US09935044B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor package includes a contact pad, a device external to the contact pad and a solder bump on the contact pad. The device has a conductive contact pad corresponding to the contact pad. The solder bump connects the contact pad with the conductive contact pad. The solder bump comprises a height from a top of the solder bump to the contact pad; and a width which is a widest dimension of the solder bump in a direction perpendicular to the height. A junction portion of the solder bump in proximity to the contact pad comprises an hourglass shape.
US09935036B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure describe an integrated circuit (IC) package assembly having first, second, and third insulated wires wire bonded with die pads on an IC die, with an outer surface of the second insulated wire located at a distance of less than an outer cross-sectional diameter of the second insulated wire from an outer surface of the first insulated wire at a first location and located at a distance of less than the outer cross-sectional diameter from an outer surface of the third insulated wire at a second location. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09935033B2
An apparatus including a primary device and at least one secondary device coupled in a planar array to a substrate; a first heat exchanger disposed on the primary device and having an opening over an area corresponding to the at least one secondary device; a second heat exchanger disposed in the opening on the at least one secondary device; at least one heat pipe coupled to the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. A method including placing a heat exchanger on a multi-chip package, the heat exchanger including a first portion, a second portion and at least one heat pipe coupled to the first portion and the second portion; and coupling the heat exchanger to the multi-chip package.
US09935025B2
An electronic component housing package includes a substrate having an upper surface including a mount region on which an electronic component is to be mounted; a frame body disposed on the upper surface of the substrate, the frame body being provided with a through-hole portion; and an input/output member disposed on the frame body so as to block the through-hole portion, the input/output member having wiring conductors which are to be electrically connected to the electronic component, the wiring conductors extending to an inside and outside of the frame body and also extending along a lower surface of the input/output member on the outside of the frame body. The input/output member is provided with a cutout portion which is cut out so as to extend from a gap between the wiring conductors on the lower surface along the wiring conductors to an outer side surface of the input/output member.
US09935012B1
Disclosed are methods of forming different shapes in different regions of a specific layer. In the methods, a first mask layer and an etch process are used to form first shapes in a first region. Subsequently, a second mask layer and additional etch process(es) are used to form second shapes in a second region. However, before the second shapes are formed, a sacrificial layer of a degradable material is deposited onto the first mask layer and within openings in the specific layer surrounding the first shapes, thereby protecting the first shapes during formation of the second shapes. After the second shapes are formed, the material of the sacrificial layer is degraded (e.g., oxidized, volatilized, burned-off, etc.) so as to selectively remove that material from surfaces of the first mask layer and the specific layer without impacting the profiles of either the first shapes or the second shapes.
US09935006B2
The present disclosure involves a method of fabricating a semiconductor device in a semiconductor technology node that is 5-nanometer or smaller. An opening is formed that extends through a plurality of layers over a substrate. A barrier layer is formed on surfaces of the opening. A liner layer is formed over the barrier layer in the opening. The barrier layer and the liner layer have different material compositions. The opening is filled with a non-copper metal material. The non-copper material is formed over the liner layer. In some embodiments, the non-copper metal material includes cobalt.
US09935003B2
A method for filling gaps between structures includes forming a plurality of high aspect ratio structures adjacent to one another with gaps, forming a first dielectric layer on tops of the structures and conformally depositing a spacer dielectric layer over the structures. The spacer dielectric layer is removed from horizontal surfaces and a protection layer is conformally deposited over the structures. The gaps are filled with a flowable dielectric, which is recessed to a height along sidewalls of the structures by a selective etch process such that the protection layer protects the spacer dielectric layer on sidewalls of the structures. The first dielectric layer and the spacer dielectric layer are exposed above the height using a higher etch resistance than the protection layer to maintain dimensions of the spacer layer dielectric through the etching processes. The gaps are filled by a high density plasma fill.
US09935002B2
Conformal hermetic dielectric films suitable as dielectric diffusion barriers over 3D topography. In embodiments, the dielectric diffusion barrier includes a dielectric layer, such as a metal oxide, which can be deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) techniques with a conformality and density greater than can be achieved in a conventional silicon dioxide-based film deposited by a PECVD process for a thinner contiguous hermetic diffusion barrier. In further embodiments, the diffusion barrier is a multi-layered film including a high-k dielectric layer and a low-k or intermediate-k dielectric layer (e.g., a bi-layer) to reduce the dielectric constant of the diffusion barrier. In other embodiments a silicate of a high-k dielectric layer (e.g., a metal silicate) is formed to lower the k-value of the diffusion barrier by adjusting the silicon content of the silicate while maintaining high film conformality and density.
US09934985B2
In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a dummy gate layer and a hard mask layer are sequentially formed on a substrate. A first doped portion is formed in the dummy gate layer, and has an etching selectivity with respect to the other portion of the dummy gate layer. Etching masks are formed on portions of the hard mask layer. The hard mask layer and the dummy gate layer are etched to pattern the first doped portion and the other portion of the dummy gate layer into first dummy gates and second dummy gates. The first dummy gates and the second dummy gates have different widths. A dielectric layer is formed to peripherally enclose each of the first dummy gates and each of the second dummy gates. The first dummy gates and the second dummy gates are replaced with first metal gates and second metal gates.
US09934975B2
An N-type MOSFET and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises forming source/drain regions in a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming an interfacial oxide layer on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a high-k gate dielectric layer on the interfacial oxide layer. The method also includes forming a first metal gate layer on the high-k gate dielectric layer. The method also includes implanting dopants into the first metal gate layer through conformal doping. The method also includes annealing a gate stack to change an effective work function of the gate stack which includes the first metal gate layer, the high-k gate dielectric, and the interfacial oxide layer.
US09934974B2
A processing system is disclosed, having a power transmission element with an interior cavity that propagates electromagnetic energy proximate to a continuous slit in the interior cavity. The continuous slit forms an opening between the interior cavity and a substrate processing chamber. The electromagnetic energy may generate an alternating charge in the continuous slit that enables the generation of an electric field that may propagate into the processing chamber. The electromagnetic energy may be conditioned prior to entering the interior cavity to improve uniformity or stability of the electric field. The conditioning may include, but is not limited to, phase angle, field angle, and number of feeds into the interior cavity.
US09934972B2
A trench is formed that extends from a main surface into a crystalline silicon carbide semiconductor layer. A mask is formed that includes a mask opening exposing the trench and a rim section of the main surface around the trench. By irradiation with a particle beam a first portion of the semiconductor layer exposed by the mask opening and a second portion outside of the vertical projection of the mask opening and directly adjoining to the first portion are amorphized. A vertical extension of the amorphized second portion gradually decreases with increasing distance to the first portion. The amorphized first and second portions are removed.
US09934969B2
A process for fabricating an integrated circuit is provided. The process includes providing a substrate, forming a hard mask upon the substrate by one of atomic-layer deposition and molecular-layer deposition, and exposing the hard mask to a charged particle from one or more charged particle beams to pattern a gap in the hard mask. In the alternative, the process includes exposing the hard mask to a charged particle from one or more charged-particle beams to pattern a structure on the hard mask.
US09934968B2
There is provided a production method which enables stable formation of a p-type zinc oxide film and also is suitable for enlarging the area of the film. The method for producing a p-type zinc oxide film according to the present invention comprises the steps of: placing a target containing a zinc source and a substrate in a gas atmosphere containing a nitrogen source and an oxygen source and having a gas pressure of 0.1 Pa to 100 Pa, and exposing the target to arc discharge, thereby forming a precursor film containing zinc and oxygen on the substrate; and annealing the precursor film in an oxidizing atmosphere, thereby forming a p-type zinc oxide film.
US09934953B1
A system for determining an analyte by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) includes a sample introduction device having a heated cyclonic spray chamber. The system is configured to introduce sample that includes a metal and/or a metalloid having an organic interferent. The system also includes an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry device with a collision/reaction cell configured to receive a mixture of gases including both ammonia and hydrogen. A method includes introducing a sample to plasma to produce a characteristic spectrum associated with an elemental composition of the sample. The method also includes introducing both ammonia and hydrogen to a collision/reaction cell to remove carbon-based interferences to detection of the sample prior to determining the elemental composition of the sample.
US09934944B2
In one embodiment, a plasma induced flow electrode structure has an electrode block, an insulating layer and an electrode layer. The electrode block has first and second surfaces and through holes penetrating between these first and second surfaces. The insulating layer is disposed on the first surface and inside the through holes. The electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer of the first surface.
US09934943B2
A sub-beam aperture array for forming a plurality of sub-beams from one or more charged particle beams. The sub-beam aperture array comprises one or more beam areas, each beam area comprising a plurality of sub-beam apertures arranged in a non-regular hexagonal pattern, the sub-beam apertures arranged so that, when projected in a first direction onto a line parallel to a second direction, the sub-beam apertures are uniformly spaced along the line, and wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. The system further comprises a beamlet aperture array with a plurality of beamlet apertures arranged in one or more groups. The beamlet aperture array is arranged to receive the sub-beams and form a plurality of beamlets at the locations of the beamlet apertures of the beamlet array.
US09934938B2
A focused ion beam apparatus includes a focused ion beam irradiation mechanism that forms first and second cross-sections in a sample. A first image generation unit generates respective first images, either reflected electron images or secondary electron images, of the first and second cross-sections, and a second image generation unit generates a second image that is an EDS image of the first cross-section. A control section generates a three-dimensional image of a specific composition present in the sample based on the first images and the second image.
US09934932B2
An imaging module includes a plurality of cathodes and respective gates, each cathode configured to generate a separate beam of electrons directed across a vacuum chamber and each gate matched to at least one respective cathode to enable and disable each separate beam of electrons from being directed across the vacuum chamber. A target anode is fixed within the vacuum chamber and arranged to receive the separate beam of electrons from each of the plurality of cathodes and, therefrom, generate a beam of x-rays. A deflection system is arranged between the plurality of cathodes and the target anode to generate a variable magnetic field to control a path followed by each of the separate beams of electrons to the target anode.
US09934929B1
A miniature Hall current plasma source apparatus having magnetic shielding of the walls from ionized plasma, an integrated discharge channel and gas distributor, an instant-start hollow cathode mounted to the plasma source, and an externally mounted keeper, is described. The apparatus offers advantages over other Hall current plasma sources having similar power levels, including: lower mass, longer lifetime, lower part count including fewer power supplies, and the ability to be continuously adjustable to lower average power levels using pulsed operation and adjustment of the pulse duty cycle. The Hall current plasma source can provide propulsion for small spacecraft that either do not have sufficient power to accommodate a propulsion system or do not have available volume to incorporate the larger propulsion systems currently available. The present low-power Hall current plasma source can be used to provide energetic ions to assist the deposition of thin films in plasma processing applications.
US09934924B2
A bistable relay and a bistable actuator are provided. The bistable actuator includes a magnetic latching mechanism and an electromagnet. The magnetic latching mechanism includes a rotation shaft, a pillar-shaped permanent magnet, a columnar hollow magnetic conductor and two shells, and operates between a first and second stable states. The columnar hollow magnetic conductor surrounds the pillar-shaped permanent magnet wrapping the rotation shaft, and maintains a gap with the pillar-shaped permanent magnet. The electromagnet is connected to the columnar hollow magnetic conductor for driving the pillar-shaped permanent magnet to rotate, so as to switch the magnetic latching mechanism to the stable state. During a process that the magnetic latching mechanism is switched to the stable state, the rotation shaft rotates synchronously along with the magnetic latching mechanism to drive an impact system to move relative to a contact system, so as to contact or disconnect the contact points.
US09934919B2
A control assembly includes a locking device having at least a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation, the locking device configurable to change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation. The locking device has a non-contact sensor and a microcontroller. An independent communicator is configured to communicate configuration data to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to change from the first mode of operation to the second mode of operation using configuration data received from the independent communicator.
US09934918B2
An apparatus includes communication circuit; an actuator electrically coupled with the communication circuit; and a switch engagement component mechanically coupled with the actuator. The apparatus is configured for mounting adjacent to a switch (e.g., a rocker switch, a toggle switch, a button switch, etc.). The communication circuit is configured to activate the actuator in response to one or more instructions received by the communication circuit. The actuator is configured to rotate the switch engagement component. Rotating the switch engagement component while the switch is in a first state places the switch in a second state that is distinct from the first state.
US09934917B2
A lockable rocker switch includes a fixed part, a rotatable part rotating between a first and a second rotation position, a magnetically actuatable locking component movable between a locking position so as to prevent rotation of rotatable part and a release position, so that rotatable part may rotate. The lockable rocker switch further includes a control component movable onto the rotatable part between a control position, for causing a magnetic action urging the locking component towards the release position, and a rest position, stopping the magnetic action.
US09934913B2
An apparatus comprising: first and second circuit boards with respective electrodes thereon, the first and second circuit boards in a bonded configuration; one or more first layers positioned to be proximal to the one or more of the electrodes; electrolyte proximal to the respective electrodes; one or more second layers configured to provide for the bonded configuration in which the first and second circuit boards are bonded together, under curing, such that the respective one or more first layers are positioned between the one or more second layers and the electrodes, the bonding defining a chamber therebetween with the electrodes therein and facing one another, the chamber comprising the electrolyte; and wherein the one or more first layers are configured to inhibit interaction of the electrolyte with the one or more second layers during curing.
US09934911B2
The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolytic solution capable of improving electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range and an energy storage device using the same. [1] A nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, the nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing, as an additive, an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure and [2] an energy storage device including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution having an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, wherein the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains, as an additive, 0.001% by mass or more and less than 5% by mass of an SO4 group-containing compound having a specified structure in the nonaqueous electrolytic solution, are disclosed.
US09934901B2
Near field communication device has a configuration in which at least a part of coil of coil element is covered with cover at a portion opposite to substrate and a part of cover is fixed to substrate directly or indirectly. Therefore, even when near field communication device is mounted to one of various electronic apparatuses in a vicinity of display unit outer peripheral frame made of metal, a large change in impedance or a large reduction in magnetic field strength can be prevented. As a result, a reduction in receiving sensitivity can be suppressed.
US09934895B2
This document discloses one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating a spiral near field communications (NFC) coil antenna to a portable device for consistent coupling with different tags and devices.
US09934889B2
A method for preparing a polymer insulated cable including a semiconductive layer surrounding a polymeric insulation layer includes: cutting the semiconductive layer by grinding a circumferential dividing groove in the semiconductive layer using a rotating grinding surface, wherein the dividing groove defines first and second semiconductive sections of the semiconductive layer on opposed sides of the dividing groove; and thereafter removing the second semiconductive section from the polymeric insulation layer while retaining the first semiconductive section on the polymeric insulation layer.
US09934888B2
Provided is a cable including: at least two signal cables formed of first and second signal cables for differential transmission; a third cable for ground; a fourth cable for power supply; a metal sheet adapted to cover the first and second signal cables; a coating material adapted to house the first and second signal cables covered with the metal sheet, and the third and fourth cables; and a magnetic powder-mixed resin filled into an inner space of the coating material and prepared by mixing magnetic powder with a resin.
US09934882B2
An amine compound and an ionic conductive agent excellent in electroconductivity are provided. By using the amine compound, an electroconductive resin composition suppressed in bleeding and excellent in electroconductivity is provided. The amine compound and the ionic conductive agent have a structure represented by the following general formula (1).
US09934878B2
A spot welding device for a nuclear fuel skeleton, which is assembled by spot-welding guide tubes for control rods and a instrumentation tube for measuring a state of an inside of a nuclear reactor to a spacer grid that has a plurality of cells formed in a thickness direction of a plate-shaped frame for inserting fuel rods, has a instrumentation tube hole formed at a center, and has four guide tube holes formed symmetrically above and below the instrumentation tube hole. The device includes: a welding gun including: a body, a first holder and a second holder extending from a side of the body and having respective electrodes facing each other at ends, respectively, and a driving unit disposed on the body and adjusting a distance between the electrodes; and a robot connected to the welding gun and having a rotary joint for rotating the welding gun.
US09934873B2
A method includes configuring an integrated circuit comprising one or more registers to provide a free running clock in the integrated circuit, simulating N clock cycles in the circuit to provide performance results for one or more registers in the circuit, wherein N is a selected number of staging levels, selecting one of the one or more registers, comparing the performance results for the selected register to performance results for each of the remaining registers to provide one or more equivalent delay candidate registers, and verifying each of the one or more equivalent delay candidate registers to provide one or more confirmed equivalent delay registers. A corresponding computer program product and computer system are also disclosed.
US09934870B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a first interface to communicate with a processing unit, a second interface to communicate with a memory device, and a module coupled to the first and second interfaces. In at least one of the embodiments, the module can be configured to obtain information stored in the memory device and perform at least one of testing and repairing of a memory structure of the memory device based at least in part on the information.
US09934855B2
A retainer node circuit is provided that can retain state information of a volatile circuit element (e.g., a flip-flop, latch, switch, register, etc.) of an electronic device for planned or unplanned power-down events. The retainer node circuit can include a resistive-switching memory cell that is nonvolatile, having very fast read and write performance. Coupled with power management circuitry, the retainer node circuit can be activated to receive and store a signal (e.g., bit) output by the volatile circuit element, and activated to output the stored signal. Various embodiments disclose non-volatile retention of state information for planned shut-down events as well as unplanned shut-down events. With read and write speeds in the tens of nanoseconds, sleep mode can be provided for volatile circuit elements between clock cycles of longer time-frame applications, enabling intermittent power-down events between active periods. This enables reduction in power without loss of activity for an electronic device.
US09934849B2
A system for asymmetrically selecting a memory element is described. The system includes a number of memory cells in a crossbar array. Each memory cell includes a memory element to store information. The memory element is defined as an intersection between a column electrode and a row electrode of the crossbar array. Each memory cell also includes a selector to select a target memory element by relaying a first selecting voltage to a column electrode that corresponds to the target memory element and relaying a second selecting voltage to a row electrode that corresponds to the target memory element. The system also includes a controller to pass a first standing voltage to column electrodes of the crossbar array and to pass a second standing voltage to row electrodes of the crossbar array. The first standing voltage is different than the second standing voltage.
US09934842B2
Methods and apparatus related to multiple rank high bandwidth memory are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor package includes a high bandwidth memory with multiple ranks. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US09934841B1
A memory refreshing circuit implemented on an integrated circuit comprising a memory circuit that stores original data and an algorithmic data generation circuit that generates write addresses and correct data such that the correct data is stored in the memory circuit at locations that are indicated by the write addresses to correct errors in the original data by overwriting the original data with the correct data during a random access mode of operation of the memory circuit.
US09934834B2
A magnetoresistive memory device includes a variable resistance element and a read circuit. The resistance element has a resistance state, which is one of switchable first and second resistance states. The first and second resistance states exhibit different resistances. Each of the first and second resistance states is reached by a current flowing through the variable resistance element in one of opposing first and second directions. The read circuit passes a read current through the variable resistance element autonomously in the first or second direction in accordance with the resistance state of the variable resistance element.
US09934831B2
Apparatuses and methods for writing and storing parameter codes for operating parameters, and selecting between the parameter codes to set an operating condition for a memory are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first mode register and a second mode register. The first mode register is configured to store first and second parameter codes for a same operating parameter. The second mode register is configured to store a parameter code for a control parameter to select between the first and second parameter codes to set a current operating condition for the operating parameter. An example method includes storing in a first register a first parameter code for an operating parameter used to set a first memory operating condition, and further includes storing in a second register a second parameter code for the operating parameter used to set a second memory operating condition.
US09934827B2
Provided is memory device and a memory bank, comprising a global data bus, and a local data bus split into two parts, wherein the local data bus is configurable to direct signals to the global data bus. Provided also is a method in which signals are received in a local data bus that is split into two parts, and the signals are directed from the local data bus to the global data bus. Provided also is a computational device comprised of a processor and the memory device.
US09934825B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes, for example, a circuit board, a plurality of elements, a plurality of controllers, and a first signal line. The elements are provided on the circuit board. The elements each include a memory. The controllers each are configured to control read of data from the memory. The controllers each are configured to control write of data into the memory. A control signal is transmitted through the first signal line. The first signal line is used in common by the controllers.
US09934823B1
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for improving a display of panoramic video data by including an angle indicator as a visual representation of a direction of a displayed portion of the panoramic video data relative to a reference location. For example, the angle indicator may illustrate an angle of the displayed portion of the video data relative to a front of the video capture device, using 360 degrees, and the user of the device may specify a desired angle and/or desired portion of the video data to display. In addition, the device may generate video tags including angle information based on the user input. For example, the device may determine the desired angle and/or desired portion of the video data to display and may generate a video tag associating the angle with a timestamp and/or video frame.
US09934817B2
Systems, methods, and devices for recording, sharing, and storing an audio segment are provided. A user's audio segment is recorded by a recording device, in response to an audible prompt generated by the recording device. In some embodiments, the recording device provides a signal to the user that a recording session is in progress. Having recorded the audio segment, the recording device provides a reply to the user's recording, simulating a conversation between the recording device and the user. In embodiments, the recording device transfers the recorded audio to a sharing device for playback of the recorded audio segment. Further, the recorded audio segment may be transferred to a storage device, for storage and retrieval of the audio segment at a later date. The components of the recording device may be housed inside a commercial embodiment, such as a stuffed toy, for concealed recording of the user's audio segment.
US09934816B1
For avoiding debris accumulation on a tape drive, a processor records a position error signal (PES) value and cumulative head turnaround count for each region of a plurality of regions of a magnetic tape. The processor further selects a first region in which to reverse travel of the magnetic tape relative to a tape head. In response to determining one of the PES value for the first region does not exceed a PES threshold and the cumulative head turnaround count for the first region does not exceed a count threshold, the processor reverses travel of the magnetic tape at the first region. In response to determining the PES value for the first region exceeds the PES threshold and the cumulative head turnaround count for the first region exceeds the count threshold, the processor selects a second region at which to reverse travel of the magnetic tape.
US09934813B2
In a playback method of a playback device that plays a system stream file including encrypted video information, the system stream file includes a first segment in which is repeated a first data unit that can be decrypted using a first decryption key that the playback device has and a second data unit of the same data size as the first data unit but cannot be decrypted by the first decryption key, and a second segment which can all be decrypted using a second decryption key that differs from the first decryption key. The playback method reads the system stream file, and performs conversion processing to convert the system stream file that has been read out into a post-conversion system stream, in which the second data unit in the first segment in the system stream file that has been read out is replaced with a plurality of continuous invalid packets, and outs the post-conversion system stream.
US09934809B2
The magnetic recording medium composition contains ferromagnetic powder, binder, and a crosslinkable component selected from the group consisting of a component capable of forming a crosslinking structure by a radical reaction, a component capable of forming a crosslinking structure by an ionic reaction, and a component capable of forming a crosslinking structure by a pericyclic reaction, wherein the crosslinkable component contains at least polyester, and the polyester has a weight average molecular weight ranging from 1,000 to 20,000, as well as contains, per molecule, one or more acidic groups, and one or more reactive groups selected from the group consisting of a radical reactive group, an ionic reactive group, and a pericyclic reactive group.
US09934808B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes: a substrate; and a magnetic recording layer structure formed above the substrate. The magnetic recording layer structure includes five or more magnetic recording layers and four or more nonmagnetic exchange coupling layers, where the magnetic recording layers and the nonmagnetic exchange coupling layers are arranged in an alternating pattern, and where the magnetic recording layers are separated from each other by least one of the nonmagnetic exchange coupling layers. The magnetic recording layer positioned closest to the substrate has each of the following: an average magnetic grain pitch of about 8.3 nm or less, a magnetic anisotropy field (Hk) value of greater than or equal to about 20 kOe, and a thickness that is about 40% of a total thickness of the magnetic recording layer structure.
US09934807B2
A magnetic recording head includes a plurality of writers and at least one reader. The plurality of writers and the reader define a plurality of close points of the head. The plurality of writers are spaced apart from one another in a cross-track direction and positioned in the same plane of the head. A plurality of contact sensors are positioned proximate the plurality of writers and the reader. The contact sensors are coupled together and to a pair of electrical bond pads of the head and configured to sense for head-disk contact at each of the close points.
US09934797B2
A base multilayer body is made by laminating a seed layer and a buffer layer in respective order. The seed layer is an alloy layer containing tantalum (Ta) and at least one type of other metal, and having an amorphous structure or a microcrystal structure. The buffer layer is an alloy layer having a [001] plane orientation hexagonal close-packed structure and containing at least one type of a group VI metal and at least one type of a group IX metal in the periodic table. With this configuration, a magnetic layer providing a desired magnetic characteristic(s) can be laminated on the thinned base multilayer body.
US09934796B2
A PMR writer is disclosed wherein magnetic flux return from a magnetic medium to a main pole is substantially greater through a trailing shield structure than through a leading return loop comprised of a leading shield, return path layer (RTP), and back gap connection (BGC). Magnetic impedance is increased between the RTP and main pole in the leading return loop by removing one or more layers in the BGC and replacing with dielectric material and non-magnetic metal to form a dielectric gap between the RTP and main pole. The non-magnetic metal may be Cu that is electrically isolated from coils within the write head. As a result, area density control and bit error rate are improved over a conventional dual write shield (DWS) structure comprising two flux return pathways. Moreover, adjacent track erasure is maintained at a level similar to a DWS design.
US09934781B2
An electronic device, a method, and a chip set are provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store at least one of audio feature data of audio data and speech recognition data obtained by speech recognition of audio data; and a control module connected to the memory, wherein the control module is configured to update a voice command that is set to execute a function through voice, the function being selected based on at least one of the audio feature data, the speech recognition data, and function execution data executed in relation to the audio data.
US09934779B2
A conversation data acquiring unit acquires conversation data indicating speech of each speaker in a conversation. A conversation state analyzing unit analyzes an amount of speech of each speaker in the conversation and a degree of influence of the speech of each speaker on the conversation on the basis of the conversation data. A role determining unit determines a role of each speaker in the conversation on the basis of the amount of speech and the degree of influence of the speaker.
US09934767B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching band equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.
US09934766B2
A snare drum having an improved throw off includes a strainer shaft and a strainer bar both extending through the interior of the drum shell. The strainer bar is linked to the strainer shaft, a snare assembly is connected to the strainer bar, and a handle rotates the strainer shaft which moves the strainer bar and snare assembly between an upper position in which the snares of the snare assembly are engaged with the bottom head of the drum, and lower position in which the snares are disengaged from the bottom head. The snares are in parallel relation to the bottom head of the drum throughout the range of movement between the upper and lower positions. In one embodiment, the drum comprises a wood laminate and the top and bottom shell caps comprise carbon fiber.
US09934758B1
Capture of visual content by image sensor(s) may define a luminance of the visual content. A viewing field of view may define an extent of the visual content presented on a display. The luminance may vary as a function of a viewing field of view. A user may change the viewing field of view from a first viewing field of view to a second viewing field. A first luminance of the visual content within the first viewing field of view and a second luminance of the visual content within the second viewing field of view may be determined. A lighting effect may be applied to the visual content based on a difference between the first luminance and the second luminance.
US09934753B2
A display device includes a scan driver which supplies a gate-on voltage or a gate-off voltage to scan lines, and a power supply unit which supplies the gate-off voltage to the scan driver, and includes a temperature sensor which generates a sensing voltage of which voltage value is changed corresponding to a temperature of a panel or an ambient temperature, a first voltage limiter which limits a minimum voltage value of the sensing voltage, and a second voltage limiter which limits a maximum voltage value of the sensing voltage.
US09934752B2
The present invention provides a demultiplex type display driving circuit, including: a plurality of drive units. Each drive unit comprises three demultiplex modules, and each demultiplex module includes two switch elements. The first switch element and the second switch element are controlled to be alternately on with the first branch control signal and the second branch control signal. The third branch control signal controls the two switch elements of the second and the third demultiplex modules to be alternately on to sequentially input the data signal to the first, the second, the third and the fourth data lines. Thus, division one to four of the data signal can be achieved with the three branch control signals. In comparison with prior art, the amount of the branch control signals is decreased, and meanwhile, the CMOS transmission gate is employed to be the switch element in the demultiplex modules.
US09934739B2
A display driver includes a symbology generator having an electronic architecture optimized for symbology display, along with an interface to a microdisplay. The interface is configured to operatively couple the symbology generator to the microdisplay, to support a display of symbol objects on the microdisplay. The symbology generator may be a one-bit symbology generator configured to provide bi-level pixel data representing symbology to the microdisplay. The symbology generator may be configured to provide video information to the microdisplay in addition to the bi-level pixel data. The symbology generator may be further configured to coordinate the bi-level pixel data with the video information. The coordination may include various types of blending of the symbology data and the video data, or a hybrid mode where symbology data is applied to one set of pixels of the microdisplay, and video data is applied to another set of pixels of the microdisplay.
US09934738B2
The present invention provides a panel signal control circuit, a display panel and a display device. The panel signal control circuit comprises: a PWM IC and a level shift IC, and the panel signal control circuit comprises further comprises: a Vin voltage divider circuit; one end of the Vin voltage divider circuit is coupled to an input port of an input working voltage Vin of the PWM IC, and the other end of the Vin voltage divider circuit is grounded; a voltage divider interface of the Vin voltage divider circuit is coupled to a pin a of the Level shift IC, and the pin a is a voltage monitor pin, and as the voltage of the pin a is lower than an activation voltage threshold, respective output clock CK pins of the Level shift IC output sync signals of an output working voltage VGH of the PWM IC.
US09934731B2
A multiple backlight display system includes a display device having a light guide device including a plurality of edges. An edge backlight device is located along one of the edges of the light guide device. An array backlight device includes a plurality of array backlight zones that are located between the edges of the light guide device. A computing device receives an image for display on the display device and determines a plurality of brightness zones in the image. The computing device then generates backlight driving information using the plurality of brightness zones and provides the backlight driving information to the display device. The backlight driving information is configured to drive the array backlight device such a first array backlight zone provides light having a first brightness that is different than a second brightness of light that is provided by at least one second array backlight zone.
US09934729B2
An organic light-emitting display device includes: an organic light-emitting display panel including: a plurality of subpixels including: an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a driving transistor (DT) driving the OLED including a first transistor between a first node of the DT and a data line, and a second transistor (T2) between a second node of the DT and a reference voltage line having a reference voltage (RV) applied, a sensor, and a sampling switch, wherein, during an OLED short detection period for detecting a short circuit between the first electrode and a second electrode of the OLED: the DT and the first transistor are off, when the T2 is turned off, the RV line is initialized when the RV is applied thereto, after the T2 is turned on, the sampling switch is turned on to connect the sensor and the RV line, and the sensor measures the RV line voltage.
US09934721B2
Provided is an organic light emitting display device including: a display unit having a first display region and a second display region, and comprising a plurality of pixels; and a controller configured to calculate an OPR (On Pixel Ratio) of the plurality of pixels from video data input from an outside, and to generate corrected video data for decreasing driving current of the plurality of pixels based on the OPR, the OPR including a first OPR that corresponds to the first display region and a second OPR that corresponds to the second display region.
US09934717B2
Provided are a source driver and a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display apparatus. The source driver comprises a plurality of output channels, a plurality of output amplifiers corresponding to the plurality of output channels and a bias circuit configured to supply the output amplifiers with bias currents. The driving method comprises: acquiring resistance values of the output channels (101); and for each of the output channels, setting an amplitude of the bias current supplied to the output amplifier corresponding to the output channel from the bias circuit, according to the resistance value of the respective output channel, so that the bias current of the output amplifier corresponding to the output channel with a larger resistance value being greater than or equal to the bias current of the output amplifier corresponding to the output channel with a smaller resistance value in amplitude (102). Amplitudes of bias currents in different output channels are adjusted locally/partly, so that a power consumption of the source driver is decreased under a normal condition for driving and displaying of a display panel and in turn a power consumption of the entire display apparatus is reduced.
US09934712B2
The present invention relates to a display, a timing controller and a column driver IC, and more particularly to a display, timing controller and column driver integrated circuit using clock embedded multi-level signaling. The present invention provides a timing controller including a transmitter for transmitting a transmission signal wherein a transmission clock signal is embedded therein between a transmission data signal to have a signal magnitude different from that of the transmission data signal. The present invention also provides a column driver integrated circuit including a receiving unit for separating a clock signal from a received signal using a magnitude of the received signal, and for performing a sampling of a received data signal from the received signal using the separated clock signal.
US09934704B2
There is disclosed an apparatus and method for visual identification of valves in multi valve distribution and transmission systems, and particularly for municipal utility infrastructures such as mainline, connection, drain, pressure district, pressure regulating and pressure sustaining valves. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises a flexible, adjustable, color coded band that when assembled the apparatus forms a generally tubular shape; and the apparatus includes one or more securing mechanisms adapted to secure the apparatus to a valve.
US09934695B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are described herein that facilitate education through an interactive illustration. The systems, methods and apparatuses can facilitate both the design of a course employing the interactive illustration at an instructor interface and education utilizing the course at an educational terminal. The design of the course can be based on a selection of an image, a selection of an activity, a selection of a development level of a student and selection of a work stage. The same image can be utilized for different activities, development levels and work stages. Additionally, tools utilized with the interactive image can be the same for different images, activities, development levels and work stages. The tools can also be the same for the design of the course and the study utilizing the course.
US09934694B2
A system and method for operating an automated aerial vehicle are provided wherein influences of ground effects (e.g., which may increase the effective thrusts of propellers by interfering with the respective airflows) are utilized for sensing the ground or other surfaces. In various implementations, operating parameters of the automated aerial vehicle are monitored to determine when ground effects are influencing the parameters associated with each of the propellers, which correspondingly indicate proximities to a surface (e.g., the ground). Utilizing such techniques, different propellers of an automated aerial vehicle may provide different sensing data (e.g., for detecting issues with an uneven landing area, a sloped ground, determining an automated aerial vehicle's location based on a unique ground surface profile, etc.)
US09934689B2
An automated driving system for an autonomous vehicle may include a perception system and a computing device for detecting and tracking a location of an object within an obstructed viewing region blocked from view of sensors associated with the perception system. The computing device and perception system may identify an obstructed viewing region and detect an external imaging assist device located within a sensor field of the perception system. The imaging assist device is capable of transmitting images of the obstructed viewing region to the perception system. The computing device analyzes the images received from the imaging assist device for purposes of detecting an object within the obstructed viewing region and tracking its location relative to the autonomous vehicle. The computing device may transmit a command to an autonomous vehicle system to implement an autonomous vehicle maneuver based at least in part on the tracked location of the hidden object.
US09934682B2
A system and method are disclosed for using magnetic signatures at predetermined positions along a roadway to monitor traffic travelling along the roadway by comparing the predetermined magnetic signatures with magnetic signatures being dynamically and continuously measured by each vehicle as they travel along the roadway. Magnetometers incorporated into mobile devices or otherwise incorporated within the vehicle measure magnetic signatures for comparison to the predetermined magnetic signatures that form a connection graph or database of points that correspond to possible paths along a roadway. When a magnetic signature match is made, the system recognizes that the vehicle has passed a particular point on a roadway and forwards that information to the appropriate entity for further processing, analysis, or toll assessment.
US09934677B2
Streaming data at a sensor is sensed and received. The streaming data includes a plurality of observations. For a current observation in the plurality of observations, a health of the current observation is determined. Based upon the health of the current observation, a penalty is determined. A Sensor Health Index (SHI) for the current observation is obtained by aggregating the penalty with at least one SHI of one or more previous observations from the plurality of observations. An alarm is selectively generated based upon the SHI of the current observation.
US09934672B2
Systems and methods of effectively communicating alarm conditions by making efficient use of the limited battery life in ambient condition detectors are provided. In some systems and methods, an ambient condition detector in a monitored region can be associated with a motion sensor. When the motion sensor detects motion in the monitored region, the detector can exit a soft alarm mode and enter a full alarm mode for a predetermined period of time.
US09934670B2
An infrastructure monitoring system includes: a first monitoring device configured to detect and monitor a first condition of a first aspect of the infrastructure and transmit a data signal including data relating to the first condition; a second monitoring device configured to detect and monitor a second condition of a second aspect of the infrastructure and transmit a data signal including data relating to the second condition; a third monitoring device configured to detect and monitor a third condition of a third aspect of the infrastructure and transmit a data signal including data relating to the third condition; and an operations center communicatively coupled to each monitoring device, the operations center configured to receive the data signal from each monitoring device and determine whether the data included in the data signal received from any one of the monitoring devices indicates a problem within the infrastructure.
US09934669B2
A method for geo-location services is described. A location of a user is monitored, via a sensor, in relation to a predetermined location. Upon detecting a predetermined condition of the user, a determination is made of which contact on a contact list is nearest to the predetermined location. A notification is sent to the contact determined to be nearest to the predetermined location.
US09934668B2
There is provided a method for identifying transitions between a standing posture and a sitting posture by a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the acceleration experienced by the user during movement; obtaining a signal indicating the height of a part of the user during movement; processing the measurements of the acceleration to identify candidate movements corresponding to transitions between a standing posture and a sitting posture; and determining an identified candidate movement as a transition from a sitting posture to a standing posture where the identified candidate movement coincides with an increase in height in the signal and an identified candidate movement as a transition from a standing posture to a sitting posture where the identified candidate movement coincides with a decrease in height in the signal.
US09934667B1
The method, system, and computer-readable medium facilitates monitoring a vehicle operator during the course of vehicle operation to determine whether the vehicle operator is in an emotionally impaired state (e.g., aggressive or agitated) and presenting appropriate stimuli (e.g., music or sound recordings) to the vehicle operator when impairment is detected. The vehicle operator, the environment surrounding the vehicle, or forces acting on the vehicle may be monitored using a variety of sensors, including optical sensors, accelerometers, or biometric sensors (e.g., skin conductivity, heart rate, or voice modulation). When the vehicle operator is determined to be in an emotionally impaired state, stimuli are selected to improve the emotional state of the vehicle operator. The selection is based on sensor data and data regarding prior responses of the vehicle operator to various stimuli. After selection, the stimuli are presented to the vehicle operator while monitoring continues.
US09934662B2
Various embodiments of a programmable barrier alarm are described. In one embodiment, a programmable barrier alarm comprises a magnet and a sensor, the sensor comprising a magnet and a sensor, comprising a magnetic field detector for sensing a magnetic field produced by the magnet and for producing an electronic signal based on the magnetic field, a processor, and a memory for storing alarm threshold values and processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the sensor to, in a calibration mode of operation, determine a value of a first electronic signal from the magnetic field detector when the barrier is in the closed position, calculate a first threshold value based on the first electronic signal, and calculate a second threshold value based on the first electronic signal, in a normal mode of operation, compare electronic signals from the magnetic field detector to the first and second threshold values, and generate an alarm signal if any of the electronic signals are less than the first threshold or greater than the second threshold.
US09934650B2
An electronic gaming machine constructed to receive real credits and including a real world controller constructed to provide a randomly generated payout of credits; an entertainment software controller constructed to execute an entertainment game providing outcomes based upon an autonomous agent action; and a game world controller coupled to the entertainment software controller and the real world controller, and constructed to trigger the credit wager, wherein the game world controller utilizes an agency module that: configures an autonomous agent player profile which determines the autonomous agent action; detects the autonomous agent action taken by the autonomous agent where the autonomous agent action is a direct utilization by the autonomous agent of the enabling element within the entertainment game, wherein the autonomous agent action is taken by the autonomous agent without the player's supervision; and communicates, to the real world controller, an agent wager.
US09934649B2
It is an object to automatically provide information suitable for a user without increasing time or effort of the user. An information processing device acquires an operation history of a predetermined user about one or more races from storage device. The information processing device determines a skill level of the predetermined user about purchasing of betting tickets according to the operation status identified by the operation history. The information processing device controls display of the race information in response to a request from the predetermined user according to the skill level.
US09934648B2
A user device supports a computer implemented game. An input from a user is received. This input requests a purchase of an in-game item. When this input is received, a determination is made as to whether the user device is on-line or not. If the user device is off-line, it is determined if the in-game item can be purchased in dependence on a locally available in-game currency budget. If so, the requested in-game item is provided in the computer implemented game.
US09934645B2
A parking meter is described that comprises components for providing parking meter functionality and a display for displaying parking information and a metal housing for protecting the parking meter components from an environment that has a display aperture through which the display is visible. The parking meter also comprises an antenna for a contactless payment reader arranged in or on the parking meter in close proximity to the display.
US09934636B1
An access management and reporting system includes a keysafe that is located outside of a building and a communication system that is located within the building. The communication system is configured to perform, over a short-range wireless communication protocol, two-way communication with a communication module of the keysafe. The system also includes a server that is located remote from the building and the keysafe. The server is configured to perform, over a long-range communication protocol, two-way communication with the communication system located within the building, is configured to manage access to the keysafe, and is configured to handle reporting related to access of the keysafe.
US09934635B2
A computing device may be configured to transition control over one or more functions of a rental unit to a user (e.g., a traveler) based on one or more of time, geo-location and access credentials. Access may be granted to the traveler to use one or more home automation functions including a HVAC system, a thermostat, lighting, security alarm, automated door locks, etc. An owner of the rental unit may have access to some or all of the home automation functions blocked during the traveler's stay at the rental unit, and at an end of the stay owner access to those functions may be enabled. Some functions may be activated prior to the traveler's arrival at the unit based on a time to arrival and/or distance from the unit. An application on a traveler's computing device may be configured to summon a repair service for the unit.
US09934626B2
Provided is an engagement position storage device capable of detecting a clutch engagement position of a vehicle finely and a brake system including such a device. In an engagement position storage device 2b that stores an engagement position of a clutch to engage and disengage power of a vehicle, when the vehicle becomes a traveling state in predetermined duration after acceleration in a front-back direction of the vehicle changes, the engagement position storage device 2b stores a clutch engagement position based on a clutch position detected when the acceleration changes. A brake system 1 includes a wheel latching mechanism 5 that latches wheels of a vehicle by driving a propelling member 5a by driving devices 3 and 4; and a controller 2 that controls driving of the propelling member 5a of the wheel latching mechanism 5 based on a clutch engagement position stored in the engagement position storage device 2b.
US09934624B2
An example method for outputting a PID filter list (PFL) includes: receiving RO data from one or more ROs that indicate particular vehicle identifying information (PVII), at least one symptom identifier, and a particular vehicle component; determining, symptom-to-parameter-identifier (PID) mapping data (MD) based on the received RO data and component-to-PID MD; determining, based on the set of available PIDs for the SOV and the symptom-to-PID MD, a PFL, wherein the PFL is associated with the PVII and the at least one symptom identifier, and wherein the PFL indicates a symptom-based subset of PIDs from the set of available PIDs for the SOV; receiving, a request sent over a communication network from a display device, wherein the request comprises the PVII and the at least one symptom identifier; and transmitting, over the communication network to the display device, a response to the request, the response comprising the PFL.
US09934620B2
To facilitate wireless, near real time, in-flight data collection this system and method presents a solution to universal aircraft data transmission and retrieval. The subject apparatus and corresponding system will be capable of universally integrating into thousands of aircraft globally regardless of type, model or series: an affordable alternative method of streaming critical flight data parameters in near real-time. This service will benefit maintenance providers, airports, aircraft lessors, airlines, airline operations centers, and government agencies such as the FAA, NTSB, and NWS, etc. The subject system, method and apparatus will not replace current aircraft flight data recorder systems, but rather integrate into them and enhance their capabilities while reducing the costs industry-wide.
US09934619B2
The invention relates to a road toll system using a vehicle-mounted satellite navigation receiver, from which routes taken and road prices incurred are determined. A billing system bills a user in dependence on the road prices incurred. A portable activation device transmits information concerning the owner of the portable activation device to the vehicle-mounted unit, and the vehicle-mounted unit provides information to the billing system to enable identification of the owner of the portable activation device.In combination, the portable activation device and the vehicle-mounted unit can be considered to function in a similar way to a known vehicle-mounted OBU. However, by separating the data necessary to provide user-personalization into the portable activation device, the vehicle-mounted unit can become more standard, and the user is able to drive other vehicles more easily.
US09934617B2
A method for projecting a 3D surface geometry onto a planar projection comprises: obtaining a 3D geometry of a chamber surface using an algorithm that generates angles and distances between points on the chamber surface that represent mapping information; applying a cutting curve to at least two points on the chamber surface; and at least partially unfolding at least a portion of the chamber surface along the cutting curve to form a planar projection that optimally preserves the angles and distances between points on the chamber surface.
US09934606B2
A shading rate may be set by analyzing samples within a pixel. Then based on that analysis, a system determines whether to use coarse pixel, pixel or sample shading for a region of pixels. Based on the determined type of shading, the shading rate may be set.
US09934590B1
A process and apparatus are provided to characterize low-resolution partial point clouds for object recognition or query. A partial point cloud representation of an object is received. Zero and first order geometric moments of the partial point cloud are computed. A location of a center of a point cloud mass is computed using the geometric moments. A cubic bounding box is generated centered at the location of the mass center of the point cloud, with one side of the box bounding the point cloud at its longest semi-axis. The bounding box is divided into a three dimensional grid. A normalized voxel mass distribution is generated over the three dimensional grid. Tchebichef moments of different orders are calculated with respect to the voxel mass distribution in the grid. Low-order moments are collected to form TMSDs. Similarity is compared between the TMSD of the point cloud with TMSDs of other point clouds.
US09934589B2
The present invention provides a system and method for determining bilirubin levels in an individual based on skin coloration using a smartphone or other personal device and an attached ancillary apparatus. The device, such as a smartphone or tablet, is capable of storing and running software. The device is also coupled to both a camera and light source to obtain data regarding the skin's coloration. Software is installed on the device to control the light source and calculate bilirubin levels in the individual based on the input received from the camera. The ancillary apparatus is a mechanism surrounding the light source and camera that is placed on the skin of the individual when the system is in use. The ancillary apparatus thus creates a light tight seal between the skin, light source and camera, enabling the system to receive the most accurate data from the camera.
US09934574B2
To determine depth of an object within a volume, structured light is projected into the volume. The structured light comprises a pattern over which intensity of the light varies. A sensor detects light from the volume and uses variations in intensity of the detected light to correlate the detected light with the pattern. Based on the correlation, depth of objects within the volume is determined.
US09934572B2
A system for locating an imaged hitch point between a vehicle and a trailer is provided herein. An imaging device is configured to capture images of the trailer. A controller is configured to select two images captured by the imaging device and derive an edge map for each of the two images. The controller determines the location of the imaged hitch point based on differences in pixel intensity associated with a number of predefined pixel positions common to the two images.
US09934558B2
Technologies for a single-pass process for enhancing video quality with temporal smoothing. The process may include providing for user overrides of automatically enhanced video/frame characteristics and providing substantially immediate previews of enhanced video frames to a user. The process may also include detecting a degree of shakiness in a portion of the video, and performing or recommending stabilization based on the detected shakiness.
US09934554B2
The present invention relates to an improved ultrasound imaging method/technique for speckle reduction/suppression in an ultra sound imaging system in which scan conversion and speckle reduction is performed simultaneously in the scan conversion stage avoiding any kind of conventional interpolation. An improved method for speckle reduction in an ultrasound imaging system and an improved ultra sound imaging system for speckle reduction is provided in the present invention. The method comprises steps of receiving in a processor means raw data samples as an input comprising image signals with noises from a logarithmic amplifier, processing the received image signals for scan conversion and speckle reduction in the processor means so as to get pixel value from the raw data samples and to perform speckle reduction so as to provide speckle filtered output image.
US09934539B2
The systems, methods, and GUIs of the present invention not only have the ability to display DICOM and non-DICOM images simultaneously, side-by-side in a single viewer, but also display a timeline corresponding to more than one healthcare study. A selection of more than one healthcare study from different sources, without requiring a single storage repository or single PACS system, is received and a viewer is launched for the selected studies. Any DICOM images are converted to a non-DICOM format such that non-DICOM images from the more than one healthcare study side-by-side in the viewer. A timeline corresponding to more than one healthcare study for a patient is provided. From the timeline, images from different sources can be selected and displayed side-by-side in the viewer in a non-DICOM format.
US09934537B2
The systems and methods of the disclosure allow user to receive offers through social media channels. The systems and methods are capable of creating offers, ranking the offers based on both transaction data and social media profile activity information, distributing the offers through social media channels, associating the offers with a synced transaction account and providing rewards based on transactions that comply with offers. The rewards may be applied at the time of purchase, in response to authorization information or at settlement as a transaction account credit.
US09934533B1
A system transforms one or more inputs to determine a price for a ticket and presents this price for single action selection.
US09934529B2
A method of providing a color identification display includes accessing color data associated with a pool of candidate colors, wherein a first color metric and a second color metric are associated with each candidate color. Color data associated with a reference color is accessed, wherein the color data associated with the reference color includes values for the first color metric and the second color metric. A display is provided, wherein the display includes a first filter control associated with the first color metric and a second filter control associated with the second metric, wherein the first filter control and the second filter control are each selectable in two directions relative to the first color metric value and the second color metric value of the reference color. A selection of a first color metric direction relative to the reference color is received via the first filter control.
US09934510B2
A system comprises an interface for enabling a user having a web property to input advertisement information including a web property advertisement, criteria indicating when presentation of the advertisement is desired by the user, a bid for the presentation of the advertisement when the criteria are met, and subsequent modifications to the advertisement information; geographically distributed servers, a plurality of the geographically distributed servers for storing the advertisement information, at least one of the geographically distributed servers for receiving a request for advertisement content from an advertising channel, at least one of the geographically distributed servers for determining whether the request meets the criteria, and at least one of the geographically distributed servers for forwarding the advertisement to the advertising channel in response to the request when the criteria have been met; and a distribution component for propagating the advertisement information to the geographically distributed servers according to an arrangement.
US09934507B2
A first signature log generated by a first processing system is received. A first listing of the recorded series of user inputs included in the signature log is compared to at least one historical log indicating at least one historical path, each historical path including at least second listing of a series of historical user inputs that corresponds to a historical endpoint in the computer program. Responsive to comparing the first listing of the recorded series of user inputs to the at least one historical log, the historical path to which the recorded series of user inputs at least partially corresponds is identified and the at least one historical endpoint is identified as a predicted endpoint in the computer program. Based on the predicted endpoint, a predicted path corresponding to the predicted endpoint in the computer program is selected and output.
US09934501B1
A checkout apparatus including a self-checkout unit having a product identification device, a payment identification device, a microprocessor and a point-of-sale system configured to allow a touchless speed tender transaction. The invention also includes an apparatus and method for offering a mode-driven and/or customer-driven checkout transaction.
US09934500B2
A system according to an embodiment comprises one or more processors; and one or more memories in communication with the one or more processors and adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the system to: offer, by a merchant at a Point of Sale (POS), at least one payment option in connection with a transaction for at least one item, wherein the payment option(s) is presented in a display tailored to a specific user based on information maintained by the merchant about the specific user; and process the transaction using a payment option selected by the user.
US09934498B2
Disclosed herein are example embodiments for facilitating guaranty provisioning for an exchange. For certain example embodiments, at least one device, such as a mobile device or a server device or an electronic apparatus: (i) may facilitate a matching of at least one proffered guaranty transaction with one or more proffered transaction characteristics; or (ii) may participate in at least one guaranty transaction marketplace to produce at least one guaranty transaction associated with at least one guaranty for a proposed product transaction.
US09934486B2
Asset reconciliation is facilitated by dynamically determining and applying a scan context to asset-describing tag data. Tag data representative of assets are received from RFID tags. A working scan context defining a scope of coverage of assets to be included in an asset reconciliation is dynamically determined based on the received tag data. Additional tag data representative of additional assets are received, and the dynamically determined working scan context is applied to the additional tag data to automatically identifying which assets of the additional assets are to be included in the asset reconciliation. Assets included in the scope of coverage of the working scan context are included in the asset reconciliation, and assets not included in the scope of coverage of the working scan context are not included in the asset reconciliation.
US09934485B2
Examples are disclosed to track wire or cable inventory in an inventory storage environment using an application on a mobile device. During a material intake phase, an identifier of a wire or cable reel is stored in association with a physical location of the reel, a length of a wire or cable, and a type of the wire or cable. During a material retrieval phase, a target location corresponding to the physical location of the wire or cable reel is received in response to a search query. The wire or cable reel is located using a GPS receiver based on the target location when the mobile device is located farther than a threshold distance from the target location, or using a Bluetooth radio interface, without the GPS receiver, based on the target location when the mobile device is located closer than the threshold distance to the target location.
US09934481B2
Systems, methods, and media for planning drilling operations using modeling and simulation systems, and information obtained from drilling rig markets. Method, systems, and computer program products perform operations including querying a database of a drilling rig market using non-technical parameters of a drilling operation. The operations also include determining technical capabilities of one or more drilling rigs identified in a response to the querying of the database. The operations further include determining well paths for the drilling operation based on the technical capabilities of the drilling rigs. Additionally, the operations include selecting a drilling rig from the one or more drilling rigs for acquisition from the drilling rig market based on the plurality of well paths and the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs.
US09934480B2
Techniques are described for managing interactions between workflows being performed by different applications, such as to enable a combination of multiple workflows in multiple applications of different types to aggregate varying capabilities available from the different types of applications. In some situations, an integrated workflow is created by separating portions of its functionality into multiple constituent workflows that is each performed by a different application and that initiate one or more inter-workflow interactions between the constituent workflows as they are performed (e.g., for one of the constituent workflows to, while it is being performed, invoke another constituent workflow in order to begin its performance). As one non-limiting example, the multiple applications of different types may include a least an enterprise business application program that provides various core business functions, and a desktop collaborative application program that provides various user activity management capabilities.
US09934477B1
Techniques are described for providing selective access to secure physical and/or logical domains for agents that need to perform work in those domains. A work order will detail work to be performed by one or more agents, such as a technician or software agent, that will need access to protected domains to perform the work, and the tasks requiring agent access to the protected domains are controlled and completion thereof verified. Interaction with a monitoring/security system for the protected physical domains occurs to selectively allow access of the agent to the protected domain(s) as needed for the tasks. Other aspects of the disclosure are described in the detailed description, figures, and claims.
US09934469B1
A method for preparing an entangled quantum state of an atomic ensemble is provided. The method includes loading each atom of the atomic ensemble into a respective optical trap; placing each atom of the atomic ensemble into a same first atomic quantum state by impingement of pump radiation; approaching the atoms of the atomic ensemble to within a dipole-dipole interaction length of each other; Rydberg-dressing the atomic ensemble; during the Rydberg-dressing operation, exciting the atomic ensemble with a Raman pulse tuned to stimulate a ground-state hyperfine transition from the first atomic quantum state to a second atomic quantum state; and separating the atoms of the atomic ensemble by more than a dipole-dipole interaction length.
US09934459B2
A transponder includes an inlet including an antenna sheet, which includes an antenna coil on a flexible first base material, and an IC module connected to the antenna coil, and a second base material, which has an opening for exposing at least a part of the IC module and is bonded to the inlet; a sealing material having electrical insulation is provided between the IC module and an inside face of the opening.
US09934455B2
A quantization method includes: quantizing first image data, and converting the first image data to second image data that indicates a binary or multivalued quantized pattern with a smaller number of gradations than that of the first image data, for which dots are arranged by the same recording element for individual pixels of a pixel column along a first direction respectively and dots are arranged at a plurality of different timings for individual pixels of a pixel column along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; and optimizing the quantization in at least some gradations, and reducing dispersion of a generation frequency of a dot arrangement for each relative positional relation between a pixel of interest in the case that individual pixels within the quantized pattern are successively defined as the pixel of interest and a plurality of vicinity pixels positioned in the vicinity of the pixel of interest.
US09934452B2
Systems and techniques are provided for pruning a node from a possible nodes list for Hidden Markov Model with label transition node pruning. The node may be a label transition node. A frame may be at a predicted segmentation point in decoding input with the Hidden Markov Model. The node may be scored at the frame. The node may be pruned from the possible nodes list for the frame when score for the node is greater than the sum of a best score among nodes on the possible nodes list for the frame and a beam threshold minus a penalty term. A possible nodes list may be generated for a subsequent frame using label selection. A second node may be pruned from the possible nodes list for the subsequent frame with early pruning.
US09934447B2
Object detection and classification across disparate fields of view are provided. A first image generated by a first recording device with a first field of view, and a second image generated by a second recording device with a second field of view can be obtained. An object detection component can detect a first object within the first field of view, and a second object within the second field of view. An object classification component can determine first and second level classification categories of the first object. A data processing system can create a data structure indicating a probability identifier for a descriptor of the first object. An object matching component can correlate the first object with the second object based on the descriptor of the first object, the probability identifier for the descriptor of the first object, or a descriptor of the second object.
US09934443B2
A method for detecting user head motion during an authentication transaction is provided that includes generating, by a processor, a motion type feature vector and a user head motion type prediction based on data generated for a sequence of frames. The frames are included in biometric data captured from a user. Moreover, the method includes generating a liveness rating feature vector based on the generated frame data, merging the motion type and liveness rating vectors, and generating a spoof prediction from the merged vector. When the generated spoof prediction indicates biometric data in the frames was spoofed, the method includes changing the user head motion type prediction to no motion. The method also includes storing the user head motion type prediction in a buffer and determining a final user head motion type detected for the frames.
US09934439B1
The disclosure is related to a method and a system for removing background of a video. One of the objectives of the method and system is to extract a motion image object from a video. In the method, a plurality of frames is first retrieved from the video. An image processing approach is performed to recognize image features of every frame. A plurality of color blocks for every frame are obtained through the image processing scheme. A variance among the pixels in every color block of two continuous frames can be obtained by a comparison computation, so as to form a color block variance. The color block variance allows the system to determine a motion target object as well as its image contour. The blocks excepting the blocks of the target object are set as transparent blocks. Therefore the background relative to the target object can be removed.
US09934437B1
Described is a system for collision detection. The system divides an image in a sequence of images into multiple sub-fields comprising complementary visual sub-fields. For each visual sub-field, motion is detected in a direction corresponding to the visual sub-field using a spiking Reichardt detector with a spiking neural network. Motion in a direction complementary to the visual sub-field is also detected using the spiking Reichardt detector. Outputs of the spiking Reichardt detector, comprising data corresponding to one direction of movement from two complementary visual sub-fields, are processed using a movement detector. Based on the output of the movement detector, an impending collision is signaled.
US09934436B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide an iris recognition system. The iris recognition system can include a three-dimensional (3D) sensor that is configured to capture a 3D image of an iris, an iris feature extractor that is configured to generate an iris template based on the 3D image of the iris, and a memory that is configured to store the iris template.
US09934432B2
A system, method and computer program product to validate documents is provided. A processor receives an image of a document. The processor identifies a plurality of fixed contents of the document. The processor identifies a plurality of field contents of the document. The processor determines a type of the document based, at least in part, on the plurality of fixed contents and the plurality of field contents. The processor validates the plurality of field contents of the document based, at least in part, on rules associated with the type of the document. The processor generates a validated document.
US09934423B2
Techniques for identifying prominent subjects in video content based on feature point extraction are described herein. Video files may be processed to detect faces on video frames and extract feature points from the video frames. Some video frames may include detected faces and extracted feature points and other video frames may not include detected faces. Based on the extracted feature points, faces may be inferred on video frames where no face was detected. The inferring may be based on feature points. Additionally, video frames may be arranged into groups and two or more groups may be merged. The merging may be based on some groups including video frames having overlapping feature points. The resulting groups each may identify a subject. A frequency representing a number of video frames where the subject appears may be determined for calculating a prominence score for each of the identified subjects in the video file.
US09934418B2
An optical sensor for imaging an input object, such as a fingerprint, on a sensing region of a display is disclosed. The sensor includes a transparent substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. An array of detector elements is positioned above the first side of the transparent substrate and an angle limiting reflector is positioned below the second side of the transparent substrate. The angle limiting reflector is configured to reflect light incident on the angle limiting reflector within a limited acceptance angle towards the array detector elements.
US09934410B1
A formal verification approach verifies data access and data propagation paths in a circuit design by proving the unreachability of path cover properties of the circuit design. A security path verification system receives an original circuit model of a circuit design, along with parameters identifying a first location within the circuit design that is a source of tainted data and a second location within the circuit design that is coupled to the first location. The security path verification system also receives a selection of portions of the circuit design to be excluded from the verification analysis. Using an abstracted version of the exclude portions, the security verification system generates a second circuit model of the circuit design for use in determining whether the tainted data can reach the second location from the first location within the circuit design.
US09934407B2
Shown and depicted is preventing sensitive information from being exfiltrated from an organization using hypervisors. A Data Loss Prevention system is composed using virtual machines or domains to segment memory between domains which are assumed to be untrusted and domains which are known to be trusted. Sensitive information is cypher text when observed by software in Untrusted Domains, and clear text when observed by software in Trusted Domains. Sensitive information is unencrypted when it is in the address space of a protected process running inside a trusted domain.
US09934406B2
Examples of the present disclosure include capturing an input at a local platform and transmitting the captured input to a service platform separate from the local platform. At least one partially evaluated policy generated by the service platform is received in response to the captured input. The local platform completes the partially evaluated policy by applying information private to the local platform to the partially evaluated policy. The local platform determines a final action for responding to the captured input based on completing the partially evaluated policy.
US09934402B2
A system, method, and computer-accessible medium for protecting user choice settings are provided. The system and method provide an application programming interface that uses a security subsystem to unlock, write, and relock the user choice settings to insure that the user's choices are enforced and respected by the applications that attempt to change them in a manner that is verifiable and transparent to the user. The user is notified whenever a change to their user choice settings is made.
US09934399B2
A user interface is described, such as a graphical user interface (GUI), operable to receive a representation of a security policy expressed in a first policy language, where that security policy will be supported by policy evaluation engines (or other such components) that are configured to operate using security policies expressed using a second (different) policy language. The representation of the security policy is persisted in a data store in accordance with the first policy language. Subsequently, in response to receiving a request to access a resource, a second representation of the security policy is generated by translating the content of the security policy into a second policy language that is associated with the policy evaluation engine. The second representation of the security policy is then evaluated by the policy evaluation engine to grant or deny access to the resource.
US09934397B2
Embodiments of the present invention may involve a method, system, and computer program product for controlling privacy in a face recognition application. A computer may receive an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face. The computer may identify a target user associated with a facial signature in a first database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature and one or more facial signatures in the first database. The computer may extract a profile of the target user from a second database. The profile of the target user may include one or more privacy preferences. The computer may generate a customized profile of the target user. The customized profile may omit one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and/or a current context.
US09934396B2
A messaging system for providing messaging service between or among user accounts includes a message database server. The message database server includes an account module to maintain user accounts and an upload module to receive message data from a user communication device associated with a user account. The message data may include a message and a share list that authorizes identified user accounts in which the message is to be shared. A single instance storage module may store the message as a single instance. A share module may share the message with the identified user accounts and delete the message at a predetermined time as specified in the share list.
US09934395B2
Methods are provided for enabling secure big data analytics in the cloud. A method includes reading a secure file, by a Secure Distributed File System in a public cloud service provider. The reading step includes computing a hash of a name of the secure file to obtain a hashed file name, finding metadata for the secure file using the hashed file name, retrieving a sharing policy identifier from the metadata, and obtaining authorization from an external entity to decrypt the secure file. The reading step further includes extracting a security key and encrypted data file names from the metadata using the sharing policy identifier, requesting one or more encrypted data files that form the secure file from a node of the public cloud service provider, and at least one of decrypting and reconstructing plaintext data for the secure file from the one or more encrypted data files.
US09934392B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring access of computing resources. Usage rules may be created and stored that define a usage constraint based on actions available to be performed at the computing resources. An authenticator may verify login credentials received from a user and authorize the user to access a computing resource. A request to perform an action at the computing resource may be received, and a usage monitor may apply a usage rule to the requested action. If the requested action violates the usage constraint of the usage rule, the usage monitor may halt performance of the requested action and notify another user of the usage constraint violation. The authenticator may receive and verify another set of login credentials from that other user. In response to successful verification of the additional set of login credentials, the usage monitor may resume performance of the requested action.
US09934386B2
An approach for managing the privacy and disclosure of location information associated with a computer system. For one aspect, a request is received from a requestor for a location property associated with a location of a computer system. It is then determined whether a privacy preference associated with the requestor has been specified. If not, a user may be prompted to supply privacy preferences associated with the requestor. The privacy preferences are then applied to determine whether or not to provide the requested information. A user setting, such as a basic input-output system memory location setting, may also be implemented to enable and/or disable location-aware computing.
US09934375B2
Methods and nodes for securing execution of a web application by determining that a call dependency from a first to a second function needs to be protected, adding a Partial Execution Stub (PES) function comprising code to establish a communication connection with a trusted module. Methods and nodes for secured execution of a web application by invoking a function of the web application, invoking a Partial Execution Stub (PES) function during execution of the function of the web application, sending, from the PES function, a message call with current execution information to a trusted module and receiving, a verification result from the trusted module.
US09934373B1
In some implementations, a system may control an environment in which biometric data is entered when a user enrolls data for a user account or authenticates after having enrolled user data. Enrollment and/or authentication may be required to occur under one or more conditions. In some implementations, data from an electronic device associated with a user may be used to determine whether conditions on enrollment and/or authentication have been satisfied.
US09934360B2
Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for dental data planning. In various embodiments, an operator of the system can design a dental data plan, have it checked, and see various aspects of the plan on the display. The plan may be designed in the abstract and that abstract plan can be checked for compliance with material and product constraints. Also from that abstract plan, a list of necessary scanning tasks may be produced and displayed. In some embodiments, plans for multiple patients can be designed and the scanning for those patients may commence before all of the patients are completed.
US09934356B2
The systems, methods, and GUIs of the present invention not only have the ability to display DICOM and non-DICOM images simultaneously, side-by-side in a single viewer, but also display a timeline corresponding to more than one healthcare study. A selection of more than one healthcare study from different sources, without requiring a single storage repository or single PACS system, is received and a viewer is launched for the selected studies. Any DICOM images are converted to a non-DICOM format such that non-DICOM images from the more than one healthcare study side-by-side in the viewer. A timeline corresponding to more than one healthcare study for a patient is provided. From the timeline, images from different sources can be selected and displayed side-by-side in the viewer in a non-DICOM format.
US09934353B2
Target designs and methods are provided, which relate to periodic structures having elements recurring with a first pitch in a first direction. The elements are periodic with a second pitch along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and are characterized in the second direction by alternating, focus-sensitive and focus-insensitive patterns with the second pitch. In the produced targets, the first pitch may be about the device pitch and the second pitch may be several times larger. The first, focus-insensitive pattern may be produced to yield a first critical dimension and the second, focus-sensitive pattern may be produced to yield a second critical dimension that may be equal to the first critical dimension only when specified focus requirements are satisfied, or provide scatterometry measurements of zeroth as well as first diffraction orders, based on the longer pitch along the perpendicular direction.
US09934347B2
A method of designing a layout of an integrated circuit (IC) includes placing a first cell in the layout, placing a second cell in the layout adjacent to the first cell at a first boundary between the first and second cells, and generating a plurality of commands executable by a processor to form a semiconductor device based on the layout. The first cell includes a first pattern and a second pattern. The first and second patterns are adjacent to the first boundary, the first and second patterns have different colors, and a first boundary space between the first pattern and the first boundary is different from a second boundary space between the second pattern and the first boundary.
US09934343B2
A method for verification of a design of an electronic circuit is provided. The method includes executing test runs of the design. The method further includes increasing a fail counter if the executing of a test run of the test runs failed. The method further includes increasing a pass counter if the executing of the test run of the test runs passed. The method further includes halting the executing of the test runs of the design if the current ratio of the fail counter versus the pass counter exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09934341B2
A first open path in a microprocessor design is identified. At least one modification to a design of that first open path is simulated. An updated arrival time at a pin is calculated based on the simulated modification or modifications. An updated path time is then calculated based on the updated arrival time.
US09934328B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium for performing cognitive computing operations comprising receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources, the processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources performing data enriching for incorporation into a cognitive graph; defining a cognitive persona within the cognitive graph, the cognitive persona corresponding to an archetype user model, the cognitive persona comprising a set of nodes in the cognitive graph; associating a user with the cognitive persona; defining a cognitive profile within the cognitive graph, the cognitive profile comprising an instance of the cognitive persona that references personal data associated with the user; associating the user with the cognitive profile; and, performing a cognitive computing operation based upon the cognitive profile associated with the user.
US09934326B1
Methods and apparatus for distributed evaluation of expressions defined by a domain model including classes with attributes and relationships among the classes. Messages containing attribute updates are sent and processed using vertex-centric graph processing technique to evaluate expressions and determine a state of the system.
US09934325B2
A method and apparatus distributes graph data in a distributed computing environment. The method of distributing graph data in a distributed computing environment includes searching graph data for common sub-graphs, generating a partition by merging the common sub-graphs if, as a result of the search, the common sub-graphs are present and generating a partition by arranging the graph data if, as a result of the search, the common sub-graphs are not present, and calculating a processing cost of the graph data and allocating the partition based on the calculated processing cost.
US09934324B2
A system, computer-implemented method, and computer-readable storage medium for generating a block-based index, are provided. A block index is generated where the block index comprises a plurality of blocks and a block corresponds to a section of a graph column that stores a value. A block range vector is also generated for the index where the block range vector includes range information for the block that corresponds to the section of the graph and where the block-based index facilitates traversal of the graph column that searches for the value by constraining the traversal to the section of the graph.
US09934318B2
A computer-implemented method of information presentation on multiple devices is provided. The method may include presenting a first barcode on a webpage. The first barcode may be encoded with first data based on a uniform resource locator of the webpage. The method may also include generating second data based on a user interaction with the webpage and altering a configuration of the webpage based on the user interaction without leaving the webpage. The method may also include generating a second barcode encoded with the first data and the second data. The method may further include presenting the second barcode on the webpage with the altered configuration.
US09934316B2
A computer-implemented method of providing contextual search on digital images includes tracking a plurality of movements of a user over one or more hot-spots on a digital image in response to the user viewing a web page. The computer-implemented method also includes receiving a selected hot-spot from the user. Further, the computer-implemented method includes displaying a pop-up on the selected hot-spot. The pop-up includes a search query and search results on the hot-spot. Moreover, the computer-implemented method includes providing relevant context to the user corresponding to the search query.
US09934307B2
An apparatus manages job flows in an information processing system. In response to a request from a monitoring terminal, the apparatus creates, based on attribute information of jobs included in job flows to be managed, classification information in which the jobs are classified by attributes thereof. The apparatus groups the jobs into groups according to the attribute information by using the classification information and information on transition relationships between the jobs, and creates job-execution-schedule display information with which a transition relationship between a first job and a second job subsequent to the first job is displayed when the first and second jobs belong to different groups, and with which an execution interval of jobs in each group is displayed in association with that of jobs in another group, based on the number of jobs that have been sequentially executed from a starting job to each job in a job flow.
US09934299B2
Systems and methods for interest-driven data visualization systems in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment, an interest-driven data visualization system includes a processor and a memory configured to store an interest-driven data visualization application, wherein the interest-driven data visualization application configures the processor to define reporting data requirements, generate data retrieval job data based on the at least one piece of reporting data metadata and the data description metadata, transmit the data retrieval job data to an interest-driven business intelligence server system, receive aggregate data from the interest-driven business intelligence server system, create at least one piece of reporting data using the received aggregate data, the data description metadata, and the reporting data metadata, generate a report using the at least one piece of reporting data, the reporting data requirements, and the visualization metadata, and generate visualization image data based on the generated report.
US09934284B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a search query for content items of the online social network, identifying content items of the online social network that match the search query, and sending, in response to the search query, search results corresponding to the identified content items, where each search result is presented with one or more call-to-action elements applicable to the content item, and where the call-to-action elements are presented in ranked order based on a suitability of the call-to-action element to the content item.
US09934278B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for optimizing complex SQL statements using a region divided preferential SQL rewrite operation. The region divided preferential SQL rewrite operation makes it possible for a user to inference a machine SQL statement rewrite operation to optimize the SQL statement with more or less focus on different regions of the SQL. This operation combines the strength of using heuristic knowledge and understanding of data to rewrite the region of the SQL statement where the problem originates with the precision and efficiency of a machine SQL statement rewrite operation. More specifically, optimizing a complex SQL statement includes a region division operation during which a SQL statement is divided into multiple regions, a user preference assignment process in which the user defines different attention level for different regions, and a region preferential rewrite operation in which the SQL statement is rewritten with consideration to the attention level defined for each region of the SQL statement.
US09934277B2
A method includes storing a first stored procedure in a first database management module and a second stored procedure in a second database management module, receiving by the first database management module a request to run a computational task with the first stored procedure, receiving a request to perform the computational task and in response thereto causing a first query optimizer in the first database management module to automatically compute a query execution plan for the first stored procedure, using the query execution plan to identify all first data containers on the first database management module that provide input data for the requested computational task, identifying a list of names of all second data containers mapped to the identified first data containers, and performing the second stored procedure using the list of names. A corresponding computer program product and data management system are also disclosed herein.
US09934271B2
In a networked computer system that includes multiple nodes and multiple networks interconnecting the nodes, a database query optimizer takes network choice into consideration when optimizing a query. The query optimizer logs historical information for queries that includes network information. A network monitor determines network characteristics of the multiple networks. The query optimizer then selects a network for a query based on the network characteristics, and optionally based on the historical information as well. The result is a query optimizer that takes network choice into consideration, thereby providing a query that is optimized according to the characteristics of the networks.
US09934265B2
A system according to certain aspects improves the process of managing log data. The system may receive a log data file including one or more log lines that contain information relating to computing operations. At least some of the log lines may include a static portion and a variable portion. The system may process a first log line to identify and extract a static portion from the first log line, and determine a first value for the first log line based on the extracted static portion. The system may process a second log line to identify and extract a static portion from the second log line, and determine a second value for the second log line based on the extracted static portion. The system may compare the first and second values, and based on the comparison, organize the first and second log lines together for presentation to a user.
US09934261B2
A data processing system includes a query progress analyzer. The database processing system comprises a receiver that receives database queries including a target query directed to a database and a query analyzer. The query analyzer is coupled to the receiver and analyzes progress status of the target query based on comparison of measured target query resource usage to resource usage predicted from a query plan of the target query and measured system resource usage.
US09934260B2
A computing device creates a state of an analytic model. An analytic engine of an analytic model of an analytic model type is initialized. The analytic model is trained using a dataset and the analytic engine. A request to save a state of the analytic model is received. In response to receipt of the third indicator, the state of the trained analytic model is serialized. The state includes a reentry point name of a function of the analytic model type called to instantiate the trained analytic model. The serialized state is written to an output file. The written state is read from the output file. The state of the trained analytic model is restored using the read state. An analytic result is computed based on data in a second dataset different from the named dataset using the restored state of the trained analytic model. The computed analytic result is output.
US09934257B2
The process includes receiving a data set comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and applying a first rule based decisioning to the data set to generate a first layer of metadata that comprises at least one of a key, a type indicator, a categorical indicator, and/or a continuous indicator. The first layer of metadata may be descriptive of the data set. The processor may further apply a second rule based decisioning to the first layer to generate a second layer that includes at least one of the key, the type indicator, the categorical indicator, or the continuous indicator. The second layer may be descriptive of the first layer. The process may also include generating an output file from at least one of the first layer or the second layer.
US09934254B2
A terminal apparatus includes a first execution unit. The first execution unit includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image captured by an image capturing unit, a transmitting unit that transmits the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit to an image search system including a storage unit, in which objects and associated information associated with each other are stored, and an image search server that retrieves associated information associated with an object contained in the transmitted captured image and transmit the retrieved associated information to a transmission source of the captured image, a receiving unit that receives the associated information transmitted from the image search system based on the captured image transmitted from the transmitting unit, and a presenting unit that presents associated information corresponding to an externally-fed parameter, among the associated information received by the receiving unit.
US09934252B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing metadata-based photo and/or video animation. For instance, multiple images (e.g., still images) of a scene may be combined into an image sequence. An image may be selected from the multiple images to represent the scene. Such an image may be referred to as a primary image. Metadata may be associated with the primary image. The metadata may include a reference to the image sequence.
US09934251B2
In a database, product image data is accumulated. A search portion acquires product image data having the image characteristics information that is the same as or similar to the image characteristics information that indicates the characteristics of the image of input image data from the database for the input image data. A search server outputs information on another product that is different from the product corresponding to the product image data together with the product image data acquired by the search portion.
US09934245B2
A method for synchronizing files and an electronic device using the same are described. The method includes receiving a first instruction; executing the application installed on the electronic device according to the first instruction, a first file among a plurality of files for the application converts into a second state from the first state during a process for executing the application; writing the first file with the second state into a network storage by a first file system, in order to enable the application installed on another electronic device to be executed based on the first file with the second state in the network storage. An application progress may be shared and synchronized conveniently without a user's interaction or participation by writing the first file with the converted state into the network storage.
US09934242B2
Computer-implemented methods and systems for replication of data between mirrored data sites are provided. An exemplary method may comprise receiving a data object at a mirrored data site, the mirrored data site including one or more data nodes. The data objects are replicated to the one or more data nodes internally. Then, a data object reference associated with the data object is generated. The reference referring to the data object is queued for transmission to all other mirrored data sites. The data object reference associated with the data object is transmitted to the other mirrored data sites. When the data object is received at each mirrored data site, it is replicated to one or more data nodes within the site. After transmitting the data object, the data object reference is discarded.
US09934241B2
A system and method are provided for synchronizing read-only folders from a cloud-based server. Users can set read-only permissions when sharing folders with other users. The read-only permissions are enforced by client devices of the users downloading content of the folders from the server. To prevent local changes made by a user having read-only access to a folder from being overwritten, the user's client identifies modified folders as local content. After identifying a modified folder as local content, the client may retrieve the original folder from the cloud-based server.
US09934236B2
Various embodiments for streamlining data deduplication by a processor. In file storage utilizing re-writable storage media with data deduplication, a host layer file system is informed of available file space based on at least one of an available plurality of tracking operations performed by the processor, thereby providing an adjustable virtual free capacity file of deduplication pointers to facilitate deduplication functionality across a plurality of storage devices. As one of the available plurality of tracking devices, an actual block utilization tracking operation is utilized for gathering periodic statistics from deduplicating sources to enable analysis of trends in storage capacity utilization.
US09934234B2
An input file is processed according to hash algorithm that references sets of literals to preceding sets of literals to facilitate copy-offset command generation. Preceding instances are identified by generating a hash of the literal set and looking up a corresponding entry in a hash table. The hash table may be accessed by placing look-up requests in a FIFO buffer. When the FIFO buffer is full, generation of the hash chain is suspended until it is no longer full. When repeated literals are found, generation of the hash chain is likewise suspended. The hash chain is used to generate a command file, such as according to the LZ algorithm. Runs of consecutive literals are replaced by a run-length command. The command file may then be encoded using Huffman encoding.
US09934226B2
A solution is proposed for managing each one of a plurality of computing machines. A corresponding method comprises taking one or more snapshots of the computing machine or part thereof, the snapshots being organized in a snapshot tree of nodes representing the snapshots according to a dependency thereof, expanding the snapshot tree of the computing machine according to each sub-tree of the snapshot tree of each other computing machine having the snapshot of a parent node of the sub-tree matching a graft node of the snapshot tree of the computing machine, the sub-tree being appended to the graft node, selecting a snapshot of the other computing machines represented by a selected node of the snapshot tree of the computing machine, and restoring the selected snapshot on the computing machine.
US09934220B2
A method for question/answer creation for a document is described. The method includes importing a document having a set of questions based on content in the document. The method also includes automatically creating a candidate question from the content in the document. The method also includes automatically generating answers for the set of questions and the candidate question using the content in the document. The method also includes presenting the set of questions, the candidate question, and the answers to a content creator for user verification of accuracy. The method also includes storing a verified set of questions in the document. The verified set of questions includes the candidate question.
US09934219B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for internationalization of real-world features during navigation. The method includes receiving a request for navigation to a landmark in a particular language. The method further includes retrieving keywords from a database associated with the landmark, and scoring the keywords based on their level of recognition to a user. The highest ranked keywords are then sent to the user to navigate to the landmark.
US09934211B2
A system and methods for creating derivative websites based on base website and derivative site content. A content management system contains files representing multiple websites, i.e., a base website and one or more derivative versions of the base website. Each derivative version of the website consists of one of more files stored in a hierarchal chain of derivative folders that represent changes from the base website. A developer may thereby track which changes have been implemented and changes made by other developers higher in the chain of derivative workspaces than the current developer will be propagated to the current developer's derivative version of the production website.
US09934208B2
Techniques are described for populating visual designs with web content. In implementations, a document design is generated via a digital media application. The document design includes a layout of repeating design elements, such as a grid or table of repeating areas each having various design elements. Web content having a structured arrangement of data elements is accessed through a data panel exposed via the application. The web content data may be linked to the document design to populate elements of the document design with “real-world” data. To do so, the web content is to detect semantically similar repeating data elements by based on element positions, node types, style types, and node hierarchies reflected by structured data defining the web content. Design elements in the layout of the document design are then auto-populated with content of the semantically similar repeating data elements to produce a preview linked to “real-world” data.
US09934207B1
A web page may be rendered for display on a client device. The rendered web page may be based on a first document, and may include a plurality of selectable items corresponding to respective types of web page content. It may be determined that a first scroll position of the rendered web page has a first characteristic. Possibly responsive to this determination, a second document may be requested and received from a server device. The web page may be re-rendered for display on the client device, including content from the first document and the second document. It may be determined that a second scroll position of the re-rendered web page has a second characteristic. Possibly responsive to this determination, the web page may be further re-rendered for display on the client device, including content from the second document, but not the first document.
US09934203B2
In an approach for evaluating performance of machine translation, a processor receives a first document in a source language. A processor translates the first document in the source language to a second document in a target language, based, at least in part, on a first quantity of information. A processor evaluates the second document in the target language, based, at least, on one or more aspects of the translation. A processor determines, based, at least in part, on the evaluation, the second document in the target language meets a predetermined threshold.
US09934192B2
Aspects disclosed in the detailed description include peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) hosts adapted to support remote PCIe endpoints. In this regard, a PCIe host is configured to determine a temporal distance to an attached PCIe endpoint and compare the temporal distance to a predetermined threshold value. In one aspect, the PCIe host defines a first configuration parameter for the attached PCIe endpoint if the temporal distance is greater than the predetermined threshold value. In another aspect, the PCIe host defines a second configuration parameter different from the first configuration parameter for the attached PCIe endpoint if the temporal distance is less than or equal to the predetermined threshold value. By differentiating the attached PCIe endpoints based on temporal distances, the PCIe host can support compatibly a plurality of attached PCIe endpoints regardless of physical connection distances with the attached PCIe endpoints.
US09934190B2
Dynamic interface management for interference mitigation is disclosed. In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) is provided that employs a control system configured to mitigate electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by an aggressor communications bus. The control system is configured to receive information related to EMI conditions and adjust a data/clock mode of an interface corresponding to the aggressor communications bus. In this manner, the interface is configured to couple to the aggressor communications bus. The interface is configured to transmit signals to and receive signals from the aggressor communications bus. The control system is configured to use the information related to the EMI conditions to set the data/clock mode of the interface to mitigate the EMI experienced by a victim receiver. Thus, the control system provides designers with an additional tool that may reduce performance degradation of the victim receiver attributable to EMI.
US09934186B2
An intelligent connector is disclosed having a signal processing unit, a first port, and a second port. The signal processing unit communicates signals between a bus and a slave module. The first port is coupled between the bus and the signal processing unit, and is connected to a power supply line. The second port is coupled between the signal processing unit and the slave module, and is positioned to provide a power supply to the slave module.
US09934177B2
Methods and systems for efficiently processing input/output requests are provided. A network interface card (NIC) is coupled to a storage device via a peripheral link and accessible to a processor of a computing device executing instructions out of a memory device. The NIC is configured to receive a read/write request to read/write data; translate the read/write request to a storage device protocol used by the storage device coupled to the NIC; notify the storage device of the read/write request, without using the processor of the computing device, where the storage device reads/writes the data and notifies the NIC; and then the NIC prepares a response to the read/write request without having to use the processor of the computing device.
US09934176B2
An apparatus for transceiver multiplexing over USB Type-C interconnects is described herein. The apparatus includes a processor, a memory, a USB Type-C connector, a first transmitter, a multiplexed transmitter, a multiplexed receiver, and an on-die inductor. The multiplexed transmitter, when disabled, enables the multiplexed receiver to be in communication over a channel with a second transmitter over the USB Type C connector. The multiplexed receiver, when disabled, enables the multiplexed transmitter to be in communication over the channel with a receiver over the USB Type-C connector. The on-die inductor is disposed in serial with the multiplexed transmitter, and disposed in parallel with the multiplexed receiver. The on-die inductor reduces: effective shunt capacitance and insertion loss between the multiplexed transmitter and the channel; effective shunt capacitance and insertion loss between the channel and the multiplexed receiver.
US09934166B2
A method providing simple fine-grain hardware primitives with which software engineers can efficiently implement enforceable separation of programs into modules and constraints on control flow, thereby providing fine-grain locality of causality to the world of software. Additionally, a mechanism is provided to mark some modules, or parts thereof, as having kernel privileges and thereby allows the provision of kernel services through normal function calls, obviating the expensive prior art mechanism of system calls. Together with software changes, Object Oriented encapsulation semantics and control flow integrity in hardware are enforced.
US09934165B2
The application discloses an apparatus for monitoring data access to internal memory device and an internal memory device. The internal memory device is coupled to a memory controller via a memory bus. The monitoring apparatus includes a buffer memory module and a security control module. The buffer memory module is configured to couple with the memory bus to receive and store data exchanged via the memory bus and/or a data access command and a destination address associated with the exchanged data. The security control module is configured to process the exchanged data and/or the data access command and the destination address stored in the buffer memory module to identify the existence of security risk in the data access to the internal memory device. The monitoring apparatus will not affect the operation of the internal memory device, and thus is fully compatible with the conventional system architecture. Moreover, by monitoring the data access to the internal memory device, potential security risks can be identified to improve the security and stability of the system.
US09934157B2
A system and methods for migrating a virtual machine (VM). In one embodiment, a hypervisor receives a request to migrate the contents of a memory of a source VM in a first physical memory area to a destination VM in a second physical memory area, where the first and second physical memory areas are disjoint. The hypervisor executes the destination VM in response to the request, and detects an access of a page of memory of the destination VM. The hypervisor determines, in view of a data structure maintained by a guest operating system executing in the destination VM, that a first page of a memory of the source VM in the first physical memory area is currently in use by the destination VM. In response to the detecting, the hypervisor: copies, in view of the first page of VM memory being used by the destination VM, the contents of the first page to a corresponding page of the destination VM; and maps, in view of a second page of VM memory not being used by the destination VM, (i) a physical memory page that is external to the first physical memory area and to the second physical memory area to (ii) a page of the destination VM corresponding to the second page.
US09934150B1
A circuit has an address generation circuit to produce a virtual address (VA) and an index signal and a multi-way cache circuit. The cache circuit has a plurality of Random Access Memory (RAM) groups and a hash function circuit to generate a hash output from the VA. Each RAM group includes RAMs respectively corresponding to the ways. The cache circuit selects, using the hash output, a selected RAM group of the RAM groups, and performs, using the index signal as an address, an operation using one or more RAMs of the selected RAM group. Controlling a multi-way cache circuit comprises determining a hash value using a VA, selecting, using the hash value, a RAM group from a plurality of RAM groups, and performing an operation by using one or more RAMs of the selected RAM group. The RAMs of each RAM group respectively correspond to the ways.
US09934135B2
A method for testing an application that invokes an application programming interface (API) comprises identifying signatures for APIs. A package associated with the API is identified in the application under test, and a package name of the API is identified in the signatures. During runtime of the application under test, request and response objects (or other objects) for the identified package are created using the package name and reflection. The created request object is then used to invoke the API to test the application under test and the response object is used to evaluate the response with expected response.
US09934131B2
An artificial intelligence based method for improving a software testing process, according to which upon finding a bug, a set of candidate diagnoses is proposed to the tester, based on a Model-Based Diagnosis (MBD) process. A planning process is used for automatically suggesting further test steps to be performed by the tester, to identify the correct diagnosis for the developer in the form of faulty software component that caused the bug, while minimizing the tests steps performed by the tester. Additional information is provided to the MBD process, based on the outputs of the further test steps, thereby pruning incorrect candidate diagnoses. These steps are iteratively repeated while in each time, minimizing the set of candidate diagnoses, until a single diagnosis remains in the set.
US09934129B1
A system generates screenshots of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application that is displayed by target devices testing the application. Each screenshot includes an image of the GUI and metadata indicative of elements of the GUI present in the image or a state of the application or target device when the image is generated. The system determines, based on the metadata of a screenshot from a first set of the screenshots and the metadata of a screenshot from a second set of the screenshots, whether the screenshots are similar and if so, the system assigns the screenshot from the second set of screenshots to a cluster that includes the screenshot from the first set of screenshots. The system outputs an indication of the cluster (e.g., a notification or graphical indication) indicative of the similarity or discrepancy between the screenshots.
US09934117B2
A method includes transmitting a first value to a first slave device via a communication bus, where the first value is within a first range of values associated with the first slave device. The method also includes receiving a second value via the communication bus and detecting a fault when the second value is not within the first range of values associated with the first slave device. Detecting the fault could include detecting a decoder fault when the second value is within a second range of values associated with a second slave device. The method may further include detecting a fault when the second value is within the first range of values associated with the first slave device but does not equal the first value or detecting no fault when the second value equals the first value.
US09934115B2
A first compute node of a plurality of compute nodes of a database cluster may receive a request for a database transaction from a client application. The client application may be located within the first compute node. A first connection may be established, without regard to whether another compute node has a lighter workload than the first compute node, between the client application and a first database of the database cluster. The first connection may be a local connection, wherein the first database is located within the first compute node. The first compute node may detect that a failure associated with the first database has occurred. The first compute node may execute a failover operation to continue servicing the request for the data. The executing of a failover operation may include establishing a second connection between the client application and a second database of the database cluster.
US09934113B2
An enhanced console assisted recovery capability provides an efficient technique for communicating the failure of a primary time server to the backup time server in order to provide fast failure recovery of a synchronized timing network with the intent of avoiding a complete network outage. The primary time server efficiently notifies the backup time server that the primary time server is about to become unavailable. The backup time server can then begin an immediate takeover of time serving to the synchronized network.
US09934111B2
There is provided a control and data transmission system, comprising at least one control device which, in normal operation, is connected by means of a communication network to at least one process device designed as an input and/or output device, wherein the process device comprises an evaluation unit designed to detect a failure in the control system, an emergency control program which can be parameterized and which is stored in a memory of the process device, and a runtime system designed to execute the emergency control program, and wherein the process device is designed to switch to emergency operation in response to a failure in the control system detected by the evaluation unit, in which emergency operation the process device executes the emergency control program. The invention further provides a process device for use in such a control and data transmission system and a method for redundant process control.
US09934107B1
A high-availability cluster includes a subset of nodes having database instances where each database instance hosts a primary replica having primary databases or a secondary replica having corresponding secondary databases. An availability group includes a primary replica hosted by one database instance on one node and at least one secondary replica hosted by another database instance on another node, the secondary replica being a failover for the primary replica. A first backup preference is determined for a first availability group to identify a first preferred node for a first backup. A second backup preference is determined for a second availability group to identify a second preferred node for a second backup. The backups are triggered on the preferred nodes and the backups can proceed in parallel.
US09934102B2
A processor determines a predicted quantity of updates to be made to a set of data using a history of updates. The set of data is associated with a category of replication that indicates a first frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data. The processor determines whether the first predicted quantity of updates meets a first threshold for a frequency of replication of the set of data. The first threshold indicates an allowed number of updates and meeting the first threshold indicates that an adjustment to the frequency of replication of the set of data is to be initiated. The processor responds to a determination that the first threshold has been met by associating the set of data with a category of replication that has a second frequency of data replication to be applied to the set of data.
US09934100B2
A memory swap operation comprises writing information about a process in which a page fault occurred, into a temporary memory using a processor of a host, copying a page in which the page fault occurred, from a memory device recognized as a swap memory into a main memory of the host, and after completing the copying of the page, resuming the process in which the page fault occurred, using the information about the process, written in the temporary memory.
US09934094B2
A sequence number is assigned to a data storage operation targeted for a persistent data storage device. The sequence number is used to seed a random number generator. A random sequence is obtained from the random number generator, each element of the random sequence being used to generate characteristics of the operation. The data storage operation is fulfilled in accordance with the characteristics, the characteristics being subsequently determinable using the sequence number.
US09934083B2
A storage system maintains a cache and a non-volatile storage. An error recovery component queries a cache component to determine whether modified customer data exists in a memory preserve cache. In response to determining that the modified customer data exists in the memory preserve cache, and in response to a failure beyond a threshold number of times of initial microcode load (IML) attempts to recover the modified customer data, an error notification is transmitted for manual intervention to avoid loss of the modified customer data.
US09934082B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises: a complementary resistive memory bit-cell; a first sense amplifier coupled to the complementary resistive memory bit-cell via access devices; a second sense amplifier coupled to the first sense amplifier and to the complementary resistive memory bit-cell via the access devices, wherein the second sense amplifier is operable to detect an error in the complementary resistive memory bit-cell.
US09934081B2
This document relates to preserving input data. One example includes obtaining a request that a service perform processing on input data to produce an output representation of the input data. This example also includes applying criteria to the request, and preserving the input data responsive to determining that the criteria are met.
US09934080B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a controller, a driver, and a basic/input output system. The controller may be associated with an air mover and configured to generate an interrupt responsive to an event associated with the air mover. The driver may be embodied in an operating system configured for execution on the processor, the driver configured to, during a runtime execution of the operating system in which the event occurred, receive at least one of the interrupt from the controller or an indication of the interrupt from a basic input/output system. The basic input/output system may comprise a program of instructions executable by the processor and configured to cause the processor to, responsive to the event, receive air mover data from the air mover, and communicate the air mover data to the driver.
US09934066B2
The method for managing a plurality of windows of a browser application on an electronic device includes assigning a priority level to each process, including the browser application, running on the device, and distributing computing resources based on priority level. In response to receiving an action to open a window, the browser application starts the execution of a process for opening the window, associates the process with the window, and assigns a priority level to the process associated with the window. The browser application then monitors an activity level of each process associated with its windows. If the activity level decreases, the browser application assigns the process with the decreased activity level to a lower priority level. If requested computing resources exceed a maximum threshold, a process is selected from the lowest priority level processes, and the selected process is suspended.
US09934065B1
Server computers may include one or more input/output (I/O) adapter devices for communicating with a network and/or direct-attached device. The I/O adapter device may have limited physical resources, such as memory. Large I/O transactions may occupy all available memory on the I/O adapter device, thus causing other I/O transactions to experience intermittent and excessive delays. The I/O adapter device can be configured to issue one or more transactions for a large I/O request. Each transaction transfers a portion of the data requested by the large I/O request. When all the transactions have completed, the client that requested the large I/O request is informed that the I/O request has completed.
US09934060B2
A fleet manager within a cloud computing system utilizes a registration framework with one or more cloud infrastructure managers having corresponding infrastructure data plane nodes, which may be in use by different tenants. Instead of having the infrastructure managers communicate directly with its corresponding infrastructure data plane nodes via a management network or domain, the fleet manager communicates with infrastructure managers and relay commands, instructions, and other payloads to the infrastructure data plane nodes using a virtual machine (VM) communication backchannel.
US09934056B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for non-blocking unidirectional multi-queue virtual machine migration are provided. A computer-implemented method may include maintaining information to track an association between a memory area in a virtual machine and a stream for a first stage of virtual machine migration, detecting one or more updates to the memory area during the first stage of migration, examining the information to identify the stream associated with the memory area for the first stage of migration, sending the updates to the memory area on the identified stream during the first stage of migration, modifying the information to associate the memory area with a new stream for a second stage of the migration, and sending updates to the memory area on the new stream during the second stage of migration.
US09934046B2
A method for dynamically modifying a mobile device. The method includes a computer processor identifying a plurality of profiles on a mobile device. The method further includes a computer processor receiving one or more inputs on the mobile device. The method further includes a computer processor identifying at least one trigger that corresponds to the received one or more inputs, wherein the at least one trigger is associated with at least one profile of the plurality of profiles. The method further includes a computer processor determining if the at least one trigger activates a response, based at least in part, on data included in the at least one profile that is associated with the at least one trigger. The method further includes a computer processor responding to the determination that the at least one trigger activates a response and applying the response to the mobile device.
US09934041B2
A method comprises identifying a number of branches (Nb) and a number of iterations (Ni) in a loop in an instruction stream, generating a number of forward branches until the number of forward branches equals Nb, generating a non-branch instruction in between the forward branch instruction, recording in a memory, instruction stream generated and a history of each branch, an associated target address of each branch, and whether the branch is a taken branch or a not taken branch, determining whether a loop iterator number (i) is less than Ni−1, generating a backward branch with a target address which is greater than or equal to the start address and is lesser than the current address responsive to determining that (i) is less than Ni, and recording in the memory, a branch instruction of the generated backward branch and the associated target address of the backward branch.
US09934037B2
A data processing apparatus 2 has processing circuitry 4 which can process multiple parallel threads of processing. A shared instruction decoder 30 decodes program instructions to generate micro-operations to be processed by the processing circuitry 4. The instructions include at least one complex instruction which has multiple micro-operations. Multiple fetch units 8 are provided for fetching the micro-operations generated by the decoder 30 for processing by the processing circuitry 4. Each fetch unit 8 is associated with at least one of the threads. The decoder 30 generates the micro-operations of a complex instruction individually in response to separate decode requests 24 triggered by a fetch unit 8, each decode request 24 identifying which micro-operation of the complex instruction is to be generated by the decoder 30 in response to the decode request 24.
US09934023B2
A method of managing a software update of a plurality of remote-reading terminals to be updated in a remote-reading installation comprising a plurality of access points and a management server is disclosed, The method may include steps of transmitting a message for planning reception of the update data to said plurality of remote-reading terminals to be updated, selecting a set of access points from among said plurality of access points in such a way as to limit the number of access points used to disseminate said update data, and sending said update data through said selected set of access points.
US09934021B2
An information handling system, includes a processor to execute an application and an update system to determine to provide an update to the application. The update system includes an identity context engine to determine an identity context for the information handling system and a system context engine to determine a system context for the information handling system. The update system determines whether to retrieve an update manifest for the update based upon the identity context, the system context, and a manifest policy, determines whether to download the update based upon the identity context, the system context, and a download policy, and determines whether to install update based upon the identity context, the system context, and an installation policy.
US09934020B2
In an approach for managing updates of a mobile software application, a computer receives information regarding a mobile computing device and a mobile software application on the mobile computing device, wherein the information regarding the mobile computing device comprises at least one or more of a location of the mobile computing device, a network connection type, a security bit associated with the mobile computing device, and a checksum associated with the at least one mobile software application. The computer determines whether the mobile software application matches a stored mobile software application on a computing device. Responsive to determining that the mobile software application does not match the stored mobile software application on the computing device, the computer determines an update policy for scheduling an update to the mobile software application on the mobile computing device.
US09934016B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for automated software release lifecycle management. In particular, a software release management network service is disclosed that provides functionality for allowing a software developer to automate aspects of a software release pipeline. A software release pipeline can have multiple stages, each of which can have multiple actions. The actions can include internal actions that utilize network services internal to a service provider network. The actions can also include external actions that utilize network services that are external to a service provider network. The internal and external actions can perform various release-related functions, such as obtaining source code, building the source code, deploying built program code, and for performing tests. Stage gates and/or action gates can also be defined for conditional execution of the next stage or action in a software release pipeline, respectively. A gate bypass can also be specified to override stage or action gates.
US09934012B2
A parallelization compiling method for generating a segmented program from a sequential program includes assigning macro tasks included in the sequential program to cores included in the multi-core processor in order to generate the segmented program, adding a new macro task to the sequential program or deleting one of the macro tasks from the sequential program, and compiling the sequential program into the segmented program in response to the adding of the new macro task under a condition that the macro tasks assigned to the cores do not migrate among the cores or compiling the sequential program into the segmented program in response to the deleting of the one of the macro tasks under a condition that remains of the macro tasks assigned to the cores do not migrate among the cores.
US09934000B2
An apparatus for balancing consumption of random data, comprising an entropy manager operable to: responsive to receipt of a request for random data, monitor one or more events associated with a plurality of entities and access one or more rules; determine whether a higher level of entropy associated with the random data is required by analyzing the one or more events in accordance with the one or more rules; responsive to a determination that a higher level of entropy is not required, set an entropy state associated with the entropy to a lower level of entropy and obtain random data from an entropy source having a lower level of entropy; and responsive to a determination that a higher level of entropy is required, switch an entropy state associated with the entropy to a higher level of entropy and obtain random data from an entropy source having a higher level of entropy.
US09933993B2
A system and methods for acquiring cadence and selecting a song version based on the acquired cadence are disclosed. If the system detects a new cadence, then a new song version that corresponds to the new cadence can be played. The new song version playback can start in a corresponding position as the location of playback in a currently-playing song version. Each related song version shares one or more characteristics, such as melody, but is different in at least one characteristic, such as tempo.
US09933992B2
A mixer includes a plurality of channel modules, and audio signals having processed in the individual channel modules are output from a main output. A temporary channel module is created and made usable in response to a preview start instruction for previewing a desired one of the channel modules as a preview-object channel module. The same audio signal as input to the preview-object channel module is input to the temporary channel module. The temporary channel module performs signal processing on the input audio signal independently of the preview-object channel module, and the audio signal having been subjected to the signal processing is output to a monitor output. Thus, a user is allowed to change a signal processing parameter value to be applied to an audio signal and preview the changed result, without influencing the main output.
US09933989B2
Embodiments are described for a method of rendering audio for playback through headphones comprising receiving digital audio content, receiving binaural rendering metadata generated by an authoring tool processing the received digital audio content, receiving playback metadata generated by a playback device, and combining the binaural rendering metadata and playback metadata to optimize playback of the digital audio content through the headphones.
US09933988B2
A display apparatus includes a communication interface configured to wirelessly receive first image data from a host apparatus, a user interface configured to display the received first image data, and a controller configured to control the user interface to generate second image data by operations of an operating system of the display apparatus, and display at least one of the generated second image data and the received first image data.
US09933954B2
A memory device includes a non-volatile memory (NVM) array and a memory controller. The NVM array has four partitions in which each partition has as plurality of groups of NVM cells. The memory controller that performs a written operation on each of the four partitions in four cycles per group of NVM cells beginning a clock cycle apart in which two of the four clock cycles for the write operation are for an array write that requires a relatively high current and that the array write for each partition overlaps no more than one other array write so that a peak current of all four write operations is no more than twice the peak current of one group. The NVM cells may be magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) which have significantly faster written times than typical NVM cells.
US09933951B2
In a read processing storage system, using a pool of CPU cores, the CPU cores are assigned to process either write operations, read operations, and read and write operations, that are scheduled for processing. A minimal number of the CPU cores are allocated for processing the write operations, thereby increasing write latency.
US09933947B1
Techniques are described for processing multi-page write operations to maintain write level consistency. A multi-page write spanning multiple cache pages is directed to a target device and received on a first data storage system where writes to the target device are synchronously replicated to a second data storage system. On the first data storage system, each of the multiple cache pages may be synchronously replicated to the second data storage system. A lock on each of the cache pages is not released until an acknowledgement is received regarding successful replication of the cache page. On the second data storage system, requests to replicate the multiple cache pages containing write data of the multi-page write are received and processed using locks of corresponding cache pages on the second data storage system. Such techniques also handle concurrent reads and/or writes. Deadlock detection and resolution processing may be performed for concurrent writes.
US09933940B2
An accessible virtual keyboard provided as a computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed by a controller in communication with a user interface, cause the controller to: in response to a request from a running application, display a keyboard including selectable cluster keys via the user interface, wherein each cluster key is associated with a character set including two or more characters, wherein each displayed cluster key includes each character of the character set displayed within a boundary; in response to a selection of one of the cluster keys, display selectable individual keys of the character set associated with the selected cluster key via the user interface, wherein each individual key is associated with a single character of the character set associated with the selected cluster key; and, in response to a selection of one of the individual keys, provide the associated character as an input to the running application.
US09933937B2
A portable electronic device with a touch screen display displays a first list of information about online video items in a plurality of lists. The device displays a plurality of icons corresponding to at least some of the plurality of lists. In response to detecting a moving finger gesture on the first list, the device scrolls the first list. In response to detecting a stationary finger gesture on a first portion of a row in the first list, where the row contains information about a particular online video item, the device: initiates a request for the particular online video item from a remote computer, receives the particular online video item, and plays the particular online video item. In response to detecting a finger gesture on a respective icon in the plurality of icons, the device displays a corresponding list of information about online video items.
US09933934B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that displays on a screen at least a part of a display region, in which display elements are arranged; terminates the display of the display region when an operation of specifying a first direction with respect to a predetermined region in the screen is received from a user; and shifts into a state, in which the termination of the display of the display region, when an operation of specifying a second direction that is different from the first direction with respect to the predetermined region is received from the user.
US09933930B2
An example image layout and display navigator system includes a navigator that includes a miniature layout representation corresponding to the layout of images on the display. The navigator is to appear on the display based on user action with respect to displayed content and to allow a user to select an image series via the miniature layout and to select one or more series level operations for application to the image series via the miniature layout. The navigator is to apply a selected series level operation to the image series via the miniature layout based on user input. An action in one of the navigator and the display is to translate into a corresponding action on the other of the navigator and the display. The content display manager is to update the content displayed to reflect the selected series level operation applied to the image series.
US09933929B1
A device may generate a graph of a set of elements included in a graphical user interface. An attribute of an element, of the set of elements, may be represented by a vertex of the graph. A layout relationship associated with the set of elements may be represented by an edge of the graph. The device may detect a change to the graphical user interface from a first display condition to a second display condition. The device may determine another vertex location for the vertex corresponding to another attribute for the element based on detecting the change from the first display condition to the second display condition and based on the graph of the set of elements. The device may provide, for display, the set of elements in the second display condition based on the other attribute for the element.
US09933925B2
An electronic layout manager system for displaying a plurality of visual elements in different sections of a screen of an electronic device or of a screen image projected by an electronic device, said sections being in the form of assembled square or rectangular tiles of various sizes that in combination fill a square or rectangular screen surface area, the system comprising a layout manager program module configured to define the size and position of each of the tiles as a function of constraints stored in a memory of the system or calculated by an algorithm of the program module, the program module configured to recursively subdivide said screen surface area by horizontal and vertical partitions (H, V) to create a binary space partitioning (BSP) layout containing horizontal and vertical partitions representable by a logical binary tree where each node of the tree represents a partition and each leaf of the tree represents a tile, whereby each addition of a tile comprises either adding a vertical partition (V) or alternatively adding a horizontal partition (H) and each subtraction of a tile comprises either subtracting a vertical partition (V) or alternatively subtracting a horizontal partition (H), the program module configured to automatically resize, as a function of one or more of said constraints, at least one or more tiles aligned with the added or removed tile to fill the space that was occupied by said one or more resized tiles before said addition or subtraction, said aligned tiles sharing a common partition orthogonal to the added or subtracted partition, said automatic resizing occurring in a direction orthogonal to the added or subtracted partition whereby when a vertical partition is added or subtracted said automatically resized tiles are resized in width and when a horizontal partition is added or subtracted said automatically resized tiles are resized in height.
US09933924B2
A method and system for creating at least one presentation, comprising: at least one computer, at least one application operable on the at least one computer, the at least one application configured for: receiving a plurality of assets; and allowing at least one user to define the at least one presentation over the time that the at least one presentation is to be displayed, using at least two assets to be simultaneously presented for at least one selected point in time.
US09933921B2
A system and method for providing an interactive media content with explorable content on a computing device that includes rendering a field of view within a navigable media content item; rendering at least one targetable object within the media content item; through a user input mechanism, receiving a navigation command; navigating the field of view within the media based at least in part on the received user input mechanism; detecting a locking condition based, at least in part, on of the targetable object being in the field of view and entering a object-locked mode with the targetable object; and in the object-locked mode, automatically navigating the field of view to substantially track the targetable object of the object-locked mode.
US09933916B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for providing user interface (UI) information associated with a computing system are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for providing UI information comprises receiving, from a requesting entity, a request for information associated with an element of a computing system, selecting, using data from the request, a UI element for representing the element from a repository comprising a set of UI elements for representing various elements of the computing system, and providing, to the requesting entity, UI information for displaying the UI element.
US09933911B2
A system and method for managing software application windows in a graphical user interface having a desktop and taskbar display area are provided. Each instantiated program is represented as one or more graphical windows in the desktop and as a control tile in the taskbar. Control tiles are grouped into control tile groups that facilitate organization and single access control. Project control tile groups allow the grouping of multiple software applications. Additionally, minimized control tile group layout and state may be preserved and previewed prior to being restored.
US09933907B2
A plurality of first lattice passing line segments are defined. The first lattice passing line segments extend in a first direction through lattice points adjacent to each other among a plurality of lattice points at which a plurality of first component portions and a plurality of second component portions of a black matrix are connected to each other. Ones of two or more first partial wires and two or more first lattice passing line segments are arranged in straight lines extending in the first direction, and the other ones are arranged along the first direction and located at unequal distances from the ones.
US09933903B2
An input device or an input/output device that is suitable for increasing in size is provided. An input device or an input/output device that can be driven at high frequencies is provided. An input device includes a plurality of row wirings and a plurality of column wirings. To each of the plurality of row wirings, periodic rectangular waves are applied. When attention is paid to one row wiring Xi (i is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m−1), a signal that has a phase opposite to that of a signal applied to the row wiring Xi and that is delayed for a given period is applied to a row wiring Xi+1, which is the row wiring next to the row wiring Xi. The width of each of the rectangular waves applied to the row wirings corresponds to a frame period.
US09933900B2
A sensing electrode group formed on a substrate of a touch apparatus includes a plurality of sensing electrode unit pairs arranged along a first direction. Each sensing electrode unit pair includes a first sensing electrode unit and a second sensing electrode unit corresponding to the first sensing electrode unit. The first sensing electrode unit includes at least one first electrode, at least one corresponding second electrode, a first conducting wire and a second conducting wire. The second sensing electrode unit includes at least one third electrode, at least one corresponding fourth electrode, a third conducting wire and a fourth conducting wire. The first and second sensing electrode units are arranged along a second direction, and the third and fourth conducting wires are routed along the second direction next to the first sensing electrode unit.
US09933894B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area.
US09933890B2
Disclosed are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A touch panel can include a substrate, a transparent electrode base on the substrate, a first transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a first direction, and a second transparent electrode on the transparent electrode base and extending in a second direction. A method of manufacturing a touch panel can include preparing a substrate and a transparent electrode base, forming a transparent electrode over the transparent electrode base, and forming an electrode material over the transparent electrode base.
US09933886B2
A flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate bent in a first direction, and a touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible substrate, the touch sensor unit including a bridge extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
US09933884B2
An electronic device includes a processor that acquires touch data values corresponding to different locations of a touch display, and identifies an island in the touch data that has touch data values acquired from adjacent locations of the touch display that indicate a potential touch. A first area of the island is determined from touch data values that exceed a first threshold value, and a second area of the island is determined from touch data values that exceed a second threshold value. If the first area is less than a multiple of the second area, coordinates of a location of the island are determined from the touch data values indicating the potential touch. If the first area is at least the multiple of the second area, coordinates of a location of the island are determined from the touch data values indicating the potential touch that exceed a third threshold value.
US09933881B2
An inductive touch module and an inductive touch display device and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The induction touch module includes: an X-layer of metallic lines, a Y-layer of metallic lines and an electromagnetic induction coil layer stacked together, and the X-layer of metallic lines, the Y-layer of metallic lines, and the electromagnetic induction coil layer are insulated from each other; the X-layer of metallic lines comprises a plurality of X metallic lines arranged along a first direction; the Y-layer of metallic lines comprises a plurality of Y metallic lines arranged along a second direction; the electromagnetic induction coil layer comprises a plurality of electromagnetic induction coils arranged in a matrix; each of the electromagnetic induction coils is of a spiral structure, each of the electromagnetic induction coils connects to one X metallic line and one Y metallic line, and each of the electromagnetic induction coils corresponds to the X metallic line and the Y metallic line one by one. In this way, the number of coils of the electromagnetic induction coils within a specific dimension may be increased so as to enhance the sensibility of the touch module.
US09933875B2
A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area.
US09933870B2
Disclosed are a back plate member for flexible display, a display apparatus including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same, in which a bonding process of bonding a cover glass to a flexible display panel is easily performed. The back plate member includes a back plate including first and second supporting plates which are arranged in parallel with an open part therebetween, a first protective film including a first protection part attached to a bottom of the first supporting plate, a second protection part attached to a bottom of the second supporting plate, and a separation part overlapping the open part, and a second protective film attached to a top of the back plate, the second protective film having a plate shape.
US09933868B2
Flexible touch sensor techniques are described. A touch sensitive device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a touch controller and a flexible printed circuit having a flexible substrate and touch sensors formed thereon using a plurality of flexible traces arranged to detect proximity of an object. The plurality of flexible traces are extended along the flexible substrate to directly terminate onto a connector of the printed circuit board thereby forming a communicative coupling between the touch sensors and the touch controller, which thereby permits the touch controller to determine a location of the proximity of the object in relation to the touch sensors.
US09933864B1
Described herein are systems, devices and methods for causing content to appear stable in space such that a user may continue to consume the content while there is relative motion between the user's head and a media device presenting content. The media device may present content based on generated predictive data which may represent predicted positions of the media device relative to a stabilization point.
US09933861B2
A result is generated, using a data processing or computational system, in response to a user-provided or user-indicated input expression. The result is displayed, or caused to be displayed, on a display device. The result is analyzed, and, based on the analysis of the result, one or more further data processing or computational actions that the user will perform on the result are predicted. A user interface mechanism is generated to facilitate performing the predicted one or more further data processing or computational actions or to facilitate viewing one or more further results generated in response to one or more of the predicted further data processing or computational actions. The user interface mechanism is displayed or caused to be displayed on the display device.
US09933852B2
A multi-process interactive system is described. The system includes numerous processes running on a processing device. The processes include separable program execution contexts of application programs, such that each application program comprises at least one process. The system translates events of each process into data capsules. A data capsule includes an application-independent representation of event data of an event and state information of the process originating the content of the data capsule. The system transfers the data messages into pools or repositories. Each process operates as a recognizing process, where the recognizing process recognizes in the pools data capsules comprising content that corresponds to an interactive function of the recognizing process and/or an identification of the recognizing process. The recognizing process retrieves recognized data capsules from the pools and executes processing appropriate to contents of the recognized data capsules.
US09933845B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one core, a first domain to operate at a first clock frequency, and a second domain to operate at a second clock frequency that is lower than the first clock frequency. The processor also includes phase locked loop (PLL) logic to generate a first signal having a first frequency corresponding to the first clock frequency and to provide the first signal to the first domain. The processor also includes a first clock to produce a first squash signal that is determined based at least in part on the second clock frequency, and also first logic to generate a second signal having a second frequency corresponding to the second clock frequency by gating the first signal with the first squash signal and to provide the second signal to the second domain. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09933842B2
A circuit for driving a motor of a compressor includes a microcontroller, which includes an op-amp, a comparator, a first serial interface, and a first dedicated pin. The op-amp amplifies a value indicating current in a power factor correction converter, which includes a power switch. The comparator asserts a comparison signal in response to the amplified value exceeding a reference value. The comparison signal is output on the first dedicated pin. A programmable logic device (PLD) includes a second serial interface in communication with the first serial interface and a second dedicated pin. The comparison signal is received on the second dedicated pin and the PLD receives control messages from the microcontroller via the second serial interface. The PLD sets a value in an off-time register based on a control message from the microcontroller. The PLD controls the power switch according to the comparison signal and the off-time register.
US09933841B2
A data processing apparatus has control circuitry for detecting whether a current micro-operation to be processed by processing circuitry is for the same data processing operation and specifies the same at least one operand as the last valid micro-operation processed by the processing circuitry. If so, then the control circuitry prevents the processing circuitry processing the current micro-operation so that an output register is not updated in response to the current micro-operation, and outputs the current value stored in the output register as the result of the current micro-operation. This allows power consumption to be reduced or performance to be improved by not repeating the same computation.
US09933834B2
A dual-data-rate interface is provided that includes a transmitter driving a transmit pin coupled to a receive pin of a receiver. The receiver drives its receive pin with cycles of a fetch clock. The transmitter responds to each edge of the fetch clock by transmitting a bit over the transmit pin to the receiver.
US09933833B2
A wearable computing device can detect device-raising gestures. For example, onboard motion sensors of the device can detect movement of the device in real time and infer information about the spatial orientation of the device. Based on analysis of signals from the motion sensors, the device can detect a raise gesture, which can be a motion pattern consistent with the user moving the device's display into his line of sight. In response to detecting a raise gesture, the device can activate its display and/or other components. Detection of a raise gesture can occur in stages, and activation of different components can occur at different stages.
US09933831B2
A power control system includes: an information processing device including: a determining unit that determines whether to supply power to a device from a power supplying unit, based on first correspondence information, in which an output signal detected by a detecting unit of each of at least one electronic device is associated with identification information of a corresponding electronic device, received from the corresponding electronic device, and a stored second correspondence information, in which identification information to identify a power supplying unit of a power source control device that supplies power to a device is associated with identification information of each of the at least one electronic device, and an instruction unit that instructs the power source control device to supply power or to shut off power supply to a device from the power supplying unit, according to a determination result of the determining unit.
US09933826B2
A method controls power consumption in a high performance computing system having a plurality of nodes by gathering information relating to the plurality of nodes in the high performance computing system, setting a power range to a given power range for the plurality of nodes as a function of the gathered information, and executing an application program on one or more of the nodes. The method also receives power commands from the application program relative to the one or more nodes, and responsively changes the power range to a new power range for the one or more nodes executing the application program. Thus, the one or more nodes execute the application program within the new power range.
US09933815B2
An electronic device includes a display module, a movable member, a base, and a biasing element. The display module has a housing and a guiding member fixed thereto. The guiding member has an angled surface, and the housing has an opening. The movable member is disposed in the display module and has a through hole. The biasing element is disposed in the through hole and adjacent to the angled surface. The base has a main body and a connecting member, wherein the connecting member is connected to the main body and detachably connected to the display module. When the connecting member is inserted into the display module through the opening along a first direction, the connecting member pushes the movable member to move along a second direction with respect to the housing, and the movable member forces the biasing element to contact the connecting member.
US09933807B2
An in-rush current controller to turn-on a semiconductor output switch is described. The output switch is arranged in series with an output capacitor. The switch comprises a switch control port for controlling an output current and an output voltage. The controller comprises an amplifier to source or sink a switch control current to or from the switch control port, wherein the switch control current is dependent on an amplifier control current at an amplifier control port. The controller comprises a reference current source to provide a reference current at the amplifier control port, subject to a control signal indicating that the output switch is to be turned on. Furthermore, the controller comprises a feedback capacitor to provide a feedback current at the amplifier control port in dependence of a variation of the output voltage.
US09933805B2
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a power converter are disclosed. One exemplary embodiment is an electrical power conversion system comprising a first converter stage, a second converter stage, a third converter stage, and a control system. The first converter stage is operable to boost DC power received from a DC power source. The second converter stage is operable to boost DC power received from the first converter stage. The third converter stage includes an inverter. The control system is structured to receive as input voltage (Vpv) and current (Ipv) output by the DC power source, voltage (Vdc) output by the second controller stage, and voltage (Vac) and a current (Iac) which are output by the third stage to an AC electrical power system, provide a control command for the first converter stage, and process the information of Vdc, Vac and Iac to provide control commands for the inverter switches.
US09933802B1
A low dropout regulator (LDO) system includes a first pseudo random binary sequence (PRBS) generator configured to output a first PRBS signal; an LDO configured to output an LDO output signal and having an error amplifier, wherein the first PRBS generator is coupled to an input of the error amplifier; a second PRBS generator configured to output a second PRBS signal; and a correlator coupled to the LDO and second PRBS generator and configured to correlate the LDO output signal with the second PRBS signal to provide an impulse response data sample of the LDO.
US09933794B2
A thermostat is configured for automated compatibility with HVAC systems that are either single-HVAC-transformer systems or dual-HVAC-transformer systems. The compatibility is automated in that a manual jumper installation is not required for adaptation to either single-HVAC-transformer systems or dual-HVAC-transformer systems. The thermostat has a plurality of HVAC wire connectors including a first call relay wire connector, a first power return wire connector, a second call relay wire connector, and a second power return wire connector. The thermostat is configured such that if the first and second external wires have been inserted into the first and second power return wire connectors, respectively, then the first and second power return wire connectors are electrically isolated from each other. Otherwise, the first and second power return wire connectors are electrically connected.
US09933789B2
The measured operation time of a setting/operating device is corrected using a first corrected value table and a second corrected value table and the size of the setting/operating device is defined based on the corrected operation time. The first corrected value table defines, as a first corrected value, the corrected value corresponding to the operation time region defined so as to correspond to the size of the setting/operating device and the sliding resistance region defined by dividing the range taken by the sliding resistance (friction) of the valve stem of a regulating valve and the second corrected value table defines, as a second corrected value, the corrected value corresponding to the operation time region defined so as to correspond to the size of the setting/operating device and the supply air pressure region defined by dividing the range taken by a supply air pressure.
US09933788B1
A spherical modular autonomous robotic traveler (SMART) is provided for rolling along a surface from a first position to a second position. The SMART includes an outer spherical shell; an inner spherical chamber disposed within the outer shell; a plurality of weight-shifters arranged within the inner chamber; and a controller therein. The chamber maintains its orientation relative to the surface by a gyroscopically homing stabilizer. Each weight-shifter includes a mass disposed in a default position, and movable to an active position in response to activation. The controller selectively activates a weight-shifter among the plurality to shift the mass from the default position to the active position. The outer shell rolls in a direction that corresponds to the weight-shifter activated by the controller. For the spherical electromagnetically initiated traveling excursor (SEMITE), each weight-shifter includes a channel containing an armature and an electromagnet activated by the controller. For the symmetrical configuration, the channel is oriented from bottom periphery to lateral radial periphery of the inner chamber. The electromagnet is disposed proximal to the channel at the lateral radial periphery. The armature travels from the bottom periphery within the channel to the lateral radial periphery upon activation of the electromagnet.
US09933786B2
An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle steering system, an actuator configured to control the steering system, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller is in communication with the actuator. The first controller is programmed with a primary automated driving system control algorithm and is configured to communicate an actuator control signal based on the primary automated driving system control algorithm. The second controller is in communication with the actuator and with the first controller. The second controller is configured to, in response to a first predicted vehicle path based on the actuator control signal deviating from a current lane, control the actuator to maintain a current actuator setting. The second controller is also configured to, in response to the first predicted vehicle path being within the current lane, control the actuator according to the actuator control signal.
US09933769B2
Apparatus and method for controlling the position of a control object using a multi-stage actuator. A multi-stage actuator is provided with first and second actuation stages adapted to position a control object. A control circuit includes a multi-tap lattice structure and parallel first and second multiple regression filters coupled to respective taps of the multi-tap lattice structure. The control circuit concurrently generates and applies first and second disturbance rejection signals to the respective first and second actuation stages to compensate a disturbance signal component in a position error signal (PES) indicative of position error of the control object.
US09933768B2
A system and method for Internet of Things (IoT) Implementations for controlling electronic equipment. One embodiment of a system includes: an IoT hub that includes a network interface to couple the IoT hub to an IoT service over a wide area network (WAN), and at least one IoT device communicatively coupled to the IoT hub over a wireless communication channel. The IoT device includes an infrared (IR) or radio frequency (RF) blaster to control environmental control equipment via IR or RF communication with the environmental control equipment, at least one sensor to measure current environmental conditions capable of being controlled by the environmental control equipment, the IoT device to transmit an indication of the current conditions to the IoT hub over the wireless communication channel; and the IoT hub includes a remote control code database to store remote control codes usable to control the environmental control equipment.
US09933767B2
Systems and methods for providing a dynamically synchronized instance to a network device. A repository database stores a process model instance having a layout defined by data elements. A design tool processor coupled to the repository database provides the instance to a user device and a network device. The user device modifies data elements of the instance to generate a first version instance, and the design tool processor generates a dynamically synchronized instance for storing and serving the dynamically synchronized instance to a network device.
US09933766B2
Techniques are described for providing remote device (e.g., thermostat, lighting, appliance, etc.) control and/or energy monitoring. A system monitors sensor data captured by one or more sensors that sense attributes relevant to user presence at one or more monitored properties and status of one or more energy consuming devices associated with the one or more monitored properties. The system analyzes the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to a set of one or more rules and performs an operation related to controlling the one or more energy consuming devices based on the analysis of the monitored sensor data and the monitored device status with respect to the set of one or more rules.
US09933765B2
A control device includes a primary control unit which computes a manipulated variable and outputs it to an actuator of the primary control system; a secondary control unit which takes as input an equilibrium point setpoint representing an equilibrium point which is the desired manipulated variable output in steady state of primary control, takes the manipulated variable of the primary control system as process variable input, computes an adjusted manipulated variable, and outputs it to an actuator of the secondary control system; and an equilibrium point setpoint determination functional unit which detects a state in which the setpoint of the primary control system is maintained at the same value for a pre-specified period of time or longer as a steady state, computes an equilibrium point, and sets this equilibrium point setpoint in the secondary control unit.
US09933761B2
A method comprises measuring a light intensity at a window; determining if the light intensity exceeds a cloudy-day threshold; operating in a sunlight penetration limiting mode to control the motorized window treatment to control the sunlight penetration distance in the space; enabling the sunlight penetration limiting mode if the light intensity is greater than the cloudy-day threshold; and disabling the sunlight penetration limiting mode if the total lighting intensity is less than the cloudy-day threshold. The cloudy-day threshold is maintained at a constant threshold if a calculated solar elevation angle is greater than a predetermined solar elevation angle, and the cloudy-day threshold varies with time if the calculated solar elevation angle is less than the predetermined solar elevation angle. The cloudy-day threshold is a function of the calculated solar elevation angle if the calculated solar elevation angle is less than the predetermined solar elevation angle.
US09933757B2
A satellite radio-wave reception device includes a demodulator. A demodulator determines an assumption code, identifies a plurality of reception codes from a received radio wave, collates an assumption code in a deviation range, which is previously set with respect to reception timing of the reception codes, and each of the reception codes, holds information related to a collation result in each deviation amount with respect to the plurality of reception codes, determines one of correspondences and noncorrespondences, the number of which one is larger, as matching in each code block, and identifies a deviation amount in which the integrated value of matching corresponding to an integrated value of the number of matching codes in a plurality of code blocks in each deviation amount satisfies a predetermined matching condition.
US09933753B2
A method of enlarging an observation window from which the reconstruction from a Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) may be viewed, including reproducing a CGH, and shifting a location of an exit pupil or observation window of an optical system reproducing the CGH. A method of increasing a viewing angle from which the reconstruction from a Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) may be seen, including producing a plurality of instances of a CGH, projecting each one of the instances in a different direction so that a first exit pupil of a first instance is close to a second exit pupil of a second instance. An optical system including a plurality of exit pupils associated with a plurality of optical components, further including a light deflector for jittering a location of a first exit pupil so as to increase an overlap of the first exit pupil with a second exit pupil. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US09933736B2
A fixing device includes a cap member mounted at an end portion of a fixing belt. The cap member has an outer cylindrical part that is fitted on an end portion of the fixing belt, an inner cylindrical part that is fitted into the end portion of the fixing belt, and a connection plate part that is positioned at an outer side of the axial direction from the end portion in the axial direction of the fixing belt and connects the inner cylindrical part and the outer cylindrical part. The fixing device further includes an electrode sheet that is provided between the inner cylindrical part and the fixing belt, and a plurality of vibrating bodies that are mounted at the electrode sheet so as to abut an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt and are vibrated by receiving power through the electrode sheet.
US09933731B2
An image forming apparatus includes a heating unit that heats a recording material, a contact member that is positioned upstream or downstream from the heating unit in a transport direction of the recording material and is in contact with the recording material, the contact member being configured in such a manner that a portion of the contact member that is in contact with the recording material moves with the recording material, a temperature detection unit that detects a temperature of the contact member, and a control unit that controls, based on a detection result obtained by the temperature detection unit, an output of the heating unit.
US09933726B2
A developer container includes a container, provided with an opening and configured to accommodate a developer; a sealing member configured to cover the opening; and an unsealing member configured to unseal the opening by moving the sealing member. The sealing member opposes the container at a central opposing portion positioned in a central side and at an end opposing portion positioned at an end side with respect to a longitudinal direction of the unsealing member. The sealing member and the container are bonded to each other at bonding portion which is at least a part of the central opposing portion. The bonding force at the bonding portion of the central opposing portion is larger than a bonding force between the sealing member and the container at the end opposing portion.
US09933724B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a transferring member, and a controller. The image forming section includes an image supporting member and a developer supporting member. The image supporting member supports a latent image on a surface of the image supporting member. The developer supporting member supports, on a surface of developer supporting member, a developer that develops the latent image. The transferring member transfers, onto a transferred medium as a medium on which a transfer is to be performed, an image formed by the image forming section. The controller controls, as an amount of the developer, a developer amount to be fed to the latent image supported on the surface of the image supporting member, on the basis of a traveling velocity of the transferred medium.
US09933719B2
A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes a toner particle. The toner particle includes a binder resin and a black colorant. The binder resin includes a crystalline resin component. A toner layer formed through a deposition of the toner on a glass sheet in an amount of 6.5 g/m2 exhibits a light transmittance of 1 to 3% at a wavelength of 690 nm after applying heat at a temperature of 185° C. for five seconds to the toner layer from a position 100 μm away from a surface of the toner layer.
US09933712B2
A multi-layer electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer includes a charge generating layer and a charge transport layer. The charge generating layer contains a charge generating material. The charge transport layer contains a hole transport material and a binder resin. The charge generating material contains a titanyl phthalocyanine that exhibits a main peak at a Bragg angle (2θ±0.2°) of 27.2° in a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum. The hole transport material contains a triarylamine derivative represented by generic formula (1). The hole transport material has a mass ratio of at least 0.30 and no greater than 0.55 relative to the binder resin in the charge transport layer. In general formula (1), R1, R2, l, and m are the same as those defined in the specification.
US09933709B2
A lithographic apparatus including: a radiation system; a frame; a substrate table for holding a substrate; and a scanning mechanism. The radiation system is operable to produce a radiation beam. The substrate table is moveably mounted to the frame and arranged such that a target portion of the substrate is arranged to receive the radiation beam. The scanning mechanism is operable to move the substrate table relative to the frame so that different portions of the substrate may receive the radiation beam. A mechanism is operable to determine a quantity indicative of a velocity of the radiation system relative to the frame. An adjustment mechanism is operable to control a power or irradiance of the radiation beam so as to reduce a variation in a dose of radiation received by the substrate as a result of relative motion of the radiation system and the frame.
US09933706B2
An illumination system of a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus includes a spatial light modulator which varies an intensity distribution in a pupil surface. The modulator includes an array of mirrors that reflect impinging projection light into directions that depend on control signals applied to the mirrors. A prism, which directs the projection light towards the spatial light modulator, has a double pass surface on which the projection light impinges twice, namely a first time when leaving the prism and before it is reflected by the mirrors, and a second time when entering the prism and after it has been reflected by the mirrors. A pupil perturbation suppressing mechanism is provided that reduces reflections of projection light when it impinges the first time on the double pass surface, and/or prevents that light portions being a result of such reflections contribute to the intensity distribution in the pupil surface.
US09933705B2
A projection objective includes at least four curved mirrors, which include a first curved mirror that is a most optically forward mirror and a second curved mirror that is a second most optically forward mirror, as defined along a light path. In addition, an intermediate lens element is disposed physically between the first and second mirrors, the intermediate lens element being a single pass type lens. The objective forms an image with a numerical aperture of at least substantially 1.0 in immersion.
US09933696B2
The present disclosure provides a display system comprising a retro-reflective screen having retro-reflective screen elements that reflect incident light. Each of the retro-reflective screen elements can include three intersecting planes. At least one of the three intersecting planes intersects an adjacent plane at an angle that is 90° with an offset greater than 0°. The display system can further include at least one projector that projects the light onto the retro-reflective, which light characterizes an image or video. The retro-reflective screen having the retro-reflective screen elements can reflect the light at a cross-talk that is decreased by at least 10% and/or an intensity that is increased by at least 5%, as compared to a retro-reflective screen with retro-reflective screen elements having planes that each intersects an adjacent plane at an angle of 90° without the offset.
US09933695B2
A position detection device includes: a sensor that includes a light emission unit and a light reception unit receiving light emitted from the light emission unit; a driving unit; a gear (transmission gear) that is disposed at a position facing the sensor and is rotated by power from the driving unit; and a control unit that drives the driving unit based on an amount of light received by the light reception unit and detected by the sensor.
US09933689B2
A tilt module subassembly comprising a cage essentially made of elastic material and shape memory alloy wires. An optical positioning system for microstructures using the tilt module subassembly is also described. The optical positioning system for microstructures is an optical image stabilizer.
US09933683B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that may be used in an ion implantation system. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a mass resolving aperture that is segmented, adjustable, and/or presents a curved surface to the oncoming ion species that will strike the aperture. Embodiments of the present invention also relate to the filtering of a flow of charged particles through a closed plasma channel (“CPC”) superconductor, or boson energy transmission system.
US09933680B2
The present disclosure relates to relates to heat-resistant gel electrolyte materials and their uses, for example, in electrochromic devices such as electrochromic windows. In certain embodiments, the disclosure provides an electrolyte material including a polymer of ethyleneimine, optionally at least partially crosslinked (e.g., with an epoxide crosslinker such as the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A); a lithium salt (e.g., lithium perchlorate); and a high-boiling solvent (e.g., DMSO). The electrolyte materials can be used in electrochromic devices, such as electrochromic windows, e.g., for use as automobile sunroofs.
US09933676B2
A liquid crystal panel (100) includes a pair of substrates (10, 30); a liquid crystal layer (40) provided between the pair of substrates; and a sealing member (42) provided so as to surround the liquid crystal layer. A plurality of pixels (P1, P2) are provided in a matrix in a region surrounded by the sealing member. Each of the plurality of pixels includes an oxide semiconductor TFT (5) provided in one substrate (10) of the pair of substrates; and a pixel electrode (19) provided in the one substrate and connected with the oxide semiconductor TFT. Each of the plurality of pixels is configured such that when the oxide semiconductor TFT is switched from an on-state to an off-state, a level of a voltage to be applied to the liquid crystal layer by use of the pixel electrode is shifted in a negative direction by a pull-in voltage ΔVd. A pull-in voltage ΔVd1 in a first pixel (P1) among the plurality of pixels is lower than a pull-in voltage ΔVd2 in a second pixel (P2) located farther from the sealing member than the first pixel.
US09933675B2
A display substrate includes a gate metal pattern including a gate line extending in a first direction, a gate electrode electrically connected to the gate line and a storage line, a data metal pattern including a data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a source electrode electrically connected to the data line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode, an organic layer disposed on the data metal pattern, and a repair hole formed through the organic layer and exposing a portion of the gate metal pattern or a portion of the data metal pattern.
US09933674B2
A display panel and the method of manufacturing the same, includes a first substrate disposed relatively to a second substrate, disposed above the first substrate. A black matrix, a poly silicon layer, a gate layer and a source drain layer disposed successively on the first substrate along direction facing the second substrate. The black matrix shelters the surrounding light which is incident from the first substrate onto the poly crystal layer, and the gate layer and the source-drain layer shelter the backlight which is incident from the second substrate onto the poly crystal layer. The manufacturing method of the display panel of the present invention could be simplified by the method described above.
US09933671B2
The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and discloses an array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device, for reducing the light leakage of a display device. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel regions arranged in arrays on a base substrate, two adjacent ones of the pixel regions having a signal line arranged therebetween, and the pixel regions and the signal line having a gap therebetween, wherein the array substrate further comprises at least one light-leakage-proof electrode arranged to be insulated from the pixel regions and the signal line, and the vertical projection of the light-leakage-proof electrode on the base substrate at least covers a portion of the vertical projection of the gap on the base substrate. The present invention is applicable in the field of display technology.
US09933670B2
The present invention discloses a liquid crystal display panel and a display. The display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, and a liquid crystal layer located between the first substrate and the second substrate. A first common electrode and an insulating layer are sequentially provided on the side of the first substrate toward the second substrate. Multiple first pixel electrodes are provided on the insulating layer. Multiple second common electrodes and multiple second pixel electrodes are provided on the side of the second substrate toward the first substrate. The second common electrodes and the second pixel electrodes are provided at intervals. In present invention, the tilted liquid crystal molecules at obscure position tends to be horizontally aligned, which increases the light transmittance at the obscure position and eliminates the obscure in the liquid crystal display panel and display.
US09933655B2
A polarizer includes a substrate; a plurality of metal lines on the substrate, the plurality of metal lines each having a first width and a first height and being spaced apart from and parallel to each other with a first gap therebetween; and a hydrophobic coating layer on the metal line. The polarizer may be directly formed on the substrate, allowing for manufacture of light-weight and thin film structure of display device.
US09933652B2
The invention provides a color filter array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. Multiple pixel units arranged in an array are formed on a base of the color filter array substrate, and each pixel unit includes a transparent region and an opaque region located at the periphery of the transparent region, the pixel unit further includes a color filter pattern and a black matrix pattern. The color filter pattern covers the transparent region, and the black matrix pattern directly covers the opaque region in the case of the color filter pattern being not disposed therebelow. Compared with the prior art, the invention can form a thicker black matrix pattern in the opaque region of the pixel unit to thereby prevent the light leakage problem, so that subsequent display quality can be improved.
US09933651B2
A liquid crystal display including: a first display panel defining a plurality of pixel areas; a second display panel facing the first display panel; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; and a plurality of color filters disposed in the respective pixel areas, wherein four different color filters are respectively disposed in four adjacent pixel areas, and each of the four color filters includes first and second protrusions formed at first and second edges of the corresponding pixel area and first and second chamfered portions at third and fourth edges thereof.
US09933650B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a first pixel area; a second pixel area that is smaller than the first pixel area; a first pixel electrode formed in the first pixel area and having a first size; a first common electrode formed in the first pixel area, the first common electrode overlapping the first pixel electrode by a first overlap area; a second pixel electrode formed in the second pixel area and having a second size that is smaller than the first size of the first pixel electrode; a second common electrode formed in the second pixel area, the second common electrode overlapping the second pixel electrode by a second overlap area; wherein the first overlap area and the second overlap area are substantially the same.
US09933649B1
A display panel including a first substrate, a plurality of pixel units disposed on the first substrate and a shielding layer is provided. Each pixel unit includes a thin-film transistor, a first signal line and a second signal line electrically connected to the thin-film transistor. The shielding layer includes a first portion located on a peripheral region and a second portion located on a non-rectangular display region. An inner contour of an orthogonal projection of the first portion of the shielding layer on the first substrate includes a plurality of first line segments and a plurality of second line segments. The first line segments are parallel to orthogonal projections of the first signal lines on the first substrate. The second line segments are respectively parallel to orthogonal projections of the second signal lines on the first substrate.
US09933642B2
A backplate for a rear surface of a display comprises a backplate main body and a stiffener assembly disposed on the surface of the backplate main body, the stiffener assembly comprises a first inclined rib extending from each corner of the backplate main body toward the center and a second inclined rib surrounding triangle areas with every corners; wherein, the first inclined rib sets up a cross relative to the nearest second inclined rib. The surface of the backplate main body comprises a stiffener assembly with a plurality of stiffener ribs, a first inclined rib extending from each corner toward the center, and a second inclined rib disposed at every corners.
US09933640B2
Disclosure relates to the field of graphical elements and is directed to a device for producing an optical effect layer (OEL). Disclosure provides an optical effect that is easy to detect as such and exhibits a viewing-angle dependent apparent motion of image features over an extended length if the viewing angle with respect to the OEL changes. OEL includes a binder material being at least partially transparent and a plurality of particles dispersed within the layer. Each particle has a non-isotropic reflectivity and may be magnetic or magnetizable. Orientation of the particles forms an orientation pattern extending over a length within an extended surface of the OEL, such that the local average of an angle between (i) a straight line along an observed longest dimension within the corresponding cross-section shape, and (ii) said first direction x varies according to a function (θ) of a position (P) along said first direction.
US09933635B2
The optical material of the present invention contains one or more kinds of ultraviolet absorber (a) having a maximum absorption peak within a range of equal to or greater than 350 nm and equal to or less than 370 nm, in which a light transmittance of the optical material having a thickness of 2 mm satisfies the following characteristics (1) to (3), (1) a light transmittance at a wavelength of 410 nm is equal to or less than 10%, (2) a light transmittance at a wavelength of 420 nm is equal to or less than 70%, and (3) a light transmittance at a wavelength of 440 nm is equal to or greater than 80%.
US09933623B2
An electronic device including a frame configured to be worn on the head of a user is disclosed. The frame can include a bridge configured to be supported on the nose of the user and a brow portion coupled to and extending away from the bridge and configured to be positioned over a side of a brow of the user. The frame can further include an arm coupled to the brow portion and extending to a free end. The first arm can be positionable over a temple of the user with the free end disposed near an ear of the user. The device can also include a transparent display affixed to the frame adjacent the brow portion and an input affixed to the frame and configured for receiving from the user an input associated with a function. Information related to the function can be presentable on the display.
US09933607B2
Provided here are microscope objectives that include a first plurality of lenses positioned within the passageway on a sample end of the microscope objective and a second plurality of lenses positioned within the passageway and spaced apart from the first plurality of lenses and opposite the sample end such that the first plurality of lenses and the second plurality of lenses are aligned along an imaging axis and such that each individual lens is rotationally symmetrical about the imaging axis. Also included is a motor configured to move a carrier along the imaging axis to change a distance between each lens of first plurality of lenses relative to at least one lens of the second plurality of lenses.
US09933596B2
A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens which can have positive refractive power, and has an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US09933595B1
A mirror assembly mountable to a wall includes a mirror platform having a front surface and a rear surface, a chassis engageable with the mirror platform to define a mirror assembly interior, at least one electrical component disposed within the mirror assembly interior, and a mounting structure. The mounting structure includes a support member mounted to one of the rear surface of the mirror platform and the chassis and a hanger member mounted to the other of the rear surface of the mirror platform and the chassis. The hanger member is removeably securable on the support member to mount the mirror platform to the chassis.
US09933591B2
A lens module includes a lens barrel and a lens group accommodated in the lens barrel. The lens group includes a first lens and a second lens, each of the first lens and the second lens including an arc part and a peripheral part around the arc part. A matching structure is formed by the peripheral part of the second lens and the peripheral part of the first lens. By virtue of the matching structure, the lens module of the present disclosure has a high concentricity.
US09933587B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) device having enhanced light extraction is disclosed. The OLED device includes an upper waveguide structure having an organic layer and supports first guided modes, and a lower waveguide structure with a light-extraction waveguide that supports second guided modes substantially matched to the first guided modes. The lower waveguide structure includes a light-extraction waveguide interfaced with a light-extraction matrix. The light-extraction waveguide includes one or more light-redirecting features. The upper and lower waveguide structures are configured to facilitate mode coupling from the first guided modes to the second guide modes while substantially avoiding coupling the first guided modes to surface plasmon polaritons. The light traveling in the second guided modes is redirected to exit the OLED device by light-redirecting features of the light-extraction waveguide.
US09933575B2
A waveguide coupler has a compression region and an expansion region for coupling light between a silicon waveguide and an optical fiber. The compression region receives light from the silicon waveguide and compresses an optical mode of the light. Light is transmitted from the compression region to an expansion region. The expansion region expands the light to have a larger cross section. Light is then transmitted to the optical fiber.
US09933573B2
A tunable optical device uses a diffraction grating to angularly disperse a collimated beam carrying multiple wavelengths into multiple individually collimated wavelength beams, and then refocuses each of the individual collimated beams to its own focusing point on a moving plate that is located in the region of the focus plane. One or more reflective dots on the moving plate then selectively reflect particular wavelength(s) back to a first output port. The unselected wavelengths are transmitted through the moving plate, where they are then recombined and sent to a second output port. In a typical optical network architecture, the selected wavelength(s) could be viewed as the dropped traffic at a node of the optical network, while the unselected wavelengths could be viewed as the express traffic that is being passed to another node of the network. The device can also be used as a wavelength or beam combiner as well as a splitter.
US09933565B2
Devices, systems, methods, and kits for contact imaging are provided. A contact imaging device includes an imaging sensor, a fixed fiber faceplate mechanically coupled to the imaging sensor, and an optical filtering layer mechanically coupled to the fixed fiber faceplate. The optical filtering layer can include an interference filter, an absorptive filter, and/or a removable fiber faceplate. The contact imaging device can be used to image fluorescent samples by filtering out excitation light on the basis of wavelength and/or angle of incidence.
US09933563B2
A backlight unite 12 includes LEDs 17, an optical member 16, a positioning portion 23, and a rotation restricting portion 24. The optical member 16 includes at least a curved end surface 16C having a curved shape in a plan view included in a periphery of the optical member 16. The positioning portion 26 includes a positioning hole 25 that opens through a thickness direction of the optical member 16 and a positioning protrusion 26 that is inserted in the positioning hole 25 and is in contact with an inner wall of the positioning hole 25. The rotation restricting portion 24 includes an optical member recess 27 that is a portion of the periphery of the optical member 16 recessed along a circumferential direction and a contact portion 28 that is in contact with the optical member recess 27.
US09933557B2
A backlight module and a liquid crystal device (LCD) are disclosed. The backlight module includes a light guiding plate, a plastic frame adjacent to a lateral side of the light guiding plate, and a reflective sheet. The reflective sheet includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion of the reflective sheet is arranged below a bottom of the light guiding plate and/or a bottom of the plastic frame, the second portion of the reflective sheet adheres to a lateral side of the plastic frame, and the lateral side faces away from the light guiding plate, and the third portion of the reflective sheet adheres to a top surface of the plastic frame. With such configuration, the reflective sheet may be stably fixed on the plastic frame to prevent the reflective sheet from being detached.
US09933553B2
Provided are an optical element and an optical device using the optical element to which a manufacturing process for manufacturing a wire-grid structure can be basically applied, and besides, in which a higher polarization contrast ratio than that of a wire-grid element can be obtained. A wobbled wire element in an embodiment has a feature that a periodic structure having a period equal to or larger than a wavelength of an incident light wave is formed in a y direction. In this manner, in a wobbled wire element in a first embodiment, a polarization contrast ratio can be significantly improved.
US09933541B2
Formation properties in a vertical section of a wellbore are determined by considering the vertical section as consisting of one or more segments. Measurements are obtained with a directional resistivity tool at two or more measurement stations within each segment for which the complex 0th harmonic coefficients for the obtained measurements are non-trivially different from one another. For each such segment, the phase shift and attenuation are determined using the complex 0th harmonic coefficients obtained for that segment and an inversion is performed for the formation properties using the determined phase shift and attenuation for that segment. Formation properties for that segment may be output to a display or memory storage device. For certain segments, one or more gain factors may be obtained. The gain factors are used to correct the measured voltages for certain neighboring segments and the corrected voltages inverted to obtain anisotropy and formation structure.
US09933528B2
A method for Real Time Kinematic satellite positioning includes receiving navigation satellite carrier signals, receiving phase correction signals from a reference station, calculating a set of integer phase ambiguities from double-differenced measurements of pseudo-range and phase, and calculating a relative position of the mobile receiver from the set of integer phase ambiguities and the double-differenced measurements of pseudo-range and phase.
US09933526B2
Systems and methods for estimating error associated with one or more range measurements that are used to estimate the position of a receiver. Estimations of range error may be based on surveyed range errors associated with locations near the position of the receiver. Estimations of range error may alternatively be based on comparisons of actual movement by the receiver to estimated movement between estimates of the receiver's positions.
US09933521B2
Aerial positioning systems and methods include a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) device mounted to a hub and one or more reflectors attached to a portion of an aircraft and configured to encode information scanable by the LIDAR device. The LIDAR device is configured to scan a field of view to identify the one or more reflectors and reflector encoded information to determine reflector position data.
US09933517B1
In a general aspect, a filter time aligns time varying RF-motion data. In some aspects, a method includes loading a first set of input signals (SISs) into an interference buffer over a first time period. The first SISs is based on a first set of wireless signals received by a wireless communication device (WCD) after being transmitted through a space. The method includes using the first SISs to determine an interference level. The method includes: in response to determining the interference level is below a threshold, executing a motion detection process in a second, subsequent time period over which a second SISs is loaded into the interference buffer. The motion detection process, using a subset of the first SISs, detects motion of an object in the space. The second SISs are based on a second set of wireless signals received by the WCD after being transmitted through the space.
US09933511B2
Provided is a safety scanner capable of obtaining uniform optical performance for a view angle of 180° or more. The safety scanner includes an optical rotator that emits detection light from a light source to a detection area and causes the detection light to perform scanning in a circumferential direction, a light receiving element that receives reflected light from an object within the detection area through the optical rotator, a casing that houses the light receiving element. The casing includes a canopy part, a bottom part facing the canopy part, and a coupling part that couples a rear end of the canopy part to a rear end of the bottom part. The protective cover includes a window formed in a circular arc shape, corresponding to an optical path of the detection light and the reflected light, having a central angle larger than 180° with respect to the rotation axis.
US09933510B2
Provided is a safety scanner capable of easily grasping the correspondence relationship between a distance measurement position on a scanning plane and a real space. The safety scanner includes a distance measurement section that obtains distance measurement information corresponding to a distance optically sensed and a scanning angle of a detection light, an intrusion sensing section that senses an intruder within the protection area on the basis of the distance measurement information and a area designation information, a marker identification section that identifies a marker movably disposed within the detection area, and the distance measurement information of the marker as an area generation information for determining the protection area.
US09933501B2
Example magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coils are described. An MRI RF coil may include an LC circuit and an integrated decoupling circuit. The integrated decoupling circuit may include a wire or other conductor that is connected to the LC circuit and that is positioned within a defined distance of the LC circuit. The integrated decoupling circuit may include a PIN diode and a tunable element. The tunable element may be tunable with respect to resistance, capacitance, or inductance, and thus may control, at least in part, the frequency at which the LC circuit resonates during RF transmission. The example MRI RF coil has more than one point of high impedance, which facilitates reducing heating and operational issues associated with conventional coils.
US09933500B2
Disclosed are a radio frequency (RF) coil assembly and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus using the RF coil assembly. The RF coil assembly includes a plurality of coils, and a plurality of distributed connecting elements to connect a first coil and a second coil of the coils. Each of the connecting elements is set to one of a short state and an open state. Isolation between the first coil and the second coil may vary depending upon the state of each of the connecting elements.
US09933495B2
A sensor device for suppressing a magnetic stray field, having a semiconductor body, a first pixel cell and a second pixel cell integrated into a surface of the semiconductor body together with a circuit arrangement. Each pixel cell has a first magnetic field sensor and a second magnetic field sensor to detect a magnetic field in the x-direction and a magnetic field in the y-direction. The first pixel cell is spaced apart from the second pixel cell along a connecting line, and the substrate and the semiconductor body are disposed in the same IC package. A magnet is provided that has a planar main extension surface in the direction of an x-y plane and has a magnetization with four magnetic poles in the direction of the x-y plane. The IC package is spaced apart from the main extension surface of the magnet in the z-direction and at least partially within a ring magnet.
US09933489B2
A battery monitoring apparatus includes wire sections each connected to a node of corresponding adjacent two of the unit cells of a battery pack at one end thereof, and branched into a first branch section and a second branch section at another end thereof. Each of the first and second branch sections is constituted of a positive part connected to a positive electrode of the corresponding unit cell and a negative part connected to a negative electrode of the corresponding unit cell. The battery monitoring apparatus includes an equalizing switch provided between each of the first wire pairs, and a voltage detector to detect a voltage between each first wire pair, and an equalizing section which performs an equalizing process to equalize a terminal voltage of each unit cell by turning on the corresponding equalizing switch depending on a result of voltage detection by the voltage detector.
US09933484B2
Topology discovery of a target system having a plurality of components coupled with a scan topology may be performed by driving a low logic value on the data input signal and a data output signal of the scan topology. An input data value and an output data value for each of the plurality of components is sampled and recorded. A low logic value is then scanned through the scan path and recorded at each component. The scan topology may be determined based on the recorded data values and the recorded scan values.
US09933481B2
A Feedback Shift-Register (FSR) enabling improved testing, e.g., Built-In Self-Tests (BIST), is provided. Each cell of the FSR may either be an observable cell, associated with a non-trivial feedback function implemented by a combinational logic circuit, or a controllable cell, having an associated state variable which belongs to the dependence set of exactly one of the non-trivial feedback functions. Each controllable cell is provided with a multiplexer for selecting either a predecessor cell of the controllable cell or a test value as input. Thus, the sequential circuit of the FSR in an embodiment is tested using tests for combinational logic. The disclosed test procedures utilize a minimal set of test vectors and allow detection of all single stuck-at faults in the FSR. The resulting dynamic power dissipation during test can be considerably less than known BIST designs.
US09933471B2
A device for measuring an electric field in a conducting medium comprises: two electrodes separated by a volume of an insulating medium; a device for measuring current coupled to said electrodes; and adjustment elements making it possible to vary a quantity on which the electrical conductivity of the field measuring device depends.
US09933469B1
A movement-sensitive capacitive sensor includes a first conductive element and a second conductive element positioned adjacent to the first conductive element. The sensor also includes a first protective insulator and a second protective insulator sealed to the first protective insulator with the first conductive element and the second conductive element positioned between the first protective insulator and the second protective insulator. The sensor further includes a circuit configured to calculate, over time while a person is occupying the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor and moving while occupying the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor, capacitance values between the first conductive element and the second conductive element. The circuit also is configured to determine an occupancy state of the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor based on the calculated capacitance values, determine movement-sensitive measurements based on the calculated capacitance values, and transmit output based on the determined occupancy state and the determined movement-sensitive measurements.
US09933460B2
A terminal block for a power device includes a casing and a power cord. The terminal block is configured to be secured within the casing and to secure the power cord. The terminal block includes a body configured to fit within the casing of the power device. The body has at least one recess formed therein. The terminal block further includes at least one current transformer sized to fit within the at least one recess of the body.
US09933454B2
In an embodiment, a universal test floor system includes a first robot that is configured to pack a plurality of universal test containers each including similar dimensions into a universal bin. Each universal test container is configured to enclose each of a plurality of different devices to test. The universal test floor system includes a universal conveyor configured to transport the universal bin. The first robot is configured to put the universal bin onto the universal conveyor and a second robot is configured to remove it. A universal test cell system is configured to receive the universal bin. The universal test cell system includes a plurality of test slots configured to receive a plurality of universal test containers. The universal test cell system is configured to test the plurality of different devices while each is located within one of the plurality of universal test containers.
US09933453B2
Apparatus and method for nano-identification a sample by measuring, with the use of evanescent waves, optical spectra of near-field interaction between the sample and optical nanoantenna oscillating at nano-distance above the sample and discriminating background backscattered radiation not sensitive to such near-field interaction. Discrimination may be effectuated by optical data acquisition at periodically repeated moments of nanoantenna oscillation without knowledge of distance separating nanoantenna and sample. Measurement includes chemical identification of sample on nano-scale, during which absolute value of phase corresponding to near-field radiation representing said interaction is measured directly, without offset. Calibration of apparatus and measurement is provided by performing, prior to sample measurement, a reference measurement of reference sample having known index of refraction. Nano-identification is realized with sub-50 nm resolution and, optionally, in the mid-infrared portion of the spectrum.
US09933452B2
There is provided a method for identifying a sit-to-stand transfer in measurements of the movement of a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the vertical acceleration experienced by the user during movement; obtaining measurements indicating changes in height of a part of the user during movement; processing the measurements of the vertical acceleration to identify candidate movements corresponding to a sit-to-stand transfer by the user; and determining an identified candidate movement as a sit-to-stand transfer where the identified candidate movement coincides with an increase in height. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.
US09933444B2
A system for determining a level of Cotinine and Anabasine in a sample includes a test strip configured to receive a sample; and a meter configured to receive the test strip wherein the meter is configured to read the test strip and detect a level of Anabasine and Cotinine.
US09933438B2
A method for the diagnosis, prognosis and therapeutic monitoring of muscular dystrophy, by detecting titin or one or more fragments of titin in a bodily fluid is provided.
US09933434B2
Therapeutic antibodies having binding specificity for ROR-1 expressed on cancer cells (particularly leukemic and lymphomic cells) and pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such antibodies for use in treating cancer. Methods for diagnosing such cancers through in vitro detection of binding to ROR-1 protein expressed on putative cancer cells are also provided.
US09933430B2
The method for distinguishing between prostate carcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia comprising: bringing an analyte sample containing a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) into contact with a carrier having an anti-free PSA antibody immobilized thereon, thereby binding free PSA to the anti-free PSA antibody immobilized on the carrier; thereafter bringing the carrier in which the free PSA is bound to the immobilized anti-free PSA antibody into contact with a monoclonal antibody capable of specifically recognizing a glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue is bound to galactose through an α(2,3) bond, thereby binding the monoclonal antibody recognizing the glycan to the free PSA bound to the anti-free PSA antibody; measuring the amount of the free PSA having an N-type glycan in which a terminal sialic acid residue is bound to galactose through an α(2,3) bond; comparing the measured amount thus obtained with a preset cutoff value for prostate carcinoma and benign prostatic hyperplasia, thereby determining that when the measured amount is larger than the cutoff value, prostate carcinoma is developed or the probability of developing prostate carcinoma is high, and when the measured amount is smaller than the cutoff value, benign prostatic hyperplasia is developed or the probability of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia is high.
US09933429B2
The invention provides biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers useful in diagnosing lung diseases such as non-small cell lung cancer or reactive airway disease. The invention also provides methods of differentiating lung disease, methods of monitoring therapy, and methods of predicting a subject's response to therapeutic intervention based on the extent of expression of the biomarkers and combinations of biomarkers. Kits comprising agents for detecting the biomarkers and combination of biomarkers are also provided.
US09933427B2
Provided are methods of diagnosing a viral disease such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Castleman's disease, a lymphoma, a thymoma or a sarcoma in a patient by identifying one or more virus-specific elements such as a nucleic acid or a viral protein or a patient antibody to a virus-specific element, as well as to kits for diagnosing the viral disease in a patient. Further provided are methods of monitoring disease progression and/or the efficacy of therapy by measuring the levels of a virus-specific element in a sample from a patient, and methods of identifying therapeutic agents that show efficacy in reducing levels of virus-specific agents in vitro. Still further provided are methods of treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lymphoproliferative disease and cancer, as well as to methods of preventing viral infection, including Herpesvirus saimiri infection.
US09933421B2
Disclosed herein is a composition for ultrasensitive bioassay applications. The composition includes a plurality of dispersible, nanoparticles having a size less than 500 nm. The nanoparticles contain a metal catalyst or a metal catalyst precursor. The nanoparticles are conjugated to at least one biospecific binding reactant that is selectively reactive with a target analyte. The composition includes a dispersing medium. A method and a kit for conducting bioassays are described.
US09933414B2
A sample analyzer prepares a measurement sample from a blood sample or a body fluid sample which differs from the blood sample; measures the prepared measurement sample; obtains characteristic information representing characteristics of the components in the measurement sample; sets either a blood measurement mode for measuring the blood sample, or a body fluid measurement mode for measuring the body fluid sample as an operating mode; and measures the measurement sample prepared from the blood sample by executing operations in the blood measurement mode when the blood measurement mode has been set, and measuring the measurement sample prepared from the body fluid sample by executing operations in the body fluid measurement mode that differs from the operations in the blood measurement mode when the body fluid measurement mode has been set, is disclosed. A computer program product is also disclosed.
US09933411B2
A method of measuring whole-blood hemoglobin parameters includes providing a LED light source, guiding light having the spectral range from the LED light source along an optical path, providing a cuvette module with a sample receiving chamber, providing a pair of first and second optical diffusers disposed in the optical path where the cuvette module is disposed between the pair of first and second optical diffusers, guiding light from the cuvette module into an optical spectrometer, and processing an electrical signal from the spectrometer into an output signal useable for displaying and reporting hemoglobin parameter values and/or total bilirubin parameter values of the sample of whole blood.
US09933407B2
An apparatus and process of using existing process water sources such as cooling towers, fountains, and waterfalls is provided in which the water sources are utilized as monitoring system for the detection of environmental agents which may be present in the environment. The process water is associated with structures and have an inherent filtering or absorbing capability available in the materials and therefore can be used as a rapid screening tool for quality and quantitative assessment of environmental agents.
US09933400B1
An optical system is for imaging a surface covered with a viscous substance using an illuminating beam having a spectral profile including an imaging waveband to which the viscous substance is transparent. The system includes a support frame, a flattening plate, a light source and a camera. The support frame has a front and a rear end, and has an abutment structure. The flattening plate is transparent to the imaging waveband, and is engageable with the viscous substance to flatten the substance into a substantially flat layer. The light source is operatively coupled to the support frame, and configured to project the illuminating beam towards the surface through the flattening plate. The camera is mounted onto the support frame, is sensitive to light in the imaging waveband, and has a field of view encompassing at least a portion of the surface illuminated by the illuminating beam.
US09933398B2
A device for extraction of at least one analyte contained in a liquid sample, including an extraction and desorption zone of the analyte with a stationary phase as the extraction zone, a liquid supply inlet to the extraction zone, a gas supply inlet to the extraction zone, an evacuation outlet from the extraction zone that will be connected to either a collection tank, or a device for analysis of the analytes, a valve configured to connect the extraction zone to one of the supply inlets, a valve configured to connect the extraction zone to one of the evacuation outlets, a mechanism heating the valve zone such that when the extraction zone is supplied with liquid, evacuation from the extraction zone takes place to the collection tank.
US09933393B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for inspecting a composite end portion of a part are disclosed. The apparatus may include first and second members having first and second contact elements, respectively. The second member may be movably connected to the first member. The first and second members may be shaped to define a gap sized to receive the end portion. The apparatus may include at least one ultrasonic array supported by at least one of the first and second members. The at least one ultrasonic array may be configured to transmit ultrasonic waves toward the end portion. The apparatus may include a fluid conduit having first and second ends through one of the first and second members. The first end may be configured to be coupled to a suction system, and the second end of the fluid conduit may be configured to be adjacent to a contact surface of the part.
US09933391B2
An ultrasound-based air bubble and/or solid detector comprising an ultrasonic transmitter for transmitting ultrasound through a medium to be examined, wherein the ultrasound is adapted to be received by an ultrasonic receiver. Energy input of the ultrasound into a medium to be monitored may be limited and/or monitored and/or adapted.
US09933390B2
A device for extracting at least one analyte may include: a sample reservoir configured to contain a sample comprising at least one target analyte and interfering materials; at least one extraction chamber connected to the sample reservoir; at least one porous structure lining one or more sides of the at least one extraction chamber; and a voltage source configured to provide a first voltage and a second voltage, wherein, when the first voltage is provided, the at least one target analyte and the interfering materials move towards the at least one extraction chamber or to a predetermined area from the at least one extraction chamber, wherein, when the second voltage is provided, the interfering materials pass through and exit the at least one extraction chamber, and the at least one target analyte is stopped from exiting the at least one extraction chamber by means of the at least one porous structure.
US09933382B2
Described herein are sensor elements for detecting the presence of organic materials comprising a boron doped n-type semiconductor material with decrease in resistivity upon organic materials exposure with increase in resistivity upon organic materials exposure.
US09933379B2
The present invention relates to a device for determining the characteristic impedance spectrum of a token such as a monetary coin, said device comprising: —a point impedance transducer having an inducing element for inducing an ultrasonic movement in the token and a sensing element for detecting the resistance of the token to that induced movement; —a closed system for housing said point impedance transducer; and processing means connected to the point impedance transducer for determining the characteristic impedance spectrum of said token. In particular, the present invention relates to testing whether a token or coin is genuine or a forgery, of sorting coins including from differing monetary systems and/or their denominations, and also providing a “fingerprint” for forged coins.
US09933377B2
A device determines information indicative for a zeta potential at the interface between a solid phase and a liquid phase. The device includes a pressure vessel, in which the liquid phase can be accommodated and a measuring cell, downstream of the pressure vessel and such that it can be brought into fluid communication with the pressure vessel and in which the solid phase can be accommodated. A storage vessel is downstream of and in fluid communication with the measuring cell. A pressure loading apparatus, loads the pressure vessel with a pressure profile with a temporally continuous pressure change so a liquid phase can be conveyed out of the pressure vessel through the measuring cell into the storage vessel. A detection apparatus detects the information indicative for the zeta potential at the measuring cell during the loading of the pressure vessel with the pressure profile.
US09933371B2
A visual inspection apparatus and a visual inspection method enabling the quality of a state of solder to be properly judged. Specifically, in the visual inspection apparatus and visual inspection method, a slope (concave slope region) present on a surface of solder is searched and the quality of a state of the solder is judged based on that result. The quality of the state of the solder can be properly judged based on not a height of the solder, but the slope of the surface of the solder.
US09933363B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to imaging technologies, and, in particular, to an imaging system that detects relatively weak signals, over time, and that uses the detected signals to determine the positions of signal emitters. Particular embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for imaging fluorophore-labeled samples in order to produce images of the sample at resolutions significantly greater than the diffraction-limited resolution associated with optical microscopy. Embodiments of the present invention employ overlapping-emitter-image disambiguation to allow data to be collected from densely arranged emitters, which significantly decreases the data-collection time for producing intermediate images as well as the number of intermediate images needed to computationally construct high-resolution final images. Additional embodiments of the present invention employ hierarchical image-processing techniques to further resolve and interpret disambiguated images.
US09933351B2
An airborne biological particle monitoring device collects particles floating in air. The monitor includes a camera sensor, illumination source, and quantum-dot illumination source. The camera sensor captures a first image of the particles when the collected particles are illuminated by the illumination source. The camera sensor captures a second image of the particles when the collected particles are illuminated by the quantum-dot illumination source. The first and second images are analyzed to identify the collected particles.
US09933349B2
Provided herein is a method for determining the volume or hemoglobin content of an individual red blood cell in a sample containing a population of red blood cells. The method may be performed on a hematology analyzer. Also provided are a hematology analyzer for performing the method and a computer-readable medium containing programming for performing the method.
US09933345B2
The robot system includes a robot having an arm which is provided, on its tip, with two claws which are driven by a servo motor. According to this robot system, a relative position of the two claws is detected when the two claws apply a load of a predetermined force to a welded part welded to a workpiece. The deviation between the detected relative position and a predetermined reference relative position is calculated. The workpiece is determined to be of a good quality or poor quality by comparing the calculated deviation to a predetermined threshold value.
US09933343B2
The apparatus of the present invention comprises an integrated membrane for separation and preservation of biomolecules. Biomolecules, such as those in blood, can be separated and preserved. The apparatus includes a housing having a matrix portion, and a fluid collection portion disposed within an inner cavity. The housing further includes an aperture permitting access to the inner cavity. The apparatus also includes a matrix disposed within the matrix portion. The matrix includes a first layer for collecting cells from the fluid, a second layer for protein adsorption, and a third layer for nucleic acid adsorption. Fluid enters the housing through the aperture, passes through the matrix, and into the fluid collection portion. Cells from the fluid in a layer of the matrix are collected; adsorbing protein from the fluid in a layer of the matrix; and adsorbing nucleic acid from the fluid in a layer of the matrix.
US09933342B2
A method according to the present invention for making a biological material transparent, includes the step of: making the biological material transparent by causing a solution containing fructose to permeate into the biological material, and a kit according to the present invention for a clearing treatment for making a biological material transparent, includes a solution containing fructose.
US09933340B2
A method for controlled movement of magnetic carriers in a sample volume for performing immunoassays under weightless or reduced-weight conditions, wherein the magnetic carriers are moved inside the sample volume by means of permanent magnets movably arranged relative to at least one spatial axis of the sample volume.
US09933332B2
The present invention relates to a dynamometer rotary table (1), which brings the dynamometer to the required position according to the test that will be conducted automatically or manually. The dynamometer rotary table (1) is mounted to the ground via a fixed plate (2). An inner table (4) is seated on the fixed plate (2), and there are lifters (5) on the inner table. The lifters (5) lift the rotary table (6), and the rotary table (6) is brought to the desired position by means of the reducer (3). The lifters (5) lower the rotary table (6) to its new position, and the lock unit (8) fixed the rotary table (6) at its new position.
US09933330B2
Apparatus and methods described herein provide for boundary layer flow sensor and corresponding determination of the flow characteristics of an ambient airflow over an aerodynamic surface. According to one aspect of the disclosure provided herein, the boundary layer flow sensor includes a body configured for mounting within or below the aerodynamic surface, a pressure port configurable between an open state for taking pressure measurements within the boundary layer of the ambient airflow and a closed state that protects the pressure port from contaminants when not in use.
US09933328B2
A system and method for detecting a leak in a hose of a hydraulic system having a control valve assembly with first and second work ports in fluid communication with an actuator is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes estimating a first hydraulic fluid flow rate for fluid flowing from the control valve assembly first work port to the actuator. Another step may be estimating a second hydraulic fluid flow rate for fluid flowing from the actuator to the control valve assembly second work port. In one step, a proportional flow rate difference is calculated between the first and second hydraulic fluid flow rates. Subsequently, a flow error value can be calculated by subtracting the flow rate difference from a predetermined margin value. Where the flow error value integrated over time exceeds a total flow error threshold value, a hydraulic fluid leak signal can be generated.
US09933321B2
A metal resistance strain gage with a high gage factor is provided. The electrical resistance strain gage includes a strain sensitive metallic element and has a chemical composition on a weight basis of approximately 63% to 84% Ni and approximately 16% to 37% Fe and a gage factor greater than 5.
US09933318B2
A thermochromic clip provides a visual indication of the temperature of the air flowing through an air vent as refrigerant is introduced into an air conditioning system. The thermochromic clip including an elongate body having an outer facing surface; a fastening member on the elongate body. The fastening member being sized and configured for selective attachment to the air vent. At least the outer facing surface coated with a thermochromic material. The thermochromic material of the outer facing surface being structured and disposed for changing from a first color state to a second color state in response to a change in temperature that places the thermochromic material at a temperature equal to or below a predetermined temperature value.
US09933317B2
A semiconductor device that may include at least one temperature sensing circuit is disclosed. The temperature sensing circuits may be used to control various operating parameters to improve the operation of the semiconductor device over a wide temperature range. In this way, operating specifications of a semiconductor device at worst case temperatures may be met without compromising performance at other operating temperatures. The temperature sensing circuit may provide a plurality of temperature ranges for setting the operational parameters. Each temperature range can include a temperature range upper limit value and a temperature range lower limit value and adjacent temperature ranges may overlap. The temperature ranges may be set in accordance with a count value that can incrementally change in response to the at least one temperature sensing circuit.
US09933312B2
The sensor comprises a reference bolometer and a plurality of sensing bolometers. Each sensing bolometer is arranged adjacent to the reference bolometer. Each bolometer comprises (i) a substrate, (ii) a cap structure connected to the substrate, the cap structure configured to define a cavity between an inner surface of the cap structure and a first surface of the substrate, (iii) an absorber connected the substrate and arranged within the cavity, the absorber configured to absorb infrared radiation within the cavity, and (iv) a readout circuit connected to the absorber and configured to provide a signal that indicates an amount of infrared radiation absorbed by the absorber. The cap structure of the reference bolometer blocks infrared radiation from entering the cavity from outside the cap structure. The cap structure of each sensing bolometers allows infrared radiation to enter the cavity from outside the cap structure.
US09933311B2
A blackbody radiometric reference comprising a source plate or a target plate, metallic nanoparticles or other high emissivity coating disposed on the plate, and an intermediate coating such as paint. The plate may comprise copper, aluminum or composites thereof. Apparatus capable of functioning as a radiometric or thermometric reference. A pre-heater or weakly-coupled area may be disposed around or adjacent a highly thermally uniform area. A groove or perforations extending into a front surface of the source plate defining a weakly-coupled edge portion surrounding a thermally-controlled, optically-active area, and connected by bridges or structures thereto. An external probe may be located near the source plate for measuring ambient temperature, for compensating for ambient temperature or for radiative load on the blackbody.
US09933301B2
An integrated electronic device for detecting the composition of ultraviolet radiation includes a cathode region formed by a semiconductor material with a first type of conductivity. A first anode region and a second anode region are laterally staggered with respect to one another and are set in contact with the cathode region. The cathode region and the first anode region form a first sensor. The cathode region and the second anode region form a second sensor. In a spectral range formed by the UVA band and by the UVB band, the first and second sensors have, respectively, a first spectral responsivity and a second spectral responsivity different from one another.
US09933299B2
A wearable illumination activity recording apparatus (1) includes a processing unit (11), a light sensing unit (12) and a motion sensing unit (13). The light sensing unit (12) is electrically connected to the processing unit (11) and outputs a light sensing signal (LS) to the processing unit (11). The motion sensing unit (13) is electrically connected to the processing unit (11) and outputs a motion sensing signal (MS) to the processing unit (11). The processing unit (11) determines whether the wearable illumination activity recording apparatus (1) is indoors or outdoors according to the light sensing signal (LS), and determines whether the wearable illumination activity recording apparatus (1) is in motion or not according to the motion sensing signal (MS). When the wearable illumination activity recording apparatus (1) is outdoors and in motion, the processing unit (11) records an illumination-receiving time.
US09933298B2
Light exposure from at least one light source is received with a light detector of a light monitor that includes at least one of (a) an output device and (b) a communication device transported by a user. The light detector converts the light exposure into an electrical signal, and the current time of day at which the light exposure is received is recorded. An instantaneous light exposure value is generated from the electrical signal, and a weighting function is applied to the instantaneous light exposure value as a function of the recorded time of day associated with the light exposure to produce a weighted instantaneous light exposure value. The weighted instantaneous light exposure value is integrated to produce a weighted cumulative luminous exposure value; and the weighted cumulative luminous exposure value is compared with an established luminous-exposure target.
US09933287B2
A pointer is rotational relative to the dial plate. The pointer includes a pointer shaft, which is non-opaque to conduct light therethrough. A driver unit includes a drive shaft coaxial with the pointer shaft. A light source emits light. A hub interconnects the pointer shaft with the drive shaft. The hub includes a light pickup, which is non-opaque to receive light from the light source and to conduct the light into the pointer shaft.
US09933284B2
An optical position encoder includes a scale having multiple tracks separated in a direction perpendicular to travel, the tracks including an incremental track and an absolute track, the scale interacting with an incident first light beam to generate a second light beam having components carrying respective optical patterns produced by the incremental track and absolute track respectively. The encoder further includes a set of optical detectors including at least first and second detector arrays of differing properties to detect the respective optical patterns produced by the incremental track and absolute track respectively, each of the first and second detector arrays spanning multiple tracks of the scale and configured to respond to a respective detector-specific component of the second light beam more strongly than to another component of the second beam specific to another of the detector arrays.
US09933280B2
A sensor assembly for use in sensor bearings, the sensor assembly comprising at least two sensor units configured to be arranged on a ring of the sensor bearing in different angular positions with regard to the rotation axis of the bearing. Each of the sensor units includes at least one hall sensor plate. At least two hall sensor plates of different sensor units are wired in an antiparallel orientation in order to compensate offset voltages of the hall sensor plates.
US09933279B2
An apparatus 10 for the contactless measurement of a rotation angle 15 is described. A permanent magnet 60 having a number of poles, wherein the number of poles amounts to four or more and cannot be divided by three, is mounted on the front of an axle. In a plane below the permanent magnet 16 at least three first lateral Hall sensors 40a-c are located in a circular path 50. A method for calculation the rotation angle 15 with the aid of the lateral Hall sensors 40a-40c is also described.
US09933278B2
A switch actuation detection unit has a switch actuation voltage reception terminal and a logic circuit. The logic circuit includes a first port, a second port, a zener diode, and a signal port. The switch actuation voltage reception terminal receives a switch actuation voltage. The first port is connected to the switch actuation voltage reception terminal. A first terminal of the zener diode is connected to the switch actuation voltage reception terminal while a second terminal of the zener diode is connected to the second port. The signal port provides a plurality of pre-determined switch state signals.
US09933276B2
Methods and apparatus disclosed herein implement or otherwise embody a technique that compensates for cyclic position errors in encoder-based position detection, wherein the cyclic position errors arise from the presence of harmonic components in the encoder signals relied upon for position determination. Using position-domain compensation for errors arising in the encoder domain offers computational simplicity and impressive compensation performance, even when compensating for a plurality of higher harmonics in the encoder signals, e.g., third harmonic, fifth harmonic, etc. Consequently, even high-precision position monitoring or control can use relatively inexpensive types of encoders known to output encoder signals having significant harmonic components.
US09933275B2
A navigation device with the auto mirroring function includes: a first driving route calculator configured to collect a current position and a destination of the vehicle and to calculate a first driving route corresponding to the current position and the destination by using previously stored map information; a mirroring determinator configured to determine whether mirroring is required based on a predetermined mirroring condition; a start signal transmitter configured to transmit a navigation application start signal to the mobile device when it is determined that the mirroring is required; and a mirroring controller configured to receive and mirror a second driving route transmitted from the mobile device.
US09933273B2
A system includes a navigation device and a processor in communication with the navigation device and an output. The processor is configured to receive a plurality of POIs. The processor is also configured to search for at least a first of the POIs in first proximity to a route in the navigation device. Further, the processor is configured to, subsequent to the search for a first POI in first proximity, for each instance of the first POI in first proximity to the route, search for at least a second of the POIs in second proximity to the first POI. The processor is also configured to output any instances wherein each of the POIs are found to be in second proximity to at least one of the other POIs of the plurality of POIs.
US09933272B2
A navigation system provides lane guidance for a navigation route. The navigation route specifies actions for a user to navigate a route from an originating point to a destination along a set of road segments. The lane guidance at a position along the navigation route scores the lanes and provides the lane scoring for the user. To score the lanes, the navigation system determines a lane distance for each lane indicating how far along the navigation route a user may continue to use this lane, without shifting to another lane. The lane distance may be measured up to a look-ahead distance. The lane distance includes distance along subsequent road segments of the route, such that when a lane turns onto a lane on another road segment according to the navigation route, the distance along the other road may be included in the lane distance.
US09933270B2
A user interface can provide location information (e.g., related to vehicles). Some embodiments include providing user access to a location management dashboard module. The location management dashboard module can include a graphical mapping module configured to display one or more groups of tracking devices. A first tracking device can be associated with the user and a second tracking device can be associated with a vehicle that the user is capable of monitoring. In several embodiments, the system enables the user to know the locations of vehicles in the user's area and enables the user to monitor a vehicle's location as the vehicle approaches the user.
US09933269B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for determining a navigation route. A route is requested by a navigation device between a starting location and a destination location. The route request is received by an external processor for analysis. A navigation route is determined by the external processor and its associated map version. The determined navigation route is then encoded with geographic data for each path segment along the route. The encoded navigation route is transmitted to the navigation device.
US09933255B2
Conducting a plurality of tests of a manufacturing process, with each test conducted at a different combination of a first process variable and a second process variable. Each test includes locally heating a region of a part, wherein the local heating results in the formation of a thermal field in the part, and assessing a dimension of the thermal field. In some cases, based on the results of the plurality of tests, a process map of the dimension of the thermal field is generated as a function of the first process variable and the second process variable.
US09933249B2
A dynamic mechanical analyzer and a sample fixture for a dynamic mechanical analyzer that attaches fixed clamps in the sample fixture to a rigid frame using mounts that are compliant in the direction perpendicular to the sample displacement but which at the same time are resistant to rotation about the transverse direction of the sample. The compliant mounts include a pair of flexures that are attached to each fixed clamp and to the frame of the sample fixture. In an embodiment, the pair of flexures are thin flat members such that each pair constitutes two parallel leaf springs. The flexures flex to allow the fixed clamps to move perpendicularly to the sample displacement, but at the same time prevent rotation of the fixed clamps.
US09933226B2
Consistent with various embodiments, a firearm securing apparatus has a first securing interface that is configured to generate a holding force between the apparatus and a support surface in response to an applied pressure. A second securing interface is configured and arranged to receive and secure a firearm barrel and includes a graspable feature. A support piece is configured and arranged to physically connect the two securing interfaces and to provide space, to allow a person's fingers to seize a graspable feature and to allow the person to apply pressure sufficient to overcome the holding force between the apparatus and the surface in order to remove the firearm from the apparatus when desired.
US09933212B2
A heat pipe having a wick structure for efficiently returning working fluid to an evaporating portion is provided. The heat pipe comprises a container 2 sealed at its both ends, a working fluid encapsulated in the container, and a wick structure 10 covering an inner face of the container. The wick structure 10 includes a porous wick 11 of a sintered metal powder, and a fiber wick 12 buried in the porous wick. A capillary pressure of the fiber wick 12 is weaker than that of the porous wick 11, and a pressure loss of the fiber wick 12 is smaller than that of the porous wick 11.
US09933210B2
An exhaust gas cooler may include a plurality of stacked disc pairs. A first flow chamber for a coolant flow may be disposed between two discs of at least a first disc pair of the plurality of disc pairs. A second flow chamber for an exhaust gas flow may be disposed between two second disc pairs of the plurality of disc pairs arranged mutually adjacent with respect to one another. The plurality of stacked disc pairs may include at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet. The first disc pair may include a plurality of coolant inlets and a plurality of coolant outlets surrounding an edge of the first disc pair to facilitate peripheral edge cooling.
US09933204B2
A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burns on food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C.
US09933202B2
Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of opening a first door with a small force using an auxiliary opening apparatus that decreases an opening force for opening the first door. A refrigerator includes a main body, a first door rotatably provided in the front of the main body and including an opening, a second door rotatably provided in front of the first door and configured to open or close the opening, a first handle coupled to a front surface of the first door and configured to open or close the first door, an auxiliary opening apparatus configured to separate the first door from the main body and decrease an opening force of the first door, a handle lever that is provided at the first handle and configured to operate the auxiliary opening apparatus, and a door cap coupled to an upper portion of the first door.
US09933201B2
A refrigerator that includes a cabinet; a storage compartment located in the cabinet; a door mounted to the cabinet and configured to open or close at least a portion of the storage compartment; a freezing compartment provided in an upper region of the cabinet; an evaporator configured to cool the freezing compartment; an elevating frame provided at a lower part of the freezing compartment, the elevating frame being configured to move vertically and defining an expanded freezing compartment based on the elevating frame being moved downward; and fixed frames that are secured to respective sidewalls of the storage compartment and that are configured to guide and support vertical movement of the elevating frame is disclosed.
US09933195B2
An evaporator assembly for an ice-making apparatus having a vertical, substantially flat freeze surface, a refrigerant circuit, and a freeze template. The freeze template is thermally coupled between the freeze surface and the refrigerant circuit, and is formed of a plurality of regions arranged in a plane and interconnected by strips having a smaller dimension in the plane than the regions. Interface locations between the freeze template and the freeze surface define where on the freeze surface ice is to be formed. During a freeze cycle, expanded refrigerant is passed through the refrigerant circuit, and water is run over the freeze surface. During a harvest cycle, compressed refrigerant is passed through the refrigerant circuit, wherein heat transfers from the refrigerant circuit to the freeze surface until the freeze surface is warmed to a temperature sufficient to allow ice formed on the freeze surface to fall from the freeze surface by a force of gravity.
US09933185B2
A fan includes: an impeller including a main plate having a first plane, a plurality of first blades each formed the first plane, and a shroud formed integrally with the plurality of first blades; a fan case; a drive source; and a rotation shaft. The first blades each include a linearly protruding region that is linearly increased in height from an outer circumferential side to an inner circumferential side, and a curvedly protruding region that is curvedly increased in height from the outer circumferential side to the inner circumferential side, the height extending in a direction in which each first blade protrudes. The linearly protruding region is welded to the main plate. Accordingly, a highly durable fan can be implemented that allows sufficient durability to be maintained even under a high temperature environment or an acid environment.
US09933183B1
A structurally reinforced insulated dynamic roof curb for securely fastening a mechanical unit thereon is disclosed. The structurally reinforced insulated dynamic roof curb is generally comprised of a plurality of sheet-metal capture tracks positioned on the roof to define a generally rectangular or square configuration, a plurality of structurally reinforced insulated sheet-metal encased support members positioned within the plurality of capture tracks, a plurality of vertically extending support tubes joined together with a plurality of spanning cross-support tubes within the encased support members, wherein the cross-support tubes span between the vertically extending support tubes, and wherein the vertically extending support tubes are spaced apart and positioned along the length of the insulated sheet-metal encased support member thereby defining the structurally reinforced insulated dynamic roof curb. A mechanical unit is fastened onto optional seismic isolators that are selectively positioned on the top surfaces of the structurally reinforced insulated dynamic roof curbs.
US09933180B2
A data providing method is carried out by a computer (460) built in a data processing system (1) which is designed to collect log information from electronic devices through a network (30) and provide services based on that log information for authenticated users. The data providing method includes: receiving an air conditioner (102a, 102b)'s log information through the network; generating display data by reference to pieces of information which are included in the air conditioner's log information and which indicate (i) a preset temperature of the air conditioner, (ii) an outdoor temperature outside a living space in which the air conditioner is installed, and (iii) an indoor temperature of the living space in which the air conditioner is installed, the display data representing a trend of change of a turnaround time that indicates how long it takes from when the air conditioner starts operating until the indoor temperature reaches the preset temperature; and providing the display data for an authenticated user's display terminal (130a, 130b).
US09933172B2
The disclosure describes trench-confirmable geothermal reservoirs that can snugly abut trench walls (that may be of virgin, compacted earth) for facilitating heat exchange and flow liquid from one lower end to an opposing top end, and vice versa, depending on desired heat exchange. The direction can be reversed for summer and winter heat/cooling configurations. A series of the reservoirs may be used for appropriate heat transfer. The water volume of the reservoirs is relatively large and slow moving for good earth heat conduction.
US09933170B2
A water-cooled split air conditioning system includes an indoor unit, an outdoor unit, and a plurality of connecting hoses. The outdoor unit includes an outdoor housing and a water cooling unit. The water cooling unit includes a pumping device, a top water collection basin, a fill material unit provided underneath the top water collection basin, a bottom water collection basin provided underneath the fill material unit, and a plurality of heat exchanging pipes provided in the bottom water collection basin and immersed in the cooling water. The cooling water collected in the bottom water collection tank is arranged to be guided to flow back into the top water collection basin. A predetermined amount of refrigerant is arranged to flow through the heat exchanging pipes to perform highly efficient heat exchanging process with the cooling water for lowering a temperature of the refrigerant.
US09933167B2
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a retrofit for a system using a fluid to transfer thermal energy in a system that utilizes a thermostat to regulate a temperature associated with a terminal is provided. The retrofit includes a return line temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of a fluid leaving a terminal; and a circuit. The circuit is configured to: receive a signal from a thermostat, the signal commanding a modulated valve to open or close; receive a temperature from the return line temperature sensor; determine whether the temperature is either greater than a maximum set point or less than a minimum set point; and modify the signal from the thermostat if the temperature is either greater than the set point or less than set point.
US09933163B2
A combustor arrangement includes a combustion chamber with a front panel, and a premix burner of the multi-cone type, which is connected to the front panel through an elongated mixing zone in an axially moveable fashion by a sealed sliding joint. A wide range of axial variation of the burner with a minimized influence of the leakage air flow on the oxidation process within the flame is achieved by positioning the sealed sliding joint upstream of the mixing zone.
US09933155B2
A rich-lean burner has on an upper end portion thereof: a lean flame port longitudinally extended to eject a lean fuel-air mixture which is leaner in fuel concentration than a theoretical fuel-air ratio; a blind clearance located on each lateral side of the lean flame port, the blind clearance being free from ejection of a fuel-air mixture; and a rich flame port located on lateral outside of each of the blind clearances to eject a rich fuel-air mixture which is richer in fuel concentration than the theoretical fuel-air ratio. The rich-lean burner further has a lean-flame deforming device to deform a lean flame formed by combustion of the lean fuel-air mixture ejected from the lean flame port such that the shape of one lateral side of the lean flame becomes asymmetrical with the shape of laterally opposite side of the lean flame.
US09933149B2
An illumination apparatus includes a thermal conductivity substrate, a package carrier, at least one light emitting element, at least one wire, a light transmission cap, a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring. The package carrier is disposed on an upper surface of the thermal conductivity substrate and has an opening exposing a portion of the upper surface. The light emitting element is disposed on the upper surface exposed by the opening and is electrically connected to the package carrier by wire. The light transmission cap is disposed above the thermal conductivity substrate. The first sealing ring is disposed between the light transmission cap and the package carrier. The second sealing ring is disposed between the package carrier and the thermal conductivity substrate. The thermal conductivity substrate, the light transmission cap, the first and the second sealing rings and the package carrier encapsulate the light emitting element.
US09933142B1
An LED strip featuring perforations between adjacent LEDs that enable one to break the LED strip at the perforation using mere hand pressure. In another aspect of the invention, not only does the LED strip feature “polarity-correcting” circuitry, but also that each LED proper contains such a polarity-correcting circuit, so that regardless of where the lighting strip is broken, the broken-off portion still features polarity-correcting qualities. In yet another aspect of the invention, the LED strip can be broken at any perforation, and the two broken surfaces will each feature electrical contacts or connectors that can be removably (temporarily) attached to a pair of electrical conductors (e.g., wires), thereby permitting each of the remaining and broken-off sections of the original LED strip to function as a light source, as well as to be able to connect to both “upstream” electrical sources and “downstream” electrical loads such as additional LED strips. Thus, such LED strips may then be manufactured and sold in standard lengths, and the customer or other end-user can easily adjust the LED strip to his or her particular application by breaking off the unwanted section at the desired location.
US09933141B2
A luminaire (41, 141) for a double ended tubular HID lamp (110) is disclosed. The luminaire has a V-shaped reflector (2) having a spine (3) and is bendable into a tensioned state having a generally M-shaped configuration. A pair of lamp holders (60, 61; 160, 161) is connected to the spine and spaced apart a distance corresponding to the length of the tubular lamp. A hollow conduit (43, 158) extends between the lamp holders. A pair of insulated cables (31, 32) interconnects the lamp holders with one of the cables (32) passing through the hollow conduit. The distance between the spine (3) and lamp (110) is able to be adjusted.
US09933135B2
A stage lighting optical system includes a light source assembly from which condensed light can be emitted, an object assembly, and a zoom lens assembly, which are located in a same primary optical axis direction. Light from the light source assembly is cast by the object assembly and the zoom lens assembly. The object assembly includes an object for beam mode assembly and an object for gobo mode assembly that can be switched with each other and enter to the primary optical axis. The light source assembly can move forward or backward along the primary optical axis with respect to the object assembly. When the light source assembly moves forward to a first position with respect to the object assembly, the beam mode assembly is switched to the primary optical axis. When the object for beam mode assembly moves backwards to a second position with respect to the object assembly, the object for gobo mode assembly is switched into the primary optical axis.
US09933132B2
Provided is a quantum dot composite film. The quantum dot composite film includes a first barrier film, a quantum dot phosphor film disposed on the first barrier film, and a second barrier film disposed on the quantum dot phosphor film, wherein the first barrier film or the second barrier film is a dichroic mirror barrier film. Therefore, since the quantum dot composite film bonded to various optical functional films is provided, the number of optical films requires for a typical thin-film-type lighting apparatus may be effectively reduced.
US09933123B2
A light strip system comprises an elongate carrier arrangement formed by mounting rail elements that are open towards the lower face, a shaped part which consists at least partly of a flexible material and forms an accommodation space formed in the carrier arrangement and extending in the longitudinal direction, and a lighting module component arranged in the accommodation space. In order to hold the lighting module component it is arranged so as to push against contact regions of the carrier arrangement, on two opposite sides, each time with the interposition of regions of the shaped part.
US09933120B2
An LED screen display unit and production method therefor. The LED screen display unit comprises a circuit board (1), a driving IC (2) and LEDs (3); a first face of said circuit board (1) is provided with a contact pad matrix (41); the driving IC (2) is arranged on the circuit board (1) and is in electrical connection with contact pads (4) of said contact pad matrix (41); the pins (31) of the LEDs (3) are soldered to contact pads (4) of the contact pad matrix (41). The present display unit can ensure a higher permeability rate for LED display screens produced having high pixel density.
US09933116B2
A vehicle fuel gas pre-filter unit can include a housing, a filter, and an inlet valve. The housing is installed in a vehicle structure that includes an outlet valve. The filter is located in the housing and between the inlet and outlet valves with respect to fuel gas flow through the pre-filter unit. The inlet valve permits and prevents gas flow into the housing and has a valve head that opens and closes an inlet port. The outlet valve permits and prevents gas flow out of the housing and eventually to a vehicle fuel gas storage tank. The outlet valve has a valve head that opens and closes an outlet port.
US09933113B2
A system for using freezing, storing and thawing biopharmaceutical materials which includes a holder and a container for holding biopharmaceutical materials therein. The holder has a cavity and the container is received in the cavity. The holder includes a first portion and second portion. The container is received between the first portion and the second portion to connect the container to the holder. The holder includes an interior cradle having a bottom and edges extending from the bottom. The cradle bounds the cavity. An outer rim is connected to the cradle and separated from the cavity. The bottom includes an inner surface facing the cavity receiving the container and an outer surface. The outer surface of the bottom is recessed relative to an outer surface of the outer rim.
US09933112B2
An improved mounting device for enabling a user to quickly and securely attach and detach an accessory (e.g., a strobe, flashlight, camera, etc.) to an object. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one locking mechanism to enable a user to quickly removably attach the improved mounting device to an object. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device also comprises a side wedge and side wedge spring.
US09933106B2
A support comprises a device mount adapted to be connected to a user device such as a monitor. The device mount is supported on a first pivot for rotational motion about a first axis of rotation. A slide assembly comprises a carriage where the carriage is mounted for translational movement and supports the first pivot such that the first axis of rotation may be moved transversely. The support may be mounted on a technology cart comprising an upright supported on wheels where the upright supports a movable work platform. The support may be located in front of and closely adjacent to the upright where the movement of the pivot allows the user device to be rotated without interference from the upright.
US09933087B2
An actuator system for a fluid playground including a first elongated tubular member defining a first axially extending enclosure and having a first inlet connectable to a fluid source, and a second elongated tubular member positioned within the first tubular member, the second tubular member defining a second axially extending enclosure, and having a second inlet in fluid communication with the first enclosure and an outlet traversing the first tubular member. The outlet is connectable to at least one fluid playground device. A plug element is shaped to removably and sealably close the second inlet of the second tubular member. A resilient member urges the plug element towards sealing engagement with the second tubular member. A pressure exerted on a movable actuating element connected to the plug element causes its displacement away from sealing engagement with the second inlet, thereby allowing fluid flow to the fluid playground device.
US09933080B2
A multi-bend control circuit for fluid communication with an outlet port of a valve includes a first circuit leg extending in a first direction and a second circuit leg extending at an angle from the first circuit leg in a second direction. A third circuit leg extends at an angle from the second circuit leg in a third direction different from the second direction. A sense line tap is in fluid communication with at least one of the first, second or third legs.
US09933077B2
A cartridge valve including a hydraulic bushing including at least one connection which is configured as a slotted hole extending over a defined portion of a circumference of the hydraulic bushing with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hydraulic bushing and which is protected by a screen insert inserted into the slotted hole. According to the invention the slotted hole includes a receiving groove that is configured at least over a portion of a circumference of the slotted hole, and the screen insert is arrangeable so that its outer edge is at least partially supported between a shoulder configured in the receiving groove and a cover tongue of the receiving groove wherein the cover tongue is arranged opposite to the shoulder.
US09933075B2
A sealing system for a well valve includes a valve closure, a valve closure carrier, and seal elements. The valve closure includes a central bore. The valve closure carrier includes an annular, metal sealing surface in contact with the exterior of the valve closure to form a metal-to-metal seal with the valve closure. The valve closure carrier defines two flow holes, each of which communicates with the central bore when the valve closure is open to flow fluid, and is sealed from the central bore by the sealing surface when the valve closure is closed. The first seal element seals between the valve closure carrier and the valve closure, and surrounds the first flow hole. The second seal element seals between the valve closure carrier and the valve closure, and surrounds the first seal element and an end opening of the central bore when the valve closure is closed.
US09933074B2
A sliding seal seals an annular gap between a first member and a second member to separate a high-pressure side and a low-pressure side from each other, the first member being movable relative to the second member. The sliding seal is provided at an annular attaching groove provided at the second member. The sliding seal includes: a pressure fluid seal configured to slidingly contact a sliding surface of the first member; and a lubricant holding piece provided at the high-pressure side of the pressure fluid seal, a lubricant storage space being formed between the lubricant holding piece and the pressure fluid seal.
US09933066B2
A vehicle drive transfer apparatus including a planetary gear mechanism including a carrier for supporting a sun gear, a ring gear, and a plurality of pinion gears through pinion shafts and pinion bearings, wherein an in-shaft oil passage is provided in each of the pinion shafts to supply lubricating oil to each of the pinion bearings; and an oil receiver attached to the carrier to receive lubricating oil supplied from an oil supplier and lead the lubricating oil to the in-shaft oil passage in each of the pinion shafts.
US09933056B2
A deflection device for an inspection device is provided, wherein the deflection device has a working appliance having a main body and a pivoting element. The pivoting element is arranged pivotably about a pivot axis relative to the main body, a flexible fixation element, having a first end and a second end, wherein the main body is arranged at the first end, and a pulling element having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the pulling element is fixed at the pivoting element, and wherein the second end of the pulling element is fixed in the region of the second end of the fixation element.
US09933055B2
The invention is a driving mechanism for exerting a pre-determined torque characteristic, comprising a stepper motor (12) having a motor shaft, a rotation measuring device detecting the angular position of the motor shaft (14), a motor control unit effecting the torque characteristic on the basis of the angular position of the motor shaft (14), a drive shaft (10) exerting the torque characteristic and an essentially backlash-free transmission connecting the drive shaft (10) with the motor shaft (14), and the motor control unit is a local motor control unit providing operating signals to the stepper motor (12) and being programmable in at least one parameter.
US09933054B2
A transmission having a variator drive capable of being placed in a continuously variable operating mode or an infinitely variable operating mode, capable of having a wide ratio range, and capable of integrating a clutching capability within the transmission. The variable transmissions can be operated in at least two different operating modes, depending on an engagement status of the clutches therein. Methods of running the variable transmissions and drivelines that incorporate such variable transmissions are provided.
US09933044B2
Disclosed herein is an automatic transmission (1) including first and second planetary gear sets (PL1) and (PL2). The first planetary gear set (PL1) has a first sun gear (S1) to which power from a power source (4) is input via an input shaft (3), and a first ring gear (R1) engaged with a first brake (B1). The second planetary gear set (PL2) has a second ring gear (R2) always engaged with a first carrier (C1), a second sun gear (S2) engaged with a second brake (B2), and a second carrier (C2) engaged with an output (output gear (7)). The automatic transmission is configured to engage the first and second brakes in a first gear to allow the power from the power source to be transmitted to the output via the input shaft and the first and second planetary gear sets.
US09933039B2
A drivetrain having an active torsional vibration damping and a method for carrying out the active torsional vibration damping, having an internal combustion engine being affected by torsional vibrations and having a crankshaft, a torsional vibration damper that is operatively connected to the crankshaft and has at least one operating point of low vibration isolation of the torsional vibrations and has a primary inertial mass associated with the crankshaft and an inertial mass associated with a gear input shaft of a gearbox, the inertial mass being rotatable relatively and limitedly with respect to the primary inertial mass against the action of a spring device. The drivetrain also includes an electric motor having a rotating mass operatively connected to the gearbox input shaft, and a control unit, the spring device being formed by linear springs, the rotating mass of the electric motor being designed as a secondary inertial mass.
US09933036B2
A damping rubber spring for an automobile suspension, including: n rubber layers (2), n being a natural number not less than 3; n+1 metal partition layers (1) including an upper partition layer (4) and a lower partition layer (5), the n rubber layers (2) and the n+1 metal partition layers (1) being laminated alternately with each other, and the upper partition layer (4) being disposed in parallel with the lower partition layer (5), wherein an m-th rubber layer (2) starting from the upper partition layer (4) has a thickness or cross section area that is the same as that of an m-th rubber layer (2) starting from the lower partition layer (5).
US09933026B2
A vehicle control system for improving vibration suppressing performance and acceleration response is provided. A controller is configured to set the torque transmitting capacity of an engagement device to a first torque transmitting capacity that is smaller than a value required to transmit a peak value of a second drive torque applied to an output shaft of a transmission having the engagement device but greater than a value required to transmit an estimated first drive torque generated by an engine, when the second drive torque is amplified by pulsation of the first drive torque.
US09933022B2
A synchronizing device is provided for synchronizing a first rotatable part with a second rotatable part adjacent to the first rotatable part. The synchronizing device includes a first part provided with an engaging sleeve and a second part provided with a synchronizer ring. The synchronizing device has at least one positioning resilient member which is arranged to act upon the synchronizer ring and the second part, in order to allow a design with few parts and also to resynchronize the synchronizing ring with the second part. A transmission including such a synchronizing device is also provided.
US09933020B2
A method for forming a propshaft assembly includes: providing a tube having an annular wall member and an axial end face; providing a yoke having body and a pair of arms that extend from the body, the body defining an annular groove having sidewalls and an end face, the sidewalls being spaced apart to receive the annular wall member; spinning at least one of the tube and the yoke while engaging the axial end face to the end face of the annular groove to plasticize a portion of the yoke and a portion of the tube; and driving the yoke and the tube together to fuse the plasticized portion of the yoke and the plasticized portion of the tube together and thereby form a friction weld; wherein the tube is fused to the yoke over portions of the yoke that correspond to the sidewalls and the end face.
US09933017B2
A bearing support includes a squirrel cage including a fenestrated portion with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart windows defined therethrough. A bearing support cage inboard of the squirrel cage defines a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart windows therethrough. The bearing support cage is operatively connected to the squirrel cage to support a bearing from within the squirrel cage.
US09933016B2
A rolling bearing device includes a rolling bearing; and a spacer provided adjacent to one side of the rolling bearing in an axial direction and having a grease reservoir and a flow path, the grease reservoir being in a form of a groove, extending along a circumferential direction, and having grease reserved in the grease reservoir, and the flow path providing communication between the grease reservoir and an inner part of the rolling bearing. The spacer includes an annular wall surface that defines an inner periphery of the grease reservoir. An end of the annular wall surface on a side of the rolling bearing in the axial direction of the grease reservoir is continuous with an opposed end face of the spacer that is opposed to the rolling bearing. An entire area of the annular wall surface is constituted by a flat surface.
US09933008B2
A rack-and-pinion type steering device includes a ball joint for connecting a rack shaft and a tie rod. The ball joint includes a socket and a ball. The socket is provided with a regulated surface allowed to contact a regulating surface of a rack housing, and a screw projecting from the regulated surface to be connected to the rack shaft. The regulated surface includes an intermediate portion having a curved surface shape that recedes from a regulating surface in a longitudinal direction of the rack shaft toward the outer circumference, and the regulated surface has such a shape that a pointed portion toward the regulating surface is less likely to be formed on the regulated surface even if a processing error occurs in the processing for forming the regulated surface of the socket.
US09933005B2
The present invention relates to a retained member configured to prevent centrifugal force from disassociating a retaining ring provided with lugs from a groove located on a rotatable shaft when securing the retained member to the rotatable shaft and rotating with the shaft. The retained member includes a substantially annular portion and a retention lip provided with a cutout portion. The substantially annular portion defines an opening sized to receive the rotatable shaft so that the retained member is rotatable with the shaft. The cutout portion is configured to accommodate the lugs when in an installing position as the retained member is snap fit into the groove.
US09933001B2
A quick release clamp assembly for use with a pole. The clamp has a clamp body, a connecting member extending between first and second ends of the clamp body, an actuator connected to one end of the connecting member. The other end of the connecting member is connected to one end of the clamp body by a resilient mount. Closing the actuator moves the two ends of the clamp body towards each other, exerting redial force on the pole.
US09933000B2
A piece of furniture includes a rectangular frame for supporting a plurality of sinuous springs. A plurality of clip assemblies are secured to opposed side walls of the frame. Each clip assembly comprises a metallic clip having tabs for holding a plastic liner inside a curved portion of the clip assembly. Each clip assembly also has a detent which inhibits movement of the sinuous spring and has tacks for insertion into the frame. Flexible connectors may be located in grooves of the clip assembly to collate multiple clip assemblies.
US09932997B2
There are provided a bar-shaped piston rod having one end portion attached to a marine vessel propulsion machine main body; an inner cylinder; an inner piston mounted in the other end portion of the piston rod, is accommodated in the inner cylinder, and divides a space in the inner cylinder into a fourth chamber on the one end portion side and a fifth chamber on the other end portion side; an outer cylinder accommodating the inner cylinder therein; and an outer piston covering an opening portion of one end portion of the inner cylinder in a state where the piston rod is exposed, divides a space in the outer cylinder into a second chamber on one end portion side and a first chamber on the other end portion side, and is formed with a through hole that allows the fourth chamber and the second chamber to communicate with each other.
US09932995B2
A hydraulic excavator drive system includes: a first hydraulic pump and a second hydraulic pump, whose respective tilting angles are controllable independently of each other; an arm main control valve and an arm auxiliary control valve each for controlling supply of hydraulic oil to an arm cylinder; and a boom main control valve and a boom auxiliary control valve each for controlling supply of the hydraulic oil to a boom cylinder. An arm operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the arm main control valve. A boom operation valve outputs a pilot pressure to the boom main control valve. A pair of arm-side regulating valves outputs no pilot pressure to the arm auxiliary control valve and a boom-side regulating valve outputs no pilot pressure to the boom auxiliary control valve when an arm crowding operation and a boom raising operation are performed concurrently.
US09932974B2
A pump system includes a particulate consolidator pump that has a pump outlet. A duct is coupled to the pump outlet. The duct has a wall that is coupled with an oscillator. The oscillator is operable to oscillate the wall at a controlled frequency. The controlled frequency is selected with respect to breaking static bridging of particulate in the duct due, at least in part, to consolidation of the particulate from a downstream check valve.
US09932969B2
Disclosed is a wind turbine, which comprises a rotatable structure being coupled to a hub of the wind turbine and to a generator rotor comprising a brake disc, a stationary structure being coupled to a generator stator and comprising a stator frame and a safety bearing element. The rotatable structure is rotatably coupled to the stationary structure, wherein the stator frame comprises a brake mounting section to which a calliper brake is mountable such that the brake disc is breakable by the mounted calliper brake. The safety bearing element is mounted to the brake mounting section such that the brake disc is in slidable contact with the safety bearing element if a distance between the brake mounting section and the brake disc is reduced below a predetermined reference value.
US09932968B2
A method of making a wind turbine blade (10) having a metallic lightning receptor (110) is described. The method comprises configuring a wind turbine blade (10) mold assembly (100) such that a clearance region (120) is defined between a mold surface (116) of at least one mold half (112, 114) and a majority of a metallic lightning receptor component (110) when the mold assembly (100) is closed, such that contact between that mold half (112, 114) and the metallic lightning receptor component (110) is substantially avoided. In certain embodiments of the invention, one or both mold halves (112, 114) are truncated such that the metallic lightning receptor component (110) projects from the mold (100) when the mold (100) is closed.
US09932967B2
The present disclosure addresses the problem of ensuring that wind turbine voltage levels within a wind power plant do not exceed predetermined overvoltage and/or undervoltage protection levels. In particular, the present disclosure relates to adjustment of an output voltage level of a wind power plant in order to protect an internal power plant grid from overvoltages.
US09932966B2
Method for avoiding voltage instability in an electrical grid of an offshore wind park, the offshore wind park electrical grid being connected at a first end of a high voltage alternating current (HVAC) transmission and the main land electrical grid being connected at a second end of the HVAC transmission, each of the wind turbines being connected to the wind park electrical grid, the method comprises determining a main land phase angle at or near the second end of the HVAC transmission; measuring an individual wind turbine phase angle at one or more wind turbines; determining the difference between each of the measured individual wind turbine phase angles and the main land phase angle; and determining whether the difference between one of the measured individual wind turbine phase angle and the main land phase angle exceeds a threshold phase angle difference.
US09932960B2
A rotor blade (5) of a wind turbine, which has a profile (1-4) having an upper side (suction side) (7) and an underside (pressure side) (8). The profile (1-4) includes a camber line (21, 25) and a chord (18) between a leading edge (10) and a trailing edge (11) of the profile (1-4). The profile (1-4) has a relative profile thickness of more than 45%. At least one vortex generator (50, 50′, 50″, 50′″) is disposed, in the region of the profile (1-4), on the suction side (7) of the rotor blade (5). The profile (1-4) is provided with a blunt trailing edge. And, The thickness of the trailing edge is between 15% and 70% of the chord length.
US09932955B2
An ignition apparatus inputs energy during a predetermined energy input period after the interruption of a primary electric current by an ignition switch and a discharge of an ignition plug caused by a secondary electric current. Moreover, the ignition apparatus includes a blow-off detection unit that detects, during the energy input period IGW after the start of the discharge by the ignition plug, occurrence of blow-off of the discharge. When the secondary electric current I2 drops below a blow-off detection electric current threshold value Ibo at a time instant tbo in a “second region” where it is impossible to perform a re-discharge after blow-off, the blow-off detection unit determines that blow-off has occurred and the ignition apparatus stops the energy input from an energy input unit to an ignition coil. By preventing unnecessary energy input, it is possible to suppress unnecessary electric power consumption and wear of electrodes of the ignition plug.
US09932954B2
An ignition device for engine according to the present invention performs continuous spark discharge of an ignition plug by using a multiplex signal, an integration signal or a control signal. In the multiplex signal, discharge continuous signals IGW#1 to 4 for cylinders of the engine have been multiplexed. In the integration signal, a discharge continuous signal IGW and a secondary current instruction signal IGA have been added to an ignition signal IGT. In the control signal, the secondary current instruction signal IGA has been added into the multiplex signal or the integration signal. This structure can reduce the total number of signal lines connected between an ECU and a controller, and further reduce a signal line to transmit the secondary current instruction signal IGA.
US09932952B2
An electricity supply device that reduces a delay in starting an engine. A vehicle includes a starter motor for starting an engine, a start magnet making and breaking connection between the starter motor and a battery, a fuel pump, and a control unit controlling fuel injection and ignition timing of the engine. An electricity supply device of the vehicle includes: a main relay making and breaking connection between a load of the vehicle, the load not including the starter motor, the start magnet, and the battery; a clutch switch connected to the battery, and set in a conducting state when a clutch lever is gripped; a start switch connected between the clutch switch and a coil of the start magnet; and a diode allowing a current to flow from a point of connection between the clutch switch and the start switch to a coil of the main relay.
US09932950B2
A high-pressure pump has a metering valve and a valve stopper. The stopper has a regulation portion which an end surface of the valve is brought into contact with. An outer diameter of the regulation portion is equal to an outer diameter of the outer peripheral surface of the valve. A cylindrical sleeve is disposed around the regulation portion. When the end surface of the valve is in contact with the regulation portion, the sleeve covers a tapered surface of the valve.
US09932949B2
A partitioning portion partitions a fuel chamber into a first space, which receives a pressurizing chamber forming portion and is communicated with an inflow pipe, and a second space, which is communicated with an outflow pipe. A flow passage forming portion extends from the partitioning portion toward the first space side and forms a communicating flow passage, which communicates between the first space and the second space. Thereby, vapor contained in the fuel, which is returned from a pressurizing chamber to the fuel chamber, is accumulated as bubbles in the first space, which receives the pressurizing chamber forming portion. The first space is communicated with the outside through the communicating flow passage and the second space. Therefore, outputting of air bubbles of the first space to the outside can be effectively limited in comparison to a case where the fuel chamber is directly communicated with the outside.
US09932943B2
A filter element, and filter apparatus, include a filter pack, a seal member, and a seal support frame operatively connecting the seal member to the filter pack. The seal support frame includes an annular extension, which is preferably canted at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis, for supporting the seal member. The seal support frame also preferably includes a first end thereof including the annular extension, and a second end thereof spaced from the first end thereof along the longitudinal axis, with the first and second ends of the seal support frame joined by a hub of the outer peripheral sidewall of the seal support frame to define a cavity within the seal support frame for receiving the filter pack. The first and second ends of the seal support frame, and the filter pack are preferably joined and sealed to one another by a single bead of adhesive.
US09932942B2
A flexible porous non-pollutive tube, wherein the walls of the tube are made by tapes formed by interlaced textile fibers, and to which activated charcoal is added, in agglomerate, powder or granulated form, and the textile tapes being wound over the charcoal and glued among the charcoal in the helical direction, forming an air conducting acoustic flexible helical pipe which is a part of a combustion engine's intake system used by the automobile industry, and adding the activated charcoal in the walls or in the pipe's external or internal lining.
US09932941B2
A snap-in spring clip assembly includes a discrete clip cleat and a fastener carried on the clip cleat. The discrete clip cleat includes a body having a base, a first rib depending from the base and a second rib depending from the base. The first and second ribs each include at least one resilient locking arm that allows the discrete clip cleat to be snapped into and retained in a desired position.
US09932934B2
The present invention relates to a reactor for the decomposition of ammonium dinitramide-based liquid monopropellants into hot, combustible gases for combustion in a combustion chamber, and a rocket engine or thruster comprising such reactor, wherein the reactor comprises a heat bed exhibiting catalytic activity.
US09932928B2
On a piston top surface, a cavity and two valve recesses are formed. On the piston top surface, a first heat insulating film is formed. However, on edge portions, a second heat insulating film different from the first heat insulating film is formed. The second heat insulating film is formed along the edge portions. The first heat insulating film is composed of porous alumina and a sealer. The second heat insulating film is composed of only porous alumina.
US09932925B2
A method of improving fuel efficiency and an apparatus for operating a vehicle that performs the method are provided. The apparatus includes a storing unit that stores control plans for a fuel injection system and an intake/exhaust system that optimize responsiveness of an engine for a plurality of driving modes. A catalyst temperature obtaining unit obtains a catalyst temperature and an operation period determining unit determines an operation period of an engine based on rpm of the engine and an amount of fuel consumption. A driving mode determining unit determines any one of the driving modes as a current driving mode based on the catalyst temperature, the operation period, and present time. Additionally, a controller is configured to access a control plan that corresponds to the current driving mode and operate the fuel injection system and the intake/exhaust system based on the control plan corresponding to the current driving mode.
US09932915B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine in an idle mode, in which an ignition angle and/or an air quantity of the internal combustion engine is influenced and/or is modified as a function of an idle rotation speed of the internal combustion engine. The ignition angle and/or the air quantity and/or a fuel quantity for at least one combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine is modified as a function of at least one variable characterizing a combustion event in the combustion chamber.
US09932911B2
A propane injection system for supplementing gasoline or diesel engines in vehicles such as automobiles and marine vessels. The invention would also be appropriate for use in turbines and jet engines by providing a secondary fuel source for improved fuel economy. A propane tank is mounted into the vehicle, such as within a cavity within the trunk of an automobile, and is connected to the air intake, exhaust, and turbo charger of the vehicle's stock engine system. A switch is used to activate the injection of propane directly into the engine cycle at two points to increase engine performance. The switch could be incorporated into an existing switch, such as the cruise control of an automobile, and may be canceled by depressing the brake pedal of the vehicle.
US09932910B2
A system and method for determining the quality of natural gas is provided. The system includes a fuel line for communicating natural gas to an engine. An infrared light source is disposed along the fuel line and is configured to emit a beam of infrared light into the fuel line having a wavelength of 6 to 10 micrometers. An infrared light detector detects a transmission value of the natural gas as the beam of infrared light passes through the fuel line. A natural gas quality module receives the transmission value from the infrared light detector and determines a quality value of the natural gas based on an amount of infrared light absorbed by methane in the natural gas. An engine control module, including a feed-forward control loop, receives the quality value from the natural gas quality module and alters an operating parameter of the engine in response thereto.
US09932909B1
A method of controlling intake and exhaust cam phase in an internal combustion engine for optimal HVAC performance in a motor vehicle includes requesting a cabin heating value, sensing an engine speed and an engine load of the internal combustion engine, utilizing the cabin heating value, the engine speed and the engine load in one or more lookup tables to determine intake phaser constraint values and exhaust phaser constraint values for cabin heating, and transitioning the intake phaser constraint values and the exhaust phaser constraint values for cabin heating to intake phaser constraint values and exhaust phaser constraint values based on one or more lookup tables for normal operation without a cabin heating request.
US09932908B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling valve timing of a continuous variable valve duration. The method may include: classifying a plurality of control regions depending on an engine speed and an engine speed; applying a maximum duration to an intake valve in a first control region; maintaining the maximum duration of the intake valve and controlling the exhaust valve to reach a maximum duration in a second control region; advancing intake valve closing (IVC) timing and exhaust valve closing (EVC) timing in a third control region; controlling the IVC timing to be close to bottom dead center (BDC) in a fourth control region; controlling a throttle valve to be fully opened and controlling the IVC timing to an angle after BDC in a fifth control region; and controlling the throttle valve to be fully opened and advancing the IVC timing in a sixth control region.
US09932907B2
A combined cycle power plant system that includes: a gas turbine operably connected to a heat recovery steam generator; a first controller for optimizing a shutdown operation defined between an initiating shutdown command and a terminating event, wherein the first is controller configured to execute the steps of: receiving the shutdown initiating command; receiving operating parameters measured by sensors for each of a first component and a second component of the combined cycle power plant, and, based thereupon, determining a current state for each of the first and the second component; based on the current state, deriving an optimized shutdown operating mode for transitioning the first component and the second component from the current state to a shutdown state. A second controller may be configured to: transform the optimized shutdown operating mode into commands configured to actuate mechanical control devices of the first component and the second component so that the shutdown operation proceeds according to the optimized shutdown operating mode.
US09932903B2
A fuel manifold and fuel injector arrangement has a fuel manifold and at least one fuel injector. The fuel injector has main and pilot fuel nozzles. The fuel manifold has at least one fuel pipe segment and each fuel pipe segment has an outer pipe, an intermediate pipe arranged within the outer pipe and an inner pipe arranged within the intermediate pipe. A thermally insulating medium is provided in a chamber defined between the outer pipe and the intermediate pipe. The chamber between the intermediate pipe and the inner pipe is fluidly connected to a first fuel supply and the chamber within the inner pipe is fluidly connected to a second fuel supply. The at least one pilot fuel nozzle is fluidly connected to the chamber between the intermediate pipe and the inner pipe and the main fuel nozzle is fluidly connected to the chamber within the inner pipe.
US09932893B2
A system includes a cast mounting tower having an upper portion configured to support an engine, a generator, or any combination thereof and a plurality of ribs coupled to and supporting the upper portion of the mounting tower. The plurality of ribs extend from the upper portion in a direction crosswise to the upper portion, the upper portion and the plurality of ribs are integrally coupled as a one-piece structure of the cast mounting tower, and the cast mounting tower is configured to couple to a frame.
US09932891B2
An engine system 10A is characterized by having a first electrolyzing device 11A for electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen, an engine 12 which runs on the combustion of a mixed gas of the hydrogen and oxygen generated by the first electrolyzing device 11A, a battery 14 for storing electricity, a boosting coil 16 for boosting the voltage of electricity stored in the battery and supplying the boosted high-voltage electricity to the first electrolyzing device 11A and ignition plugs of the engine 12, and an alternator 15 for generating electricity from the running of the engine and supplying the generated electricity to the battery 14. The engine system can be driven by simply replenishing water without requiring construction of refilling stands or replacement of tanks.
US09932890B2
A device and method are provided for automatically adjusting torque transmitting ability of a hydrodynamic coupling in a transmission arranged between a power turbine and a crank shaft in a turbocompound combustion engine. The method includes continuously registering a value for one or several of: a. engine load parameter for the combustion engine and/or, b. temperature in the combustion engine and/or, c. parameters for indicating NVH in the transmission; If parameters a to c have passed a predetermined value for each of the parameters, then braking a power turbine side of the hydrodynamic coupling and continuously adjusting said torque transmitting ability of the hydrodynamic coupling in dependence of the development of the parameters a to c. Increased control of the transmission and engine performance, especially lower noise and exhaust emissions, and accelerated heating of the engine during cold starts, but also better auxiliary braking, can be provided.
US09932879B2
An automatically stoppable internal combustion engine comprises an exhaust purification catalyst, an upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor, and sensor heaters heating air-fuel ratio sensors. A controller comprises an air-fuel ratio control part and a heating control part. The heating control part controls the temperature of the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor to the activation temperature or more and the temperature of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor to less than the activation temperature during automatic stop of the internal combustion engine. The air-fuel ratio control part controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas based on the outputs of the two air-fuel ratio sensors during engine operation and controls the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas temporarily based on the output of the upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor without using the output of the downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor.
US09932861B2
A method includes controlling a bearing fluid supply system to provide the bearing fluid to a hydrostatic bearing of the turbopump assembly. The bearing fluid includes a supercritical working fluid. The method also includes receiving data corresponding to a pressure of the bearing fluid measured at or near a bearing fluid drain fluidly coupled to the hydrostatic bearing, determining a thermodynamic state of the bearing fluid at or near the bearing fluid drain based at least in part on the received data, and controlling a backpressure regulation valve to throttle the backpressure regulation valve between an opened position and a closed position to regulate a backpressure in a bearing fluid discharge line to maintain the bearing fluid in a supercritical state in the hydrostatic bearing and/or at or near the bearing fluid drain.
US09932857B2
A bypass engine bearing holder (1) that holds an upstream bearing (6) and defines, with said upstream bearing, an oil chamber (100) and an air chamber (200), comprising a frusto-conical portion (11) defining an upstream bearing chamber (160) and a downstream inner chamber (150), and includes an outer collar (13) connected, by a weld (135), to a flange (15) that extends outward from the frusto-conical portion (11). The outer collar (13) has a sealable gimlet (131) engaging with the upstream bearing (6) such as to seal the oil chamber (100). The bearing holder (1) includes a plurality of oil recovery ducts (8) leading to the downstream inner chamber (150) and to the upstream bearing chamber (160). The oil recovery ducts (8) lead to the upstream bearing chamber (160), downstream from the weld (135) of the outer collar (13) on the flange (15), the weld (135) of the outer collar (13) being axisymmetric.
US09932854B1
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for in situ cleaning of hot gas flowpath components of a turbine engine that form portions of a hot gas flowpath extending through the turbine. The hot gas flowpath components may include a layer of accumulated contaminants on first portions thereof that form a respective portion of the hot gas flowpath. The first portions may include a thermal battier coating (TBC), and the layer of accumulated contaminants may overlie the TBC and at least partially infiltrate into the TBC. The accumulated contaminants may include CaO—MgO—Al2O3-SiO2 (CMAS) partial melt. The methods may include introducing an acid-including detergent into the hot gas flowpath of the turbine engine and onto the hot gas flowpath components to clean the accumulated contaminants from the first surfaces of the components.
US09932850B2
A method, including receiving a turbine system operating parameter. The turbine system operating parameter includes an indication of a frequency variation of an electric power system associated with the turbine system. The method includes determining a correction factor to vary the output of the turbine system according to the frequency variation, wherein the correction factor is based on a droop power response and a nominal droop power ratio. The droop power response is calculated based on a gas turbine power output and a speed-load error. The method further includes varying the output of the turbine system based at least in part on the correction factor.
US09932842B2
A structural guide vane for use in a gas turbine engine has a leading edge section, a trailing edge, a pressure surface and a suction surface. An erosion coating such as polyurethane resin is on the pressure surface and the suction surface. The leading edge of the vane is without the erosion coating and is bare metal. The vane is formed to include a plurality of pockets and bond shelves in the pressure surface side, and an epoxy bond line on the bond shelves holding a cover plate protected by the erosion coating.
US09932812B2
An excavation status monitoring system for a tunneling machine that includes a detecting portion mounted on a cutter head of the tunneling machine, including an accelerometer that detects a vibration or an acoustic sensor that detects a sound wave and a sound output portion that outputs a signal detected by the detecting portion as sound.
US09932811B2
The invention provides a control system and method for limiting vibrations in a tool string system. The system comprises a pump connected to a rotatable tool string driven by a drive system. The control system comprises feedback of both torque and rotational speed signals into a controller. An objective of said controller is to maintain the drive speed over torque ratio equal to the connected tool string impedance (Z). A secondary objective, for lower frequencies, is to approach and maintain a setpoint speed as drive rotation speed. The system includes a rotational speed sensor and a torque sensor, with the latter optionally replaced by a motor torque signal already available from a variable frequency drive (VFD) for an AC motor and the current safeguarding signal for a DC motor.
US09932809B2
A method of hydraulic fracturing geometry evaluation, comprising injecting a fracturing fluid comprising a magnetic material into a fracture, measuring a field affected by the fracturing fluid in the fracture, and modeling, based on the measuring, a geometry of the fracture.
US09932805B2
A downhole tool, e.g., a plunger, and a method for manufacturing a plunger. The downhole tool includes a mandrel including a flow-restriction recess, and a plurality of sealing pads configured to be disposed around the mandrel, biased radially-outward therefrom, and interlocked with one another. Each of the plurality of sealing pads includes a flow-restriction tab having an axial thickness that varies as proceeding circumferentially around the mandrel. The flow-restriction tab of each of the plurality of sealing pads is configured to be disposed in the flow-restriction recess when the plurality of sealing pads are disposed on the mandrel.
US09932802B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a downhole slot cutter. The downhole slot cutter a housing of the downhole slot cutter configured to be inserted into a tubular positioned within a wellbore, and a plurality of dies supported by the housing, wherein the plurality of dies is configured to extend radially outward from the housing.
US09932794B2
A rotating locking device includes a locking arm, including a throughbore, coupled to a housing and axially rotatable relative to the housing. The rotating locking device also includes a plunger including a biasing profile disposed within the throughbore and a locking head coupled to a distal end of the locking arm, the locking head including a recess to at least partially receive the distal end of the locking arm. The rotating locking device further comprises a load pin that couples the locking head to the distal end of the locking arm and is configured to resist separation of the locking head and the locking arm when in a securing position. Axial translation of the plunger causes the biasing profile to engage the load pin and cause the load pin to transition to a breakaway position.
US09932793B2
An example whipstock assembly includes a whipstock providing a ramped surface and a longitudinal groove defined in the ramped surface. A lead mill is coupled to the whipstock with a shear bolt and providing one or more blades, and a bearing support is arranged within the longitudinal groove and provides opposing sidewalls that define a slot configured to receive one of the one or more blades and thereby prevent the lead mill from rotating with respect to the whipstock.
US09932788B2
An off bottom flow diverter subassembly. A fronthead and shank each includes a central bore. One of the shank and the fronthead has an outer diameter configured to fit within the central bore of another of the fronthead and shank. The shank and fronthead are arranged to slide longitudinally with respect to each other and are limited from sliding out of contact with each other. At least one diverting flow passage is between adjacent sliding surfaces of the shank and fronthead. Sliding the fronthead and shank with respect to each other opens and closes the diverting flow passage. Application of a force, sufficient to open the diverting flow passage, to a drill string to which the subassembly is attached in a direction toward an opening of a hole being drilled causes the diverting flow passage to open and drilling fluid to flow out of the subassembly away from the bit.
US09932779B2
A centralizer for centralizing a tubular in a conduit is described. The centralizer comprises a body comprising a upper body portion and a lower body portion and a plurality of arms linking the upper body portion to the lower body portion. Relative movement of the upper and lower body portions towards each other causes the arms to buckle radially outwards into a set configuration in which the arms are engaged, in use, with a conduit.
US09932773B2
The invention relates to a drive device for driving a drill rod having a drive means with a rotary drive and a vibration drive for driving an output shaft in a rotating and axially vibrating manner and an adapter means which is coupled with the output shaft and comprises an outer adapter for connecting an outer rod and an inner adapter for connecting an inner rod. The outer adapter is adapted to transmit the rotational movement and the axially vibrating movement of the output shaft to the outer rod. The inner adapter is supported in an axially displaceable and spring-mounted manner in the outer adapter. The invention further relates to a method for operating a drive device.
US09932762B2
A door-equipped housing includes a box body having an opening formed on one side thereof, and a door to close the opening, the door being supported by the box body to be rotatable about a rotational axis. The box body has a projecting portion formed on an inside of a wall of the box body extending from the opening toward a deep side of the box body. The door includes a hook portion to engage the projected portion for preventing the door from opening, the hook portion being located on a deeper side of the box body than the projecting portion as the door closes the opening, and a flexible part extending in a direction away from a surface of the wall having the projected portion formed thereon as the door closes the opening. The flexible part bends together with a movement of the hook portion to climb over the projecting portion during an opening/closing operation of the door.
US09932757B2
A cover is fitted to an aperture in an enclosure. A biasing mechanism is connected to the cover to mechanically bias the cover in an open position. An adhesive member is disposed around the aperture to retain the cover in a closed position against the bias of the biasing mechanism. A release mechanism effects release of the cover from the adhesive member by diminishing adhesion thereof in response to an open command signal.
US09932755B2
In combination with a door, a door jamb and a latch bolt, a door security device for preventing the jimmying of a door latch bolt comprising a strike plate; a barrier plate comprising a base portion, a barrier portion and a hinge providing mechanical connection between said base portion and said barrier portion, the barrier plate designed and configured to conform to and fill the gap formed between the door and the door jamb upon closing the door into the door jamb; and one or more fasteners for installing the door security device into the door jamb.
US09932751B2
An access tunnel system comprising at least one access tunnel for the sheltered guidance of persons to a vehicle, an aircraft, a building or the like. In accordance with the invention, a node element is provided at which the access tunnel opens and which at least one further access tunnel adjoins.
US09932749B2
A supporting frame includes a truss composed of an upper straight frame member and a parallel lower straight frame member supported at their ends in spaced relationship relative to each other. At least two spans of divergent inclined brace member extend between them with the ends of the brace member spans each being securable to the upper or lower straight frame member by means of a fastener. Limited relative longitudinal movement of the upper and lower straight frame members is permitted before a fastener is secured to fix the positions at which the ends of the brace member spans are attached to the upper and lower straight frame members. In one application two trusses meet at a corner with a pylon being urged in the plane of the supporting frame into a corner between two frame members of each pair of trusses to extend at right angles to the frame.
US09932736B2
According to the present invention, an acoustic deck includes a deck member defining a cavity and a movable tunable insert disposed at least partially within the cavity of the deck member. The tunable insert is rotatable or translatable relative to the deck member to alter acoustic effects of the acoustic deck. The acoustic deck can be installed in a room, and the acoustic tunable insert rotated or translated in order to achieve desired acoustic effects in the room. Also disclosed is a system of acoustic decks and a method of operating the acoustic deck.
US09932733B2
A decking system and method comprising a set of components that may be used for constructing and repairing structures, particularly the connection between fascia boards. The components may be shaped such that they fit together to form a connection between fascia boards at any angle while providing protective cover from the elements and a polished look. The components may be composed of a variety of materials and may be extruded. A decorative pattern, engraving, or embossing, or any of the above may be applied to the components as desired.
US09932731B2
A grit removal unit for a wastewater system including a grit removal chamber with a substantially annular vertical wall. A horizontal annular ring above the chamber bottom extends inwardly from the annular vertical wall, with an influent channel extending into the chamber beneath the ring and an effluent channel above the rim and extending out of the chamber. The influent and effluent channels both have inner side walls with a curved portion, with both curved portions extending through an arc of at least 90 degrees within the chamber annular vertical wall.
US09932723B2
Locking devices and components for wear assemblies for securing a wear part to the blade or lip of an excavator. The wear part will usually be a tooth adaptor, and when placed on the blade both parts determine a channel where the locking device is placed. The locking device will usually include a C-clamp member for mounting in the rearward of the channel, a front structure to engage to the frontward of the channel and a wedge structure placed between the C-clamp member and the front structure.
US09932720B2
A shearing implement for use with an excavator has a thumb having a grasping side and a cutting side and being pivotably attachable to the boom. A shearing blade member is pivotably attached to the cutting side of the thumb. A linear actuator has a first end attached to the shearing blade member and a second end attachable to the boom or the thumb so that extension and retraction of the linear actuator causes the shearing blade member to rotate relative to the thumb.
US09932718B2
An augerable ground anchor having: a) a shaft having a first end and a distal second end; b) an augering means affixed about said shaft adjacent to said first end; c) a ground contact plate affixed to said shaft proximate to said second end; d) a first anchor means affixed to said contact plate for securing a manufactured home sidewall strap to said ground anchor, said first anchor means being centrally positioned and having a first longitudinal axis and; e) a second anchor means for securing a stabilizing strut to said ground anchor, the second anchoring means being affixed to the contact plate outboard from the first anchor means and having a second longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second longitudinal axis are at a first acute angle Ø. An anchoring and stabilizing assembly is further described that further includes a stabilizing plate adjacent to and in contact with the shaft.
US09932716B2
The present invention relates to a foldable barrier structure comprising a compartment bounded by a pair of opposed side walls and a pair of opposed end walls, at least one pair of opposed side or end walls being formed from a flexible, foldable material incorporating a stiffening element and a means for receiving a hinge member which permits folding of a central region of each opposed side or end wall of the at least one pair of side or end walls. Also provided is a multi-compartmental foldable barrier structure comprising a multiplicity of such compartments connected, affixed or adhered to one another end to end, as well as a flood defense barrier comprising a first multi-compartmental foldable barrier structure provided with a continuous length of water impermeable material extending across the individual structures along at least one side of the barrier; a second multi-compartmental foldable barrier structure provided with a continuous length of water impermeable material extending across the individual structures along at least one side of the barrier; and fastening means for fastening the first multi-compartmental foldable barrier structure to the second multi-compartmental foldable barrier structure.
US09932710B2
A porous metal mold for a wet pulp molding process is disclosed herein. The porous metal mold comprises a first surface where a paper-pulp-fiber layer is disposed for forming a finished paper-shape product or a semi-finished paper-shape product; a cavity, formed on the first surface, for shaping the finished paper-shape product or the semi-finished paper-shape product; and a second surface. The porous metal mold is made by integrally sintering a plurality of metal particles, and after the sintering at least one pore is formed between at least two of the metal particles so that at least one through hole between the first surface and the second surface of the porous metal mold, for exhausting water or moisture contained in the paper-pulp-fiber layer disposed on the first surface.
US09932694B2
A roller guides and processes synthetic strand material. The roller includes a drivable roller shell. The roller shell has, on a projecting free end thereof, a cover which is effective relative to the surroundings. In order to secure the end of the roller shell relative to an operating side, the cover is freely rotatably connected to the roller shell.
US09932690B2
A device for producing a single crystal by crystallizing the single crystal in a melt zone, comprising a housing, an inductor for generating heat in the melt zone, a reheater which surrounds and applies thermal radiation to the crystallizing single crystal, and a separating bottom which delimits downward an intermediate space between the reheater and a wall of the housing at a lower end of the reheater.
US09932687B2
High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated to vary the solution condition in the chambers, thereby simultaneously providing a large number of crystallization environments. Control over changed solution conditions may result from a variety of techniques, including but not limited to metering volumes of crystallizing agent into the chamber by volume exclusion, by entrapment of volumes of crystallizing agent determined by the dimensions of the microfabricated structure, or by cross-channel injection of sample and crystallizing agent into an array of junctions defined by intersecting orthogonal flow channels.
US09932684B2
Electroplating methods enable the plating of photoresist defined features which have substantially uniform morphology. The electroplating methods include copper electroplating baths with reaction products of α-amino acids and bisepoxides to electroplate the photoresist defined features. Such features include pillars, bond pads and line space features.
US09932682B2
Provided is a method for producing electrolytic copper having a low Ag content by successfully suppressing the Ag concentration in an electrolytic solution. The electrolytic copper production method involves a step in which blister copper comprising Ag is used as an anode, and electrolysis is carried out under sulfuric acid acidity while maintaining the anode electric potential at a relatively low electric potential in comparison to the electric potential of the Ag elution.
US09932676B2
The pretreatment solution for electroless plating of the present invention is composed of noble metal colloidal nanoparticles, a sugar alcohol, and water. The colloidal nanoparticles are gold, platinum, or palladium, have an average particle diameter of 5 to 80 nm, and are contained in the pretreatment solution in an amount of 0.01 to 10 g/L as metal mass. The sugar alcohol is at least one selected from the group consisting of tritol, tetritol, pentitol, hexitol, heptitol, octitol, inositol, quercitol, or pentaerythritol and is contained in the pretreatment solution in an amount of 0.01 to 200 g/L in total. The electroless plating method of the present invention uses the pretreatment solution and performs the electroless plating in an electroless plating bath.
US09932672B2
A vapor deposition apparatus includes a stage on which a substrate is mounted; a heater unit that is disposed at a side of the stage and includes a first heater and a second heater, wherein the first heater and the second heater are movable so that the first heater and the second heater are spaced apart from each other or are disposed adjacent to each other; and a nozzle unit that is disposed at a side opposite to the side at which the heater unit is disposed about the stage and includes one or more nozzles.
US09932666B2
In various embodiments, evaporation sources for deposition systems are heated and/or cooled via a fluid-based thermal management system.
US09932661B2
Disclosed is a process for producing a high-temperature protective coating for metallic components, in particular components of turbomachines which are subjected to thermal loading. The process comprises producing a slip from MCrAlY powder, in which M is at least one metal, and from a Cr powder, applying the slip to the component to be coated and subsequently alitizing the component provided with the slip.
US09932659B2
A hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a good appearance and good adhesion to a coating, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having a composition containing, on a mass basis: C: 0.08% or more and less than 0.20%, Si: 0.1% to 3.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 3.0%, P: 0.001% to 0.10%, Al: 0.01% to 3.00%, and S: 0.200% or less, a remainder being Fe and incidental impurities, wherein the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet includes an internal oxidation layer and a decarburized layer, the internal oxidation layer having a thickness of 5 μm or less, the decarburized layer having a thickness of 20 μm or less, and 50% or more by area of the internal oxidation layer is composed of a Si oxide containing Fe and/or Mn represented by Fe2XMn2-2XSiOY, wherein X ranges from 0 to 1, and Y is 3 or 4.
US09932658B2
A 6000-series aluminum alloy plate, which is obtained by introducing a minor amount of Sn into a 6000-series aluminum alloy plate that has a specific Mg and Si composition, and controlling the tissue of the plate on the basis of the tissue thereof under a specific heat treatment, shows an improved hem bendability even after aging for a long period of time at room temperature, as a characteristic after the natural aging, and increases the bake hardenability (BH response) in baking finishing a molded automobile panel.
US09932648B2
A process for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is provided. The process generally includes flowing water through a pretreatment reactor containing a bed of particulate ligno-cellulosic biomass to produce a pressurized, high-temperature hydrolyzate exit stream, separating solubilized compounds from the hydrolyzate exit stream using an inorganic nanoporous membrane element, fractionating the retentate enriched in solubilized organic components and recycling the permeate to the pretreatment reactor. The pretreatment process provides solubilized organics in concentrated form for the subsequent conversion into biofuels and other chemicals.
US09932647B2
Glomus iranicum var. tenuihypharum var. nov. strain deposited under BCCM deposit number 54871, comprising the sequence identified by SEQ ID NO: 1; composition comprising said strain, 2:1 smectite clays, metal ions and chitin and use thereof as bio-nematicide. The invention also discloses a composition comprising said strain, fungicides, bio-fungicides, insecticides, bio-insecticides, nematicides and bio-nematicides.
US09932645B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting bacteriolytic conditions in a test sample comprising the step of contacting the test sample with a bacterial strain and a substrate which undergoes a detectable change when cleaved by a specific enzyme of said bacterial strain, wherein the bacterial strain is unable of: (a) uptaking the substrate from the medium and (b) secreting the enzyme specific for the substrate outside of the cell and wherein detecting a change in the test sample due to the cleavage of the substrate by its specific bacterial enzyme indicates that bacteriolytic conditions exist in the test sample. The invention further provides a kit for performing the method of the invention.
US09932626B2
Described herein are methods and systems for detecting DNA or RNA using single molecules array or other techniques. DNA or RNA from the sample may be fragmented and exposed to a first type of binding ligand and a second type of binding ligand that comprise nucleic acid sequences complimentary at least a portion of a sequence contained in the target DNA or RNA. At least a portion of the fragmented DNA or RNA associates with at least one of the first type of binding ligand and/or the second type of binding ligand, wherein the first type of binding ligand and second type of binding ligand comprises nucleic acid sequences complimentary to a different portions of a sequence contained in the DNA or RNA. A portion of the sample exposed to the binding ligands is analyzed to determine the number of fragmented DNA or RNA sequences.
US09932622B2
Methods and devices for determining the healing status of wounds, in particular of chronic wounds are provided. Also provided are kits comprising the diagnostic devices, and methods of wound diagnosis and treatment using the diagnostic devices and methods. A diagnostic apparatus (device) for monitoring wounds that exude a wound fluid and determining whether said wounds would be responsive to treatment with wound therapy such as oxidized cellulose therapy is also provided along with kits comprising the diagnostic apparatus and a wound dressing. Furthermore, methods of prognosing and treating wounds that exude a wound fluid are also provided.
US09932603B2
The present invention is related to a method for conveying viral resistance or tolerance to one or more virus(es), in particular to beet mild yellowing virus (BMYV) and to beet necrotic yellow vein virus (BNYVV) or to BMYV alone in a plant, in particular in a sugar beet plant. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the virus resistant or -tolerant plant obtained according to this method, as well as to seeds and progeny derived therefrom.
US09932602B2
The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes.
US09932601B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for inhibiting the expression of the gene Snl6 in plants. Plants with inhibited expression of Snl6 have use in biofuel production, e.g., by increasing the amount of soluble sugar that can be extracted from the plant.
US09932600B2
The present invention relates to a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, wherein the plant has a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of DMR6 protein as compared to a plant that is not resistant to the said pathogen, in particular organisms of the Fungi or the phylum Oomycota. The invention further relates to a method for obtaining a plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin, comprising reducing the endogenous level or activity of DMR6 protein in the plant. In addition, the invention relates to the use of a DMR6 promotor for providing disease resistant plants.
US09932592B2
A therapeutic and/or cosmetic formulation comprising at least one anti-sense polynucleotide to a connexin protein together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle is useful in site specific down regulation of connexin protein expression, particularly in reduction of neuronal cells death, wound healing, reduction of inflammation, decrease of scar formation and skin rejuvenation and thickening.
US09932591B2
The invention relates a method for producing a stable recombinant protein, comprising growing a non-naturally occurring host cell in a culture medium to produce a recombinant protein, and making a composition comprising the recombinant protein and a polysorbate. The production of endogenous lipoprotein lipase by the host cell is reduced. The endogenous lipoprotein lipase is present in the composition in a small amount, and is capable of degrading the polysorbate. The invention also relates to the relevant host cells and compositions, and preparation thereof.
US09932589B2
The present inventors found that a fusion gene present in some cancer patients is an oncogene. The present invention relates to a polypeptide as a novel fusion protein, a polynucleotide encoding the polypeptide, a vector comprising the polynucleotide, a transformed cell comprising the vector, a method for detecting the fusion protein or polynucleotide, a method for screening a therapeutic agent for cancer, and a method for treating cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene. Further, the present invention relates kit, primer set, and probe useful in the detection of cancer that is shown to be positive for the fusion gene.
US09932586B2
RNA interference (RNAi) agents and RNAi agent conjugates for inhibiting the expression of the LPA (apo(a)) gene are described. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more LPA RNAi agents optionally with one or more additional therapeutics are also described. Delivery of the described LPA RNAi agents to liver cells in vivo provides for inhibition of LPA gene expression and treatment of cardiovascular and cardiovascular-related diseases.
US09932571B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods comprising genes and peptides associated with cyclic peptides and cyclic peptide production in mushrooms. In particular, the present invention relates to using genes and proteins from Galerina species encoding peptides specifically relating to amatoxins in addition to proteins involved with processing cyclic peptide toxins. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention also relates to methods for making small peptides and small cyclic peptides including peptides similar to amanitin. Further, the present inventions relate to providing kits for making small peptides.
US09932569B2
Provided herein are antibacterial compositions and methods of making and using the compositions.
