the proximal end side link hub. Each link mechanism includes proximal side and distal side end link members and an intermediate link member. Two or more link mechanisms are each provided with a posture changing actuator which arbitrarily changes the posture of the distal end side link hub relative to the proximal end side link hub.
US09855602B2
Disclosed are a method of producing a metal composite powder by wire explosion in a liquid and a metal composite powder that is coated with a multi carbon layer. The production method includes a process of forming a first carbon layer on a surface of a metal wire consisting of a first metal, a process of forming a metal layer consisting of a second metal, which is different from the first metal, on a surface of the first carbon layer, and a process of forming a metal composite powder coated with a multi carbon layer by wire exploding the metal wire containing the first carbon layer and the metal layer formed on a surface thereof in a solution.
US09855600B2
The invention relates to systems for transferring molten metal from one structure to another. Aspects of the invention include a transfer chamber constructed inside of or next to a vessel used to retain molten metal. The transfer chamber is in fluid communication with the vessel so molten metal from the vessel can enter the transfer chamber. A powered device, which may be inside of the transfer chamber, moves molten metal upward and out of the transfer chamber and preferably into a structure outside of the vessel, such as another vessel or a launder.
US09855599B2
Casting methods and articles are disclosed wherein a molten first material is introduced into a mold which distributes the first material to form a first region of the article where it is subjected to a first condition suitable for growing a first grain structure, forming the first region of the article. A molten second material, compositionally distinct from the first material, is introduced into the mold to form a second region of the article. A hybridized material is formed by intermixing a first portion of the second material with the second portion of the first material. A second portion of the second material is subjected to a second condition suitable for growing a second grain structure distinct from the first grain structure, forming the second region of the article. The first region and the second region are integrally formed as a single, continuous article with a hybridized region formed between.
US09855591B2
A solid actuator has an actuator structural unit, a top plate and a base plate. A hollow cylinder part made of maraging steel is heated to a predetermined first temperature at which the maraging steel is in an austenitic state. A corrugated tube is shaped from the hollow cylinder part by a shaping process, while the maraging steel is still in an austenitic state. The corrugated tube is cooled such that the maraging steel is in a martensitic state. The actuator structural unit is inserted into the corrugated tube. The top plate and the base plate are fixed to the corrugated tube such that the actuator structural unit is clamped between the top plate and the base plate at a predetermined pre-tension.
US09855589B2
An automated support cleaning system comprising a tank disposed within a housing and configured to circulate an aqueous cleaning solution to remove a support structure from a three-dimensional model.
US09855583B2
A liquid dispensing module and nozzle or die tip for discharging at least one liquid filament. The nozzle includes a strand guide for guiding a substrate past the nozzle and a frustoconical protrusion disposed on a surface of the nozzle adjacent the notch. A liquid discharge passage extends along an axis through the frustoconical protrusion and forms an acute angle with a machine direction corresponding to movement of the strand past the nozzle. Four air discharge passages are positioned at the base of the frustoconical protrusion. Each of the air discharge passages is angled in a compound manner generally toward the liquid discharge passage and offset from the axis of the liquid discharge passage to create the controlled pattern of liquid material on the strand.
US09855581B1
A device for and method of using the device to dispense pourable material from one or more pouches is provided. The device comprises a pair of hinged plates between which one or more pouches can be positioned. The plates of the device are joined by a ratcheting element that secure the plates and any pouches positioned between them. When a squeezing force is applied to the plates, the plates exert pressure upon the one or more pouches to cause the contents of the pouch(es) to be expelled. The ratcheting element is adapted to adjust automatically in response to the force exerted upon the plates. A device adapted to heat and dispense the contents of the one or more pouches is also provided.
US09855576B2
A masking system and method for painting a vehicle with parts made of dissimilar materials is provided. The masking system includes a masking gasket temporarily mounted between a mounting surface of a first part and a mounting surface of a second part. The masking gasket further includes a plurality of links, thermal expansion joints linking together the plurality of links, and mounting locations for securing the masking gasket to the first and second parts of the vehicle.
US09855573B2
A supersonic air knife having a compressor and a barrel and nozzle includes an adjustable grasping handle assembly forming barrel handle comprising i) a pair of clasping elements, each clasping element having two gripping surfaces configured to engage the barrel at a point of engagement, with one point of engagement on each side of a first centerline of the barrel; ii) a pivot pin coupling the two clasping elements together on one side of the centerline of the barrel; and iii) A handle with a threaded element engaging the pair of clasping elements configured to draw the clasping elements together around the barrel.
US09855569B2
A shower head (40) has a passageway for a flow of pressurized air from a pressurized air supply, via a Venturi (48) having a convergent portion (46), throat (50) and divergent portion (52), to a shower discharge opening (56), and a passageway (58) for a flow of water from a water supply to a water discharge opening (60) in the Venturi. The Venturi is such that, in use, the general direction of the flow of air is turned through a substantial angle in the Venturi. This folding of the Venturi enables a compact configuration of shower head to be provided.
US09855560B2
Shredder hammers having first and second major surfaces on opposing sides, and a circumferential edge. A mounting portion includes a mounting hole that extends from the first major surface to the second major surface, and is configured to receive a hammer mounting pin for mounting in a reducing system. The circumferential edge includes a primary impact face to initially impact materials to be reduced and a wear edge to subsequently crush and shear the material against a wall of the equipment. The hammer is biased forward on the pin to admit more material to be crushed between the wear edge and the grates.
US09855558B2
An apparatus and method for thermal cycling including a pasting edge heater. The pasting edge heater can provide substantial temperature uniformity throughout the retaining elements during thermal cycling by a thermoelectric module.
US09855556B2
A method for handling a sample tube containing a biological sample is presented. A tube label can be attached to the sample tube. The tube label can carry tube data. The tube data can comprise at least geometric tube data descriptive of at least one geometric property of the sample tube. At least the geometric tube data can be read from the tube label by a reader device. At least the geometric tube data from the reader device can be transmitted to a processing device. The processing device for handling the sample tube can be controlled in accordance with the at least one geometric property described by the read geometric data.
US09855554B2
According to aspects of the present invention, a cartridge assembly for transporting fluid into or out of one or more fluidic devices includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first surface. The first surface includes at least one partial channel disposed thereon. The second layer abuts the first surface, thereby forming a channel from the at least one partial channel. At least one of the first layer and the second layer is a resilient layer formed from a pliable material. At least one of the first layer and the second layer includes a via hole. The via hole is aligned with the channel to pass fluid thereto. The via hole is configured to pass fluid through the first layer or the second layer substantially perpendicularly to the channel. Embossments are also used to define aspects of a fluidic channel.
US09855549B2
A metal oxide nanorod array structure according to embodiments disclosed herein includes a monolithic substrate having a surface and multiple channels, an interface layer bonded to the surface of the substrate, and a metal oxide nanorod array coupled to the substrate surface via the interface layer. The metal oxide can include ceria, zinc oxide, tin oxide, alumina, zirconia, cobalt oxide, and gallium oxide. The substrate can include a glass substrate, a plastic substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic monolith, and a stainless steel monolith. The ceramic can include cordierite, alumina, tin oxide, and titania. The nanorod array structure can include a perovskite shell, such as a lanthanum-based transition metal oxide, or a metal oxide shell, such as ceria, zinc oxide, tin oxide, alumina, zirconia, cobalt oxide, and gallium oxide, or a coating of metal particles, such as platinum, gold, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium, over each metal oxide nanorod. Structures can be bonded to the surface of a substrate and resist erosion if exposed to high velocity flow rates.
US09855546B2
A method for producing a complex oxide catalyst containing a complex oxide represented by the formula: Mo1VaSbbNbcWdZeOn (wherein a component Z represents an element such as La, Ce, Pr, Yb, Y, Sc, Sr, and Ba; a, b, c, d, e, and n each represent an atomic ratio of an element to one Mo atom; 0.1≦a≦0.4, 0.1≦b≦0.4, 0.01≦c≦0.3, 0≦d≦0.2, and 0≦e≦0.1; an atomic ratio a/b is 0.85≦a/b<1.0, and an atomic ratio a/c is 1.4
US09855542B2
A substrate for biochips, in which carboxyl groups are immobilized on a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and a method for producing the substrate are disclosed. The substrate for biochips comprises a substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon; and an acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof, which acrylic polymer is immobilized on the surface of the substrate. The method for producing the substrate comprises irradiating the substrate whose surface at least is composed of carbon with ultraviolet light during the acrylic polymer having free carboxyl groups in the molecular structure thereof contacts the substrate.
US09855534B1
Disclosed is a porous membrane comprising a porous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) substrate and a coating comprising a copolymer of formula (I): H—[—O—CH(Rf)—CH2—]m—[—O—CHM-CH2—]n—[—O—CHL-CH2—]s—OH (I), wherein Rf is perfluoro-substituted alkyl or perfluoro-substituted alkyloxy alkyl; M is —CH2—O—(CH2)3—S—(CHZ)t—Y, wherein Z is hydrogen or —CH2COOH, and for example, Y is —COOH or —SO3H, R is hydrogen or alkyl, L is —CH2—O—CH2—CH═CH2, m and n are each independently from about 10 to about 1000, n:s ranges from 0.3:0.7 to 1:0, and t is 0 or 1. Also disclosed is a method of preparing the porous membrane and a method of filtering a fluid, such as isopropanol, containing dissolved metals at a low concentration by the use of such membrane.
US09855532B2
The present disclosure provides a gas separation membrane using a ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane in which organic functional groups are attached to a long siloxane chain and a method for fabricating the same. In accordance with the present disclosure, a free-standing ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane-based membrane with various functional groups can be fabricated for gas separations. The performance of the gas separation membrane can be controlled through a variety of combinations of the organic functional groups linked to the siloxane chain. In addition, by controlling the molecular structure of the gas separation membrane through mixing of the ladder-structured polysilsesquioxane with an amine compound or conventional glassy or rubbery polymers or through thermal/UV-curing, the permeability and selectivity of the gas separation membrane can be controlled selectively.
US09855528B2
An exhaust gas cleaning system, comprising an active regenerable particulate filter and an SCR catalyst comprising a hydrothermally microporous stable zeolite having the AEI type framework and being promoted with copper, where the zeolite is SSZ-39.
US09855527B2
A method for cleaning bypass gases of the cement or mineral industry includes cooling down a removed bypass gas from a cement or mineral processing plant to a temperature of between 500° C. and 150° C., and coarsely dedusting the bypass gas, the dust burden being reduced by 30 to 95%. After the dedusting step, the gaseous constituents contained in the partly dedusted bypass gas are reduced in a reducing step. The partly dedusted bypass gas is further finely dedusted. The gaseous constituents reducing step includes at least a catalytic reduction of one or more of nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide.
US09855525B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses of recovering CO2 from a gas stream. The methods regenerate CO2 with high regeneration efficiencies, thereby lowering the overall energy cost for CO2 capture.
US09855516B2
A flow limiter system is provided for extracting compounds from raw materials with an extraction column. The flow limiter system may include a flow governor assembly which contains and buffers a flow of pressurized solvent entering the base of the extraction column to prevent the flow of pressurized solvent from drilling into the raw materials packed within the extraction column. The flow governor assembly may further include a first disc with a first set of perforations to direct the surge of solvent through the first disc to transform the turbulent surge of solvent into a column of non-turbulent solvent with a flat surface layer that rises up the extraction column evenly and collectively. Additionally, the flow limiter system may also include a limiter disc including a second set of perforations to allow the extracted effluent to flow through the set of perforations and exit the extraction column.
US09855514B2
A method of the present invention for producing a halohydantoin compound by refining, in a dryer (1), a composition containing at least one of water and elemental halogen, an organic solvent, and the halohydantoin compound, the method includes the steps of: (i) removing the organic solvent from the composition; and (ii) removing the at least one of the water and the elemental halogen from the composition refined in the step (i).
US09855507B2
A portable gaming and entertainment system (or “environment”) for use with a game console and related components that allows the user thereof to easily, safely and conveniently transport the system. The system comprises a case having a lid pivotally attached to a base. One or more custom inserts are provided to securely receive the game console therein. The custom inserts permit the system to be usable with a variety of supported game consoles. The lid includes a monitor and speakers, and is operative to be opened and maintained at a position to provide a desirable viewing angle for a user. The lid closes against the base to enclose the game console and other related components so that the user may easily transport and/or store the system.
US09855506B2
A trading card includes a main portion having any character of a plurality of characters represented on at least one surface and an electronic component for contactless communication, which is contained in the main portion. The electronic component includes a storage portion which stores data related to the character represented on the main portion and a circuit which writes data received from an external apparatus through contactless communication into the storage portion.
US09855503B2
A system and method for providing secondary gaming for fantasy sports to provide more interactive, robust and comprehensive fantasy sports gaming. A secondary game involves one or more fantasy sports players, one or more statistics to measure fantasy performance of the players, one or more time period in which to evaluate the fantasy player, and a game value amount, which is the consideration contested in the fantasy game. Accordingly, Users may place wagers on the expected performance of fantasy players or teams in a fantasy league regardless of whether the party is a participant in the league. The system may be functionally connected to the league software manager to provide real-time registration, submission, monitoring, and submission of second games.
US09855496B2
A real-time stereo video signal of a captured scene with a physical foreground object and a physical background is received. In real-time, a foreground/background separation algorithm is used on the real-time stereo video signal to identify pixels from the stereo video signal that represent the physical foreground object. A video sequence may be produced by rendering a 3D virtual reality based on the identified pixels of the physical foreground object.
US09855495B2
A game machine acquires predetermined information used to reproduce a image of character during a game from a character card, and uses the image of character for a progress of the game. The game machine includes a Bar code reader adapted and configured to acquire from the character card, information of player name that is associated with a image of character as information used to identify each player playing the game. And, the game machine reproduces a plurality of images of characters during the game based on the predetermined information of each character card, and classifies each image of character reproduced during the game based on the information of player name associated with each image of character into classifications which are dealt with differently from each other in the game.
US09855493B1
Puzzle pieces, puzzle piece compositions, puzzle piece fastening devices and systems, assembled puzzle mounts and systems and methods of fastening and assembling different layers together to form puzzle pieces. Mounting assemblies for the puzzles and support structures and methods for customizing and the decorating of puzzle pieces and assembled puzzles.
US09855486B2
A protective baseball sliding glove is a device for protecting the user's hand when the user is sliding into a base. The user is able to position his or her hand within a hand-enclosing rigid housing that is then placed into a glove that covers the hand-enclosing rigid housing and a portion of the user's forearm. The user is able to grasp a cross-brace within the hand-enclosing rigid housing, anchoring the user's hand within the hand-enclosing rigid housing. The position of the cross-brace may be adjusted via a plurality of adjustment holes on the hand-enclosing rigid housing that allows the user to move the cross-brace to his or her comfort. A securing stabilizer strap may be utilized to secure the glove as well as provide structural support and rigidity to the user's wrist.
US09855475B2
Provided is a golf club head including a head body that has a hollow structure, a rib, and a welding bead. The head body has a first region. The rib stands upright from an inner surface of the first region. The welding bead fixes the first region and the rib to each other. An opening is formed in side faces of the rib. The welding bead extends from a first position on the inner surface of the first region, passes through the opening, and reaches a second position on the inner surface of the first region.
US09855474B2
The invention provides a golf club head that includes a weight adjustment system inside of the club head. Preferably, when the club is played, no part of the adjustment system is directly accessible or exposed to an exterior of the club. The club head may include a panel that opens or is removable, or the club head may be disassembled to provide access to the internal weight adjustment system. A weight adjustment system generally includes at least one mechanism by which a mass distribution of the golf club head can be changed.
US09855470B1
A ball pit apparatus for use with a plurality of balls. The ball pit apparatus includes: a base portion configured to provide a ball pit for holding a plurality of balls, wherein the base portion includes one or more inflatable side walls configured to, when inflated, extend around a periphery of the base portion; a roof portion configured to provide a ball chamber for holding a plurality of balls above the base portion; one or more inflatable supports configured to, when inflated, hold the roof portion above the base portion; a suction inlet configured to be in fluid communication with the ball chamber so that, when suction is provided at the suction inlet, suction is also provided to the ball chamber; a ball inlet configured to be in fluid communication with the ball chamber so that, when suction is provided to the ball chamber, a ball received at the ball inlet is drawn into the ball chamber. The roof portion includes an opening configured to face the base portion when the one or more inflatable supports are inflated. The roof portion includes at least one blocking element configured to block the opening so as to prevent balls from falling through the opening when suction is provided to the ball chamber and to not block the opening so as to allow balls to fall through the opening when suction is not provided to the ball chamber.
US09855468B1
An elastic spheroid structure includes a hollow elastic spheroid body having an elastic spheroid shell, a receiving space formed inside the elastic spheroid shell, and a through opening passing through the elastic spheroid shell and being in air communication with the receiving space. The through opening has a first predetermined shape, the through opening has a first middle portion and a plurality of first extending portions extended outwardly from the first middle portion, and the first predetermined shape of the through opening is formed by connecting the first middle portion and the first extending portions. The elastic spheroid structure further includes a solid elastic cover body disposed inside the through opening of the hollow elastic spheroid body and a connection layer disposed inside the through opening and connected between the elastic spheroid shell and the solid elastic cover body.
US09855466B2
The invention provides a golf ball having a core and a cover of one layer or a plurality of layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition containing: (A) a base rubber, (B) an organic peroxide, and (C) water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. The core has a hardness profile which satisfies specific relationships between the JIS-C hardness at the core center (Cc), the JIS-C hardness at a position 10 mm from the core center (C10) and the JIS-C hardness at the core surface (Cs).
US09855459B1
In a grip positioning apparatus a handle grip may be mounted in a tubular housing transverse to the rotational axis of the tubular housing. The handle grip may be rotated 360° in a single plane of motion controlled by user applied pressure to a lock/tension control member that may be manipulated to variably increase/decrease and/or maintain drag torque values throughout a desired range of motion. The handle grip may be locked at any desired angle relative to the rotational axis by the user applying and maintaining a grip pressure on the lock/tension control member. A detachable lock mechanism may be engaged prior to use to lock the handle grip at a selected angle. The grip positioning assembly may be mounted for use in a static, dynamic or multiple configurations.
US09855453B2
The present invention provides an exercise device comprising: an outer ring; an inner ring located within the outer ring; and a plurality of spokes connecting the inner ring and the outer ring. A method of use is also provided.
US09855449B2
The present invention relates to a composition for topical application, comprising at least one aqueous phase, at least one superabsorbent polymer and at least one lamellar or platelet-shaped matting mineral filler. A subject of the invention is also a cosmetic treatment process for keratin materials, which consists in applying to the keratin materials a composition as defined above, and also the use of this composition in the cosmetic or dermatological field, and in particular for caring for, protecting and/or making up bodily or facial skin, or for haircare. The composition according to the invention has both a matt appearance throughout all the steps of its use, from the appearance of the product up to the finished skin, and a comfortable sensation throughout its use, from the application to the total penetration of the product.
US09855448B2
A sun-care composition having an SPF value of at least 15 comprising: (a) one or more sun care actives including a ów-resorcinyl triazine compound; (b) an acrylates/octylacrylamide copolymer; and (c) a pharmaceutically/cosmetically/dermatologically acceptable vehicle.
US09855447B2
Compositions, kits, and methods for repairing bonds, for example, disulfide bonds, in hair or on the skin are disclosed. The compositions provide improved conditioning benefit for dry hair or moisturize the skin. The compositions also provide a long lasting moisturized feel and smooth feel to the skin or hair, without feeling greasy. The compositions contain one or more compounds that covalently bind at least two thiol groups in the hair or on the skin. Use of the binding compositions prevents reversion of the repaired bonds to their free thiol state, for at least one week or one month, or more, after a single application of the composition. Improved methods of styling hair, for example permanent hair waving, hair curling, hair coloring or highlighting, and hair straightening, are also provided.
US09855443B2
A medical data processing method for determining a change in the position of a soft tissue body part of a patient's body, the data processing method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring (S10, S20) bony body part planned position data comprising bony body part planned position information describing a planned position of a bony body part of the patient's body; b) acquiring (S10, S20) soft tissue body part planned position data comprising soft tissue body part planned position information describing a planned position of the soft tissue body part; c) acquiring (S11, S21) bony body part actual position data comprising bony body part actual position information describing an actual position of the bony body part; d) acquiring (S11, S21) soft tissue body part actual position data comprising soft tissue body part actual position information describing an actual position of the soft tissue body part; e) determining (S12, S22), based on the bony body part planned position data and the bony body part actual position data, bony body part position transformation data comprising bony body part position transformation information describing a bony body part position transformation between the planned position and the actual position of the bony body part; f) determining (S13, S23), based on the bony body part position transformation data and the soft tissue body part actual position data, soft tissue transformed actual position data comprising soft tissue transformed actual position information describing a transformed actual position of the soft tissue body part; g) determining (S14, S24), based on the soft tissue transformed actual position data and the soft tissue body part planned position data, soft tissue body part position transformation data comprising soft tissue body part position transformation information describing a soft tissue body part position transformation between the planned position of the of the soft tissue body part and the transformed actual position of the soft tissue body part.
US09855442B2
Stimulation of target cells using light, e.g., in vivo or in vitro, is implemented using a variety of methods and devices. One example involves a vector for delivering a light-activated NpHR-based molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that codes for light-activated NpHR-based molecule and a promoter. Either a high expression of the molecule manifests a toxicity level that is less than about 75%, or the light-activated NpHR-based proteins are expressed using at least two NpHR-based molecular variants. Each of the variants characterized in being useful for expressing a light-activated NpHR-based molecule that responds to light by producing an inhibitory current to dissuade depolarization of the neuron. Other aspects and embodiments are directed to systems, methods, kits, compositions of matter and molecules for ion pumps or for controlling inhibitory currents in a cell (e.g., in in vivo and in vitro environments).
US09855439B2
High frequency cardiac arrhythmias and fibrillations are terminated by electric field pacing pulses having an order of magnitude less energy than a conventional cardioversion or defibrillation energy. The frequency and number of the pulses are selected based on a frequency analysis of a present high frequency cardiac arrhythmia or fibrillation. The energy of the pulses is selected from 1/400 to ½ of the conventional defibrillation energy, and the amplitude of the electric field pacing pulses are selected such as to activate a multitude of effective pacing sites in the heart tissue per each pacing electrode. The number and locations of the effective pacing sites in the heart tissue are regulated by the amplitude of the electric field pacing pulses, and by an orientation of the electric field of the pulses.
US09855435B2
The present disclosure provides leadless pacemaker systems and methods. A leadless pacemaker includes a battery subassembly, a feedthrough subassembly, and an electronics subassembly coupled between the battery subassembly and the feedthrough subassembly, the electronics subassembly including an electronics package, and a housing configured to provide a hermetic seal and comprising a first retaining feature and a second retaining feature configured to secure the electronics package within the housing.
US09855433B2
A method is provided for establishing a communication session with an implantable medical device (“IMD”). The method includes configuring an IMD and an external device to communicate with one another through a protocol that utilizes a dedicated advertisement channel. The advertisement period and the scan period of the protocol are independent of one another such that the advertisement and scan periods at least partially overlap intermittently after a number of cycles. When the external device detects one of the advertisement notices, the method includes establishing a communications link between the external device and the IMD.
US09855432B2
A system for a tissue stimulator coupled to an array of electrodes. The system comprises a user-controlled input device configured for generating control signals, and at least one processor configured for generating a plurality of stimulation parameter sets in response to the control signals that, when applied to the electrodes, will shift electrical current between electrodes to modify a region of tissue activation. The processor(s) is further configured for computing an estimate of the region of tissue activation, and for generating display signals capable of prompting a monitor to display an animated graphical representation of the computed estimate of the region of tissue activation.
US09855430B2
A medical device system for controlling ventricular pacing therapy during cardiac resynchronization therapy that includes a sensing device to sense a cardiac signal and emit a trigger signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal, a therapy delivery device to deliver the ventricular pacing in response to the emitted trigger signal, and a processor configured to identify a fiducial point of the cardiac signal sensed in real-time, set a window comprising a start point positioned a first distance prior to the fiducial point and an endpoint positioned a second distance less than the first distance subsequent to the fiducial point, determine a signal characteristic of the cardiac signal within the window, determine whether a P-wave is detected in response to the signal characteristic, determine whether an atrio-ventricular interval timer has expired, and emit a trigger signal to deliver the ventricular pacing timed off of the local maximum in response to the P-wave being detected and not timed off of the local maximum in response to the timer being expired.
US09855417B2
A method of manufacturing a device for brain stimulation includes forming a lead body having a distal end section and coupling at least one pre-electrode to the distal end section of the lead body. The pre-electrode defines a divider with a plurality of partitioning arms, and has a plurality of fixing lumens. A portion of the pre-electrode aligned with the portioning arms is removed to divide the pre-electrode into a plurality of segmented electrodes. Each of the plurality of segmented electrodes defines at least one of the plurality of fixing lumens at least partially disposed through the segmented electrode. A material is introduced through the at least one fixing lumen to couple the plurality of segmented electrodes to the lead body.
US09855416B1
A system for inserting a series of subdermal electrodes into the skin of a patient for neurological monitoring includes a magazine with an interior, a first end and an opposing second end. The first end has an opening. A row of applicators are carried in the interior of the magazine, parallel the its major axis. The first applicator presents itself at the opening in the first end and is followed in turn by a subsequent applicator. Each applicator carries an electrode that is ejected from that applicator when an applicator is pressed against the skin of a patient. The magazine has an actuator that advances each applicator in sequence toward the opening of the magazine to expel them one at a time after each ejects its electrode.
US09855405B2
In some examples, a burr hole cap assembly includes one or more markers that indicate a rotational orientation of a therapy delivery member relative to the burr hole cap assembly, where the therapy delivery member extends through an opening defined by the burr hole cap assembly. In addition, in some examples, the burr hole cap assembly includes a feature that indicates the rotational orientation of the therapy delivery member after the therapy delivery member is implanted in the patient. The feature can include the one or more markers in some examples.
US09855402B2
A surgical apparatus for delivering fluid to treat renal hypertension including an elongated member having a distal tip and a plurality of openings formed in a sidewall proximal of the distal tip. A plurality of fluid delivery members are movably positioned in the elongated member, each of the fluid delivery members having a lumen and at least one opening communicating with the lumen for delivering fluid extravascularly. An actuator is operatively associated with the fluid delivery members, the actuator actuable to a first position to move the fluid delivery members from a retracted position within the elongated member to a deployed position extending radially with respect to the elongated member. A balloon is expandable radially from the elongated member to seal the renal artery during application of fluid through the fluid delivery members.
US09855388B2
The present invention relates to drive mechanisms suitable for use in drug delivery devices, in particular pen-type injectors, wherein a number of pre-set doses of medicinal product can be administered. In particular, the present invention relates to such drug delivery devices where a user may activate the drug delivery device.
US09855381B2
A solution circuit apparatus for a blood purification system having an extracorporeal blood circuit. The solution circuit apparatus includes a solution source; a warmer having a temperature sensor; a bypass branch; a delivery branch communicating with the extracorporeal blood circuit; a pump; a switch; and a control unit configured to set the solution circuit apparatus into one of a solution delivery condition and a solution stop condition. In the solution delivery condition the switch interrupts the bypass branch, and the pump delivers solution via the warmer and through the delivery branch. In the solution stop condition the switch interrupts the delivery branch, and the pump recirculates solution through the warmer via the bypass branch. In the therapy stop condition the pump rate is dependent on the output of the temperature sensor.
US09855374B2
A digitally controlled aspirator is provided with a processor that allows the user to select operating conditions including one or more default settings. The processor further includes sensors for sensing operational and environmental conditions and adjusts the operation of the aspirator to reflect the sensed conditions.
US09855371B2
Disclosed herein is a high strength, bioresorbable wall thickness suitable for use in an endoprosthesis such as a stent that is produced by first forming a wall thickness by melt processing or solution processing one or more bioresorbable materials into a tubular shape; drawing the shape from shorter length to an optimum longer length and reducing the diameter from a larger diameter to a smaller diameter to orient the molecular chains of the material; fabricating a stent from the tube formed of the oriented material by cutting a strut pattern in its wall thickness; covering the stent's struts with at least one coating to delay degradation of the bioresorbable material; covering the stent's struts with one or more controlled release active ingredients to minimize the risk of restenosis or other side effects; crimping the stent onto a balloon catheter assembly; delivering the stent into an anatomical lumen via percutaneous methods to a treatment location; radially expanding the stent from a smaller size to a larger size at the treatment location wherein the stent temporarily supports the anatomical lumen; and removing the catheter from the lumen.
US09855369B2
Described herein are bioprinters comprising: one or more printer heads, wherein a printer head comprises a means for receiving and holding at least one cartridge, and wherein said cartridge comprises contents selected from one or more of: bio-ink and support material; a means for calibrating the position of at least one cartridge; and a means for dispensing the contents of at least one cartridge. Further described herein are methods for fabricating a tissue construct, comprising: a computer module receiving input of a visual representation of a desired tissue construct; a computer module generating a series of commands, wherein the commands are based on the visual representation and are readable by a bioprinter; a computer module providing the series of commands to a bioprinter; and the bioprinter depositing bio-ink and support material according to the commands to form a construct with a defined geometry.
US09855368B2
A cyclized peptide designated BMP Binding Peptide (BBP) is a synthetic peptide that avidly binds rhBMP-2, as do endogenous forms of BBP, and sequence conservation between species results in a variety of useful BBP compositions. BBP increases the over-all osteogenic activity of rhBMP-2, increases the rate at which rhBMP-2 induces bone formation, and BBP induces calcification alone. Compositions and substrates including BBP, and methods of using BBP are useful in therapeutic, diagnostic and clinical applications requiring calcification and osteogenesis.
US09855365B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a ceramic powder from a bone of a bird's beak, a method for preparing biomedical or industrial ceramic materials by using the ceramic powder derived from a bone of a bird's beak, and a biomedical or industrial ceramic material prepared by the method thereof. The use of the present ceramic powder for manufacturing biomedical or industrial ceramic materials is safer than the use of the ceramic powder derived from allogenic bone or xenogeneic bone. In addition, the ceramic powder of the present invention can be prepared on a mass production basis. Furthermore, the ceramic material prepared using the ceramic powder of the present invention is more biocompatible than that prepared using artificially synthetic ceramic.
US09855355B2
An essential feature of the invention is the original combination of a plasma process and a sealing system. This is achieved with external tubes (4, 6), which are connected to each other so as to be impermeable to gas, but galvanically insulated, and of which at least one is electrically conductive, such that the external tubes form an antechamber between the two external tubes (4, 6) and a treatment chamber between the external tube (6) and the internal tube (1).
US09855346B2
Compositions comprising one or more nanoparticles, wherein the nanoparticles encapsulate fluorescence dyes are disclosed. In one embodiment, the nanoparticle comprises triterpene. In another embodiment, the nanoparticle comprises triterpene and fatty ester. Methods for performing a diagnostic or a therapeutic procedure comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of the compositions of the present invention or carbocyanine dyes are also provided.
US09855345B2
An object of this invention is to provide a novel delivery means that enables efficient delivery of an active ingredient to a target cell. Such objective is attained by a lipoplex comprising dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine (DOPE), phosphatidylcholine, a cationic lipid, and an RNAi molecule and an industrial method for producing the same.
US09855344B2
The present invention concerns improved methods and compositions for preparing SN-38 conjugates of proteins or peptides, preferably immunoconjugates of antibodies or antigen-binding antibody fragments. More preferably, the SN-38 is attached to the antibody or antibody fragment using a CL2A linker, with 1-12, more preferably 6 or less, most preferably 1-5 SN-38 moieties per antibody or antibody fragment. Most preferably, the immunoconjugate is prepared in large scale batches, with various modifications to the reaction scheme to optimize yield and recovery in large scale. Other embodiments concern optimized dosages and/or schedules of administration of immunoconjugate to maximize efficacy for disease treatment and minimize side effects of administration.
US09855340B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogel and to a hydrogel obtainable by said process. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of a hydrogel-spacer conjugate, to a hydrogel-spacer conjugate obtainable by said process, to a process for the preparation of a carrier-linked prodrug and to carrier-linked prodrugs obtainable by said process, in particular to carrier-linked prodrugs that provide for a controlled or sustained release of a drug from a carrier. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the hydrogel for the preparation of a carrier-linked prodrug.
US09855328B2
The present invention relates generally to the fields of immunology and vaccine technology. More specifically, the invention relates to recombinant human adenovirus vectors for delivery of avian immunogens and antigens, such as avian influenza into avians. The invention also provides methods of introducing and expressing an avian immunogen in avian subjects, including avian embryos, as well as methods of eliciting an immunogenic response in avian subjects to avian immunogens.
US09855325B2
The invention provides an immunogenic composition comprising: a) a conjugate that is a capsular saccharide from GBS serotype Ia conjugated to a carrier protein; b) a conjugate that is a capsular saccharide from GBS serotype Ib conjugated to a carrier protein; c) a conjugate that is a capsular saccharide from GBS serotype III conjugated to a carrier protein; d) a conjugate that is a capsular saccharide from GBS serotype II conjugated to a carrier protein; and e) a conjugate that is a capsular saccharide from GBS serotype V conjugated to a carrier protein.
US09855321B2
The present invention relates to combinations of polypeptides or of polynucleotides corresponding to a specific region of the N-terminal portion of the VAR2CSA protein of different parasitic families or lines of Plasmodium falciparum, and to their use in the prevention of pregnancy-associated malaria. The invention also relates to immunogenic compositions and to vaccines useful for preventing malaria in pregnant women.
US09855319B2
The present invention provides a novel albumin-free formulation of recombinant Factor VIII that does not require calcium ions as an added formulation excipient. The absence of calcium chloride in the formulation results in a number of improvements and benefits for a Factor VIII formulation. This invention allows a Factor VIII formulation that can be lyophilized more efficiently as the absence of calcium ions will increase primary glass transition of the amorphous phase. The absence of free calcium ions in the formulation will also improve the stability of the formulation as metal-dependent oxidation reactions will be avoided and the protein molecule will not be subjected to chemical instabilities. Finally, the absence of calcium will further simplify the Factor VIII formulation by reducing the number of excipients in the formulation.
US09855316B2
Methods and compositions for treating and alleviating symptoms of irradiation injuries, therapeutic radiation intervention and/or anti-cancer therapies in a subject via pulmonary airway administration of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) or a compound with similar affinity to the specific alveolar GM-CSF receptor to enhance pulmonary host defense are provided.
US09855311B2
Herbal compound formulations using herbs curcuma longa (turmeric), ocimum sanctum (holy basil) and emblica officinalis (amla) in their natural forms and a method of packaging the same for dietary supplement as tablets, wafers, capsules and as teabags where the packaging of individual dosages and the outer packaging may use visual display of color that represents the proportion and presence of different herbs in the herbal compound.
US09855306B2
A Portulaca oleracea L. extract feed additive and a preparation method thereof are provided. The Portulaca oleracea L. extract feed additive takes a Portulaca oleracea L. extract and a carrier as raw materials. The Portulaca oleracea L. extract is prepared by the ultrasonic auxiliary water extraction. The preparation method of the present invention has less raw material waste, high activity component content in the extract and acquisition rate of the extractum, which facilitates improving the effect efficiency and reducing production cost. The Portulaca oleracea L. extract feed additive as a natural plant feed additive is capable of improving the animal's metabolism, increasing the animal's relative weight gain, improving the animal's survival rate, reducing the disease incidence of various diarrhea symptoms, decreasing the animal's stress response and increasing the animal productivity.
US09855294B2
The present invention relates to methods of managing weight, and treating overweight or obesity and treating or preventing diabetes in a subject in need thereof. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of (a) orally administering to the subject from about 0.7 g to about 4 g of crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose; and (b) orally administering to the subject at least about 100 mL of water per gram of crosslinked carboxymethylcellulose. Steps (a) and (b) are conducted prior to or with at least one meal per day.
US09855287B2
Methods of using azide-modified biomolecules, such as fatty acids, carbohydrates and lipids, to treat a plant, an insect or an animal infected with a virus or to inhibit infectivity of a virus, such as the human immunodeficiency virus, are provided. Also provided are methods of labeling a virus, such as human immunodeficiency virus, with an azide-modified biomolecule, such as a fatty acid, a carbohydrate, or an isoprenoid lipid. Also, provided are methods of tracking a virus in vivo, with an azide-modified biomolecule, such as a fatty acid, a carbohydrate, or an isoprenoid lipid. The azide-modified biomolecules may be combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to produce a pharmaceutical composition, optionally containing another anti-viral agent and/or a delivery agent, such as a liposome.
US09855286B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient which is a salicylic acid component selected from the group consisting of acetylsalicylic acid, salicylic acid, salicylamide, ethenzamide, salsalate, dipyrocetyl, benorilate, diflunisal, guacetisal, and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
US09855281B2
A composition for enhancing libido of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a libido-enhancing therapeutic of (5S,10R,13S,17S)-13-methyl-3-oxohexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17yl acetate (Formula I), (3S,5S,10R,13S,17S)-3-hydroxy-13-methylhexadecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17yl acetate (Formula II), (5S,10S,13S,17S)-17-hydroxy-13-methyltetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3(2H)-one (Formula III), isomers thereof, analogs thereof, or combinations thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. A method of enhancing libido, by administering the composition to an individual in need of an enhanced libido, and enhancing libido in the individual or animal which is male or female. A method of enhancing libido, by administering the composition of the present invention to an individual at an age when libido and sexual desire have naturally decreased, and enhancing libido in the individual. A composition for enhancing libido and arousal, including a pharmaceutically effective amount of a libido-enhancing therapeutic in combination with a sexual dysfunction therapeutic. A method of enhancing libido and arousal.
US09855275B2
The present invention relates to aryl- or heteroaryl-substituted benzene compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and methods of treating cancer by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of such compounds for research or other non-therapeutic purposes.
US09855274B2
Phenoxy acetic acids and phenyl propionic acids and their use in treating type I diabetes, type II diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, insulin resistance, or obesity are provided herein. The present compounds are activators of PPARδ and may be useful for treating conditions mediated by the same.
US09855267B2
Provided are certain histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors of Formula I, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
US09855248B2
The present invention provides a new crystalline form of itraconazole as well as the method of making same.
US09855247B2
The present invention relates to tetracaine based anesthetic formulations and methods of use thereof. The invention further relates to topical formulations of tetracaine and methods of topically anesthetizing body tissues. The present invention also relates to tetracaine based dental anesthetic formulations and methods for anesthetizing the maxillary dental arch using these formulations.
US09855233B2
Methods of quantifying a N2-carboxyethyl-2′-deoxyguanosine (CEdG) levels in biological samples and comparing those levels to known normal levels can diagnose a number of disorders, including diabetes and cancer. Methods can also determine whether therapies for disorders are effective by measuring CEdG levels before and after treatment. Measurement of CEdG levels occurs using liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
US09855232B2
The invention provides new crystalline forms of 7-[3,5-Dihydroxy-2-(3-hydroxy-5-phenyl-pent-1-enyl)-cyclopentyl]-hept-5-enoic acid. This compound is commonly referred to as “bimatoprost acid.” The novel crystalline forms are designated forms I, II, and III. The invention crystalline forms are useful for solid ocular implant formulations, utilized in the treatment of various ocular conditions, such as, for example, ocular hypertension. In addition, invention crystalline forms are useful for solid or semisolid dosage formulations used to treat ocular hypertension.
US09855229B2
The present patent application relates to treatment of a respiratory disorder using retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma t (ROR-gamma) modulators. Particularly, the present patent application relates to treatment of a respiratory disorder using a RORγ inhibitor, wherein the RORγ inhibitor is administered by an inhalation route to a subject in need thereof.
US09855225B2
The present invention includes methods and compositions for treating a transplant recipient by administration of a CB2 receptor agonist either alone or in combination with one or more active pharmaceutical ingredients to block the rejection of foreign tissue and prolong grafted organs, tissues and cells.
US09855219B2
The present invention relates to a composition suitable for forming an optical coating, the composition comprising core-shell nanoparticles, wherein said nanoparticles comprise: (a) core material comprising polymer; and (b) shell material comprising metal oxide.
US09855215B2
A Methotrexate composition for oral administration is provided comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Methotrexate and an aqueous carrier agent. The Methotrexate salt is substantially or completely soluble in the aqueous carrier agent, forming an aqueous solution. There is also provided a method of manufacturing a Methotrexate composition for oral administration, comprising mixing a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of Methotrexate with an aqueous carrier agent until the Methotrexate salt is substantially or completely soluble in the carrier agent to form an aqueous solution.
US09855213B2
Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as zoledronic acid, in an acid or a salt form can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions, such as complex regional pain syndrome.
US09855193B2
A reminder identification article for a container comprises a pliable circumferential band comprising an inner and outer perimeter; indicia on the outer perimeter; a moveable indicia window to circumnavigate the band; and at least one pliable securing tab integrated at the inner perimeter that extends away from the inner perimeter to frictionally secure the container positioned within the inner perimeter. The band may comprise detent positions to facilitate discretely adjusting the position of the moveable indicia window, and such detent positions correspond to the various indicia markings; and a portion of the outer perimeter may receive identification markings. Other articles may comprise a first band at least partially encased by a second band, wherein the second band rotates about the first band and comprises a cutaway window to reveal indicia markings upon the first band. This other article may comprise the various features of the first article configuration.
US09855185B2
A massaging device includes a housing having a chamber and a number of grooves communicating with the chamber of the housing, the housing has a number of massaging protrusions, a casing is engaged in the housing and includes a number of massaging projections slidably engaged with the grooves of the housing, and a cover is secured to the casing for moving the casing relative to the housing and for moving the massaging projections of the casing relative to and along the grooves of the housing respectively. The casing includes a number of beams each having a number of massaging projections. The cover includes a number of catches engaged with the beams for securing the beams of the casing together.
US09855180B2
A massage machine has a base (1) and a bed (6) with a first longitudinal axis frame transversally swinging mounted on the base (1) and sustaining a patient support plane (7) having a head crossbar and a foot crossbar (17, 11) being mutually connected by telescopic side members (18) and ball joints (19). A second frame being mounted under the patient support plane (7) and has pairs of lower and upper oscillating end cross members (59, 60 and 59-A, 60-A) being joined together by pairs of lower and upper telescopic longitudinal members (62, 63) and ball joints (19-B) and supports a longitudinally movable massage apparatus having massaging roller systems (27) and massaging planetary systems (28) arranged on supporting frames (45, 45-A) movable in turn on lower telescopic longitudinal members (62), and patient supporting elements with idle transversal rollers (29, 30) sliding on upper telescopic longitudinal members (63).
US09855178B2
Described are surgical drapes and system with universal application to heavy equipment useful in operating room environments. Surgical drape systems of the invention are particularly capable of covering patient support machinery such as hoists, lifts, and slings, whether the equipment is mobile or stationary, or configured as a floor-based or as an overhead support/lifting system. The drapes of the current invention provide for protecting the equipment from exposure to surgical biohazard waste e.g.; blood or body fluids, as well as providing the ability to use equipment that is otherwise not presently allowed to enter into an operating room because of the impossibility to render such equipment sterile. The drapes further allow for the holding, lifting and positioning of the patient whole body or limbs while maintaining sterility during prepping and surgical procedures. Also included are support slings for use with the drapes.
US09855166B2
Cosmetic method and apparatus are provided that can provide cooling and/or freezing of skin tissue proximal to the skin surface to generate an appearance of lightening or reduced pigmentation in the skin. The skin can be cooled to a temperature of less than about −5 degrees Celsius for a duration of about one minute or less, using a cooled surface that is at least 3 cm in width. A cooling arrangement can be provided to provide controlled heat removal from the skin tissue being treated. A sensor can optionally be provided to detect freezing of tissue proximal to the cooled surface.
US09855165B2
A method of interrupting the life cycle of sperm that includes subjecting a user to a first and a second treatment session in a male birth-control cycle. The first treatment session including a mature-sperm inhibition step of emitting, through at least one transducer, an amount energy for a predetermined period of time that is directed to the entire male reproductive system including but not limited to at least one of an epididymal tubules and an ejaculation ducts of the user, via a constant coupling configuration of the transducer with the user, to render a plurality of sperm transported therein to be immotile. The second treatment session includes subjecting the user to the mature-sperm inhibition step before a sperm-maturation time whereby sperm carried by the user are in a mature state.
US09855158B2
A system for treating a bifurcation includes a first radially expandable stent and a second radially expandable stent. The first stent has a side hole and a plurality of lateral elements extending from the side hole. The second stent has a plurality of axial elements extending away from the proximal end of the second stent. The axial elements of the second stent interdigitate with the lateral elements of the first stent when both stents have been expanded.
US09855153B2
An intracorporeal portion of a percutaneous device for a joint disarticulation prosthesis or joint replacement prosthesis, the intracorporeal portion having an extracorporeal portion or having means for rigidly coupling directly to an extracorporeal portion, the extracorporeal portion being for location exterior to the skin, the intracorporeal portion having an articulating component for articulating with an articulating surface, wherein the articulating component is intracorporeal when installed in a human or animal subject.
US09855151B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed down an endoscopic tube.
US09855149B2
Technologies are generally provided for a spinal fusion device to achieve interbody fusion and maintain intervertebral spacing. The spinal fusion device includes at least two wedge-shaped intervertebral implants (IVIs) configured to be inserted between adjacent vertebrae, such that a thin end of each IVI is positioned toward a midline of the vertebrae, and a thick end of each IVI is positioned substantially flush with outer surfaces of the vertebrae. A lower surface of a superior vertebral body and an upper surface of an adjacent inferior vertebral body are resected to accommodate the IVIs, and a portion of an intervertebral disc (IVD) is also removed to facilitate insertion of the IVIs. The IVIs are inserted in substantially opposite positions to each other between the vertebrae, and an interconnecting member is inserted to connect the IVIs. The interconnecting member passes through residual IVD to stabilize the IVIs in position between the vertebrae.
US09855145B2
Photodynamic devices for stabilizing a joint are provided. In some embodiments, a photodynamic joint spacer is provided that includes an expandable member configured for attachment to a bone having an excised region; a formable bar configured for attachment to the bone along at least a portion of the expandable member; and a light-sensitive liquid passed into the expandable member to expand the expandable member, wherein the expandable member is shaped by the formable bar to a shape resembling the excised region of the bone, and wherein the light-sensitive liquid is curable upon exposure to light energy to set the expandable member in the shape resembling the excised region to form a photodynamic joint spacer.
US09855144B2
A penile prosthetic includes an insertion tool contained inside of an inflatable bladder of a penile implant. The penile implant is sized for insertion into a dilated corpora cavernosum of a penis. The penile implant has a proximal tip that is insertable into the crus penis, with the inflatable bladder connected to the proximal tip. The inflatable bladder has a first column strength and includes a distal tip that is insertable into the glans penis. The insertion tool provides the inflatable bladder with an effective column strength that is greater than the first column strength.
US09855141B2
Described embodiments are directed toward centrally-opening leaflet prosthetic valve devices having a leaflet frame and a mechanically coupled leaflet. The described leaflet frames have projections that are configured to couple with apertures located within the leaflet attachment region of a leaflet. Some embodiments are further directed toward pulmonary valved conduits incorporating such leaflet and leaflet frame constructs. Methods of making and using such prosthetic valve devices are also described amongst others.
US09855139B2
An apparatus for deploying an intraocular lens into an eye including a fluid delivery device that includes a fluid passageway extending to a proximal end of the fluid delivery device, the fluid passageway adapted to allow a fluid to flow therethrough from the proximal end of the fluid delivery device to within the fluid passageway, and a side vent that is not an intraocular lens delivery port, the side vent disposed proximal to an intraocular lens and adapted to vent air when fluid flows through the fluid passage, wherein the side vent is adapted to resist the flow of a viscoelastic material therethrough.
US09855137B2
Accommodating intraocular lenses containing a flowable media and their methods of accommodation.
US09855132B2
Systems and methods for providing fixation of soft tissue (for example, ligament) to bone by employing a novel multi-piece device. The novel multi-piece device is a ligament fixation system consisting of a larger collar that is initially impacted into a bone aperture, and a smaller plug/bullet-shaped part that is impacted into the larger collar. During ligament repair/reconstruction, the graft is inserted into a bone tunnel with sutures from the graft extending outside the tunnel. The sutures are passed through a collar of the multi-part device and the collar is then inserted into the bone tunnel. The graft suture strands may be tensioned. Subsequently, the smaller plug/bullet-shaped part is impacted into the collar thereby maintaining the tension on the graft sutures. The plug/bullet-shaped part is tightened after the desired tension on the suture is achieved.
US09855130B2
A system may include an endoluminal prosthesis and a guide wire. The prosthesis may include a tubular body including a graft material wall, a proximal end opening, a distal end opening, and a lumen extending longitudinally therein. The prosthesis may include first and second fenestrations in the graft material wall. The first and second fenestrations may be spaced from one another circumferentially about the tubular body. The guide wire may have a first end and a second end both extending from a region proximal of the proximal end opening. The guide wire may enter the proximal end opening, exit the first fenestration, partially traverse an exterior surface of the prosthesis, enter the second fenestration, and exit the proximal end opening. No portion of the guide wire may extend distally beyond the distal end opening.
US09855126B2
Various embodiments of a mesh or implant system are provided. In certain embodiments, a tissue fixation device is included. The tissue fixation device can include an eyelet structure having an opening and one or more teeth adapted to grasp tissue to secure the implant in place.
US09855106B2
Systems and methods for positioning a cut guide using navigation-based techniques are discussed. For example, a system for use in an orthopedic surgery on a target bone can comprise a cut guide adjustably positionable onto the target bone via two or more coupling receptacles created on the target bone. The coupling receptacles can include one or more guide members and a plurality of landing members. The system also includes an input interface that can receive a target bone representation, and a model receiver module that can receive a generic post-coupling bone model. The target bone representation can include a data set representing two or more landing sites of the target bone, and the generic post-coupling bone model can include a data set representing a bone having two or more coupling receptacles each sized, shaped or otherwise configured to receive and secure the respective coupling feature of the landing members. The system can include a navigation-based guide coupling preparation system that can generate a plan for positioning the cut guide onto or conforming to the target bone. The system can further include a display module that provides presentations of the coupling between the target bone and the cut guide.
US09855099B2
In some embodiments, the instant invention provides for a system that includes at least the following components: (i) an Alexandrite laser pumping subsystem; where the Alexandrite laser pumping subsystem is configured to: 1) produce wavelengths between 700 and 820 nm, and 2) produce a pump pulse having: i) a duration between 1 to 10 milliseconds, and ii) an energy measuring up to 100 Joules; where the Alexandrite laser pumping subsystem includes: 1) an optical fiber, and 2) a Lens system, (ii) a Thulium doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Tm:YAG) laser subsystem; where the Tm:YAG laser subsystem includes: 1) a Tm:YAG gain medium, 2) a rod heat sink, and 3) at least one cooling device, (iii) a wavelength selecting device, where the wavelength selecting device is configured to deliver a wavelength between 1.75 microns to 2.1 microns; and where the system is configured to produce a high energy conversion efficiency.
US09855097B2
Catheter apparatuses, systems, and methods for achieving renal neuromodulation by intravascular access are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods that incorporate a catheter treatment device comprising an elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is sized and configured to deliver an energy delivery element to a renal artery via an intravascular path. Thermal or electrical renal neuromodulation may be achieved via direct and/or via indirect application of thermal and/or electrical energy to heat or cool, or otherwise electrically modulate, neural fibers that contribute to renal function, or of vascular structures that feed or perfuse the neural fibers.
US09855088B2
A torque limiting instrument can is configured to drive a shaft to rotate in a select direction in response to an applied torque until the applied torque reaches a predetermined threshold.
US09855084B2
A bioabsorbable surgical osteosynthesis plate operable to be secured by at least one fastener through at least one fastener opening formed in the plate to a bone. The plate includes a flat section having first and second surfaces defining a main plane of the plate. The plate includes a polymer material that is oriented multiaxially and is substantially rigid and substantially deformable at a first thermochemical state. In the multiaxially oriented structure of the plate the polymer material is arranged according to at least three different orientation axes along the main plane of the plate as a result of solid state drawing of the plate. The polymer material of the plate has isotropic mechanical tear properties in different directions along the main plane of the plate.
US09855068B2
A system for magnetically suspending tissue includes a grasper placement tool, a tissue grasper, a magnetic coupling element, and a tether which secures the magnetic coupling element to the tissue grasper. The grasper placement tool is used to simultaneously introduce both the tissue grasper and the magnetic coupling element to a body cavity. The grasper then releases the magnetic coupling element and engages a target tissue structure. The tissue grasper is then detached from the placement tool and a conventional laparoscopic or other grasper is used to engage the magnetic coupling element to an external magnet.
US09855061B2
Equipment for inserting a joint prosthesis, in particular a femur component of a knee prosthesis, comprises a base frame having a guiding plate and a laterally protruding primary gage, a fastening device on the bone, and a curved milling gage having a main body and a guiding piece, which can be moved along a curved guiding path relative to the main body and has a receptacle for an abrasive tool. Furthermore, the equipment comprises an aligning device, which places the curved milling gage in a clearly defined relative position when the curved milling gage is inserted into the base frame. Due to the precise positioning in conjunction with the curved guiding path, the mounting seat can be prepared easily without damaging surrounding tissue. Thus, even large and complexly shaped prostheses, such as knee joint prosthesis, can be reproducibly inserted in an easy and safe manner.
US09855056B2
An implant for use in orthognathic surgery of a mandible may include a longitudinal plate member and a plurality of pre-configured guides coupled to the plate member. The longitudinal plate member is pre-bent to correspond to the post-operative shape of the mandible; and the guides are pre-configured to align the plate member with the mandible when the implant is positioned against the mandible after the mandible has been separated.
US09855052B2
Devices and methods for treating vascular defects, such as, for example, balloon-type aneurysms, are described herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an insertion portion and an expandable implant. The expandable implant is configured to be deployed in an aneurysm and is coupled to the insertion portion. The expandable implant has a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The expandable implant is movable between a first configuration in which the first portion and the second portion are substantially linearly aligned and a second configuration in which the second portion at least partially overlaps the first portion.
US09855048B2
Systems and methods are provided for reversibly controlling a size and/or restricting the movement of a body orifice, such as a pyloric opening, using an implantable device configured to allow a distance between opposed ends thereof to be adjusted. A device is provided having attachment members and a connector portion extending therebetween and configured such that a size of the pyloric opening is decreased upon the implantation of the device. The connector can be adjustable to allow a size of the pyloric opening to be adjusted after it has been restricted. The connector can include two or more bridge portions having different lengths such that cutting a first bridge portion can increase the distance between the attachment members so as to increase the size of the pyloric opening. To revert to a natural size of the body orifice, the entire connector can be cut or otherwise broken and/or removed.
US09855045B2
An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery is provided. The anvil assembly includes a housing configured to receive a guide suture that is severed during a stapling procedure. An anvil delivery assembly including the anvil assembly and a suture guide assembly secured to the anvil assembly is also provided.
US09855041B2
A surgical fastener includes a first leg having a distal end, a proximal end, and a first insertion tip at the distal end of the first leg, the first insertion tip having a first distal piercing point, and a second leg having a distal end, a proximal end, and a second insertion tip at the distal end of the second leg, the second insertion tip having a second distal piercing point. A bridge connects the first and second legs. The first and second distal piercing points are located outside the respective first and second legs. The first and second legs extend along respective longitudinal axes, and the first and second insertion tips are asymmetrical and skewed outwardly relative to said respective longitudinal axes of the first and second legs.
US09855039B2
A surgical device is disclosed which includes a handle portion, a central body portion and a SULU. The SULU includes a proximal body portion, an intermediate pivot member and a tool assembly. The intermediate pivot member is pivotally secured to the proximal body portion about a first pivot axis and the tool assembly is pivotally secured to the intermediate pivot member about a second pivot axis which is orthogonal to the first pivot axis. The SULU includes a plurality of articulation links which are operably connected to the tool assembly by non-rigid links. The articulation links are adapted to releasably engage articulation links positioned in the central body portion. The body portion articulation links are connected to an articulation actuator which is supported for omni-directional movement to effect articulation of the tool assembly about the first and second axes. The handle portion includes a spindle and barrel assembly drive mechanism for advancing and retracting a drive member positioned in the tool assembly. In one embodiment, the tool assembly includes a cartridge assembly having a plurality of staples and an anvil assembly.
US09855035B2
This disclosure includes needle holders and related methods. Some holders use or include an elongated handle having a proximal portion and a distal portion, a first jaw member coupled to the distal portion of the handle, a second jaw member pivotally coupled to the first jaw member, and a lever pivotally coupled to the handle and coupled to the second jaw member such that the lever can be actuated by a user's thumb to selectively open and close the jaw members. In some holders, the handle extends proximally beyond the lever such that the lever can be actuated by the user's thumb to selectively open and close the jaw members while the handle is grasped within the user's hand. In some holders, the handle is defined by an elongated housing defining an interior volume configured to receive at least a portion of the lever when the jaw members are closed.
US09855022B2
An ultrasound system includes a 2-D transducer array and a velocity processor. The 2-D transducer array includes a first 1-D array of one or more rows of transducing elements configured to produce first ultrasound data. The 2-D transducer array further includes a second 1-D array of one or more columns of transducing elements configured to produce second ultrasound data. The first and second 1-D arrays are configured for row-column addressing. The velocity processor processes the first and the second ultrasound data, producing 3-D vector flow data. The 3-D vector flow data includes an axial component, a first lateral component transverse to the axial component, and a second lateral component transverse to the axial component and the first lateral component.
US09855021B2
An interventional medical device is provided that incorporates a forward-directed ultrasound imaging system integrated into a single minimally invasive device. The medical device can be in the form of an image guided catheter having a replaceable and reusable ultrasound imaging assemble and replaceable interventional devices such as a removable introducer needle and syringe, the device having a tapered distal tip, particularly those suitable for minimally invasive direct introduction into the human or other mammalian body. The imaging system comprises one or more small ultrasound transducers that can be replaceably integrated into the device via a longitudinal slot in an expendable elongate body and may be inserted into and removed from the device to customize the device for a particular use. An ultrasound system can be provided in the device either alone or in combination with fiber optic imaging to provide a range of forward imaging and therapeutic capabilities of the device for direct access to a target site from the skin via the removable introducer needle.
US09855016B2
Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus including a moving member configured to move along a ceiling; a first arm supported by the moving member to rotate with respect to a first rotation axis, wherein the first arm supports a first radiation source and a first radiation detector which are facing each other; a second arm configured to rotate with respect to a second rotation axis crossing the first rotation axis, wherein the second ram supports a second radiation source and a second radiation detector which are facing each other; and a supporting arm supported by the moving member, wherein the supporting arm supports the second arm such that the second arm may be rotatable with respect to the second rotation axis.
US09855014B2
The present disclosure relates to the manufacture and use of a non-rigid breast compression paddle, such as a compression paddle having a mesh material forming the primary interface with patient tissue. In certain implementations, an automatic feedback driven approach may be used in conjunction with such a compression paddle for compressing breast tissue.
US09855006B2
Systems and methods for assessing compliance with position therapy. In an embodiment, position therapy is provided to a user while the user is wearing a position therapy device. The position therapy comprises, by the device, collecting positional data, determining positions of the user over a time period based on the positional data, and, when it is determined that the user is in a target position, providing feedback to the user to influence the user to change to a non-target position. In addition, the device stores a duration of use in its memory. The duration of use indicates a duration that the user has used the wearable position therapy device in each of one or more positions. An assessment of the user's compliance with the position therapy is then provided based, at least in part, on the duration of use.
US09854997B1
A force measurement system includes a plurality of force measurement assemblies arranged in a loop configuration, the plurality of force measurement assemblies configured to be displaced around a continuous path of movement such that a particular one of the plurality of force measurement assemblies that is disposed underneath a subject varies over time. Each of the plurality of force measurement assemblies includes a top surface for receiving at least one portion of the body of the subject; and at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top surface of the force measurement assembly by the subject. The force measurement system may additionally comprise a data processing device operatively coupled to each of the force transducers of each of the force measurement assemblies.
US09854992B2
A new apparatus, algorithm, and method are introduced herein to support navigation and placement of an intravascular catheter using the electrical conduction system of the heart (ECSH) and control electrodes placed on the patient's skin.
US09854991B2
Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a configurable theater system. The configurable theater instrument can be any instrument positioned in a theater that is configured to have more than one position. A localizer can generate an electromagnetic field that is sensed by a tracking device to determine a location of the tracking device with the sensed electromagnetic field.
US09854987B2
A neural interface for measuring or stimulating brain neural activity, either as a standalone unit or as a part of a larger system of similar neural interfaces. The neural interface includes a bolt-shaped housing having a tool-engaging head and threaded shank with internal circuitry and at least one electrode. In use, the housing is threaded into a cranial bore such that the electrode contacts the outer surface of the meninges. The neural interface circuitry includes an SAR ADC that provides at least rail-to-rail operation to convert received signals from the electrode(s) into digital data that can be modulated and wirelessly transmitted by intra-skin or other suitable communication.
US09854984B2
An optical detection unit includes a light emitting portion 150 that emits light toward a target object, a light receiving portion 140 that receives light from the target object, and a light blocking member 70 that blocks light from being incident to at least the light receiving portion 140. The light blocking member 70 includes a light blocking wall 100 that is formed by performing sheet metal processing on a metal, and is provided between the light emitting portion 150 and the light receiving portion 140 so as to block light from the light emitting portion 150 from being incident to the light receiving portion 140. The light blocking wall 100 is formed of a first metal surface 71 of the light blocking member 70.
US09854980B2
A device for monitoring a skin surface for leakage of blood at, for example, a wound or a vascular access. The device comprises a patient unit, a connection unit and a monitor unit. The patient unit comprises a patch, including an adhesive layer to be attached to the skin surface of the patient. The adhesive layer is arranged to attach the patch to the skin so that a predetermined removal force, such as 30N, is required for removing the patch from the skin surface. A patient optical fiber is arranged at the patch and has a proximal end for connection to the connection unit. A patient connector is arranged at the distal end of a connection optical fiber. The connector has an opening passing through the connector, whereby the connection optical fiber is arranged in one end of the opening. The patient optical fiber may be inserted in the other end of the opening so that the proximal end of the patient optical fiber is arranged in register with the distal end of the connection optical fiber in order to transmit light between the optical fibers. A spring is arranged in the connector for exerting a force at the patient optical fiber at a side surface thereof for preventing unintentional withdrawal of the patient optical fiber. However, when the withdrawal force is larger than the removal force of the patch, the patient optical fiber is withdrawn from the connector. Thus, the patch is not removed from the skin even when a large force is exerted on the optical fibers.
US09854978B2
A probe cover for medical thermometer has a matching feature for preventing its use with an incompatible thermometer. A mechanical matching feature of the probe cover includes at least one of a fold, a step, or a series of holes or indentations that are respectively matched to a ridge, a valley or series of pins formed on the front end of a compatible thermometer. When applied to the compatible thermometer, the mechanical matching feature permits the probe cover to be fully seated on and retained by the probe, thereby placing the thermometer in condition for use. Alternatively, an opto-electronic matching feature of the probe cover includes a reflective layer for use with an opto-electronic detection circuit of a compatible thermometer. When applied to the compatible thermometer, the opto-electronic detection detects the reflective layer and places the compatible thermometer in an operational state for use.
US09854975B2
Skin monitoring device for application near the skin includes a processing circuit and at least one photosensor configured to detect at least one approximate wavelength of light reflected and/or emitted by the skin. A signal receiving circuit receives signals from the photosensor.
US09854972B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for remote monitoring. In some example implementations, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a remote monitor, a notification message representative of an event detected, by a server, from analyte sensor data obtained from a receiver monitoring an analyte state of a host; presenting, at the remote monitor, the notification message to activate the remote monitor, wherein the remote monitor is configured by the server to receive the notification message to augment the receiver monitoring of the analyte state of the host; accessing, by the remote monitor, the server, in response to the presenting of the notification message; and receiving, in response to the accessing, information including at least the analyte sensor data. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09854963B2
An apparatus to produce an OCT of an eye or a brain of a patient to identify one or more plaques in a plurality of discrete OCT retinal layers. The apparatus also includes a plurality of methods for identifying one or more plaques in a plurality of discrete OCT retinal layers that can include a contrast agent and a normative database.
US09854957B2
Dishwasher appliances and method for operating dishwasher appliances are provided. A method includes executing a wet cycle, wherein a heating unit and a fan of a desiccant assembly are active during the wet cycle. The desiccant assembly includes the heating unit, the fan, and a desiccant module and is in fluid communication with a wash chamber of the dishwasher appliance. The method further includes executing a delay period, the delay period occurring for a predetermined time period between the wet cycle and a dry cycle, wherein the heating unit and the fan are active during the delay period. The method further includes draining liquid from the wash chamber after the delay period, and executing a dry cycle, wherein the fan is active and the heating unit is inactive during the dry cycle.
US09854955B2
In one aspect of the invention, a portable floor care system with manually interchangeable AC and DC vacuum motor head assemblies for use in cleaning hard surface flooring may include: a reservoir defining an interior space operable to hold a cleaning liquid; a spigot fluidly connected to the reservoir interior space, the spigot manually adjustable through a range between a fully open position and a fully closed position, whereby when the reservoir contains a cleaning liquid, a user may dispense and regulate the flow of the cleaning liquid from the reservoir through the spigot by manually adjusting the spigot; a vacuum recovery tank; an AC vacuum motor head assembly and a DC vacuum motor head assembly manually and interchangeably fluidly connectable to the vacuum recovery tank; and a DC power supply assembly. In another aspect of the invention, a portable floor care system with manually interchangeable AC and DC vacuum motor head assemblies for use in cleaning hard surface flooring may include a reservoir assembly including: a reservoir defining an interior space operable to hold a cleaning liquid; a wheeled chassis; and a spigot fluidly connected to the reservoir interior space, the spigot manually adjustable through a range between a fully open position and a fully closed position, whereby when the reservoir contains a cleaning liquid, a user may dispense and regulate the flow of the cleaning liquid from the reservoir through the spigot by manually adjusting the spigot. The portable floor care system may further include: a vacuum recovery tank manually and removably positionable on the reservoir assembly; an AC vacuum motor head assembly and a DC vacuum motor head assembly interchangeably manually and removably positionable on the vacuum recovery tank in fluid communication with the vacuum recovery tank; and a DC power supply assembly manually and removably positionable on the reservoir assembly.
US09854948B1
A paper toweling dispenser for dispensing paper toweling from a roll of paper toweling including a top roller located between the paper roll and the drum of the dispenser which moves in radial cams along the outer circumference of the drum as a pulling force is applied to the leading edge of the paper toweling by a user.
US09854939B2
A device for grilling and cooking food. The device should be easy to produce and safe to handle. The device includes a pan made of steel with lateral walls and a heating surface for cooking food, which heating surface is disposed largely horizontal, optionally with a slight incline inwards, and which is connected to the lateral walls. The pan includes a grate-like intermediate base disposed parallel to the heating surface, with the heating surface disposed at least along one of the lateral walls of the pan.
US09854936B2
A portable camping and survival stove includes a stand comprising a pair of flat stock lower cross-members adjoined via a complementary slot in each member, each lower cross-member having a lower edge and a pair of double tabs spaced apart on an upper edge configured to secure on a shelf there between a lower edge of a rigid container. The disclosed stove also includes a cook top comprising a pair of flat stock upper cross-members adjoined via a complementary slot in each member, each upper cross-member having an upper cooking edge and a pair of double tabs spaced apart on a lower edge configured to secure on a shelf there between an upper edge of the rigid container. Furthermore, the rigid container may be a discarded can or a collapsible four-sided container for flammable material and include holes for air flow in a bottom and at least one side thereof.
US09854935B2
A home carbonation machine including a gas canister connectable to a carbonation head and a non-metal carbonation tube including an integrally formed metal tip set at distal end thereof and where the carbonation tube is connectable to the carbonation head in order to transport injected carbon dioxide from the gas canister to a bottle of water.
US09854933B2
The present disclosure includes an extraction assembly for use in an automatic espresso brewer. The extraction assembly includes components and methods for controllably extracting espresso beverage from a quantity of brewing substance. The components, assemblies, and methods facilitate improved control and operation of the extraction assembly and improve the reliability of the extraction assembly. The brewing substance is compacted between a pair of opposing pistons. Compacting force is monitored through at least one sensor carried on the extraction assembly to provide a signal to a controller. A predetermined compacting force may be programmed into the system for all brewing cycles or dependent upon the brewing substance used. The pair of pistons operates relative to a brew chamber for use in the espresso extraction process. The pistons provide compacting force and boundaries within the chamber and facilitate removal of a spent brewing substance puck at the end of the brewing cycle. Compacting force is monitored at the start of the brewing process and a predetermined force is required before the brewing process can be started. During the brewing process compacting force can be maintained and controllably adjusted. A variety of sensor methods and locations can be used to detect and monitoring compacting force.
US09854931B2
A food container is covered by a foil to enclose food to be steam cooked. A holding chamber has a lid configured to be opened so that the food container can be placed within the chamber. When the lid is closed, the food container is enclosed within the holding chamber. A plurality of first nozzles extending from the lid into the holding chamber wherein when the lid is closed, the plurality of nozzles penetrate through the foil of the food container. A shower of superheated steam is introduced into the food container through the nozzles to cook the food. Steam is pulled from the food container through a centrally located exhaust port in the lid, and is reheated and recirculated back into the food container through the nozzles.
US09854930B1
A foldable mat has a flat flexible base portion with a margin and has finger tabs integrally molded with the base portion out of a polymeric material. The finger tabs extend upward from the base portion. The finger tabs can be grasped and pulled upward to allow the mat to fold so that the bottom surface halves of the mat fold inward on each other, masking the potentially contaminated bottom surface of the mat from contact with anything else. The mat can then be stored in a folded condition.
US09854925B2
A new range of ready to use home baking products, measured and proportioned, is provided for selection of the required ingredients for the type of cake required and bake. The general idea is that home bakers, without any special baking experience, knowledge or commercial baking background can bake professional tasting cake. The range contains unique concepts which are embodied in the kiosk and associated displays, which include pour and bake batter, dry cake mixes, Danish pastry dough, filling, toppings, icing, fondant and all the other typical ingredients necessary needed and involved in home cake baking, similar to the range of fresh baked commercial available goods. One stop shopping is provided in a kiosk, where not only are all the ingredients available but where the home baker can interface with a baking company's logo and computer display and vending of products for all the various information one may need.
US09854923B2
A display case has a first display case portion with walls configured so that each wall of a plurality of first fixed walls has a coupling edge arranged at the same coupling framework between the first portion and a second portion of the display case. The coupling edges of the first fixed walls are coplanar to one another and at least two of the first fixed walls are adjacent to each other and fastened together through gluing along a corner substantially perpendicular to the plane of the coupling edges. A groove is formed longitudinally on the coupling edge of each of the first fixed walls, the grooves of the first fixed walls jointly defining a channel along the coupling framework; a hoop cable is housed in the channel, closed on itself.The hoop cable contributes to keeping the walls coupled together at the coupling framework, ensuring that the walls stay in position even in the case in which the gluing with which the first fixed walls are fastened together partially or even totally gives way.
US09854921B2
A climate controlled bedding system includes at least one coil spring layer; and an air supply fluidly coupled to the one or more fluid conduits. In some embodiments, a filter is disposed within a flow path of a fluid conduit.
US09854915B2
Disclosed is a climate control device, comprising a distribution insert and an air mover attached to the distribution insert. The air mover includes two or more diverter openings moving a fluid through the distribution insert and through a support device.
US09854905B2
A sliding-pivoting mechanism of a shelf includes a first pivot arm and a second pivot arm. The pivot arms are attached to side walls of a body and arranged parallel to each other at a distance from each other. A guide rail is fastened to second ends of the pivot arms in such a way that the guide rail can be pivoted parallel to the plane of the side walls and that the guide rail can be pivoted from a lower position to a raised, upper position. The mechanism also includes at least one running rail, which can be moved linearly in the guide rail and to which the shelf is fastened. The sliding-pivoting mechanism includes a locking mechanism for preventing a pivoting motion of the sliding-pivoting mechanism in a raised and a lowered end position. The locking mechanism is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivot arms and can be actuated by means of an activator fastened to the running rail.
US09854899B2
A rotary mounting stand for removably holding a decoy, camera or there selected device upright on the ground. The stand includes an upright rod with a helical coil or flights forming an auger having a point at the lower distal end to be fixedly and removably screwed into the ground to support the stand in an upright position. The top end of the rod forming the stand shape cap configured, sized and shaped to correspond to the mounting base of a selected device to be supported on the stand. Just above the helical coil at least two outward extending legs extend normal to or perpendicular to the vertical rod forming a base when the auger portion is screwed into the ground. The distal end of each of the legs are bent or angled to extend upward perpendicular from the ground a selected distance forming handles for the purpose of rotating the auger into the ground. The auger is intended to be cranked until the at least two outward extending legs come to bear against the ground for increased lateral support.
US09854898B2
A suspension therapy apparatus features a hammock formed from a rectangular textile modified at its long edges with a first and second plurality of attachment loops. The hammock suspends from a support with suspension hardware that permits the hammock to swing back and forth and rotate 360 degrees. One or more safety straps weave through and removably attach to one or more loops among the pluralities of attachment loops on the textile according to specified patterns to accommodate patients who wish to sit or lay in the hammock and to prevent patients from falling or becoming entangled in the straps. Additional optional features include a pulley system that allows a therapist to raise and lower the hammock as needed, an integrated or removable seat, and anchor points for securing the hammock with ties to fixed points on the ground or frame.
US09854891B2
The invention relates to a hair styling aid (1), in particular for curling hair, and to a method of styling (curling) hair. The hair styling aid (1) comprises a guide (16) for receiving a length of hair to be styled, and a rotatable element (20). In use, the rotatable element (20) rotates relative to the guide (16), pushing a portion of the hair to one side and winding it around a protrusion (36). The hair styling aid has a housing (6) comprising a front chamber (8) and a rear chamber (10), and the rotatable element (20) is located between the front chamber and the rear chamber.
US09854877B2
A graphic transfer assembly is disclosed. The graphic transfer assembly includes an inflatable member that is capable of expanding to fill the interior of an article of footwear. The graphic transfer assembly can include a fluid pump for filling the inflatable member.
US09854868B2
An article of footwear is disclosed below as having an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a perimeter chamber, a central chamber, and an outsole. The perimeter chamber extends adjacent to at least a portion of a lateral sidewall and a medial sidewall of the sole structure. The central chamber is positioned within a central area of the sole structure, the central area being located between the lateral sidewall and the medial sidewall. The outsole defines at least a portion of a lower surface of the sole structure, and has a perimeter section secured below the perimeter chamber and a central section secured below the central chamber. Various features may be incorporated into the sole structure. For example, the perimeter chamber may be spaced from the central chamber and the perimeter section may be spaced from the central section to define a gap extending upward and into the sole structure from the lower surface.
US09854865B2
Protective headgear comprising one or more plates and one or more connectors, such as an adjustable strap, connecting the plates to each other and to a user's head. Each plate comprises an inner layer, a trauma plate, and an outer layer, where the trauma plate is located between the inner layer and the outer layer. The inner layer and the outer layer may be foam, while the trauma plate may be a rigid material. The one or more plates may comprise a front plate shaped to conform to the user's forehead; a back plate shaped to conform to the back of the user's head; a right plate shaped to conform to the right side of the user's head, covering the user's right ear; a left plate shaped to conform to the left side of the user's head, covering the user's left ear; and/or a top plate shaped to conform to the top of the user's head.
US09854841B2
Electronic smoking articles, and methods are provided. An exemplary article comprises a control body portion having a first control component therein. A cartridge body portion is removably engaged with the control body portion. The cartridge body portion includes a consumable arrangement having an aerosol precursor composition, a heating element, and a second control component. The consumable arrangement is configured to communicate with the first control component upon engagement between the cartridge body and control body portions. The first control component is configured to send a challenge to the second control component, and to receive a response to the challenge therefrom. The first control component is further configured to authorize the consumable arrangement for use with the control body portion, if the response corresponds to the challenge.
US09854822B2
Microbial starter cultures. More specifically, a method for preparing a microbial starter culture wherein the microorganism is inoculated in a culture medium comprising at least one 5 yield enhancing agent selected from the group consisting of a purine base, a pyrimidine base, a nucleoside and a nucleotide. Such microbial starter cultures are useful in the manufacturing of food, feed and pharmaceutical products.
US09854818B2
A method includes neutralizing yogurt whey with a basic material to form a neutralized yogurt whey having a pH of at least 6.0 and removing water from the neutralized yogurt whey to form a yogurt whey concentrate. Neutralized yogurt whey compositions and concentrates are also described.
US09854816B1
An animal stunner for use in livestock/slaughterhouse operations has a piston slideable within an inner chamber, and a fire pressure chamber with an annular configuration disposed adjacent the rearward or central end of the inner chamber. A stunning rod is driven forward by the piston to stun the animal and rearward to retract the rod. A valve system alternately controls flow of the pressurized fluid from the fire pressure chamber to the rearward end of the inner chamber to move the piston and drive the stunning rod. A catch system holds and releases the stunning rod. A compressed fluid supply is used to retract the stunning rod between operation cycles. Handles employing triggers are used by the operator to hold the stunner and to activate the valve system, and cushion mount systems are attached between the handles and stunner housing to absorb shock while operating the stunner.
US09854812B2
An oven contains a continuous chain of baking tongs that can be opened and closed, and locked in the closed state. The chain circulates in the oven and moves through the baking chamber in two transport planes, one above the other. A device for opening the baking tongs, a delivery station, a loading station, a device for closing the baking tongs, and a device for locking the tongs are successively arranged in the running direction of the baking tongs, in the front part of the oven, along the upper transport plane. A product removal device contains a flatly arranged rotating support and is arranged in the delivery station. The rotating support carries removal elements embodied as suction elements along the outer periphery thereof, which it uses to remove the baked products from the open baking tongs.
US09854811B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for the treatment of plants against pathogens, elimination of insects and to increase the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables that includes coating the plant with undiluted aloe vera gel.
US09854807B2
A pesticide composition includes at least one biologically inert carrier; and at least one ferrite or at least one doped component including at least one fixed copper compound doped with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of iron compounds, zinc compounds, magnesium compounds, calcium compounds, and combinations and/or mixtures thereof. In one embodiment, the doped component has a particle size of about 0.5 nm to about 30 microns. A method for the control of pests includes the step of applying to the pests or their growth habitat the aforementioned composition. The method also includes the control of fungal and other diseases in banana plants, by applying the aforementioned composition to their growth habitat in banana plant groves.
US09854801B2
Disclosed herein are herbicidal compositions comprising a herbicidal effective amount of (a) an ethylene inhibitor, and (b) a compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein X is hydrogen or fluorine. The ethylene inhibitor can be 1-methylcyclopropene. The weight ratio of 1-methylcyclopropene, in g ai/ha to the compound defined by Formula (I), or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, in g ai/ha can be from 1:1000 to 400:1. Also disclosed herein are methods of controlling undesirable vegetation which comprise applying to vegetation or an area adjacent the vegetation or applying to soil or water to limit the emergence or growth of vegetation the composition described above.
US09854800B2
Provided herein are herbicidal compositions comprising (a) 4-amino-3-chloro-6-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoropyridine-2-carboxylic acid or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) chlormequat chloride and methods of use. The compositions provide control of undesirable vegetation in crops such as cereal crops, like wheat and barley.
US09854792B1
A product line of specialty fishing floats—floats designed specifically for overcast days and for night-fishing, and designed to work in conjunction with chemically luminescent “light sticks” to illuminate the strike-indicating float and help ensure that the angler will hook the striking fish.
US09854790B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for the prevention and/or treatment of PRRS in animals, typically domestic pigs. The invention relates to proteins which comprise fragments of CD163, nucleic acid constructs encoding such proteins, and methods of modifying expression or activity of CD 163 in vivo.
US09854789B2
A bee feeder system includes a bee house having multiple stacked levels. One of the levels includes a bee feeder having a frame with a central opening and a feeder pipe extending across the central opening. The feeder pipe has a distal section including spaced feeder holes and a proximal section that extends outside the frame. A bee food container is attached to the proximal section of the feeder pipe. The feeder pipe is rotatable relative to the frame for moving between an on position in which the feed container is above the distal section of the feeder pipe and the feeder holes face toward a bottom major face of the frame and an off position in which the feed container is below the distal section of the feeder pipe and the feeder holes face toward a top major face of the frame.
US09854788B2
An improved beehive for shedding moisture and protecting bees includes a condensation promoting surface that provides for controlled condensation of water vapor to form liquid water and transport of the condensed liquid water out of the beehive.
US09854785B2
A system for individually feeding sows within a snuggery includes entry, feeder station and exit assemblies. The entry assembly includes an entry gate module for individually admitting a sow therein. The exit assembly includes an exit gate module. The feeder station assembly includes at least one feed dispenser for dispensing a selected amount of feed into a trough and a carrier for supporting said trough. The carrier is displaceable between an extended position wherein the trough is positioned within the snuggery to permit access by a sow and a retracted position wherein the trough is inaccessible to the sow and the trough is positioned for filling by the feed dispenser. Feed may be dispensed in individualized rations to the sow under the control of a computer-driven controller. Movement of the sow within the snuggery may be controlled by sequentially illuminating regions of the snuggery, under the control of the controller.
US09854784B2
An animal feeder system for dispensing feed onto a ground surface, including a tank configured for holding feed and having a bottom end for receiving a gravity flow of feed in the tank. A spreader mechanism is operably coupled with the bottom end of the tank, and is operable to receive a flow of feed from the bottom end of the tank and periodically dispense the feed onto a ground surface proximate the tank. A bulk dump system includes a discharge port positioned in the tank and configured for capturing feed in the gravity flow, and a feed valve coupled with the discharge port and selectively operable for dispensing the captured feed from the discharge port into a pile on the ground surface.
US09854779B2
Method of managing dairy animals in a free housing including a voluntary automatic milking system, and including determining TLM as the time since the last milking of an animal, determining AVMF as an average daily voluntary milking frequency for the animal, setting a desired milking interval DMI for the animal, marking the animal for manual collection if TLM and/or DMI fulfill a collecting criterion, making a list of marked animals, collecting and milking the marked animals, wherein the collecting criterion is fulfilled if TLM is above a first interval threshold, or if TLM is at least equal to the value of a mathematical function applied to the DMI, or if AVMF is below a frequency threshold, and TLM is above a second, shorter interval threshold MRI. Also a milking arrangement is disclosed with a milking robot having a control device arranged to perform the method.
US09854775B1
A novel maize variety designated PH42A9 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42A9 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42A9 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 PH42A9 or a locus conversion of PH42A9 with another maize variety.
US09854771B2
A wheat variety designated XW14B, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW14B, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW14B with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW14B with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by backcrossing, mutagenesis or transformation of variety XW14B are disclosed. Methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety XW14B and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods are also provided.
US09854757B2
A position adjustable self-watering apparatus controllably dispenses water and nutrients by transmitting water from a primary reservoir to a second end of a tube, and selectively dispensing the liquid over a desired region of the soil. Capillary motion through a dual action wick carries the water. The tube adjustably positions over a desired region of soil through multiple means. Anchor rods that support the primary reservoir can selectively couple with correlating reception apertures in the bottom wall of the primary reservoir. Repositioning of anchor rods enables the primary reservoir to move relative to the plant container. Additionally, the tube incrementally and fixedly reorients in multiple directions. Additionally, when the container edge wedges between the anchor rod and the sidewalls of the primary reservoir, the primary reservoir slides along the container edge to a desired region above the soil. A primary reservoir valve helps regulate the flow of the liquid.
US09854756B2
A horizontal container gardening system for the regulated and automatic watering of plants grown within the system provides a large capacity water regulator having an internal water control device, supplying a controlled amount of water through connecting tubing to at least one growth container providing a constant water source to an elevated and covered plant growth medium suspended upon a platform above an elevated support structure, with at least one column of the plant growth medium extending into a bottom reservoir portion of the container, lifting water into the plant growth medium through passive wicking providing water to the roots of the plants growing within the elevated plant growth medium. The growth container may be attached to one another in series by additional tubing.
US09854753B2
The invention relates to a stripping blade for a forestry machine, which includes an attachment part for pivoting the stripping blade to the forestry machine, and an at least partly curved blade part attached to the said attachment part for stripping the branches of a tree, which blade part includes a blade surface that at least partly conforms to the trunk of the tree and a support structure conforming to the blade surface connecting to the outer surface of the blade surface relative to the tree, which said stripping blade is manufactured mainly by casting. The support structure is hollow.
US09854751B2
A greenhouse having side walls that provide a structural frame and which define an enclosed growing area. The greenhouse also has a roof which extends from the structural frame, and which has multiple roof sections extending inwardly over the growing area. A first roof section covers a first portion of the growing area and terminates in a first remote edge which is spaced inwardly from the structural frame. A second and subsequent roof sections covers the growing area and terminates in a second remote edge which overlaps the first remote edge, thus defining a vertical gap between the adjacent roof sections through which air can circulate. The greenhouse also has a cooling system mounted to a roof section which has nozzles for spraying water vapor into the circulating air, thus cooling the air.
US09854739B2
A de-grassing system having a body, a handle, and a cutter; the body having a longitudinal hollow chamber with an axis extending axially there through, with a top and bottom, the chamber further having a port permitting water to egress; the handle having a longitudinal hollow cylinder having a proximal and distal end, wherein the proximal end has a substantially perpendicular longitudinal hollow cylinder affixed thereto at the midpoint of the substantially perpendicular longitudinal hollow cylinder, wherein the substantially perpendicular longitudinal cylinder has a pair of ends providing means for rotating the system about the axis; the top connecting outwardly from the chamber for receiving the distal end of the handle; and the cutter forming the bottom, having a plurality of teeth extending axially outwardly from the chamber to engulf the sprinkler head.
US09854738B2
The adjustable guard assembly is connected to a head assembly of a string trimmer. The adjustable guard assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a mounting portion, which connects to a motor case. The housing further includes a deck portion, which extends from the mounting portion. The deck portion has a proximal end and a distal end. A first skirt member extends along and downward from the distal end of the deck portion in a generally radially outward direction. A first blade assembly includes a first blade member, provided in the interior of the first skirt member, to engage a rotating string member.
US09861012B2
A cooling system is provided which includes, for instance, a coolant supply manifold, a multifunction coolant manifold structure, and multiple cooling structures. The multifunction coolant manifold structure includes a coolant-commoning manifold and an auxiliary coolant reservoir above and in fluid communication with the coolant-commoning manifold. The multiple cooling structures are coupled in parallel fluid communication between the coolant supply and coolant-commoning manifolds to receive coolant from the supply, and exhaust coolant to the coolant-commoning manifold. The coolant-commoning manifold is sized to slow therein a flow rate of coolant exhausting from the multiple cooling structures to allow gas within the exhausting coolant to escape the coolant within the coolant-commoning manifold. The escaping gas rises to the auxiliary coolant reservoir and is replaced within the coolant-commoning manifold by coolant from the auxiliary coolant reservoir.
US09861008B2
An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is disclosed. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes an outdoor unit body, a printed circuit board having a heat generating element installed thereat, an electronic box mounted in the outdoor unit body, the electronic box having the printed circuit board installed therein, a heat dissipation module contacting the heat generating element, the heat dissipation module allowing refrigerant to flow therethrough, and a heat dissipation module support mounted in the outdoor unit body such that the heat dissipation module is fixed to the heat dissipation module support to support the heat dissipation module. Shaking of the heat dissipation module can be minimized when the electronic box is separated, thereby improving reliability of the heat dissipation module.
US09861006B2
In some embodiments, a cooling system for an induction charger includes a thermal conditioning module in fluid communication with an induction charging assembly, which includes a dock and an induction charging module. The dock can be configured to receive a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, that is configured to accept inductive charging from the induction charging module. The thermal conditioning module can include a fan or other fluid encouraging assembly, ducting, and a thermoelectric device (e.g., a Peltier device). A fluid, such as air, can flow from the fan and across and/or through the thermoelectric device, thereby conditioning the fluid. The conditioned fluid can be provided to the dock to at least partially offset the heat generated by the inductive charging and/or the portable electronic device.
US09861003B2
A flexible mounting clip is configured for engaging with a circuit board for removably attaching the circuit board to a mounting surface. A rib on an arm of the mounting clip engages with an opening in the circuit board to position and hold the circuit board in place, allowing easy replacement of the circuit board without tools.
US09860999B1
A supporting device includes a hinge module and two buffering modules respectively installed on two opposite sides of the hinge module. Each buffering module includes an external linking member fixed on the hinge module, an internal linking member movably disposed on the external linking member, a driving member installed on the hinge module and movably disposed on the external linking member, and a transmitting member installed on the external linking member and driven by the driving member to move the internal linking member. The hinge module is bendable between an unfolded position and an inwardly folded position. When the hinge module is bent from the unfolded position toward the inwardly folded position, the driving member of each buffering module moves the corresponding internal linking member away from the pivots by using the transmitting member.
US09860998B2
This invention covers a display system which includes modular deployable display units, a stand, a power source, a data input device and a display support. Each unit includes a housing, a spool assembly, a flexible electronic display member, an electrical cable and a connecting system for connecting the units to the stand and to one another, in an end to end arrangement. The assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a spool having opposite ends, to which the spool is rotatably mounted. The flexible member includes LEDs for displaying a programmable message. The flexible member has an end coupled to the spool and is displaceable between a wound configuration where the member is wound onto the spool and an unwound configuration where the member is unwound from the spool. A free end of the member is coupled to the support for displaying the message.
US09860993B2
Transparent conductors and methods of forming same are provided. A transparent conductor can include a nanostructure layer and a low sheet resistance grid disposed on a transfer film surface having an acceptable level of surface roughness. The presence of the low sheet resistance grid lowers the sheet resistance of the transparent conductor to an acceptable level. After release of the transparent conductor from the transfer film, the surface roughness of the transparent conductor will be at least comparable to the surface roughness of the transfer film.
US09860992B1
A polymer layering process that encapsulates and protects electronics components with complex and imprecise geometries. The protective layering process provides a combination of a flexible mold and/or a rigid mold that apply close-forming, encapsulating the polymer layers to the electronic components and precision assemblies. Polymer layer protective jackets are shaped to as-populated circuit boards and assemblies, providing tightly fit barriers with fine resolution accommodating imprecise geometries. The protective jackets can be formed in rigid, semi-rigid, or highly flexible polymer films, to protect the circuitry from the elements, CTE mismatches, shock and vibration loads and extreme g-forces.
US09860990B1
A circuit board structure with chips embedded therein includes a multi-layer board and a power module embedded in the multi-layer board. The power module includes an insulating material, a power unit covered by the insulating material, and a circuit layer disposed on the insulating material. The power unit includes an electrically and thermally conductive carrier and a plurality of power chips. The electrically and thermally conductive carrier includes a transmitting portion and a carrying portion perpendicularly connected to the transmitting portion. Each power chip has a first electrode layer and an opposite second electrode layer. The first electrode layers are fixed on and electrically connected to the carrying portion in parallel, and the power chips are disposed at one side of the transmitting portion. The circuit layer is electrically connected to the electrically and thermally conductive carrier and the second electrode layers.
US09860988B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations to provide solder contacts for electrical connection in socket assemblies. In one embodiment, a solder contact may be disposed on the bottom surface of a die package such that the solder contact is conductively coupled to electrical contacts of the die package. The solder contacts may be disposed to be coupled to pins of a socket assembly, to provide conductive coupling of the electrical contacts of the die package and the pins of the socket assembly. The solder may be selected to be sufficiently soft to provide for better electrical conduction. The pins may also be configured to penetrate the solder contact to provide for better electrical conduction. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09860981B2
Provided is a transparent conductive film having multilayer structure, and inconspicuous pattern shape and good visibility. The film includes: transparent base 11 formed of film-like polymer resin; first hard coat layer 12 laminated on the base 11; first transparent dielectric layer 13 laminated as required on the layer 12; and first transparent conductive layer 14 laminated on the layer 13. The base 11 has a film thickness of 2 to 250 micrometers. The layer 12 is formed of hardening resin containing inorganic oxide, with refractive index: 1.40 to 1.90 and film thickness: 0.5 to 6 micrometers. The layer 13 is formed of inorganic substance, with refractive index: 1.30 to 1.50 and film thickness: 10 to 50 nanometers. The layer 14 is formed of at least one kind of inorganic oxide, metal and carbon, and patterned, and has a film thickness of 10 nanometers to 2 micrometers.
US09860979B2
A stretchable flexible substrate according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: an electronic component; a first insulating layer located around the electronic component and having first and second main surfaces facing each other; a first metal layer that is in contact with the first main surface; a second metal layer that is in contact with the second main surface and electrically connected to the electronic component; and a second insulating layer that seals the electronic component, first insulating layer, and second metal layer, in plan view, a curved wiring portion extending from a central portion made up of at least the electronic component, portions of the first insulating layer and first and second metal layers, the curved wiring portion being made up of at least other portions of the first insulating layer, first and second metal layers, and the curved wiring portion being curved at least partially.
US09860978B1
A rigid-flex board structure includes a flexible printed circuit (FPC) board, a substrate, a reinforcing layer, a patterned circuit layer and a plurality of conductive vias. The FPC board includes at least one exposing area. The substrate is disposed on the FPC board and includes an opening exposing the exposing area. The reinforcing layer is embedded in the substrate and a rigidity of a material of the reinforcing layer is greater than a rigidity of a material of the substrate. The patterned circuit layer is disposed on the substrate. The conductive vias are configured to electrically connect the patterned circuit layer and the FPC board.
US09860966B2
A radiation source for generating EUV radiation includes a laser configured to fire laser pulses at a target area to which is supplied a stream of fuel droplets, which may be tin droplets that emit EUV radiation when excited by the laser beam. The EUV radiation is collected by a collector. The tin droplets may be pre-conditioned by a laser pre-pulse before the main laser pulse to change the shape of the droplets so that the droplets are in an optimum condition for receiving the main laser pulse. Embodiments of the invention take into account the effect of the vaporization of one fuel droplet on succeeding droplets and allow the timing of the main and/or pre-pulse to be adjusted to take into account any delay in arrival of the subsequent droplet or oscillations in the shape of the subsequent droplet which may be caused by vaporization of the preceding droplet.
US09860960B2
Disclosed herein is an organic electroluminescence display device including: a substrate; a plurality of lower electrodes formed thereon for each of a plurality of organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of hole injecting/transporting layers capable of either hole injection or hole transportation which are formed on the lower electrodes for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; a plurality of organic light emitting layers containing a low-molecular weight material which are formed on the hole injecting/transporting layers for each of the organic electroluminescence elements; an electron injecting/transporting layer capable of either electron injection or electron transportation which is formed over the entire surface of the organic light emitting layers; and an upper electrode formed on the electron injecting/transporting layer.
US09860945B2
Power consumption in a start-up circuit for a LED-based light bulb may be reduced by digitally switching a transistor of the start-up circuit coupled to the input voltage. When the transistor is digitally switched between on and off, a reduced amount of power is dissipated by the transistor, because it may not enter a saturation region of operation where the resistance of the transistor between drain and source terminals increases. The transistor may be coupled to a voltage regulator for generating one or more output voltages, including a supply voltage for a host controller IC. The transistor may be switched on and off by a digital signal generated by logic circuitry, which may decide to switch the transistor on and off based on a voltage level at an output of the voltage regulator.
US09860943B2
The present invention relates to a backplane device for a light source matrix. A light source is preferably a LED or an OLED. A pixel circuitry of the backplane device is assigned to a light source of the light source matrix for controlling the light source. One light source and one pixel circuitry constitute a pixel. The pixels of the light source matrix are classified according to a pixel characteristic. The order of switching the light sources on and/or off depends on the pixel characteristic and not necessarily on the location of the pixel on the backplane device. A current being applied to the light sources is controlled by at least one driver. The at least one driver is electrically connectable to at least one pixel. The at least one driver is not belonging to the pixel circuitry of the pixel.
US09860937B2
A system and method for bridging user devices communicating according to a 3rdGeneration (3G) communication protocol to a LTE wireless communication network, thereby enabling user devices that do not have sufficient signal strength for directly coupling to the LTE wireless communication network to nevertheless access such wireless communication systems and methods via a bridging system.
US09860934B2
The invention relates to a home cellular base station (HeNB), comprising a radio interface (RI), to communicate with a user equipment (UE), a local interface (LI), to communicate with a local gateway (L-GW) providing access to a local IP network, a user plane interface (S1-U), to communicate with a serving gateway (SGW), and a control plane interface (S1-MME), to communicate with a control node (MME). The home cellular base station (HeNB) further comprises a selection module (SelMod) set to obtain a first correlation ID for enabling a direct user plane path between the home cellular base station (HeNB) and the local gateway (L-GW), the first correlation ID being obtained via the control plane interface (S1-MME) upon each establishment of a bearer providing access to the local IP network.The invention also relates to a control node (MME), to a home subscriber server (HSS), to a direct path enablement method, and to a PDN management method.
US09860933B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting data in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) establishes dual connectivity with at least one first cell and at least one second cell, receives an indication which indicates that a data transmission path of a radio bearer is to be configured for the at least one first cell, configures the data transmission path of the radio bearer for the at least one first cell, and transmits data via the data transmission path on the at least one first cell.
US09860929B2
A method in a first user equipment for adjusting a beacon signal to be detected by at least one second user equipment in a wireless telecommunications network is provided. The beacon signal is transmitted in order to enable an establishment of Device-to-Device, D2D, communication between the first user equipment and the at least one second user equipment. The method is characterized in that the method comprises adjusting, prior to transmitting the beacon signal, the transmit power of the beacon signal based on a requirement of an application in the first user equipment for which the D2D communication is to be established.A user equipment, a network node, and a method in a network node for enabling a D2D communication between a first user equipment and at least one second user equipment are also provided.
US09860928B2
A wireless device, such as a mobile device, for example, pairs with a peripheral device, such as a wristlet, for example, worn by the user. One or both of the wireless device and the peripheral device, each of which contact the user's skin, determine whether the other is in contact with the body of the same user. If both devices are in contact with the same body, the devices will pair with each other.
US09860926B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer programs are presented for operation during a network discovery process of a scanning device attempting to detect presence of wireless networks. During the network discovery process, the scanning device itself may transmit scanning messages by using duplicate transmission in which multiple scanning messages are transmitted simultaneously on different channels. According to another aspect, a wireless apparatus of a wireless network may transmit scanning messages by using the duplicate transmission to facilitate the detection of the wireless network by the scanning device.
US09860919B2
The present invention relates to a method for transreceiving a signal in a wireless communication system supporting repeated transmission of a same signal, and an apparatus for same, and more specifically, to a method and an apparatus for same, the method comprising the steps of: repeatedly transmitting a first physical random access channel (PRACH) signal by using a first PRACH resource, wherein the number of transmissions equal a first repetition number; receiving a random access response (RAR) with respect to the first PRACH signal; and transmitting a second PRACH signal for requesting scheduling, wherein a plurality of PRACH resources are pre-established for transmitting the second PRACH signal, a second plurality of repetition numbers that are different are pre-established for the plurality of PRACH resources, wherein the second PRACH signal is repeatedly transmitted by using the first PRACH resource, wherein the number of transmissions equal a repetition number set for the first PRACH resource, when the first PRACH resource matches one of the plurality of PRACH resources, and wherein the second PRACH signal is repeatedly transmitted by using a PRACH resource corresponding to the first repetition number from among the plurality of PRACH resources, wherein the number of transmissions equal the first repetition number, when the first repetition number matches one of the second plurality of repetition numbers.
US09860918B1
A system and method for controlling a aradio transmitter from the application layer is presented. The method includes monitoring an uplink state of a shared channel at a cell manager and processing the uplink state, at least in part, in the application layer in the cell manager to produce processed uplink state. The processed uplink state is then broadcast in a control packet on a downlink of the shared channel to a subscriber manager. The processed uplink state is then further processed, at least in part, at the application layer in the subscriber manager to produce transmitter control data. The transmitter control data is then used control the radio transmitter.
US09860915B2
A method of moving a receiving window in a wireless mobile communication system, wherein the AM RLC of the transmitting side sends information of the last discarded SDU regardless of continuity of the discarded SDUs. The AM RLC of the receiving side checks whether all SDUs from the start point of the receiving window up to the last discarded SDU are successfully received, delivers the SDUs that are successfully received to an upper layer, and discard only those SDUs that are not successfully received.
US09860906B2
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for processing a machine-to-machine communication. For example, the method receives a request for transmission of the machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, wherein the machine-to-machine communication is between two dedicated machines operated by a customer of the communications network, determines an overall priority of the request, wherein the overall priority is based on a plurality of priority parameters, wherein the plurality of priority parameters comprises at least two of: a level of delivery service priority, a customer type priority, a location type priority, a sensor type priority, a registration status priority, a transmission status priority, and a bearer establishment priority, and transmits the machine-to-machine communication over the communications network to a destination, wherein the transmitting is based on the overall priority.
US09860899B2
A carrier aggregation apparatus includes a first carrier aggregation scheduler, which is configured to receive user information of a first user equipment UE, carrier information for carrier aggregation, and information about a first baseband board and to schedule carriers according to the user information of the first UE, the carrier information for carrier aggregation, and the information about the first baseband board. The scheduling result indicates carriers used for the first UE.
US09860891B2
The present invention relates to wideband wireless access system, and more particularly to an effective method for transmitting control information during the combination of multiple carriers. As one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method by which a base station allocates a carrier to a terminal in a wideband wireless access system supporting multiple carriers, the method comprising: transmitting, to the terminal, a terminal specific or terminal group specific carrier allocation information that includes information about at least one of control information and data; and transmitting, to the terminal, a carrier combination control information that includes information about a change in the at least one candidate carrier available.
US09860889B2
The present disclosure provides methods for indicating and determining uplink/downlink configuration, a base station and a terminal. A base station transmits uplink/downlink configuration information to at least one terminal via a DCI message, the DCI message is provided with at least one uplink/downlink configuration information domain for carrying the uplink/downlink configuration information, and at least one of the uplink/downlink configuration information domains in the DCI message is parsed by the at least one terminal. The at least one terminal parses the received DCI message in accordance with predetermined DCI configuration information, and acquires its own uplink/downlink configuration from a corresponding position in the DCI message.
US09860887B2
A method for and apparatus for controlling data transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A wireless device acquires information including a monitoring subframe configuration, which is a subset of subframes including that control information are transmitted; determines monitoring subframes of a cell based on the information; detects control information for the data transmission according to the monitoring subframes; and rate matches data in a corresponding subframe with the detected control information.
US09860883B2
A method of receiving uplink control information is provided at a communication apparatus configured with a plurality of cells including a first cell and a second cell in a wireless communication system. A first set of one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) signals is transmitted within M downlink subframes through the first cell, where M≧1. A second set of zero or more PDSCH signals is transmitted within N downlink subframes through the second cell, where N≧1. The communication apparatus receives acknowledgment information on an uplink subframe, the acknowledgment information including acknowledgment information for the first set and acknowledgment information for the second set.
US09860880B2
There is provided a terminal device that communicates with a base station device. The terminal device includes a reception unit that receives downlink control information which is used for scheduling of a physical uplink shared channel and includes first information used to trigger a report of channel state information using the physical uplink shared channel, a higher layer signal including second information used to indicate two subframe sets, and the higher layer signal including third information. The third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a first value of a field of the first information, the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a second value in the field of the first information, and the third information is used to indicate a subframe set of the two subframe sets for which the report of the channel state information is triggered in a case that the report of the channel state information is triggered by a third value in the field of the first information.
US09860874B2
A 5th-Generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system to support a higher data rate beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE) is provided. The method for operating resources by a device included in a first network among a plurality of networks in a wireless communication system where the plurality of networks overlap includes transmitting, to terminals included in the first network, at least one of a beacon signal and a request signal requesting resource allocation information related to adjacent devices respectively included in networks adjacent to the first network, receiving the resource allocation information related to the adjacent devices from the terminals, and reserving a resource to be used for communication based on the received resource allocation information related to the adjacent devices.
US09860867B2
A system, computer software and method for collecting, in addition to position data, additional positioning data in a user terminal served by a communication network. The method includes initiating, by generating a message within the user terminal, collection of the positioning data, where the positioning data includes information based on which a physical location of the user terminal is determined; measuring, by the user terminal, at least one parameter related to the physical location of the user terminal in response to the message; producing, within the user terminal, measurement reports that include the at least one parameter; selecting, within the user terminal, one or more measurement reports that were generated in response to the message generated by the user terminal; reporting the selected one or more measurement reports to an interface within the user terminal; and transmitting, from the interface, the reported one or more measurement reports to an external server or to the communication network.
US09860855B2
Systems and methods for controlling the transmit power and the receive sensitivity of an access point for achieving symmetric link balancing is described. When an access point operates with symmetric link performance, the access point does not inefficiently use available bandwidth for transmitting or re-transmitting to a client station that cannot communicate with the access point. Moreover, the access point does not back off transmissions due to activity of neighboring basic service sets when not needed. The receive sensitivity can be controlled using a hardware attenuator or software commands that adjust a programmable gain in a wireless local area network chipset used by the access point, or it can be controlled using adjustable levels in the software for processing or responding to packets.
US09860854B2
In data transmission between a mobile terminal and a cellular network, a network component, e.g., a base station, establishes a downlink connection from the cellular network to the mobile terminal. The downlink connection uses one or more downlink carriers. Further, the network component identifies multiple uplink carriers which are available for establishing an uplink connection from the mobile terminal to the cellular network. The network component estimates impact of usage of the uplink carriers on power consumption of the mobile terminal. Depending on the estimated impact, the network component selects at least one of the uplink carriers for establishing the uplink connection.
US09860852B2
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include calculating, by one or more of a plurality of small cell radios, one or more sets of candidate power control parameters using a first interference constraint for uplink user equipment (UE) transmissions for UE served by the one or more of the plurality of small cell radios; determining, at a central management entity, whether an average of a sum of an expected interference for UE associated with the plurality of small cell radios violates a second interference constraint for any of the one or more sets of candidate power control parameters; and generating one or more messages for each of the plurality of small cell radios identifying one or more particular sets of power control parameters that provide for meeting the second interference constraint.
US09860847B2
This disclosure includes a method and system for conveying battery state information about a mobile communication terminal to a third-party caller using a voicemail system and an Integrated Services for Digital Network (ISDN) message. A battery state indicator corresponding to the battery state of a mobile communication terminal is inserted into ISDN header and transmitted to a voicemail system. The voicemail system extracts the ISDN header and determines which voicemail message to send to third-party callers based on the battery state of the mobile communication terminal.
US09860843B2
A wireless communication device for packet communication is provided. When a battery is mounted, a control signal for obtaining information necessary for packet communication is received, and the information is stored in a first communication information storage unit, along with a reception frequency of the control signal. In a waiting state, main components for wireless communication are powered off. The main components for the wireless communication are powered on at the time of sensor detection. The packet communication is performed using the information in the first communication information storage unit.
US09860841B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to a split communications fabric topology. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a communications fabric structure with multiple fabric units. The fabric units may be configured to arbitrate among control packets of different messages. In some embodiments, a processing element is configured to generate a message that includes a control packet and one or more data packets. In some embodiments, the processing element is configured to transmit the control packet to a destination processing element (e.g., a memory controller) via the communications fabric structure and transmit the data packets to a data buffer. In some embodiments, the destination processing element is configured to retrieve the data packets from the data buffer in response to receiving the control packet via the hierarchical fabric structure. In these embodiments, bypassing the fabric structure for data packets may reduce power consumption.
US09860840B2
A system and method for keeping a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) terminal always online is provided. The method includes: the WLAN terminal, configured to receive and execute an online/offline strategy formulated by an online state server, and notify the online state server of its own state change when its own state has been switched into an online state or is about to be switched into an offline state; the online state server, configured to formulate and send the online/offline strategy to the WLAN terminal; and an online data caching server, configured to receive a notice about the online/offline state of the WLAN terminal, cache data sent by each data source to the WLAN terminal after the WLAN terminal is switched into the offline state, and transmit the cached data to the WLAN terminal after the WLAN terminal is switched into the online state.
US09860839B2
A low cost, robust, wireless sensor that provides an extended period of operability without maintenance is described. The wireless sensors are configured to communicate with a base unit or repeater. When the sensor unit detects an anomalous ambient condition (e.g., smoke, fire, water, etc.) the sensor communicates with the base unit and provides data regarding the anomalous condition. The sensor unit receives instructions to change operating parameters and/or control external devices.
US09860832B2
An M2M platform apparatus 100 includes: data repositories 230, 240 configured to store data transmitted from M2M devices 20A, 20B; a data format processing unit 210 configured to determine in which format to store the data into the data repositories; a data analysis proposal unit 220 configured to analyze the stored data and, based on the data, propose the content of a service to be executed; a service execution-start unit 360 configured to request control on the M2M devices or communication equipment based on the content of the service proposed; and a rule-policy management unit 320 configured to cause the data to be stored into the data repositories based on a rule or a policy for the handling of the data to be stored into the data repositories.
US09860831B2
The present invention provides a terminal and method for an idle handoff based on a High Rate Packet Data (HRPD) system. The method includes, when the terminal switches from the HRPD system to a non-HRPD radio access technology system, an HRPD protocol stack of the terminal migrating from a non-tunnel state to a tunnel state. When the terminal is in a handoff area, and performs the idle handoff from the HRPD system to the non-HRPD radio access technology system, the terminal after the handoff is in the tunnel state, and the HRPD session information of the terminal is reserved. Thus, when the terminal switches back to the HRPD system, it is not necessary to perform the HRPD session negotiation again, thereby effectively avoiding the waste of air interface resources and system processing capabilities, and improving efficiency of interconnection and intercommunication between the HRPD system and other radio access technology system.
US09860829B2
The present disclosure provides a management apparatus and a method for wireless communication as well as an apparatus and a method for wireless communication. The management apparatus includes: a determining module, configured to select a communication unit satisfying a predetermined condition from among a communication unit cluster managed by the management apparatus, and determine interference information or load information of at least part of resource blocks corresponding to the communication unit.
US09860828B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and a method for executing a service search and an advertisement. To this end, the method by which a first wireless device performs a service search comprises the steps of: transmitting a probe request frame which includes a hash value; receiving, from a second wireless device, a probe response frame which includes first service information corresponding to the hash value; transmitting a service search request frame which includes a search word to the second wireless device; and receiving, from the second wireless device, a service search response frame which includes second service information corresponding to the search word, wherein if a preset symbol is attached to the search word, the second service information can include at least one service name having the search word as a prefix.
US09860826B2
An infrastructure equipment forming part of a mobile communications network includes a transmitter configured to transmit signals to communications devices via a wireless access interface, a receiver configured to receive signals transmitted from the communications devices via the wireless access interface, and a controller. The controller controls the transmitter and receiver across a first frequency bandwidth divided in time into plural frames, to form one of plural cells of the mobile communications network, each cell allocated a cell identifier by the mobile communications network. The controller and transmitter transmit in one or more of the frames a synchronization sequence providing an indication of one of the cell identifiers. A relative temporal location of the synchronization sequence within the frame provides the communications devices with an indication of the cell identifier which can be combined with detecting the synchronization sequence to improve estimate of the cell identifier for the cell.
US09860821B2
Provided herein is an apparatus and method for secure access controlling of a terminal, and more particularly, to a method for secure access controlling of a terminal configured to analyze a behavior pattern of the terminal based on location tracking and path anticipating of the terminal, compare a current location and an anticipated path so as to restrict secure access when an abnormality is discovered from the behavior pattern, and an apparatus thereof, the method including inferring an anticipated path of the terminal based on location information of the terminal collected on a predetermined cycle; determining whether or not the terminal deviated from the anticipated path by comparing a current location of the terminal and the anticipated path of the terminal; and in response to determining that the terminal deviated from the anticipated path, rejecting a secure access request of the terminal.
US09860815B2
The present specification suggests a method for improving performance degradation caused by frequent handovers when a terminal moves among several cells, particularly among dense small cells. To this end, required are cooperative transmission among cells and a new handover method. A base station receives RSRP information about an anchor cell and a neighboring cell and configures a cooperation-based cell cluster using the RSRP information. If RSRP values are compared and meet specific conditions, the anchor cell and the neighboring cell carry out cooperative communication. If the RSRP values of the anchor cell and an anchor candidate cell are compared during the cooperative communication and meet specific conditions, handover from the anchor cell to the anchor candidate cell is carried out. If the present invention is applied, when the terminal moves in an environment where small cells are dense, the number of handovers is greatly reduced and thus network burden can be lessened.
US09860808B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a handover method and a related user equipment and system, which are used for handover judgment in a CoMP handover scenario. The method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: obtaining a first reference signal parameter Mn of a target node in a macro neighboring cell and second reference signal parameters Mp corresponding to multiple nodes in a macro serving cell, where the macro serving cell is a cell serving a user equipment UE and the macro neighboring cell is a cell adjacent to the macro serving cell; selecting a preferred Mp that meets a predefined requirement from the Mps corresponding to the multiple nodes; and triggering a handover procedure if the preferred Mp and the Mn meet a preset handover condition. By implementing the solutions in the present invention, throughput of a communications system after a UE handover can be increased.
US09860794B2
An information acquiring method and a base station. The method comprises: receiving by a target base station reception status information of a multimedia broadcast multicast service of user equipment reported by a source base station when the user equipment is handed over between cells; wherein the reception status information comprises information indicating that the user equipment is receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service, or information indicating that the user equipment finishes receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service. With the embodiments of the present invention, the source base station of the user equipment notifies the target base station of reception status information of multimedia broadcast multicast service of the user equipment when the user equipment is handed over between cells, thereby guaranteeing the continuity of the MBMS of the user equipment.
US09860792B2
The present disclosure may provide an operating method for supporting gateway change in a mobile communication system. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, the method includes receiving a message requesting to consent to the gateway change from a network entity; and according to whether at least one flow requiring session continuity is set, sending a response message regarding the gateway change consent to the network entity, wherein, when the at least one flow requiring the session continuity is set, the network entity can hold the gateway change based on the response message.
US09860790B2
A data flow is received from a mobile network relating to a mobile subscriber. Subscriber data is received for the subscriber identifying a service path corresponding to the subscriber and at least one service policy corresponding to the subscriber, the service path including a set of network service nodes in a plurality of network service nodes. Packets of the data flow are routed according to the service path, the packets corresponding to a request for a resource. At least one packet is appended with service header data identifying the service policy. Each service node performs at least one service based on received request data, each service node in the set of service nodes performing a service defined in a service subscription of the subscriber. At least one particular service node in the set of network service nodes performs a particular service based at least in part on the service policy.
US09860789B2
Load balancing for cloud-based monitoring of Wi-Fi devices on local access networks is based on local conditions. Requests for connection are received from Wi-Fi devices of the plurality of WLANs exceed a threshold. An indication of at least one condition for each of the WLANs is also received either with the connection request or separately. Example conditions include, without limitation, a number of local connections, network security breaches, guaranteed service levels, local latency or congestion, power outages or reboots, and the like. In response, at least one Wi-Fi device is prioritized and scheduled based on a corresponding at least one condition.
US09860786B1
Network nodes including relays and access nodes are configured to transport data packets by identifying the type of data packet and correspondingly compressing a header portion of the data packet. Operations described herein may be implemented in a network that is capable of transporting voice over LTE (VoLTE) data packets using the GPRS tunneling protocol (GTP). A unique value is marked to an IP header of the voice data packet, and the GTP headers may be mapped to a unique bearer that is different from a standard voice bearer used in the network. The compression uses a robust header compression (RoHC), which includes compressing a RTP header portion along with a GTP header portion using existing or new compression profiles.
US09860780B2
A communications terminal communicates data to/from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes a radio network including one or more base stations configured to provide a low bandwidth communications interface formed from a low bandwidth carrier for communicating the data to or receiving the data from the communications terminal in accordance with a relatively low bandwidth, and to provide a high bandwidth communications interface formed from a high bandwidth carrier for communicating the data to or receiving the data from the communications terminal in accordance with a relatively high bandwidth. The communications terminal is configured to attach for communication to the high bandwidth interface, and in response to receiving a command from the mobile communications network, to detach from the high bandwidth interface and to re-attach to the low bandwidth interface for communicating the data to or from the mobile communications network via the low bandwidth interface.
US09860775B2
The present disclosure relates to wireless networks, and more specifically to multiple access networks. The present disclosure relates to methods implemented by a wireless network node, to which a number of wireless devices are already connected of determining admission of a further wireless device. The disclosure provides for a method implemented by a wireless network node, to which a number of wireless devices are already connected and are communicating using an access method, of determining admission of a further wireless device. The method comprises calculating a measure of the performance of a possible future connection between the wireless network node and the wireless device under ideal network condition estimating an expected performance of a possible future connection between the wireless network node and the further wireless device, as the calculated measure of the performance while taking into account effects of the used access method; and determining admission of the further wireless device based on the estimated expected performance. It further relates to a wireless network node configured to perform the methods.
US09860774B2
The present invention relates to a for testing user equipment. The test apparatus comprises an emulation module which is configured to emulate the functionality of a first user equipment and to establish a D2D link between the first user equipment and an externally arranged second user equipment which forms a user equipment under test. The test apparatus also comprises a test module which is configured to test at least one second user equipment after being connected to the emulated first user equipment of the emulation module via the established D2D communication link. The present invention further relates to a radio communication test apparatus, a method for testing user equipment and a computer program product.
US09860771B2
A method and apparatus are provided for connecting Digital Units (DUs) and Radio frequency Units (RUs) of base transceivers in a wireless communication system. The method includes identifying a failed DU of a base transceiver; and linking an RU corresponding to the failed DU to a DU of a different base transceiver which operates normally.
US09860766B1
A method and system for managing voice codec rate used for voice communication by a user equipment device (UE). In accordance with the disclosure, the voice codec rate will be established (e.g., set or modified) based on a consideration of what type or types of non-voice communication the UE will engage in or is engaging in concurrently with the voice communication.
US09860763B2
In some aspects, a wireless monitoring system includes a sensor network, a data analysis system and a communication interface. The sensor network includes wireless sensor devices configured to passively monitor radio frequency (RF) signals exchanged in a wireless communication network in a geographic region, and each wireless sensor device is configured to compute local network-usage parameters based on processing the RF signals detected by the wireless sensor device. The data analysis system is configured to analyze regional performance metrics of the wireless communication network based on the local network-usage parameters computed by the biosensor devices. In some instances, the communication interface is configured to transmit a network performance report to the wireless communication network based on the analysis of the regional performance metric.
US09860758B2
Methods and systems for determining placement of a virtual serving gateway. The method includes obtaining a set of input information. The input information includes network information and configuration information providing one or more parameters for placing the virtual serving gateway, and includes at least one mobility insensitivity criterion. Placement of the virtual serving gateway at one or more physical hosts is determined in accordance with the network information and the configuration information. The virtual serving gateway is distributively placeable across physical hosts. A set of output information is generated. The output information includes information identifying placement of the virtual serving gateway at the physical hosts, and a hosting percentage for each physical host.
US09860750B2
Various examples for performing remote authentication of a virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) on a multi-SIM, multi-standby communication device include receiving, on a first subscription of the multi-SIM, multi-standby communication device, an authentication request from a virtual SIM network. The multi-SIM, multi-standby communication device may respond to one or more acknowledgement requests sent from the virtual SIM network to the first subscription before tuning from the first subscription to a second subscription of the multi-SIM, multi-standby communication device to send the authentication request to a remote server. Upon receipt of the authentication response from the remote server through the second subscription, the multi-SIM, multi-standby communication device may send the authentication response to the virtual SIM network through the first subscription.
US09860745B2
Systems and methods for communication in a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes generating a medium access control (MAC) address for a first group of wireless devices, storing the MAC address for the first group of wireless devices in an address field of a first message, and transmitting, by a first wireless device of the first group of wireless devices, the first message to a second wireless device of the first group of wireless devices. In some aspects, the wireless network comprises a neighbor aware network (NAN). In some aspects, a wireless device may be able to determine a method of encryption or decryption for the first message based at least in part on the MAC address for the first group of wireless devices.
US09860743B2
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller determines whether a Radio Resource Control (RRC) security has been activated between the mobile communication device and the service network when receiving measurement configuration from the service network via the wireless transceiver. In response to the RRC security not having been activated and location information of the mobile communication device being present, the controller sends a first measurement report not including the location information of the mobile communication device to the service network via the wireless transceiver, or the controller does not send a second measurement report including the location information of the mobile communication device to the service network via the wireless transceiver.
US09860739B2
A surveillance method for a mobile telecommunications terminal having an eSIM card. A plurality of subscription profiles are stored in the eSIM card. The surveillance method includes steps of incrementing a counter each time a change of subscription profile order is received, determining a number of change of subscription profile orders received during a predetermined duration, and, if the number of change of subscription profile orders received during the predetermined duration is greater than a predetermined threshold, deducing therefrom that operation is suspect.
US09860738B2
A method configured to set a communication environment of an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a user's input and selecting at least two pieces of information from among multiple pieces of user identification information comprised in a single SIM module, and determining communication environments corresponding to the at least two pieces of user identification information. The communication environments are loaded into the electronic device all together.
US09860720B2
Facilitating communication between cellular and digital mobile radio devices is presented herein. In one aspect, a digital mobile radio messaging gateway is deployed within a cellular network that allows cellular devices to send and/or receive data to digital mobile radio devices. Moreover, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway provides transparent messaging access from devices to digital mobile radio switches and/or gateways essentially making the cellular network an extension of the digital mobile radio network. As an example, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the digital mobile radio network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the cellular network. Similarly, the digital mobile radio messaging gateway converts data received from the cellular network to a message that conforms to a protocol supported by the digital mobile radio network.
US09860715B2
The present invention relates to a data transmission method, apparatus, and system, where the method includes: receiving, by a base station, a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service MBMS service transmission request and MBMS service data that are sent by a core network device; after receiving the MBMS service transmission request or the MBMS service data, sending, by the base station, an MBMS service paging message in a cell served by the base station; and sending, by the base station, the MBMS service data to user equipment UE according to the MBMS service transmission request. According to the present invention, a dynamic notification message initiated by a network can be received, and when the network needs to send MBMS service data, a UE can receive the MBMS service data in time.
US09860714B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless communication system (200) comprising one or more Radio Base Stations (220), RBSs, associated to a first Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (210), MBSFN, the one or more RBSs associated to the first MBSFN being arranged to broadcast transport blocks by using a first communications resource (f1), the transport blocks transporting a service (A) to one or more wireless devices (231, 232, 233) in the wireless communication system (200), the wireless communication system (200) also comprising at least one further RBS (250) not associated to the first MBSFN (210), the at least one further RBS (250) being arranged to broadcast information relating to the first communications resource (f1) used for broadcasting service (A) in the first MBSFN.
US09860712B2
A method is implemented in a communication device operating in a carrier aggregation mode utilizing a plurality of component carriers, where the plurality of component carriers includes at least (i) a primary component carrier associated with a primary cell and a primary cell broadcast message channel, and (ii) a secondary component carrier associated with a secondary cell and a secondary cell broadcast message channel. The method includes receiving, at the communication device, a broadcast message associated with the primary cell via (i) the primary cell broadcast message channel or (ii) the secondary cell broadcast message channel, decoding, at the communication device, the received broadcast message associated with the primary cell, receiving, at the communication device, a broadcast message associated with the secondary cell via the secondary cell broadcast message channel, and decoding, at the communication device, the received broadcast message associated with the secondary cell.
US09860708B2
A method and system for determining a driver is provided. The method includes receiving and analyzing GPS data identifying locations of GPS enabled devices of a plurality of users. A group of users are determined to be located within a specified proximity to each other based on the analysis. The group of users are determined, based on an altitude, velocity, and a vector of the group of users, to be located within a vehicle. A position and role for each user with respect to the vehicle is determined. Selected functions of each GPS enabled device are controlled based on each role.
US09860699B1
A system receives geographic information from devices to determine and deliver relevant advertisements or personalized content for consumers. This ties a user's real-world location, with virtual leads (e.g., advertisements). The system uses geographical information gathered by mobile devices and saves the geographical information to consumer profiles. For example, the system can use different wireless radios present on mobile devices to gather different types of geographical information. Some radios include cellular, Bluetooth, global positioning system (or GPS), Wi-Fi, near field communications (or NFC), and other radios.
US09860697B2
A mobile device with a display and location services may store information pertaining to a geofence. With the aid of the location services of the mobile device, a geofence crossing may be detected when the mobile device crosses the stored geofence and, if a geofence crossing is detected, the mobile device may transmit a corresponding geofence crossing event to a remote location via a transmitter of the mobile device. The size of the geofence may be automatically adjusted when a predetermined abnormality is suspected in the detected geofence crossing events. In some cases, a query is provided to the user to verify the presence of the predetermined abnormality before the size of the geofence is automatically adjusted, or a user-initiated menu may be employed to verify the presence of the predetermined abnormality and/or to adjust the size of the geofence.
US09860687B2
A method for determining the locations of sensor devices in a sensor array in a structure is disclosed. The method may include placing a sensor device at a location. The method may also include receiving, at a mobile device, an identifier of the sensor device. The method may further include determining, by the mobile device, a compass direction and elevation angle from the sensor device to a base station. The method may additionally include determining a distance between the sensor device and the base station. The method may moreover include determining a location of the sensor device based at least in part on the compass direction and the elevation angle from the sensor device to the base station, and the distance between the sensor device and the base station. The method may furthermore include storing the location of the sensor in association with the identifier of the sensor device.
US09860686B2
At a mobile communications device, a communication is received from a communication source. An indication of an environment type associated with the communication source is obtained, and a check is made as to whether the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches a current environment type of the mobile communications device. An initial notification (and optionally a leave-behind notification) of the communication is presented only if the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches the current environment type of the mobile communications device.
US09860683B2
A communication apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires, from another communication apparatus, information of a first service that the another communication apparatus can provide, a storage unit that stores state information indicating whether the communication apparatus is capable of providing the second service, a communication control unit that establishes a connection for data communication between the communication apparatus and the another communication apparatus for carrying out the first service or the second service, and a setting unit that sets the state information stored by the storage unit so that the state information indicates that the communication apparatus is incapable of providing the second service in response to issuance of an instruction to carry out the first service.
US09860676B2
A method of automatically configuring a remote indicator is provided. The method includes placing the remote indicator within near field communication range of an operating field device. Configuration information is wirelessly exchanged between the remote indicator and the field device. The remote indicator is coupled to receive process information. Process information is received through the coupling and displayed on a display of the remote indicator. A field device and remote indicator are also provided.
US09860675B2
To provide information on resources for a device-to-device discovery and/or a device-to-device communication, a comparison of device-to-device resources for a cell and further device-to-device resources for at least one further cell different from the cell is performed. At least one information element of a message for transmission to a user equipment is generated based on a result of the comparison.
US09860674B1
A wireless access node to manage machine-to-machine data transmissions comprises a processing system, a wireless communication transceiver, and a communication transceiver. The processing system is configured to allocate a plurality of machine-to-machine channels reserved for machine-to-machine communications, and assign individual quality of service levels to individual ones of the machine-to-machine channels per sector. The wireless communication transceiver is configured to receive machine-to-machine traffic on one of the machine-to-machine channels. The processing system is configured to determine a quality of service level for the machine-to-machine traffic based on the sector and the machine-to-machine channel over which the machine-to-machine traffic was received. The communication transceiver is configured to transfer the machine-to-machine traffic for delivery to a machine-to-machine server based on the quality of service level for the machine-to-machine traffic.
US09860669B2
An audio apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive audio data and audio transducer position data for a plurality of audio transducers; and a renderer configured to render the audio data by generating audio transducer drive signals for the audio transducers from the audio data. Further, a clusterer is configured to cluster the audio transducers into a set of clusters in response to the audio transducer position data and to distances between audio transducers in accordance with a distance metric. A render controller is configured to adapt the rendering in response to the clustering. The apparatus is configured to select array processing techniques for specific subsets that contain audio transducers that are sufficiently close and allow automatic adaptation to audio transducer configurations thereby, e.g., allowing a user increased flexibility in positioning loudspeakers.
US09860665B2
A method of processing an audio signal is provided. The method includes acquiring location information and performance information of a speaker configured to output an audio signal, selecting a frequency band based on the location information, determining a section to be strengthened from the selected frequency band with respect to the audio signal based on the performance information, and applying a gain value to the determined section.
US09860664B1
A system for dynamically adapting calibrated multi-channel non-coherent signals. The system comprises a physical simulation environment, a plurality of synthesizers for generating a corresponding plurality of signals, a plurality of filters for band-pass filtering the plurality of generated signals, and a plurality of loudspeakers positioned on a wall of the physical simulation environment for playing the plurality of filtered signals inside the physical simulation environment. The system comprises a noise sensor positioned inside the physical simulation environment for measuring a physical simulation environment signal amplitude and transmitting the physical simulation environment signal amplitude to a channel configurator. The system comprises the channel configurator for configuring each synthesizer to generate the corresponding signal according to a calibrated amplitude spectrum of the signal. The calibrated amplitude spectrum is determined based on a reference amplitude spectrum of the signal and an adjusted global signal amplitude. The adjusted global signal amplitude is calculated based on a target global signal amplitude and the physical simulation environment signal amplitude.
US09860654B2
A method for synchronizing the reproduction of a digital signal sent by a transmitter to a plurality of mobile audio terminals. The transmitter sends the digital signal as a multiplicity of data packets at a data rate that is constant as an average over time. A signal receiver of each mobile audio terminal receives at least a subset of the multiplicity of data packets and generates a time reference signal. A FIFO signal with information on an occupancy level of a FIFO memory of the mobile audio terminal at specific time points is generated, an instantaneous reproduction speed is set on the basis of the time reference signal and the FIFO signal, the audio reproduction unit reproduces at the instantaneous reproduction speed samples corresponding to the digital signal. The occupancy level of the FIFO memory is thereby kept constant as an average over time.
US09860650B2
The application relates to a hearing assistance device adapted for being located in or at a specific one of a left or a right ear of a user, and comprising an input unit for receiving an input signal and an output unit for providing an output signal. The application further relates to a method and to a hearing assistance system. The application aims at providing an improved scheme for detecting left/right placement of a hearing device. The hearing assistance device further comprises a memory unit wherein information about the intended location of the hearing assistance device is or can be stored, a location identification unit configured to extract an intended location from said memory unit, and a user interface configured to convey information related to the intended and/or current location of the hearing assistance device. A user is thus informed, if the hearing assistance device(s) is/are not located as intended.
US09860643B1
Audio systems and methods for providing acoustic isolation. In one example, an audio system includes an audio source, a first speaker positioned proximate a first seating position, a second speaker positioned proximate a second seating position, the second speaker configured to provide acoustic energy to the second seating position based on an audio signal from the audio source, a third speaker positioned proximate a third seating position, the third speaker configured to provide acoustic energy to the third seating position, during a first mode of operation, and at least one cancellation filter interposed between the audio source and the third speaker, the at least one cancellation filter configured to provide a filtered audio signal to the third speaker, during a second mode of operation, to cancel at the first seating position at least a portion of the acoustic energy provided by the second speaker.
US09860640B2
The invention relates to amplifiers of audio power which operate with loudspeaker systems. The main technical result is significant extension of the reproducible frequency range without reduction of the loudspeaker system fundamental resonance frequency. This result can be obtained by means of adding only one low power resistor and one low capacitance capacitor to a typical power amplifier. In the described embodiment this is achieved by means of a rise of the amplifier FR at low frequencies using positive feedback and the quasi-resonance effect.
US09860638B2
An inspection signal generator of an acoustic device outputs a first inspection signal. An amplifier receives a first reference signal, and outputs a second inspection signal according to the first inspection signal. A first detector is electrically connected to an output side of the amplifier, and outputs a first detection signal based on the second inspection signal. The first detector is electrically connected to the output side of the amplifier, and outputs the first detection signal based on the second inspection signal. A determiner compares a first detection signal output from the first detector with a preset determination reference signal so as to detect electrical abnormality between a ground terminal and an output terminal electrically connected to the output side of the amplifier.
US09860633B2
A loudspeaker baffle that provides variable sound patterns is described. The baffle may support non-low frequency sound sources and a waveguide to provide varying sound beam patterns. The baffle may include a center mount adapted to receive a plurality of audio outputs and a plurality of low frequency apertures to receive a plurality low frequency output. The waveguide may be formed from a front face of the baffle. The front face may be intermediate the center mount and the low frequency apertures. The front face may include a continuously varying waveguide surface with a first waveguide portion adjacent a first audio output of the plurality of audio outputs providing a first sound pattern and a second waveguide portion adjacent a second audio output of the plurality of audio outputs providing a second sound pattern that is different than the first sound pattern.
US09860630B2
A loudspeaker damping assembly can mechanically damp or isolate a loudspeaker transducer from a mounting surface. The damping assembly can include a loudspeaker housing or frame that receives a loudspeaker transducer, and a flexible, deformable, or conformable flange damper extending outward from an edge of the loudspeaker housing. The flange damper can be positioned against a loudspeaker wall or ceiling mounting surface. The damping assembly optionally includes a clamp damper opposite the flange damper, or a peripheral edge damper at an outer perimeter edge of the loudspeaker housing. In an example, a loudspeaker system includes a low frequency first transducer and an array of high frequency transducers overlapping a front face of the low frequency transducer. In an example, the transducer array has an arcuate profile, and an axis of the array is non-coaxial with a central axis of the first transducer.
US09860620B2
A method for forming a layered structural member may include providing a first outer layer of material and a second outer layer of material, placing between the first outer layer and the second outer layer a layer of core material, and placing between the first outer layer and the second outer layer a piezoelectric transducer, the piezoelectric transducer configured to convert an audio signal received by the piezoelectric transducer into at least one of a mechanical pressure, acceleration, strain and force causing the layered structured member to generate sound.
US09860614B2
A method includes comparing a length of a first packet to a threshold, determining that the first packet is a short packet when the length of the first packet is less than the threshold, and determining that the first packet is a long packet when the length of the first packet is greater than or equal to the threshold. The method also includes when the first packet is a long packet placing the first packet in a long packet container and transmitting the long packet container to a photonic switch. Additionally, the method includes when the first packet is a short packet placing a first portion of the first packet in a first short packet container, where the first short packet container includes a sequence number, a source top-of-rack switch (TOR) address, and a destination TOR address and transmitting the first short packet container to an electronic switch.
US09860608B2
An advertisement distribution system executes a first step in which a server requests that a distributor client submit advertisements, a second step in which the advertisements submitted by the distributor client are provided to an advertiser client according to the request, a third step in which the advertisement that is employed from among the provided advertisements is received by the advertiser client, and the server is notified by the advertiser client, a fourth step in which a video is received from the distributor client by the server, and a fifth step in which the server distributes the video received from the distributor client, and provides the employed advertisement at a specific timing in the distribution of the video.
US09860601B2
A system and method of treating image data as a visual hash tag are presented. A device is able to subscribe to a content channel, possibly a channel that provide social media information, by the act of recognizing related objects without requiring a user to annotate content with unnatural hash tags.
US09860596B1
Systems and methods are described to address shortcomings in conventional media systems via a novel technique to prevent corruption of a user's viewing profile. In some aspects, a user of an interactive media guidance application may select a media asset for viewing on a user device. The interactive media guidance application may receive a user viewing profile for the user from a remote server. If the media asset is determined to not be consistent with the user viewing profile, the interactive media guidance application may retrieve another user viewing profile for another user of the user device. If the media asset is determined to be consistent with the other user viewing profile, the interactive media guidance application may update the other user viewing profile based on the media asset.
US09860595B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
US09860593B2
The present invention discloses methods for detecting, indexing, and comparing video signals from a video display in a background scene using a camera-enabled device. Methods include the steps of: pointing a camera-enabled (CEN) device at a video-signal surface; detecting a location of the video-signal surface in the background scene on the CEN device; and extracting at least one frame from the detected video-signal surface. Preferably, the method further includes the steps of: obtaining at least one image from at least one extracted frame; computing at least one compact signature from at least one image; comparing at least one compact signature with at least one stored compact signature in a database; and determining whether at least one match was found between at least one compact signature and at least one stored compact signature.
US09860590B2
Methods and apparatus that support implementing a pause, e.g., of a broadcast, on a device, recording the paused program and resuming playback of the paused program on a device associated with a user's account, are described. The pause function allows a user to pause a broadcast on a device and initiate recording of the paused program, e.g., to network storage. The pause initiating device displays a pause indicator indicating that the program output has been paused. A user logging into the user's account from a device other than the device from which the pause was initiated is presented an opportunity to resume the paused playback. Playback is resumed from the pause point on the playback device from which a resume signal is received. Upon resumption of playback on a device other than the device from which the pause was initiated, the pause indicator on the pause initiating device is removed.
US09860588B2
A system and/or media network for rendering a media stream from one or more media rendering devices is disclosed. The media network may include one or more configurable peers, each configurable peer configurable as a rendering device, an observer, a processing device, a combination thereof, or the like. The system may be particularly suitable for use in remote locations, to generate a controlled and/or shared meeting topology within an uncontrolled media environment, and/or to generate an intense sound field amongst a group of participants from a collection of associated peers.
US09860580B1
Described herein are systems and methods for presenting network media streaming content. A user interface is presented to the user in which content is presented soon after activation of the presentation device such as a television or sound system. The user interface may be configured to accept an input such as the user activating a “channel up” or a “channel down” button on a remote control after which different content is presented. The content presented may be determined randomly or may be selected.
US09860577B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for Content On Demand (COD) asset insertion. A COD asset insertion decision system (CODAID) is communicatively coupled to a content distributor to process information about a COD content selection by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). The CODAID also processes information about assets from asset providers. The CODAID ranks the assets based in part on the COD content selection information and the asset information, identifies one or more of the ranked assets for insertion into the COD content selection, and directs the content distributor to insert the identified one or more ranked assets into the COD content selection. The system also includes an auction system which identifies asset placement opportunities remaining in the COD content selection after the CODAID identifies the one or more ranked assets for insertion so as to provide an auction for the asset placement opportunities.
US09860575B2
A video data processing method. The method includes: acquiring a multiple program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; acquiring, a single program transport stream identifier of each TS packet; creating at least one scheduling queue for the at least one TS packet according to the single program transport stream identifier in the first information mapping table; selecting any scheduling queue, and determining a first TS packet of the any scheduling queue meets a scheduling condition, selecting at least one output channel to output the any scheduling queue, and continuing to perform determining on a first TS packet of another scheduling queue until determining on all scheduling queues is completed. The present disclosure is applied to transmission of video data.
US09860557B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method using a DC mode includes setting a bottom-right pixel to a DC-predicted value, interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th top reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-th column and interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th left reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-row, and performing bidirectional linear interpolation to derive predicted values of pixels included in a prediction unit other than the n-th row and the n-th column.
US09860545B2
Methods and apparatuses for efficiently coding and decoding multi-view video are provided. A method of decoding multi-view video includes: interpreting from a received bitstream a block type indicating a method of determining a motion vector of a current block present in a current picture of the multi-view video; interpreting a first picture type indicating whether the current picture is a reference picture type for inter prediction; interpreting additional information of the current picture based on at least one of the interpreted first picture type and the interpreted block type; and reconstructing the current block and the current picture by using the additional information.
US09860537B2
Systems and methods for converting multi-focus image data into a compressed video format. Multi-focus image data of a scene may be sampled to generate a stack of images spanning multiple focal depths. Each image focal distance is mapped to a time stamp and a video encoder is employed to generate a compressed video stream of scene information. In further embodiments, the video encoded scene information is decoded and frames from the stream selected for display based on the focal distance-time stamp mapping. In further embodiments, multi-focus video data is encoded with consecutive frames spanning different focal distances defining a Group of Pictures (GOP), and/or spanning different hierarchical layers.
US09860532B2
The invention relates to a motion compensation performed under an inter-frame prediction. A fractional sample interpolation is applied on retrieved samples to generate fractional samples. The fractional sample interpolation comprises a plurality of filtering operations, and all of filtered results from the filtering operations are truncated down to a predetermined bit depth independent of the bit depth of the samples stored in the reference picture memory.
US09860514B2
Systems, apparatus, articles, and methods are described including operations for 3D video coding including depth based disparity vector calibration.
US09860503B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an image processing program that causes a computer to execute an image processing method comprising acquiring step of acquiring an input image generated by image pickup through an optical system, generating step of generating a point spread function by using coefficient data of a function approximating a point spread function corresponding to an image-pickup condition of the optical system, and providing step of providing unsharp mask processing to the input image using a filter generated based on information of the point spread function generated by using the coefficient data. The filter is a filter having two-dimensional data.
US09860502B2
A method for processing a video is disclosed. The method comprises: obtaining a type and an angle of a template for each picture of the video independently, each template defining a portion of harmonious color values; temporally filtering the types and angles over the video; processing each picture of the video, wherein processing the picture comprises mapping the colors of the picture into the template associated with the picture and defined by the filtered type and the filtered angle.
US09860495B2
An image projector includes a digital micro device (DMD) spatial light modulator and a rotatable actuator. The rotatable actuator is disposed in a path of light reflected from the spatial light modulator. The rotatable actuator includes a first region and a second region. The first region is tilted at a first non-normal angle with respect to an axis of rotation of the rotatable actuator. The second region is tilted at a second non-normal angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotatable actuator. Light reflected by the spatial light modulator and passing through the first region is displaced one pixel relative to light reflected by the spatial light modulator and passing through the second region.
US09860487B2
In one example embodiment, a method performed by a server may include: receiving user videos from a plurality of devices; generating conference video data that includes at least one portion of the user videos; assigning a first portion of the at least one portion a first security attribute for a first device that has a first security level; generating first security data corresponding to the first security attribute; streaming, to the first device, the conference video data with the first security data; and streaming, to a second device having a second security level higher than the first security level, the conference video data without the first security data.
US09860486B2
An apparatus includes: an acquirer acquiring an image; a locator that, upon receiving coordinate information of a specified area being a part of a video displayed on an output device connected to the other apparatus, locates coordinates on the image corresponding to the coordinate information based on association information, in which coordinates on the video and coordinates on the image are associated; a cropping part that crops, from the image, an image of an area defined by the coordinates on the image; a controller that controls directionality of a microphone array including a plurality of microphones on the apparatus so that the directionality of one microphone related to the coordinates on the image is focused to a position indicated by the coordinate on the image; and a first transmission controller that controls transmitting output information containing the cropped image and voice captured with the controlled directionality to the other apparatus.
US09860476B2
One embodiment may take the form of an apparatus for providing personalized multimedia content to a user of a television system based on the user's preferences. In one implementation, a television receiver of a television system may monitor the habits and usage of the users of the system. The information gathered concerning the usage of the system may be stored in a database and accessed by the television receiver to provide multimedia options to a user that may be of interest to the user. These options may be presented to the user through any number of on-screen guides accessible by the user on the television system. In other implementations, the multimedia options based on the user's preferences may be automatically presented to the user as part of a favorite channels list at least partially constructed by the user.
US09860469B2
A circuit includes a signal line and a pixel unit cell. The pixel unit cell includes one or more light sensing elements, a conversion circuit, and a selection switch between the conversion circuit and the signal line. In the pixel unit cell, the conversion circuit is configured to convert charge carriers from the one or more light sensing elements to a voltage signal at an output node of the conversion circuit.
US09860466B2
Pixel aperture size adjustment in a linear sensor is achieved by applying more negative control voltages to central regions of the pixel's resistive control gate, and applying more positive control voltages to the gate's end portions. These control voltages cause the resistive control gate to generate an electric field that drives photoelectrons generated in a selected portion of the pixel's light sensitive region into a charge accumulation region for subsequent measurement, and drives photoelectrons generated in other portions of the pixel's light sensitive region away from the charge accumulation region for subsequent discard or simultaneous readout. A system utilizes optics to direct light received at different angles or locations from a sample into corresponding different portions of each pixel's light sensitive region. Multiple aperture control electrodes are selectively actuated to collect/measure light received from either narrow or wide ranges of angles or locations, thereby enabling rapid image data adjustment.
US09860459B2
A portable signaling device for use in a reduced visibility environment. The signaling device includes a housing for carrying the signaling device into the reduced visibility environment, the housing having a signaling side and an attachment side, the signaling side configured to transmit an infrared signal and the attachment side configured to be secured to a structure within the environment, and an infrared energy source located within the housing, the infrared energy source including a power source, an emitter connected to the power source, and a switching mechanism connected to the power source and the emitter. The signaling device also includes a control circuit coupled to the infrared energy source, the control circuit configured to receive an input representing a message to be transmitted to a thermal imaging camera being carried by a first responder, the message providing a visual indication of a firefighting operation, and operate the infrared energy source to transmit the infrared signal representing the message to the thermal imaging camera.
US09860458B2
A method of switching a transport stream, (TS) such as an MPEG-2 TS, receives a plurality of input streams, receives a switching command for a first input stream, among the plurality of input streams, that is currently being output, searches for an out-point of the first input stream and an in-point of a second input stream to be newly output, in response to the switching command, inserts a virtual P picture stream between the out-point and the in-point, and switches from the first input stream into the second input stream based on the out-point and the in-point.
US09860444B1
Stereographic image detail uniformity of a panoramic video capture device having an optical gradient
A stereographic image associated with a panoramic camera can be identified. The panoramic camera can include of a set of lenses and an image sensor. A pixel degradation curve associated with the image and/or the hardware of the panoramic camera can be determined, as can a sensor geometry of an image sensor used by the panoramic camera. A fixed smoothing function based on the pixel degradation curve and/or the sensor geometry can be created. The fixed smoothing function can be applied to a stereographic image to modify the image so it includes substantially uniform image detail per image region.
US09860443B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for capturing and forming large high quality images using monocentric optical imaging. In one aspect, an optical imaging system includes an optical imaging module that collects light to form an image on an imaging surface, one or more imaging sensors each including an array of optical detectors located away from the imaging surface to receive light representing the image initially formed on the imaging surface and to convert the received light into detector signals, and optical waveguides coupled between the imaging surface and the one or more imaging sensors to receive light from the imaging surface and configured to selectively deliver a desired portion of the received light to the one or more imaging sensors while suppressing undesired stray light from reaching the one or more imaging sensors so that the optical waveguides effectuate an optical aperture stop with a limited angle range for receiving light by the one or more imaging sensors.
US09860436B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to control a camera from a wearable mechanism device, such as a watch, pendant or other device with its own limited display. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a wearable mechanism device for remotely controlling a camera with an intuitive user interface and sequencing of interface options. In one embodiment, the display on the wearable mechanism changes before a picture or video is taken with the electronic camera. Certain embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to partially control a camera from the wearable mechanism device, providing split control.
US09860435B2
Provided is an image capture device including a lens unit that includes a lens, a supporting member that supports the lens unit and rotates in a predetermined rotating direction with the lens unit, a rotation regulating member that regulates rotation of the supporting member by coming into contact with the supporting member while the supporting member is rotating, and a move permitting part that permits the rotation regulating member being in contact with the supporting member to move a predetermined amount in the rotating direction in a manner that the supporting member is rotatable 360 degrees or more in the rotating direction.
US09860431B1
A portable electronic device and an image capturing module thereof are disclosed. The image capturing module includes a circuit substrate, a structure reinforcing frame, a plurality of image sensing chips, an adhesive body, and a plurality of lens modules. The circuit substrate has a plurality of first passing openings. The structure reinforcing frame is disposed on the circuit substrate, and the structure reinforcing frame has a plurality of second passing openings respectively communicated with the first passing openings. The image sensing chips are disposed on the circuit substrate and electrically connected with the circuit substrate, and the image sensing chips are coplanarly disposed on a datum plane. The adhesive body is connected between each image sensing chip and the structure reinforcing frame. The lens modules are disposed on the circuit substrate, and the lens modules respectively correspond to the image sensing chips.
US09860427B2
An example embodiment may involve obtaining an m×n pixel cell from an input image. Each of the m×n pixels in the m×n pixel cell may be associated with at least one color value. An m×n attribute cell may be determined, elements of which may be associated in a one-to-one fashion with respective pixels in the m×n pixel cell. The m×n pixel cell may be compressed in a lossy fashion, and the m×n attribute cell may be compressed in a lossless fashion. Compression of the m×n pixel cell may be based on at least part of the m×n attribute cell. An interleaved representation of the compressed m×n pixel cell and the compressed m×n attribute cell may be written to an output medium.
US09860423B2
There are provided image processing device and method, a printing system, a halftone process determination method, and a program capable of determining a processing rule of an appropriate halftone process appropriate for characteristics of a printing system. An image processing device (20) according to the present invention includes characteristic parameter acquisition means (52) for acquiring characteristic parameters related to characteristics of a printing system, and halftone process generation means (58) for generating halftone processing rules that define the processing contents of two or more kinds of halftone processes of which balances of priority for a plurality of requirements required in the halftone process are different based on the characteristic parameters acquired by the characteristic parameter acquisition means (52).
US09860422B2
A correction method for an image forming apparatus including a light source including light emitting points, a photosensitive member configured to rotate in a first direction, and a deflecting unit configured to deflect light beams emitted from the light source in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the correction method includes: a first correction step of correcting sparseness and denseness of density in the first direction by moving a predetermined pixel in the first direction, and causing a pixel value of the predetermined pixel to be output or not to be output in accordance with movement of the predetermined pixel; and a second correction step of correcting the pixel value of the predetermined pixel by moving the pixel value of the predetermined pixel in the second direction so that a pixel value is caused to be output or not to be output with a plurality of continuous pixels.
US09860420B2
A reading apparatus includes a paper feed section that feeds a sheet on which an image is formed with decolorable material to a conveyance path. A reading section positioned on the conveyance path reads the image formed on the sheet and generates image data corresponding to the read image. A paper discharge section discharges the sheet after the reading section has read the image. If the reading section reads a portion of the image formed on the sheet due to an error, the sheet is conveyed to the reading section again to read a remainder portion of the image that was not initially read in the reading section and to generate image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image. The image data corresponding to the read portion of the image is combined with the image data corresponding to the remainder portion of the image.
US09860413B2
A system comprises a server, a mobile device and an image forming apparatus. The server includes a storage manager for managing storage of documents and associated document identifiers, a mobile device interface for receiving a set request identifying a user from the mobile device and for providing associated document identifiers to the mobile device, and an image forming apparatus interface for receiving from the image forming apparatus a document request containing a document identifier and for providing in response a document associated with the document identifier to the image forming apparatus, the document identifier received by the image forming apparatus from the mobile device as a graphical code image. The image forming apparatus includes a scanner for scanning the graphical code image from the mobile device, and a server interface for sending the document request to the server and for receiving the document.
US09860407B2
A communication apparatus for performing automatic reception processing of a calling signal received on a telephone line, by power supplied from a first power supply, includes an image processing unit, a detection unit, a counting unit, and a power supply control unit. The image processing unit performs image processing on image data received over the telephone line, by power supplied from a second power supply. The detection unit detects a calling signal received on the telephone line, by power supplied from the first power supply, while power supplied from the second power supply is stopped. The counting unit counts the number of calling signals detected by the detection unit. The power supply control unit starts supply of power from the second power supply on the basis that the number of detected calling signals counted by the counting unit reaches a predetermined number.
US09860403B2
When a sheet fed by a feed rotating member passes through a detection area of a leading edge detecting portion, the feed rotating member is moved to a retract position based on the detection. When the fed sheet does not pass through the detection area, the feed rotating member is moved to the retract position after a predetermined time elapses since the sheet starts to be fed by the feed rotating member.
US09860394B2
An image reading apparatus includes an image capturing module, a reference member, a light source for emitting light to the reference member, a foreign object determining module for determining whether or not a foreign object appears in a specific image, and a position determining module for determining whether the foreign object exists on the image capturing module side or on the reference member side, based on an absolute value of a difference between a gradation value in a region included in two images and corresponding to a region where the foreign object appears when the foreign object appears in the specific image. One image is an image of the reference member captured under illumination of light with a first light quantity from the light source, and other image is an image of the reference member captured under illumination of light with a second light quantity from the light source.
US09860393B2
A virtual computer system includes a potential failure-causing event detection controller, a saving unit, and a snapshot creation unit. The potential failure-causing event detection controller detects a potential failure-causing event relating to a printer provided external to a virtual computer having installed thereon a guest operating system on which an application program is installed or relating to control of the printer. The saving unit performs a saving process of saving information indicating the potential failure-causing event and information about a page for which printing is not completed by the printer. The snapshot creation unit creates a snapshot of the guest operating system including the application program after the saving unit has performed the saving process.
US09860390B2
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for generating a policy event record (PER). The method includes receiving one or more policy event attributes (PEAs) and using the received PEAs to select one or more policy definitions that are associated with a communication session. The method also includes analyzing the selected one or more policy definitions and initiating one or more associated policy actions. The method further includes generating a policy event record that includes information that identifies the one or more selected policy definitions.
US09860385B1
The present invention is related to telecommunications. A call processing system receives a first call from a caller intended for a first person. A notification regarding the first call is transmitted over a network to a terminal associated with the first person. A user interface is displayed on the terminal via which the first person can indicate that a callback message is to be transmitted to the caller. The callback message is transmitted to the caller, wherein the callback message includes an identification of the first person, a callback control, and text indicating that the caller is to activate the control to initiate another call to the first person. At least partly in response to the caller activating the control, A second call to be placed via which the first person and caller are connected.
US09860384B2
A computer-implemented system and method for delivering group messages is provided. Users that are signed-on to and signed-off from one or more discussion groups are tracked. A voice message is received from one of the users signed-on to one of the discussion groups. A list of users associated with the discussion group is obtained and a sublist of signed-on users including those users from the list that are signed-on to the discussion group is built. The voice message is provided to the signed-on users of the discussion group and a copy of the voice message is stored for later access by the users in the discussion group that are signed-off.
US09860377B1
A method and apparatus of applying user profile information to a customized application are disclosed. One example method of operation may include receiving an inquiry message or call from a user device, identifying and authorizing the user from inquiry message information received from the inquiry message, retrieving a user profile comprising at least one user preference, applying the at least one user preference to a user call processing application, and transmitting menu options to the user device based on the applied at least user preference.
US09860366B2
A present physical location of a mobile device can be identified based on wireless communication between the mobile device and at least one beacon. Responsive to determining that the mobile device is located at a particular physical location, location rules associated with the particular physical location can be retrieved, content assigned to the particular physical location can be identified, content that the mobile device is authorized to access via a network maintained for the physical location while the mobile device still is located at the particular physical location can be selected, and a message can be communicated to the mobile device. The message can specify an authorization for the mobile device to access the selected content using at least one application installed on the mobile device while the mobile device still is located at the particular physical location.
US09860365B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method to effect automated adjustments at a communication device is described. The method may include receiving first contextual data of the communication device. The first contextual data may indicate conditions of a first predetermined setting at the communication device and a setting adjustment associated with the conditions. The method may also generate a second predetermined setting, based on the setting adjustment. The method may also apply the second predetermined setting at the communication device in place of the first predetermined setting under conditions indicated by second contextual data that are similar to conditions indicated by the first contextual data.
US09860364B2
Various aspects disclosed herein are directed to different types of personal assistant techniques for facilitating call event notation, tagging, calendaring, and etc., particularly those implemented on mobile communication devices. Users of mobile devices are provided with a relatively easy way to record and organize personal notes relating to one or more selected telephone conversations conducted by the user. Users can also manage notes, tasks, and schedule items related to the user's contacts and social network(s). In at least one embodiment, a Mobile Application running on a user's mobile device may be configured or designed to automatically detect an end of phone call event at the mobile device, and to automatically display a “pop-up” dialog GUI prompting the user to record a personalized note or other content (if desired), to be associated with the phone call which just ended.
US09860363B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method and technique for operating a computing device. An interface is displayed for enabling the computing device to control a voicemail system. The interface includes one or more display objects, wherein each display object is selectable by a user to enter a command input assigned to that display object. A selection is detected of any one of the one or more display objects, and the command input assigned to the display object is identified. A signal tone is generated corresponding to the command input. The signal input may be transmitted across a network to the voicemail system to communicate a command to the voicemail system.
US09860361B1
A wirelessly controlled inflator is described herein that includes a pump, a hose, a programmable switch, and a wireless transceiver. The hose is fluidically coupled to the pump. The programmable switch is electrically coupled to the pump and stores instructions that, when executed, activate the pump until a desired pressure setting is reached. The wireless transceiver is electrically coupled to the programmable switch and relays pump operation information to the programmable switch. The inflator may be remotely controlled by one or more networked devices, such as directly or via a cloud-based network.
US09860355B2
A computer detects a connected voice or video call between participants and records a brief media sample. Speech recognition is utilized to determine when the call is connected as well as to transcribe the content of the audio portion of the media sample. The recorded media sample and transcribed content is associated with the connected voice or video call such that a user may reference it at a later point. The computer additionally suggests creating or editing contact information associated with the participants of the connected voice or video call based on the transcribed content.
US09860347B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data transfer method and apparatus by establishing, at a source device, a plurality of data connections with a target device in response to a data connection establishment request from a client, the data connection establishment request carrying information on a plurality of receiving ports that have been enabled by the target device; and transferring data from the source device to the target device via the plurality of data connections, and data transfer/receiving method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present disclosure leverage a plurality of parallel data connections from a source device to a target device to transfer data, thereby enhancing the speed and reliability of data backup or restoration.
US09860346B2
A method beginning with adding new resource to an enterprise system. Responsive to adding, an API builder executed by the computer automatically builds a new API exclusively for the new resource. The new API is configured to manage communications between the new resource and the proxy server based on a context resource identifier provided by the API builder and stored in an identifier data structure. The context resource identifier is to be provided to the gateway in response to a request from the client to access the new resource using a uniform resource identifier that identifies to the new resource. The context resource identifier is static over time within the enterprise. A proxy server uses the context resource identifier to call the new API in order to access the new resource, whereby a speed of communication between the client and the new API is increased.
US09860341B2
A method, system and computer program product for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device. A shim application is provided to the mobile device by a content server after the mobile device visits the content server for the first time. The shim application detects the capabilities of the mobile device, such as the screen size, screen resolution, memory size, browser capabilities, etc. The shim application then includes such information in the header of the requests, such as a request for content, sent from the mobile device to the content server. The content server then generates the requested content in the appropriate format based on the information provided in the header. In this manner, the content server will now be able to ensure that the content provided by the content server for a particular mobile device will be appropriately displayed on the mobile device.
US09860339B2
Determining a custom content delivery network is disclosed. This can comprise determining a custom content delivery network (CCDN) based on information determined by an intelligent software-defined network (ISDN). An ISDN can receive a content request and related information from a user equipment (UE). The ISDN can determine CCDN information that can be employed to provision a transport network corresponding to the CCDN information. The transport network can be customized based on the content request and the related information. Moreover, as the related information changes, the transport network can be correspondingly updated. Some embodiments disclose an ISDN operating on a virtual machine in a cloud-computing environment.
US09860337B1
Features are disclosed for enabling users to discover content with different opinions or sentiments regarding particular topics. In some embodiments, users may request content expressing an opinion regarding a topic that is contrary or otherwise different than the opinion expressed in a currently viewed or selected content item. A service or system can identify content items related to the same topic, analyze sentiments expressed regarding the topic, and provide the user with a listing or other data regarding content with differing opinions. In some embodiments, the service or system may proactively search for and classify content as expressing particular opinions about particular topics in the absence of a request from a user. In some embodiments, the service or system may proactively provide users with data regarding the availability of content items with contrary opinions.
US09860333B2
A system facilitates access to data in a network. One implementations includes a caching layer function that is configured to integrate into a local cluster file system, to cache local file data in a cache based on fetching file data on demand from a remote cluster file system, and to operate on a multi-node cache cluster. The cache is visible to file system clients as a Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant file system, applications execute on the multi-node cache cluster using POSIX semantics via a POSIX compliant file system interface, and data cache is locally consistent for updates made at the multi-node cache cluster using distributed locking for the data cache.
US09860327B2
A method for generating website recommendations based on user web browsing. The method includes a computer processor tracking a sequence of two or more websites traversed by a user, wherein the sequence is based, at least in part, on a web-browsing session of the user. The method further includes a computer processor identifying a plurality of sequences of websites traversed by other users, wherein the plurality of sequences of web sites traversed by other users include at least one website in common with the tracked sequence of two or more websites traversed by the user. The method further includes a computer processor determining one or more recommended websites in the plurality of sequences of websites traversed by other users that are relevant to the tracked sequence of two or more websites traversed by the user. The method further includes a computer processor presenting the one or more recommended websites to the user.
US09860326B2
An example method of integrating a plurality of heterogeneous peer-to-peer communication participants includes retrieving from a first input queue coupled to a duplex service a first message. The first message includes a message identifier and is from a sender. The method also includes applying a first operation on the first message, determining a first output of the first message based on the first operation, and sending the first output of the first message to a target. The method further includes retrieving from a second input queue coupled to the duplex service a second message. The second message includes the message identifier and is from a target. The method also includes applying a second operation on the second message, determining a second output of the second message based on the second operation, and sending the second output of the second message to the sender.
US09860321B2
Techniques for propagating communication awareness over a cellular network are described. According to various implementations, communication awareness of a communication session is propagated to an infrastructure component of a cellular network, such as a base station controller. Communication awareness of a communication session, for instance, can be employed to control various operational parameters of a cellular device that participates in a communication session.
US09860317B1
During a throttling parameter determination, a throttling manager of a file storage service transmits a maximum throughput allotment to an access node of the service. The allotment is based at least in part on the estimated size of a file system instance. The access node assigns respective portions of the allotment to individual ones of a set of persistent client connections classified as sustainable-demand connections, such that the connections are able to sustain their throughputs for a time period. The remainder of the allotment is distributed among one or more high-demand persistent client connections. The access node enforces the throughput limits assigned to the connections.
US09860314B2
A data synchronization method, in a network element operating in a network, includes generating an event at the network element that needs to be synchronized with other devices in the network; based on assigned tokens for the network element, generating a row key for the event; and providing the row key to a Highly-Available (HA) key-value storage system for synchronization therewith, wherein the HA key-value storage system includes a plurality of nodes including the network element and the other devices.
US09860312B2
A system and method is provided for optimizing a SyncML slow sync between a proprietary client and server. When a slow sync is detected, the client and server can depart from the normal SyncML protocol and process summary data without having to compare all items on a field-by-field basis.
US09860297B2
In an example embodiment, a method includes scanning, by an apparatus, for wireless messages associated with presence of a mobile wireless device, while the apparatus is connected to a server. The apparatus reproduces content received from the server. The apparatus maintains measured signal strength of wireless messages received from the mobile wireless device. Then the apparatus relinquished reproducing content received from the server based on information relating to measured signal strength of wireless messages received by another wireless device from the mobile wireless device is greater than the maintained signal strength associated with the mobile wireless device.
US09860296B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for generating an end-to-end quality indication associated with a communication session. Based on a real-time transport control protocol message, the system identifies a media path associated with a communication session. Next, the system determines a respective media leg quality for a plurality of media legs in the media path. Based on the respective media leg quality, the system then determines a media path quality. The system can also generate a media quality indication based on the media path quality, and display the media quality indication.
US09860292B2
A method and system delivers data to a batch consumer and a streaming consumer. The method and system include retrieving data from a plurality of data centers, storing the data in a first directory, bundling the data into plurality of batches in the first directory, transferring each batch of the plurality of batches to the second directory, delivering the each batch of the plurality of batches in the second directory to the batch consumer and the streaming consumer and delivering the data in the first directory to the streaming consumer.
US09860291B2
This invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of digital media packets, such as audio and video channels and lighting instructions. In particular, the invention concerns the transmitting and receiving of redundant media packet streams. Samples are extracted from a first and second media packet stream. The extracted samples are written to a buffer based on the output time of each sample. Extracted samples having the same output time are written to the same location in the buffer. Both media packet streams are simply processed all the way to the buffer without any particular knowledge that one of the packet streams is actually redundant. This simplifies the management of the redundant packet streams, such as eliminating the need for a “fail-over” switch and the concept of an “active stream”, The location is the storage space allocated to store one sample. The extracted sample written to the location may be written over another extracted sample from a different packet stream previously written to the location. These extracted samples written to the same location may be identical.
US09860285B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a screen sharing technology including a local computing device and a remote computing device. The local computing device compresses pixel data captured from a frame buffer of the local computing device into a video stream. When the local computing device determines that a video visual component is to be displayed, it obtains compressed data for the video visual component, location information and temporal information. The remote computing device decodes the compressed data and the video stream in different decoder and displays the video stream and compressed data on its monitor according to the temporal information and location information. As such, the embodiment described above leads to better coding efficiency, better coding quality, and lower bit rate.
US09860279B2
Some embodiments provide novel methods for processing remote-device data messages in a network based on data-message attributes from a remote device management (RDM) system. For instance, the method of some embodiments identifies a set of RDM attributes associated with a data message, and then performs one or more service operations based on identified RDM attribute set.
US09860261B2
A computer-implemented method and system for analyzing and maintaining data security in backup data, comprising of: accessing backup data of file systems on-site or remotely from a backup server; determining which data is present in a backup system; defining an abnormality data selection criteria to identify security components within the scope of said backup system; performing a data security analysis on backup data; if data abnormality in data are detected in backup data, determining compromised target files, identifying all other files created or modified associated with said compromised target files, including files having a parent-child relationship in both up and down directions of the parent-child tree, including files that are other children of the compromised files in the parent-child tree, including files created or modified by of the compromised files, and including data launched from those files.
US09860251B2
A system and computer program product for implementing a method for restricting access to information transmitted over a computing network. A computer receives a resource request for a resource to be located. The resource request contains a universal resource locator (URL). The computer determines that the requested resource is available and in response, the computer locates the requested resource contained in the resource request. The computer determines whether encryption of the contained. URL is required. The computer may determine whether encryption is required for a return URL of the requested resource that is to be returned to a location of the resource request. After the computer determines that the requested resource is available, the computer may: determine that encryption of the requested resource is required and in response, determine an encrypted value of the requested resource.
US09860248B2
The computer implemented method comprising controlling the access to different resources and actions defined for a user by a first server, reducing the exposure time at which such operations are available, establishing a dual channel verification through the use of a second server and reinforcing an authentication factor mechanism by including a biometric identity verification of biometric information of the user.
US09860247B2
Systems and methods for verifying human users through cognitive processes that computers cannot imitate are described herein. Human cognitive language processing techniques may be used to verify human users. Visual patterns and tests may be used to distinguish between humans and computers because computer-based visual recognition is fundamentally different from human visual processing. Persistent plugins and tests may be used to continuously verify human users.
US09860241B2
A system includes one or more processors to receive a registration request, the registration request comprising a representation of a username and a password, verify the username and the password and transmit a one-time-use password, receive the one-time-use password and first device identifier information from a mobile computing device, receive an access request from the mobile computing device comprising the representation of the username and the password, second device identifier information, and application key information, verify the username, the password, the second device identifier information, and the application key information, and transmit a token to the mobile computing device, and receive a resource request from the mobile computing device comprising the token and third device identifier information.
US09860225B1
A network directory service, responsive to receiving a target device symbolic name from a client, identifies a network access server in communication with a network on which the target device resides, notifies the network access server of an expected connection from the client, and returns a device access token to the client. The network access server, responsive to receiving and validating the device access token, forwards the client-originated traffic to the target device by implementing a Network Address Translation (NAT) scheme.
US09860208B1
Techniques for bridging a honey network to a suspicious device in a network (e.g., an enterprise network) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bridging a honey network to a suspicious device in an enterprise network includes a device profile data store that includes a plurality of attributes of each of a plurality of devices in the target network environment; a virtual clone manager executed on a processor that instantiates a virtual clone of one or more devices in the target network environment based on one or more attributes for a target device in the device profile data store; and a honey network policy that is configured to route an internal network communication from a suspicious device in the target network environment to the virtual clone for the target device in the honey network.
US09860199B1
A system and method for message analysis, including: receiving, from a client device, a reporting request identifying a first broadcasted message authored by a context account of a messaging platform; identifying, by a computer processor, engagement data corresponding to engagement with the first broadcasted message by a set of engaging accounts of the messaging platform that engaged with the first broadcasted message; generating, using the engagement data and by the computer processor, propagation data representing propagation of the first broadcasted message in a connection graph of the messaging platform; and providing the propagation data for the client device in response to the reporting request, where the client device is operable to display a visual representation of the propagation data.
US09860189B2
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to use memory as a shared interface between a management controller (e.g., such as embedded baseboard management controller “BMC”, embedded service processor, non-embedded management controller, etc.) and a network controller of an information handling system (e.g., such as a server) in order to achieve a relatively high speed data path between a network and the management controller, and without requiring the use and/or presence of a high speed physical connection to and/or from a sideband interface of the network controller.
US09860185B2
In one implementation, a network device is configured to implement an intra switch transport protocol. The intra switch transport protocol is configured to determine a maximum window size according to a predetermined bandwidth and a round trip time between a plurality of ingress ports and an egress port. The network device is configured to calculate an assigned window value for the one of the plurality of ingress ports based on the maximum window size and generate an acknowledgment message including the assigned window value for the one of the plurality of ingress ports, and to delay successive acknowledgement messages according to fabric congestion and egress port occupancy.
US09860184B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for a packet data flow to use markings on packets (93, 94) that indicate the longest instantaneous queue length on a path in order to rapidly increase the flow rate up to an available capacity of a network node without overshoot, in order to avoid the TCP Slow start process.
US09860175B2
A system for processing a packet may include, for each of a network interface controller and a central processing unit, a measurement of the processing time, a determination of the amount of energy consumed to process a unit of information in the packet, and a measurement of the load. A user may provide the system with signals to perform networking processes for the packet in a manner to reduce the processing time of the system or in a manner to reduce the amount of energy consumed by the system for processing the packet. A portion of the system may receive at least one of the measurements, determinations, and signals and may cause one of the network interface controller and the central processing unit to perform networking processes for the packet. The networking processes may include establishing a connection to a network.
US09860173B2
A storage device is provided to maintain a count of flow control credits to be granted to a device in association with transactions over a channel to be implemented on a data link and control logic is provided to communicate, to the device, an indication of an amount of flow control credits for the device in association with a reset of the data link.
US09860166B1
Stateful inspection and classification of packets is disclosed. For a first packet associated with a network traffic flow, a differentiated services header value is determined. The differentiated services header value is used to perform a lookup of a quality of service treatment associated with the differentiated services header value. The treatment is applied to the first packet. A return traffic packet is received. A differentiated services header value is written in the header of the return traffic packet.
US09860155B1
Techniques described herein provide for real-time observation of utilization of one or more resources by a system in response to an input. The real-time observation by a system may occur in an environment in which end users supply inputs to the system (e.g., a production environment). In various embodiments, a server system may provide a service to a client system. A client system may take advantage of this service by sending an input to the server system. In response, the server system may perform the provisioned service using the input from the client system. In connection with the service, the utilization of resources (e.g., by a process) and/or the client system-supplied input may be recorded, such as when resources are utilized in an unexpected or interesting manner. These records may be used at a later time for testing and analysis.
US09860153B2
Technologies for protocol execution include a command device to broadcast a protocol message to a plurality of computing devices and receive an aggregated status message from an aggregation system. The aggregated status message identifies a success or failure of execution of instructions corresponding with the protocol message by the plurality of computing devices such that each computing device of the plurality of computing devices that failed is uniquely identified and the success of remaining computing devices is aggregated into a single success identifier.
US09860149B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing monitoring of data servers are presented. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a computing device, a first polling request associated with a user account, while a client proxy associated with the user account is operating in a passive mode. Subsequently, the computing platform may forward the first polling request to a server associated with the user account. Next, the computing platform may detect that the computing device is asleep. In response to detecting that the computing device is asleep, the computing platform may initiate an active mode of the client proxy. Subsequently, the computing platform may send a second polling request to the server. Thereafter, the computing platform may determine to wake the computing device based on a polling response. In response to determining to wake the computing device, the computing platform may send, to the computing device, a notification.
US09860143B2
A system for providing information on the traffic on a group of websites includes a screen for showing the information and a computer programmed to receive data relating to the traffic on a group of websites comprising information specifying for each visit at least the date and/or time of visit, the website and the visitor; generate for at least one visitor a data line comprising representations of the websites visited by the visitor in a time ordered arrangement; and showing the data line on the screen.
US09860142B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to generating and delivering data elements out of the context of an application installation. Each data element generated by an application is transmitted to a collection server after a networked computing device has connected back to a network, and even after the application has been removed from the networked computing device. Each data element is associated with a globally unique transaction identifier. Each data element and its corresponding transaction identifier are packaged together for transmission to the collection server via one or more of a plurality of transmission pathways, including a messaging pathway. The collection server uses the transaction identifier to check whether a corresponding data element is already stored by the collection server. The data element is stored by the collection server, if not already stored.
US09860128B2
The embodiments disclose a method for automatically communicating a command, received from a command server, to a set of nodes from a plurality of nodes on a network, executing the command on each node in the set of nodes and sending a response message from each node in the set of nodes to the command server indicating a type of executed action, wherein the set of nodes form a plurality of response messages.
US09860115B2
A system and method of controlling surrounding devices, based on a topology are provided. The method of controlling sub surrounding devices, which is performed by a main surrounding device, includes receiving a plurality of pieces of surrounding device information about the sub surrounding devices from a host device; receiving context information about a context of the host device from the host device; obtaining topology setting information about topology configuration standards; determining a sub surrounding device to be comprised in a topology from among the sub surrounding devices, based on the context information and the topology setting information; connecting the main surrounding device with the host device and the sub surrounding device; and controlling the sub surrounding device, based on control information received from the host device.
US09860112B2
A technique for synchronizing operations in a transaction processing system includes identifying, by a first recovery management connector (FRMC) in a first region, a failure of a first network connection having a first network type during synchronization operations with a partner region. The FRMC queries connections defined to the transaction processing system to identify a replacement network connection that is connected to the partner region using a second network type that is different than the first network type. The FRMC collects relevant data for an interrupted synchronization operation. The FRMC issues a command to link to a specific program in a FRMC in the partner region. The command includes the relevant data for the interrupted synchronization operation. A second recovery management connector of the first region communicates the command to and a response from the partner region via the replacement network connection in order to continue the interrupted synchronization operation.
US09860107B2
Discloses is a computer network system comprising a plurality of network management tools, a network segment comprising a plurality of hardware devices, and a proxy for interconnecting network management tools with the network segment. Each of the network management tools is assigned at least one functionality for monitoring and controlling at least one hardware device which is polled by the network management tools. The functionalities from different network management tools are separate from each other, and the proxy is set up to consolidate requests from the different network management tools and to focus the requests on one single request to the device to be controlled by the different network management tools.
US09860105B2
A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information.
US09860103B2
A method for transmitting interference related control information in order to improve a reception performance of a terminal that receives a downlink in a cellular mobile communication system based on the LTE-A system includes receiving a higher layer control message including probability information of a modulation scheme for an interference signal, from a base station, and performing error-correcting coding using a probability value of a modulation scheme for an interference signal, which is included in the higher layer control message. A base station in a mobile communication system, the base station includes a controller configured to generate probability information of a modulation scheme for an interference signal, and transmit, to the terminal, a higher layer control message comprising the probability information of the modulation scheme for the interference signal.
US09860101B2
Transmission quality is improved in an environment in which direct waves dominate in a transmission method for transmitting a plurality of modulated signals from a plurality of antennas at the same time. All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by hopping between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol in the frequency domain and the time domain all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted.
US09860100B2
Provided is a method and device for signal transmission having good PAPR/CM characteristics. With regard to one aspect of said method, the method for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication signal comprises a step wherein a reference signal sequence is generated, a step wherein said reference signal sequence is divided with respect to each of multiple sub-blocks, a step wherein each of said plurality of divided reference signal sequence is subject to circular shifting, and a step wherein said plurality of circular shifted reference signals are transmitted via said plurality of sub-blocks.
US09860099B1
Transmitting a frame may include determining a numerology according to a channel bandwidth, indicating the numerology in a field of a frame, and transmitting the frame using the numerology. Receiving a frame may include receiving a preamble of a frame, determining a numerology using the preamble, and receiving later portions of the frame using the numerology. Transmitting a frame may include, for a transmission time slot, determining a value of a first subcarrier of a first Space-Time Stream (STS), determining a value of a second subcarrier of the first STS, and determining, according to complex conjugates or negative complex conjugates of the values of the first and second subcarriers of the first STS, respective values of second and first subcarriers of a second STS. Transmitting a constellation point of a frame may be performed using an orphan subcarrier pair.
US09860098B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to an ultra low power wideband asynchronous binary phase shift keying (BPSK) demodulation method and a circuit configuration thereof. The ultra low power wideband asynchronous BPSK demodulation circuit comprises a sideband division and upper sideband signal delay unit dividing a modulated signal into an upper sideband and a lower sideband by a first order high-pass filter and a first order low-pass filter; a data demodulation unit latching, through a hysteresis circuit, a signal generated by a difference between the analog signals in which a phase difference between the delayed upper sideband analog signal and the lower sideband analog signal is aligned at 0°, so as to demodulate digital data; and a data clock recovery unit for generating a data clock by using a signal digitalized from the lower sideband analog signal through a comparator and a data signal.
US09860097B2
A transmitting device includes: a compressing unit configured to generate and output a compressed digital signal that has been compressed, by converting an input digital signal by use of a Walsh function and extracting a specific frequency component.
US09860095B1
This document describes techniques for performing non-coherent demodulation of a differentially modulated signal in a drift robust manner. A differentially modulated signal, including a plurality of symbols, may be received. Non-coherent domodulation of the differentially modulated signal may be performed. The non-coherent demodulation may include performing noise prediction using a high-pass filtered estimated error signal associated with the differentially modulated signal. In some embodiments, frequency offset estimation to reduce frequency offset of the differentially modulated signal may also be performed as part of the non-coherent demodulation.
US09860093B2
A communications adaptor comprises a receiver circuit, which can comprise a signal input configured to receive a frequency shift keyed (FSK) signal; a delay circuit in communication with the signal input and including a delayed signal output; a multiplier circuit in communication with the signal input and the delayed signal output, and the multiplier circuit can be configured to produce a serial bit steam from at least the signal input and the delayed signal output, the serial bit stream corresponds to one or more bits encoded with frequency shift keying in the FSK signal; and a signal output configured to output the serial bit stream. The communications adaptor also can comprise a transmitter circuit and a processor in communication with the receiver circuit and the transmitter circuit.
US09860091B2
According to some embodiments, a method of determining a modulation coding scheme in a wireless network comprises receiving a CQI index, wherein the CQI index comprises a four-bit value associated with a channel quality of a wireless signal and identifying an entry in a CQI table based on the CQI index. The CQI table comprises: a first contiguous plurality of table entries associated with low SINR, each entry based on a first sampling grid; a second contiguous plurality of table entries associated with medium SINR, each entry based on a second sampling grid; and a third contiguous plurality of table entries associated with high SINR, each entry based on a third sampling grid. The method further comprises determining a modulation coding scheme based on the identified entry in the CQI table and encoding a transmission block according to the determined modulation coding scheme.
US09860088B1
Inferring sampled data in decision feedback equalizer at restart of forwarded clock in memory system
An apparatus includes a detector circuit and a data buffer. The detector circuit may be configured to (i) identify a start of a command sequence associated with a directed access to a memory system and (ii) generate a control signal indicating a non-consecutive clock associated with the start of the command sequence. The data buffer circuit may be configured to initialize a condition of a receiver circuit in response to the control signal prior to reception of a first data bit associated with the command sequence.
US09860083B2
The present invention discloses a channel estimation method, apparatus, and device and a multichannel microwave communications system. According to the channel estimation method, a first vector group corresponding to a transmit end and a second vector group corresponding to a receive end are first obtained according to a transmit-receive array size; then a subchannel estimation procedure is performed multiple times according to the transmit-receive array size, the first vector group, and the second vector group, to obtain multiple corresponding subchannel estimated coefficients; and finally, a real channel matrix is determined according to the first vector group, the second vector group, and an estimation matrix consisting of the multiple subchannel estimated coefficients.
US09860081B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing multi-homing techniques for SPB networks is presented. A set of UNI nodes that receive multicast packets are determined based on Backbone Media Access Control-Destination Address (BMAC-DA)/I-Tag Service Identifier (I-SID) of received multicast packets for multicast packets within a transport network. A separate Egress Port Mask is determined for each Backbone-Virtual Local Area Network (B-VLAN) of the transport network, wherein the Egress Port Mask is determined such that only one UNI node of the set of UNI nodes forwards said multicast packets. A set of UNI copies of said multicast packets are filtered out by applying the Egress Port Mask, wherein copies that are not in the Egress Port Mask are dropped. Copies of multicast packets that are not dropped are sent out.
US09860079B2
A redirector within an Autonomous System (AS) is configured to access a set of Routing and Forwarding (RF) tables associated with a respective set of tenants. A current packet, addressed to a private IP address of a private tenant network outside the AS, is received by the redirector. The redirector executes a look up of the private IP address in a RF table, from the set of RF tables, that corresponds to the tenant associated with the packet. The redirector selects an egress interface of a egress gateway of the AS based on the look up. The redirector encapsulates the current packet and an identifier of the egress interface within an outer packet and transmits the outer packet to the egress gateway. The egress gateway transmits the packet toward the private IP address of the private tenant network using the egress gateway selected by the redirector.
US09860075B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication node having a modem that receives first data streams from a source communication node via a first plurality of twisted pair transmission lines. A multiplexer selects a first subset of the first data streams and a second subset of the first data streams. A wireless transceiver wirelessly transmits the first subset of the first data streams as radio frequency signals via an antenna to at least one device. A distribution point unit transmits the second subset of the first data streams on a second plurality of twisted pair transmission lines to a destination communication node of a distributed antenna system.
US09860068B2
The invention relates to a method of signature with pseudonym σ of a message m by a user device storing a secret signature key sk dependent at least on a first part of key f, on a second part of key x and on a third part of key A equal to (g1hf)1/(x+y) and comprising the following steps: —generation of a pseudonym nym equal to hf dpkx, with dpk a public domain parameter, —determination of random numbers a, r_a, r_f, r_x, r_b, r_d, —calculation of signature coefficients R1 equal to hr_Jdpkr_x, R2 equal to nymr_ah−r_ddpk−r_b, R3 equal to Zr_x Va−r_x−r_f−r_b W−r_a, with Z, V and W respectively equal to e(A, g2), e(h, g2) and e(h,w), —obtaining of a first signature parameter T equal to Aha, —calculation of a second signature parameter c by applying a cryptographic hash function H, to the public domain parameter dpk, to the pseudonym nym, to the first signature parameter T, to the signature coefficients R1, R2, R3 and to the message m, —calculation of signature parameters s_f, s_x, s_a, s_b, s_d, respectively equal to r_f+c.f, r_x+c.x, r_a+c.a, r_b+c.a.x and r_d+c.a.f, —generation of said signature with pseudonym σ of said message m on the basis of said signature parameters.
US09860063B2
Systems, methods and computer program products are described that analyze the code of an application and, based on the analysis, identify whether data elements (e.g., columns) referenced by the code can be encrypted, and for those data elements that can be encrypted, recommend an encryption scheme. The recommended encryption scheme for a given data element may be the highest level of encryption that can be applied thereto without affecting the semantics of the application code. The output generated based on the analysis may not only include a mapping of each data element to a recommended encryption scheme, but may also include an explanation of why each recommendation was made for each data element. Such explanation may include, for example, an identification of the application code that gave rise to the recommendation for each data element.
US09860057B2
A data processing system (DPS) supports exchange of digital keys. The DPS comprises a communication module which, when executed by the DPS, is operable to receive, via multiple different network routes, multiple copies of a seed message from a second DPS, as part of a Diffie-Hellman key exchange process with the second DPS, wherein each copy of the seed message includes a seed value. The DPS also comprises a security module which, when executed by the DPS, is operable to perform operations comprising (a) determining a prevalent seed value, based on the multiple copies of the seed message; (b) computing a prevalence metric to indicate how many of the seed messages contained the prevalent seed value; and (c) determining whether a seed exchange portion of the Diffie-Hellman key exchange process has been successfully performed, based on the prevalence metric. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09860052B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to use of digital predistortion in the context of full-duplex radio. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes one or more antennas and is configured to simultaneously transmit and receive wireless signals via at least partially overlapping frequency resources using the one or more antennas. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes receive chain circuitry that is configured to process both wireless signals transmitted by the apparatus via the one or more antennas and over-the-air wireless signals from one or more other computing devices. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes one or more processing elements configured to determine one or more digital predistortion parameters based on the wireless signals transmitted by the apparatus via the one or more antennas and processed by the receive chain circuitry and apply predistortion to transmitted wireless signals based on the one or more digital predistortion parameters.
US09860049B2
A downlink control channel time-domain position determination method and device are disclosed. The method includes: a terminal determining a way for acquiring a time-domain position of a downlink control channel and/or a time-domain starting position of a downlink data channel corresponding to the downlink control channel according to a number of repetitions of resources corresponding to the downlink control channel and/or a downlink channel type; the terminal obtaining the time-domain position of the downlink control channel and/or the time-domain starting position of the downlink data channel in accordance with the way.
US09860047B1
Wireless devices with similar air-interface conditions (e.g., signal strength, modulation and coding scheme, etc.) can be configured to function as relays. To select which wireless device(s) to pick to function as a relay on behalf of an access node, the type of data traffic going to/from these devices is examined. This examination is used to determine which wireless device to select as a relay. In other words, when several wireless devices are situated so that they have similar radio frequency (RF) conditions, the type and/or amount of traffic they are sending or receiving is used to determine which of the wireless devices to select to function as a relay.
US09860039B2
A technique for assigning pilot signals to user equipments is described. The user equipments access a radio base station that provides radio access. As to a method aspect of the technique, an access burst including initial pilot signals is received from the user equipments, wherein at least two of the user equipments apply simultaneously the same initial pilot signal. A multicast channel to the at least two user equipments is estimated based on the received access burst. A combined signal power received at the radio base station is computed for the at least two user equipments based on the estimated multicast channel. A message to the at least two user equipments is sent using the multicast channel. The message is indicative of the combined signal power and assigns different pilot signals to the at least two user equipments, wherein the assignment depends for each of the at least two user equipments on the combined signal power and a signal power received at the respective user equipment.
US09860034B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for communication are provided. In an aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to receive a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and receive a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information. In another aspect, an apparatus for communication may include a processing system configured to transmit a frame configured to assign at least member information or position information for one or more identifiers, and transmit a data packet associated with a particular identifier and indicating a number of space-time streams for one or more position information.
US09860033B2
Transmission schemes that can flexibly achieve the desired spatial multiplexing order, spatial diversity order, and channel estimation overhead order are described. For data transmission, the assigned subcarriers and spatial multiplexing order (M) for a receiver are determined, where M≧1. For each assigned subcarrier, M virtual antennas are selected from among V virtual antennas formed with V columns of an orthonormal matrix, where V≧M. V may be selected to achieve the desired spatial diversity order and channel estimation overhead order. Output symbols are mapped to the M virtual antennas selected for each assigned subcarrier by applying the orthonormal matrix. Pilot symbols are also mapped to the V virtual antennas. The mapped symbols are provided for transmission from T transmit antennas, where T≧V. Transmission symbols are generated for the mapped symbols, e.g., based on OFDM or SC-FDMA. Different cyclic delays may be applied for the T transmit antennas to improve diversity.
US09860030B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting from a base station and for receiving from a low cost user equipment (UE) system information and for the low cost UE to determine subframes to receive repetitions of a transmission from the base station or to transmit repetitions of a transmission to the base station.
US09860028B2
Systems and methods which provide data communication content delivery through a hybrid network implementation are disclosed. A hybrid network configuration may utilize a broadcast communication technique to deliver large amounts of data communication content to one or more mobile communication device via uni-directional network links and a uni-cast communication technique via bi-directional network links with the one or more mobile communication device to facilitate delivery and utilization of the data communication content. Data content delivery loss recovery techniques implemented according to embodiments of the invention utilize network links of the hybrid network other than or in addition to the uni-directional network links to implement loss recovery techniques such as a hybrid repeat technique, a hybrid retransmission technique, hybrid statistical feedback technique, and/or combinations thereof.
US09860025B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a device for a terminal to transmit an uplink signal according to a normal HARQ operation in a wireless communication system supporting a carrier merge, the method comprising the steps of: forming a first cell set with a FDD and a second serving cell set with a TDD; receiving a PHICH signal from a subframe #(n−m−p) of the first serving cell, or receiving a PDCCH signal from a subframe #(n−m) of the first serving cell; and transmitting a PUSCH signal from a subframe #n of the second serving cell, in correspondence to the PHICH signal or the PDCCH signal, wherein n is an integer greater than or equal to 0, m is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and p is an integer greater than or equal to 1.
US09860018B2
A method and apparatus are provided for performing a channel decoding operation based on effective noise in a mobile communication system. The method includes detecting effective noise including additive noise that occurs in a channel environment between the signal receiving apparatus and a signal transmitting apparatus and channel estimation noise that occurs during a channel estimating operation the signal receiving apparatus; generating a log likelihood ratio (LLR) based on the detected effective noise; and performing channel decoding based on the generated LLR.
US09860008B2
A method of a wireless communication device for a cellular communication system is disclosed. According to the method, a signal comprising a first known signal sequence and a second known signal sequence for each of one or more first cells of the cellular communication system is received, and the first and second known signal sequences of each of the one or more first cells are detected based on the received signal. For at least one of the one or more first cells, one of the first known signal sequence, the second known signal sequence, and a combination of the first and second known signal sequences is selected for channel estimation. The selection is based on the detected first and second known signal sequences of the one or more cells. Channel estimation of the at least one of the one or more first cells is performed based on the signal sequence selection. In some examples, the method may further comprise performing interference cancellation of at least one of the first and second known signal sequences of the at least one of the one or more first cells based on the channel estimation and detecting one or more second cells of the cellular communication system after the interference cancellation. Corresponding computer program product, arrangement and wireless communication device are also disclosed.
US09860007B2
For the purpose of preventing transmission of UL signals in a subframe other than a UL subframe during the fallback operation in Dynamic TDD communication, the present invention provides a user terminal for communicating in Dynamic TDD, the user terminal having: a reception section that receives control information including an indication to dynamically change a subframe configuration of a Dynamic TDD cell and a control section that controls not to perform specific resource transmission in flexible subframes in the fallback operation based on the subframe configuration of Dynamic TDD cell signaled by higher layers or SIB1.
US09860004B2
A transparent clock may be provided between edge nodes of a non-precision time protocol network, with an arrival time of a packet at an edge of the non-precision time protocol network carried in a reserved field of a packet.
US09860002B2
An audio signal in a plurality of input channels each including an equalizer and a dynamics as a first signal processing part is taken out as a cue signal by a cue switch 126, and the cue signal is outputted to a monitoring output terminal via a cue output channel 160. In the cue output channel, there are provided an equalizer 163 and a dynamics 164, as a second signal processing part, which perform signal processing common to the first signal processing part of the input channel in accordance with values of second parameters which are editable independently from first parameters used by the first signal processing part. In this configuration, it is preferable that the values of the second parameters may be reflected onto signal processing in the input channel in accordance with an instruction by a user.
US09859994B2
A test setup for testing a contactless digital rotary joint integrated in a device requiring data transmission between a rotating part and a stationary part, the rotary joint further comprises a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter has a transmitter amplifier, which is coupled to a pair of transmission lines, which are terminated by a pair of terminations. The transmission lines are differential transmission lines comprising a pair of conductors which is driven by differential signals from the transmitter amplifier. The receiver has a receiver antenna comprising a pair of antenna sections which are differentially operated and feed a differential signal to the receiver amplifier. A transmitter ground and a receiver ground are coupled to a common mode signal generator generating a common mode signal. A data source is coupled to the transmitter amplifier feeding a test signal into the transmitter amplifier, and a data sink is coupled to the receiver amplifier for receiving the test signal and generating a test result value. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting a contactless data link integrated in a device requiring data transmission between a rotating part and a stationary part.
US09859993B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating filter information. For example, a device may include a wireless communication unit to perform the functionality of a first station (STA) to communicate with a second STA, the wireless communication unit is to communicate filter information including Transmit (Tx) filter information, the Tx filter information representing one or more Tx filter parameters of one or more Tx filters utilized by at least one STA selected from the group consisting of the first STA and the second STA.
US09859983B2
A technique relates to a superchannel. Laser cavities include a first laser cavity, a next laser cavity, through a last laser cavity. Modulators include a first modulator, a next modulator, through a last modulator, each having a direct input, an add port, and an output. A concatenated arrangement of the laser cavities is configured to form the superchannel, which includes the last laser cavity coupled to the direct input of the last modulator, and the output of the last modulator coupled to the add port of the next modulator. The arrangement includes the next laser cavity coupled to direct input of the next modulator, and the output of the next modulator coupled to add port of first modulator, along with the first laser cavity coupled to direct input of the first modulator, and the output of first modulator coupled to input of a multiplexer, thus forming the superchannel into multiplexer.
US09859980B2
A computer-implemented method is provided, in which a plurality of luminance change frequencies of a light emitter is determined by coding one of a plurality of transmission information sources. The light emitter transmits a transmission information source by a change in luminance according to each of the plurality of luminance change frequencies. A signal, which controls the change in luminance of the light emitter according to each of the plurality of luminance change frequencies, is output to the light emitter. The plurality of luminance change frequencies include a first frequency and a second frequency. A signal of the first frequency and a signal of the second frequency respectively cause the light emitter to change in luminance according to the first frequency during a first time period and to change in luminance according to the second frequency during a second time period after the first time period has elapsed.
US09859972B2
Systems and methods for providing broadband internet access to mobile platforms such as vehicles, aircraft, and portable devices, using a network of one or more entities such as drones/unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In one embodiment, the drone communication system comprises an antenna sub-system, a radio sub-system and a data switching sub-system. The mobile platforms comprise antenna and radio sub-systems to communicate with the drones, detect changes in the mobile platforms azimuth and elevation changes, and adjust the mobile platform's antenna beam to compensate for the orientation changes to optimally point toward the drones. The exemplary mobile platform further comprises methods to detect the need for handoff to a different drone and to carry out the handoff.
US09859969B2
A relay apparatus of the present disclosure is a relay apparatus which is connected to a host apparatus by a first communication method and to a terminal apparatus by a second communication method, and which transmits data to the terminal apparatus and receives data from the terminal apparatus in accordance with an instruction from the host apparatus, the relay apparatus including a communication quality measuring unit which extracts communication quality of the second communication method, a packet processor which detects an error in connection with the terminal apparatus, and an error transmission determining unit which changes timing of notifying the host apparatus of the error detected in the packet processor in accordance with the communication quality extracted in the communication quality measuring unit.
US09859964B2
A method for computing precoder matrix indicators (PMIs) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The wireless communication system includes a base station (eNB) which is operable to communicate with one or more user equipments (UEs), and a set of transmit antennas associated with the eNB that have been partitioned into multiple antenna subsets. The UE(s) are operable to compute and report multiple PMIs for the said multiple antenna subsets to the eNB for the eNB to use in precoding. The method comprises computing a PMI for a given antenna subset using other already-computed PMI(s) for other(s) of the antenna subsets, such that the PMIs reported by the UE to the eNB account for correlation between the antenna subsets.
US09859962B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, a user equipment UE, a base station eNB, and a system. The method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of two matrices W1 and W2, where W1 is a block diagonal matrix, where each block matrix is a Kronecker product of a matrix Ai and a matrix Bi; and sending a precoding matrix indicator PMI to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, so that the base station obtains the precoding matrix according to the PMI.
US09859943B2
A first RF diplexer, which includes a first RF highpass with tunable notch filter and a first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter, is disclosed. The first RF diplexer has a first main port, a second main port, and a first common port. The first RF highpass with tunable notch filter is coupled between the first main port and the first common port. The first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter is coupled between the second main port and the first common port. The first RF highpass with tunable notch filter has a first highpass notch frequency, which is tunable. The first RF lowpass with tunable notch filter has a first lowpass notch frequency, which is tunable.
US09859939B2
A microscope has a microscope control unit including at least one radio system having a wireless radio interface. The at least one radio system of the microscope control unit comprises: at least one first radio system configured to furnish at least one first radio characteristic and at least one second radio system configured to furnish at least one second radio characteristic, at least one radio system configured to furnish a first and a second radio characteristic in a predetermined time cycle, or both.
US09859927B2
A system of low-orbiting communication satellites that can share radio spectrum with geostationary satellites and methods mitigating interference to enable sharing are disclosed. In some embodiments, the satellite progressively tilts as it travels along its orbit, or its transmission beams are mechanically or electronically tilted. As a consequence of the tilting, as a satellite approaches the equatorial plane, its transmission beams are aimed more and more toward the equatorial plane, compared to when the satellite is far from the equatorial plane. Using this technique, an angular separation sufficient to prevent interference between the satellite's radio signals and GEO radio signals at all satellite positions is maintained, and, as a result good coverage is provided to all ground locations.
US09859925B2
Technologies and implementations for encoding and storing data in a solid-state memory device with a reduced number of erasures using a simplified belief-propagation algorithm that includes a set of message-calculation rules that have a low computational complexity are generally disclosed. Additionally, technologies and implementations for decoding data and for error correction are generally disclosed.
US09859919B2
The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.
US09859910B1
An analog to digital converter includes a first DAC unit configured to vary a level of a reference voltage output through a first node according to a first code, a second DAC unit coupled in parallel to the first DAC unit on the basis of the first node and configured to vary the level of the reference voltage according to a second code, a comparator configured to generate a comparison result signal by comparing an input voltage and the reference voltage, and at least one register array configured to store the first code and the second code with initial values and store the first code and the second code by varying values of the first code and the second code according to the comparison result signal.
US09859902B2
Systems and methods are disclosed relating to fields of clock/data acquisition or handling, such as clock/data locking and the like. In one exemplary implementation, phase lock loop (PLL) circuitry may comprise voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) circuitry, phase frequency detector, converting circuitry, and frequency detector (FD) circuitry that outputs a frequency difference signal proportional to frequency difference between frequencies of a feedback clock signal and a reference clock signal.
US09859900B2
A jitter control circuit within a chip comprises an adaptive PDN, a current generator and a jitter generator. The adaptive PDN is capable of being controlled/modulated to provide difference impedances. The current generator is coupled to the adaptive PDN, and is arranged for receiving a supply voltage provided by the adaptive PDN and generating currents with different patterns. The jitter generator is coupled to the adaptive PDN, and is arranged for generating a plurality of jitters corresponding to the currents with different patterns, respectively, according to the supply voltage provided by the adaptive PDN.
US09859896B1
In an example, a programmable integrated circuit (IC) includes external contacts configured to interface with a substrate and a plurality of configurable logic elements (CLEs) distributed across a programmable fabric. The programmable IC further includes interconnect circuits disposed between the plurality of CLEs and the external contacts. A plurality of the interconnect circuits is disposed in the plurality of CLEs.
US09859892B2
A semiconductor apparatus may include a transmission circuit, a reception circuit, and a pad commonly coupled to the transmission circuit and the reception circuit. When either the transmission circuit or the reception circuit is activated, parasitic capacitance of a line coupled to the transmission circuit, the reception circuit, and the pad is varied.
US09859886B2
A switch device (1) and its operation from an actuation side (51) are disclosed, the switch device having a plate-shaped main body (10), a plate-shaped actuation part (20), a connection device (30) located between the main body (10) and the actuation part (20) made from an elastic material, and at least one sensor (41, 42, 43, 44), which are located between the main body (10) and the actuation part (20) and viewed in the thickness direction (Z) are located at the side of the connection device (30), so that each sensor (41, 42, 43, 44) can be used to detect a position of one region, arranged on said sensor, of the second surface in the thickness direction (Z).
US09859878B2
A control circuit for use with a four terminal sensor, such as a glucose sensor. The Glucose sensor is a volume product and typically its manufacture will want to make it as inexpensively as possible. This may give rise to variable impedances surrounding the active cell of the sensor. Typically the sensor has first and second drive terminals and first and second measurement terminals, so as to help overcome the impedance problem. The control circuit is arranged to drive at least one of the first and second drive terminals with an excitation signal, and control the excitation signal such that a voltage difference between the first and second measurement terminals is within a target range of voltages. To allow the control circuit to work with a variety of measurement cell types the control circuit further comprises voltage level shifters for adjusting a voltage at one or both of the drive terminals, or for adjusting a voltage received from one or both of the measurement terminals.
US09859874B2
A clock-receiving system may receive a host clock signal on a communications bus from a clock-sending system. Circuitry of a critical path of the clock-receiving system may communicate the clock signal to a multiplexer configured directly behind output driver circuitry. Core logic circuitry and data path circuitry may communicate pairs of phase-shifted data signals to the multiplexer. The multiplexer may use the clock signal and the pairs of phase-shifted data signals to generate an output pair of data signals, and send the output pair of data signals to the output driver circuitry. In turn, the output driver circuitry may generate an output data signal for communication on the communications bus. The clock-receiving system may enable the critical path and use the multiplexer to generate the output data signal when in a low operating voltage mode.
US09859865B2
An impedance matching element is disclosed which can be used for voltage and/or current sensing or indicating devices used in medium voltage systems in order to improve signal integrity of output signals in comparison with known sensing devices. To enhance sensing accuracy and provide higher output signal immunity against interferences and impedance mismatches, the electric field sensor and/or the magnetic field sensor can be connected to the impedance matching element which allows connection to an independent analog measuring device and is powered from an energy harvester, with an impedance matching electronic board.
US09859862B2
Techniques to maintain gain flatness in the frequency response of a passband signal over a circuit chain. The techniques may be employed in the receive chain of a millimeter wave band wireless receiver, in the transmit chain of a millimeter wave band wireless transmitter, or in both the receive chain and the transmit chain of a millimeter wave band wireless transceiver. The techniques include mismatching the input and output impedance of a passive low pass filter used in the chain to peak the gain of the passband signal at or near the cutoff frequency (Fc) of the filter.
US09859859B2
A sound-effect setting method and an electronic device are provided. The sound-effect setting method comprises decoding an audio data stream; performing sound-effect processing on the decoded audio data stream according to a sound-effect parameter to obtain sound-effect processed audio data; encoding the sound-effect processed audio data to obtain encoded data and outputting the encoded data and the sound-effect parameter. When the audio playing is switched from the current apparatus to the external apparatus, the sound-effect coordination is achieved, and the problem that the playing effect will become poor if there is no sound-effect coordination is prevented.
US09859850B2
According to some implementations, a voltage supply system includes a boost converter including a bypass core. The voltage supply system also includes a buck converter configured to receive an input voltage and generate a buck voltage. The voltage supply system further includes a routing circuit configured to provide the buck voltage as an input to the boost converter.
US09859849B2
A feedback amplifier having an improved feedback network including two cross coupled switches that isolate the amplifier from extraneous undesired electrical signals present in a system or network when the amplifier is turned off (i.e., in an off-state). The cross coupled switches interconnect two feedback paths of a feedback network to enable out-of-phase differential signals to be summed and effectively canceled. Further, the feedback amplifier provides on-stage advantages to enable different amplifier characteristics and parameter to be selectively engaged by turning on or turning off certain feedback networks.
US09859847B2
A parallel output linear amplifier is provided that includes a transconductance amplifier configured to receive an analog input signal from an input terminal and amplify the analog input signal. The parallel output linear amplifier also includes a first pre-amplifier connected to the transconductance amplifier and operated using a floating drive voltage, and a cascode class AB amplifier connected to the first pre-amplifier and configured to provide an amplified signal to an output terminal. The parallel output linear amplifier further includes a second pre-amplifier configured connected to the transconductance amplifier and operated using the floating drive voltage, and a cascade class AB amplifier connected to the second pre-amplifier and configured to provide an amplified signal to the output terminal.
US09859846B2
Apparatus and methods for capacitive load reduction are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a supply control circuit that controls a voltage of a supply network, a plurality of radio frequency circuits that receive power from the supply network and are selectively enabled by a plurality of enable signals, a plurality of switchable capacitors electrically connected to the supply network, a plurality of field-effect transistors operatively associated with the plurality of switchable capacitors, and a bias control circuit that generates a plurality of control signals that bias the plurality of field-effect transistors based on a state of the plurality of enable signals. Each of the plurality of control signals are operable to selectively bias a corresponding one of the plurality of field-effect transistors in a cutoff mode to provide high impedance or as a dampening resistor to suppress oscillations.
US09859841B2
A photovoltaic junction box is provided, including: a box body; a plurality of conduction terminals received in the box body; and at least one surface-mounted diode mounted on the plurality of conduction terminals. Each surface-mounted diode includes a flat body, at least one anode pin extending outwardly from an edge of the flat body, and a cathode pad located on a bottom of the flat body. The cathode pad of at least one surface-mounted diode mounted on a surface of the conduction terminal has a heat conduction angle γ more than 180 degrees and less than 360 degrees. Since the heat conduction angle is more than 180 degrees, the heat produced by the diode may be rapidly transferred to the conduction terminal in time to avoid deterioration or damage to the diode, improving the heat dissipation rate, and improving the current carrying capacity of the photovoltaic junction box.
US09859840B2
Certain examples relate to improved solar photovoltaic systems, and/or methods of making the same. Certain improved building-integrated photovoltaic systems may include concentrated photovoltaic skylights having a cylindrical lens array. The skylight may include an insulated glass unit, which may improve the solar heat gain coefficient. The photovoltaic skylight and lens arrays may be used in combination with strip solar cells and lateral displacement tracking systems. Such techniques may advantageously help to reduce cost per watt related, in part, to the potentially reduced amount of semiconductor material to be used for such example embodiments. A photovoltaic skylight may permit diffuse daylight to pass through into an interior of a building so as to provide lighting inside the building, while the strip solar cells absorb the direct sunlight and convert it to electricity.
US09859838B2
Motor control device includes a controller controlling a motor (a calculator controller and an electric current controller), and a detector (an electric current loop) detecting an electric current of the motor and returning the detected electric current to the controller. The electric current loop includes a first detection system, a second detection system, and an electric current calculator which sums output signals from each system. Each detection system includes a sensor detecting the electric current of the motor, and a weight adjuster outputting to the electric current calculator, a detection electric current value from each sensor multiplied by a weight coefficient.
US09859837B2
A negative voltage protection system includes a negative voltage comparison circuit, a signal processing circuit, a driving circuit, a driving output circuit, a power device, and a coil module. When the coil module generates a back electromotive force, the coil module outputs a negative voltage. When an intensity of the negative voltage detected by the negative voltage comparison circuit is greater than a predetermined value, the signal processing circuit generates a control signal to the driving circuit. The driving circuit controls the driving output circuit and the power device to reduce the intensity of the negative voltage according to the control signal.
