US08936259B2
A hand trolley with a load tray movably connected with wheel sets includes a handle frame, two wheel sets and a load tray. The handle frame has two pivotal connecting portions used to connect with the wheel sets and the load tray. The wheel sets are provided with an acting surface mutually co-working with an acting surface of the load tray. The wheel sets can be unfolded as the load tray is pushed down, and it can be folded as the load tray is pulled up. Thus the hand trolley is able to make the load tray and the wheel sets folded or unfolded simultaneously, easy to be stowed away.
US08936253B1
A system related to providing a rescue sled vehicle to move an injured or wounded person from a hostile ‘battlefield condition’ environment to a safer environment for medical triage. The rescue sled comprises flexible hinged sections allowing for serpentine movement as well as vertical flexible movement to assist in rescue operations needing extraction from almost any type of structure or environment, particularly narrow areas and/or sloped ground/stairs. Further, the rescue sled is single rescuer carryable while providing the rescuer hands-free operation during entrance and exit operations.
US08936252B2
The invention relates to a safety binding for skiing, including a toe piece that includes a body mounted to slide vertically relative to a front mounting base connected to the ski and defining an upper stop for a boot; a device for adjusting the vertical position of the body, which can be manipulated by the skier in the area of the upper portion of the body; at least one lever pivotally mounted relative to the body about a substantially vertical axis between a retaining position and a release position of a boot; and a spring mounted transversely in the body and biasing the lever toward its boot-retaining position.
US08936247B2
A seal assembly for sealing a stationary component and a rotating component including a seal tooth mating surface for mating with a seal tooth, the seal tooth mating surface including a plateau portion for sealingly receiving the seal tooth during a steady-state operation of the seal assembly and a first concave portion adjacent to the plateau portion for receiving the seal tooth with a clearance during a first non-steady-state operation of the seal assembly, wherein the seal tooth is coupled to one of the stationary component and the rotating component and the seal tooth mating surface is coupled to the other of the stationary component and the rotating component.
US08936241B2
An articulating sheet guide is used in connection with a printing system. A primary media transport nip is disposed adjacent a media sheet source supplying a media sheet. A secondary media transport nip is downstream. A link has a front surface facing upstream, and a proximal end pivotally mounted. From adjacent the primary media transport, the link will pivot past the secondary media transport. A link pocket is disposed transversely to the process direction on the link front surface. The V-shaped link pocket is adapted to receive the media leading edge. The primary media transport nip will move the media sheet toward the link. The link pocket will receive the media leading edge. The media sheet movement will cause the link to move in an arcuate path guided by the pivotal movement of the link into engagement by the secondary media transport nip. The link pocket will release the media leading edge. The operation is nearly silent.
US08936229B2
A housing assembly for an electronic device is provided. The housing assembly includes a protective shell and a support leg. The protective shell defines an opening, a flat panel, a baffle, and a protrusion formed on the baffle and opposing the protective shell. Both the baffle and the flat panel are deformable. The support leg is rotatable relative to the protective shell in an opening between a folded position where the support leg is parallel with and attached to the protective shell, the slanted lower surface is attached to the protrusion; and a deployed position where the support leg is inclined relative to the protective shell, and the slanted lower surface is attached to the protective shell and the flat upper surface is opposite to the protrusion.
US08936228B2
A load isolating device may be defined by a plate-style bracket having a planar body and a plurality of tabs arranged about the body. Each tab may define a peripheral extremity of the body, extending outwardly thereof and situated substantially within the same plane as the body. Each tab may have a particular width, and may include a neck defined by a fillet having a predetermined radius, both tab width and fillet radius being sized and configured to absorb load forces through elastic deformation. As such, the tabs may elastically deform under load to minimize any deformation of the planar body of the device, which in the disclosed embodiment may be formed of an elastic metal plate. Each tab may have the same thickness as the planar body, and both the tabs and the planar body of the device may comprise the same material.
US08936223B1
Adjustable bracket apparatus includes connector apparatus for mounting and securing external assemblies on at least one elongated support member, and allows positional adjustment of the secured external assembly along the elongated support member with up to 360 degree rotational positioning of the bracketing assembly about the elongated support member. An adjustable connector and locking assembly is disposed at the end of an arm element embodiment of the adjustable bracketing assembly providing 360 degree rotational positioning of the external assembly about the arm element and translation transverse to the axis of rotation relative to the arm.
US08936220B2
A shaped plastic exhaust system for a fuel cell vehicle. In one embodiment, the exhaust system employs integrally molded bundle clips that support vehicle brake lines and/or a fuel supply line. An exhaust flow section can be formed into any suitable shape for a particular vehicle design, including a flat rectangular shape giving the exhaust system a low profile. The integral bundle clips can be provided every so often along the exhaust flow section, or can extend the complete length of the exhaust flow section.
US08936216B2
The invention relates to a composite structuring panel (1) for the trailing edge of an aircraft element, having: an upper surface (3); a lower surface (5); an edge (7) connecting said upper (3) and lower (5) surfaces; the upper surface (3) and the lower surface (5) being connected by transverse stiffeners (9) and the structuring panel being made of a unitary part forming the upper surface (3), the lower surface (5), the edge (7), and the transverse stiffeners (9). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a panel (1), and to an aircraft element comprising such a panel (1).
US08936212B1
System and method to construct vertical and/or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aerial vehicles capable of being folded into compact size, and capable of be combined with one or more such vehicles to form bigger composite aerial vehicles. Airframe of the vehicle comprises a plurality of wings on lateral or periphery of thrust generators, wherein arrangements of wings make it possible to optionally fold wings without moving thrust generators. Folding transforms such vehicles into ground vehicles which can share roads and house parking lots with conventional ground vehicles. Therefore such vehicles can be used as V/STOL flying cars. Means are provided for attaching to and detaching from one or more similarly equipped vehicles in flight or before takeoff, so that multiple vehicles can form a large composite vehicle. Compactness, combinability and V/STOL capability enable versatile applications.
US08936209B1
An improved system for handling delicate linear media and in particular to a method and apparatus for winding delicate linear media such as superconducting wire or optical fibers onto a spool. A combination of direct closed loop control and media routing design facilitates the handling of the delicate media without causing damage. The axial tension in the linear media may be closely controlled during winding by means of feedback control loop using tension measurements to control the rotation speeds of the wind-from and wind-to spools. Further, during winding, the delicate linear media is only exposed to large radius bends with no reverse bending.
US08936193B2
A method includes determining a shot count within an optical device coupled to a firearm. The shot count corresponds to a number of shots taken using the firearm. The method further includes determining a muzzle velocity parameter from a life-cycle profile of the firearm based on the shot count as an input into a ballistics solution.
US08936178B2
An adhesive melter includes a melter support frame with a spring-loaded support and a manifold for receiving molten adhesive. The melter also includes a pump pack assembly having a rigid frame carrying a pump for directing flow of molten adhesive through the manifold, a motor, and a drive coupling operatively connecting the pump and motor. The pump pack assembly is collectively mounted as a unit on the melter support frame by positioning the rigid frame on the spring-loaded support, moving the pump into abutment with the manifold, and fastening the pump into fluid-tight engagement with the manifold, the support adjusting in position during fastening to assist with carrying the pump pack assembly as a cantilever load.
US08936175B1
The disclosed pill bottle allows for timed dispensing of medicine, as programmed by a doctor, pharmacist, or caregiver. The device has a slot for pill entry in any one of the walls, the slot being sealable and lockable. In an unlocked and open condition, the slot is a portal from the outside of the bottle into an inner cavity, the cavity being adapted for pill storage and extending between the slot/opening for pill entry and an exit tube. The exit tube is sized for single-file passage of a plurality of pills. A spring-loaded member is adapted to apply pressure in the exit tube on a single pill of the plurality of pills such that the pressure prevents exit of the single pill and the single pill blocks other pills of the plurality of pills from exiting. A button extends through a wall, such as the side wall, and is configured to release the pressure (defined as changing the static nature of the pill and spring placement) on the single pill, allowing it to fall.
US08936173B2
A vending machine includes a reservoir for holding bulk goods and multiple reconfigurable distribution path devices to release the goods to a purchaser in entertaining fashion.
US08936171B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for partitioning food containers, such as cereal bowls. Some embodiments may include a system with a food container, which may be a cereal bowl. The system may also include a flexible membrane having a top surface and a bottom surface. The membrane may partition the food container into a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion may be for holding liquid content. The upper bowl portion may be adapted for holding edible solid content. The membrane may have multiple passageways extending from the membrane bottom surface through the membrane top surface. The multiple passageways may be normally closed and then expand to an open configuration allowing fluid transmission from below the membrane to above the membrane when the membrane is flexed in a first direction normal to a resting plane parallel to the top surface and the bottom surface.
US08936165B2
A device for supporting a group of pipes during temporary storage, the device being composed of: an elongated pipe supporting element having a pipe supporting surface; and at least one safety stop assembly including a pipe stop member and at least one fastening element, wherein the pipe stop member is movable relative to the pipe supporting element between a stop position and a withdrawn position, the stop member, when in the stop position, resting on the pipe supporting element and being operative to prevent removal of pipes from the pipe supporting element, and the stop member being operative, when in the withdrawn position, to allow removal of pipes from the pipe supporting element, and the at least one fastening element being connectable between the pipe supporting element and the pipe stop member for holding the pipe stop member in the stop position.
US08936164B2
A solar panel rack may comprise a vertical support, a transverse support, brackets attaching hollow beams to the transverse support, and brackets configured to attach solar panels or solar panel assemblies to the hollow beams. Internal splices may couple collinearly arranged hollow beams in the solar panel rack. Some or all of these components may be formed from folded sheet metal blanks comprising bend lines predefined by bend-inducing features formed in the blanks. Preformed slots, holes, or other openings in the sheet metal blanks may predefine the relative positions of various components in the solar panel rack and predefine the positions of solar panels or solar panel assemblies to be supported by the solar panel rack. Individual components of the solar panel rack may be useful in other structures and applications apart from solar panel racks.
US08936162B2
Methods of producing collection tubes are presented. The methods include providing a separator substance that can rapidly polymerize in a short time to a desired hardness and disposing the separator substance within the lumen of the tube. The separator substance is formulated to have a density between an average density of a serum fraction of whole blood and a cell-containing fraction of whole blood, and to be flowable with whole blood. Upon centrifugation of a tube having blood, the separator substance forms a barrier between the whole blood fractions. The tube and barrier maintain stability of one or more analyte levels, including potassium and glucose, within 10% of their initial values before centrifugation for at least four days.
US08936161B2
One embodiment provides a control valve filter device, including: a belt-like frame body curved into a ring shape so that its ends face each other, the frame body having an opening; a filter member provided in the opening of the frame body; an engagement claw extended from one of each of both corresponding lateral portions of the faced ends of the frame body; and a concave portion provided at the other of each of the both corresponding lateral portions of the faced ends of the frame body, so as to be engaged by the engagement claw, each concave portion being formed laterally of the opening of the frame body.
US08936154B2
A package for disposable diapers having a portion of the package usable as a baby changing mat.
US08936153B1
A container may be provided. The container may comprise a first surface and a second surface associated with the first surface. The first surface and the second surface may define a volume. The volume may house a length of multiple single conductors.
US08936150B1
A hand bag has a purse portion for personal items and a firearm compartment portion mounted to the purse portion for receiving a firearm. The firearm compartment portion has a base with a wall extending between the purse portion and the base. The firearm compartment portion has an access that allows a user to insert a user's hand through the firearm compartment access and grasp a firearm in the firearm compartment portion interior. The access has an opening in the wall with an edge at least a portion of which extends in a direction generally transverse to the firearm compartment base. The access has a closure movable between a first position in which the closure extends over the opening and a second position in which the closure extends away from the opening to allow a user to access the hollow interior.
US08936146B2
A version of a conveyor chain that comprises: a plurality of side link assemblies, each said side link assembly comprising: two connecting pins and two side straps, wherein each side strap has a base and two side strap bosses extending from the base and wherein each side strap boss is capable of receiving one of said connecting pins; a plurality of connector assemblies; a plurality of flight arm assemblies, each said flight arm assembly comprising: two flight pins and two flight arms, wherein each flight arm has an elongated portion having a flat, planar bottom surface, and a base portion, wherein said base portion has a vertical sprocket opening and two flight arm attachment apertures, each flight arm attachment aperture configured to receive one of said flight pins; wherein each universal connector assembly is adapted to be connected to a side link assembly and a flight arm assembly, to form an endless chain.
US08936141B2
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) for a vehicle includes a hydraulically-controlled component and a pilot valve. The pilot valve includes at least one micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS) based device. The pilot valve is operably connected to and is configured for actuating the hydraulically-controlled component. The pilot valve additionally includes a regulating valve operably connected to the pilot valve and to the hydraulically-controlled component. The regulating valve is configured to direct fluid to the hydraulically-controlled component when actuated by the pilot valve.
US08936126B2
A vehicle battery pack mounting structure that suppresses vibrations of a floor panel while making a shock absorbing space between the battery pack and vehicle exterior members large by effectively utilizing a space between coil springs. The battery pack mounting structure includes a pair of left and right side members and a cross member for supporting the battery pack. A pair of left and right coil springs is installed at these side members and function as suspension members. The battery pack is installed inside an opening of a floor panel between the coil springs, and also between the coil springs, a front portion of the battery pack has a tapered outer surface that becomes narrower as it enters deeper into a space between the coil springs. The opening of the floor panel also has a tapered edge shape.
US08936123B2
A vehicle comprising a vehicle body frame (11), a front cowl (72) provided in front of the vehicle body frame, and a headlight unit (59) mounted within the width, in the vehicle's lateral direction, of the front cowl. The headlight unit has, on the opposite sides thereof, recesses (115L, 115R) recessed inward in the vehicle's lateral direction. Air intake openings (111L, 111R) for introducing air in front of the front cowl into the inner side of the front cowl are formed between the headlight unit and the front cowl.
US08936122B2
An agricultural tractor having its engine longitudinally spaced along its frame from the operator cabin features at least two heat exchangers carried on the frame at a position located longitudinally between the operator cabin and the engine to perform air-cooling of at least one fluid associated with the engine. The two heat exchangers are arranged in parallel so as to each accept an intake stream of ambient air that is independent of a discharge stream of exhaust air from the other heat exchanger. Accordingly, each heat exchanger uses the coolest air possible to maximize the cooling potential of the system. The discharge stream of air from the heat exchangers is exhausted rearward to avoid recirculation of this heated air as the machine moves forward, and to direct the exhaust air past the engine for further cooling effect.
US08936121B2
A heat exchange block (1) for a motor vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger (2, 3, 4), wherein the block (1) is intended to be disposed behind a front grille (6) of a vehicle and to be traversed by air originating from an opening in the grille. The block includes a group of louvers (13) that can move between an open position and a closed position in order to modulate the flow of air (A) passing through the heat exchanger (2, 3, 4) and a channel (9) that can be disposed between the opening in the grille and the heat exchange block (1). The heat exchange block is suitable for any motor vehicle, but, in particular, hybrid and electric vehicles.
US08936113B2
An apparatus for inserting a ground-loop for a geothermal heat-pump system comprises: a percussion mole (4); a first fluid pipe (5), connected to the mole (4), for conveying a heat-exchange fluid from the heat-pump system into the ground; and a second fluid pipe (6), connected to the mole (4), for returning the heat-exchange fluid to the heat-pump system. One of the first and second fluid pipes (5, 6) comprises an intake pipe for delivering a driving fluid to the mole (4) during insertion of the ground-loop and the other fluid pipe comprises an exhaust pipe for the driving fluid.
US08936112B2
A downhole tool may include a generally hollow piston having a trigger element extending therefrom, the piston configured to slide along an axial cavity extending through a tubular body of the tool. The trigger element may move from a first position where the trigger engages a support on the body and the piston is fixed, to a second position where the trigger disengages and the piston is released. The tool may also include a generally tubular relief sleeve releasably coupled with the piston using a shear pin, while the trigger element is in the first position, and disposed between the trigger and an extension of the piston, to allow the sleeve to slide between the trigger and the extension after shearing of the pin. The piston, sleeve and pin may be configured to allow the sleeve to release from the piston in response to the shearing of the pin.
US08936107B2
A rotary tool includes a drive device, a driven member configured to be rotatably driven by the drive device, a spindle rotatably supported within a housing, an impact attenuation mechanism disposed between the driven member and the spindle and transmitting rotation of the driven member to the spindle while an impact applied to the driven member being attenuated, and a driven member support bearing rotatably supporting the driven member, so that the driven member can rotate relative to the spindle.
US08936105B2
An orthopedic impacting tool comprises a motor, an energy storage chamber, a striker, and an anvil. The motor stores energy in the energy storage chamber and then releases it, causing the striker to apply a controlled force on an adapter to create a precise impact for use in a surgical setting. The tool may further comprise a combination anvil and adapter. An energy adjustment control of the tool allows a surgeon to increase or decrease the impact energy. A light source and hand grips improve ease of operation of the tool.
US08936096B2
A method for removing a rubber element of a rotary control device includes closing an upper pulling ring around the rubber element, closing a lower stabilizing ring around a drill pipe stump, suspending the lower ring by a chain from the upper ring, connecting a hoist to the upper pulling ring, said lifting the drill stem until the chain tightens and the drill stem is pulled up through the rubber element so as to leave the rubber element free. The hoist is connected to a chain sling affixed to the upper pulling ring. The rubber element can then be released from the upper pulling ring.
US08936094B2
An example flow control device includes a body having an inlet and an outlet and a flow chamber extending therebetween. The flow chamber is configured to convey a fluid composition comprising a desired and an undesired fluid from the inlet to the outlet. A nozzle is arranged at the outlet and in fluid communication with the flow chamber, and at least one helical groove is defined along at least a portion of an axial length of the flow chamber. The at least one helical groove is configured to impart rotational motion to the fluid composition and thereby force at least some of the undesired fluid into the at least one helical groove and slow a progress of the undesired fluid along the axial length of the flow chamber.
US08936077B2
A material that dissolves or disintegrates is secured to an inside surface of tubular goods before swaging or expansion takes place. The material remains in position as the swaging occurs and post expansion is removed leaving a recess of a desired shape to function for a variety of purposes depending on its shape and location. At the end of a tubular it can serve as a bell into which the next string is expanded for a monobore completion. In other locations in a tubular it can function as a landing collar for a variety of tools. It can also function as a seal bore as the added material is removed preferably with water. The preferred material is an alloy of aluminum, tin and zinc.
US08936075B2
A wellhead assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the wellhead assembly includes a universal frac sleeve assembly for isolating portions of a wellhead assembly from pressurized fracing fluid. The universal frac sleeve assembly may include an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, and a seal. Axial movement of the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve causes the seal to expand radially, thereby forming a seal within the wellhead assembly.
US08936072B2
Thermal distribution systems and methods are provided. A thermal distribution system can include a first surface having a perimeter and a second surface. At least a portion of the perimeter can be disposed proximate the second surface, forming a void between the first and second surfaces. The first surface can include a plurality of perforations. The second surface can include at least a portion of an electronic enclosure. A fluid mover having a first inlet can be adapted to draw a first inlet fluid from inside the void.
US08936066B2
A method of using a bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The method includes forming a refractory mold including a mold wall on a fugitive pattern including a thermally removable material. The mold wall including a refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity; a gas vent extending through the mold wall; and a gas permeable refractory material covering the gas vent, the fugitive pattern having a sprue portion, the sprue portion having a sprue channel that is in fluid communication with a sprue inlet and that extends toward a sprue outlet. The method also includes heating the refractory mold with a hot gas to remove the thermally removable material, wherein a portion of the hot gas is exhausted from the refractory mold through the gas vent.
US08936063B1
A system for safely and effectively winding a garage door spring features a hub assembly having a cylindrical hub with a cylindrical channel located there through. The hub assembly features a wheel gear located around the hub and a plurality of engagement prongs designed to snuggly engage a torsion spring winding cone. The hub assembly is divided into a first hub component and a second hub component. The system features a base with a semi-cylindrical notch and an arcuate lid pivotally located thereon. A plurality of support rollers are adjustably located around an inside of the notch and the lid. The hub assembly is positioned on the support rollers. A worm gear that interfaces with the wheel gear is attached to a drive shaft assembly that features a drive shaft that extends from the base for remote operation of the worm gear.
US08936053B2
A brake fill tool for filling a brake housing in a braking system on a vehicle includes a nozzle housing having a nozzle for filling a reservoir chamber of the brake housing, a manual clamping mechanism connected to the nozzle housing that selectively clamps the nozzle to the brake housing, and a pressurized sealing mechanism that is connected to the nozzle housing. The pressurized sealing mechanism selectively seals the nozzle to the brake reservoir after the manual clamping mechanism clamps the nozzle to the brake housing.
US08936046B2
An extendable and retractable pressure hose can be constructed comprising an input connector, an output connector, an elastic inner hose, an outer cover, and one or more portions of the elastic inner hose engaged with the outer cover and disposed between the first and second ends of the hose. In such a hose, the input connector and output connector can be connected to each end of elastic inner hose and outer cover.
US08936043B2
A rotary valve includes a valve cap, a valve body, a rotary valve disk, and an actuator. The valve body includes first and second sets of fluid flow passages, with each set having a drain, a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fourth passage connected to the fluid outlet passage. The rotary disk includes first and second connecting passages. The actuator and rotary disk have first and second positions in which various passages of each set of fluid flow passages aligned with and connected by the connecting passages and a third position in which the fluid outlet passage of each set of fluid flow passages is connected to the drain passage of the other set of fluid flow passages.
US08936035B2
A shelter system includes a substantially cylindrical flexible cover, and two water vessels such as canoes, kayaks or the like. The vessels are positioned along opposite walls inside the flexible cover, with the vessels and flexible covers secured so as to retain the flexible cover in a taut, oblong position. A user may use the habitat established therein as they would normally use a tent. The system may include features such as rain flaps, bug netting flaps, and flap securing means.
US08936034B2
A hammock enclosure including a rain fly, insect netting, and a load-bearing gear sling for providing the user of the hammock protection from rain, wind, and insects, and for permitting gear suspended above the ground surface to be stored in the same protected area, while providing access to the gear from both inside and outside of the enclosure, is described. The enclosure further includes opposing tubular end portions disposed in the rain fly through which the load-bearing suspension lines of the hammock pass, whereby protection is provided without having to deploy the enclosure such that it is centered over the hammock, once the tubular end portions are tightened about the suspension lines. The tubular portions further permit the present enclosure to be used with any camping hammock.
US08936029B2
A pack (1) for tobacco industry products, comprises a housing defining an enclosure in which a plurality of tobacco industry products (4) can be accommodated, and a capsule (10) containing a substance such as flavoring substance, disposed in or on the pack, arranged to be opened manually such that, when opened, flavoring substance is released from the capsule and absorbed by tobacco industry products disposed in the pack, to refresh their flavor.
US08936027B2
A method for direct therapeutic treatment of myocardial tissue in a localized region of a heart having a pathological condition. The method includes identifying a target region of the myocardium and applying material directly and substantially only to at least a portion of the myocardial tissue of the target region. The material applied results in a physically modification the mechanical properties, including stiffness, of said tissue. Various devices and modes of practicing the method are disclosed for stiffening, restraining and constraining myocardial tissue for the treatment of conditions including myocardial infarction or mitral valve regurgitation.
US08936022B2
A respirator assembly has a respirator hood having a front side that includes a visor and a back side that includes an air inlet opening. The respirator assembly also has a shape stable manifold having an air inlet conduit extending through the air inlet opening of the hood and having, within the hood, a plurality of air delivery conduits in fluid communication with the air inlet conduit.
US08936019B2
A connecting device for connecting glass panes of a door of a household appliance includes a first retainer configured to connect to an outer glass pane. The first retainer includes a first insertion structure configured to receive an inner glass pane. A second retainer is fixed to the first retainer and configured to pivot from a first position to a second position and from the second position to the first position. The second retainer includes a locking element configured to retain the inner glass pane in the first position of the second retainer. The second retainer further includes an actuating element including a handle. The handle is configured to pivot the second retainer from the first position to the second position and from the second position to the first position.
US08936014B2
A handleless slingshot with a folding storage compartment is disclosed. The slingshot does not require that the user grip a handle to shoot it and the folding storage compartment may be removed or omitted if desired. The slingshot includes a storage compartment that can store projectiles (such as steel shot) and/or other supplies. The storage compartment is foldable such that it can be folded into the base of the slingshot to create a compact, portable unit. The slingshot includes a quick-release interchangeable band system that uses clips that matingly engage grooves formed at the ends of the slingshot arms to secure the band. The slingshot includes guard area which protects the web area of the hand when shooting the slingshot. The slingshot moves the thumb and index finger contact points forward of the band to increase stability and eliminate the need to grip a handle when shooting the slingshot.
US08936004B1
A rotary piston engine is provided that combines most of the advantages of an internal combustion engine with those of a turbine engine. The rotary piston engine improves on the existing internal combustion and turbine technology by achieving the same or better high end performance, while improving the efficiency during off-peak operations. The rotary piston engine includes an engine housing, at least one continuous cylinder doughnut, piston pedals, movable wall valves, at least one rotor and at least one point of rotation.
US08936002B2
A cylinder head of an internal combustion engine comprises a camshaft that is mounted in the axial direction via at least one rolling bearing, wherein the at least one rolling bearing may be formed such that all occurring axial forces may be absorbed via the at least one rolling bearing.
US08935996B2
An internally cooled internal combustion piston engine and method of operating a piston engine is provided, with the combination of liquid water injection, higher compression ratios than conventional engines, and leaner air fuel mixtures than conventional engines. The effective compression ratio of the engines herein is greater than 13:1. The engines may employ gasoline or natural gas and use spark ignition, or the engines may employ a diesel-type fuel and use compression ignition. The liquid water injection provides internal cooling, reducing or eliminating the heat rejection to the radiator, reduces engine knock, and reduces NOx emissions. The method of engine operation using internal cooling with liquid water injection, high compression ratio and lean air fuel mixture allow for more complete and efficient combustion and therefore better thermal efficiency as compared to conventional engines.
US08935992B2
An animal chew including a body and an end assembly. The body may include a first rotating mechanical fastener. The end assembly may be removably affixed to the body and may include a nut, an end knob and a resilient member. The nut may include a second rotating mechanical fastener and a first coupling feature. The end knob may include an opening defined in a first end wherein at least a portion of the nut is received, the opening defined by a side wall and an end wall, including a structure in the side wall to retain the nut. The end knob may also include a second coupling feature to engage the first coupling feature of the nut. A resilient member may bias the first and second coupling features in a disengaged configuration.
US08935989B2
A gauge assembly defining an interior direction and an exterior direction includes a gauge faceplate having a plurality of indicators and a hub that is substantially opaque. The hub includes a hub reflective portion that generally faces toward the interior direction. The assembly additionally includes a pointer having a first portion adjacent the hub and a second portion spaced away from the hub. The pointer is operable to move relative to the gauge faceplate such that the second portion distinguishes between the plurality of indicators. The pointer is substantially opaque, and the second portion includes a pointer reflective portion that generally faces toward the exterior direction. Moreover, the assembly includes a light source that emits a light generally in the exterior direction. The light reflects from the hub reflective portion generally toward the pointer reflective portion. The light also reflects from the pointer reflective portion generally toward the exterior direction.
US08935981B2
Two-stage imprinting techniques capable of protecting fine patterned features of an imprint lithography template are herein described. In particular, such techniques may be used during fabrication of recessed high-contrast alignment marks for preventing deposited metal layers from coming into contact with fine features etched into the template.
US08935980B2
A printing device (100,101) has a first print engine (103, 303, 603, 703), a second print engine (105, 305, 605, 705), and a buffer device (107, 307, 609, 709, 711) disposed between the first (103, 303, 603, 703) and second print engines (105, 305, 605, 705). The buffer (107, 307, 609, 709, 711) is configured to store a variable amount of web substrate (106, 301, 713) received from the first print engine (103, 303, 603, 703) and feed the substrate (106, 301, 713) to the second print engine (105, 305, 605, 705).
US08935974B2
A rod cutter apparatus includes a rod holding plate having a rod opening for receiving a rod to be cut; a cutting member having a central opening defined by a cutting edge, the central opening being substantially aligned with the rod opening; and a drive assembly connected between the rod holding plate and the cutting member to cause oscillation of the cutting member relative to the rod holding plate, wherein oscillation of the cutting member relative to the rod holding plate cuts a rod in the rod opening.
US08935967B2
A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for forming a ball guiding raceway between the ball nut and the elongated shaft and for receiving ball bearing elements, a circulating device attached to the ball nut and having a pathway communicative with the raceway for forming an endless ball guiding passage between the ball nut and the elongated shaft and the circulating device and for engaging with bearing elements, and a retaining device includes a shorter chain for engaging into the helical grooves or raceway of the screw shaft and the ball nut, and a longer chain for engaging into the pathway of the circulating device.
US08935965B1
A sampling method, fluid collection system, and auxiliary sampling device to assist an autosampler in collecting samples from a fluid source. The sampling device includes a support frame and a motorized actuator, with a piston, attached to an end of the support frame. A sample arm has an upper end disposed at an end of the support frame opposite the motorized actuator and a lower end with an inlet to receive a fluid sample. A cable and pulley mechanism links the sample arm to the piston. A fluid conduit within the sample arm has a fluid intake end connected to the inlet and a fluid discharge end connected to an autosampler. The cable and pulley mechanism pivots the sample arm when the motorized actuator pushes or retracts the piston to position the inlet at desired positions within the fluid source so that the autosampler collects multiple samples at various depths.
US08935952B2
An apparatus for stability testing of a wheeled assembly includes a straight fulcrum fixed relative to a horizontal surface. The straight fulcrum includes a straight edge parallel to the horizontal surface and located a first height above the horizontal surface. A first position mechanism includes a first position angle. The first position mechanism and straight edge define the first position angle as an obtuse angle and define a test area. A force mechanism vertically offset from the straight edge. The force mechanism applies a force to the wheeled assembly so when the wheeled assembly is positioned in a first position with one side of the wheeled assembly parallel to the first position angle, the force mechanism pulls the wheeled assembly in a direction toward a second position and the wheeled assembly rotates on a vertical axis. The second position includes a portion of the wheeled assembly contacting the straight edge.
US08935951B2
A test tool for use in testing a tubular component such as a pipe includes a body having first and second body portions together defining a sliding sleeve. Axially spaced sealing and gripping modules are provided, with one module located on the first body portion and another module located on the second body portion. A force-generating arrangement is provided to apply an axial test force to the tubular component via the modules. A test pressure is applied to a section of the wall of the tubular component and an axial load is applied to the wall section. Application of the axial load between the first and second modules applies the axial load to the wall section of the tubular component to facilitate strength testing of the tubular component.
US08935946B1
A radial dimension of a pipe is changed by applying contiguous pipe contacting surfaces of adjacent cam rollers. Pipe contacting surfaces uniformly vary in width of curvatures as distances change between a center of rotation of the cam rollers and the pipe contacting surfaces side walls of the cam rollers are shaped and adjacent. Bevel gear teeth on sloped side walls force all rollers to turn uniformly. Cylinders on a frame surrounding the pipe drive pistons, lever arms and cam rollers that move the pipe wall. Radial forces on the cam rollers hold sloped side walls adjacent, bevel gears engaged and pipe contacting surfaces contiguous. Smoothly deforming a pipe wall inward forms a nozzle sat an end, a restrictor, a pipe closure, a solid rod or a pipe joint. In a joint, outer and inner pipe walls are moved inward respectively beyond and within elastic limits, ensuring tightness.
US08935944B2
An improved hasp seal lock assembly includes a base member that is attached via a hinge to a cover member. The cover member can be rotated approximately 180° from a fully “closed” position, which is when it overlays a latch and seal, to a fully “open” position. The base member and the cover member each have a plurality of apertures defined in adjacent side walls that allow the horizontal latch arm to extend through the assembly. The base member and the cover member also include a second plurality of cooperating apertures whereby the base member and the cover member may be locked together by use of a padlock. In the preferred embodiment, each cover side wall includes a tab and tab-receiving apertures are defined within the base member. The tabs require that the cover be lifted vertically prior to rotation of the cover member about the base member.
US08935942B2
Provided is a manufacturing device (1) of a glass film, the device including: a forming apparatus (10) of a glass film ribbon (G) for forming molten glass or a glass base material for secondary processing into a glass film ribbon (G); a winding apparatus (20) for winding, into a roll shape, the glass film ribbon (G), which is drawn downward while being cooled; and a width direction cutting apparatus (30) for cutting the glass film ribbon (G) along its width direction at a position before being wound by the winding apparatus (20). A vertical distance (h) from the glass film ribbon (G) forming start position by the forming apparatus (10) to a glass film ribbon (G) cutting position by the width direction cutting apparatus (30) is set as five times or more of a dimension in the width direction of the glass film ribbon (G).
US08935940B1
The keychain bracelet is constructed of a flexible member that includes a plurality of charm members thereon, and which can stretch to enable a wrist to be inserted or removed as needed. The flexible member has distal ends that are permanently affixed to a padlock member, and which is configured to secure at least one keychain thereon as well as a self-defense repellent spray such as pepper spray. The self-defense repellent spray includes a small canister that when affixed to the padlock member ideally positions itself with respect to a palm of a hand of an end user. The padlock member features a light emitting diode and pill compartment to store at least one pill therein. The flexible member includes a key elsewhere with respect to the padlock member. The key is used to unlock the padlock member.
US08935933B1
Battery powered transport refrigeration assembly for semi-trailers. The assembly relates to large-vehicle refrigeration systems (reefers) and more particularly to semi-truck reefers.
US08935928B2
An integrated power and refrigeration system is disclosed that includes a first subsystem configured to provide cooling air using a reverse-Brayton cycle using compressed air and a second subsystem configured to provide power by accepting a first portion of the compressed air from the first subsystem, heating the accepted first portion of the compressed air to form hot compressed air, and using the hot compressed air to drive a turbine that is coupled to a power generator.
US08935926B2
An impeller includes a plurality of vanes formed around a hub, each of the plurality of vanes defines an offset between a leading edge and a trailing edge.
US08935910B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an oil degradation byproducts removal system. The oil degradation byproducts removal system includes a plurality of electrostatically-charged drum assemblies configured to pass through an oil flow. The oil degradation byproducts removal system is configured to be disposed within an accessory module of a turbine engine system.
US08935905B2
A method of providing liquid-filled kegs and a manufacturing apparatus for performing the method of providing liquid-filled kegs, which method includes filling open plastic keg bodies with liquid, applying a disposable keg fitting, and releasing the neck of the filled, closed keg.
US08935899B2
The disclosure relates to a semi product for building panels or structural elements comprising several wood lamellas (5) fixed by distance elements (4), a building panel with such a semi product and a method of producing the semi product and the building panel.
US08935898B2
The invention relates to an apparatus, e.g., a bracket, configured for reception of vessels, such as plastic bottles which have been cut in a way which makes them useful upon assembly, as roofing construction elements. The roofing elements, the roofing structures which result and kits for manufacturing these structures, are all features of the invention.
US08935897B2
Fire-barriers systems, including pre-assembled intersecting and straight-line fire-barriers having either all male-, all female-, or both types of coupling ends eliminate on-site cutting and construction of barriers required for intersection-spaces and provide easy, rapid, and safe one-step, drop-in installation and coupling. All male/female ended fire-barriers are constructed as single-piece units. All adjacent laid-flat layers are continuously connected having no gaps or folds. Straight-line and L-shaped barriers are certified according to the criteria mandated by both the ASTM E 1399-97 (Reapproved 2005), Standard Test Method for Cyclic Movement and Measuring the Minimum and Maximum Joint Widths of Architectural Joint Systems and the UL 2079 Fire Resistance of Building Joint Systems Test for air leakage (Revised and relocated as 1.14 Mar. 10, 2006).
US08935895B2
A rollable ridge vent panel includes first and second sidewalls, each including flexure portions. A side member extends in a direction that is parallel with the longitudinal extent of the ridge vent panel. A flex member includes a first wall and a second wall that are connected via a flex line and which flare from a top side of the ridge vent panel to a bottom side of the ridge vent panel. A first vented portion is disposed between the first sidewall and the body. A second vented portion is disposed between the second sidewall and the body. A plurality of primary buttresses are disposed in a parallel arrangement on an underside of the body, each being disposed substantially normal to the body. A plurality of secondary buttresses are disposed parallel to the plurality of primary buttresses on the underside of the body.
US08935889B2
A wind power plant tower having a multiplicity of tower segments which are arranged one on top of the other and enclose an interior tower space, and at least two system components from the group of a conductor, a lighting and a climbing device for operating personnel arranged in the tower inner space. Segments for the system components are structurally combined with a beam to form a separate supply module spanning a number of tower segments. The laborious assembly of the system components can thus be carried out at ground level, and only the supply module thus completed, which spans a number of segments, is then mounted in the tower. This obviates the need for a considerable amount of work in the form of hazardous working in the tower.
US08935883B2
A barrier operator system including, method and kit described herein contemplate the use a rack and pinion drive mechanism which is mounted on tracks of the operator system such that the pinion is positioned to engage the rack which is coupled to the barrier to move the barrier along the tracks in both the upstream and downstream direction. Pre-positioning the pinion relative to the rack and using the rack and pinion drive permits coupling the rack and motor at any variety of points along the barrier to move it. Further when the barrier is an over head door, such as a garage door, the door is connected to the rack through a coupling assembly which connects the door to the rack.
US08935882B2
A bag constructed of a weed suppression material for packaging a ground cover material. When the bag is in a closed configuration, the bag serves as a container for shipping, handling, and storage of the ground cover material. When the bag is opened and unfolded, and the ground cover material within the bag is spread over the opened and unfolded bag, the bag serves as a layer of weed suppression material on top of underlying soil and beneath the ground cover. In addition, the bag may be used for planting individual plants in a planting bed, for establishing a buffer zone around the foundation of a building, or for controlling erosion around a downspout of a building.
US08935879B1
A plant cage kit includes a wire grid, a bottom ring, and a top ring. The wire grid has a plurality of first and second spaced-apart wires. Each of the second wires is coupled to each of the first wires to form the wire grid. The first end of each second wire is formed into a loop and the second end of each second wire is formed into a hook. The hook of each second wire engages the loop of the same second wire when the plant cage kit is in the assembled configuration. When the plant cage kit is in the shipping configuration, the plurality of first wires is generally positioned in a first plane such that wire grid has a generally flat shape. The bottom and top rings have a generally U-shaped cross-section portion forming respective channels.
US08935875B2
A pivoting mount for a weapon accessory includes a base configured to attach to a weapon, an upper member, and a pivot shaft pivotally securing the upper member to the base. The upper member pivots between a use position and a storage position. The mount includes a first damping element disposed between the shaft and the base.
US08935874B2
A rail cover for use on a handcover having a rail. The rail cover includes a body having opposing side edges, a top surface and a bottom surface. Parallel sidewalls depend from the bottom surface to define a socket therebetween for slidably engaging the rail of the handguard. A snap clip is carried by the body and is movable between a raised position for allowing sliding engagement with a rail of a handguard and a lowered position wherein a portion thereof is received within a slot of the handguard and prevents sliding engagement thereof.
US08935872B2
A firearm has a magazine safety and a take-down mechanism. The magazine safety operates in conjunction with a trigger bar and a disconnect bar. The magazine safety has a safety arm which moves the disconnect bar out of engagement with the trigger bar when a magazine is inserted. This permits the trigger bar to engage the sear. When the magazine is removed, the safety arm disengages from the disconnect bar, permitting the disconnect bar to move the trigger bar into a position where it cannot engage the sear. The safety bar also operates as a take-down mechanism. When moved to a take-down position, the safety arm engages and moves the sear into a position where it cannot engage the striker so as to permit removal of the slide carrying the striker from the firearm.
US08935867B2
A light-emitting display system has an alignment mechanism to align or angle light-emitting tiles of the display. A first tile connects to a second tile by joining a first clamp portion on the first tile with a second clamp portion on the second tile. In an implementation, the alignment mechanism includes a replaceable angle adjustment insert that is inserted into at least one of the clamp portions, such as the first clamp portion. When the first and second clamp portions are joined, a surface of the second clamp portion presses against the insert and a desired angle between the first and second tile is formed. The insert can have any angle so that any desired angle can be formed between the first and second tiles.
US08935866B2
A hydraulic system for a power shovel may have a tank, a pump configured to draw fluid from the tank and pressurize the fluid, a crowd cylinder extendable and retractable to adjust a length of a dipper handle, and a valve in fluid communication with the tank, the pump, and the crowd cylinder. The valve may be movable to fill chambers of the crowd cylinder with fluid pressurized by the pump and to drain the chambers of the crowd cylinder to cause extension and retraction of the crowd cylinder. The hydraulic system may also have a dipper actuator located at an end of the crowd cylinder, and a passage extending through the crowd cylinder to communicate with the dipper actuator.
US08935855B2
The invention discloses a utility knife preventing its blade from accidental detachment. Prior utility knives may lose constraint on the blade due to tilting of the retaining member when the blade receives external force from the blade holder pulling outward, causing the blade to detach accidentally from the blade holder. In the present invention, the line of the action force in the engagement area of blade and retaining member extends over the axis of axle pin where the retaining member is mounted, so that when the blade receives external force pulling it outward from the blade holder, a counterclockwise torque is formed to the retaining member to allow the retaining member constrain the blade more tightly and thus prevent the blade from accidental detachment.
US08935854B2
A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger includes forming elongated holes in two connection walls among a plurality of connection walls to be laminated, and forming paired notches on a claw forming portion of the remaining connection wall facing the elongated holes. A longitudinally intermediate portion of the claw forming portion is pressed toward the other end to break the claw forming portion at the longitudinal center and bend the claw forming portion at the notches to thereby form two claws forming pieces and form bent portions at the distal ends of the claws forming pieces. The claws forming pieces are bent at the notches to form claws. Distal end portions of the claws are bent outward to form fold-back portions, which are engaged with the outer surface of the connection wall at the other end, whereby all the connection walls are provisionally fixed together.
US08935852B2
A process for manufacturing connecting rods is provided which comprises the steps of compacting, sintering, and powder forging a powder metal comprising a carbon source and a prealloyed powder consisting essentially of iron and copper. The connecting rods made from this process have sufficient hardness and strength to be used in an engine and do not require any additional quenching or tempering.
US08935851B2
A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes: forming a first through hole in a core material; forming a first conductive film on an inner wall of the first through hole; forming an insulating layer on both surfaces of the core material and in the first through hole; forming a second through hole in the insulating layer in the first through hole; forming a second conductive film on an inner wall of the second through hole; and forming, on surfaces of the insulating layers formed on the both surfaces of the core material, a signal circuit layer electrically connected to the second conductive film.
US08935849B2
A method is provided for mounting a plurality of cable connectors onto a panel that defines a plurality of target mounting locations. At least two of the plurality of cable connectors defines at least a pair of cable retaining apertures. The pairs of cable retaining apertures of a first one of the two cable connectors are spaced apart in a first direction, and the pair of cable retaining apertures of a second one of the two cable connectors are spaced apart in a second direction that is different than the first direction.
US08935848B1
The present invention is a method for providing an integrated circuit assembly, the integrated circuit assembly including an integrated circuit and a substrate. The method includes mounting the integrated circuit to the substrate. The method further includes, during assembly of the integrated circuit assembly, applying a low processing temperature, at least near-hermetic, glass-based coating directly to the integrated circuit and a localized interconnect interface, the interface being configured for connecting the integrated circuit to at least one of the substrate and a second integrated circuit of the assembly. The method further includes curing the coating. Further, the integrated circuit may be a device which is available for at least one of sale, lease and license to a general public, such as a Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) device. Still further, the coating may promote corrosion resistance and reliability of the integrated circuit assembly.
US08935847B2
A method for creating laboratory-scale reactive distillation apparatus from provided modular components is described. At least two types of modular distillation column stages are provided. A first type of modular stage comprises two physical interfaces for connection with a respective physical interface of another modular stage. A second type modular stage comprises one such physical interface. At least one type of tray is provided for insertion into the first type of modular stage. A clamping arrangement is provided for joining together two modular stages at their respective physical interfaces for connection to form a joint. The invention provides for at least three modular stages can be joined. At least one sensor or sensor array can be inserted into each modular stage. At least one controllable element can be inserted into each modular stage. The invention provides for study of traditional, advanced, and photochemical types of reactive distillation.
US08935846B2
A method for contacting a lighting device is provided, wherein the lighting device has a circuit board which is covered at least partly by a sealing compound layer; wherein the lighting device can be separated at a separating point into two lighting device sections and each of the lighting device sections has at least one electrical contact. The method may include: removing at least the sealing compound layer on both sides of the separation point so that the contacts remain covered by a thinner, remaining sealing compound layer; separating the lighting device at the separation point; attaching a connection element at least to the remaining sealing compound layer of at least one of the lighting device sections, wherein the connection element has at least one contacting element, which contacts a respective contact covered by the remaining sealing compound layer after a separation or penetration of the remaining sealing compound layer.
US08935841B2
The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture and method of manufacture relating to purses, handbags, wallets and the like. The method disclosed herein relates to utilizing text book covers off of books, such as legal treatises and case law books as the primary material for such articles. The text book cover is removed, cleaned, prepared, cut, sewn and glued together to form a purse, handbag, wallet and the like. The result of the disclosed invention is eco-friendly as it takes an old, often discarded item and forms a highly useful and quite stylish “new” article.
US08935835B2
A one-step fabric fastener has a front element (20) formed with a backwardly open seat cavity (21d) holding a magnet (22) and having a pair of catch faces (21g, 21h) directed away from one end of the front element, flanking the seat cavity, and angled such that front edges of the catch faces are closer to the one end than back edges of catch faces. The one end of the front element can exert traction on the front element and front magnet in a direction toward the one end. A back element (30) formed with a forwardly projecting bump (26a) holding a back magnet (27) is loosely fittable in the seat cavity has a pair of catch faces (26c, 26d) engageable in the direction with the front—element catch faces on engagement of the bump in the cavity. The magnets attract each other and pull the bump into the seat cavity on juxtaposition of the front and back element.
US08935824B2
A wipe structure of stitch bonded construction incorporating one or more substrate layers of an absorbent material with a barrier layer across a face side of the absorbent material and a preformed lightweight loop fabric disposed across the underside of the absorbent layers with loops projecting away from the absorbent layers.
US08935821B2
A bedding apparatus may include a frame, a fabric cover, and a liquid containment member. The frame may include first and second members coupled to a base for pivotable motion relative thereto between first and second positions. The base may define an opening surrounded by the first and second members when the first and second members are in the first position. The fabric cover may be coupled to the first and second members and may be maintained in a taught condition by the first and second members when the first and second members are in the first position. The liquid containment member may be disposed below the cover and includes sidewalls and a bottom wall attached to the sidewalls. The sidewalls are attached to the base and extend through the opening. The sidewalls may include a mesh material allowing fluid-flow therethrough. The bottom wall may include a liquid-impermeable material.
US08935813B2
An article of clothing (10) comprising: a first portion (14) shaped to cover at least part of a wearer's groin or buttock region during use and extending into a gusset region of the article, and a second portion (16) shaped to extend around a wearer's body so as to hold the article against the wearer during use. The first portion (14) comprises a carbon textile layer and a backing layer, the filter layer comprising a knitted material comprising activated carbon. The second material (16) comprises one or more textile panels adjacent said first portion (14) and having elasticity greater than the elasticity of the first portion such that the second portion conforms to the shape of the wearer's body.
US08938811B2
A content display apparatus which processes protected information configured, with an aim to prevent access from any unauthorized program, to include: a process managing unit which manages a plurality of processes operable in the content display apparatus; and an access detecting unit configured to detect access to the protected-information access detecting unit which detects access to the protected information. The process managing unit includes an application execution control unit which temporarily stops the operation of each of at least one process other than a process which accesses the protected information among the plurality of processes when the access to the protected information is detected by the protected-information access detecting unit.
US08938802B2
Preventing attacks on a computer at run-time. Content that is configured to access at least one function of a computer is received by the computer. Protections corresponding to the function are added to the content, wherein the protections override the function. The content and the protections are then transmitted to the computer. The function may expose a vulnerability of the computer, and arguments passed to the function may exploit that vulnerability. The protections are executed when the content is executed, and determine whether the arguments the content passed into the function represent a threat. In response to determining that the arguments represent a threat, execution of the content is terminated without executing the function.
US08938798B2
Disclosed is a novel system, computer program product, and method for allowing access to an application on a handheld device. This is also known as logging on or password entry. The method begins with detecting a change in at least one of orientation and position of a handheld device relative to a given plane. At least one of a keyboard, a touch screen, a gesture, and voice recognition engine input is received. Based on a combination of the at least one of orientation and position of the handheld and the user input received matching a previously stored value, unlocking access to an application running on the handheld device. The detecting of the change in orientation or position or both can occur simultaneously with the user input or previous to the user input or after the user input.
US08938785B2
A wireless access point employs a wireless configuration database for retrieving a stored wireless profile corresponding to a subscriber device from a remote location that enables the user to establish an Internet connection using their subscriber device with the same network identifiers and settings employed from the home wireless profile. The network identifier is typically an SSID (Service Set Identification), and labels the wireless configuration using a mnemonic name familiar to the user. The wireless configuration also denotes authentication and security (passphrase) tokens required for access, and would therefore enable the user to sign on at the remote wireless access point using the passphrase already known from their home WiFi arrangement. Subsequent attempts automatically establishing a connection to the subscriber device upon detection and authentication using the retrieved wireless profile without broadcasting an open SSID receivable by other wireless devices within range.
US08938772B2
Disclosed is a digital broadcast reception device that includes a plurality of tuner/demodulator units; a tuning control unit; a current position detection unit for detecting a current position; a channel scan control unit that has one of the plurality of tuner/demodulator units perform tuning for program viewing or listening, and has another one of the plurality of tuner/demodulator units perform a channel scan by tuning to the physical channels sequentially and detecting receivable physical channels; a broadcast area map generation unit for generating broadcast area maps including the receivable physical channels when the channel scan is executed, broadcast service information regarding broadcast content of the physical channels, and receivable position information; and a broadcast area map storage unit for storing the generated broadcast area maps.
US08938770B2
A server receives a request for delivery of media from a client, and determines if the client has a capability to tune to a quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) channel carried by a first network. The server sends a message to the client to instruct the client to tune to the QAM channel to receive the media via the first network if it is determined that the client has the capability to tune to the QAM channel. The server sends the media to the client if it is determined that the client does not have the capability to tune to the QAM channel.
US08938768B2
A multi-functional display device and method for displaying content on the same are disclosed herein. The method may include displaying broadcast content on a first multi-functional display device, transmitting a request to display the content on a second multi-functional display device. The second multi-functional display device may accept the request and display the content on the second multi-functional display device. The first and second multi-functional display devices may display the content at the same time. The first multi-functional display device may be associated with a first social network service (SNS) account of a first individual and the second multi-functional display device may be associated with a second SNS account of a second individual. The request to concurrently view the content may be generated using account information of the SNS accounts.
US08938762B2
A television broadcast receiving device includes a program selecting unit that accepts the selection of one of programs in a program list; an extracting unit that extracts a keyword related to the accepted program from the program information; a site information obtaining unit that obtains names and address information of web sites and a rule for generating acquisition objective information for obtaining information of a webpage related to a keyword extracted from one of one or plural web sites; a site name display controller that displays the obtained names of one or plural web sites on a display device; a site name selecting unit that accepts the selection of a name of one web site among the displayed names of the one or plural web sites; and a generating unit that generates acquisition objective information in accordance with the rule.
US08938754B2
A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
US08938752B2
A method of processing an interactive service and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes generating an application parameter table which includes information about at least one of applications, wherein the application parameter table includes a first identifier and a second identifier, wherein the first identifier identifies a interactive programming segment which application parameter table pertains to, and wherein the second identifier identifies an application within the scope of application parameter table; generating an activation message file that indicates at least one of activation times of the applications, wherein the activation message file includes a third identifier and activation messages, wherein the third identifier matches the first identifier of application parameter table which contains the applications, wherein the activation message includes a fourth identifier and a start time information, wherein the fourth identifier matches the second identifier of the application in the application parameter table, and wherein the start time information indicates the start time for an event targeted to the application relative to segment time; generating a multi-part message with the application parameter table as the first part and the activation message file as the second part; and transmitting the multi-part message to receiver via HTTP.
US08938751B2
A system and method includes a content repository storing insert material therein and a scheduling system assigning an insert material identification to the insert material and generating an insertion schedule having an insertion time corresponding to the insert material identification. The system also includes an automation server in communication with the scheduling system. The automation server receives the insertion schedule, retrieves the insertion material from the content repository, stores the content therein in response to the insertion time, receives a content signal with a trigger and inserts the insert material into the content signal in response to the trigger and the trigger time to form a modified content signal.
US08938749B2
A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a monitoring center of a media distribution network, from a set top box device associated with a customer account, first error data indicating occurrence of a first error at the set top box device at a first time. The set top box device is at least partially functional after occurrence of the first error. The computer-implemented method includes receiving, at the monitoring center, second error data indicating occurrence of a second error at the set top box device at a second time. The set top box device is at least partially functional after occurrence of the second error. The computer-implemented method includes determining an elapsed time between the first time and the second time. The computer-implemented method includes automatically generating a trouble ticket indicating failure of the set top box device when the elapsed time satisfies a first threshold.
US08938746B2
Provided is an object lens driving device that includes a wire holder coupled to a support portion and on which an end of a plurality of suspension wires are fixed. The wire holder includes a first area supported on the support portion and a second area extending from the first area and on which the end of each of the plurality of suspension wires is fixed. In this example, a thickness of the second area is thinner than a thickness of the first area.
US08938742B2
A data processing device includes an instruction executing part executing a normal task and a management task scheduling an execution order of the normal task with switching the normal task and the management task, a counter measuring an execution state of the normal task being executed in the instruction executing part, and a state controller controlling the counter based on the normal task being executed in the instruction executing part. The instruction executing part determines whether the normal task to be executed next of a plurality of normal tasks scheduled by the management task is a measurement object or not, and outputs an operation signal notifying the state controller of the determination result. The state controller operates the counter in accordance with the branch operation.
US08938737B2
Embodiments of apparatuses, methods, and systems for delivering an interrupt to a virtual processor are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface to receive an interrupt request, delivery logic, and exit logic. The delivery logic is to determine, based on an attribute of the interrupt request, whether the interrupt request is to be delivered to the virtual processor. The exit logic is to transfer control to a host if the delivery logic determines that the interrupt request is not to be delivered to the virtual processor.
US08938727B2
A method for preventing the unauthorized modification of a software or unauthorized modification of runtime data. According to this method, a converter, which is capable of converting the software into a generalized machine code is provided. The converter is designed such that it cannot he reverse engineered, by using a conversion process that causes data loss. An interpreter, which the knowledge of its process method is kept restricted, is also provided. The interpreter interprets the general machine code into a specific machine code, while reconstructing the lost data during the interpretation process.
US08938726B2
The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for integrating native applications into web portals. One computer-implemented method includes connecting a business enterprise portal (BEP) with a mobile device, wherein the BEP provides web-based and native-application-based content; analyzing the mobile device with the BEP to identify a native application applicable to the BEP, the native application associated with the web-based and native-application-based content and locally operational in the mobile device; generating metadata associated with at least the native application; generating a data object representing the native application and the associated metadata; and launching, from the BEP, the native application using the generated metadata.
US08938723B1
A system, method and computer program product for a system, method and computer program product for using a GPU of a host computer system for supporting functionality of a number of VMs implemented on the host computer system. The GPU usage by a VM includes e.g., sharing a video card with a VM hypervisor; executing applications controlled by the hypervisor; optimization of a snapshot memory consumption; CRC calculations for memory ballooning; on-the-fly disk data encryption; indexing disk data; efficient data compression for HDD; compression of the VM execution trace data and video traffic; computations for backup storage; AV scanning; firewall-related services; traffic encryption (IPSec); processing and restoration of disk transactions; optimization of incremental backups (creation and comparison of snapshots); traffic indexing and replay; isolating some applications on the GPU for virus protection; optimization of runtime compilers.
US08938721B2
Techniques for monitoring web application performance are provided. A request for a web application is received at an application server. A response pipeline at the application server generates client application code corresponding to the requested web application. The client application code is intercepted in the response pipeline. Instrumentation code is inserted into the intercepted client application code to generate an instrumented client application code. The instrumentation code is configured to be executed when the instrumented client application code is rendered at the client to capture performance information at the client, and is configured to transmit the captured performance information from the client.
US08938717B1
A computer-implemented method of updating an installed computer program can include receiving a user input specifying a query against help documents of a documentation system of the installed computer program and executing the query against the help documents. Responsive to determining a query result, usage information for the documentation system can be stored within computer memory of a computer system. The usage information can include at least one entry, wherein the entry includes at least a portion of the query and the query result, thereby specifying an association between the query and the query result. The usage information can be automatically sent to a remote computer system affiliated with a provider of the installed computer program.
US08938713B2
Developing a collective operation for execution in a parallel computer that includes compute nodes coupled for data communications, including: receiving, by a collective development tool, a specification of a target collective operation to develop; receiving, by the collective development tool, a specification of computer hardware characteristics of the parallel computer within which the target collective operation will be executed; selecting, by the collective development tool automatically without user interaction, iteratively for each stage of the target collective operation, a collective primitive in dependence upon the specification of computer hardware characteristics and a predefined set of rules specifying selection criteria of collective primitives based on computer hardware characteristics; and generating, by the collective development tool, the target collective operation in dependence upon the selected collective primitives.
US08938702B1
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for timing-driven routing for noise reduction in integrated circuit design. Responsive to performing timing driving routing on an integrated circuit design, the mechanism identifies a set of noise-critical nets in the integrated circuit design. The mechanism performs timing driven routing on the integrated circuit design with noise constraints based on the set of noise-critical nets.
US08938700B1
Data-driven processing of a circuit design includes converting each pattern of one or more input patterns from a first format into a second format. Each pattern identifies one or more inputs and one or more outputs and specifies each function that generates each of the one or more outputs from the one or more inputs. Each pattern of the second format is stored in a database. An input circuit design is searched for circuit design elements that match patterns in the database. Data indicative of each pattern in the database that matches a circuit design element is output.
US08938696B1
Computationally intensive electronic design automation operations are accelerated with algorithms utilizing one or more graphics processing units. The optical proximity correction (OPC) process calculates, improves, and optimizes one or more features on an exposure mask (used in semiconductor or other processing) so that a resulting structure realized on an integrated circuit or chip meets desired design and performance requirements. When a chip has billions of transistors or more, each with many fine structures, the computational requirements for OPC can be very large. This processing can be accelerated using one or more graphics processing units.
US08938692B2
A method includes displaying a first application view. A first input is detected, and an application view selection mode is entered for selecting one of concurrently open applications for display in a corresponding application view. An initial group of open application icons in a first predefined area and at least a portion of the first application view adjacent to the first predefined area are concurrently displayed. The initial group of open application icons corresponds to at least some of the concurrently open applications. A gesture is detected on a respective open application icon in the first predefined area, and a respective application view for a corresponding application is displayed without concurrently displaying an application view for any other application in the concurrently open applications. The open application icons in the first predefined area cease to be displayed, and the application view selection mode is exited.
US08938691B2
An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus is capable of executing a plurality of processing operations on input data and includes: a selection detecting unit configured to detect a selecting operation of a plurality of processing operations from among the plurality of processing operations; an operation information storing unit configured to store a plurality of processing operation information for specifying the processing operations detected by the selection detecting unit, respectively; a setting unit configured to set the plurality of processing operation information stored in the operation information storing unit, as a plurality of processing operations which are collectively executed in response to an execution instruction input to an instructing unit; and an executing unit configured to execute the plurality of processing operations corresponding to the plurality of processing operation information set by the setting unit, in response to the execution instruction.
US08938690B1
In one embodiment, a method includes generating a hover card associated with an entity in response to a user of a software application hovering a pointer over a reference to the entity within a graphical user interface (GUI) presented to the user by the software application. The hover card includes a photograph or icon representing the entity, a name of the entity, and a plurality of unified communications (UC) icons that are each configured to attempt to establish a particular type of communication session between the user and the entity. The method further includes presenting the hover card to the first user proximate to the pointer.
US08938684B2
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for modification free UI cutting of components in an application. One process includes operations for identifying a selection of a particular portion of the user interface of the application for cutting. The position of the identified portion of the user interface of the application in a user interface control tree is determined and defined as a root node of the user interface control tree. The identification information of the root node is stored in personalization settings of the application, and user interface elements associated with the root node are rendered.
US08938680B2
A technique for remotely managing virtual machines employs a user interface (UI) of a rich e-mail client that is configured to interpret metadata included in a communication received from a management server for the virtual machines and, in response, generate one or more UI elements. The UI includes a first region that displays a message from the management server and a second region that displays the one or more UI elements for causing a command to be generated and sent to the management server in response to a predetermined input made thereon.
US08938679B1
Various methods and systems for collaborating on the specification of an interactive graphical design are provided. An exemplary system comprises a graphical design environment. The system also comprises a note interface in the graphical design environment that displays a note field for accepting a text string from the user. The system also comprises a design player that renders the design. The system also comprises a discussion interface that: (i) is displayed in the design player consistently with the design; (ii) displays the text string from the user as a note; and (iii) accepts a comment from a second user regarding the note. The system also comprises a data store accessible to the graphical design environment and the design player. The comment is displayed in the graphical design environment after being accepted in the discussion interface.
US08938677B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing communications mode neutrally using widgets. The method includes presenting via a graphical user interface (GUI) a set of connected graphical elements representing a communication session comprising at least two communicating users, wherein each graphical element representing a user further comprises at least one graphical sub-element indicating user communication details, receiving user input associated with the set of connected graphical elements, the user input having an action associated with the communication session, and performing the action based on the received user input. The graphical sub-elements can indicate a communication mode through which an associated user connects to the communication session and/or available communication modes for an associated user. The graphical sub-elements can include a telephone, mobile phone, instant message, camera, video camera, microphone, text-message, document, headset, or email icon.
US08938674B2
A method includes initiating media player instances for producing output by execution on an electronic device. Each of the media player instances is implemented using a modular framework on the electronic device configured to have each of multiple types of media player runtimes implemented therein and to host modules that configure any of the types of media player runtimes for respective device types. The method includes determining, using a sound module of the modular framework, which of the media player instances should be used for audio output by the electronic device. The method includes generating the audio output using the electronic device, the audio output produced by at least one of the media player instances as determined.
US08938667B2
Disclosed are a method and system for grouping columns of data into different levels for subsequent multiple level operations. The method comprises the steps of providing sub-columns within a single table column, said table columns and each of the sub-columns having an associated header; and using multiple dummy tables and displaying them separately on different locations, one of the dummy tables including one or more of the associated headers. The preferred embodiment of the invention uses a tool, referred to as the Jtable class, which is used to display and edit regular two-dimensional tables of cells. The present invention is able to support multilevel headers and column spanning by using multiple tables and displaying them separately. Preferably, this is done using another tool, GridBagLayout, which is associated with Jpanel tool.
US08938652B2
This disclosure describes a reduced pin bus that can be used on integrated circuits or embedded cores within integrated circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is limited. The bus may be used for a variety of serial communication operations such as, but not limited to, serial communication related test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design. Other aspects of the disclosure include the use of reduced pin buses for emulation, debug, and trace operations and for functional operations. In a fifth aspect of the present disclosure, an interface select circuit, FIGS. 41-49, provides for selectively using either the 5 signal interface of FIG. 41 or the 3 signal interface of FIG. 8.
US08938651B2
A system comprises a plurality of components, scan chain selection logic coupled to the components, and override selection logic coupled to the scan chain selection logic. The scan chain selection logic selects various of the components to be members of a scan chain under the direction of a host computer. The override selection logic detects a change in the scan chain and, as a result, blocks the entire scan chain from progressing.
US08938650B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for managing error reporting in an information technology environment in which a plurality of information technology devices are connected to a network.
US08938648B2
The present subject matter relates to a method for managing a testing workflow, based on execution of at least one Multi Entity Test Case (METC) of the testing workflow. The method includes assigning at least one role to each of a plurality of test steps of the METC, where the at least one role is indicative of a privilege level to execute each of the plurality of test steps. The method also includes defining a failure condition for each of the plurality of test steps, where the failure condition is indicative of an expected result of execution of each of the plurality of test steps. The method further includes specifying a failure action associated with the failure condition for execution of each of the plurality of test steps, executing one of the plurality of test steps, and applying the failure action to proceed with the testing workflow.
US08938633B2
Each node and volume in a storage cluster makes a decision whether to reduce power consumption based on lack of requests from client applications and nodes over a time period. Node configuration parameters determine how long to wait until idling a node or volume, and how long to wait while idle before performing integrity checks. A bid value is calculated by each node and reflects how much it will cost for that node to write a file, read a file, or keep a copy. A node with the lowest bid wins, and nodes that are idle have a premium added to each bid to ensure that idle nodes are kept idle. In an archive mode, writes bids are reversed, nodes with less capacity submit lower bids, fuller nodes fill up faster and are then idled, while empty or near empty nodes may remain idle before winning a write bid.
US08938614B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle electronics device comprising a first interface (116) for establishing a first connection to a first ID token (134) in order to read data from the first ID token, —a memory (104) for storing a certificate, —means (122) for the cryptographic authentication with respect to the first ID token using the certificate, —means (130) for actuating at least one display apparatus (136, 138) for reproducing the data, and —a second interface (118) for storing the certificate in the memory.
US08938609B2
Methods and systems provide for activating a second processor by a first processor in a dual processor device early within an initialization routine to enable the second processor to help complete initialization operations. The first processor may prepare a second processor chip for start up, configure the second chip's pins, program the second processor, download a firmware image on the second processor, and initiate operations on the second processor. By performing this initialization early within the initialization routine, the second processor can assist in the initialization routine.
US08938605B2
A method, information processing system, and computer program product manage instruction execution based on machine state. At least one instruction is received. The at least one instruction is decoded. A current machine state is determined in response to the decoding. The at least one instruction is organized into a set of unit of operations based on the current machine state that has been determined. The set of unit of operations is executed.
US08938604B2
The present disclosure provides a storage system for data read and write. One embodiment of the storage system includes an origination device that is configured to receive a request for a logical block addressing-based operation on a volume, convert the logical block addressing-based operation request into a key addressing-based operation request carrying a key corresponding to data to be operated, and send the key addressing-based operation request to a routing library; the routing library is configured to receive the key addressing-based operation request, hash the key corresponding to the data to be operated, determine that a storage node taking charge of a hash region in which the hashed key is located is the master storage node, send the key addressing-based operation request to the master storage node of the data to be operated.
US08938601B2
A hybrid memory system includes a central processing unit, a storage device configured to store user data and code data, and a main memory including a volatile memory and a nonvolatile memory, the main memory being configured to receive data necessary to perform an operation of the central processing unit from the storage device and to store the data, a part of the volatile memory being allocated for a cache for data stored in the nonvolatile memory.
US08938600B2
A memory system includes a dual inline memory module (DIMM) connector to which a DIMM is connected, which is selected from a Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC) standard DIMM in compliance with JEDEC standards and a customized DIMM not in compliance with JEDEC standard, and a memory controller to determine whether the DIMM being connected is the JEDEC standard DIMM or the customized DIMM to generate a determination result, and to control access to the DIMM based on the determination result and SPD information obtained from a SPD of the DIMM being connected.
US08938599B2
In a method of implementing a graph storage system, the graph storage system is stored on a plurality of computing systems. A global address space is provided for distributed graph storage. The global address space is managed with graph allocators, in which a graph allocator allocates space from a block of the distributed global memory in order to store a plurality of graphs.
US08938598B2
A technique for ensuring that multiple producer threads may simultaneously write entries in a shared queue and one or more consumers may read valid data from the shared queue. Writing of the shared queue by the multiple producer threads may occur in parallel and the one or more consumer threads may read the shared queue while the producer threads write the shared queue. A “wait-free” mechanism allows any producer thread that writes a shared queue to advance an inner pointer that is used by a consumer thread to read valid data from the shared queue. The inner pointer indicates the most recent valid entry. An output pointer is advanced with an atomic operation to indicate a next entry or portion of memory in the shared queue that is available for allocation. The shared queue may be implemented as a circular buffer.
US08938592B2
A reproducing device includes: a storage unit in which data is accumulated; a program control unit controlling first and second programs respectively generating an acquisition request of the data accumulated in the storage unit and generating the acquisition request of the data, which is different from the first program; and a read control unit managing the data on a file basis, selecting one of first and second algorithms in which the file is read using a method suitable for reading the data by the first program and in which the file is read using a method suitable for reading the data by the second program based on storage position information of the file designated in the data acquisition request when the data acquisition request is inputted from the program control unit, and performing readout of the data from the storage unit based on the selected first or second algorithm.
US08938588B2
Ensuring forward progress of token-required cache operations in a shared cache, including: snooping an instruction to execute a token-required cache operation; determining if a snoop machine is available and if the snoop machine is set to a reservation state; if the snoop machine is available and the snoop machine is in the reservation state, determining whether the instruction to execute the token-required cache operation owns a token or is a joint instruction; if the instruction is a joint instruction, instructing the operation to retry; if the instruction to execute the token-required cache operation owns a token, dispatching a cache controller; determining whether all required cache controllers of relevant compute nodes are available to execute the instruction; executing the instruction if the required cache controllers are available otherwise not executing the instruction.
US08938585B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system on a chip (SOC) comprising a processing core including a core bus agent, a bus interface unit (BIU), and a bridge module operatively coupling the processing core to the BIU, the bridge module configured to selectively route information from the core bus agent to a cache or to the BIU by bypassing the cache. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US08938584B2
A method comprises sending a first command to a solid state drive (SSD), the first command indicating that the SSD can de-allocate a first plurality of logical block addresses (LBAs), and calculating first parity data for a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array that includes the SSD in response to receiving a first reply from the SSD indicating that the first LBAs were de-allocated by the SSD. The first parity data is calculated based upon the first LBAs including all logical zeros.
US08938581B2
A nonvolatile storage device in accordance with the inventive concepts includes a nonvolatile memory device comprising a first memory area, a second memory area, and a memory controller. The memory controller includes a first register configured to store reliable mode information, and a second register configured to store operating system (OS) image information. The memory controller is configured to receive a command from a host based on the reliable mode information; determine whether the command is a write request for an OS image and whether OS image information accompanying the command matches the OS image information stored in the second register; write the OS image to the first memory area if the OS image information accompanying the command matches the OS image information stored in the second register, and block data migration of the OS image from the first memory area to the second memory area.
US08938573B2
A system monitors data accesses to specific rows of memory to determine if a row hammer condition exists. The system can monitor accessed rows of memory to determine if the number of accesses to any of the rows exceeds a threshold associated with risk of data corruption on a row of memory physically adjacent to the row with high access. Based on the monitoring, a memory controller can determine if the number of accesses to a row exceeds the threshold, and indicate address information for the row whose access count reaches the threshold.
US08938565B2
A multi layer data link communication system for a vehicle having a remote starter/alarm system, a vehicle computer and an OEM security interface. The system includes a multi-functional data bus interface module for sending control commands to the vehicle computer. The system also includes a transponder bypass module in communication with the OEM security interface and the multi-functional data bus interface module for transmitting and receiving authorization commands from the OEM security interface.
US08938563B2
A method of managing I/Os in a storage system between a first storage layer and a second layer which is a logical abstraction over the first storage layer, comprising of maintaining within the first storage layer of the storage system validity status data indicating a validity status of each one of a plurality of first layer storage segments, in response to a write command that includes payload data which relates to part of an invalid segment providing the second layer with an unaligned write to an invalid segment indication, and in response to receiving the indication at the second layer, providing a modified write command for the invalid segment including initial values combined with the payload data.
US08938561B2
A time-sharing buffer access system manages a buffer among plural master devices. Plural buffer handling units are operable to associatively couple the master devices, respectively, and a first end of each buffer handling unit is used to independently transfer data to or from the associated master device. A second end of each buffer handling unit is coupled to a buffer switch. A time slot controller defines a time slot, during which one of the buffer handling units is selected by the buffer switch such that data are only transferred between the selected buffer handling unit and the buffer.
US08938555B2
A system, method and data structures for transmitting batched data over a network in asynchronous, non-blocking operations, with acknowledgements returned to the senders. Each machine includes a sender subsystem and a receiver subsystem. Transmission items corresponding to data to be sent are buffered until a send is triggered, at which time the transmission items are sorted according to their destinations and sent as a GUID-identified batch to each destination by a send thread. At each receiver, a receiving thread adds descriptions of the data to a receive list, which a transfer thread processes when triggered. The transfer thread sends the corresponding data to a recipient program, and sends GUID-identified acknowledgements corresponding to each GUID back to the originating senders. An acknowledge thread at each originating sender buffers the acknowledgements, and when triggered, a cleanup thread uses the GUID to identify which batched transmissions were received.
US08938553B2
Proxy devices associate their direct connection with a client/server connection passing through one or more NAT devices. First proxy device receives a network connection request from a client. First proxy device stores connection information in association with a connection identifier. Connection information may reflect the usage of NAT devices between the two proxy devices. First proxy device sends a connection response including the connection identifier to the client. Second proxy device sends a direct connection request to first proxy device to establish a direct connection. Direct connection request includes the connection identifier, which is used by first proxy device to associate the direct connection with stored connection information. First proxy device may use the connection information to direct network traffic received via this direct connection to the correct destination and to divert network traffic from the server to the client through the direct connection and first and second proxy devices.
US08938549B2
Reduction of peak-to-average traffic ratio in distributed streaming systems, including a large number of fractional-storage CDN servers accessed via the Internet, and storing erasure-coded fragments encoded with a redundancy factor greater than one from streaming contents, and a very large number of assembling devices obtaining the fragments from the servers in order to reconstruct the streaming contents. The assembling devices are spread over different time zones spanning at least three hours and balance the bandwidth load between the servers.
US08938548B2
Media content that meets pre-fetching criteria may be distributed to the device, in a non-requested instance, and stored in the pre-fetched segments database. Rather than relying on caching methods for the first-time access of a media object, at least a portion of the media object may be pre-stored, prior to any requests for access, on the client's device. Thus, when a user attempts to access a particular media stream from the network, if the client's device already has a segment of the desired media object stored, the stored segment access can be directly from the client's device. To further efficiently use bandwidth, the distribution of the segment of a media object to be stored on a user's local machine, the distribution may be done out of band or based on a balance of network resources.
US08938541B2
A method implemented by a network service provider to provide a virtual network to tenants requiring bandwidth in a cloud computing environment, wherein the virtual network includes a first set of one or more virtual switches that manage a second set of one or more physical servers that host a first plurality of available virtual machines (VMs), the method comprising receiving by at least one virtual switch a bandwidth request for a second plurality of VMs, determining whether to accept the request of the second plurality of VMs by calculating an allocation range (AR) associated to the virtual switch, wherein the AR denotes at least one discontinuous VM allocation space within the virtual switch, and allocating VMs to the tenant in response to the determination of accepting the request of the second plurality of VMs.
US08938535B2
A real traffic replay over wireless networks with environment emulation and an event-driven automata-synchronized replay method are disclosed. The system includes a first traffic capture module configured to capture packet traces and environment effects in a real environment, a first event transform module configured to transform the packet traces into a sequence of events, and a reproduce module configured to receive the environment effects from the first traffic capture module and the sequence of events from the first event transform module such as to control a replay of the environment effects in the real environment and the sequence of events coordinately by means of automata.
US08938530B2
Identifying of dynamic content in HTTP responses includes comparing responses to HTTP requests, identifying portions of the responses that are different as dynamic content, and creating a template that designates the dynamic content.
US08938528B2
A computer system is provided that is capable of reducing an administrator's operational errors by connecting a new server to a SAN and automating a SAN boot setting, and capable of lightening the administrator's task of checking for a wrong connection by detecting a wrong connection made when a new server is connected to an SNW connection device. Once a new server connected to a PnP SAN starts with a boot program obtained from a boot management server, the new server transmits configuration information on the new server to a resource management server. In response to a request from the resource management server, a storage device refers to PnP SAN information to transmit SAN information on a storage network connection device to which the new server is connected. The resource management server determines to add the new server to a resource group on the basis of the SAN information and requirement information. The resource management server sets the storage device and the new server for SAN-booting the new server.
US08938526B1
Systems and methods for managing request routing functionality associated with resource requests for one or more resources associated with a content provider are provided. A content delivery network (“CDN”) service provider, on behalf of a content provider, can process domain name service (“DNS”) requests for resources by computing devices and resolve the DNS requests by the identification of a network address of a computing device that will provide the requested resources. Based on the processing of DNS queries initiated by a client computing device, the CDN service provider can measure CDN service provider latencies associated with the generation of DNS requests by network components associated with the client computing devices. Examples of the network components can include DNS resolvers associated with the client computing devices.
US08938517B2
A method, system and a computer program product that includes a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores instructions for: receiving, by a target entity, a plurality of information blocks and metadata that is associated with the plurality of information blocks, wherein the metadata comprises non-block layer metadata that differs from block layer metadata; and performing at least one memory storage operation on the information blocks before at least some of the information blocks are sent to a remote storage device over a wide area network (WAN).
US08938514B1
Embodiments described herein organize and percolate important messaging and information to the top of a communications pile, and create a high ratio of front-and-center communication versus chatter communication. This is analogous to creating a high signal-to-noise ratio in signal communications. Thus, embodiments described herein raise the desired signal level high above the noise level to obtain a visual at-a-glance level of communication with reduced clutter or no clutter.
US08938513B2
The present invention provides a method for creating a multimedia message, including: receiving a request for creating the multimedia message; establishing a connection channel between a multimedia message resource pool and a module storing multimedia message content resources on a mobile terminal; storing a required multimedia message content resource into the multimedia message resource pool through the connection channel; and organizing the multimedia message content resource in the multimedia message resource pool according to preset multimedia message organization parameters, and generating the multimedia message. With the technical scheme of the present invention, it can be avoided that switching always happens between the multimedia message creation interface and the resource management interface repeatedly in the multimedia message creation process and the user operation can be simplified.
US08938508B1
A computer correlates web and email attributes to detect spam. A security module on a client collects attributes of a web site to which an email address was submitted and attributes of an email message sent to the email address that was previously submitted. The security module analyzes the attributes of the web site and the email message to determine whether the email message was sent to the email address responsive to the submission of the email address to the web site. Based on the analysis, the security module determines whether the email message is spam. A machine learning module on a security server establishes training data describing the attributes of the web site to which email addresses were submitted and attributes of legitimate emails received in response to the address submissions. The machine learning module generates an attributes classifier for the security module for spam detection.
US08938503B2
An online publisher provides content items such as advertisements to users. To enable publishers to provide content items to users who meet targeting criteria of the content items, an exchange server aggregates data about the users. The exchange server receives user data from two or more sources, including a social networking system and one or more other service providers. To protect the user's privacy, the social networking system and the service providers may provide the user data to the exchange server without identifying the user. The exchange server tracks each unique user of the social networking system and the service providers using a common identifier, enabling the exchange server to aggregate the users' data. The exchange server then applies the aggregated user data to select content items for the users, either directly or via a publisher.
US08938497B1
A content delivery system and method for use with plurality of digital multimedia data processing systems and legacy systems spanning across one or more network environments. The system and method enable users with freedom of mobility while maintaining access to the user's selected content while the user transitions from one device in one location to a different device in a difference location, substantially without interruption and without the need for user action to turn on and off these target data processing systems. The Instant Invention can provide high bandwidth content delivery solutions based upon hardware and software components by activating a target device while the system is proximate to the target device and, in one embodiment, automatically redirecting the content while the system is proximate to a new target device without user intervention. The target devices include digital multimedia data processing systems and legacy systems including, but not limited to, HDTVs, TV, Personal Computers, digital music systems, printers, radios, and fax machines.
US08938488B1
Techniques for populating a content stream of a mobile application are described. Consistent with some embodiments, the delays associated with waiting for a server to respond to a user's manual request for content items are eliminated by using various sensors of a mobile computing device to predict when a user is likely to view a personalized content stream. Accordingly, a background process identifies when certain conditions are satisfied, and an automatic content request is communicated to a content server, such that content items for presentation to a member of a social networking service are pre-fetched.
US08938481B2
Systems and methods are provided which perform a file level restore by utilizing existing operating system components (e.g., file system drivers) that are natively installed on the target computing device. These components can be used to mount and/or interpret a secondary copy of the file system. For instance, the system can instantiate an interface object (e.g., a device node such as a pseudo device, device file or special file) on the target client which includes file system metadata corresponding to the backed up version of the file system. The interface provides a mechanism for the operating system to mount the secondary copy and perform file level access on the secondary copy, e.g., to restore one or more selected files.
US08938480B2
Techniques for fast loading data from an external distributed file system (DFS) to a database management system (DBMS) are provided. Assigning a portion of data from a file located in the DFS to each of a plurality of DFS clients. Configuring each DFS client to interact with a specific gateway from a plurality of gateways associated with the DBMS. Each gateway configured to send its portion of the file received from its designated client to every access module processor (AMP) controlled by that gateway. Each AMP processes a portion of the data received from the gateway to load the data into a table of the DBMS.
US08938470B1
A system is configured to monitor traffic being transmitted among a group of nodes; detect a configuration statement being transported from a first node to a second node, where the configuration statement identifies a first configuration to be implemented on the second node; create a record, associated with the configuration statement, that identifies a manner in which a second configuration, that existed on the second node before receiving the configuration statement, is to be changed to the first configuration, where the record includes terms obtained from the configuration statement; generate tags, associated with the record, based on the terms or a first identifier associated with the second node; and associate the tags with the record, where associating the tags with the record allows a search to be performed, using a search query based on the tags, to obtain a configuration history that includes the record or another record.
US08938467B2
A media broker comprises a communication interface and a controller associated with the communication interface configured to receive a request from a user to record a requested media item. The media broker proceeds to query an aggregated stored content list (ASCL) including information indicative of each of the media items stored on one or more media storage device communicatively coupled to the media broker to determine if the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices. If it is determined that the requested media item is stored on the one or more media storage devices the user that requested the media item is informed. Conversely, if it is determined that the requested media item is not stored on the one or more media storage devices, the requested media item is recorded.
US08938458B2
A customized, topical database and methods for constructing and using such a database are provided. Selection and indexing of articles is done by experts in the topic with which the database is concerned. As a result, articles are indexed in a manner that allows facile, rapid retrieval of highly relevant articles with few or no false positives.
US08938452B2
Query generation for searchable content is provided. In some embodiments, query generation for searchable content includes receiving searchable content (e.g., the searchable content can include a unique identifier for the searchable content, such as a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for a web site, and the web site can include one or more web pages); and generating a set of queries, the set of queries including one or more queries (e.g., the set of queries can include ranked queries) that are relevant to the searchable content.
US08938450B2
A system and a method for microcontent natural language processing are presented. The method comprising steps of receiving a microcontent message from a social networking server, tokenizing the microcontent message into one or more text tokens, detecting the language of the microcontent message and selecting the property dictionary for part-of-speech tag, part-of-speech tagging the microcontent message to identify related pronouns and nouns based on the selected dictionary, and extracting topics form the microcontent messages and assigning confidence values to the topics.
US08938443B2
A method of optimizing runtime spatiotemporal events processing is provided. The method includes the following stages: defining a plurality of spatial contexts or spatiotemporal contexts; specifying a plurality of spatial patterns or spatiotemporal patterns being relationships between events complying with specified policies within the defined spatial contexts and spatiotemporal contexts respectively; identifying events of specified properties out of a stream of incoming events, based on the defined spatial contexts or the defined spatiotemporal contexts; detecting event patterns of specified properties out of the stream of incoming events by grouping the incoming events and applying a pattern matching process based on the specified spatial patterns or spatiotemporal patterns; adaptively generating a spatial evaluation plan that defines an order of processing such that event processing is optimized, based on off-line and runtime data; and processing the incoming events based on the order defined in the spatial evaluation plan.
US08938440B2
A method and device for extracting, from a metadata component associated with a media resource, a metadata fragment associated with a given media fragment of the media resource, the method comprising and the device comprising means for obtaining at least one search expression, for finding the metadata fragment in the metadata component, based on the type of extraction parameters related to a request for obtaining the media fragment from the media resource and the structure of metadata component; parameterization of the or each obtained search expression with values based on values of the extraction parameters and extracting from the metadata component the metadata fragment using the or each parameterized search expression.
US08938438B2
Systems and method of the present invention provide for one or more server computers configured to receive one or more keywords topically relevant to a content of a web page, request from a search engine a first metric comprising a quantity of times the keywords have appeared in a search query with one or more question keywords during a time period and a second metric comprising a probability of receiving a high rank associated with the one or more keywords and the one or more question keywords, receive, from the search engine, the first metric and the second metric, calculate a keyword effectiveness index from the first metric and the second metric, and generate and transmit to a client computer one or more recommendations to include a high ranked suggested content on the web page according to the keyword effectiveness index.
US08938419B2
Techniques are described for replicating data from one to one or more heterogeneous data processing or communication devices for the purpose of remote backup, redundancy, content distribution, communications, observations or measurements. In a first phase, the attributes of the data that are modified or created on a device or that are passing through the device are tracked and journaled in volatile or non-volatile storage in real-time. In a second phase, the attributes that match patterns pre-specified in a configuration are used to determine which data to replicate and which modifications to make the devices. In a third phase, the data is replicated. In a preferred embodiment, the described techniques comprise an application that runs on a host device or is embedded in a logic or memory device. The described invention is designed to be transparent for system redundancy and error recovery processes such as error correction, re-transmission on links, and raid configuration.
US08938418B2
A method replicates data between instances of a distributed database. The method tracks changes to the distributed database at a first instance by storing deltas. Each delta includes a row identifier that identifies a row having a base value, and a sequence identifier that specifies an order in which the delta is applied to the base value to compute a current value for the row. The method identifies a set of deltas to send to a second instance based in part on an egress map at the first instance, wherein the egress map specifies which combinations of row identifier and sequence identifier have been acknowledged as received at the second instance. The method then transmits the identified set of deltas to the second instance. After receiving acknowledgement that the deltas in the identified set of deltas have been incorporated into the second instance, the egress map is updated accordingly.
US08938416B1
Techniques are described for managing aggregation of data in a distributed manner, such as for a particular client based on specified configuration information. The described techniques may include storing aggregated data values for an OLAP cube or other data structure in a distributed manner, such as in some situations in a distributed hash table. The aggregated data values to be stored may be generated in various manners, such as by performing multi-stage data manipulation operations—for example, a map-reduce architecture may be used, with a first stage involving the use of one or more specified map functions to be performed, and with at least a second stage involving the use of one or more specified reduce functions to be performed.
US08938409B2
A method analyzes a quality control strategy. A quality control rule can define quality control events and specifying a control limit for determining whether a quality control event passes or fails. The quality control rule and a number of patient samples tested between quality control events can be received. A first expected number of correctible errors when a quality control event fails can be computed based on the quality control rule and the number of patient samples tested between quality control events. A second expected number of final errors that are not correctible when a quality control event fails can be computed based on the quality control rule and the number of patient samples tested between quality control events. An assessment of the quality control rule can include the first expected number of correctible errors and the second expected number of final errors as separate values.
US08938407B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for predicting propagation of a message on a social network. A predictive model is trained to determine a probability of propagation of information on the social network using both positive and negative information propagation feedback, which may be collected while monitoring the social network over a desired period of time for information propagation. A particular message can be input to the predictive model, which can determine a probability of propagation of the message on the social network, such as how many connections may receive at least a portion of the message and/or a likelihood of at least a portion of the message reaching respective connections in the social network.
US08938402B2
A system and method for conducting electronic commerce are disclosed. In various embodiments, the electronic transaction is a purchase transaction. A user is provided with an intelligent token, such as a smartcard containing a digital certificate. The intelligent token suitably authenticates with a server on a network that conducts all or portions of the transaction on behalf of the user. In various embodiments a wallet server interacts with a security server to provide enhanced reliability and confidence in the transaction. In various embodiments, the wallet server includes a toolbar. In various embodiments, the digital wallet pre-fills forms. Forms may be pre-filled using an auto-remember component.
US08938396B2
The present invention relates to a system for detecting and communicating the position of a pusher assembly on a shelf. In an embodiment, a system includes a control module, a pusher assembly, and a laser scanner. The laser scanner is configured to transmit a swept beam to a mirrored reflective surface located behind the pusher assembly. The control module analyzes the laser beam at the laser scanner to detect the position of the pusher assembly on the shelf. In another embodiment, a system includes a control module, a pusher assembly, and an infrared transceiver that sends and receives infrared signals. The transceiver may be located behind the pusher assembly. The control module analyzes the infrared signals to determine the position of the pusher assembly on the shelf.
US08938391B2
A dynamic exponential, feature-based, language model is continually adjusted per utterance by a user, based on the user's usage history. This adjustment of the model is done incrementally per user, over a large number of users, each with a unique history. The user history can include previously recognized utterances, text queries, and other user inputs. The history data for a user is processed to derive features. These features are then added into the language model dynamically for that user.
US08938377B1
An improved model for simulating atmospheric disturbances is disclosed. A scale Kolmogorov spectral may be scaled to convert the Kolmogorov spectral into a finite energy von Karman spectral and a fractional order pole-zero transfer function (TF) may be derived from the von Karman spectral. Fractional order atmospheric turbulence may be approximated with an integer order pole-zero TF fit, and the approximation may be stored in memory.
US08938376B2
Methods implementable in a computer system for simulating the transmission of signals across a plurality of data channels (bus) are disclosed. The disclosed techniques simulate the effects of Intersymbol Interference (ISI), cross talk, and Simultaneous Switching Output (SSO) noise by generating Probability Distribution Functions (PDFs) for each. The resulting PDFs are convolved to arrive at a total PDF indicative of the reception of data subject to each of these non-idealities. The total PDF, and its underlying terms, can be indexed to particular channels of the bus as well as to particular logic states. Use of the disclosed technique allows bit error rates and sensing margins to be determined with minimal computation and simulation.
US08938373B2
A method is provided for processing measured data to provide information on the structure of a region of the earth. The method comprises providing a flexural rigidity distribution of the region, providing a Young's modulus distribution of the region, and modifying the flexural rigidity distribution with the Young's modulus distribution to obtain an equivalent elastic thickness distribution of the region indicative of the structure thereof.
US08938371B2
A method for generating a three-dimensional representation of a ribbon cable in a computer-aided design drawing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a user may create a three-dimensional ribbon cable object with an arbitrary shape and an arbitrary number of fold or twists. A user creates or specifies a ribbon cable template incorporating several attributes and a computer aided design application may be configured to generate a three-dimensional ribbon cable object from the template and displays the representation of the three-dimensional ribbon cable object in the computer-aided design drawing. Further, once generated, the ribbon cable object may be flattened to a two-dimensional surface, identifying the overall length of the ribbon cable and the location of any folds.
US08938367B2
In some embodiments, a motion detecting device is configured to detect whether one or more movement events have occurred. The motion detecting device can include: (a) a processing module configured to run on a computational unit; and (b) a sensing device having: (1) one or more pressure sensors configured to provide two or more pressure measurements; and (2) a transmitter electrically coupled to the one or more pressure sensors and configured to transmit the two or more pressure measurements to the computational unit. The processing module is configured to use the two or more pressure measurements to determine whether the one or more movement events have occurred. The sensing device can be configured to be placed in at least one of ductwork of a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system or an air handler of the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08938366B2
Locating and/or marking equipment, such as a locate transmitter or locate receiver, a marking device, or a combined locate and marking device, may be communicatively coupled to and/or equipped with a mobile/portable device (e.g., a mobile phone, personal digital assistant or other portable computing device) that provides processing, electronic storage, electronic display, user interface, communication facilities and/or other functionality (e.g., GPS-enabled functionality) for the equipment. A mobile/portable device may be mechanically and/or electronically coupled to the equipment, and may be programmed so as to log and generate electronic records of various information germane to a locate and/or marking operation (e.g., locate information, marking information, and/or landmark information). Such records may be formatted in various manners, processed and/or analyzed on the mobile/portable device, and/or transmitted to another device (e.g., a remote computer/server) for storage, processing and/or analysis. The mobile/portable device also may provide redundant, shared and/or backup functionality for the equipment to enhance robustness.
US08938356B1
Present novel and non-trivial systems and methods for validating single-channel tactical flight data in a multi-channel architecture are disclosed. Three single-channel monitors are disclosed along with a fourth, external monitor that is accessible to the multiple channels. A system could be comprised of a navigation data source, two or more communications channels, and an external display unit (“DU”), where each channel may be comprised of a flight management system (“FMS”), a DU, and a flight director (“FD”) system. In addition to the FMS performing two standard functions of calculating a lateral deviation (“LDEV”) and a roll command (“Roll Cmd”), a second LDEV/Roll Command calculator and a Roll Command Calculator are employed in DU and FD of same channel, respectively, to determine data validity. In addition, the FD and the symbologies of LDEV and Roll Cmd generated by the DU are also employed in the determination of data validity.
US08938351B2
The present invention concerns an output control device for an internal combustion engine for generating a drive force of a vehicle. The output control device includes a braking request detection sensor for detecting whether or not a braking request operation has been performed, and a controller programmed to limit an output of the internal combustion engine when the braking request operation is started, completely lift output limitation of the internal combustion engine over a predetermined limitation lifting time when the braking request operation is finished and shorten the limitation lifting time when a predetermined condition holds.
US08938342B1
A vehicle includes torque sources, a transmission, and a controller programmed to execute a method. In executing the associated method, the controller determines whether continuous output torque is required through a torque exchange. When continuous output torque is required, the controller synchronizes and fills the oncoming clutch, estimates capacity of the oncoming clutch, and expands a short-term torque capacity of the oncoming clutch during the torque exchange, doing so in response to a control objective having a threshold priority. Onset of the torque exchange delays until the short-term torque capacity is sufficient for receiving all torque load from the offgoing clutch without affecting output torque. The controller asynchronously controls the offgoing clutch and synchronously controls the oncoming clutch through the torque exchange, and loads the synchronous oncoming clutch via an expanding set of long-control torque capacity limits as a function of a simultaneously exhausting of the offgoing clutch load.
US08938333B2
An active wheel damper. An active suspension damps vertical displacement of an unsprung mass in a frequency range and reduces vertical displacement of a sprung mass in another frequency range.
US08938324B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring a time delay between two output signals measured by two adjacent optical sensors, the time delay resulting from a movement of an object moving in a given direction. The method comprises the steps: carrying out a spatial filtering of the signals Ph1 and Ph2 delivered by a first and a second optical sensor; calculating a first order derivative and carrying out a temporal low-pass filtering of the signals; calculating the second order derivative of the signals; measuring the delay between the signals; and is characterized in that the step of measuring the delay is a feedback loop based on an estimated delay between the temporally filtered signals. Device and set of devices for measuring the angular velocity of a luminance transition zone and steering aid system for fixation and tracking a target comprising at least one such luminance transition zone.
US08938318B2
The present invention relates to a method (300) and a system (100) for navigating a robotic garden tool (202) based on one or more operating parameters for subareas (210-218) within the working area (204) and a current location of the robotic garden tool (202). The working area (204) is provided with a signal source (104) corresponding to which a sensor unit (106) is provided in the robotic garden tool (202) for detecting the one or more signals (102) from the signal source (104). The robotic garden tool (202) may include a low-accuracy positioning device (110) for providing co-ordinates of various subareas (210-218) and at any given instant, an approximate location of the robotic garden tool (202). The robotic garden tool (202) further includes a processor means (114) for comparing the coordinates of the subareas (210-218) and the approximate position of the robotic garden tool (202) to determine a current location of the robotic garden tool (202) in the working area (204).
US08938316B2
In connection with a machining program used in machining a workpiece by means of a machine tool controlled by a numerical controller, interpolation data, a command position point sequence, and a servo position point sequence for each processing period are determined by simulation by designating speed data for giving a machining speed and precision data for giving a machining precision. A predicted machining time for workpiece machining is determined based on the determined interpolation data, and a predicted machining error for workpiece machining is determined based on the determined command and servo position point sequences. Further, the precision data and the speed data are determined for the shortest predicted machining time within a preset machining error tolerance, based on a plurality of predicted machining times and a plurality of predicted machining errors.
US08938313B2
An auditory event boundary detector employs down-sampling of the input digital audio signal without an anti-aliasing filter, resulting in a narrower bandwidth intermediate signal with aliasing. Spectral changes of that intermediate signal, indicating event boundaries, may be detected using an adaptive filter to track a linear predictive model of the samples of the intermediate signal. Changes in the magnitude or power of the filter error correspond to changes in the spectrum of the input audio signal. The adaptive filter converges at a rate consistent with the duration of auditory events, so filter error magnitude or power changes indicate event boundaries. The detector is much less complex than methods employing time-to-frequency transforms for the full bandwidth of the audio signal.
US08938309B2
An elevated feedthrough is attachable to a top or a side of an active implantable medical device. The feedthrough includes a conductive ferrule and a dielectric substrate. The dielectric substrate is defined as comprising a body fluid side and a device side disposed within the conductive ferrule. The dielectric substrate includes a body fluid side elevated portion generally raised above the conductive ferrule. At least one via hole is disposed through the dielectric substrate from the body fluid side to the device side. A conductive fill is disposed within the at least one via hole forming a hermetic seal and electrically conductive between the body fluid side and the device side. A leadwire connection feature is on the body fluid side electrically coupled to the conductive fill and disposed adjacent to the elevated portion of the dielectric substrate.
US08938301B2
A method and system provides for headgear usable for electrophysiological data collection and analysis and neurostimulation/neuromodulation or brain computer interface for clinical, peak performance, or neurogaming and neuromodulation applications. The headgear utilizes dry sensor technology as well as connection points for adjustable placement of the bi-directional sensors for the recoding of electrophysiology from the user and delivery of current to the sensors intended to improve or alter electrophysiology parameters. The headgear allows for recording electrophysiological data and biofeedback directly to the patient via the sensors, as well as provide low intensity current or electromagnetic field to the user. The headgear can further include auditory, visual components for immersive neurogaming. The headgear may further communication with local or network processing devices based on neurofeedback and biofeedback and immersive environment experience with balance and movement sensor data input.
US08938288B2
Easy to use, cost-effective methods and devices for evaluating and treating stress and thereby disorders caused or exacerbated by stress are provided. More particularly methods and devices for identifying RSA waves during respiration which provide a subject with near real-time RSA wave information are provided. This information can be used in biofeedback settings to assist subjects in reducing levels of stress by achieving rhythmic breathing patterns.
US08938281B2
The invention relates to a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus including an array of two or more RF antennas for transmitting RF pulses to and receiving MR signals from a subject positioned in an examination volume, and where the RF antennas have spatial transmit and receive sensitivity profiles. The apparatus is configured to control the temporal succession, the phase, and the amplitude of the RF feeding of each individual RF antenna. The apparatus is also configured to determine the phases and amplitudes from the spatial transmit sensitivity profiles of the RF antennas, and reconstruct a MR image from a combination of the received MR signals received via the individual RF antennas and from the spatial receive sensitivity profiles of the RF antennas. Further, the apparatus is configured to determine the spatial transmit sensitivity profiles of the RF antennas from the spatial receive sensitivity profiles of the RF antennas, or vice versa.
US08938276B2
A mobile terminal comprises a body comprising a keypad and a slider slidingly coupled to the body. The slider is configured to slide transversely with respect to the body and may comprise a display unit to display image information. The mobile terminal may further comprise a processor coupled to the slider to detect when the slider is slid from a first position to a second position and when the slider is slid from a second position to a first position. The image information may be rotated 90 degrees from a transverse orientation to a longitudinal orientation when the processor detects that the slider has been slid from the first position to the second position. Conversely, the image information may be rotated 90 degrees from a longitudinal orientation to a transverse orientation when the processor detects that the slider has been slid from the second position to the first position.
US08938267B2
A method and apparatus for sending a code grid representing an indication of payment for a good or service from a service provider (107), to a customer's portable communication device (101) using SMS messaging is disclosed. In response to receiving a request from a customer to purchase good or service, the code grid is created. The code grid is then sent to the customer's portable communication device in a SMS message.
US08938262B2
In some implementations, a location of a mobile device can be determined by calculating an average of the locations of wireless signal transmitters that have transmitted signals received by the mobile device. In some implementations, locations are weighted with coefficients and the average is a weighted average. In some implementations, the locations of the wireless signal transmitters are determined based on identification information encoded in the wireless signals received by the mobile device. The identification information can include an identifier for a wireless signal transmitter. The identification information can include characteristics of the received wireless signal that can be used to identify wireless signal transmitters. In some implementations, identification information from one signal can be combined with identification information from another signal to determine a location of a wireless transmitter.
US08938253B2
An application executed within a mobile station to be triggered only by a network element, such as a mobile positioning center (MPC) or a Mobile Center (MC). The network element is coupled to a base station. The network element is responsible for authorizing an application that is either resident within the mobile station or that is run in a device that is resident elsewhere in the network. The mobile station communicates with the network element over a communication link through the base station and other infrastructure components. The mobile station will only respond to attempts to trigger particular operations (e.g., run particular applications) if the mobile station receives a short message services (SMS) message as defined by Interim Specification 637A (IS-637A) which is published by the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA)/Electronics Industry Association (EIA). More specifically, that SMS message must include an SMS Teleservice Identifier that has a particular pre-assigned value.
US08938251B2
A frequency resource allocation system and method for a wireless network that comprises one or more unlicensed cognitive devices that operate using white spaces in a TV frequency spectrum and one or more licensed incumbent devices that are associated with an incumbent service that uses the TV frequency spectrum stores one or more frequency resource databases that store one or more frequency band lists. A frequency band list comprises one or more frequency bands within the TV frequency spectrum. Merit-related information specific to a location associated with the wireless network are collected to choose a specified frequency based on the merit-related information. The specified frequency band can be chosen based on a merit class derived from transforming the merit-related information into different merit classes, with each merit class being associated with one or more frequency bands. A resource user device is then notified to operate in the specified frequency band.
US08938250B2
A wireless communication system hosts a plurality of processes in accordance with a communication protocol. The system includes application specific instruction set processors (ASISPs) that provided computation support for the process. Each ASISP is capable of executing a subset of the functions of a communication protocol. A scheduler is used to schedule the ASISPs in a time-sliced algorithm so that each ASISP supports several processes. In this architecture, the ASISP actively performs computations for one of the supported processes (active process) at any given time. The state information of each process supported by a particular ASISP is stored in a memory bank that is uniquely associated with the ASISP. When a scheduler instructs an ASISP to change which process is the active process, the state information for the inactivated process is stored in the memory bank and the state information for the newly activated process is retrieved from the memory bank.
US08938249B2
A method for controlling admission of calls to a mobile communication network having cells associated with at least one determined threshold level of operation suitable for managing cell shrinking phenomena. The method includes the operation of detecting call requests from a cell edge affected by such cell shrinking phenomena, variably exceeding the determined threshold level in uplink. A method for admitting calls to the mobile communication network in both uplink and downlink on the basis of the evaluation of the actual system load is also proposed. Preferred application is in UMTS mobile networks.
US08938247B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate configuring a sounding reference signal transmission in a wireless communication environment. A UE can employ coordinated multi-point transmission and/or reception such that multiple cells collaborate to transmit data to the UE and/or receive data from the UE. To support the coordinated multi-point transmission and/or reception, the UE can transmit a sounding reference signal that is configured to enable reliable reception of the sounding reference signal by members of a cooperating set. In addition, configuration of the sounding reference signal can be coordinated to enable more efficient transmission and utilization of the sounding reference signal. Configuration of the sounding reference signal can be based upon information exchanged between the multiple cells. Moreover, the multiple cells can coordinate to set and control a transmit power of the sounding reference signal.
US08938236B2
Even when the mobile terminal (UE) redirected from the UMTS cell to the LTE cell by the redirecting technology cannot start the communication with the LTE system, the communication with the UMTS system can be started. A mobile terminal (UE) according to the present invention is instructed to be redirected from a UMTS cell to an LTE cell by a radio control apparatus (RNC), in an overlapped area between the UMTS cell in which communication with a UMTS system is available and the LTE cell in which communication with an LTE system is available, by transmitting a connection request signal including an LTE supported identifier for indicating that the LTE system is supported to the radio control apparatus (RNC) of the UMTS system. Moreover, the mobile terminal (UE) includes a connection setting process unit which executes a connection setting process with the radio control apparatus (RNC) while being turned into a state of not supporting the LTE system, when receiving a location registration failure signal for indicating that location registration to the tracking area of the LTE system is ended in failure.
US08938235B2
A method of handling cell selection for a mobile device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The mobile device is transferring from a first mode to a second mode. The method comprises determining whether a plurality of active sets of the mobile device comprises at least one first cell of a location area of the wireless communication system, for producing a result, and the location area comprising a first cell serving the mobile device when the mobile device transfers from the second mode to the first mode; and selecting a second cell from the at least one first cell for camping in the second mode, when the result indicates that the plurality of active sets comprise the at least one first cell.
US08938224B2
In one embodiment, a system for transmitting information to a personal communication device (PCD) is provided. The system includes a communication module for being positioned in a vehicle. The communication module is configured to generate a vehicle status signal indicative of the vehicle being in a moving state and to generate a device name signal indicative of an identity of the communication module in the vehicle. The communication module is further configured to transmit the vehicle status signal and the device name signal to the PCD for limiting the operation of the PCD.
US08938221B2
A system for providing a callback cloud, comprising an application server operated by a callback cloud service provider, a media server, a session management server, an interaction manager, and an intent analysis engine. The application server receives registrations from callback providers unaffiliated with the callback service provider. The application server is adapted to receive callback requests from users, comprising a specific callback provider from whom a callback is requested, when a requested callback should be made, and allowable media types. The application server directs the callback request to the interaction manager, and the interaction manager sends data elements pertaining to the request to the intent analysis engine and receives therefrom data elements pertaining to the callback request determined based on an analysis of the requester's intent. The interaction manager directs the session management server to initiate a callback, and the session management server provides signaling to the media server to conduct the callback.
US08938217B2
An accessory communicates with a portable media device (“PMD”) to store tags associated with broadcasts in a file maintained in a storage medium of the accessory, where the tags contain information descriptive of a subset of the broadcast content. In one embodiment, the accessory sends commands to the PMD to create or open a tag file that resides on the PMD, write one or more tags to the file, and close the file. Stored tags can be used to access (e.g., purchase) tagged content by communicating with a media asset delivery service either via a host computer or directly from the PMD.
US08938216B2
Playback of multimedia data associated with a recorded conference session is simplified, particularly for a person who participated in the conference session from a mobile device. At a recording server that is in communication with a plurality of endpoints in a conference session, multimedia received from the plurality of endpoints participating in the conference session is recorded. The recording server obtains geographical location information for at least one mobile endpoint participating in the conference session as the at least one mobile endpoint moves. The recording server temporally correlates the geographical location information for the at least one endpoint with recorded multimedia data for the conference session. The recording server stores data tags for the geographical location information for the at least one mobile endpoint in association with the recorded multimedia data for subsequent use in indexing to map data to retrieve a portion of the recorded multimedia data for playback.
US08938210B1
A personal monitoring system of the present disclosure has a cellular network and a sensing device. The sensing device has an interface that couples the sensing device to the cellular network and to a user for sensing a location of the user. The sensing device transmits data indicative of the location to a computing device via the cellular network. The system further has logic that determines a baseline elevation based on a first location of the user and a change in elevation at a second location of the user from the baseline elevation. The logic transmits data indicative of the baseline elevation and the change in elevation to the computing device via the cellular network.
US08938198B2
A wireless communication device according to embodiments includes a position detection unit configured to detect the position of the wireless communication medium in a moving path, and a control unit configured to control communication based on the detection signal from the position detection unit.
US08938195B2
A method for fixing toner onto a receiver medium includes depositing a pattern of toner onto a surface of the receiver medium. A liquid-blocking barrier is provided that has a first surface and a second surface that is impermeable to a heating liquid. The surface of the receiver medium is brought into contact with the first surface of the liquid-blocking barrier. The heating liquid is brought into contact with the second surface of the liquid-blocking barrier. The heating liquid is at a temperature greater than the toner glass transition temperature. Heat is transferred through the liquid-blocking barrier from the heating liquid to the toner, thereby raising the temperature of the toner to a temperature above the toner glass transition temperature.
US08938193B2
A fuser unit includes: a cylindrical member; a heat generation member; a nip plate; a backup member that forms a nip portion; and a temperature detection member that detects a temperature of the nip plate. The nip plate has: a plate-shaped part that forms the nip portion; a lubricant restraint part that is formed on at least a part of a downstream side end of the plate-shaped part in a predetermined direction and that extends toward an inner side in a diametrical direction of the cylindrical member, and a detected part that extends from an end of the lubricant restraint part toward the predetermined direction. The detected part is formed to be shorter than the plate-shaped part in an axial direction of the cylindrical member, and both ends of the detected part in the axial direction are adjacent to a space.
US08938187B2
A process cartridge includes: a drum cartridge including a photoconductor; a development cartridge configured to be detachably attached to the drum cartridge and including a developer carrying member for supplying developer to the photoconductor; a locking member provided on the drum cartridge and configured to be switchable between a locking position in which the development cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is in a locked state and restrained from being moved in a removing direction in which the development cartridge is removed from the drum cartridge and a lifting position in which the locked state is released and the development cartridge is movable in the removing direction, and a retaining member configured to retain the development cartridge which has been moved from the locked state in the removing direction by switching the locking member from the locking position to the lifting position.
US08938186B2
A method for aligning a photoconductor cartridge (200) in an electrophotographic device includes providing at least two holes in a first end of the cartridge. At least two pins (251) are provided in a frame of the electrophotographic device which mate with the holes in the first end of the cartridge when the cartridge is inserted in the electrophotographic device. A drive mechanism contacts a spherical bearing of a photoconductor of the cartridge and drives a pair of drive dogs. One drive dog is affixed to a spline on the drive mechanism and a second drive dog is affixed to the spherical bearing. At least one hole is provided in a second end of the cartridge. At least one pin is provided in a frame of the electrophotographic device which mate with the hole in the second end of the cartridge when the cartridge is inserted in the electrophotographic device.
US08938185B1
An imaging window cover and slotted hinge assembly includes a cover and first hinge members rotatably and slideably coupled to second hinge members. The cover and slotted hinge assembly enables the cover to be attached to a housing so that the cover may be located in any position between a fully covering position and a rotated and stowed position. When rotated and stowed, the cover and hinge assembly are fully located below a plane of the imaging window, and fully out of the way so that large objects may be placed over the imaging window. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring abstracts, and is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims.
US08938181B2
There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of minimizing the adhesion of a mold release wax vaporized at the time of heating a toner image to components excluding a fixing device inside the image forming apparatus. The mold release wax vaporized at the time of heating and fixing a toner image to a recording material is collected by a collection member, which is provided between a nip portion forming member and the frame of the fixing device, and kept at a temperature between the melting point and the sublimation point of the mold release wax.
US08938176B2
A printing consumables chip comprises a base plate which is provided with a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, and an electronic module which connects with two electrical contacts. The electronic module comprises a microcontroller, and a clock circuit which provides a clock signal to the microcontroller. The modulation circuit comprises a switch device. A control terminal of the switch device is connected with a first pin of the microcontroller and two output terminals of the switch device are connected with the first electrical contact and the ground, respectively. The clock circuit comprises a comparison unit. A first input terminal of the comparison unit is connected with an external clock signal and a second input terminal. The first pin receives the control signal from the output terminal of the comparison unit, and the control terminal of the switch device is connected with a second pin of the microcontroller.
US08938174B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a detection unit detecting information about an image-adjusting pattern image fixed to a paper; a determination unit which, on the basis of an image-noise detecting pattern image that is formed on the paper prior to forming the image-adjusting pattern image, determines the presence or absence of an image noise generated in the image-adjusting pattern image; and a control unit. On the basis of the determination result of the determination unit, the control unit sets a detection region where the detection unit detects information about the image-adjusting pattern image, to a region where the image noise is not generated, and determines the image forming condition by using the information detected in the detection region.
US08938171B2
The present invention discloses a synchronization method suitable for increasing the receiving speed in the receiving part of an orthogonal optical frequency division multiplexing (OOFDM) transceiver.
US08938166B2
In one embodiment, a smart small form-factor pluggable (SSFP) transceiver—compatible with SFP size, power, and interconnection standards—includes an optical transceiver, an electrical connector, a protocol processing engine, and a CPU. The SSFP transceiver is configured for use at a client site having no network interface device (NID). The SSFP transceiver (1) mates to a client's network device at an electrical interface within the network device and (2) connects to a network provider's central office (CO) node via an optical cable at an optical interface. The SSFP transceiver is configured to (1) be powered by the network device, (2) power-up upon mating with the network device, (3) be configured by a remote management agent (RMA) of the network provider for communication with the provider network, (4) respond to/generate Operation, Administration, and Management (OAM) messages from/for the CO node, and (5) provide OAM demarcation functions of a conventional NID.
US08938163B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include sorting potential optical layer link failures in a network in an increasing order of failed traffic amount. The method may further include, for each potential optical link failure in increasing order of failed traffic amount: determining the additional higher layer link capacity required on existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure using higher layer restoration of the potential optical link failure; determining the additional optical layer capacity required for restoring the existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure using optical layer restoration; and selecting one of the higher layer and the optical layer as a restoration layer for restoration of the existing higher layer links associated with the potential optical link failure based on the determined additional higher layer link capacity and the determined additional optical layer capacity.
US08938161B2
A method for adjusting a pointing angle of an actively stabilized camera is provided. The camera is housed by an active stabilization system configured to stabilize the camera in accordance with a commanded pointing angle. The active stabilization system comprises a steering member rotatable around one or more of a pan axis, tilt axis, and roll axis of the system. The method comprises: deriving a joint angle measurement of the steering member associated with a rotational movement of the steering member and adjusting the pointing angle of the camera, based on the derived joint angle measurement, in a direction of the rotational movement of the steering member, if the joint angle measurement exceeds the threshold window. If the joint angle measurement is within the threshold window, the pointing angle of the camera is actively stabilized in accordance with the commanded pointing angle.
US08938154B2
A moving image capturing apparatus includes a capturing section; a sensor; an operation judging section; a priority setting section; a storage section; and a digest playback section. The digest playback setting section includes a portion selecting section; a selected time comparing section; and a setting section. The priority setting section sets a priority for a moving image portion according to a type of state judged by the operation judging section based on a predetermined standard. The digest playback section sets a playback portion of a moving image of a digest playback target. The portion selecting section selects in order from a moving image portion set with a high priority.
US08938151B2
A display control apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a number of predetermined scenes in a video, and a display control unit configured to display, on a display unit, a timeline in which an object indicating a position of the predetermined scene in the video is arranged. The display control unit performs control such that in a case where the number of the predetermined scenes included in a predetermined time period of the video is larger than a predetermined number, the predetermined time period is displayed, on the timeline, with a first width, and in a case where the number of the predetermined scenes included in the predetermined time period of the video is smaller than the predetermined number, the predetermined time period is displayed, on the timeline, with a second width different from the first width.
US08938148B2
In one embodiment, a variable optical attenuator includes a core configured to propagate optical data signals and a cladding surrounding at least part of the core and comprising a first cladding portion and a second cladding portion. An attenuating spacer between the first cladding portion and the second cladding portion is formed from a smart material. The smart material is configured to apply a force to at least one of the first cladding portion and the second cladding portion in response to an external stimulus. The smart material may be a piezoelectric material and the external stimulus may be an electrical current.
US08938147B2
A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis defining an interior region and a tray assembly disposed in the interior region. The tray assembly includes a tray and a cable spool assembly. The cable spool assembly is engaged to a base panel of the tray. The cable spool assembly is adapted to rotate relative to the tray. The cable spool assembly includes a hub, a flange engaged to the hub and an adapter module. The flange defines a termination area. The adapter module is engaged to the termination module of the flange. The adapter module is adapted to slide relative to the flange in a direction that is generally parallel to the flange between an extended position and a retracted position.
US08938140B2
A device for transmitting or receiving a light beam is provided. The device includes an angular adjustment element and a fiber-optic cable which emits light and is connected to the angular adjustment element. The fiber-optic cable ends in the region of the angular adjustment element. The angular adjustment element enables a radiation direction of a light beam of the fiber-optic cable to be fixed, wherein, in at least some of possible radiation directions, the light beam passes through a fixed point which is independent of the radiation direction, wherein the fixed point lies outside the device.
US08938134B2
An apparatus comprising an optical modulator, wherein the optical modulator comprises a planar substrate, a first III-V semiconductor layer on the substrate, and a silicon layer on the substrate. The optical modulator includes a planar semiconductor optical waveguide having a hybrid optical core, the hybrid optical core including vertically adjacent lateral portions of the first III-V semiconductor layer and the silicon layer.
US08938130B2
A method for the alignment of pairs of complex images of a region, such as may be produced by separate passes of a synthetic aperture radar, is disclosed. The method selects a subset of each image in the form of a plurality of tiles, and calculates a correlation value between corresponding pairs of tiles. Shifts in x and y for each pair where the correlation value exceeds a threshold are then used to calculate values for overall shift, stretch and shear to be applied to one of the images to align it with the other. An iterative least squares approach may be used. As both phase and amplitude information is used in the correlation the technique is suitable for aligning images having little intensity variation. The invention may be used to align images prior to coherent change detection analysis of the images.
US08938129B2
A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving an input image having input pixels; identifying input edge pixels from the input pixels; calculating an edge pixel sum for one of the input edge pixels based on the number of the input edge pixels surrounding one of the input edge pixels; identifying pruned edge pixels from the input edge pixels having the edge pixel sum between a high edge density threshold and a low edge density threshold; and selecting a dominant image line from candidate lines calculated between the pruned edge pixels to generate a processed image for displaying on a device.
US08938126B2
A method is provided for identifying one or more scored candidate objects that may correspond to one or more actual pallets in a gray scale image. The method may comprise: identifying, by a computer, a first plurality of scored candidate objects in the gray scale image; storing, by the computer, a starting list of the first plurality of scored candidate objects, wherein the starting list includes a respective record for each of the first plurality of scored candidate objects that includes a respective location of the scored candidate object within the gray scale image, and a respective composite object score that represents a likelihood that the scored candidate object corresponds to an actual pallet structure in the gray scale image; and removing from the starting list each of the first plurality of scored candidate objects which: a) is located within a predetermined vertical distance of a particular one of the first plurality of scored candidate objects; and b) has a respective composite score less than that of the particular one scored candidate object.
US08938124B2
A system and method for computer vision based tracking of a hand may include receiving a sequence of images, the images including at least one object having a shape of a hand. A first selected feature is tracked from within the hand shaped object. Shape recognition algorithms are applied at a suspected location of the hand shaped object in an image from the sequence of images to detect a shape of a hand in the image and a second feature from within the detected shape of the hand is then selected and tracked, thereby providing verification and updating of the location of the hand shaped object.
US08938117B2
In a pattern recognition apparatus, a characteristic amount calculation unit calculates a characteristic amount for recognizing a desired object from a partial image clipped from an input pattern, a likelihood calculation unit calculates a likelihood of an object as a recognition target from the characteristic amount calculated by the characteristic amount calculation unit by referring to an object dictionary, and an object determination unit determines whether the partial image is the object as the recognition target based on the likelihood of the object calculated by the likelihood calculation unit. The likelihood calculation unit calculates the likelihood of the object as the recognition target from the characteristic amount calculated by the characteristic amount calculation unit by referring to a specific object dictionary. The object determination unit determines whether the partial image is a specific object as the recognition target from the likelihood of the object calculated by the likelihood calculation unit.
US08938112B2
An image correction method includes detecting signals emitted from a tracer introduced into a target; intermittently extracting some of the detected signals according to a code string in which different codes are arranged; generating an image of the target using the extracted signals; and correcting the generated image based on at least one characteristic of the generated image.
US08938106B2
A method and a device are disclosed for identifying and assigning coronary calcification to at least one coronary vessel of a heart in a patient. In at least one embodiment, coronary calcification is identified on the basis of a 3D image data record of the heart in the patient, which data record was generated by an imaging instrument without contrast agent being administered; at least one 3D model of the profile of the coronary vessels in a human is provided; and wherein the identified coronary calcification in the patient is assigned to at least one coronary vessel of the at least one 3D model of the profile of the coronary vessels in a human. At least one embodiment moreover relates to a computer program product, having a computer program that is stored on a medium that can be read by a computational unit, for carrying out the method for identifying and assigning coronary calcification when the computer program is loaded into the computational unit.
US08938087B2
An image processing apparatus is provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image mapping unit for generating a mapping image in which first radiation images of multi-energy bands with respect to a local region of a body are mapped to a second radiation image with respect to a thickness variable phantom, an image analyzing unit for analyzing a reference region corresponding to normal tissue in the local region and a peculiar region corresponding to abnormal tissue in the local region based on the mapping image, and an enhancement image generating unit for generating a tissue enhancement image that has a shape of the local region in the first radiation images and enhances regions of pixel positions, that are mapped to the peculiar region, of the first radiation images.
US08938085B2
A microphone adapter is attachable to a microphone including a microphone unit and a casing having a front sound terminal and a back sound terminal. The microphone adapter has a bottom having a hole through which the casing of the microphone extends and a cylindrical peripheral wall integrated with the bottom, having an open end opposite to the bottom, and covering the periphery of the back sound terminal. The cylindrical peripheral wall has an internal diameter larger than the external diameter of the casing of the microphone so as to define a space between the cylindrical peripheral wall and the external peripheral surface of the casing of the microphone extending through the hole, and extends from the bottom at least to a position of the front sound terminal in a sound collection axis direction.
US08938079B2
Engine sound enhancement (ESE) for a vehicle includes determining a current rate of change (ROC) in a position of an acceleration device of the vehicle from sensor data received from at least one sensor in communication with the acceleration device and calculating an ESE value based on the current ROC in the position of the acceleration device. The ESE value reflects an intensity and tone quality of at least one of the exhaust and the engine of the vehicle. The ESE also includes receiving a current RPM value, comparing the RPM value and the ROC in the position of the acceleration device to corresponding pre-defined threshold values, the pre-defined threshold values mapped to ESE tunings, and activating one of the ESE tunings when each of the current RPM value and the current ROC in the position of the acceleration device meets a corresponding pre-defined threshold value.
US08938071B2
The disclosure discloses a method for updating an air interface key, a core network node and a radio access system, wherein the method for updating an air interface key comprises: a core network node receives a relocation complete indication message from a target RNC (S502), the relocation complete indication message is configured to indicate the successful relocation of User Equipment (UE) from a source RNC to the target RNC; the core network node uses the saved traditional key and the current enhanced key to calculate a next hop enhanced key (S504); the core network node sends the next hop enhanced key to the target RNC (S506). Through the disclosure, the forward security of users is guaranteed effectively, thus the communication security of the radio access system is improved overall.
US08938068B2
An information output apparatus identifies, according to a rule established for each of functional encryption protocols or a rule established for each combination of the protocols, one or more identifiers corresponding to a particular functional encryption protocol or a combination of the particular protocols, sets a particular piece of first correspondence information corresponding to the identifier or identifiers, and outputs first information which is a ciphertext or key information of the functional encryption scheme that corresponds to the particular piece of first correspondence information. An information processing apparatus inputs the first information and second information which is key information or a ciphertext of the functional encryption scheme that corresponds to a particular piece of second correspondence information into a decryption function of the functional encryption scheme and, when the truth value of a logical formula corresponding to the combination of the particular piece of first correspondence information corresponding to the first information and the particular piece of second correspondence information corresponding to the second information is true, generates a decryption result.
US08938061B1
A system for configuring and registering Internet Protocol (IP) phones has at least one IP phone coupled to a private branch exchange (PBX) through a switch. A boot server stores a plurality of configuration files used to configure IP phones, and the IP phone downloads a default configuration file having a default extension identifier from the boot server in order to allow the IP phone to initiate a registration session with the PBX. Once the registration session is initiated, the PBX is configured to automatically learn a media access control (MAC) address of the IP phone and to generate at least one unique configuration file identified by the learned MAC address. The IP phone is then configured according to the generated unique configuration file without an administrator having to associate the MAC address with the extension identifier.
US08938060B2
A user may utilize a communication device, e.g., a wireless phone, mobile device or personal digital assistant (PDA), to contact an information/call center where an operator provides personalized information and communications services to the user in accordance with the invention. Such services may include, e.g., private directory and calendar data synchronization, identity pre-validation, etc. To personalize the services, at least one profile record associated with the user which may specify, among others, the devices used by the user to communicate with the information/call center, and preferred information/call center to which an information assistance call is routed. Accordingly, services and service features provided to the user may be tailored for use with the specified devices. Security measures may also be instituted in the profile record to restrict use of certain services and service features.
US08938055B2
Call party details of a telephone call involving first and second telephony user devices are received. The call party details include first and second identities associated with the first and second telephony user devices respectively. A client-server connection request is received from, and a client-server connection is established with, one of the user devices. A session for the communication of data to and/or from the user devices is established separately from the telephone call on the basis of the first and second identities. The receipt of pre-configured user data by the one of the user devices is enabled via the client-server connection. The pre-configured user data has been specified by a user of another of the user devices prior to the establishment of the telephone call as data for receipt by other user devices during telephone calls conducted by the user.
US08938054B2
A system and method for preventing or facilitating communications between individuals who reside in detention environments (such as e.g., prisons or correctional facilities) and individuals who are not in such detention environments using an automated authentication or verification.
US08938052B2
A voice channel connection and a data channel connection are established with a structured voice interaction system. Navigation information for and provided by the structured voice interaction system is received over the data channel connection. The data channel navigation information is coordinated with navigation information provided by the structured voice interaction system over the voice channel connection.
US08938049B2
A mesh electrode adhesion structure includes: a substrate, and an opening defined in the substrate; a mesh electrode on the substrate, and a first combination groove defined in the mesh electrode; and an adhesion layer between the substrate and the mesh electrode. The mesh electrode includes: a mesh region corresponding to the opening defined in the substrate, and an adhesion region in which the first combination groove exposes the adhesion layer.
US08938045B2
A method of evaluating a reservoir includes a multi-energy X-ray CT scan of a sample, obtaining bulk density and photoelectric effect index effect for the sample, estimation of at least mineral property using data obtained from at least one of a core gamma scan, a spectral gamma ray scan, an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis, or an X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the sample, and determination of at least one sample property by combining the bulk density, photoelectric effect index, and the at least one mineral property (e.g., total clay content). Reservoir properties, such as one or more of formation brittleness, porosity, organic material content, and permeability, can be determined by the method without need of detailed lab physical measurements or destruction of the sample. A system for evaluating a reservoir also is provided.
US08938042B2
A ring oscillator in a receiver in a multimedia network is adjusted to compensate for factors that may decrease its accuracy over time using a link training signal from a transmitter device in the network. An incoming signal having a known frequency is received at a receiver or sink device from a transmitter, the signal may be a link training signal used for configuring a link between the two devices. In the receiver, an internally generated clock signal is created, the signal having an internal frequency. The incoming signal and the internally generated clock signal are input into a frequency detector which outputs frequency comparison-based data. The internal frequency is based on the comparison-based data such that it is adjusted to be closer to the known frequency of the incoming signal.
US08938040B2
Methods and apparatus are described for improving receiver performance in a multicarrier communication network in which an encoded symbol (250) is transmitted over a transmission channel (20) in the communications system. A model of the transmission channel (20) is estimated (718, 760), said model characterizing an effect of intercarrier interference on at least one carrier in the multicarrier system. The received symbol (250) is decoded (720, 762) using the estimated model to remove a predicted effect of intercarrier interference. A pre-processor (40) is also described for operation in conjunction with a communications receiver (30) in the network. The pre-processor (40) includes a channel estimator (42) operable to estimate at least one feature of the communication channel based on a received signal. The pre-processor (40) modifies the received signal dependent on the at least one estimated feature and provides the modified signal to the communications receiver (30).
US08938038B2
Techniques for expanding the set of addressable interfering signals in an interference cancelling receiver are described, where the task of control message detection from interfering cells is integrated in an iterative receiver process where increasingly better a priori information on the received data signals from the previous iteration is used to detect additional control messages and successively grow the set of interfering signals included in the receiver's interference mitigation processing. In an example method, first estimated symbols for a desired signal are generated. A control channel corresponding to a first interfering signal is detected, where said detecting is based on the first estimated symbols. Signal characteristics information for the first interfering signal is then derived from the detected control channel signal, and used to generate second estimated symbols for the desired signal, using an interference-mitigation technique to mitigate the effects of the interfering signal.
US08938029B2
A receiver technique includes generating a DC offset compensation signal based on a frequency offset-compensated received signal and a frequency offset indication signal. The technique includes generating a DC offset-compensated received signal based on the DC offset compensation signal and a received signal. The frequency offset-compensated received signal may be generated using a first Coordinate Rotation DIgital Computer (CORDIC) responsive to the DC offset-compensated received symbol and the frequency offset indication signal. The DC offset compensation signal may be generated using a second CORDIC responsive to the frequency offset indication signal and a real-valued signal.
US08938025B2
Communication devices and associated methods for reducing I/Q impairments in signals used by the communication devices are described. A transmitter device may perform filtering (or matrix multiplication) on digital I and Q signals to pre-correct them before converting them into analog I and Q signals. The pre-correction may pre-compensate for I/Q impairments which have not been introduced yet, but which will subsequently be introduced during digital-to-analog conversion, I/Q modulation, or other processing that occurs to produce a transmission signal from the original digital I and Q signals. A receiver device may receive a transmission signal, produce digital I and Q signals from the received signal, and perform filtering on the digital I and Q signals to correct I/Q impairments at a plurality of frequency offsets.
US08938022B2
A system and method for realizing distributed interference alignment is disclosed. The system comprises a retrieving module, a determination module and a precoding module. The retrieving module retrieves source data. The determination module generates data describing one or more requirements for one or more associated Interference Alignment (IA) groups. The precoding module calculates a precoding vector based at least in part on the data describing the one or more requirements for the one or more associated IA groups. The precoding module is communicatively coupled to the retrieving module to receive the source data. The precoding module generates a transmission signal based at least in part on the precoding vector and the source data.
US08938009B2
This disclosure describes techniques for generating a layered encoded bitstream structure that exploits correlation in header information among video blocks of a coded unit of video data. A video encoder configured to operate in accordance with the techniques of this disclosure separates header information of the video blocks of a slice (or other coded unit) from the residual information of the video blocks of the slice. The video encoder run-length encodes the header information of the video blocks to better exploit the correlation of the header information among the blocks of the slice. After encoding the header information of the blocks of the slice, the video encoder encodes the residual information for each of the blocks of the slice. The video encoder transmits the encoded header information as a first sequence of bits and transmits the encoded residual information as second sequence of bits.
US08938008B2
A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation in a digital video system is disclosed. Specifically, the present invention discloses a system that quickly calculates estimated motion vectors in a very efficient manner. In one embodiment, a first multiplicand is determined by multiplying a first display time difference between a first video picture and a second video picture by a power of two scale value. This step scales up a numerator for a ratio. Next, the system determines a scaled ratio by dividing that scaled numerator by a second first display time difference between said second video picture and a third video picture. The scaled ratio is then stored calculating motion vector estimations. By storing the scaled ratio, all the estimated motion vectors can be calculated quickly with good precision since the scaled ratio saves significant bits and reducing the scale is performed by simple shifts.
US08938007B2
Disclosed herein is an encoding apparatus including: an encoding execution block configured to encode moving image data in accordance with setting; and a setting block configured to make setting for the encoding execution block to execute the encoding. If an image of the moving image data is darker than usual, the setting block makes the setting so as to decrease a code amount of the darker image of the moving image data, and the encoding execution block encodes the darker image of the moving image data in accordance with the setting for decreasing the code amount of the darker image.
US08938000B2
The present invention provides a transcoder having a MPEG decoder and a MPEG encoder, for changing a GOP structure and the bit rate of an encoded bitstream obtained as a result of an encoding process. The MPEG encoder receives a past encoding parameters generated at a past encoding process as a history information, and performs a present encoding process by using the past encoding parameters selectively so that the present encoding process is optimized. Furthermore, the encoder describe the past encoding parameters into the encoded bitstream as the history information so as to reuse the history information in advance encoding process. The picture quality of the video data does not deteriorate even if decoding and encoding processes are carried out repeatedly by the transcoder.
US08937999B2
A moving image encoding apparatus decides a picture number for identifying a frame which is encoded by each encoding unit on the basis of a count value of a sync signal of an input moving image signal and a value corresponding to the number of a plurality of encoding units and notifies each encoding unit of the picture number. Each encoding unit obtains a moving image signal of the frame to be subjected to encoding among the input moving image signal, on the basis of the notified picture number and encodes the obtained moving image signal. Data encoded by a plurality of encoding units is multiplexed as a bit stream in accordance with the picture number and output.
US08937998B2
Techniques for improving the accuracy of prediction in intra-frame coding. A prediction mode can specify a pixel along a direction independently of other pixels along the same direction. In an embodiment, an encoder selects a prediction mode to best represent the image block. In an alternative embodiment, a decoder reconstructs each pixel in the image block by weighting neighboring pixels according to a weight matrix specified by the prediction mode.
US08937996B2
The invention concerns receive circuitry for demodulating an input signal received from a transmission channel, the receive circuitry having a decision feedback equalizer including an inter-carrier interference estimation block arranged to provide an estimation of inter-carrier interference (ICI) noise based on at least a channel estimation determined for a previous symbol, a channel estimation determined for the next symbol, and on a previous estimation of the symbol data for the current symbol, the previous estimation being provided by a feedback path comprising a demapping block; and correction circuitry arranged to determine the estimation of the original data signal based on the estimation of ICI noise subtracted from the input signal.
US08937991B2
A system and method for filtering an analog signal with a finite impulse response (FIR) filter that does not require analog delay elements are disclosed. An analog signal is pulse-width encoded, and the pulse-width encoded signal passed to a delay line comprising unclocked delay elements, such as logic gates, rather than clocked delay elements such as are used in conventional FIR filters. The propagation of the input signal is thus due only to the delay inherent in each gate, and occurs based upon when a signal reaches the gate rather than being caused by a clock signal. As with a conventional FIR filter, weighting elements having impedance are used to weigh the output of each delay element, and the resulting outputs summed to obtain a filtered output signal. For certain signals, such a circuit and method provides a simpler way of filtering than conventional filters.
US08937988B2
A multicarrier modem has a plurality of carriers over which data is transmitted. By assigning, foe example, one or more different margins to the individual carriers the data rate and impairment immunity can be increased.
US08937985B2
A method for the wireless transmission of data between at least one communication unit (2) which is arranged in or on a rotatable part (1) and to which at least one sensor (S) and/or actuator is respectively connected, and at least one base communication unit (4) which is arranged in radio reception range outside of the rotatable part is described. Transmission of the data using the ultrawideband radio transmission method (UWB) on a frequency spectrum of more than 500 MHz or a frequency bandwidth of more than 0.2 times the average transmission frequency is proposed.
US08937982B2
A method of manufacturing a surface-emitting laser element having a light-emitting mesa structure with an emitting area including a high-reflectance portion and a low-reflectance portion includes forming a layered body that includes a lower reflecting mirror, a cavity structure, and an upper reflecting mirror on a substrate; forming a first area on an upper surface of the layered body; forming a second area having the same size as the first area on the upper surface of the layered body; forming a light-emitting mesa structure and a monitoring-mesa structure by etching the first area and the second area, respectively; forming a confinement structure including a current passage area surrounded by an oxide in the light-emitting mesa structure and the monitoring-mesa structure; and measuring the size of the current passage area of the monitoring-mesa structure.
US08937979B2
A gas laser oscillator includes a control apparatus which creates a command voltage, a laser power supply which supplies power to a discharge tube in accordance with the command voltage, and a voltage detecting unit which detects a voltage applied to the discharge tube. The control apparatus includes a determining unit which determines whether or not a discharge is initiated in the discharge tube, based on a rate of changes in the voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit when power is supplied to the discharge tube in accordance with the command voltage being increased in a stepwise manner. The determining unit is configured to determine whether or not a discharge is initiated in the discharge tube after an initial step that at least includes the first incremental step of the command voltage being increased in a stepwise manner.
US08937976B2
A system for generating a shaped optical pulse is disclosed. The system includes a master oscillator for generating an initial optical pulse, which is then directed to a semiconductor optical amplifier to amplify a portion of the initial optical pulse. The amplified pulse is reflected from a fiber Bragg grating to spectrally clean the amplified pulse and the reflected portion is returned back through the semiconductor optical amplifier. The semiconductor optical amplifier is activated a second time to amplify the reflected portion of the pulse. The time delay between the two activations of the semiconductor optical amplifier is selected to generate an output pulse with desired duration and/or amplitude profile over time.
US08937973B2
There is provided a transmitting device including a packet signal generation unit configured to generate a packet signal of a video; a transmitting unit configured to transmit the packet signal via an asynchronous transmission network; a timing generation unit configured to generate a video frame synchronization signal on the basis of a reference signal acquired from a reference signal source; and a timing adjustment unit configured to, on the basis of the frame synchronization signal, perform adjustment so that a transmission timing for the packet signal is different from a transmission timing for a packet signal at another transmitting device.
US08937965B2
A switch unit, which is connected to one or more computers and one or more storage systems, comprises an update function for updating transfer management information (a routing table, for example). The storage system has a function for adding a virtual port to a physical port. The storage system migrates the virtual port addition destination from a first physical port to a second physical port and transmits a request of a predetermined type which includes identification information on the virtual port of the migration target to the switch unit. The transfer management information is updated by the update function of the switch unit so that the transfer destination which corresponds with the migration target virtual port is the switch port connected to the second physical port.
US08937959B2
A distributed switch may include a hierarchy with one or more levels of surrogate sub-switches (and surrogate bridge elements) that enable the distributed switch to scale bandwidth based on the size of the membership of a multicast group. When a sub-switch receives a multicast data frame, it forwards the packet to one of the surrogate sub-switches. Each surrogate sub-switch may then forward the packet to another surrogate in a different hierarchical level or to a destination computing device. Because the surrogates may transmit the data frame in parallel using two or more connection interfaces, the bandwidth used to forward the multicast packet increases for each surrogate used.
US08937956B2
A network device receives multiple protocol data units (PDUs), or packets, and initiates aggregation of an intended number of the packets to form a transmission block. During the aggregation process, the device receives a priority PDU, or packet, and in response to receiving the priority PDU, terminates the aggregation process, either permanently or temporarily, even though the number of packets aggregated prior to receiving the priority packet is less than the number of packets intended to be included in the transmission block. The device releases the priority packet for transmission out of turn, ahead of the already aggregated packets. The priority packet can be released individually, with the aggregation being resumed after release of the priority packet, or the priority packet can be pre-pended to the already aggregated block of packets and the entire block released with a priority assigned according to the priority of the priority packet.
US08937955B2
An example method is provided and includes receiving, at an ingress switch in a network, a packet from an attached host that is coupled to a destination host, where the packet includes an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address of a destination host, comparing the IPv6 address with a plurality of entries in a longest prefix match (LPM) table, in which each entry includes a value string and a corresponding mask string configured to detect a match for a specific combination of a segment prefix and a switch-id in the IPv6 address, identifying an egress switch from a matching entry in the LPM table, and forwarding the packet to the egress switch. The IPv6 address includes a combination of segment prefix and switch-id associated with the egress switch. The segment prefix corresponds to an identifier of a network segment, and the switch-id corresponds to an identifier of a switch in the network.
US08937953B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first packet sent by a first node. The packet includes a first Layer 3 source address, a first Layer 3 destination address, a first Layer 2 source hardware identifier, a first Layer 2 destination hardware identifier, and a first path identifier. The first path identifier is situated between a Layer 2 header of the first packet and a Layer 3 header of the first packet. The method includes automatically determining a first port of the first network element associated with a second node. The second node is associated with the first Layer 2 destination hardware identifier. A second path identifier is automatically determined based on the first port. The first packet is prevented from being delivered to the second node in response to determining that the first path identifier and the second path identifier are different.
US08937950B2
A network component comprising a receiver configured to receive an outgoing frame from a local host, a logic circuit configured to map a destination address (DA) for a target host in the outgoing frame to a DA for a target location of the target host and encapsulate the outgoing frame using the DA for the target location, and a transmitter configured to receive a pre-encapsulated outgoing frame from a local switch, and send the pre-encapsulated outgoing frame to a gateway at a target location, wherein the transmitter does not encapsulate frames received from local switches and decapsulates an incoming frame from a remote gateway destined towards local hosts.
US08937947B2
A technique for distributing in a multicasting network media content via two or more media layers is described. The media layers are hierarchically arranged in accordance with a scalable coding protocol such as the Scalable Video Coding (SVC) protocol. In a method implementation of this technique, in a first step a first number of media recipients for a first media layer that is transmitted via a first bearer of the multicasting network is determined. Then, a second bearer of the multicasting network for at least one second media layer is selected taking into account the first number and a hierarchical relationship between the first media layer and the second media layer.
US08937945B2
Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus for processing incoming packets in an efficient manner. A service ID bitmap indicating available services associated with the user is established. The available services are grouped into service set. Common service set having common set of rules is determined. A user associated with common service set and incoming traffic is identified. The incoming traffic is processed according to the common set of rules indicated by the service ID bitmap. The efficient use of Ternary Content Addressable Memory (TCAM) results in faster search result, lower power consumption and chip footprint among others.
US08937943B2
One example method of limiting transmission of data involves generating an Internet datagram that includes digital content and an Internet protocol (IP) header. It is determined whether the digital content comprises localized data that may be transmitted to other devices within a network boundary. If the digital content comprises localized data, a time to live (TTL) parameter of the IP header of the Internet datagram is set to a value that represents a number of times the digital content may be transmitted within the network boundary, with the value being less than or equal to five. After the TTL parameter is set to a value less than or equal to five, the Internet datagram is transmitted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08937935B2
A system for wireless communication in a network includes: a resource-restricted device transmitting a data frame to be forwarded to a destination device in the network, wherein the data frame includes a source identifier of the resource-restricted device, wherein the source identifier is not a valid network address for the network; a proxy device receiving the data frame from the resource-restricted device, deriving a network address for the resource-restricted device as a function of the source identifier of the resource-restricted device, and constructing, from the data frame, a packet to be forwarded to at least the destination device. Constructing the packet involves: including, in the packet, data from the data frame, and including, in the packet, the derived network address for the resource-restricted device as a source address for the packet. The proxy device associates a delay to the packet, and schedules transmission of the packet after the delay.
US08937930B2
Methods and devices provide a virtual peripheral hub and services enabling remote access to peripherals commonly connected to personal computers in a manner that simplifies device networking. A virtual peripheral hub device may include a processor and wireless communication transceivers configured to connect to cellular and/or WiFi networks to access a remote server, and wired and/or wireless local networks for connecting to peripheral devices. The virtual peripheral hub device may plug into a power source (e.g., a wall socket or cigarette lighter), connect to a peripheral device, and be configured to enable any computer attached to a local area network or the Internet to use or access the peripheral device. An associated server-based service enables discovery of the virtual peripheral hub device and connected peripherals. The associated server-based server may provide the drivers for various peripherals, store and forward data, and provide remote access to the various peripherals.
US08937927B1
Seamless mobility between public and private WLANs may be provided. First a Mobile Node (MN) may be registered for privileged network access via a first access point (AP). Then, a privileged access channel for the MN via a first Mobility Access Gateway (MAG) may be established. Next, a switch by the MN from the first AP to a second AP may be detected. A determination may be made as to whether the second AP is associated with one of the following: the first MAG and a second MAG. Then, when the second AP is associated with the first MAG, the second AP may be established as a new termination point for the privileged access channel. When the second AP is associated with the second MAG, a new privileged access channel may be established through the second MAG.
US08937922B2
A method and station for receiving a data frame in a wireless local area network are provided. The method includes receiving, from a transmitter which has obtained a transmission opportunity (TXOP) for a bandwidth, a first data unit of a plurality of data units during the TXOP, the TXOP indicating an interval of time when the transmitter has a right to exchange frame sequences; and after receiving the first data unit, further receiving, from the transmitter, a second data unit of the plurality of data units during the TXOP, wherein a transmit bandwidth of the second data unit is selected from available bandwidths, wherein the available bandwidths include a first available bandwidth which is same as a transmit bandwidth of the first data unit and a second available bandwidth which is narrower than the transmit bandwidth of the first data unit.
US08937920B2
An agent manages multipath communications between a first network and a second network. The first network and a second network are wirelessly coupled by links through a plurality of wireless cellular devices. A link status monitor maintains a list of wireless cellular devices with bridging capability available for multipath communications between the first and second networks. A packet scheduler identifies segments of received packets originating from the second network and assigns one or more wireless cellular devices selected from the list to the identified segments. A packet transmitter encapsulates the segments of packets so identified and addresses the encapsulated segments to the assigned wireless cellular devices.
US08937919B2
A method and apparatus for channel interleaving in a wireless communication system. In one aspect of the present invention, the data resource elements are assigned to multiple code blocks, and the numbers of data resource elements assigned to each code block are substantially equal. In another aspect of the present invention, a time-domain-multiplexing-first (TDM-first) approach and a frequency-domain-multiplexing-first (FDM-first) approach are proposed. In the TDM-first approach, at least one of a plurality of code blocks are assigned with a number of consecutive data carrying OFDM symbols. In the FDM-first approach, at least one of the plurality of code blocks are assigned with all of the data carrying OFDM symbols. Either one of the TDM first approach and the FDM-first approach may be selected in dependence upon the number of the code blocks, or the transport block size, or the data rate.
US08937917B2
The present invention relates to a method in which a terminal establishes component carriers in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprising the following steps: determining whether or not a second component carrier, which is associated with a first component carrier by means of system information, exists; if the second component carrier exists, establishing a relationship between the second component carrier and the first component carrier; and, if the second component carrier does not exist, establishing a relationship between a primary component carrier and the first component carrier.
US08937915B2
Provided is a sequence allocation method capable of reducing inter-cell interference of a reference signal when a ZC sequence is used as the reference signal in a mobile communication system. In the sequence allocation method divides R×M sequences specified by a ZC sequence number r(r=1 to R) and a cyclic shift sequence number m (m=1 to M) into a plurality of sequence groups X (X=1 to R) in accordance with the transmission band width of the reference signal, so that the ZC sequence is allocated to each cell in each sequence group unit. When it is assumed that R=9 and M=6, the number of sequence is 54. Each of the sequence groups is formed by two sequences. Accordingly, the number of sequence groups is 27. The 27 types of sequence groups are allocated to each cell.
US08937909B2
A system and method of communication in an IMS network is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a call processing server having a controller element that receives from a terminal device a calling ID for establishing communications with a called party, submits to a telephone number mapping (ENUM) server a query corresponding to the calling ID, receives from the ENUM server a plurality of communication identifiers retrieved from a Naming Authority Pointer record according to a grade of service (GoS) of the called party, and selects according to the GoS of the called party a communication identifier from the plurality of communication identifiers to establish communications with the called party. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08937908B2
Method and radio network controller of a mobile telecommunication network for providing DNS redirection in a mobile telecommunication network. The radio network controller includes an interface configured to receive a DNS query from a mobile terminal and a domain name system, DNS, interceptor module. The DNS interceptor module is configured to intercept the DNS query from the mobile terminal, detect the indication of the content originator server or the content delivery provider, check the indication against a list of domain names handled by the radio network controller, and generate a DNS reply in response to the DNS query, the DNS reply including an IP address of a content server associated with the radio network controller and not including an IP address of the content delivery provider. The interface is configured to send the DNS reply to the mobile terminal.
US08937907B2
A method and apparatus for extended access barring (EAB) in a wireless communication system. In detail, the present description proposes EAB indication information, which is included in the paging message. The EAB indication information is included in the paging message only when as least one access class (AC) is barred by EAB operation of the network. Alternatively, the EAB indication information can be included in the paging message when EAB information in a system information block (SIB) has been changed or updated. Further, the present description proposes a timer associated with the EAB indication information. The timer is used to ensure the validity of the EAB indication information to the UE while the timer is running by a user equipment (UE). While the timer is running, a specific value or information indicated by the EAB indication information in a paging message is assumed to be valid/correct by the UE.
US08937904B2
A wireless communication system includes: a plurality of mobile terminals; a plurality of transceivers, each of the transceivers performing wireless communication with a mobile terminal; a plurality of baseband processors which modulates data to be transmitted to one of the transceivers and demodulates data received from one of the transceivers; a switch which switches the connection of the transceivers and the baseband processors; and a controller which calculates an operation rate of the transceivers and the baseband processors, respectively, continues or stops a power supply for driving the transceivers and the baseband processors in accordance with a calculation result of the operation rate, and controls the switch to reconnect the transceivers coupled to one of the baseband processor of which the power supply has been stopped to another baseband processor of which the power supply is continued.
US08937896B2
Methods and communication devices are described where in a first transmission mode a set of carriers having different carrier frequencies is used for payload data transmission, and in a second transmission mode at least some of the carriers of the set of carriers are refrained from being used, and the transmission power is reduced.
US08937895B2
A method and device for carrier management in a carrier aggregation system, includes signaling which carries an additional carrier measurement indication sent to a User Equipment (UE); a measurement report received from the UE; when the downlink traffic of the UE increases, if the recorded carriers in the current downlink carrier set of the UE can not meet the requirement of the downlink traffic data rate, according to the additional carrier measurement report, at least one additional carrier is configured and activated, and the UE is notified to perform the corresponding configuration operation. In addition, according to the measurement result and the change in the downlink traffic of the UE, the base station can also perform the deactivation, activation replacement and removal of the additional carrier for the user, and notify the UE to perform the corresponding configuration operations.
US08937894B2
A method of allocating a multicast resource to a multicast group for a multicast communication in a base station is provided. The base station persistently allocates the multicast resource to the multicast group, generates a MAP IE including allocation information of the multicast resource, an allocation period indicating a period in which the multicast resource is allocated and a lifetime in which allocation of the multicast resource is maintained, and transmitting the MAP IE to the multicast group.
US08937888B2
In one embodiment, a method includes electronically prompting, in response to a triggering event, a participant connected to a conference session via a corresponding endpoint device to enter an affirmative response in order to continue attending the conference session. The participant is disconnected from the conference session in the event that the affirmative response is not received within a predetermined time period. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
US08937887B2
Methods and apparatuses to provide communication connections for partners based on communication references assigned to entities maintained by the partners. In one embodiment, a method includes: receiving from a partner contact information of an entity; providing the partner with a real-time communication reference usable to at least initiate a request for a communication connection; and in response to receiving a request initiated via the real-time communication reference, providing a real-time communication connection between a requester and the entity using the contact information received from the partner.
US08937881B2
An electronic device is provided which comprises a plurality of processing units (IP1-IP6), a network-based interconnect (N) coupled to the processing units (IP1-IP6) and at least one monitoring unit (P1, P2) for monitoring a data flow of at least one first communication path between the processing units (IP1-IP6) and for forwarding monitoring results at least temporarily via at least two separate communication paths (MC1, MC2).
US08937879B2
A system for managing energy consumption of a mesh network. The system includes a controller, a dynamic routing device configured to perform a functionality of either a routing device or a non-routing device, and at least one processor. The at least one processor is programmed to identify a number of routing devices in the mesh network, determine a signal strength of each of the identified routing devices with respect to at least one of the controller and the dynamic processor, and determine whether the dynamic routing device will perform the functionality of a routing device or a non-routing device upon joining the mesh network based on the number of identified routing devices and the signal strength of each of the identified routing devices.
US08937874B2
A method of controlling gains within a repeater may include determining a power control set point value which controls a transmit power of a mobile station (MS), and receiving a downlink signal from a base station transceiver system (BTS). The method may further include measuring a power of the received downlink signal, and computing a power level of a signal expected at the uplink of the repeater, wherein the computing is based on the measured downlink power and the power control set point value. Finally, the method may further include adjusting a gain of at least one amplifier based on the computed power level. An apparatus for controlling gains in a repeater may include a baseband processor for performing the above method.
US08937873B2
A method for generating a forbidden channel list for a combined wireless communication station comprises the steps of: obtaining a channel usage report from an access point; performing a channel scan procedure; generating at least one of a channel load report, a noise indicator report, a signal strength indicator report and a packet error rate report according to the results of the channel scan procedure; and generating a forbidden channel list at least according to the generated one of the channel usage report, the channel load report, the noise indicator report, the signal strength to report, and the packet error rate report.
US08937867B2
A communication routing arrangement includes two or more wireless routers coupled to a communication network, and a user device adapted to couple with the communication network through a communication path including at least one of the two or more wireless routers. The communication path between the user device and the communication network is selected based on available resources of the two or more wireless routers.
US08937865B1
In general, techniques are described for scheduling traffic for delivery over an aggregated bundle of links. A network device comprising an interface and a data plane may implement the techniques. The interface receives packets associated with packet flows. The data plane associates each of the packet flows with a different link of an aggregated bundle of links. The data plane monitors transmission of the packets via the links to determine a representation of an amount of data sent per link. The data plane further determines that bandwidth utilization does not conform to a desired bandwidth utilization based on the determined representation of the amount of data sent per link. The data plane then re-associates the packet flows to different links of the aggregated bundle based on the determination that the bandwidth utilization does not conform to the desired bandwidth utilization.
US08937862B2
In one embodiment, a method includes sending a configuration signal to a virtual network switch module within a control plane of a communications network. The configuration signal is configured to define a first network rule at the virtual network switch module. The method also includes configuring a packet forwarding module such that the packet forwarding module implements a second network rule, and receiving status information from the virtual network switch module and status information from the packet forwarding module. The status information is received via the control plane.
US08937841B2
A driver for a semiconductor memory includes: a selection controller configured to output a target charge current select signal and a bucket charge current select signal in response to an inputted memory cell address and a target charge current value and a bucket charge current value, which are to be applied to a memory cell of the memory cell address; a current supply unit configured to supply a target charge current to the memory cell of the memory cell address in response to the target charge current select signal; and a bucket charge current supply unit configured to supply a bucket charge current to the memory cell of the memory cell address, in order to pre-charge the memory cell of the memory cell address in response to the bucket charge current select signal.
US08937836B2
The voltage of a selected word line is increased beyond the voltage to which a respective string driver transistor is capable of driving the word line by capacitively coupling a voltage to the selected word line from adjacent word lines. The voltage is capacitively coupled to the selected word line by increasing the voltages of the adjacent word lines after a programming voltage has been applied to a string driver transistor for the selected word line and after a string driver voltage has been applied to the gates of all of the string driver transistors in an array.
US08937829B2
The embodiments herein relates to a hybrid non-volatile memory cell system and architecture for designing integrated circuits. The system comprises CMOS access transistor connected to a memristor which stores a data based on a resistance. The system has a word line for accessing the hybrid memory and two bit lines carrying data of mutually opposite values for transferring a data from the memory. The two terminals of the transistor are connected respectively to a first terminal of the memristor and to a first bit line. The gate terminals of the transistors are coupled together to form a word line. The access transistors control the two bit lines during a read and write operation. A control logic performs a read and write operation with the hybrid memory cells. The memory architecture prevents a power leakage during data storage and controls a drift in a state during a read process.
US08937825B2
A timing controlled converter for converting a time varying input signal to a regulated DC output voltage for application to a load circuit. A feedback loop is employed as a control means for switchably coupling the time varying input signal to the load circuit for controlled periods of time in a manner so as to provide an average load voltage equal to a reference voltage. The duration of the controlled periods of time is a function of: the difference between the time varying input signal and the output voltage; and the integral of the difference between the output voltage and the reference voltage.
US08937822B2
A 1, 2 or 3-phase DC to AC converter system for reducing the cost of solar energy installations achieves cost reduction by eliminating low-frequency power transformers. One DC input polarity is selectively switched to an output terminal when the instantaneous AC output from a second output terminal is desired to be of the opposite polarity, while the other DC input polarity is used to form an approximation to a segment of a sine wave of the desired polarity at the second output terminal. A common-mode AC signal is thereby created on the balanced DC input lines at a frequency which is a multiple of 1, 2 or 3 times the AC output frequency and which is useful for detecting ground faults in the DC circuit.
US08937813B2
The invention provides a sub-rack mounting bracket for mounting an electrical device sub-rack to an electrical device rack. The sub-rack mounting bracket has an intermediate portion arranged between a first planar portion and a second planar portion of the sub-rack mounting bracket. The first portion, second portion and intermediate portion extend throughout the length of the sub-rack mounting bracket. The Intermediate portion is formed of a sheet material shaped so as to reduce the amplitude of vibrations transmitted to the sub-rack through the sub-rack mounting bracket during use. The invention also provides an assembly of an electrical device sub-rack and at least one sub-rack mounting bracket in accordance with an embodiment of the invention secured to the electrical device sub-rack.
US08937795B2
A power and control unit for low and medium voltage applications, operatively couplable to one or more circuit elements of a low or medium voltage apparatus, is provided. The unit includes an internal self-diagnostic circuit element operatively coupled to a signal-generating circuit element, a binary input operatively coupled to the internal self-diagnostic circuit element, and a low-impedance variable load connectable in parallel to the binary input. The binary input includes a control circuit element operatively connected to the low-impedance variable load and also operatively connected, through a signal-detecting circuit element, to the internal self-diagnostic circuit element and to the one or more circuit elements of the low or medium voltage apparatus.
US08937778B1
Systems and methods for storing data on a storage device are disclosed. Data for storage to one of a plurality of tracks of the storage device is received. Each of the plurality of tracks includes a plurality of sectors. The received data is encoded using a track level code. The track level code encodes multiple of the plurality of sectors of the one of the plurality of tracks. The encoded data is stored to the one of the plurality of tracks of the storage device.
US08937775B2
An imaging lens includes plastic-made first, second, third, and fourth lens elements arranged in the given order from an object side to an imaging side. The first lens element has a positive focusing power and is biconvex. The second lens element has a negative focusing power, is biconcave, and has an abbe number not greater than 30. The third lens element has a positive focusing power and has a convex imaging-side surface facing toward the imaging side. The fourth lens element has an imaging-side surface formed with a concave area in a vicinity of an optical axis of the fourth lens element. The imaging lens further includes an aperture stop disposed between the first and second lens elements.
US08937765B2
A display unit includes a projection screen for a head-up display. The projection screen is mounted and arranged in a carrier element in such a way that it can pivot about an axis of inclination, the incline of the screen being adjustable by a pivoting device. The pivoting device includes at least one worm gear.
US08937761B2
A tilt correction pump laser is injected into an optical fiber in an opposite direction of the transmission direction of a wavelength multiplex signal and an optical isolator or filter is provided to block the tilt correction signal in order to restrict the effective fiber length for the tilt correction pump signal to enable a faster adjustment of the tilt.
US08937760B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic ink display device is provided, which includes the steps of: forming an electronic ink layer on an driving substrate; forming a front protective layer and a back protective layer covering outside of the electronic ink layer and outside of the driving substrate separately, in which a dimension of the front protective layer is greater than that of the back protective layer; and filling an sealant covering and surrounding sidewall of the electronic ink layer and sidewall of the driving substrate. An electronic ink display device is also provided.
US08937748B2
In a digital image printing system, an external device capable of storing digital image data, and a printing apparatus capable of printing the digital image data are mutually connectable, and capable of exchanging data. The printing apparatus includes a paper feeding unit having a multi-tray structure. The external device sends parameters, that is, paper size, paper type, page layout of the digital image data, and at least one digital image data to the printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus selects a tray from the paper feeding unit based on the parameters, and an aspect ratio of the digital image data, and prints the digital image data.
US08937738B2
An image forming apparatus configured to allow an application to be executed includes a reception unit configured to receive setting information to be used in operation of the application, and a registration unit configured to register setting information in a managing area where a plurality of pieces of the setting information are collectively managed, and a transmission unit to transmit the setting information being associated with the registered application identification information.
US08937737B2
An image processing apparatus comprises: a divider which divides a document consisting of a plurality of pages, into separate block units; a block unit selector which selects a block unit most likely linked to a user to view a thumbnail image, among the block units obtained by the divider; and a thumbnail image generator which generates a thumbnail image based on an image and/or text from the block unit selected by the block unit selector.
US08937736B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for the sending, delivery and receiving of faxes are disclosed herein. In particular, certain embodiments include a fax connector that may be deployed at a user's site, and a faxing system that may be deployed remotely from the user's site. The fax connector can be accessed at the user's site over a computer based network in order to perform functions associated with faxing, including sending, receiving and obtaining status on faxes. The fax connector deployed at the user's site communicates with the remotely deployed faxing system to send, receive, obtain status on, or perform other functions associated with, faxing.
US08937732B2
During the performance of a printing command of an application program of a client being connected to a server, the printer status information is provided to the client so that the client can selectively use a variety of printer features. Additionally, printers are effectively managed and controlled so that a printing system has an improved operation speed. The printing system is controlled at a management server. In the printing system having the server, at least one client, and a plurality of printers, each being connected through a communication line, the server has the printer status information. Accordingly, in the performance of a printing command of the client, the client requests the management server for the transmission of the printer status information, receives the requested information, and indicates the received information through an indicating part according to a predetermined form.
US08937721B2
A detection device is disclosed which includes: a detection plate in which a silicon layer and a silicon oxide layer are arranged in this order on a silica glass substrate; and optical prism which is optically adhered to a surface of the silica glass substrate of the detection plate, where the surface is not provided with the silicon layer and the silicon oxide layer; a light-irradiation unit configured to irradiate light to the detection plate through the optical prism and arranged so that light is incident on the optical prism with a fixed incident angle; and a light-detection unit configured to detect intensity of reflected light reflected from the detection plate, wherein the detection device detects a change in dielectric constant by detecting a change in property of the reflected light.
US08937719B2
This specification describes various embodiments that relate to methods for providing a wideband colorimeter that can include more accurate outputs. In one embodiment, a narrowband instrument, such as a spectrometer or spectrograph, can be used for calibration of a wideband colorimeter, so that more accurate outputs can be provided. In one embodiment, an optical test equipment, which consists of both a wideband colorimeter and a narrowband spectrograph, can be used for providing a more accurately calibrated wideband colorimeter. As an example, a spectra-camera, which is a hybrid system consisting of both a wideband colorimeter and a narrowband spectrograph, can be used for simultaneous testing by both the wideband colorimeter and the narrowband spectrograph. By doing simultaneous testing, accurate calibration of the wideband colorimeter can be achieved. This specification further describes a mathematical model to characterize a wideband three channel colorimeter with a narrowband multiple channel spectrometer.
US08937717B2
Various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for a spectrometer comprising at least two dispersive elements configured to receive at least one input optical signal and generate two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, at least a portion of the at least two dispersive elements being implemented on a first substrate; and a single detector array coupled to the at least two dispersive elements and configured to receive and measure two or more pluralities of narrowband optical signals derived from the two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, respectively.
US08937716B2
A method to assess perspiration reduction of a composition comprising obtaining an amount of water in stratum corneum in a first area of skin on an individual using confocal Raman spectroscopy, applying a composition to the first area of skin on the individual, having the individual perform an activity to cause the individual to perspire, and obtaining an amount of water in stratum corneum in the first area of skin on the individual after the activity using confocal Raman spectroscopy.
US08937710B2
An exposure method includes mounting an object on a movable body that is movable in at least a first and a second directions that are orthogonal within a predetermined plane. The method further includes controlling a position of the movable body, based on measurement information of an encoder system which includes a grating section and a head unit, and based on correction information. The correction information compensates a measurement error of the encoder system that occurs due to the grating section and a displacement of the movable body in a different direction that is different from the first and the second directions.
US08937706B2
A device manufacturing method includes conditioning a beam of radiation using an illumination system. The conditioning includes controlling an array of individually controllable elements and associated optical components of the illumination system to convert the radiation beam into a desired illumination mode, the controlling including allocating different individually controllable elements to different parts of the illumination mode in accordance with an allocation scheme, the allocation scheme selected to provide a desired modification of one or more properties of the illumination mode, the radiation beam or both. The method also includes patterning the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned beam of radiation, and projecting the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate.
US08937700B2
The liquid crystal display device includes a transparent electrode formed in a plan form and a strip or strips transparent electrode disposed thereon via an insulating film, and controls display by rotating the liquid crystal aligned substantially in parallel to a substrate within a plane that is substantially in parallel to the substrate by an electric field between the both electrodes. Each pixel constituting the display is divided into two regions, the extending directions of the strip electrode in each of the regions are orthogonal, the alignment azimuths of the liquid crystal of each of the regions are orthogonal, and the angles formed between the extending directions of the strip electrode and the alignment azimuth of the liquid crystal are the same.
US08937697B2
In the optical plate and a method of manufacturing the optical plate, a display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the display apparatus, an optical plate is formed on a polarizing plate transmitting polarized light of incident light, and includes a phase delaying layer having first and second patterns. The first pattern delays a phase of the polarized light by 3λ/4 and the second pattern delays the phase of the polarized light by λ/4. Accordingly, a process of manufacturing the display apparatus may be simplified, and a thickness of the display apparatus may be decreased.
US08937694B2
The invention provides a middle frame for an LCD device and an LCD device. The middle frame for an LCD device includes a receiving part corresponding to a light incident side of the LCD device, and a buffer part which is fixedly connected with the receiving part and corresponds to the non-light incident side of the LCD device; the receiving part is made of hard material, and the buffer part is made of flexible material. In the invention, because the middle frame is divided into a receiving part and a buffer part, the buffer part is made of flexible material and can be directly used for clamping the light guide panel to position the light guide panel, and the receiving part is made of plastic material which has certain hardness. Thus, the planeness of the whole middle frame can be kept. Furthermore, the position of the receiving part corresponding to the light source is made of plastic material and has certain high temperature resistance. The conventional middle frame is generally injection molded by plastic. However, the die for injection molding has the disadvantages of long manufacture cycle and high cost. The receiving part and the buffer part of the invention can be respectively molded, thereby simplifying the die structure, and favoring cost reduction.
US08937690B2
A liquid crystal display device including a touch panel having a simple structure and minimized thickness is provided. The liquid crystal display (LCD) device according to an embodiment includes a liquid crystal panel and a touch panel structure. The liquid crystal panel includes a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, a color filter substrate having a black matrix therein, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the TFT array substrate and the color filter substrate. The touch panel structure includes at least one touch sensor. Each touch sensor includes a first electrode disposed within the liquid crystal panel, and a second electrode disposed outside the liquid crystal panel.
US08937687B2
Systems and methods provide for graphically controlling numeric, alphanumeric or other symbol-based features on a set top box (STB) or other television receiver. A keypad image is presented on the display that includes key images corresponding to the symbol-based features. A two-dimensional input is received from the remote control that indicates one of the key images, and imagery on the display is updated in response to the received two-dimensional input.
US08937684B2
A voltage level control circuit controls a target slicing voltage level to slice a video signal by a target circuit. The voltage level control circuit includes a slicing circuit for sequentially slicing the video signal by a plurality of slicing voltage levels to correspondingly generate a plurality of first clock signals; a detection circuit for respectively detecting a plurality of phase differences between the first clock signals and a plurality of corresponding second clock signals to generate a plurality of detection signals; an oscillating circuit for generating the second clock signals according to the detection signals, respectively; and an adjusting circuit for determining whether to adjust the target slicing voltage level according to the detection signals corresponding to the slicing voltage levels.
US08937673B2
An image-displaying device includes a first storage section, an image data generation section, a timing information acquisition section and a display control section. The image data generation section is configured to output the image data to the first storage section with the image data being composed of a plurality of predetermined data units. The timing information acquisition section is configured to acquire timing information indicative of a timing related to generation and output of the image data to the first storage section with respect to each of the predetermined data units. The display control section is configured to control a display section to read and display an Nth one of the predetermined data units after output of an (N+i)th one of the predetermined data units to the first storage section is completed according to the timing information, where N is a natural number and i is a nonnegative integer.
US08937672B2
A solid-state image sensor including a wiring portion which includes a first line, a second line and a control line, in first to third regions arranged sequentially, wherein the first line includes a first pattern in a first layer in the first and second regions and a second pattern in a second layer in the third region, and these patterns are connected each other between the second region and the third region, the second line includes a third pattern in the second layer in the first region and a fourth pattern in the first layer in the second and third regions, the these patterns are connected each other between the first region and the second region, and the control line includes a pattern in the second layer in the second region, intersecting with the first pattern and the fourth pattern.
US08937671B2
A radial based approach to electro-optic imagers, rather than the conventional rectilinear approach, would have basic overall system design advantages. Those system design advantages would apply to the components and the entire system implementation and include approaches to objective optical design, focal plane array FPA with fill factor, FPA layout and associated read-out integrated circuit ROIC, support electronics architecture and associated memory requirements, image processing IP algorithms, display layout and format, and eyepiece optics. A radial based approach to EO imagers would yield a device/system with attributes requiring less complicated optical components, with potentially fewer elements, for both the objective and eyepiece lenses. In addition, alternative objective optics could be more easily employed, such as holographic or wave front coded, due to reduced complexity of implementing correction algorithms as a result of referencing the system around its optical axis. The radial readout EO system would have pixel ‘one’ at the center and be ‘read out and displayed’ like the rings of a tree rather than words on a page.
US08937667B2
An image communication apparatus communicating with an imaging apparatus includes a user interface that receives an instruction for setting a shooting condition in the imaging apparatus, a communication interface that periodically obtains an image captured by the imaging apparatus from the imaging apparatus, and communicates a request to the imaging apparatus in response to the instruction, a display device that displays the obtained captured image, and a controller that executes processes according to the instruction on the captured image obtained from the imaging apparatus, and generates a display image, and that displays the display image on the display device when the request is transmitted to the imaging apparatus.
US08937666B1
A method may include capturing, by a computing device and during a time interval, a plurality of images. The computing device may determine a sharpness of a first image from the plurality of images based on detection of a difference between sharpness of a first plurality of high-contrast areas within the first image and sharpness of a corresponding, second plurality of high-contrast areas within a second image from the plurality of images. The first image may be sent to a search service. Image recognition data based on the first image or indication of unavailability of the image recognition data may be received from the search service. The determining may further include detecting a movement from at least a portion of the first plurality of high-contrast areas within the first image to a corresponding portion of the second plurality of high-contrast areas within the second image.
US08937665B2
The present invention relates to an OIS (Optical Image Stabilizer) actuator and a camera module having the OIS actuator, the OIS actuator including: a horizontal driving unit; a vertical driving unit; and a support unit positioned at a periphery of the vertical driving unit and formed with a fourth electrode, wherein any one of the horizontal driving unit and the vertical driving unit is driven to compensate a warping of an optical path of an OIS lens unit.
US08937664B2
Provided is a method of controlling a connection between electronic devices by using a portable terminal. The method includes: obtaining an image of a first electronic device captured by using a camera built in the portable terminal; identifying the first electronic device on the basis of the image captured by the camera; and transmitting at least one of the captured image of the first electronic device and identification information on the first electronic device to a second electronic device that is to be connected to the first electronic device.
US08937651B2
A method and system are presented for monitoring a field of regard. At least a part of a field of regard is imaged by concurrently collecting a plurality of light components propagating from a plurality of zones, respectively, located within the field of regard, a combined collected light beam is produced, and corresponding data is generated being indicative of a combined image of the at least part of the field of regard formed by the collected light components. This image data indicative of the combined image data is processed and analyzed, and if existence of a certain condition or event is identified in the image data, a corresponding control signal is generated.
US08937648B2
A three-dimensional (3D) image may be provided in a receiving system by receiving a request for a 3D image viewing while displaying content from a first input source, switching from the first input source to a second input source that correspond to a specific source device, receiving the 3D image transmitted from the specific source device, and displaying the received 3D image at the receiving system.
US08937647B2
A stereoscopic imaging system includes: first and second imaging control units respectively controlling the operation of first and second imaging devices outputting first and second image signals in first and second processing frames according to incident light on a subject through first and second lenses; first and second access control units respectively controlling access to first and second image signal recording mediums recording the first and second image signals in the first and second processing frames; a first synchronization control unit notifying, if the capacity of a first image signal recording medium accessed by the first access control unit is insufficient, the timing of switching access to another first image signal recording medium; and a second synchronization control unit controlling switching access to another second image signal recording medium different from the second image signal recording medium accessed by the second access control unit in synchronization with the notified timing.
US08937641B1
A holographic map is formed of one or more holograms or images conforming to the open/closed aperture theorem and grazing angle compensated. A hologram can be thought of as the sum of all images over a range of angles, wherein the frequency and aspect information is coded into two dimensions. An open/closed aperture image is an image having all points in the image observed over the same range of angles. Grazing angle compensation projects the data onto a representation of the sea floor and the image is rescaled by the cosine (or secant) of the angle between a ray connecting the sonar to a point on the sea floor. A valid range of viewing aspects is defined. The images in the holographic map have both a frequency band and range of aspects that, after grazing angle compensation, describe all locations in the map.
US08937636B2
System and method involving user interfaces and remote control devices. These user interfaces may be particularly useful for providing an intuitive and user friendly interaction between a user and a device or application using a display, e.g., at a “10 foot” interaction level. The user interfaces may be specifically designed for interaction using a simple remote control device having a limited number of inputs. For example, the simple remote control may include directional inputs (e.g., up, down, left, right), a confirmation input (e.g., ok), and possibly a mute input. The user interface may be customized based on current user activity or other contexts (e.g., based on current or previous states), the user logging in (e.g., using a communication device), etc. Additionally, the user interface may allow the user to adjust cameras whose video are not currently displayed, rejoin previously left videoconferences, and/or any of a variety of desirable actions.
US08937631B2
An image processing circuit includes: a detecting unit detecting pixel regions where luminance levels of image signals exceed a given luminance threshold; and a correcting unit applying basic gamma correction to image signals in regions other than the pixel regions detected, and applying luminance increasing gamma correction to image signals in the pixel regions detected. The luminance increasing gamma correction allows the luminance levels to be increased.
US08937630B2
A user interface for a sonographic device is disclosed that displays a sonographic image and at least one reference object corresponding to a catheter size. The reference object may be scaled in proportion to the sonographic image. In addition, the user interface may further display a plurality of vertical lines and a plurality of horizontal lines arranged in a grid-like pattern and placed over the sonographic image. The size of both the sonographic image and the at least one reference object may change in proportion to a chosen insertion depth. A display device, a sonographic device and corresponding methods are also disclosed.
US08937629B2
A mobile terminal device includes a display control module 100 performing display control on display modules 11 and 21 and a setting module 100 setting an icon to be kept secret according to a setting operation. In this arrangement, the display control module 100 performs control such that the secret icon set by the setting module 100 is not included in an icon display screen.
US08937625B2
Provided are a fabric dryer and a method of controlling the fabric dryer. The fabric dryer includes a drum, a driving unit, a steam supply unit, a radical supply unit, a contamination removal function selector, and a controller. The drum is rotatably disposed and receives laundry. The driver rotates the drum. The steam supply unit supplies steam into the drum. The radical supply unit supplies radical into the drum. The contamination removal function selector selects a water-soluble contaminant or a fat-soluble contaminant. The controller controls the steam supply unit to supply steam in response to selection of the water-soluble-contaminant by the contamination removal function selector, and controls the radical supply unit to supply radical in response to selection of fat-soluble contaminant by the contamination removal function selector.
US08937619B2
Systems and methods are presented for representing non-numerical data objects in an object time series. An object time series of can be created by establishing one or more associations, each association including a mapping of at least one point in time with one or more objects that include properties and values. Visual representation of an object time series may include displaying non-numerical values associated with objects in the object time series in association with respective points in time.
US08937617B1
An apparatus determines a matching viewpoint for a geographical area displayed in three-dimensional geographical image and a corresponding two-dimensional geographical image. The apparatus may include a memory operative to store a two-dimensional geographical image and a three-dimensional geographical image. The memory may further store a transformation extension operative to interact with a host application to determine two-dimensional geographical image parameters for generating the two-dimensional geographical image from three-dimensional geographical image parameters for generating the three-dimensional geographical image. The apparatus may further include a processor operative to receive a geographical identifier for a geographical location, transmit the geographical identifier to receive two-dimensional geographical image instructions for displaying the three-dimensional geographical image, display the three-dimensional geographical image, and invoke the transformation extension to determine the two-dimensional geographical image parameters from the displayed three-dimensional geographical image. After invoking the transformation extension, the processor may then display the two-dimensional geographical image.
US08937613B2
A human-machine interface includes a panel formed of energy transmissive material having a contact surface on which one or more contacts may simultaneously be made. An energy source directs energy to the panel. The panel transmits energy received from the energy source to the contact surface. At least one parameter of the energy transmitted by the panel is altered at regions where contacts are made with the contact surface. A detector is coupled to the panel and detects the at least one parameter of the energy generally over the area of the contact surface and outputs values corresponding thereto. A processor is in communication with the detector. The processor processes the output values to determine the locations of the contact regions on the contact surface and at least one other attributed associated with each of the contacts.
US08937609B2
A detecting section of a touch sensor system detects a hand placing region in accordance with (i) a strength threshold for determining a strength of an electrostatic capacitance signal in a detection region so as to determine whether or not a touch input is carried out by a finger and (ii) a peripheral threshold which is lower than the strength threshold and is set so as to determine strengths of electrostatic capacitance signals in a plurality of peripheral regions surrounding the detection region.
US08937608B2
A touch panel system can accurately detect a position of an indicator as distinguished from noise, an electronic information device, and an indicator position detecting method are provided. An indicator position detecting portion detects a position of an indicator, which is in contact with or close to a detecting surface P, based on either one of a first or a second capacitance signal. The first capacitance signal is obtained in a first driving mode in which a first drive signal is applied to first signal lines and a first sense signal appearing on second signal lines is applied to a sense signal processing portion. The second capacitance signal is obtained in a second driving mode in which a second drive signal is applied to the second signal lines, and a second sense signal appearing on the first signal lines is applied to the sense signal processing portion.
US08937605B2
A touch screen panel includes: a thin film that includes an active area and a non-active area around the active area; sensing patterns in the active area on a first side of the thin film; sensing lines coupled to the sensing patterns, in the non-active area on the first side; a decoration layer on a second side of the thin film, corresponding to the non-active area; and a functional coating layer on the second side of the thin film with the decoration layer.
US08937602B2
A method of reducing the power consumption of an input device includes operating the input device at a first power level, detecting the presence of a touch object on a touch surface of the input device, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is static for a predetermined period of time, operating the input device at a second power level, maintaining the input device at the second power level, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is not static, and operating the input device at the first power level. In some cases, the touch object is a finger. The touch object is static if the touch object's position on the touch surface remains within a predetermined region, where the predetermined region is an area centered around the presence of the touch object on the touch surface.
US08937591B2
Systems and methods are provided for altering the position or visual appearance of a movable indicator in a GUI that is controlled by eye tracking to counteract a perceptual fading of the movable indicator with respect to the GUI. The position of the user's point of gaze may be tracked, the movable indicator may be rendering at a position associated with the user's point of gaze, and the position or visual appearance of the movable indicator may be altered when an event, such as a passage of time or a blinking of the user's eyes, is detected.
US08937581B2
A display device having at least a plurality of pixel circuits, connected to signal lines to which data signals in accordance with luminance information are supplied, arranged in a matrix, wherein pixel circuits of odd number columns and even number columns adjacent sandwiching an axis in a column direction parallel to an arrangement direction of the signal lines have a mirror type circuit arrangement symmetric about the axis of the column direction, and there are lines different from the signal lines between signal lines of adjacent pixel circuits.
US08937577B2
A device with a substrate lens antenna uses a lens shaped dielectric body located on top of a planar feed antenna. A leaky wave antenna structure is used as feed antenna. The leaky wave antenna structure has a feed input and a first and second wave propagation branch extending from the feed input. The lens shaped dielectric body has a plane surface containing a focal point of the lens shaped dielectric body, the plane surface located adjacent the first plane, with the focal point adjacent the position of the feed input. Preferably the lens shaped dielectric body is spaced from the leaky wave structure at a sufficient distance to remove most of the propagation speed reduction effect of the dielectric on wave propagation along the leaky wave antenna. This helps to suppress undesirable side-lobes.
US08937566B2
In a method of processing an abnormal digital/analog convertor (DAC) of a video card, the video card comprising a first DAC and a second DAC, the video card connecting to an output interface. The method controls the video card to use the first DAC for converting data to the output interface through a first switch and at least one second switches in the video card. The method further detects whether the first DAC works normally. When the first DAC is determined to work abnormally, the method switches the first DAC to the second DAC for converting the data to the output interface through the first switch and the at least one second switches.
US08937556B2
Disclosed is a method of indicating the progress of a boot sequence on a communication device, the method comprising initiating the boot sequence; receiving input at the communication device during the boot sequence; and, in response to receiving input, outputting a progress indicator indicating the progress of the boot sequence.
US08937555B2
An industrial control system is provided that includes a field device configured to receive only a first plurality of behaviors for the alert and a controller of an industrial control system, wherein the controller is configured to receive the alert and overlay a second plurality of behaviors on the alert, and the controller is configured to process one or more of the second plurality of behaviors differently than the first plurality of behaviors.
US08937554B2
A personal monitoring and communication system includes a monitoring and communication control device, at least one personal monitoring communication device coupled with a person and a personal monitoring communication device finder. The personal monitoring communication device includes a GPS receiver, cellular telephone circuits, and short-range wireless radio circuits for communicating with caregivers. The personal monitoring communication device finder receives an emergency beacon generated by one personal monitoring communication device and determines a location of the personal monitoring communication device. A dead reckoning circuit determines the position of the person from a reference location. A motion detection circuit determines that the person is moving, not moving, or has fallen. A battery power management circuit minimizes power consumption to increase battery life of a battery powering the personal monitoring communication device. A tamper detection circuit determines whether the personal monitoring communication device is coupled to the person.
US08937552B1
An environment associated with at least one crew member is identified, and a line-of-sight associated with the at least one crew member is determined. An alarm is generated when the line-of-sight remains within a predetermined area for an elapsed time that exceeds a first predetermined temporal threshold associated with the identified environment.
US08937546B1
A weather alert manager is used to provide real-time, site specific information to a user regarding weather and possibly other hazards. The weather alert manager compares meteorological data, a user profile including information on points of interest to the user, and geographical data to determine if weather will impact one or more of the user's points of interest. The user's points of interest include at least one mobile point of interest, which periodically transmits its location. The weather alert manager transmits a user alert message if one is needed, and a remote receiver notifies the user that a message has been received.
US08937539B2
A security system comprises a system control panel for arming and disarming the security system. A door sensing unit comprises a first transceiver interconnected with the system control panel over a network. The first transceiver is mounted proximate to a door that defines at least a portion of a perimeter around an area to be monitored by the security system. The first transceiver has an detection field proximate to the door. A disarm device comprises a second transceiver that automatically transmits a disarm device packet. The first transceiver receives the disarm device packet when the second transceiver is within the detection field. The first transceiver sends a disarm message to the system control panel over the network to disarm the security system based on at least the disarm device packet.
US08937537B2
A method of operating an audio system in an automobile includes identifying a user of the audio system. An audio recording playing on the audio system is identified. An audio setting entered into the audio system by the identified user while the audio recording is being played by the audio system is sensed. The sensed audio setting is stored in memory in association with the identified user and the identified audio recording. The audio recording is retrieved from memory with the sensed audio setting being embedded in the retrieved audio recording as a watermark signal. The retrieved audio recording is played on the audio system with the embedded sensed audio setting being automatically implemented by the audio system during the playing.
US08937523B1
A transformer hybrid is disclosed. The transformer hybrid comprises a substrate, a first conductor, a second conductor, a first coil, and a second coil. The first conductor includes a first elongate portion having a first side and a second side. The second conductor includes a second elongate portion having a third side and a fourth side, and the orientation of the second conductor intersects with that of the first conductor. The first coil is located near the first side and the third side. The second coil is located near the first side and the fourth side. When the direction of the loading current in the first coil is the same with that in the second coil, the first conductor has an inductive electromotive force. When the direction of the loading current in the first coil is different from that in the second coil, the second conductor has another inductive electromotive force. When phase difference exists between the loading currents, the two loading currents can be resolved to common mode and differential mode, so the inductive electromotive forces can be produced on the both conductors.
US08937521B2
An improved system for concentrating magnetic flux of a multi-pole magnetic structure at the surface of a ferromagnetic target uses pole pieces having a magnet-to-pole piece interface with a first area and a pole piece-to-target interface with a second area substantially smaller than the first area, where the target can be a ferromagnetic material or a complementary pole pieces. The multi-pole magnetic structure can be a coded magnetic structure or an alternating polarity structure comprising two polarity directions, or can be a hybrid structure comprising more than two polarity directions. A magnetic structure can be made up of discrete magnets or can be a printed magnetic structure.
US08937518B2
An electromagnetic switch has a contact device having a pair of fixed contacts fixed inside an arc extinguishing chamber housing and a movable contact disposed to contact with and separate from the fixed contacts; and an electromagnetic device having a movable plunger moving between an opened position wherein the movable contact separates from the fixed contacts and a closed position wherein the movable contact contacts with the fixed contacts and pressed down. The arc extinguishing chamber housing is provided with permanent magnets to extinguish an arc generated at an opening time when the movable contact separates from the fixed contacts from a state in the closed position wherein the movable contact is contacting with the fixed contacts. In a state wherein the movable plunger is in the opened position, a magnetic circuit is formed starting from the permanent magnets and returning to the permanent magnets through the movable plunger.
US08937513B2
An apparatus includes a chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC) alkali vapor cell seated on a silicon substrate that is suspended in a package by a metalized Parylene strap having Parylene anchors embedded in a silicon frame, the Parylene strap comprising an extended rigidizing structure, and a plurality of electrical pins extending into an interior of the package, the plurality of electrical pins in electrical communication with the CSAC cell through the metalized Parylene strap, where the CSAC cell is mechanically connected to the package and thermally insulated from the package.
US08937494B1
A method for detecting rising and falling transitions of internal signals of an array or integrated circuit. An apparatus used in the method comprises a delay line with a plurality of first to Nth delay elements, latches, and first to Nth groups of logic gates. Each of the first to Nth groups of the logical gates includes an AND gate and a NOR gate. The method determines rising and falling signals based on output signals of the logic gates in the apparatus; in odd numbered groups of the logic gates, the AND gate detects the rising transition and the NOR gate detects the falling transition; in even numbered groups of the logic gates, the AND gate detects the falling transition and the NOR gate detects the rising transition.
US08937492B1
Systems and methods are provided for transferring a signal from a first clock domain to a second clock domain. A system includes a pulse generator configured to receive an input data signal in the first clock domain and to generate a pulse. The system further includes an unclocked flip-flop configured to generate a first output signal. The first output signal is received by a circuit operating in the second clock domain, and the first output signal has one of a first logical value and a second logical value. The unclocked flip-flop is configured to set the first output signal to the first logical value in response to the pulse. The unclocked flip-flop is configured to reset the first output signal to the second logical value in response to a clock signal in the second clock domain and a second output signal generated by the circuit.
US08937489B2
An inverter is capable of improving the reliability of driving. The inverter includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor is coupled between a first power source and an output terminal of the inverter, and has a first gate electrode coupled to a first input terminal of the inverter and a second gate electrode coupled to a third power source. The second transistor is coupled between the output terminal and a second power source, and has a first gate electrode coupled to a second input terminal of the inverter and a second gate electrode coupled to the third power source.
US08937485B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a pixel unit having pixels, each of the pixels positioned at a corresponding intersection of gate lines and data lines. A drive circuit unit is positioned at one side of the pixel unit to supply driving signals to the gate lines and the data lines. Test pads are connected to the data lines. In the LCD, each of the data lines is electrically connected between the pixel unit and the drive circuit unit via one or more lines among a first line formed in a first layer and a second line formed in a second layer, and wherein each of the data lines is connected to a different test pad from the test pad connected to adjacent data lines in each of the first and second layers.
US08937482B1
Apparatus and method adapted for use with an optionally pre-conditioned air supply that is pressurized, for ramping a component to a temperature setpoint, having a vortex tube, a ventilated mount connected to the vortex tube, a pedestal adapted for thermal connection with the component, and a heat exchanger thermally connected with the pedestal and extending within an inward hollowed and enclosed chamber of the ventilated mount, the chamber having wall thickness and size and having a plurality of smaller apertures, or a single larger aperture, therein, and optionally baffling, so as to be adapted for regulating the airflow through the chamber for effectively ramping the temperature of the component and to maximize noise abatement performance.
US08937480B2
The present invention provides a high frequency detection device that detects a high frequency voltage signal according to a high frequency voltage generated in a power transmission body. The high frequency detection device includes a substrate and a capacitance conductor fixed to the substrate. The capacitance conductor includes a penetration portion and a capacitor electrode. In the penetration portion, the power transmission body is disposed so as to extend along the penetration portion in a state in which the axial direction of the power transmission body and the substrate are substantially orthogonal. The capacitor electrode is provided to be opposed to the power transmission body.
US08937479B2
A shift lever, a shift knob provided on an upper end of the shift lever, an electrode portion provided on a lower end of the shift lever, an operation fulcrum rotatably supporting the shift lever, and a capacitive coupling sensor located in non-contact with the electrode portion are included. By a movement operation of the shift knob, the shift lever rotates and the electrode portion moves while keeping non-contact with a surface of the capacitive coupling sensor. The capacitive coupling sensor detects a position of the electrode portion on the basis of a capacitance change caused with movement of the electrode portion. By so doing, shift position information and trajectory information between each shift position can be obtained.
US08937475B2
A noise abatement system includes a processor configured to measure noise in an imaging system and generate a switch mode power supply (SMPS) input signal based on the measured noise and an adjustable switched mode power supply configured to receive the SMPS input signal and adjust a switching frequency of the switched mode power supply, based on the SMPS signal, to operate at a frequency that generates harmonics that are outside of an imaging bandwidth of the imaging system. A system and calibration method are also described herein.
US08937472B2
Disclosed is a DC-DC converter including: a switch unit controlling a flow of a current based on a buck-boost topology; a short circuit unit short circuited or opened according to an external setting to change a topology of the switch unit; an inductor storing a current induced by the switch unit; a topology selecting unit selecting a topology in response to an external input signal and generating a signal corresponding to the selected topology; a pulse width modulating unit generating a signal for determining an operation time of the switch unit; a reverse flow detecting unit detecting a reverse flow of a current flowing through the switch unit to generate a signal; and a switch control unit controlling the switch unit in response to signals of the topology selecting unit, the pulse width modulating unit and the reverse flow detecting unit.
US08937468B2
Aspects include power supply systems. An error amplifier can generate an error voltage based on feedback associated with an output voltage to a reference voltage. A PWM generator can generate a PWM signal based on the error voltage. A power stage can generate the output voltage based on the PWM signal. The power stage can include a transconductance amplifier that generates a temperature-compensated sense current associated with a magnitude of an output current. An output voltage tuning circuit sets a desired magnitude of the output voltage based on at least one digital signal to adjust the reference voltage and the feedback voltage. An oscillator system generates a clock signal based on repeatedly charging and discharging a capacitor based on the clock signal and a comparator that compares the capacitor voltage and a second voltage having a magnitude that changes based on the state of the clock signal.
US08937466B2
A voltage-converter arrangement comprises an arrangement input (11) for the supply of an input voltage (VIN), an arrangement output (12) for the provision of an output voltage (VOUT), a voltage converter (13) that is coupled on the input side to the arrangement input (11) and on the output side to the arrangement output (12), and a control device (20) with a control output (21). The control output (21) is coupled to the voltage converter (13). A control signal (SW) can be picked up at the control output (21). The control device (20) is designed to switch the frequency (f) of the control signal (SW) between values from a number N of predetermined, discrete frequency values. The voltage converter (13) is designed to convert the input voltage (VIN) into the output voltage (VOUT) as a function of the control signal (SW).
US08937457B2
A system including a plurality of cells connected in series in a rechargeable battery pack and a plurality of cell balancing modules. Each cell balancing module performs voltage balancing of a respective pair of cells. Each cell balancing module includes a communication module to (i) transmit, via a communication link, information about voltages of the respective pair of cells to an adjacent cell balancing module and (ii) receive, via the communication link, from the adjacent cell balancing module, information about voltages of cells corresponding to the adjacent cell balancing module. Each cell balancing module performs, based on the information received from the adjacent cell balancing module, the voltage balancing in response to a voltage difference between any of the plurality of cells being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold instead of performing the voltage balancing based on a difference between voltages of the respective pair of cells.
US08937456B2
A system and a method are provided for optimizing and managing a load in an electrical grid. The method includes receiving an event notification associated with a mobile device requiring a charge and determining charging station information of at least one charging station in an electrical grid based on the event notification, the at least one charging station operable to charge the mobile device. The charging station information of the at least one charging station is sent to a user of the mobile device.
US08937454B2
A charging system for an electric vehicle that assists in aligning a primary charging coil and a secondary coil. The system may include a wheel chock that raises the primary coil into alignment with the secondary coil when a tire enters the wheel chock. The system may include a primary that is recessed below the surface supporting the vehicle and is protected by a cover. The secondary coil may be protected and supported by a skid plate mounted to the vehicle. The system may include a charging circuit that is controlled by signals transmitted by a garage door opener transmitter or a garage door opener. The system may include sensors that detect the presence of an animal or object in the space between the primary coil and the secondary coil.
US08937449B2
An apparatus and method for drastically increasing the efficiency of a single phase AC motor. A DC solid state driver is used to pulse a combination of the motor coil and a series capacitor. The coil/capacitor combination allows the motor to run near resonance (or a multiple of resonance). This results in a flywheel effect that only requires pulses at the proper time to keep it going. The solid state driver is powered by pulsed DC at around 150 volts peak and clocked at 60 Hz by a square wave timing circuit.
US08937448B2
Systems and methods for processing power provided to downhole electrical systems such as electric submersible pump motors to increase the power factor of the supplied power. In one embodiment, a system comprises a downhole motor and a power factor corrector. The motor may be coupled to drive an electric submersible pump. The power factor corrector is configured to receive input power, process the received input power using one or more capacitive electrical components and thereby impart a capacitive phase shift between the voltage and the current of the received input power. The processed output power is provided to the downhole motor, which consumes the processed output power with a power factor which is greater than it would have been in the absence of the correction.
US08937439B2
In various embodiments, a control system for an electronic circuit iteratively applies voltage to and senses current from a load to regulate operation of the load.
US08937435B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a circuit that includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a bridge circuit. The first circuit is coupled to a magnetic component to receive electric energy transferred via the magnetic component and thus configured to store the electric energy and generate a supply voltage. The second circuit is also coupled to the magnetic component. The second circuit is switchable and is configured to deplete a portion of the electric energy when the second circuit is switched on. The bridge circuit is coupled between the first circuit and the second circuit to provide a charge flow path when the second circuit is switched off.
US08937434B2
A method is provided for controlling a power converter (220) to provide a uniform dimming range to a solid state lighting load (240) independent of a type of dimmer. The method includes detecting maximum and minimum phase angles of a dimmer (204) connected to the power converter (220) during operation of the solid state lighting load (240), and dynamically adjusting an output power of the power converter based on the detected maximum and minimum phase angles of the dimmer. The adjusted output power of the power converter adjusts a high end level of light output by the solid state lighting load at the maximum phase angle to match a predetermined high end value and adjusts a low end level of light output by the solid state lighting load at the minimum phase angle to match a predetermined low end value.
US08937432B2
To allow a direct connection of a light source to a 230V/50 Hz or 120V/60 Hz AC network and to ensure safe operation and easy adaptation to user requirements when mounting, the light source includes a series connection which is connected to a bridge rectifier (GL) and includes at least two LED arrays strands, which have several interconnected individual LEDs, and a pre-resistor, which are arranged on a plate-like, electrically contacting carrier that dissipates heat, has protection against contact and carries the at least two array-LED-strands. For direct operation in an AC voltage supply, the sum of the flow voltages of the LED arrays (U1 . . . Un) is dimensioned such that it is equivalent to at least 75%, preferably 80% and a maximum of 85% of the amplitude of the rectified AC voltage at the nominal voltage, and that the array-LED-strand will be conductive if crossing the sum of flow voltages.
US08937430B2
An EL display device with color filter capable of surpressing color mixture. The EL display device includes: a first substrate having lower electrodes, a pixel separation film that separates the lower electrodes from each other, and an EL layer of white light emission; a second substrate having a black matrix and a color filter; and a sealing layer, in which the following Expression is satisfied. W>2 tan(θm)(HBM+H+HG+HS)−(WS+WBM) where W is a width of an aperture area, WBM is a width of the black matrix, WS is a width of the pixel separation films, HBM is a thickness of the black matrix, H is a thickness of the color filter, HG is a distance between a front surface of the pixel separation film and a color filter rear surface, HS is a height of the pixel separation film, and θm is a critical angle between the second substrate and an air.
US08937427B2
A method of manufacturing a spark plug that includes a metallic shell, an insulator, a center electrode, a ground electrode, and a firing pad. The method may include the steps of: applying a first laser beam to attach the firing pad to the ground electrode, and then using a second laser beam from the same laser beam welder to attach the ground electrode to the metallic shell. The laser beam welder may include a high energy density fiber laser for forming key-hole laser welds, as well as a programmable focusing optic (PFO) assembly for redirecting laser beams from one welding site to the other.
US08937421B2
An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, and multiple brushes. The stator forms multiple poles. The number of brushes is less than the number of stator poles. The rotor includes a commutator, windings, and equalizing units. The commutator includes segments electrically connected with the windings. Each of the equalizing units is electrically connected with multiple equipotential segments to make the equipotential segments have the same potential. Multiple parallel circuits are formed between the equipotential segments by the equalizing unit. The brushes are arranged to slidably contact the segments of the commutator.
US08937415B2
A rotary electric machine according to embodiments includes a tubular motor frame, a tubular motor cover, and a cooling fan. The motor frame includes therein a stator and a rotor. The motor cover houses the motor frame and includes a suction hole for cooling air at its counter-load side and an exhaust hole at its load side. Herein, the exhaust hole turns the exhaust direction of the cooling air to the counter-load side. The cooling fan sucks the cooling air from the suction hole into the motor cover and exhausts the cooling air from the exhaust hole to the outside of the motor cover.
US08937406B2
A UPS system having a system ground terminal includes a main circuit having a power input terminal set connected to the AC mains, two switches respectively corresponding to a live line and a neutral line of the AC mains, a frequency detection module connected to the power input terminal set, a voltage division module composed of multiple voltage dividers, and the two switches and a central controller grounded through the system ground terminal and connected to the frequency detection module. The system ground terminal is connected to the neutral line through one of the switches. The central controller and the neutral line are equipotential after the frequency detection module detects a normal mains power and the central controller controls the switch connected to the neutral line to switch on. With the foregoing circuit, the UPS system can detect the voltage of the mains power in a simplified fashion.
US08937404B1
A data storage device (DSD) is disclosed comprising a non-volatile memory (NVM), and control circuitry comprising a first voltage regulator having a first output operable to generate a first current, and a second voltage regulator having a second output operable to generate a second current. When in an independent mode, the first current is operable to supply a first load independent of the second current, and the second current is operable to supply a second load independent of the first current. When in a parallel mode, the second output is coupled to the first output in order to increase the first current supplied to the first load and decrease the second current supplied to the second load.
US08937403B2
Circuits and methods for current limited DC-to-DC converters having multiple power sources have been disclosed. One of multiple power sources is activated by a multiplexer. A current sensing unit, deployed close to the multiplexer, detects if an input current to the DC-to-DC converter has reached a current limit. In case the current limit is reached a signal is sent to the DC-to-DC converter to reduce the current drawn the DC-to-DC converter.
US08937399B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a mobile wind power support structure, comprising a superstructure with mobile platform support structures, and a plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures, wherein the plurality of deployable rotating wind power structures are positioned in the superstructure through a wind orientation facility.
US08937398B2
A wind turbine rotary electric machine having a rotor, which rotates about a designated axis and has a rotary body; a plurality of permanent magnets fitted to the rotary body; a plurality of cooling channels close to the permanent magnets; and a plurality of heat-conducting bodies, each located partly contacting at least one permanent magnet and partly inside a cooling channel.
US08937393B2
An integrated circuit package system is provided including connecting an integrated circuit die with an external interconnect, forming a first encapsulation having a device cavity with the integrated circuit die therein, mounting a device in the device cavity over the integrated circuit die, and forming a cover over the device and the first encapsulation.
US08937390B2
A semiconductor device comprises a mounting substrate, a semiconductor element provided above said mounting substrate, a package substrate provided above said mounting substrate with said semiconductor element therebetween and electrically connected to said semiconductor element via a primary connecting bump, a liquid cooling module cooling said semiconductor element by a liquid refrigerant, in which a heat receiving section of the liquid cooling module is disposed between said semiconductor element and said mounting substrate, and a plurality of secondary connecting bumps provided between said package substrate and said mounting substrate.
US08937386B2
The formation of the conductive wire of a chip package consists of a plurality of steps. Coat a first dielectric layer on the pad-mounting surface and a slot is formed on each bonding pad correspondingly. Then coat a second dielectric layer and produce a wiring slot corresponding to each bonding pad and the slot thereof. Next each wiring slot is filled with electrically conductive metal so as to form a conductive wire. Later Coat a third dielectric layer and a corresponding slot is formed on one end of each conductive wire while this slot is filled with electrically conductive metal to form a solder point. The above steps can further be repeated so as to form an upper-layer and a lower-layer conductive wire. Thereby precision of the chip package, use efficiency of the wafer and yield rate of manufacturing processes are all improved.
US08937381B1
A fan out buildup substrate stackable package includes an electronic component having an active surface having bond pads. A package body encloses the electronic component. A first die side buildup dielectric layer is applied to the active surface of the electronic component and to a first surface of the package body. A first die side circuit pattern is formed on the first die side buildup dielectric layer and electrically connected to the bond pads. Through vias extend through the package body and the first die side buildup dielectric layer, the through vias being electrically connected to the first die side circuit pattern. The fan out buildup substrate stackable package is extremely thin and provides a high density interconnect on both sides of the package allowing additional devices to be stacked thereon.
US08937376B2
Semiconductor packages including a die pad, at least one connecting bar, at least one supporting portion, a plurality of leads, a semiconductor chip, a heat sink and a molding compound. The connecting bar connects the die pad and the supporting portion. The leads are electrically isolated from each other and the die pad. The semiconductor chip is disposed on the die pad and electrically connected to the leads. The heat sink is supported by the supporting portion. The molding compound encapsulates the semiconductor chip and the heat sink. Heat from the semiconductor chip is efficiently dissipated from the die pad through the connecting bar, through the supporting portion, and through the heat sink.
US08937361B2
A microelectronic image sensor assembly for backside illumination and method of making same are provided. The assembly includes a microelectronic element having contacts exposed at a front face and light sensing elements arranged to receive light of different wavelengths through a rear face. A semiconductor region has a first thickness between the first light sensing element and the rear face and a second thickness between the second light sensing element and the rear face such that the first and second light sensing elements receive light of substantially the same intensity. A dielectric region is provided at least substantially filling a space of the semiconductor region adjacent at least one of the light sensing elements. The dielectric region may include at least one light guide.
US08937357B2
According to one embodiment, a one-time programmable (OTP) semiconductor device includes a programming dielectric under a patterned electrode and over an implant region, where the programming dielectric forms a programming region of the OTP semiconductor device. The OTP semiconductor device further includes an isolation region laterally separating the programming dielectric from a coupled semiconductor structure, where the isolation region can be used in conjunction with the patterned electrode and the implant region to protect the coupled semiconductor structure. In one embodiment, the programming dielectric comprises a gate dielectric. In another embodiment, the electrode and implant regions are doped to be electrochemically similar.
US08937355B2
Sub-100 nanometer semiconductor devices and methods and program products for manufacturing devices are provided, in particular inductors comprising a plurality of spaced parallel metal lines disposed on a dielectric surface and each having width, heights, spacing and cross-sectional areas determined as a function of Design Rule Check rules. For one planarization process rule a metal density ratio of 80% metal to 20% dielectric surface is determined and produced. In one example a sum of metal line spacing gaps is less than a sum of metal line interior sidewall heights. In one aspect at least one of line height, width and line spacing dimensions is selected to optimize one or more chip yield, chip performance, chip manufacturability and inductor Q factor parameters.
US08937351B2
A power metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field effect transistor (FET) has a plurality of transistor cells, each cell having a source region and a drain region to be contacted through a surface of a silicon wafer die, A first dielectric layer is disposed on the surface of the silicon wafer die and a plurality of grooves are formed in the first dielectric layer above the source regions and drain regions, respectively and filled with a conductive material, A second dielectric layer is disposed on a surface of the first dielectric layer and has openings to expose contact areas to the grooves. A metal layer is disposed on a surface of the second dielectric layer and filling the openings, wherein the metal layer is patterned and etched to form separate metal wires connecting each drain region and each source region of the plurality of transistor cells, respectively through the grooves.
US08937349B2
A semiconductor component includes: a semiconductor substrate; and a semiconductor device provided thereon, the device being a field-effect transistor that includes: a gate insulating film provided on the substrate; a gate electrode provided via the film; and a pair of source-drain regions provided to sandwich the electrode, the substrate including a patterned surface in a portion where the electrode is provided, the patterned surface of the substrate including a raised portion where the film is formed to cover a surface that lies on the same plane as a surface of the pair of source-drain regions, and the electrode is formed on a top surface of the film, and the patterned surface of the substrate including a recessed portion where the film is formed to cover surfaces of a groove formed toward the interior than the surface of the pair of source-drain regions, and the electrode is formed so as to fill the groove provided with the film.
US08937344B2
The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral circuit region defined therein, semiconductor memory elements formed over the semiconductor substrate in the cell region, an interlayer insulating layer formed over the semiconductor substrate in the peripheral circuit region, first conductive layers substantially vertically passing through the interlayer insulating layer, and arranged in a matrix, and second conductive layers coupling the first conductive layers in rows or columns, each pair of the second conductive layers and the first conductive layers coupled to the each pair of the second conductive layers, respectively, forming electrodes of a capacitor.
US08937341B2
A charge-coupled unit formed in a semiconductor substrate and including an array of identical electrodes forming rows and columns, wherein: each electrode extends in a cavity with insulated walls formed of a groove, oriented along a row, dug into the substrate thickness, and including, at one of its ends, a protrusion extending towards at least one adjacent row.
US08937340B2
Memory cells comprising thin film transistor, stacked arrays, employing bandgap engineered tunneling layers in a junction free, NAND configuration. The cells comprise a channel region in a semiconductor strip formed on an insulating layer; a tunnel dielectric structure disposed above the channel region, the tunnel dielectric structure comprising a multilayer structure including at least one layer having a hole-tunneling barrier height lower than that at the interface with the channel region; a charge storage layer disposed above the tunnel dielectric structure; an insulating layer disposed above the charge storage layer; and a gate electrode disposed above the insulating layer Arrays and methods of operation are described.
US08937337B2
A compound semiconductor device includes a substrate having an opening formed from the rear side thereof; a compound semiconductor layer disposed over the surface of the substrate; a local p-type region in the compound semiconductor layer, partially exposed at the end of the substrate opening; and a rear electrode made of a conductive material, disposed in the substrate opening so as to be connected to the local p-type region.
US08937332B2
A wavelength converter for an LED is described that comprises a substrate of monocrystalline garnet having a cubic crystal structure, a first lattice parameter and an oriented crystal face. An epitaxial layer is formed directly on the oriented crystal face of the substrate. The layer is comprised of a monocrystalline garnet phosphor having a cubic crystal structure and a second lattice parameter that is different from the first lattice parameter wherein the difference between the first lattice parameter and the second lattice parameter results in a lattice mismatch within a range of ±15%. The strain induced in the phosphor layer by the lattice mismatch shifts the emission of the phosphor to longer wavelengths when a tensile strain is induced and to shorter wavelengths when a compressive strain is induced. Preferably, the wavelength converter is mounted on the light emitting surface of a blue LED to produce an LED light source.
US08937331B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes: a mounting substrate; a semiconductor light emitting element; a first resin; and a second resin. The semiconductor light emitting element includes: a semiconductor layer including a light emitting layer; a p-side electrode; a p-side interconnection unit; an n-side electrode; and an n-side interconnection unit. The first resin covers a periphery of the semiconductor light emitting element on the substrate and contains a phosphorescent substance capable of being excited by emission light of the light emitting layer. The second resin is provided on the first resin layer and the semiconductor light emitting element and contains a fluorescent body capable of being excited by emission light of the light emitting layer to emit light of a different peak wavelength from emission light of the light emitting layer.
US08937326B2
Disclosed is a light emitting diode (LED) package having an array of light emitting cells coupled in series. The LED package comprises a package body and an LED chip mounted on the package body. The LED chip has an array of light emitting cells coupled in series. Since the LED chip having the array of light emitting cells coupled in series is mounted on the LED package, it can be driven directly using an AC power source.
US08937325B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first layer of n-type including a nitride semiconductor, a second layer of p-type including a nitride semiconductor, a light emitting unit, and a first stacked body. The light emitting unit is provided between the first and second layers. The first stacked body is provided between the first layer and the light emitting unit. The first stacked body includes a plurality of third layers including AlGaInN, and a plurality of fourth layers alternately stacked with the third layers and including GaInN. The first stacked body has a first surface facing the light emitting unit. The first stacked body has a depression provided in the first surface. A part of the light emitting unit is embedded in a part of the depression. A part of the second layer is disposed on the part of the light emitting unit.
US08937324B2
A light-emitting device and a method for manufacturing the light-emitting device is disclosed. Such a light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a plurality of cells disposed in the substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor dice, wherein each of the plurality of cells accommodates at least one of the plurality of dice. Each of the plurality of cells may be filled with an encapsulant, phosphor or a mixture of an encapsulant with phosphor to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device. In an alternative aspect, cells may be filled with an encapsulant, and comprise a transparent cover coated with or filled with phosphors to control light characteristics of the light-emitting device.
US08937323B2
A light emitting element in use for an LED array comprises an electrode layer, a semiconductor light emitting layer consisting of a p-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, a first wiring layer formed along and in parallel to one side of the semiconductor light emitting layer, and a plurality of second wiring layers extending from the first wiring layer to the semiconductor light emitting layer and electrically connected to the n-type semiconductor layer on a surface of the semiconductor light emitting layer, wherein a plane shape of the semiconductor light emitting layer comprises two short sides including a portion inclined from a line perpendicular to a upper and a lower sides, and a vertical line from a vertex where the upper side and the short side meet crosses the lower side of the adjacent light emitting element.
US08937317B2
An electronic package includes a leadframe, a plurality of pins, a gallium-nitride (GaN) transistor, and a GaN diode. The GaN transistor includes a drain region, a drift region, a source region, and a gate region; the drain region includes a GaN substrate and a drain contact, the drift region includes a first GaN epitaxial layer coupled to the GaN substrate, the source region includes a source contact and is separated from the GaN substrate by the drift region, and the gate region includes a second GaN epitaxial layer and a gate contact. The GaN diode includes an anode region and a cathode region, the cathode region including the GaN substrate and a cathode contact, and the anode region including a third GaN epitaxial layer coupled to the GaN substrate and an anode contact. The drain contact and the anode contact are electrically connected to the leadframe.
US08937312B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a second electrode on the first electrode; an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the intermediate layer being electrically connected with the first electrode and the second electrode, and including an organic emission layer; and a light reflection member overlapping a portion of the intermediate layer, the portion of the intermediate layer being less than an entire region of the intermediate layer.
US08937309B2
Methods of fabricating multi-die assemblies including a base semiconductor die bearing a peripherally encapsulated stack of semiconductor dice of lesser lateral dimensions, the dice vertically connected by conductive elements between the dice, resulting assemblies, and semiconductor devices comprising such assemblies.
US08937301B2
Disclosed are polymer-based dielectric compositions (e.g., formulations) and materials (e.g. films) and associated devices. The polymers generally include photocrosslinkable pendant groups; for example, the polymers can include one or more coumarin-containing pendant groups.
US08937300B2
This invention relates to triarylamine compounds that are useful in electronic applications. It also relates to electronic devices in which the active layer includes such a compound.
US08937294B2
Disclosed herein is a semiconducting nanoparticle comprising a one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle having a first end and a second end; where the second end is opposed to the first end; and two first endcaps, one of which contacts the first end and the other of which contacts the second end respectively of the one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle; where the first endcap that contacts the first end comprises a first semiconductor and where the first endcap extends from the first end of the one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle to form a first nanocrystal heterojunction; where the first endcap that contacts the second end comprises a second semiconductor; where the first endcap extends from the second end of the one-dimensional semiconducting nanoparticle to form a second nanocrystal heterojunction; and where the first semiconductor and the second semiconductor are chemically different from each other.
US08937282B2
An improved mineral analysis system includes mineral definitions that include not only characteristics of the minerals, but also variability in those characteristics. The variabilities allow the calculation of ranges of expected values for different quality of measurements, for example, for different numbers of x-ray counts. Match probabilities can therefore be calculated to more accurately determine the composition of a mineral sample.
US08937281B2
A method for examining a sample with a scanning charged particle beam imaging apparatus. First, an image area and a scan area are specified on a surface of the sample. Herein, the image area is entirely overlapped within the scan area. Next, the scan area is scanned by using a charged particle beam along a direction neither parallel nor perpendicular to an orientation of the scan area. It is possible that only a portion of the scan area overlapped with the image area is exposed to the charged particle beam. It also is possible that both the shape and the size of the image area are essentially similar with that of the scan area, such that the size of the area projected by the charged particle beam is almost equal to the size of the image area.
US08937274B2
A solid-state imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging element including a semiconductor substrate and a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the pixel blocks including at least two of R pixels, G pixels, B pixels, and W pixels; a first optical system configured to form an image of an object on an imaging plane; and a second optical system including a microlens array having a plurality of microlenses provided for the respective pixels blocks, the second optical system being located between the imaging element and the first optical system, the second optical system being configured to reduce and re-image the image formed on the imaging plane onto each of the pixel blocks. A proportion of the W pixels to be provided increases in a direction from a center of each pixel block toward an outer periphery thereof.
US08937269B2
A heat generator comprising at least one thermal module comprising a magnetocaloric element crossed by a heat transfer fluid and two hot and cold chambers arranged on each side of the magnetocaloric element and containing a displacement device for directing the heat transfer fluid through the magnetocaloric element. A magnetic arrangement creates a magnetic field variation in each magnetocaloric element. A device for driving the displacement device, according to reciprocating movement in the concerned chamber, to displace the heat transfer fluid in synchronization with the magnetic field variation. The drive device contains a closed fluid circuit which connects the hot and cold chambers in which a working fluid is driven by a suction and discharge device. At least one switching interface is synchronized with the magnetic arrangement for alternately connecting each hot and cold chamber to suction and discharge sides of the suction and discharge device and inversely.
US08937255B1
A method for electrically interconnecting two substrates, each having a corresponding set of preformed electrical contacts, the substrates comprising an electronic circuit, and the resulting module, is provided. A liquid curable adhesive is provided over the set of contacts of a first substrate, and the set of electrical contacts of the second substrate is aligned with the set of electrical contacts of the first substrate. The sets of electrical contacts of the first and second substrate are compressed to displace the liquid curable adhesive from the inter-contact region, and provide electrical communication between the respective sets of electrical contacts. The liquid curable adhesive is then cured to form a solid matrix which maintains a relative compression between the respective sets of electrical contacts. One embodiment of the module comprises a high-speed superconducting circuit which operates at cryogenic temperatures.
US08937251B2
An electric cable includes at least one power line having first and second ends, including multiple cores. Each core has a core insulation. All core insulations are enclosed by a common sheath. The core insulations and the sheath each include a material which is selected, independently of one another, from silicones, perfluorocarbons, cross-linked polyolefins, mica, glass fibers, ceramic fibers, and mixtures thereof. A first plug connector is arranged on the first end of the power line, and at least one second plug connector is arranged on the second end of the power line. The plug connectors each include a flame retardant containing polyurethane. A first connecting nut is arranged on the first plug connector, and at least one second connecting nut is arranged on the second plug connector. The connecting nuts each include a perfluorocarbon. A method uses the electric cable as a control line for a welding device.
US08937250B2
A wiring harness guiding apparatus guides a wiring harness 4 between a floor of a car and a seat arranged slidably at the floor, and includes a support body 7A supporting the seat; a protector 8A guiding the airing harness 4 toward the seat; a rail arranging the support body 7A and the protector 8A slidably therein; and an excess portion receiving section receiving a excess portion of the wiring harness 4. The protector 8A includes a wiring harness fixing member 80 fixing the wiring harness 4 led into the rail; a lead-out member 83 extending with a pipe shape from the wiring harness fixing member 80 and leading the wiring harness 4 therethrough toward the slide body; and a support body mount member 87 arranged at a mounted member of the support body so as to be movable along a widthwise direction of the rail by having a clearance.
US08937237B2
A user interface implemented on a touch-sensitive display for a virtual musical instrument comprising a plurality of chord touch regions configured in a predetermined sequence, each chord touch region corresponding to a chord in a musical key and being divided into a plurality of separate touch zones, the plurality of chord touch regions defining a predetermined set of chords, where each of the plurality of separate touch zones in each region is associated with one or more preselected MIDI files stored in a computer-readable medium. Each of the plurality of touch zones is configured to detect one or more of a plurality of touch gesture articulations including at least one of a legato articulation, a pizzicato articulation, or a staccato articulation. The one or more of the plurality of touch gesture articulations determines the preselected MIDI file associated with each of the plurality of separate touch zones.
US08937235B2
A vertical or upright piano action includes a key bed, a key frame, a wippen, a damper action, a hammer action, a repetition lever, a sustain mechanism, sostenuto mechanism, and an una chorda or action shift mechanism. Butt directly engages damper, improving response to professional standard. Touch resistance is unchanged by sustain mechanism.
US08937232B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH858223. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH858223, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH858223 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH858223.
US08937230B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH806961. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH806961, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH806961 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH806961.
US08937227B1
A novel maize variety designated X13C737 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13C737 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13C737 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13C737, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13C737. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13C737.
US08937226B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid PS02326502 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US08937223B2
A novel soybean variety, designated XB31AD13 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB31AD13, cells from soybean variety XB31AD13, plants of soybean XB31AD13, and plant parts of soybean variety XB31AD13. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB31AD13 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB31AD13, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB31AD13, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB31AD13. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB31AD13 are further provided.
US08937220B2
Provided are isolated polynucleotides which comprise a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 3487, or 7; isolated polypeptides which comprise an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 246, and and methods of using same for increasing a yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, and/or oil content, of a plant.
US08937216B2
The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from cotton seeds. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, transformation, and selection or identification of transformed plants are disclosed, as are transformable meristem tissues and plants produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation.
US08937214B2
Transgenic plants are provided comprising a plurality of transgenes comprised in a single locus. In certain aspects, 7 or more transgenes may be expressed from a first locus. Methods are provided for transformation of plant cells with a plurality of transgenes. Also provided are methods for expressing and enhancing the expression of one or more transgenes in a plant.
US08937213B2
Systems and methods relate to transgenic organisms and their use as biosensors are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods include a first population of transgenic organisms that includes a first constitutively expressed reporter gene, and a first transgene that includes a first inducible promoter from a response pathway gene, wherein the first inducible promoter is coupled to a first reporter gene. Other embodiments are described.
US08937212B2
A feminine cooling pad is configured for use in cooling a woman's vulva and/or adjacent region. The cooling pad may be configured for single use and be disposable so as to include a liquid permeable layer configured to be oriented toward a user's skin during use. A liquid absorbent layer is adjacent to the liquid permeable layer and configured to absorb bodily fluids or discharges during use. A cooling layer is adjacent to the liquid absorbent layer and configured to provide a cooling effect for a period of time of at least about 15 minutes when the cooling pad is placed against a user's skin. An adhesive layer is adjacent to the cooling layer and adheres the feminine cooling pad to a user's undergarment during use and maintains the cooling pad in a desired orientation relative to the user's body. A feminine heating pad may be provided by including a microwavable material that becomes warm or hot when placed in a microwave oven.
US08937211B2
Low basis weight films having a heat capacity×density value of greater than about 970,000 Ws/m3K, as measured by the method described herein, the films having a basis weight of less than about 16 gsm and comprising at least about 10% polypropylene.
US08937208B2
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for cooling a vent stream from a receiver. Generally, the process may include providing a refrigerant including at least one compound contained in the receiver so the refrigerant leaking into the receiver can be compatible with the process.
US08937207B2
The present invention relates to a process for carrying out a chemical reaction in the presence of a ruthenium-carbene complex supported on silicon dioxide in a continuously operated reactor and also the use of corresponding supported catalysts in continuously operated reactors.
US08937197B2
The invention provides a method for producing organic carbonates via the reaction of alcohols and carbon monoxide with oxygen adsorbed on a metallic gold or gold alloy catalyst.
US08937189B2
Novel 3,6-disubstituted pyrans, optionally with a further substituent at the 4-position, are monoamine reuptake inhibitors with activity profiles of antidepressants.
US08937187B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I): The invention likewise relates to a cosmetic method for depigmenting, lightening and/or whitening keratin materials, more particularly the skin, that utilizes these compounds.
US08937184B2
The invention relates to a group of 1H-imidazole derivatives which are modulators of cannabinoid CB2 receptors, to methods for the preparation of these compounds, to novel intermediates useful for the synthesis of said imidazole derivatives, to methods for the preparation of these intermediates, to pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more of these 1H-imidazole derivatives as active ingredient, as well as to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of disorders in which cannabinoid CB2 receptors are involved.The compounds have the general formula (I) wherein R1-R4 have the meanings given in the specification.
US08937183B2
The present invention provides compounds useful for detection of hydrogen peroxide and methods of using same.
US08937182B2
The present invention provides novel methods for synthesizing PPARγ sparing compounds, e.g., thiazolidinediones, that are useful for preventing and/or treating metabolic disorders such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and inflammatory diseases.
US08937181B2
The invention relates to azetidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, and hexahydroazepinyl compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, or solvates thereof, wherein R1-R3, Z, p and q are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use compounds of Formula (I) to treat, prevent or ameliorate a disorder responsive to the blockade of calcium channels, and particularly N-type calcium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US08937160B2
According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity with a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, wherein CAPRIN-1 is represented by any of the even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, and wherein the partial polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence.
US08937158B2
The present invention relates to Fc variants having increased affinity for FcγRIIc, methods for their generation, Fc polypeptides comprising optimized Fc variants, and methods for using optimized Fc variants.
US08937156B2
Compositions and methods for treating subjects with disorders characterized by hyper-proliferating cells such as tumors and cancers are provided. The compositions comprise agents that are combinations of saposin C (or prosaposin-related polypeptides) and phospholips (or inner leaflet components). This anti-tumor agent is administered in the methods of the invention according to a dosing regimen. Administering an agent of the invention results in a positive therapeutic response in a subject with a tumor.
US08937148B2
Methods for producing regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) and monomers for preparing the regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) polymers are described herein. Regioregular poly(aryl ethynyl)-poly(aryl vinyl) are useful for electronics, among other things.
US08937146B2
The polycarbonate resin of the present invention comprises a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by a specific formula (1), a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by a specific formula (2), and a structural unit derived from a dihydroxy compound represented by any one of specific formulae (3) to (6), wherein the content of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds represented by the specific formulae (3) to (6) is within a specific range based on the total of structural units derived from dihydroxy compounds in the polycarbonate resin.
US08937144B2
There is provided an elastic member including a surface resin layer including a crosslinked product of a dimethyl silicone compound having a reactive group and a fluoroalkyl compound having a reactive group.
US08937142B2
The present application relates to polysiloxane copolymers and compositions such as consumer products comprising such polysiloxane copolymers, as well as processes for making and using such polysiloxane copolymers and such compositions. When employed as taught, such polysiloxane copolymers and compositions comprising same provide enhanced softness, wrinkle reduction, color benefits, smoothness, static control, and shine.
US08937139B2
An ethylene polymer having (i) a density defined by equation (1) ρ>a−b Log M (1) where ρ is a density of the polymer in g/cc, log M is a log weight average molecular weight of the polymer, a is about 1.0407, and b is about 0.0145; and (ii) a polydispersity index of greater than about 5.
US08937134B2
Provided herein are vinyl ether end-functionalized polyolefins and methods for producing the same.
US08937131B2
Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition can exhibit excellent processability and workability. The curable composition exhibits excellent light extraction efficiency, hardness, thermal and shock resistance, moisture resistance, gas permeability and adhesiveness, after curing. In addition, the curable composition can provide a cured product that exhibits long-lasting durability and reliability even under harsh conditions, and that does not cause whitening and surface stickiness.
US08937128B2
A curable reaction resin system can be used for example as a casting compound, molding compound, or high-temperature resin, and is to be processed as a two-component compound. The system has a first reaction resin component and a second reaction resin component, the first reaction resin component being epoxy-free and realized on the basis of a cyanate ester.
US08937123B2
An addition curable self-adhesive silicone rubber composition is provided. This silicone rubber composition comprises (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane containing at least 2 alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms per molecule, (B) 0.05 to 10 parts by weight of an organosilicon compound containing 1 to 100 silicon atoms which has at least 1 phenylene skeleton per molecule, and which has at least 1 hydrogen atom bonded to a silicon atom, (C) 0 to 30 parts by weight of an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least 2 hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms per molecule, and containing no phenylene skeleton in the molecule, (D) 0.001 to 0.1 part by weight of a triazole compound, and (E) a catalytic amount of a platinum catalyst. This silicone rubber composition is capable of forming a cured article having good adhesion to various organic resins.
US08937122B2
A compound has excellent thermal resistance and compatibility with resins, improves thermal resistance of resins, and specifically provides a compound represented by the following general formula (1). In formula (1), R1 to R4 each represent a C1-12 alkyl group or a C6-12 aryl group, y represents a number 1-2,000, and X1 represents a group represented by the formula (2) or (3). In formula (2), R5 represents a hydrogen atom, O., a C1-12 alkyl group or a C1-12 alkoxy group, L1 represents a C1-6 alkylene group or a C6-12 arylene group. In formula (3), R6 represents a C1-4 alkyl group or a C6-12 aryl group, X2 represents a group represented by the formula (2) or a hydrogen atom, s represents a number 2-6, L2 represents a C1-6 alkylene group or a C6-12 arylene group, and at least one of s number of X2s is the group represented by the formula (2).
US08937115B2
An adhesive for filling gaps between stones, the adhesive including at least 100 weight parts of an unsaturated polyester resin suitable for air-drying, between 1 and 5 weight parts of hydrogenated castor oil, between 10 and 250 weight parts of a filler, and between 1 and 15 weight parts of an anti-shrinking agent. The adhesive has good permeability and shrinkage resistance, and high brightness after being polished.
US08937098B2
Topically applicable, reduced-irritant dermatological/cosmetic compositions useful for the treatment of a variety of keratinization disorders, for example acne vulgaris, contain at least one naphthoic acid compound essentially uniformly distributed therethrough and an amount of at least one hydrophilic film-forming agent, formulated into a topically applicable, physiologically acceptable medium.
US08937087B2
[Problem] A compound which is useful as a dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulator (D1 PAM) is provided.[Means for Solution] The present inventors have studied a compound which has a dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulating activity and is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and/or treating cognitive impairment, negative symptoms of schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, drug addictions, or the like, and they have thus found that a heterocyclic acetamide compound has a dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulating activity, thereby completing the present invention. The heterocyclic acetamide compound of the present invention has a dopamine D1 receptor positive allosteric modulating activity and can be used as an agent for preventing and/or treating cognitive impairment, negative symptoms of schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, drug addictions, or the like.
US08937079B2
The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy)phenylamino]-quinazolin-6-yl}-acrylamide p-toluenesulfonate with the characteristic X-ray powder diffraction data as stated in the description, preparation methods thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the use thereof.
US08937060B2
The present invention relates to novel triazolo[4,3-a]pyridine derivatives of Formula (I) wherein all radicals are as defined in the claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 2 (“mGluR2”), which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, to processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, and to the use of such compounds for the prevention or treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders and diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US08937059B2
Therapeutic compositions and methods for treatment of late-onset Gaucher disease are described herein. The compositions comprise compounds having activity as pharmacological chaperones for mutant forms of the beta-glucocerebrosidase. Methods of treatment involve providing therapeutically effective amounts of such compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US08937047B2
Provided herein are methods of reducing liver uptake in vivo of a polypeptide that specifically binds to a target comprising: (a) providing a polypeptide that specifically binds to a target; and (b) substituting at least one basic or at least one neutral amino acid residue of the native polypeptide from step (a) with an acidic amino acid residue to produce a modified polypeptide, wherein the modified polypeptide demonstrates an isoelectric point at least 0.05-0.1 pH points less than the isoelectric point of the native polypeptide. Also provided are polypeptides made using the inventive methods as well as imaging techniques that employ the methods and agents.
US08937046B2
Provided herein are compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating, i.e., stimulating or inhibiting, activity of the alternative complement pathway, and methods of identifying factor H-binding proteins.
US08937045B2
The invention relates to a stable, pharmaceutically acceptable, aqueous formulation of TNF-binding protein, comprising a TNF-binding protein, a buffer and an isotonicity agent.
US08937042B2
Pharmaceutical composition for parenteral administration comprising a basal insulin peptide and an insulinotropic GLP-1 peptide comprising at least 6 zinc atoms per 6 insulin molecules.
US08937041B2
The present invention relates to novel fluorinated macrocyclic compounds and methods of treating a hepatitis C infection in a subject in need of such therapy with said macrocyclic compounds. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the present invention, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof, in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or excipient.
US08937036B2
A dental appliance disinfecting composition which includes a chloramine bleaching agent and an amino acid.
US08937034B2
A wellbore fluid that includes an aqueous based fluid; an amphoteric, viscoelastic surfactant; and a modified starch is disclosed. Methods of drilling subterranean wells, methods of reducing the loss of fluid out of subterranean wells, and methods of completing wellbores using aqueous-based fluids having an ampoteric, viscoelastic surfactant and a modified starch are also disclosed.
US08937032B2
A method for producing an adsorbent, having the steps of combining a first sludge and a second material to form a mixture, thermally drying the mixture, and pyrolizing the mixture using at least four temperature zones wherein each temperature zone is set between about 600° C. and 1,100° C. The first sludge is a municipal sludge or an industrial sludge, and the second material is a compost material or one of municipal sludge or industrial sludge differing from the first sludge. The compost material is at least one of tobacco waste, waste paper and wood char, or a combination thereof. Further, the drying can happen in two stages. Each stage can include two separate temperatures.
US08937029B2
Disclosed is a boron carbide-based ceramics material which has a high density and a high specific rigidity, but additionally with excellent processability, and a production method for the boron carbide-based ceramics material. Specifically, the high-rigidity ceramics material contains boron carbide in an amount of 90 to 99.5 mass %, wherein at least silicon, aluminum, oxygen and nitrogen coexist in a grain boundary phase between crystal grains of the boron carbide. This high-rigidity ceramics material can be produced by a method comprising: preparing a boron carbide powder, and, as a sintering aid, one or more selected from the group consisting of an oxide, a nitride and an oxynitride of silicon, an oxide, a nitride and an oxynitride of aluminum, and a composite oxide, a composite nitride and a composite oxynitride of aluminum and silicon, in such a manner as to contain all of Si, Al, O and N; and subjecting the boron carbide powder and the sintering aid to mixing, forming and sintering.
US08937014B2
A liquid treatment apparatus of continuously performing a plating process on multiple substrates includes a temperature controlling container for accommodating a plating liquid; a temperature controller for controlling a temperature of the plating liquid in the temperature controlling container; a holding unit for holding the substrates one by one at a preset position; a nozzle having a supply hole through which the temperature-controlled plating liquid in the temperature controlling container is discharged to a processing surface of the substrate; a pushing unit for pushing the temperature-controlled plating liquid in the temperature controlling container toward the supply hole of the nozzle; and a supply control unit for controlling a timing when the plating liquid is pushed by the pushing unit. The temperature controller controls the temperature of the plating liquid in the temperature controlling container based on the timing when the plating liquid is pushed by the pushing unit.
US08937005B2
A method for fabricating field effect transistors using carbon doped silicon layers to substantially reduce the diffusion of a doped screen layer formed below a substantially undoped channel layer includes forming an in-situ epitaxial carbon doped silicon substrate that is doped to form the screen layer in the carbon doped silicon substrate and forming the substantially undoped silicon layer above the carbon doped silicon substrate. The method may include implanting carbon below the screen layer and forming a thin layer of in-situ epitaxial carbon doped silicon above the screen layer. The screen layer may be formed either in a silicon substrate layer or the carbon doped silicon substrate.
US08937004B2
A plasma processing apparatus comprises a plasma source configured to produce a plasma in a plasma chamber, such that the plasma contains ions for implantation into a workpiece. The apparatus also includes a focusing plate arrangement having an aperture arrangement configured to modify a shape of a plasma sheath of the plasma proximate the focusing plate such that ions exiting an aperture of the aperture arrangement define focused ions. The apparatus further includes a processing chamber containing a workpiece spaced from the focusing plate such that a stationary implant region of the focused ions at the workpiece is substantially narrower that the aperture. The apparatus is configured to create a plurality of patterned areas in the workpiece by scanning the workpiece during ion implantation.
US08936999B2
An SOI substrate including a semiconductor layer whose thickness is even is provided. According to a method for manufacturing the SOI substrate, the semiconductor layer is formed over a base substrate. In the method, a first surface of a semiconductor substrate is polished to be planarized; a second surface of the semiconductor substrate which is opposite to the first surface is irradiated with ions, so that an embrittled region is formed in the semiconductor substrate; the second surface is attached to the base substrate, so that the semiconductor substrate is attached to the base substrate; and separation in the embrittled region is performed. The value of 3σ (σ denotes a standard deviation of thickness of the semiconductor layer) is less than or equal to 1.5 nm.
US08936997B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising a binder material and nanoparticles having an average particle size of 100 nm or less having a first refractive index of at least 1.65 in respect of light of a first wavelength, and a second refractive index in the range of 1.60-2.2 in respect of light of a second wavelength, wherein said first refractive index is higher than said second refractive index, and wherein the first and second refractive indices may be tuned by adjusting the volume ratio of the nanoparticles to the binder material. The composition may improve light extraction when used for bonding a ceramic member to an LED, and/or may reduce the amount of light that is directed back towards the LED.
US08936992B2
Two trenches having different widths are formed in a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. An oxygen-impermeable layer and a fill material layer are formed in the trenches. The fill material layer and the oxygen-impermeable layer are removed from within a first trench. A thermal oxidation is performed to convert semiconductor materials underneath sidewalls of the first trench into an upper thermal oxide portion and a lower thermal oxide portion, while the remaining oxygen-impermeable layer on sidewalls of a second trench prevents oxidation of the semiconductor materials. After formation of a node dielectric on sidewalls of the second trench, a conductive material is deposited to fill the trenches, thereby forming a conductive trench fill portion and an inner electrode, respectively. The upper and lower thermal oxide portions function as components of dielectric material portions that electrically isolate two device regions.
US08936991B2
Methods of forming capacitors and semiconductor devices including a rutile titanium dioxide material
Methods of forming a capacitor including forming a titanium nitride material within at least one aperture defined by a support material, forming a ruthenium material within the at least one aperture over the titanium nitride material, and forming a first conductive material over the ruthenium material within the at least one aperture. The titanium nitride material may be oxidized to a titanium dioxide material. A second conductive material may be formed over a surface of the titanium dioxide material. A semiconductor device may include at least one capacitor, wherein a major longitudinal portion of the at least one capacitor is not surrounded by a solid material. The capacitor may include a first electrode; a ruthenium oxide material laterally adjacent the first electrode; a rutile titanium dioxide material laterally adjacent the ruthenium oxide material; and a second electrode laterally adjacent the rutile titanium dioxide material.
US08936987B2
A method is provided for fabricating a PMOS transistor. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and forming gate structures on a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming sidewall spacers around the gate structures; and forming a protection layer on the sidewall spacers. Further, the method includes forming sigma shape trenches in the semiconductor substrate at sides of the gate structures; and forming SiGe structures with a surface protruding from the surface of the semiconductor substrate in the sigma shape trenches. Further, the method also includes removing the sidewall spacers and a portion of the protection layer; and forming lightly doped drain regions in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the gate structures.
US08936986B2
In one example, the method disclosed herein includes forming a shared sacrificial gate structure above at least one first fin for a first type of FinFET device and at least one second fin for a second type of FinFET device, wherein the second type is opposite to the first type, and forming a first sidewall spacer around an entire perimeter of the sacrificial gate structure in a single process operation.
US08936985B2
A method can include forming a drift region, forming a well region above the drift region, and forming an active trench extending through the well region and into the drift region. The method can include forming a first source region in contact with a first sidewall of the active trench and a second source region in contact with a second sidewall of the active trench. The method also includes forming a charge control trench where the charge control trench is aligned parallel to the active trench and laterally separated from the active trench by a mesa region, and where the portion of the well region is in contact with the charge control trench and excludes any source region. The method also includes forming an oxide along a bottom of the active trench having a thickness greater than a thickness of an oxide along the first sidewall of the active trench.
