US09242720B2
A slat cove filler is utilized to reduce airframe noise resulting from deployment of a leading edge slat of an aircraft wing. The slat cove filler is preferably made of a super elastic shape memory alloy, and the slat cove filler shifts between stowed and deployed shapes as the slat is deployed. The slat cove filler may be configured such that a separate powered actuator is not required to change the shape of the slat cove filler from its deployed shape to its stowed shape and vice-versa. The outer contour of the slat cove filler preferably follows a profile designed to maintain accelerating flow in the gap between the slat cove filler and wing leading edge to provide for noise reduction.
US09242719B2
A wing of an aircraft or spacecraft, the wing including at least a movable flow body, the wing including a movable support member, which is connected to the flow body, for rotating the flow body on the wing, the wing including a flow body control element, the flow body control element being fixed to the wing in a first point and the support member in a second point, the two points of the flow body control element and of the support member forming an axis, the flow body control element being formed at a predetermined angle to the axis and the flow body control element guiding the flow body in a predetermined plane about this axis.
US09242709B2
A propulsion unit control system is provided for a boat having plural propulsion units provided side by side and electrically connected in association with two adjacent operation levers. The control system synchronizes engine speeds of the respective propulsion units with each other in light of inputs to the two operation levers. The control system computes a deviation between the averaged engine speed of a reference propulsion unit and the averaged engine speed of a propulsion unit to be synchronized, and corrects a throttle opening of the propulsion unit to be synchronized based on the computed deviation in order to synchronize the engine speeds of the respective propulsion units with each other.
US09242708B2
An embodiment of an apparatus includes a transducer array and a controller that is operable to cause the transducer array to generate a signal having a frequency, and to direct the signal toward an object having a resonant frequency that is approximately equal to the frequency of the signal. For example, an embodiment of a mine-hunting-and-neutralizing apparatus may generate an acoustic wave with a transducer array, and may disable or destroy a mine by directing the wave toward the mine. The apparatus generates the acoustic wave having a frequency that is approximately equal to the natural frequency of a component of the mine such that the wave causes the component to resonate in a manner that is sufficient to disable the mine from detonating, or that is sufficient to cause the mine to detonate. For example, if the component is the detonator, then the wave causes the detonator to resonate at an energy level that is sufficient to render the detonator unable to detonate the mine, or that is sufficient to cause the detonator to detonate the mine.
US09242704B2
A system of floating canal sections that connect end-to-end along a route to form a shipping canal and contain brine to prevent freezing. The canal sections of the present invention resemble floating dry-docks that are filled with the brine solution rather than with normal sea water. Sections can be floated into place and connected. Sections can be anchored to the sea floor. A typical section can be around 1000 feet long, 150 feet wide and about 50 feet deep. The sections can be manufactured anywhere and towed to the Arctic and connected. The use of brine prevents pollution if there should be a leak.
US09242700B1
A wakesurfing boat for creating a wave suitable for surfing in the wake of the boat. A length to beam (L/B) ratio of 3.21 combined with a rounded hull bottom proximate the transom minimizes losses in the wake wave. Elliptical arcuate portions extending from starboard and port points on the transom to selected positions on the respective starboard and port bulwarks further minimize losses in the wake wave. The hull bottom defines an M-shaped portion and a V-shaped portion. A propulsion system includes an exhaust pipe projecting from the hull bottom below the waterline, with an exhaust opening forward of the transom. A propeller has a hub and at least three blades. A blade area, defined by a sum of the area of the blades, is larger than 70% of a disk area, defined by a sum of the hub and the blades.
US09242698B2
The invention relates to an electric drive for bicycles, comprising two symmetrically arranged external-rotor type counter-rotating motors which are fed via two separate motor actuators/regulators that obtain the same control signal for power regulation purposes. The motors are mounted in an oscillating manner about an axis which is parallel, in particular substantially parallel, to the motor axis but offset with respect to the motor axis in a lateral manner, in particular in a parallel manner.
US09242689B2
A foam saddle is disclosed, where the foam saddle comprises a first casing, a second casing, a foam body and an intensified structure. The second casing is capped on the first casing. The foam body is formed in a cavity of the first casing and is bound to the first casing and the second casing. The intensified structure is embedded in the foam body. By means of the above structure, the first casing of the foam saddle of this invention and the foam body possess great bonding in between, and the foam body and the intensified structure possess great bonding in between too.
US09242686B2
Disclosed is a joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly. The disclosed joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly manages a joining history of a joined component joined to a plurality of join points of a joining target, and includes: i) a tool detecting unit installed at a joining tool for joining the joined component to the joining target, and configured to detect movement displacements and angles of the joining tool for the join points based on a zero point of the joining tool; ii) a tool controller configured to receive a joining completion signal of the joining tool for each join point, and transmit a movement displacement value, an angle value, and a joint value for each join point of the joining tool detected by the tool detecting unit; and iii) a main controller configured to determine joining operation patterns for the join points based on the movement displacement value of the joining tool obtained from the tool controller.
US09242684B2
A method of making a galvanized upper coupler assembly for use in a trailer and the corresponding upper coupler assembly apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of providing a frame, covering at least one area of the frame with a mask, galvanizing the portions of the frame that are not covered, removing the mask, providing a kingpin, and attaching the kingpin to the frame. After attachment of the kingpin to the frame, the combined assembly can be coated with a rust resistant coating if desired, a cover plate can be attached to the frame, over the kingpin.
US09242679B2
A securing arrangement and method for securing a first vehicle component having a generally nonmetallic body to a second metallic vehicle component includes the first vehicle component having at least one magnet fixably secured thereto. An adhesive is applied and one or both of the first and second vehicle components are positioned relative the other of the first and second vehicle components for connecting the first and second vehicle components with the adhesive. The at least one magnet prevents relative movement between the first and second vehicle components while the adhesive cures.
US09242673B2
A vehicle body front portion structure including a front side member disposed, with a longitudinal direction thereof being in a vehicle longitudinal direction, at a vehicle transverse direction outer side portion of a vehicle body front portion; a bumper reinforcement disposed, with a longitudinal direction thereof being in a vehicle transverse direction, at a vehicle front side of the front side member, and that is supported via a supporting member at a front end portion of the front side member; a plate portion whose plate thickness direction is in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and that extends toward a vehicle transverse direction outer side from the front end portion of the front side member; and a reinforcing member disposed at a vehicle rear side of the plate portion, and that, together with the plate portion, forms a closed cross-section as seen in a plan cross-section.
US09242671B2
At least one example embodiment discloses a method of controlling steering of a vehicle. The method includes identifying a reduced-order vehicle model, the reduced-order vehicle model representing a vehicle transfer function in which a least one high-frequency pole is removed. The method further includes generating target closed loop pole locations based on at least one user preference parameter. The method further includes determining calibration parameters that place closed loop poles of a composite system at the target closed loop poles. The composite system in this context includes the reduced-order vehicle model and a steering control system. Finally, the method includes controlling the steering using the steering control system configured using the calibration parameters.
US09242669B2
Novel tools and techniques for performing steering operations for a tracked vehicle with a dragged implement using a control system that uses a combination of differential steering and rudder steering based on one or more operating conditions of the vehicle.
US09242666B2
A repel assembly and method includes an engagement surface having an adhesive plane for securing to an object, a plurality of attachment spikes extending from the engagement surface at an angle transverse to the adhesive plane and a transport surface for supporting a fixture coupled to the plurality of attachment spikes, the fixture being positioned between the engagement surface and the transport surface. The repel assembly further includes an annular ring having an upper and lower ring coupled to the repel assembly, the lower ring having first and second ends spaced by a wiper body such that the annular ring repels debris from contacting and/or collecting on the transport surface.
US09242657B2
A plate spring bogie includes: a cross beam supporting a carbody of a railcar; a pair of front and rear axles sandwiching and respectively arranged in front of and behind the cross beam in a railcar longitudinal direction to extend in a railcar width direction; bearings respectively provided at both railcar width direction sides of each of the axles and rotatably supporting the axles; axle boxes respectively accommodating the bearings; plate springs extending in the railcar longitudinal direction to respectively support both railcar width direction end portions of the cross beam and each including both railcar longitudinal direction end portions respectively supported by the axle boxes; and an auxiliary supporting mechanism supporting the railcar width direction end portion of the cross beam in a case where the railcar width direction end portion of the cross beam is displaced downward beyond a predetermined elastic deformation range of the plate spring.
US09242654B2
An approach is provided for determining vehicle accident risk. The approach determines a current vehicle state of the vehicle during operation of the vehicle. The current vehicle state is based on one or more intra-vehicle factors and one or more extra-vehicle factors that pertaining to the vehicle. The current vehicle state is compared to a number of historic accident-related vehicle states that correspond to a vehicle accidents previously recorded for a number of vehicles. Based on the comparison, the process detects an accident risk that pertains to the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle is then notified of the detected accident risk.
US09242652B2
An apparatus and a method for determining a short-term driving tendency of a driver may include a data detector configured to detect an acceleration of a vehicle, a vehicle speed, and an inter-vehicle distance, and a controller configured to calculate a relative speed with respect to a forward vehicle from the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance, extract fuzzy result values for the vehicle speed and the inter-vehicle distance, respectively, by setting a membership function that corresponds to each of the acceleration of the vehicle and the relative speed with respect to the forward vehicle, and determine the short-term driving tendency of the driver using the fuzzy result values.
US09242643B2
A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle drive system includes: a differential device including first and second differential mechanisms and four rotary components; and an engine, first and second electric motors, and an output rotary member respectively connected to said four rotary components. One of said four rotary components is constituted by a rotary element of said first differential mechanism and a rotary element of said second differential mechanism selectively connected to each other through a clutch, while one of said rotary elements of said first and second differential mechanisms is selectively connected to a stationary member through a brake. The control apparatus includes a drive mode switching control portion for switching the hybrid vehicle drive system to one of at least two hybrid drive modes according to a selected one of different combinations of operating states of said clutch and said brake.
US09242641B2
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically allocating engine torque and motor torque in a hybrid vehicle to meet operator torque demand. The allocation is adjusted by constraining the maximum engine torque allowable under selected conditions to provide a better trade-off between performance and fuel economy. A maximum engine torque that provides best fuel economy is learned during engine operation at different engine speed-load conditions based on a deviation in spark retard torque ratio from a threshold ratio as spark timing is moved to MBT.
US09242637B2
A vehicle control system includes: a power unit including an electric rotary machine; an electric coolant pump configured to circulate a coolant that cools the electric rotary machine; and a control unit configured to operate the electric coolant pump based on a condition that a temperature of the electric rotary machine is equal to or higher than a predetermined operation threshold temperature, and a condition that an output of the electric rotary machine is equal to or higher than a predetermined operation threshold output.
US09242634B2
The control device of the present invention causes an engine to perform both partial cylinder operation and also all-cylinder operation, and moreover changes the operating point of the engine when the motor torque of a second motor-generator enters into operating point changeover ranges R1 and R2. The operating point changeover range R2 when the engine is performing partial cylinder operation is set to be wider, as compared to the operating point changeover range R1 when the engine is performing all-cylinder operation.
US09242633B2
A method is provided for controlling a work machine during operation in a repeated work cycle including controlling transfer of power to and from an energy storage arrangement in the work machine according to a predetermined control strategy, which is adapted for the characteristics of the work cycle.
US09242631B2
A control method for a vehicle, which is equipped with a drive unit configured to drive a driving wheel and a controller configured to control the drive unit and receive an activation command for the drive unit from a user, includes determining whether the vehicle carries out coasting with the drive unit unactivated, determining whether the activation command has been received during the coasting, and limiting an actual braking force generated by the drive unit if the controller has received the activation command during the coasting, compared to a case where the vehicle runs in a state other than the coasting.
US09242630B2
A powertrain system includes an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled to a non-combustion torque machine and a torque converter which is rotatably coupled to an input member of a transmission. A method for operating the powertrain system includes operating the torque converter in a controlled slip operating state and controlling a torque converter clutch capacity in response to a driver requested braking torque. Target torque outputs from the engine and from the torque machine are determined in response to the driver requested braking torque subjected to a time delay. A torque modifier for the torque machine is determined in response to a torque converter clutch slip error. Torque output from the engine is controlled in response to the target torque output from the engine, and torque output from the torque machine is controlled in response to the target torque output and the torque modifier from the torque machine.
US09242618B2
A wireless communication system including a portable device and a vehicle device configured to transmit information including a vehicle state. The portable device includes a telecommunication unit that obtains, through an information network, information including procedures that should be taken in accordance with the vehicle state or state of the portable device, a display, and a control unit that shows on the display the vehicle state based on the information transmitted from the vehicle device or the state of the portable device based on information of the portable device. When a measure should be taken in accordance with the vehicle state or the state of the portable device, the control unit shows on the display the procedures included in the information obtained by telecommunication unit.
US09242616B2
A curable coating composition that exhibits improved cure and adhesion to various substrates, especially synthetic textiles used in the manufacture of air bags, and good air pressure holding performance.
US09242615B2
An automated vision inspection system detects whether a cushion of a side curtain airbag assembly system is twisted. The cushion is provided a plurality of markings arrayed along a longitudinal extent of the cushion. Each marking can be defined by a group of four distinct characters or indicia. Each indicium can be defined by polygonal shaped pixels which allow the inspection system to find clear edges of the marking and thereby determine marking orientation. By determining orientation, the inspection system can compare the inspected marking to a master image of the marking to determine if the cushion is in a twisted state or non-twisted state.
US09242612B2
A shock absorbing member includes an outer peripheral wall having a polygonal cross-sectional shape and including a plurality of side portions, and a plurality of ribs, on an inner side of the outer peripheral wall, radially extending from a central axis and connected to an intermediate position of each of the side portions. A boundary position of adjacent side portions on an outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall is defined as a vertex, an intermediate position of each side portion on the outer peripheral surface of the outer peripheral wall is defined as a rib connection point, and portions segmenting each of the side portion into two, with the rib connection point as a boundary, are each defined as a half-side portion.
US09242607B2
An exterior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting portion mountable at a side of a vehicle, a mirror head portion adjustably mounted at the mounting portion, and a reflective element at the mirror head portion. An actuator is operable to impart pivotal movement of the mirror head portion relative to the mounting portion and about a generally vertical pivot axis to pivotally adjust the mirror head portion relative to the side of the vehicle at which the mounting portion is mounted. The actuator comprises at least two motors and the motors are operable in tandem to cooperatively rotatably drive a common gear of a gear system to pivot the mirror head portion relative to the mounting portion. Responsive to a determination of the rotational movement being below a threshold speed, a shutoff circuit deactivates at least one of the motors irrespective of current draw by the motor.
US09242606B2
An exterior mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a mounting portion mountable at a side of a vehicle, a mirror head portion at the mounting portion, and an actuator. The mirror head portion includes a mirror casing and a reflective element at least partially housed at the mirror casing. The actuator is operable to impart pivotal movement of the reflective element mirror relative to the mirror casing to adjust a rearward field of view of a driver of the vehicle. The actuator includes a drive post that is pivotally attached at the reflective element. The actuator also includes a motor that rotatably drives a clutch device to adjust the drive post to adjust the reflective element relative to the mirror casing. The clutch device allows for manual adjustment of the reflective element and the drive post in a non-ratcheting manner.
US09242602B2
A rearview imaging system for a vehicle includes at least one video camera mounted at the rear of the vehicle for providing a wide angle horizontal field of view (FoV) rearwardly of the vehicle, and a display device in the vehicle at a position viewable by the driver. A video processor subdivides the camera FoV into three horizontally disposed sub-FOVs and displaying said sub-FoVs on visually separated side-by-side regions of the display device screen. The horizontal position and/or extent of at least one sub-FoV is variable as a function of the motion of the vehicle.
US09242590B2
A tie down strap includes one or more inelastic strap section with an elastic section connecting the inelastic sections. An end of a first inelastic strap section includes a buckle or ring. The first inelastic strap section includes a first hook and loop arrangement and the second inelastic strap section includes a second hook and loop arrangement engageable to the first hook and loop arrangement to hold the strap in a loop configuration to secure an object. The inelastic strap sections are flat, multi-ply straps and the elastic section comprises two spaced-apart elastic cords, each cord stitched or otherwise secured at opposite ends to the respective first and second inelastic strap sections. The elastic cords can be composed of woven, flattened BUNGEE cord material.
US09242584B2
A child safety seat assembly includes a shell body for defining a support base attachable to a child seat, an extension arm coupled with the shell body, an anchor latch affixed with the extension arm via a fastener, the anchor latch being operable to with an anchorage fixture of a vehicle, and a cushion part affixed in the extension arm adjacent to the fastener. The cushion part is formed as an integral hollow body, the hollow body has a first, a second and a third sidewall, the first sidewall facing the fastener, and the second and third sidewalls respectively include inward recessed surfaces and are respectively connected with two side edges of the first sidewall. When the fastener and the anchor latch are forced to displace in unison relative to the extension arm, the fastener and the first sidewall push against each other to cause deformation of the cushion part.
US09242582B2
A fitting (10), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, includes a first fitting part (11), on which a ring gear (17) is formed, a second fitting part (12), on which a gear (16) is formed, which meshes with the ring gear (17), whereby the two fitting parts (11, 12) are in a transmission connection with each other, and a rotatably mounted, revolving eccentric for driving a relative rolling motion of the gear (16) and the ring gear (17). The eccentric is driven by a carrier, wherein during said rolling motion, a tooth flank (16d) of a tooth (16a) of the gear (16) contacts a tooth flank (17d) of a tooth (17a) of the ring gear (17) at a pitch point (W). The radius of curvature (K1) of the tooth flank (16d) of the tooth (16a) of the gear (16) at the pitch point (W) and the radius of curvature (K2) of the tooth flank (17d) of the tooth (17a); of the ring gear (17) at the pitch point (W) are at least approximately equal.
US09242569B2
A vehicle charge system has a connection cable to supply power from an outside power supply, such as a commercial power supply, a driving battery, an auxiliary battery, a driving battery charge apparatus, and an auxiliary battery charge apparatus. When a voltage across the auxiliary battery is below a predetermined constant value, power from the outside power supply is supplied to a control circuit of the auxiliary battery charge apparatus, so that the auxiliary battery charge apparatus charges the auxiliary battery on its own without being controlled by a charge control portion.
US09242566B2
A brushless motor control apparatus calculates the number of rotations of an engine based on a cycle of zero-cross points of the phase voltage induced to a sub-coil of a three-phase brushless motor. When the number of rotation of the engine is smaller than the first number of rotations, before it becomes impossible to detect the zero-cross points, the control state of the three-phase brushless motor is changed from the state of phase control by a phase control regulator unit with respect to the AC output voltages to the state of interphase short circuit of motor coils by a short regulator unit. When the number of rotations of the engine exceeds the first number of rotations and the phase voltage becomes the voltage level such that the zero-cross points can be detected, the control state is changed again to the state of phase control by the phase control regulator unit.
US09242564B2
A converter for an electrical machine having a plurality of phase lines for connecting the electrical machine. For each phase line the converter has a half-bridge with a first semiconductor switch is configured to electrically connect at least one of the phase lines intermittently to a first supply line of the converter, and a second semiconductor switch configured to electrically connect the phase line intermittently to a second supply line of the converter. The converter is configured for operation in a first energy recovery limiting mode in which at least two of the first semiconductor switches are at least intermittently on simultaneously.
US09242559B2
There is provided an in-vehicle power source device having favorable workability for replacing a fuse that melts down when an overcurrent flows to an electric load. A battery selector switch 51 having a current detecting function, a main relay 52 having current detecting function, a bypass relay 54 for bypassing the battery selector switch 51, and a bypass fuse 53 to melt down when an overcurrent flows to a second electric load 35 are provided. The bypass fuse 53 is deployed outside of a case 58 for storing a second power source 34, the bypass fuse 53 and the second power source 34 are connected in series, and when currents detected by the battery selector switch 51 and the main relay 52 are equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the battery selector switch 51 and the main relay 52 are turned off and the bypass relay 54 is closed.
US09242546B2
A drivetrain for a motor vehicle has a first electric machine provides drive power, wherein the first electric machine is connected to an electrical energy store. A differential can distribute drive power to two driven wheels or axles of the motor vehicle. A first transmission arrangement which connects the first electric machine to the differential. A second electric machine which is coupled to an internal combustion engine in order to charge the electrical energy store in a generator mode. A second transmission arrangement connects the internal combustion engine to the differential. The second transmission arrangement has a first gear stage and a second gear stage which can be alternately engaged, for the transmission of drive power from the internal combustion engine to the differential, by means of a clutch arrangement.
US09242536B2
An open roof construction for a vehicle includes a first closing element movably supported by a stationary part and is configured to move to an upward position with at least its front edge. A second closing element movably supported by the stationary part and is positioned rearward of the first closing element. The second closing element moves between a closed position in which it closes said roof opening and an at least partly open position. An air guide on a lower side of the first closing element guides and directs the air caught by said first closing element when in its upward position during driving of the vehicle to create a boundary layer of air which is situated between the outside and the inside of the vehicle at the position of the roof opening when said second closing element is in its at least partly open position.
US09242535B2
A roof apparatus includes a movable panel configured to open and close an opening formed at a roof of a vehicle, a pair of guide rails provided at respective edge portions of the opening in a vehicle width direction and being extended in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, a pair of support brackets provided at respective edge portions of the movable panel in the vehicle width direction and supported at the pair of guide rails to be movable and slidable relative to the guide rails, the movable panel being configured to be opened while maintaining a tilt-up state, and a wall portion provided at a front edge portion of each of the support brackets at an upper side of each of the guide rails.
US09242534B2
A door frame for a vehicle may include an outer frame disposed at an external side of the vehicle, and an inner frame disposed at an internal side of the vehicle compared with the outer frame and having a shape in accord with a shape of the outer frame. The outer frame and a bright molding provided for improving aesthetic features of the vehicle may be configured such that the bright molding is able to be directly mounted to the outer frame.
US09242532B2
A method of controlling an automotive air-conditioning system includes compressing a refrigerant by sensing the operation of an air conditioner while a vehicle is driven after starting an engine of the vehicle, circulating the cooling water cooled by exchanging heat with external air in the cooling module to cool the intercooler or the electric device, and controlling operation speeds of a water pump in the cooling system and of a cooling fan, while keeping the vehicle idling or running, and ending the control by determining whether vehicle speed, pressure of the air conditioner, temperature of the cooling water, and temperature of the intercooler or the electric device are within predetermined values.
US09242530B2
This invention is directed to a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a first fluid, a second fluid, and a phase change material (PCM). Both tubes and header tanks contain phase change material. The phase change material header tanks are advantageously located outside of the first fluid's header tanks.
US09242525B2
A rotating air conditioner apparatus and method comprising an elongated shaft, whereby one or more of a condenser coil, an evaporator coil, and a compressor rotate around the elongated shaft. In one embodiment, balancing weights rotate with the shaft and are positioned to prevent uneven rotation of rotating air conditioner during operation. The evaporator and condenser contain a plurality of fins and/or fan blades and coils for refrigerant. Inlets and/or adjustably directed outlets on the evaporator and/or the condenser provide for circulation of air through the rotating air conditioner apparatus.
US09242524B2
A suspension assembly having a frame hanger, a first control arm mounted between the frame hanger and an axle attachment member, a second control arm mounted to the frame hanger and to the axle attachment member, wherein the second arm extends from a centerline of the first control arm at an angle alpha such that the first control arm and the second control arm are not parallel to each other, wherein the centerline of the first control arm and the centerline of the second control arm extend to intersect at a point that is at a virtual center of rotation.
US09242518B2
A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air passageway in the tire that is operable to be sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air from a valve device through the passageway to an outlet device for direction into the tire cavity. The valve device has an internal pressure membrane that regulates the inlet flow of the air to the tube pump.
US09242516B2
A member for attachment to tire includes a functional object in suspension in a soft substance of very high deformability.
US09242512B2
Tire tread comprising a plurality of rubber pads, each rubber pad being delimited by an incision of depth and of closed contour, this tread having: on a first portion, of a depth at most equal to 60% of the depth of the incision, blocking means designed to limit the movements of the lateral wall relative to the wall facing it, and on a second portion of the incision, of a depth at most equal to 60% of the depth of the incision and extending the first portion of depth, geometric shapes of second amplitude or that are rectilinear (that is to say of zero amplitude), the second amplitude being less than the first amplitude, and, the first portion of the incision delimiting a first portion of pad and the second portion of the incision delimiting a second portion of pad, the maximum sectional surface area of the second portion of the pad is greater than the maximum sectional surface area of the first portion of the said pad.
US09242511B2
A pneumatic tire with a tread has crown main grooves, shoulder main grooves, a pair of middle ribs between the crown main grooves and the shoulder main grooves, and a pair of shoulder ribs between the shoulder main groove and tread edge. The shoulder rib has shoulder lateral grooves spaced at a pitch Ps. The middle rib has middle inclined grooves spaced at a pitch Pm. The crown rib has a plurality of crown lateral grooves which cross over the crown rib and are spaced at a pitch Pc. The pitch Pc is larger than the pitch Ps and smaller than the pitch Pm.
US09242509B2
Vehicle tires with solid materials, such as rubber and polymer, are designed to increase the safety of the vehicle without the risk of having a flat tire. The tires are non pneumatic and have treads. The tires are for use on a variety of vehicles, including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, scooters, trucks, buses, aircrafts, earthmovers, tractors, trailers, carts, heavy equipments, and lawnmowers.
US09242500B2
Even when a binding process for binding a plurality of sheets without using a staple is performed after performing printing on both faces of the sheets, the binding process can be performed so that the bound sheets are not easily separated. A control method for controlling a printing apparatus, comprises: performing a binding process for binding, without using a staple, a sheet on which an image is printed based on image data; specifying an area where the binding process is to be performed, the area being included in the image data; deleting image data of the specified area; and printing the image on the sheet based on the image data on which deleting is performed.
US09242493B2
A printer assembly includes: a housing having referencing slots defined in opposite sidewalls; a stop positioned towards a lower end of each referencing slot; a print bar carriage slidably received within the housing; and a lift mechanism for lifting the print bar carriage relative to the housing. The print bar carriage includes: a chassis; a printhead supported by the chassis; and a pair of lugs, each lug being slidably received in a respective referencing slot of the housing. Each stop has a datum surface which defines a printing position of the print bar carriage, the print bar carriage being in the printing position when each lug is in abutting engagement with a respective datum surface.
US09242491B2
A liquid ejecting head is adapted to eject liquid toward a target medium. A transporter is adapted to transport a tray on which the target medium is mounted toward a region facing the liquid ejecting head via a transporting path. A tray guide is disposed in a front side of the liquid ejecting apparatus, and having a supporting face adapted to support the tray thereon. The tray guide is movable between a first position connecting the supporting face with the transporting path to allow the transporter to transport the tray to the transporting path and a second position escaping the supporting face from the transporting path. The supporting face is kept being parallel to the transporting path when the tray guide is moved between the first position and the second position.
US09242490B1
A bankbook printing apparatus 100 comprises a bankbook printing section 130 configured to print on a bankbook conveyed from an insertion opening 111 in an opened state; a closing mechanism 150 configured to close the bankbook printed by the printing section 130; and a conveyance mechanism 110 configured to convey the bankbook inserted into the insertion opening 111 in an opened state towards a downstream and to convey the bankbook closed by the closing mechanism 150 towards an upstream where the insertion opening 111 is arranged and discharge the closed bankbook from the insertion opening 111.
US09242488B2
An image recording apparatus including: a first conveying path for guiding a recording medium in a conveying direction; a recording portion configured to record an image on the recording medium guided by the first conveying path; a tray provided below the recording portion so as to accommodate the recording medium; a supplying roller configured to supply the recording medium accommodated by the tray to the first conveying path; a first arm provided above the tray, wherein the supplying roller is provided on a distal end of the first arm; a first frame configured to support the recording portion; and a second frame provided separately from the first frame and configured to support the first arm.
US09242486B2
The present invention relates to a printing apparatus for printing on a print substrate. The printing apparatus comprises: a printing station comprising a printing assembly for printing a first image on a first side of the print substrate during a first pass of the print substrate and printing a second image on a second side of the print substrate during a second pass of the print substrate; an input station for supplying the print substrate to the printing station; an output station for receiving the print substrate from the printing station, the output station comprising: a carrousel, the carrousel comprising at least two roll-up units, the carrousel being movable in a plurality of positions, in each of which a first roll-up unit of the at least two roll-up units is arranged in a substrate receiving position and a second roll-up unit of the at least two roll-up units is arranged in a position of the group of a substrate feeding position and a roll unloading position, wherein the roll-up unit in the substrate receiving position is adapted for receiving the print substrate, thereby forming a roll, and wherein the roll unloading position is different in location from the substrate receiving position.
US09242485B2
A recording device includes: a housing having an opening; an opening/closing cover that can be disposed in a closed position where the opening is covered, and an open position where the opening is exposed; a medium holder that holds a medium; a recorder that performs recording on a medium; and a transport mechanism that transports the medium from the medium holder toward the recorder along a transport path, in which the medium holder is provided with, a feed port for the medium, connected to the transport path and an alarm unit that warns that the medium is disposed at a position where the medium can be transported by the transport mechanism, and when the opening/closing cover is disposed in the open position, the feed port and the alarm unit can be visually checked.
US09242479B2
The liquid discharge device is equipped with a conveyance belt configured to have a medium stuck to an adhesive layer of its surface and convey the medium, a pressure roller configured to stick the medium to the conveyance belt, and an attachment part provided at an upstream position to the pressure roller in a movement path of the conveyance belt and configured to adhere a pretreatment liquid to the conveyance belt. The medium is stuck using the pressure roller to the conveyance belt in a state with the pretreatment liquid L adhered. Alternatively, the medium is stuck to the conveyance belt using the pressure roller in a state with the pretreatment liquid adhered.
US09242478B2
The invention is concerning the writing controlling apparatus that includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of light amounts of a light source driven while changing an input current in non-effective scanning periods during which an image carrier is not irradiated with light from the light source, as a plurality of output results; a detecting unit configured to detect characteristics of the light source using the output results thus acquired; and a correcting unit configured to correct a current to be applied to the light source based on the characteristics thus detected.
US09242470B2
An apparatus includes a recording head arranged so as to oppose a sheet moving in a first direction, in which a plurality of first nozzle chips and a plurality of second nozzle chips each having a nozzle array are arranged as different arrays in a second direction crossing the first direction, and in which the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips adjacent to each other are shifted from each other in the second direction, a first suction unit opposed to the first nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the first nozzle chips, a second suction unit opposed to the second nozzle chips and configured to suction ink from a part of the nozzle arrays included in the second nozzle chips, a suction holder configured to retain the first suction unit and the second suction unit, and a movement mechanism configured to cause relative movement between the recording head and the suction holder in the second direction, wherein the first suction unit and the second suction unit are shifted from each other in the second direction in correspondence with the shift between the first nozzle chips and the second nozzle chips.
US09242468B2
In an inkjet printer, a cap part for receiving ink from a head unit during maintenance includes a liquid receiving part and an exhaust part disposed laterally to the liquid receiving part. In the liquid receiving part, a second liquid receiving chamber is disposed further from the exhaust part than is a first liquid receiving part. A second flow path is disposed below the first liquid receiving chamber without passing through the first liquid receiving chamber. In the exhaust part, a first fan part is connected to the first liquid receiving chamber, and a second fan part is connected to the second liquid receiving chamber through the second flow path. Accordingly, it is possible to appropriately exhaust a gas contained within the second liquid receiving chamber, independently of the first liquid receiving chamber. Consequently, a mist in the liquid receiving part can be discharged efficiently.
US09242465B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a first casing, a second casing, a seal member and a valve assembly. The first casing is fixed to the second casing with the seal member therebetween. A storage space is created in the first casing and the second casing. The valve assembly is accommodated in the storage space and forms a channel along which liquid flows. The valve assembly is fixed to the first casing and separated from the second casing.
US09242461B1
A droplet generating device includes a wafer with a recess that defines a pressure chamber, a flexible membrane bonded to the wafer so as to cover the recess and form a wall of the pressure chamber, and an actuator attached to the membrane for flexing the membrane to generate a pressure wave in a liquid in the pressure chamber, the pressure chamber having a first port connected to a liquid supply line, and a second port connecting the pressure chamber to a nozzle, at least one of the ports being arranged adjacent to the membrane, wherein the wafer forms at least one island portion that projects into the at least one of the ports, engages the membrane and divides the port into at least two separate passages, and wherein the at least one island portion is arranged to delimit a flexing part of the membrane on a side of the at least one of the ports.
US09242445B2
A method for producing a bonded body of ceramic and metal bodies includes stacking a ceramic body, metal body, gap layer capable of preventing oxidation and hindering heat conduction, first intermediate layer and second intermediate layer with the gap layer between the ceramic body and the metal body in the stacking direction. The first intermediate layer is between the ceramic body and gap layer, and the second intermediate layer is between the gap layer and metal body, linear expansion coefficients of the first and second intermediate layers being between those of the ceramic body and the metal body. Diffusion bonding is performed between the ceramic body and the first intermediate layer, and between the metal body and the second intermediate layer simultaneously. The gap layer is then removed from between the first and second intermediate layers. The first and second intermediate layers are then bonded to each other.
US09242435B2
A light transmissive bendable wood panel provides a wood panel that may be finished in a similar manner to traditional wood panels, but is light transmissive to allow the light transmissive bendable wood panel to be illuminated. The light transmissive bendable wood panel may be formed with a bendable substrate to allow various curves or other shapes to be formed. The light transmissive bendable wood panel may comprise a face layer having a permeable backing to ensure full adhesion with the substrate. A back layer may be provided to stabilize the light transmissive bendable wood panel and prevent curling, cupping, and delaminating. The light transmissive bendable wood panel may be backlit or edge lit. One or more illuminated designs may be formed in a face layer of the light transmissive bendable wood panel.
US09242432B1
A roofing shingle having fire resistance material added to the shingle in a localized area includes a substrate having a first portion and a second portion, a first asphalt-based coating impregnating the first portion, the first asphalt coating including a fire retardant material, and a second asphalt-based coating impregnating the second portion, the second asphalt coating containing less of the fire retardant material than the first asphalt coating.
US09242427B2
A composite structure may include a plurality of fibers at least partially embedded within a matrix. The fibers may be connected to one another at a at least one connection site.
US09242424B2
A display device includes: a display layer; a surface film disposed to face a display surface of the display layer; and a moisture-proof film disposed between the display layer and the surface film and including a projecting section. The projecting section projects outwardly of an end face of the display layer and an end face of the surface film.
US09242422B2
A quick-connect coupling for connecting an exchangeable head to a pressing device has balls K1 with a diameter D1, which are radially movably disposed in a ball-holding part on the pressing device. Balls K1 being held radially fixed in a groove on the head with a depth N1 by a locking ring in the connected state. The head has a further peripheral groove with a depth N2. The further groove is designed to hold part of further balls K2 with a diameter D2, wherein the balls K2 are likewise disposed in a radially movable manner in the ball-holding part and wherein the diameter D2 is greater than the diameter D1. The diameter D1 is the same or smaller than the difference between the diameter D2 and the groove depth N2.
US09242416B1
An aerosol tire sealant and inflator assembly includes an aerosol bottle, a lid, an actuator, and a hose. The aerosol bottle has pressurized tire sealant and air housed therein. The lid has an actuator opening extending through the lid and a sloped locking lip extending from an inner wall. The locking lip includes a first portion and a second portion. The actuator is positioned within the actuator opening and rotatably coupled to the lid between a closed position and an open position. The actuator has a coupling and an actuator tab engaged with the first portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the closed position and engaged with the second portion of the locking lip when the actuator is in the open position. The hose includes a coupling configured to couple to the actuator and a coupling configured to couple to a tire stem.
US09242414B2
A delamination apparatus that includes a stage to which a lower support, an acceptor substrate disposed on the lower support, and a donor film laminated with the lower support along the edge of the acceptor substrate, interposing the acceptor substrate therebetween are mounted. The delamination apparatus further includes a first gripper disposed in an end side of the stage to move an end of the donor film to a direction far away from the acceptor substrate by gripping the end of the donor film; and a first peeling roll disposed on the donor film to support the donor film disposed between the acceptor substrate and the first gripper, and rotating itself to a direction of the first gripper.
US09242409B2
The invention comprises a method of manufacturing a sample chamber, comprising the steps of: providing a first (20) and a second (30) component, the first component (20) comprising an elastomer; treating the elastomer in the region of a contact surface of the first component (20) and/or treating a contact surface of the second component (30) with a plasma, with plasma waste gas, and/or with a reactive gas; and connecting the contact surface of the first component (20) with the contact surface of the second component (30).
US09242401B2
The present invention is directed to the use of injection molding to form polymeric interlayers directly between two rigid substrates that are positioned so that after injection of the melted polymeric material and after cooling, the resulting multiple layer panel functions as a safety panel that can be used in any appropriate conventional safety glazing application. Methods of the present invention utilize a relatively low molecular weight polymer, multiple injection points, mold compression, and/or a heated substrate in order to facilitate the injection of polymer into the relatively narrow space between glazing substrates that is typically found in safety glazings.
US09242391B2
A simulated commodity tropical hardwood-based panel includes an engineered veneer face including a first wood from one or more sustainable sources of wood. The face has a dyed coloring, a simulated grain, or a dyed coloring and a simulated grain that is substantially similar to the coloring, grain, or coloring and grain of a tropical hardwood veneer. The panel further includes a back and a core disposed between the face and back. The face, the core and back are stacked and adhered together to form a laminated panel. The face of the simulated commodity tropical hardwood-based panel has an appearance that is substantially similar to the appearance of the face veneer of a commodity tropical hardwood-based panel that includes the tropical hardwood veneer. The panel comprises no tropical hardwood from a non-sustainable source of wood.
US09242390B2
A powered circular saw tool (2) includes a tool body (4), an attachment for allowing a circular saw blade (8) to be attached to the tool body (4) in use, and a base plate (6) for supporting the tool body (4) on a workpieee or surface in use, The tool body (4) is capable of undergoing pivotal movement relative to the base plate (6) to allow a circular saw blade (8) to be pivoted to a required depth of cut with respect to a workpiece in use. A selector allows selection of the different operational modes.
US09242387B2
The present invention relates to a frozen confectionery product comprising a core consisting of a frozen confection, wherein the core is coated with a frozen flexible edible gel layer, characterized in that the gel layer is provided with at least one cutting line extending spirally over the gel layer, said cutting line allowing to peel-off the gel-layer in a spiral. It furthermore relates to an apparatus for manufacturing same, and to a cutting device for use in that method.
US09242383B2
A multi function hand tool comprising: a body; an internal cavity having access on a first side of the body constructed within said body; a second cavity accessed in a second side opposite said first cavity; a cutting means fixedly placed within said second cavity and constructed in a manner to cut articles contacting said means within said second cavity; a rotational tool having a first retracted position within said cavity and a second extended position outside said cavity; a first contact tip formed on one end of said body; and a second contact tip formed on said rotational tool, whereby each of said first contact tip and second contact tip impart a configuration for simultaneous contact and use when said rotational tool is in a retracted position.
US09242368B2
An attachable work tray assembly includes a work tray, having a bottom and a wall encircling the bottom, a swingable arm pivotally connected to a side of the work tray and a fastening set for holding the swingable arm and the work tray in position. The swingable arm has a pivot end and an attaching end. The pivot end has a plurality of positioning portions, and the attaching end is provided with a magnet. The fastening set has a fastening member and a knob. The fastening member has one end thereof provided with a buckle that is configured to selectively engage with one of the positioning portions of the corresponding swingable arm. By rotating the knob, the fastening member is forced to move toward the wall of the work tray.
US09242364B1
The hand extension with universal clamp extends the reach of a hand tool. It features a universal clamp to work with virtually any tool. It reduces the need to bend over or work on hands and knees. Further, it decreases the strain and injury often caused by crouching or hunching to work. The device protects clothing from being stained by dirty floors.
US09242363B2
A side-handle for a hand-held power tool includes a gripping element and a fastener for fastening the side handle to the hand-held power tool. The gripping element and the fastening means can be pivoted with respect to each other around a rotational axis. This rotational axis runs perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the gripping element and runs through an end area of the gripping element facing away from the fastener.
US09242356B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic torque tool, a calibration fixture, and a method for calibrating the electronic torque tool. The calibration includes applying a torque to the torque wrench and releasing the applied torque once the applied torque reaches a full scale calibration torque. The calibration fixture holds and displays a peak value of the applied torque and the torque wrench holds and displays a measured peak value of the applied torque. The measured peak value on the torque wrench may then be adjusted, by incrementing or decrementing the displayed value, to match the peak value displayed on the calibration fixture.
US09242353B2
A hand-held machine tool device, in particular, for a screwdriver (12a-h), having a locking device (14a-h) for locking a power take-off unit (16a-h), and having a rotational bearing device (18a-h) of the power take-off unit (16a-h). It is provided that at least part of the locking device (14a-h) and the rotational bearing device (18a-h) be formed in one piece.
US09242346B2
An engineered coated abrasive product having a backing, a frontfill coat, a make coat, and/or a size coat, wherein at least one of the coats includes fibrillated fibers. The coated abrasive product is capable of improved inter-layer adhesion, retention of abrasive grains, and/or maintenance of abrasive grains in a more desirable orientation for grinding.
US09242345B2
An abrasive tool is provided that may include a body, which may include abrasive particles contained within a bond material. The abrasive particles may be a super abrasive material. The body may further include at least one of a ratio of tungsten to cast iron (W/CI) of not greater than about 1, a ratio of copper-containing compositions to cast iron (CCC/CI) of not greater than about 1, a ratio of titanium-containing compositions to cast-iron (TiCC/CI) of not greater than about 1, a ratio of tungsten carbide to cast iron (WC/CI) of not greater than about 1, a ratio of tungsten carbide to copper-containing compositions (WC/CCC) of not greater than about 1, a ratio of copper-containing compositions and titanium-containing compositions to cast iron ((CCC+TiC)/CI) of not greater than about 1.5 or a combination thereof.
US09242344B2
In various embodiments, a coolant delivery apparatus is presented. Namely, a coolant delivery apparatus comprises a plurality of internal channels configured to provide coolant to the work face of a grinding wheel.
US09242342B2
A manufacture includes a substrate, a reinforcement layer over the substrate, and abrasive particles over the substrate. The abrasive particles are partially buried in the reinforcement layer. Upper tips of the abrasive particles are substantially coplanar.
US09242340B1
Magnetic heads are fabricated by slicing and dicing wafers into row bars, which undergo frontside lapping and backside lapping. These lapping processes, as well as other processes, induce stresses on the row bars that are released prior to finalizing the magnetic head. Ultrasonic impact technology is used to release the stress in the row bars and to clean the row bars at the same time. Ultrasonic impact technology is used after the row bars have been wire bonded without having to de-bond the row bars.
US09242338B2
A CMP structure for CMP processing and a method of making a device using the same are presented. The apparatus comprises a polishing pad on a platen table, a head assembly for holding a wafer against the polishing pad, wherein the head assembly includes a retaining ring, a sensor for sensing the depth of grooves on the retaining ring and a controller for determining an update pressure to apply to the retaining ring based on the depth of the grooves and applying the updated pressure to the retaining ring during processing.
US09242334B2
The invention discloses a transform mechanism of a finishing wheel for an abrasive belt polishing finisher in the field of mechanical technology. The invention is disposed on the inner side of the abrasive belt of the finisher, comprising several slide rails disposed on the side of the frame of the finisher and sliders on the slide rails. A finishing wheel is fixedly connected with each of the sliders. The curved surface of the rim of each of the said finishing wheels has a different curvature. A driving element connected with the slider is provided on the frame of the finisher close to each of the sliders. The finishing wheel corresponding to the driving element, driven by the said driving element, is pressed against the inner side of the abrasive belt. The transform mechanism of the invention could be widely applied and has a high polishing and finishing efficiency.
US09242329B2
A device for drilling or boring openings, primarily deep openings, comprises a cutter head with guides, said head being equipped with a device for displacing the cutter in the radial direction from the drive. The input of the drive is connected via a control signal transmission circuit and a transducer to the output of a system for digital programming control (DPC). A sensor for checking variations in the wall thickness of the component, a sensor of the angle of rotation of the component, a sensor of the angle of rotation of the cutter head and a sensor for checking the wobbling of the component are connected to the DPC system. The drive of the device for displacing the cutter in the radial direction is in the form of a linear drive and is mounted on the cutter head. The technical result is expressed in an increase in the accuracy of machining deep openings while ensuring that said openings can be corrected during the process of machining the openings.
US09242322B2
A jig for aligning door hinges into a position at a predetermined mounting angle in an automatic system that automatically mounts door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The jig may include a support frame, a first support part fixed to the support frame and supporting a hinge bracket of the door hinge, a pair of second support parts movably disposed at both sides of the first support part and respectively supporting both sides of a door bracket of the door hinge, and an actuating cylinder fixed to the support frame and connected with the second support parts.
US09242318B2
An exemplary safety device can comprise a guard coupled to a lower end of a support shaft and two arms coupled to the support shaft configured to engage with the inner walls of the meter box. The arms can be adjustable to change the distance they extend from the support shaft, such as by rotating the arms about a central bolt that is fixed relative to the shaft. The arms can have end caps that are configured to contact the inner walls of the meter box to create a frictional resistance holding the device securely within the meter box. The arms can be coupled to the support shaft with an adapter ring that is adjustable along the support shaft to change the vertical position of the arms. The guard can partially surround the angle meter stop and can contain it if it blows off the pipe below it.
US09242316B2
The method for retrofitting a double flow steam turbine includes opening an outer casing of the steam turbine, removing the blade carriers and the stator blades, removing the inner casing with inlet belt, removing the double flow rotor and the rotor blades. Thus, the method includes the further steps of providing a new single flow rotor and new rotor blades different from the rotor blades connected to the double flow rotor, providing balancers connected to the single flow rotor, to balance the axial thrust, providing new stator blade carriers and new stator blades different from the stator blades associated to the double flow rotor, providing a new inner casing with inlet belt, providing a passage between the inner casing and the outer casing, closing the outer casing.
US09242315B2
A device for centering and internal clamping of tubular parts such as metal conduits, placed end-to-end so as to be welded to form metal pipelines is provided.
US09242314B2
The invention discloses a machining method of welding an ear plate on a barrel of a central cylinder of a horizontal preheater. The machining method comprises step 1, designing a set of process equipment comprising welding guide brackets, a roller carrier and iron piers; step 2, drawing an assembly line of the ear plate on the barrel of the central cylinder; step 3, drawing a position line of the ear plate on a working platform and placing the ear plate on the central cylinder for spot welding; step 4, installing the welding guide brackets on the central cylinder, hoisting the welding guide brackets and the central cylinder together to the roller carrier, and placing the roller carrier on the iron piers to allow both ends of the central cylinder to be basically coaxial; step 5, placing temporary fixed flat steel on both ends of the ear plate and placing a run on plate and a blowout plate; step 6, symmetrically welding both sides of the ear plate on the central cylinder; step 7, removing the temporary fixed flat steel, the run on plate and the blowout plate, batch grinding welds and burrs; and step 8, hoisting the roller carrier and removing the welding guide brackets after the welds are proved conforming by ultrasonic examination. The horizontally welding method of the invention can substantially improve welding quality and reduce labor intensity of operators.
US09242310B2
A mobile terminal and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, by which color reproducibility of a display and the expected life span of a display can be enhanced using quantum dots. The present invention may include a display panel, a plurality of light source units spaced apart from each other, and a quantum dot filter unit provided to a light emitting surface of the light source unit to enable a light provided by the light source unit to pass through. And, the quantum dot filter unit may include a light transmissive hollow pipe member having one end opening or both end openings, quantum dots provided within the light transmissive hollow pipe member, and a sealing member configured to seal the one end opening or the both end openings, the sealing member formed of a same material of the light transmissive hollow pipe member.
US09242309B2
There is provided high power laser tools and laser heads that utilize total internal reflection (“TIR”) structures to direct the laser beam along a laser beam path within the TIR structure. The TIR structures may be a TIR prism having its hypotenuse as a TIR surface.
US09242295B2
The present invention relates to bulk magnetic nanocomposites and methods of making bulk magnetic nanocomposites.
US09242287B2
The invention relates to a hot forming tool for hot forming a metal workpiece, having at least two dies which may be moved relative to one another for forming the workpiece, and having a cooling device by means of which the workpiece may be cooled in the hot forming tool from a first, higher temperature to a second, lower temperature. To improve the hot forming tool, it is provided that the hot forming tool is equipped with a separating device by means of which a separating operation may be carried out on a workpiece present in the hot forming tool. The invention further relates to a method for hot forming.
US09242286B2
A multilayer cookware article has an inner metal sheet and an outer metal sheet defining a flat bottom and a side wall connected to the bottom by a rounding. The flat bottom has at least one intermediate layer positioned between the inner sheet and the outer sheet. The intermediate layer has a diameter limited to a diameter of the flat bottom including the rounding. The side wall has an intermediate layer located between the inner sheet and the outer sheet. The intermediate layer of the side wall is mechanically separated from the intermediate layer of the bottom.
US09242272B2
An ultrasonic transducer that can include a driver side and a bias voltage side. A higher voltage source can be electrically connected to the bias voltage side through a first resistor. A lower voltage source can be electrically connected to the driver side of through a second resistor. A field effect transistor or other suitable switch can be included, having a source, a gate and a drain. The source can be electrically connected to ground and the gate can be electrically connected to a control signal source. The drain can be electrically connected to the lower voltage source through a second resistor and be electrically connected to the driver side of the ultrasonic transducer. The gate can be electrically connected to a signal source through a third resistor.
US09242259B2
An extendable shower head apparatus that includes a hollow support rod, the hollow support rod provides support to the extendable shower head apparatus, a connection piece that is movably connected to the hollow support rod and a shower head that includes a hollow stem. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wheel bearings that roll along the hollow support rod, a first hose extended through the wheel bearings and provides the water to the shower head, a tension pulley that supports movement of the first hose, a two hose connector attached to the second end of the first hose and a pipe that provides the water to the two hose connector used by a user, the pipe is connected to the two hose connector and the two hose connector connects the pipe to the second end of the first hose.
US09242258B2
The invention involves electrospray ionization of dissolved substances at atmospheric pressure in the ion source of a mass spectrometer. A chip with a multitude of spray nozzles is proposed, where each individual spray nozzle is surrounded by several sheath gas nozzles, preferably in a symmetric arrangement, for the jet-like introduction of a sheath gas. A shared attracting-voltage electrode is positioned substantially opposite the spray nozzles. The attracting-voltage electrode may have a tapering (e.g. funnel-shaped) opening above each spray nozzle so that the sheath gas jets are forced to closely envelop the spray jet, which is comprised of ions and very fine droplets. Heavier ions and droplets are thus prevented from discharging on the surfaces of the openings of the attracting-voltage electrode. Special measures can be taken to make all spray nozzles spray uniformly and to supply them with substance peaks from chromatographic or electrophoretic separators as simultaneously as possible.
US09242255B2
The present invention includes an improved sprinkler design having a magnetic sensing system for determining the position of the riser nozzle, a waterproofed motor housing and related cables, configurable sprinkler body compartments, and a pilot valve with a check valve assembly, both of which are located within the sprinkler body.
US09242251B2
A dynamic baffle system for a magnetic separator includes a containment barrier secured to a frame and positioned between a rotary screen drum and a magnetic drum. The dynamic baffle system further includes a baffle configured to block an opening of the containment barrier. The baffle is movable between an open position in which media mixture is capable of flowing from the containment barrier to the magnetic drum and a closed position in which the media mixture is prohibited from flowing from the containment barrier to the magnetic drum and configured to evenly build up on the containment barrier. The dynamic baffle system further includes a sensor and a controller coupled to the sensor and the baffle to control the amount of media mixture flowing from the rotary screen drum to the magnetic drum.
US09242246B2
The invention relates to a sample container, comprising a housing which forms a sample space for receiving a sample and has at least one circular opening which extends in a channel-shaped manner into the sample space, and further comprising a spherical closing element, wherein the diameter of the closing element only exceeds the diameter of the opening channel in at least one (closing) portion to such an extent that the closing element can be fixed in a force-locked manner by its largest circumference in the closing portion, wherein the spherical closing element is in contact with the housing, and the opening channel between the closing portion and the inner opening forms a protrusion which reduces the opening cross section of the opening channel with respect to the opening cross section in the closing portion.
US09242240B2
The present invention provides methods for the synthesis of catalysts and precursors thereof. Methods of the invention may comprise combining a catalyst precursor and at least one ligand to generate a catalytically active species, often under mild conditions and in high yields. In some cases, a wide variety of catalysts may be synthesized from a single catalyst precursor. Methods of the invention may also include the preparation of catalysts which, under reaction conditions known in the art, may have been difficult or impossible to prepare and/or isolate due to, for example, steric crowding at the metal center. The present invention also provides catalyst compositions, and precursors thereof, which may be useful in various chemical reactions including olefin metathesis. In some cases, methods of the invention may reduce the number of synthetic and purification steps required to produce catalysts and/or other reaction products, as well as reducing time, cost, and waste production.
US09242234B2
The invention relates to a Y-type zeolite having a modified faujasite structure, the intracrystalline structure of which includes at least one network of micropores, at least one network of small mesopores having an average diameter ranging from 2 to 5 nm, and at least one network of large mesopores having an average diameter range from 10 to 50 nm. The invention also relates to particles including such zeolites and to the use thereof in a method for processing crude oil, particularly as a hydrocracking catalyst.
US09242232B2
There is provided a hetero polyacid-based catalyst for methacrylic acid production, which is more excellent in performance, life and moisture absorption during storage, the catalyst being a catalyst for methacrylic acid production, wherein a proton is replaced so as to satisfy conditions of α=A+(B×C) and 0.5≦α≦1.4 when the atomic ratio of the alkali metal atom relative to 10 atoms of Mo is taken as A and the atomic ratio of the copper atom relative to 10 atoms of Mo is taken as B in MoaPbVcCudYeZfOg where Y represents cesium or the like; Z represents iron or the like; and a to g represent each an atomic ratio of each element relative to 10 atoms of Mo.
US09242229B2
A method of producing an aluminum oxide supported catalyst for use in a Fischer-Tropsch synthesis reaction, which comprises: spray-drying a slurry of γ-alumina and a source of a spinel forming metal to form a solid precursor material; calcining the precursor material to form a modified support material including a metal aluminate spinel; impregnating the modified alumina support material with a source of cobalt; calcining the impregnated support material, and activating the catalyst.
US09242225B2
An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include an inorganic oxide porous structure having a plurality of mesopores and an active compound bound to the surface of the mesopores. The active compound may be selected from an alkali metal-containing compound, an alkaline-earth metal-containing compound, and a combination thereof. Various example embodiments also relate to a method of preparing the adsorbent for carbon dioxide and a capture module for carbon dioxide including the adsorbent for carbon dioxide.
US09242222B2
Systems for converting aldose sugars to ketose sugars and separating and/or concentrating these sugars using differences in the sugars' abilities to bind to specific affinity ligands are described.
US09242206B2
In a gas separation apparatus that separates carbon dioxide and water vapor from a first mixture gas containing at least carbon dioxide, nitrogen and water vapor, the energy utilization efficiency thereof is improved. The gas separation apparatus is constructed to include a first separation membrane 33 and a second separation membrane 34 that are made of different materials. When the first mixture gas is supplied, the first separation membrane 33 separates a second mixture gas containing carbon dioxide and water vapor that permeate through the first separation membrane by allowing carbon dioxide and water vapor to permeate selectively. When the second mixture gas is supplied, the second separation membrane 34 separates water vapor that permeates through the second separation membrane 34 by allowing water vapor to permeate selectively.
US09242205B2
The present invention relates to a carbon dioxide absorbent, and more particularly, to an alkali carbonate-based carbon dioxide absorbent containing added sterically hindered cyclic amines, and to a method for removing carbon dioxide using same. By adding sterically hindered cyclic amines to an alkali carbonate material, the rate of carbon dioxide absorption is increased, renewable energy is reduced, and salt production and phase separation do not occur.
US09242203B2
A gas cleaning unit for cleaning an effluent gas of at least one aluminum production electrolytic cell comprises a contact reactor in which the effluent gas is brought into contact with alumina, and a dust removal device for removing at least a portion of the alumina. The gas cleaning unit further comprises a wet scrubber in which the effluent gas is brought into contact with an absorption liquid containing water for removing further pollutants from the effluent gas. The wet scrubber is positioned at a point vertically higher than that of the dust removal device.
US09242193B2
A filter holder is disclosed comprising a base for supporting the filter holder on a work surface, a tilting mechanism attached to the base, and a holder arm attached to the tilting mechanism at a tilt axis. The holder arm comprises a base end and a distal end and is tiltable about the tilt axis to a service position and an ergonomic loading position.
US09242187B2
A new and useful improvement in starting blocks and starting block anchoring devices for use at the line of start of a track either indoors or outdoors. The inventive starting block anchor is comprised of a vacuum suction device operatively and releasably attaches to an interface that also operatively and releasably attaches to a track and field starting block of various configurations.
US09242182B2
A toy gun construction, comprising a gun housing, a reciprocating assembly and a latch member. The reciprocating assembly has a sliding curve plate and a first elastic unit. The latch member is assembled with a connecting rod, an engaging portion, an extension portion and a second elastic member. The sliding curve plate moves from a dynamic position to a static position, and when the sliding curve plate is at dynamic position the engaging portion is stuck in the indention. By pushing the extension portion the latch member moves toward the sliding curve plate to release the engaging portion from the indention and the sliding curve plate is pulled back to the static position by the first elastic member.
US09242180B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a powered children's swing. In various embodiments, the swing includes a seat, swing frame, one or more swing arms, a first magnetic component, second magnetic component, swing motion sensor, and swing control circuit. The magnetic components are configured to generate a magnetic force that drives the seat along a swing path. The swing control circuit is configured to control the magnetic components based at least on input from the swing motion sensor and generate control signals causing the seat to swing with substantially constant amplitude as specified by a user.
US09242179B2
Disclosed herein is an application provision method in a client-server type system providing a game application to a plurality of users via a network. The method causes a computational resource of a server to perform the steps of: providing, to a first user using a client terminal connected to the server, a game application selected by the first user; providing, to a second user specified by the first user, the game application provided to the first user after the game application is ended by the first user; and notifying achievement levels of the first and second users to the client terminals of the first and second users after the game application is ended by the second user.
US09242176B2
A method for providing remote control of a user's gameplay is provided. A live video feed of a first user's gameplay is presented to a remote second user. A request to transition control of the first user's gameplay to the second user is processed. Control of the first user's gameplay by the second user is initiated.
US09242171B2
Real-time camera tracking using depth maps is described. In an embodiment depth map frames are captured by a mobile depth camera at over 20 frames per second and used to dynamically update in real-time a set of registration parameters which specify how the mobile depth camera has moved. In examples the real-time camera tracking output is used for computer game applications and robotics. In an example, an iterative closest point process is used with projective data association and a point-to-plane error metric in order to compute the updated registration parameters. In an example, a graphics processing unit (GPU) implementation is used to optimize the error metric in real-time. In some embodiments, a dense 3D model of the mobile camera environment is used.
US09242168B1
A snowboard boot and binding system is disclosed which facilitates the engagement and disengagement of a snowboard boot and binding. The snowboard boot may include a boot engagement member extending from a rear of the boot. The boot engagement member is moved downwardly into a corresponding binding engagement member to provide an arrangement which prevents forward movement of the boot. The boot engagement member also may include one or more serrations to engage with one or more pawls on the binding to prevent upward movement of the boot. A snap-in arrangement may be provided in a boot toe region. The boot has protrusions extending outwardly from each side of the boot to engage with catches on the binding sidewalls. As the boot is pressed downwardly into the binding, the protrusions splay the catches until reaching recesses, at which point the catches rebound to capture the protrusions against upward movement.
US09242165B2
A cycling suit (1) comprising a seat pad (2) in the crotch area, wherein the cycling suit comprises a plurality of fabric panels, which are associated along structural seams, and the seat pad is attached by means of a front panel (8) which is fixed to the suit along structural seams (11-15) of the same; a corresponding method for manufacturing the cycling suit is also described.
US09242164B2
A mouthguard assembly is provided. The mouthguard assembly includes a generally curved mouthguard for insertion into a user's mouth having an outer portion and inner portion, a channel formed within the outer or inner portion of the mouthguard, and an attachment means housed within the channel. The user can extend the attachment means out of the channel to temporarily attach the mouthguard assembly to clothing or apparatus of the user for storage of the mouthguard when it is not used.
US09242161B2
A method, system and computer program product for improving accuracy and experience of a game. Hot zone areas are determined using game rules. “Hot zone areas” are areas on the playing field where a call may be made based on the rules of the game. Signals are sent from a computer system to appropriate sensors to activate connected light-emitting fibers that are blended with grass on the playing field to indicate when a player and/or game object enters or exits a hot zone area. The light-emitting fibers are activated in such a manner as to display an image (e.g., footprint) indicating the entrance/exiting of a player and/or game object in/from a hot zone area (e.g., out of bounds line) thereby ensuring the game is fair and accurate and enhancing the experience of the game.
US09242130B2
A fire sprinkler system is described which includes a piping system having at least one dual-use pipe providing both an air conveying inlet and a fire extinguishing fluid conveying outlet. The pipe has at least one air sampling opening allowing ambient air flow into the pipe and at least one fire sprinkler for ejecting a fire extinguishing fluid from the pipe in the event of a fire. An air sampling detector is fluidly connected to the pipe and tests the ambient air within the pipe to detect the presence of the fire. A valve, disposed between the source of the fire extinguishing fluid and the pipe, is in communication with the air sampling detector and operable to open, upon detection of the fire based on the ambient air tested by the air sampling detector, in order to fill the pipe with the fire extinguishing fluid.
US09242129B2
A multiple orientation particulate discharge apparatus including an outer vessel, having first and second ends, and an interior vessel forming a void and substantially sealed to the outer vessel proximate the first end. A single-action discharge valve selectively seals an outlet through the outer vessel. An outlet manifold spans the outlet and has a plurality of radial passageways that place the outlet in communication with the void. An inlet with an inflation valve is provided into the void through the outer vessel for filling the interior vessel with particulate and for pressurizing the interior and outer vessels. A plate proximate the second end has a plurality of angled bores and is interposed between the outer and interior vessels.
US09242126B2
A method and/or system of a breathable air safety system for civilians in a building structure in an emergency. In one embodiment, the safety system includes a supply unit of a structure to facilitate delivery of breathable air from a source of compressed air to an air distribution system of the structure, a fill panel of the structure to provide a pressure of the breathable air such that the pressure is suitable for direct human consumption through a breathable air apparatus coupled with the fill panel, and a routing mechanism of the structure to provide a routing between the fill panel and other fill panels of a particular level through at least one of a wall, a ceiling, and a surface of the particular level of the structure. The safety system may include a communication system of the fill panel to enable communication with security services and/or emergency services directly from the fill panel.
US09242120B2
Systems, devices, and methods for pre-treatment verification of radiation dose delivery in arc-based radiation therapy devices using a time-dependent gamma evaluation method.
US09242112B2
Data manipulation following delivery of a cardiac stimulus in an implantable cardiac stimulus device
Methods of cardiac rhythm analysis in an implantable cardiac stimulus device, and devices configured for such methods. In an illustrative embodiment, certain data relating to cardiac event rate or amplitude is modified following delivery of a cardiac stimulus. In another embodiment, cardiac rhythm analysis is performed using one of plural states, with the plural states using different criteria, such as a detection threshold, to detect cardiac events in a sensed signal. Following delivery of a cardiac stimulus, data is manipulated to force the analysis into one of the states, where stimulus is delivered, in the illustrative embodiment, only after a different state is invoked. Implantable devices incorporating operational circuitry for performing such methods are also included in other illustrative embodiments.
US09242104B2
Various embodiments provide a method performed by an IMD to deliver a therapy to a patient. In some embodiments of the method, the therapy is delivered to the patient, and a trigger that is controlled by the patient is detected by the IMD. The therapy is automatically interrupted in response to the detected trigger, and is automatically restored after a defined period after the detected trigger. In some embodiments of the method, a trigger that is controlled by the patient is detected. The therapy is automatically initiated in response to the detected trigger, and is automatically stopped after a defined period after the detected trigger.
US09242091B2
In various embodiments, the invention disclosed herein provides systems, devices and methods for providing electrical stimulation to a patient. An electrical mechanical interconnection is provided to facilitate user friendly systems and devices. Exemplary therapeutic electrical stimulation devices include a shoe connected mechanically and electrically to a conductor that provides signals for electrical stimulation.
US09242089B2
Medical leads included coiled filars that have longitudinally straight ends. The coiled filars may be coiled at a constant pitch until reaching the point where the filars become longitudinally straight. The coiled filars may reside within a central lumen of the lead body, while the longitudinally straight portions may reside in a region where electrical connectors are present and where filar passageways provide a pathway for the filars to exit the central lumen and bond with the electrical connectors. The coiled filars may be created with longitudinally straight ends using a body that includes longitudinally straight holes that receive the filars and maintain the longitudinally straight configuration while the remaining portion of the filars is being coiled.
US09242080B2
Devices for nasal insertion may include an open-ended tubular element which extends along a central tube axis between a first end and a second end, the first end being larger than the second end, and in which the tubular element includes at least one spiral strut extending from the first end to the second end, and/or a nodule having an internal face, a rounded external face, and a stalk extending from the internal face and terminating in an anchor sufficiently larger than a receptacle in the tubular element and sufficiently deformable as to be pressed through the receptacle to affix the nodule to the tubular element.
US09242049B2
An ultrasonic suspension delivery system is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic energy source and an ultrasonic resonating syringe electrically coupled thereto. The ultrasonic resonating syringe includes a barrel with a nozzle, and an ultrasonic resonating plunger slidingly displaceable within the barrel. The ultrasonic resonating syringe includes front and rear bodies, front and rear transducers, and front and rear horns. A support member or a transition member may also be included.
US09242046B2
Disclosed herein are cartridge assemblies that include coding features that help dedicate a medicament reservoir to specific injection devices. An exemplary cartridge assembly comprises a cylindrical inner surface for holding medicament and a cylindrical outer surface comprising at its proximal end one or more stops configured as coding elements protruding from the cylindrical outer surface. Each coding element is configured only to engage a corresponding coding feature on a dose setting and delivery mechanism, thereby allowing only the correct cartridge assembly to connect to the dose setting and delivery mechanism.
US09242044B2
An automatic injection device (100) adapted to automatically eject a dose of a medicament by automatically inserting a needle (112) into the skin of a user, ejecting a dose of a medicament through the needle, and subsequently retracting the needle into a housing (122) of the device.
US09242042B2
A first drug delivery system includes first and second drug-container holders and first and second pump assemblies. The first (second) holder is adapted to receive a first (second) drug container having a first (a different second) dimensioned shape but not a second (first) drug container having a different second (a first) dimensioned shape. A second drug delivery system includes first and second bar code scanners, first and second drug-container holders, and first and second pump assemblies. The first (second) holder is adapted to receive a first (second) drug container having a dimensioned shape and to orient a positioned first (second) bar code of the first (second) drug container to face the first (second) bar code scanner because of the dimensioned shape. In one application, the first drug is a sedative drug, the second drug is an analgesic drug, and the drugs are used during a conscious sedation medical procedure.
US09242041B2
An apparatus for treating solid tumors having at least one hollow needle having at least one perforation, at least one ground electrode, a pump for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent through the perforation in the hollow needle, one or more power supplies connected to the hollow needle and the ground electrode capable of delivering a pulse of alternating current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode of at least 1000 volts and no more than 1 millisecond duration, a direct current between the hollow needle and the ground electrode between about 1 mA and 100 mA, and a second alternating current having a frequency range between about 1 MHz and 1000 MHz.
US09242035B2
A dialysis system comprising: a sorbent cartridge in fluid communication with at least one of a patient or a dialyzer, the sorbent cartridge including a housing having a zirconium phosphate layer followed by at least one of a urease layer, a zirconium oxide layer, or a carbon layer; a storage container in fluid communication with the sorbent cartridge; a pump in fluid communication sorbent cartridge and the storage container; and a control unit in operable communication with the pump, wherein the control unit is programmed to cause the pump to pump a dialysis fluid to flow (i) in a first direction through the sorbent cartridge, wherein the zirconium phosphate layer is contacted by the dialysis fluid before the at least one of the urease layer, zirconium oxide layer or carbon layer and (ii) in a second direction, reverse from the first direction, through the sorbent cartridge wherein the at least one of the urease layer, zirconium oxide layer or carbon layer is contacted by the dialysis fluid before the zirconium phosphate layer.
US09242033B2
Disclosed herein is a fully implantable artificial heart. The use of flat helical springs to align and reciprocate a bellows structure allows the bellows to pump blood, the multiple solenoids with floating magnetized rods and permanent magnet assemblies held by the flat helical springs provide the power. The artificial heart pumps blood with virtually no friction and no parts to wear out. The use of solenoids advantageously move blood in a gentle, controllable manner.
US09242031B2
The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.
US09242030B2
The present invention relates to a novel dermal filler composition and a method for preparing the same. Even though the composition of the present invention comprises, as a main component, only cross-linked dextran having the molecular weight of 30,000 to 100,000, the composition can rapidly augment a detective area of the skin and maintain softness to the touch even, the composition eliminates the necessity of a pretreatment, such as an allergy test, which might otherwise be required prior to injection, is inexpensive, and is not easily decomposed or absorbed in vivo, thereby stably maintaining the tissue-volume augmentation effects after injection over a long period of time.
US09242026B2
An implant and a process for preparing such an implant are disclosed. The implant includes a porous layer including collagen, a non-porous layer including a collagenic constituent, and a reinforcement component. The non-porous layer is joined to the porous layer and the reinforcement member is embedded into the non-porous layer. The porous layer has a three dimensional density ranging from about 20 mg collagen/cm3 to about 200 mg collagen/cm3.
US09242020B2
A heating module includes a housing with an opening, and a PTC ceramic heating element arranged in the housing having an inner face facing toward the opening, an outer face facing away from the opening and two end faces connecting the inner and outer faces, wherein the inner face is at least partially matched to the opening.
US09242019B2
A pipe source of UV flux has an inner pipe made of UV transmissive material and coated on its outer surface with a UV emitting phosphor. An outer pipe has a cathode array disposed on or near its inner surface, such as an array of thermionic filament cathodes mounted longitudinally or transverse to the length of the pipe, cold cathode arrays formed on the inner surface of the pipe or cold cathode arrays formed on separate substrates which are then attached to the inner surface of the outer pipe. The ends of this two-pipe assembly are hermetically sealed with flanges or end plates at either end of the pipe and evacuated to a pressure below 1×10−3 Torr. Internal spacing rings may be used to provide additional separation between the inner and out pipes. Current from the cathode arrays is accelerated by an anode voltage to strike the UV phosphors when then emit UV light flux which illuminates the inside of the pipe and the fluid material flowing through the inner pipe.
US09242011B2
Insulin albumin conjugates consisting of an insulin analogue, a bifunctional linker and albumin can efficiently be used to treat diabetic patients.
US09242002B2
The invention relates to an anti-dandruff shampoo comprising: —a) from 0.1 to 5 wt. % of an anti-dandruff zinc salt; b) from 1 to 8 wt. % of an alkyl glycinate and/or alkyl carboxyglycinate; c) from 2 to 16 wt. % of an alkyl sulphate and/or an ethoxylated alkyl sulfate anionic surfactant; and, d) from 1 to 10 wt. % of a fatty acyl isethionate product which product comprises 40 to 80 wt. % fatty acyl isethionate and 15 to 50 wt. % free fatty acid and/or fatty acid salt and to the use of a surfactant system comprising components b) to d) to provide an improvement to the skin stratum corneum barrier.
US09241999B2
A composition and method of providing nitric oxide and nitrite therapy to patients whereby a therapeutic amount is bioavailable within approximately 30 minutes of administration. In embodiments of the invention, nitric oxide is produced in the oral cavity.
US09241995B2
The invention relates to 10H-benzo[g]pteridine-2,4-dione derivatives, to the production thereof, and to the use thereof.
US09241990B2
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level or a reduced serum albumin level prior to treatment. In another preferred embodiment, the patient's Glasgow Prognostic Score will be increased and survivability will preferably be improved.
US09241988B2
Essentially pure compounds of the formulas (I) to (XX) are provided. Compositions and methods for enhancing or stimulating an immune response are also provided. The compounds, provided are advantageous in that the compounds are essentially pure and free from contaminants encountered when such compounds are purified from natural sources.
US09241973B2
A pharmaceutical composition for regenerating an endothelial cell which includes as an active ingredient a DKK2 protein or a polynucleotide encoding the DKK2 protein, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating erectile dysfunction, a method of regenerating an endothelial cell of a subject and a method of preventing or treating erectile dysfunction of a subject and which treat or prevent erectile dysfunction in a subject.
US09241972B2
Methods and compositions are provided for the therapeutic use of Wnt proteins or Wnt agonists in protecting tissue from the adverse effects of hypoxia.
US09241969B2
Enteric compositions comprising one or more tight junction agonists and/or one or more tight junction antagonists are provided. Compositions of the invention may comprise a delayed-release coating disposed over a tight junction agonist and/or tight junction antagonist layer which may be disposed over an inert core. Delayed-release coatings may be substantially stable in gastric fluid and substantially unstable in intestinal fluid, thus providing for substantial release of the tight junction agonist and/or antagonist from the composition in the duodenum or jejunum of the small intestine.
US09241960B2
The present invention belongs to the field of animal health and relates to a nucleic acid sequence which comprises the complete genome of an infectious Schmallenberg virus (SBV) useful for studying viremia and diseases caused by SBV in ruminants, and in the development of vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for the prophylaxis, treatment and diagnosis of viremia and diseases caused by SBV.
US09241958B2
A method for treating a coagulation deficient patient comprises administering an amount of polyP to the patient sufficient to reduce the PT Test value or Dilute PT Test value of the plasma of the patient.
US09241954B2
The present invention relates to the isolation, purification and characterization of the Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Ochrobactrum intermedium strain LMG3306, and their use as immunostimulant of mammalians, the process for the preparation of a pharmaceutical compound for the treatment and/or prevention of the sepsis and adjuvant for a vaccine in immunosupressed animals and against Leishmania.
US09241953B2
The present invention concerns the use of a glycosaminoglycan association of hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate for the preparation of oral compositions for the prevention or for the treatment of upper gastro-intestinal tract disorders and for the preparation of upper gastro-intestinal epithelial damage, as well as the oral compositions comprising said glycosaminoglycan association.
US09241951B2
This invention relates to the improvement of gastrointestinal health, immunity and performance by direct dietary intervention with a composition comprising a glucan and/or a fucan, and relates in particular to the transfer of associated health benefits to offspring via glucan and/or a fucan supplementation of the maternal diet. Accordingly the present invention provides a composition comprising at least one glucan, at least one fucan, or at least one glucan and at least one fucan for use in improving or maintaining the gastrointestinal health or function of a progeny of a maternal animal by administration to the maternal animal, and a method for improving or maintaining the gastrointestinal health or function of a progeny of a maternal animal, the method comprising administering a composition comprising at least one glucan, at least one fucan, or at least one glucan and at least one fucan to the maternal animal.
US09241949B2
A method of one or more of, inhibiting motility, migration, dispersal, and metastasis of a cell that expresses an RPTP, which is proteolytically cleaved to form intracellular fragments in the cell includes administering to the cell an amount of an agent effective to inhibit one or more of the catalytic activity and function of the proteolytically cleaved intracellular domain-containing fragments of the RPTP.
US09241937B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of managing urolithiasis or related urological disorders in a subject in need thereof, using pharmaceutical composition comprising trigonelline or its derivative(s) and 4-hydroxyisoleucine or its derivative(s), optionally along with excipient(s).
US09241936B2
Disclosed is the use of rupatadine in the manufacture of pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating chronic obstructive bronchitis, obstructive emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The new medicament, i.e. rupatadine, for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is obvious in therapeutic effects, and low in toxic and side effects, and safe in use in the aspects of treating chronic obstructive bronchitis, obstructive emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US09241927B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition that comprises a compound of formula (I) as active pharmaceutical ingredient: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, prodrug or solvate thereof; and at least a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the active pharmaceutical ingredient is present in an amount of at least 80% of the total dry weight of the composition.
US09241926B2
A method of treating a human subject in need of melatonin therapy comprises administering to a human subject a composition comprising melatonin dispersed in a polymer matrix adapted to cover the melatonin in a melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment after ingestion and to maintain the melatonin solubility enhancing pH environment when said composition is present in said subject's intestines so that an effective amount of melatonin is released into the subject's intestines.
US09241925B2
The present invention provides methods of treating cognitive deficits associated with mental retardation. The methods comprise combining cognitive training protocols and a general administration of phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors.
US09241924B2
This invention relates to the field of pharmaceutical chemistry and, more specifically, to pharmaceutical formulations as well as to intermediates used to prepare such formulations and to methods for manufacturing such formulations.
US09241921B2
A composition comprising an active ingredient selected from the group of 5-aminolevulinic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof; and an aqueous carrier comprising at least one absorption enhancer, an anesthetic, hyaluronic acid and at least one acid selected from the group consisting of glycolic acid and lactic acid. The composition is useful in a photodynamic method of treating skin disorders.
US09241918B2
A composition comprising from 0.005% to 0.02% bimatoprost by weight and from 100 ppm to 250 ppm benzalkonium chloride, wherein said composition is an aqueous liquid which is formulated for ophthalmic administration is disclosed herein. A method which is useful in treating glaucoma or ocular hypertension related thereto is also disclosed herein.
US09241909B2
A pharmaceutical dosage form is provided that has a distinguishing characteristic and an identifier associated with the dosage form. The distinguishing characteristic is assigned from a limited set of distinguishing characteristics and is determined upon oral administration of the dosage form, or is detected in breath, bodily fluids, or tissues after ingestion, or injection or other non-oral administration. The identifier is associated with the dosage form and with the distinguishing characteristic. The identifier is associated with only one distinguishing characteristic but the distinguishing characteristic may be associated with multiple identifiers. The pharmaceutical dosage form may be used in a method to monitor compliance with a dosage regimen.
US09241907B2
This invention relates to coated digestive enzyme preparations and enzyme delivery systems and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the preparations. This invention further relates to methods of preparation and use of the systems, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations to treat persons having ADD, ADHD, autism, cystic fibrosis and other behavioral and neurological disorders.
US09241903B2
Methods are provided for drying a particle. Specifically, there is provided a spray-dried diketopiperazine-insulin particle formulation having improved aerodynamic performance and in which the active agent is more stabile and efficiently delivered as compared to that of the lyophilized diketopiperazine-insulin formulation. The dry powders have utility as pharmaceutical formulations for pulmonary delivery.
US09241902B2
A soft chewable capsule film suitable for medicament or foodstuff encapsulation, and a method of fabricating capsules from such a film. Such capsules demonstrate fast rupture in the oral cavity, good mouth feel and chewability, and rapid dissolution of the shell components. In particular, the modified starch is substantially ungelatinized, due at least in part to the processing temperature, and may act as a water retention agent to promote hydration. Additionally, gelatins are selected for bloom strengths that result in a robust capsules that may be fabricated at a thinner wall thickness than previously experienced in the art. Accordingly, such thin capsules have a smaller mass than traditional capsules of the same size and dissolve more quickly than chewable capsules having greater thicknesses. The capsules may be fabricated by a rotary die process at speeds greater than those generally known for soft chewable capsules.
US09241899B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions and methods for topical or transdermal delivery, and treatment of sexual dysfunction. The compositions can be used in a variety of applications, including treating erectile dysfunction or sexual dysfunction. In some cases, the composition may include nitric oxide and/or peptides. The nitric oxide and/or peptide may be present within a first phase comprising a lecithin, such as phosphatidylcholine. In certain embodiments, the lecithin is present in liposomes, micelles, or other vesicles containing nitric oxide, peptides, or both. The composition can take the form of a gel, a cream, a lotion, an ointment, a solution, a solid “stick,” etc., that can be rubbed or sprayed onto the skin, e.g., onto the penis, vulva, or other suitable portion of the skin. The composition can also be applied to a mucosal surface in some instances. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to methods of making or using such compositions, methods of promoting such compositions, kits including such compositions, or the like.
US09241895B2
A composition for chemoembolotherapy of solid tumors comprises particles of a water-insoluble water-swellable synthetic anionic polymer and, absorbed therein an anthracycline. Suitably the polymer is a poly(vinyl alcohol) based polymer and the drug is doxorubicin.
US09241892B2
Inventive embodiments disclosed herein relate to gel volume mascara. The mascara includes water in a concentration of at least about 45% by weight; disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate; Polysorbate 20; Black iron oxide; One or more waxes selected from the group consisting of beeswax, Cera Carnauba/Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax/CIRE de Carnauba, and paraffin in a concentration of 15-20% by weight; and a synthetic layered silicate, insoluble in water, in a concentration effective for forming a colloidal dispersion with the water.
US09241885B2
Disclosed are oral care compositions, including therapeutic rinses, especially mouthrinses and methods of use to provide significantly enhanced antimicrobial activity, thereby reducing oral bacteria and promoting overall oral health. The present compositions are formulated to deliver increased bioavailable levels of cationic antimicrobials, particularly quaternary ammonium compounds such as cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and are useful for preventing and treating diseases or conditions of the oral cavity including dental plaque, caries, gingivitis, periodontal disease and breath malodor. The present compositions are formulated to be essentially free of anionic, nonionic or amphoteric surfactants, which have been found to have a negative effect on bioavailability of the quaternary ammonium compounds and thus, their antimicrobial efficacy.
US09241880B2
To provide a dental glass ionomer cement composition having excellent adhesion strength to a metallic prosthesis. A dental glass ionomer cement composition includes a copolymer (A), a fluoroaluminosilicate glass powder (B) and water (C). The copolymer (A) includes a polymer or copolymer of α-β unsaturated carboxylic acid, or includes a copolymer of α-β unsaturated carboxylic acid and one or more kinds selected from a group of acrylamide, acrylonitrile, methacrylic acid ester, acrylates, vinyl chloride, allyl chloride and vinyl acetate. In the copolymer (A), the number of molecules of α-β unsaturated carboxylic acid occupies 50% or more of the total number of molecules. The dental glass ionomer cement composition further includes a compound (D) which contains a sulfur atom in one molecule, includes a carboxylic group and an amino group and does not include a polymerizable group.
US09241879B2
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an improved lithium silicate glass ceramic and to that material for the manufacture of blocks for dental appliances using a CAD/CAM process and hot pressing system. The lithium silicate material has a chemical composition that is different from those reported in the prior art with 1 to 10% of germanium dioxide in final composition. The softening points are close to the crystallization final temperature of 800° C. indicating that the samples will support the temperature process without shape deformation.
US09241875B2
A method of retrieving a vial from a carrier includes the steps of: contacting a vial contained within a carrier with a gripper assembly to shift the position of the container to one end of the carrier and to adjust the position of the carrier on a platform from a diverted position to a retrieval position; lifting the vial from the carrier with the gripper assembly; and returning the vial to the carrier with the gripper assembly. Such a method can improve the accuracy and precision of moving the vial to and from the carrier for dispensing.
US09241868B2
The disclosure provides a reusable, adjustable acupressure device for stimulating an acupuncture point, or acupoint, on the outer ear of a wearer. In one embodiment, the device includes a structural curvature that is adjustably configured to mount to the helix of the external human ear and a bead protruding from the structural curvature. The bead is configured to apply pressure to a select acupoint located on the ear. The device provides the ability for a wearer to stably and reliably stimulate the select acupoint in a manner that is both comfortable and repeatable.Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09241866B2
A sexual aid device, for allowing a user being a first party of sexual relationship with a second party, to simulate the physiologic reaction of the penis of a human male. The proposed sexual aid device includes a hollow penis body made of flexible or semi-rigid material and containing a plurality of telescopic sections for causing the penis body to be in its erected state when the telescopic sections are maximally propagated and for allowing the penis body to be in its descended default state, when the telescopic sections are maximally contracted; a simulated scrotum made of flexible or semi-rigid material, having a compartment for containing a mechanism for powering the propagation and contraction of the telescopic sections; a mechanism for providing a driving force required for powering the propagation and contraction of the telescopic sections; sensors located on the penis body, for detecting physical contact of the penis body with the body of the second party; a controller for controlling the driving force to cause the telescopic sections to maximally propagate, according to input signals received from the sensors and to time and to return to be maximally contracted, after a predetermined time; a power source for powering the controller and for generating the driving force; and a coupling mechanism for attaching the sexual aid device to the body of the first party.
US09241859B2
The table comprises a plate (1) made up of at least four sections (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) mounted on rigid articulated frames (2a), elements for locking the table in the open position, the plate comprising legs (3) made with at least two parts (3a, 3b) articulated together, the first parts (3a) being articulated to the end sections (1a, 1d), braces, comprising two arms (7, 8) articulated together, are articulated to the legs (3) and to the end sections (1a, 1d), locking elements (9, 10) are used between the arms (7, 8) and/or the legs (3), a link (C1) between the articulations (31) of the arms (7, 8) to the end sections (1a, 1d) on which corresponding legs (3) are hinged, and a lock for the articulation (6) between the parts (3a) and (3b) of the legs (3) to keep the legs erected and to make the whole rigid, the whole being designed in such a way that the articulated legs and arms, once folded, fold into the frames (2a).
US09241856B2
A patient support device for supporting maintaining a patient laying on the side of their body in bed, for a duration of time for medical personnel to attend to the patient or change the linen on the bed. The support device features a patient support member which extends between the bed surface and a distal upper edge. The patient's weight is supported by a central area of the support member and the force of the weight is communicated to a hand rail or bed component by a member extending from the upper edge.
US09241854B2
A seat support device is provided. The seat support is configured to receive a seat cushion and provide support to the cushion as well as providing two support handles above the cushion. The combination of these elements allows an elderly, disabled, or otherwise weakened person to easily rise from a seated to standing position.
US09241852B2
An adapter for coupling an all terrain attachment to a folding wheelchair. A crossbar includes a clamp at each end thereof for coupling between the side frames of the folding wheelchair. An extension bar is coupled at one end to the crossbar and at the other end to the all terrain attachment.
US09241848B2
A fastening member has inboard and outboard ends, a panel region, an end region, and a stiffening element. The panel region is disposed adjacent to the inboard end and has first and second layers. The first and second layers are joined in a face-to-face orientation. The end region is disposed adjacent to the outboard end and has a fastening element zone and an intermediate zone. The intermediate zone is disposed between the fastening element zone and the panel region adjacent an interface between the panel and end regions. The stiffening element is disposed in the end region and has a stiffness of greater than about 200 N/m. A portion of the stiffening element is disposed between the first layer and the second layer and is joined to the first layer and the second layer. The portion is disposed adjacent to the interface between the panel region and the end region.
US09241847B2
A fastening member has inboard and outboard ends, a panel region, an end region, and a stiffening element. The panel region is disposed adjacent to the inboard end and has first and second layers. The first and second layers are joined in a face-to-face orientation. The end region is disposed adjacent to the outboard end and has a fastening element zone and an intermediate zone. The intermediate zone is disposed between the fastening element zone and the panel region adjacent an interface between the panel and end regions. The stiffening element is disposed in the end region and has a stiffness of greater than about 200 N/m. A portion of the stiffening element is disposed between the first layer and the second layer and is joined to the first layer and the second layer. The portion is disposed adjacent to the interface between the panel region and the end region.
US09241837B2
A conformable covering comprises an outer portion with rigidity to resist movement on the cornea and an inner portion to contact the cornea and provide an environment for epithelial regeneration. The inner portion of the covering can be configured in many ways so as to conform at least partially to an ablated stromal surface so as to correct vision. The conformable inner portion may have at least some rigidity so as to smooth the epithelium such that the epithelium regenerates rapidly and is guided with the covering so as to form a smooth layer for vision. The inner portion may comprise an amount of rigidity within a range from about 1×10−4 Pa*m3 to about 5×10−4 Pa*m3 so as to deflect and conform at least partially to the ablated cornea and smooth an inner portion of the ablation with an amount of pressure when deflected.
US09241835B2
Devices, kits and methods described herein are provided for treatment to skin, including but not limited to wound healing, the treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of scars or keloids. A book-like packaging, applicator and/or tensioning device can be used to apply a dressing to a subject. The packaging, applicator and/or tensioning device applies and/or maintain a strain in an elastic dressing, and include undulating edge configurations to reduce peak stresses applied to the skin compared to traditional dressing shapes
US09241833B2
Eyewear is disclosed that can have multiple ventilation states providing different amounts of ventilation through the eyewear. The eyewear can include a lens and a frame. In some embodiments, the lens can be movable with respect to the frame to provide the multiple ventilation states. In some embodiments, the eyewear can include a gasket that removably attaches to the frame. In some embodiments, the gasket can be movable with respect to the frame to provide the multiple ventilation states.
US09241832B2
A delivery system is disclosed which can be used to deliver an ocular implant into a target location within the eye via an ab interno procedure. In some embodiments, the implant can provide fluid communication between the anterior chamber and the suprachoroidal or supraciliary space while in an implanted state. The delivery system can include a proximal handle component and a distal delivery component. In addition, the proximal handle component can include an actuator to control the release of the implant from the delivery component into the target location in the eye.
US09241827B2
A catheter has a series of hollow loops arranged along a tube for carrying working fluid from a heat exchange system to exchange heat with a patient in whom the catheter is advanced. The loops when inflated are transverse to the catheter axis and parallel to each other, and circumscribe a hollow passageway through which blood can flow. Blood also flows around the outer perimeters of the loops.
US09241823B2
There are provided an auxiliary device for mounting nail deformity correction device and a nail deformity correction device mounted on a nail by the same. The auxiliary device includes a resilient block that is placed in parallel with a finger and toe nail in a longitudinal direction of the finger and toe nail, and has elasticity to be elastically contracted and restored in a width direction of the finger and toe nail, and a pair of parallel protrusions that protrudes from an end of the resilient block to be inserted into an inside of the finger and toe nail, and is spaced apart from each other at a predetermined distance in the width direction of the finger and toe nail.
US09241807B2
An insertion device is provided for inserting a spinal device such as an intervertebral implant within a spinal joint. The implant includes at least first and second members, with the first having a convex articulation surface and the second member having a concave articulation surface. The two articulation surfaces provide an articulation interface to substantially mimic natural kinetic motion of the spine. The insertion device can be attached to at least one of the first and second members. In one form, the insertion device is configured such that the first and second members are movable relative to one another while being held to allow the members to form a compact wedge configuration. The insertion device is configured to actively pivot the implant about the implant gripping end of the device and to allow manipulation and release of the implant members in any pivoted orientation from approximately 0 to 90 degrees.
US09241803B2
A prosthesis may include a stem, a ball stud, an adaptor, and a head. The stem may include a longitudinal axis and a bore having a central axis that is angled relative to the longitudinal axis. The ball stud may include a cylindrical shaft and a ball end. The cylindrical shaft may be received in the bore of the stem. The adaptor may include a tapered outer surface and a ball socket rotatably receiving the ball end of the stud. The head may be rotatably supported by the adaptor and may include a semispherical articulating surface and a female taper rotatably receiving the tapered outer surface of the adaptor.
US09241802B2
A humeral head resurfacing implant (11) that has a modulus of elasticity close to that of human cortical bone as a result of its design from an integral substrate of isotropic graphite covered completely with a reinforcing layer of dense isotropic pyrolytic carbon. A carefully engineered cruciform stem (15) extends from the axial center of a flat distal circular surface (23) of a spherical cap portion (19) of the implant head located within the confines of a surrounding skirt portion (21).
US09241800B2
A tibial prosthesis including a tibial component including a tray having first and second opposing surfaces and a stem extending from the second surface of the tibial component, a tibial conversion module including a receiver portion defining a stem-receiving cavity for slideable engagement with the stem of the tibial component, wherein the stem of the tibial component is positioned within the stem-receiving cavity at a first end of the receiver portion, and an extension peg engaged with the stem-receiving cavity at a second end of the receiver portion that is opposite the first end of the receiver portion.
US09241790B2
A prosthetic cardiac valve comprises an anchor having an atrial skirt, an annular region, and a ventricular skirt. The prosthetic valve also has a plurality of prosthetic valve leaflets each having a first end and a free end. The first end is coupled with the anchor and the free end is opposite the first end. The prosthetic cardiac valve has an open configuration in which the free ends of the prosthetic valve leaflets are disposed away from one another to allow antegrade blood flow therepast, and a closed configuration in which the free ends of the prosthetic valve leaflets engage one another and substantially prevent retrograde blood flow therepast. The anchor has a collapsed configuration for delivery to the heart and an expanded configuration for anchoring the prosthetic cardiac valve to a patient's heart.
US09241788B2
Expandable, percutaneously deployable, prosthetic heart valves and systems for minimally invasive replacement of damaged or diseased native aortic valves comprise an expandable, tubular stent body and a unidirectional valve assembly. Embodiments of the stent body comprise an annulus anchoring section, a sinus section, and an outflow section, with the outflow section flared outwardly from the sinus section in an expanded configuration. Embodiments of the stent body are self-expanding, comprising, for example nitinol. The valve assembly disposed within the sinus section of the stent body and sutured thereto. Embodiments of the valve assembly comprise three leaflets, each leaflet comprising a curved outer edge sutured to the sinus section of the stent body, and a coapting free edge. Embodiments of the valve leaflets comprise pericardium, for example, porcine pericardium. Embodiments of the prosthetic heart valve have a contracted configuration dimensioned for percutaneous delivery thereof.
US09241787B2
Methods and apparatus for an intraocular lens with a proofed surface are disclosed. The proofed surface functions as a barrier to fluid diffusion inside the material and within vacuoles. By preventing the interstitial filling of fluid, the formation of spots inside the polymer matrix is inhibited or reduced. The proofed surface of the intraocular lenses is a highly stable re-assembled surface without any coating or grafting.
US09241777B2
Animal feeding apparatuses that include a plurality of protrusions extending into a feeding well. The protrusions clean the teeth or gums of an animal as it feeds from the feeding well. Also described herein are methods of cleaning an animal's teeth with such a bowl and animals that feed from such a bowl.
US09241773B2
An implantable tissue marker incorporates a contrast agent sealed within a chamber in a container formed from a solid material. The contrast agent is selected to produce a change, such as an increase, in signal intensity under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). An additional contrast agent may also be sealed within the chamber to provide visibility under another imaging modality, such as computed tomographic (CT) imaging or ultrasound imaging.
US09241770B2
Methods and devices are provided for controlling movement of a distal end of a surgical instrument. In general, the methods and devices can allow for controlling movement of surgical tools, and in particular for causing mimicked motion between an external control unit and a surgical tool positioned within a patient's body. In one embodiment, a surgical system is provided having a master assembly including an input tool and a slave assembly including a surgical instrument. The master assembly and the slave assembly can be configured to be electronically coupled together such that movement of the master assembly can be electronically communicated to the slave assembly to cause mimicked movement of the slave assembly.
US09241765B2
Apparatus and method for using radio frequency coil systems for magnetic resonance imaging within an open architecture apparatus is provided. The MRI coil system includes a support structure with an open architecture in which secondary support structures, compression systems and plates containing RF coil systems may be introduced. These structures and RF coils can be moved relative to the patient, or removed entirely from the system. In one embodiment the system consists of a tabletop coil system, while another embodiment consists of a dedicated stretcher design.
US09241758B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft, an end effector, and a firing beam. The shaft extends distally from the body. The end effector is positioned at the distal end of the shaft. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw, with the first jaw being pivotable toward the second jaw. The firing beam is operable to translate relative to the end effector to thereby drive the first jaw toward the second jaw. The firing beam includes a deformable portion operable to deform in response to a stress imposed by the end effector on the firing beam as the jaws clamp on dense or thick tissue. The deformable portion is defined in part by a cutout. A compliance restriction feature restricts deformation in the firing beam. A resilient member biases the firing beam to a non-deformed configuration.
US09241756B2
A method for performing a medical procedure, includes, coupling a probe to tissue in an organ of a patient. Ablation energy is applied to the tissue using the probe. A model of an evolution of steam pressure in the tissue, caused by the ablation energy, as a function of time is estimated. Based on the model, an occurrence time of a steam pop event caused by the steam pressure is predicted, and the predicted occurrence time of the steam pop event is indicated to an operator.
US09241751B2
A cannulated torque-limiting device with one or more lumen therein which may mate with an additional operational tool. An A-O tip engagement for receiving and securing tips and tools for varying applications and needs is also disclosed.
US09241747B2
A bone plate structure adapted to fix a bone in an affected part is provided. The bone plate structure includes first and second bone plates. The first bone plate has a first stacking portion and a first extending portion and is adapted to be moved onto the bone through a wound of the affected part. The second bone plate has a second stacking portion and a second extending portion and is adapted to be moved onto the bone through the wound. When the first and second bone plates are located on the bone, the second bone plate is adapted to be moved relatively to the first bone plate, such that the first and second stacking portions are stacked with each other and the first and second extending portions are expanded relatively. A surgery device and a method for bone plate implant suitable for the bone plate structure is also provided.
US09241743B2
A bone screw extender reattachment system including an elongated reattachment rod having a proximal and a distal end. The distal end of the elongated reattachment rod includes a tip configured to attach to a head of a bone screw. The elongated reattachment rod is configured so that a screw extender assembly having an inner sleeve, an outer housing and an extender head can slide over the reattachment rod. The bone screw extender reattachment system also includes a tension plunger having a plunger-type head and an elongated shaft configured to slide over the reattachment rod so as to communicate with the screw extender assembly.
US09241737B2
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a receiving part having a first end, an opposite second end, a channel at the first end, and an accommodation space at the second end for receiving a head of a bone anchoring element, and a pressure element configured to be positioned in the receiving part and to exert pressure on an inserted head, the pressure element including at least one flexible section. At least one of the receiving part or a free end of the flexible section of the pressure element has an inclined surface portion configured to engage the other one of the receiving part or the free end of the flexible section of the pressure element, such that a force directed towards the second end of the receiving part is exerted on the pressure element at the engagement to exert a pre-load on an inserted head of a bone anchoring element.
US09241736B2
A spinal alignment correction system (1) has a posted lumbar pedicle screw called a MAC Pin (10) which has an elongated shaft (11) and a rod coupler assembly (20) and a cannulated tower (40). The elongated shaft (11) has an inner pedicle screw portion (12) with pedicle threads (12A), an outer second thread portion (14) with second threads (14A) and a transition or intermediate portion (16) disposed between the pedicle screw portion (12) and the second thread portion (14). The cannulated tower (40) when mounted over said elongated shaft (11) abuts said coupler (20) along an outer cam surface and further tightening rotation of the cannulated tower (40) causes outward movement of the elongated shaft (11). The system (1) allows for a controlled alignment correction of malaligned vertebral bodies using a number of methods used to correct a variety of indications.
US09241732B2
A surgical instrument is provided. The surgical instrument includes a housing having a shaft operably supported thereon and a jaw member supported at a distal end of the shaft. The jaw member is movable between open and clamping configurations. The surgical instrument also includes a probe that has proximal and distal ends. The distal end has an active blade thereon that is configured to treat tissue when the jaw member is in a clamping configuration. The proximal end of the probe is configured to selectively engage a generator that is configured to selectively couple to the housing. An adjusting assembly is operably supported on the housing and is configured to selectively rotate the probe to engage the proximal end of the probe to the generator to secure the generator to the housing.
US09241730B2
This invention discloses methods and devices using ultrasound energy for resecting bone tissue during surgical procedures. The disclosure describes the use of ultrasound surgical saw consisting of an ultrasound generator, ultrasound transducer and ultrasound horn including a cutting blade to resect bone tissue without excessive temperature rise during typical surgical procedures. The cutting blade provides a self-clearing design that includes at least two teeth disposed to prevent accumulation of bone chips within the proximity of the teeth. The design of the cutting blade allows the mechanical motion of the blade and the emission of the ultrasound energy to remove accumulated bone chips and prevent excessive temperature rise.
US09241720B2
A surgical instrument for operating hip joint osteoarthritis in a human patient is provided. The hip joint comprises an acetabulum, being a part of the pelvic bone, and a caput femur, being the proximal part of the femoral bone. The surgical instrument is adapted to assist in the operating of the hip joint osteoarthritis from the abdominal side of the pelvic bone of said human patient.
US09241719B2
Drive shaft for interchangeable reaming heads intended for surgical use, in particular a reaming head used prior to the positioning of an intramedullary nail in the femur or in a long bone. The shaft has a rod (20) made from composite material, e.g. carbon and/or glass fiber reinforced polymer, and a connection element (35) for the coupling of an interchangeable reaming head. One portion (32) of said connection element (35) is inserted into a cavity in the first end (21) of said rod (20). The inventive shaft has a constant diameter, a smooth external surface and a low cost such that it can be disposed of after use.
US09241718B2
A system for delivering an implant device to a vascular site in a patient a delivery pusher apparatus, an implant device detachably connected to the delivery pusher apparatus by a tether having a distal end connected to a proximal end of the implant device, wherein the tether is substantially non-tensioned when connecting the implant device to the delivery pusher, and an electrical heating element configured coaxially around at least a portion of the tether, wherein heat generated by the heating element severs the tether at a point near the proximal end of the implant device.
US09241705B2
The device (10) has a handle assembly (40) and a bone anchor driver assembly (20). The handle assembly (40) has an upper handle portion (50) and a lower handle portion (60). The upper or lower handle portion is rotatable relative to the other handle portion. A bone anchor driver assembly (20) is for rotatably driving a bone anchor (12) into a hole in a bone. The bone anchor driver assembly (20) is fixed to one of either the upper or lower handle portions (50 or 60).
US09241700B2
A distraction device includes a cage distractor, two distractor blades, an inserter positioner, and a clip inserter. The cage distractor is selectively securable to the two distractor blades and includes two distractor housings moveable relative to one another. The inserter positioner is selectively securable to the two distractor blades and include a center member that is centered between the distractor blades when the inserter positioner is secured to the two distractor blades. The clip inserter is configured to secure a clip to a distal end thereof and is slidable through the center member to secure the clip to a cage distracted by the movement of the two distractor housings away from one another. The clip maintaining the distraction of the cage.
US09241695B2
The present invention provides a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure clip. The clips of the present invention include two closure members joined by at least two spaced central connecting members. Each of the at least two spaced central connecting members is attached to each closure member at a location on the periphery of the closure member. The clips are designed such that the at least two central connecting members extend through the inclined PFO tunnel and the two closure members compress the overlapping layers of septal tissue, i.e. septum primum and septum secundum, together to close the PFO tunnel. The clips of the present invention take various forms depending, in part, upon the distribution of force required to close a given PFO. Thus, in some embodiments, the closure members include arcuate peaks. In other embodiments, the closure members include loops. In still other embodiments, the closure members include prongs.
US09241691B2
The device is used to remove tissue from a patient and to also place a marker in the patient. The device has an opening through which tissue enters the device. The tissue which enters the opening is cut and the tissue is removed. The device may be used a number of times to remove a number of tissue masses. The device also includes a marker which the user may release in the patient at the desired time.
US09241678B2
A method of estimating random events in positron emission tomography list mode data, including obtaining time-of-flight (TOF) list mode count data that includes TOF information; converting the obtained TOF list mode count data into four-dimensional (4D) raw sinogram count data, without using the TOF information, wherein the 4D raw sinogram count data includes random count values; interpolating the 4D raw sinogram count data to generate 4D interpolated sinogram count data; low-pass filtering the 4D interpolated sinogram count data to remove noise; converting the low-pass filtered 4D interpolated sinogram count data into filtered 4D raw sinogram count data; and generating, by a processor, five-dimensional (5D) TOF raw sinogram count data from the filtered 4D raw sinogram count data by effectively applying a TOF mask filter to the filtered 4D raw sinogram count data.
US09241673B2
This disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for validating locational data for a monitoring device. The external monitoring device located on a patient may include one or more processors, one or more memory devices, one or more power devices, one or more heart rate detection devices, and one or more heart sound detection devices. Further, the method may include determining a plurality of status of an external monitoring device located on a patient via one or more processors based on obtained heart rate data and obtained heart sound data. The external monitoring device state may be generated via a validation module based on the heart rate data and the heart sound data.
US09241656B2
An apparatus, including a bus having electrical power and data lines, and a plurality of location pads, which are positionable at different, respective locations with respect to a body cavity in which the object is located, and which are connected to the bus in series so as to receive electrical power and exchange data signals over the bus. Each location pad includes multiple radiator coils and driving circuitry configured to select, responsively to the data signals, different respective driving frequencies for the coils and to generate, using the electrical power from the bus, driving signals to drive the coils to produce magnetic fields at the respective driving frequencies. The apparatus also includes a console, which is configured to receive and process sensor signals from a magnetic sensor fixed to the object, in response to the magnetic fields in the body cavity, in order to compute position coordinates of the object.
US09241651B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses of ultra-miniature, ultra-compliant probe arrays that allows for design flexibility to match the stiffness of the tissue it is being applied to, such as the brain tissue, in all three axes (x, y and z), with interconnect cross section smaller than cell dimensions. Stiffness matching requires specific geometric and fabrication approaches, commonly leading to ultra-thin probe wires. Sizing of the electrodes for specific cell dimensions reduces glial formation. Further reduction in stiffness is obtained by incorporating different geometric features to the electrode, such as meandering the electrode wires. The small thickness and geometric features of the wires commonly result in very high compliance. To enable effective insertion of the probes to the tissue, the present invention uses stiff biodisolvable and/or biodegradable polymers, including single use or combinations of carboxymethyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, maltose, other sugar molecules, polylactic acid and its co-polymers.
US09241646B2
A PPG system for determining a stroke volume of a patient includes a PPG sensor configured to be secured to an anatomical portion of the patient. The PPG sensor is configured to sense a physiological characteristic of the patient. The PPG system may include a monitor operatively connected to the PPG sensor. The monitor receives a PPG signal from the PPG sensor. The monitor includes a pulse trending module determining a slope transit time of an upslope of a primary peak of the PPG signal. The pulse trending module determines a stroke volume of the patient as a function of the slope transit time.
US09241644B2
A biological information detector includes a wristband, a light-emitting part, a reflecting part, a light-receiving part, a protecting part, an acceleration sensor and a processing part. The wristband is adapted to be attached to a body of a user. The light-emitting part is configured to emit green light. The reflecting part is configured to reflect the light emitted by the light-emitting part. The light-receiving part is configured to receive reflected light reflected at a detection site of the body of the user. The protecting part is configured to protect the light-emitting part, the protecting part having a contact surface configured to contact with the detection site. The acceleration sensor is configured to detect acceleration generated by the user. The processing part is configured to process a light reception signal outputted from the light-receiving part.
US09241633B2
A method includes disposing multiple medical probes to acquire physiological data concurrently from a living body. The data is sent from the multiple medical probes by transmitting over wireless channels respective sequences of data packets that are marked with respective packet numbers. A synchronization signal that is broadcast to the multiple probes is received in the probes. In response to receiving the synchronization signal, the packet numbers that are to be assigned in the probes to subsequent data packets in the respective sequences are reset.
US09241626B2
Systems and methods for improved acquisition of ophthalmic optical coherence tomography data are presented, allowing for enhanced ease of use and higher quality data and analysis functionality. Embodiments include automated triggering for detecting and initiating collection of OCT ophthalmic data, an automated technique for determining the optimal number of B-scans to be collected to create the highest quality image and optimize speckle reduction, automated review of fundus images collected with an adjunct imaging modality to guide the OCT data collection, a single scan protocol in which a large field of view is collected with HD B-scans embedded at different locations depending on automated analysis of either a fundus image or sparse OCT scan, and various scan configurations for imaging eyes with large axial depth range.
US09241624B2
Disclosed is a binocular visual simulator for correcting eyeball aberration by using adaptive optics to form a chart image on both eyes. The binocular visual simulator includes; a chart-projecting unit for producing a chart light; an adaptive optics element for changing the chart light in accordance with wavefront aberration measured for both eyes; a beam splitter for dividing the changed chart light into two chart lights; a left eye correction unit for changing the divided chart light in accordance with wavefront aberration of the left eye so that the chart light is focused on a retina of the left eye; and a right eye correction unit for changing the divided chart light in accordance with wavefront aberration of the right eye so that the chart light is focused on a retina of the right eye.
US09241622B2
The invention provides methods for detecting ocular surface defects. The methods of the invention can be used to detect ocular surface diseases, such as dry eye, uveitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), autoimmune disorders of the ocular surface, meibomianitis, conjunctival hyperemia, eyelid hyperemia, ocular rosacea, ocular inflammation, or eye lid swelling.
US09241614B2
Apparatus (10) is provided, including an elongate carrier (24), configured to be advanced through an esophagus (20) of a subject. An anchor member (30) is coupled to a distal end of the carrier, and configured to be mounted in a stomach (32) of the subject in a vicinity of a lower esophageal sphincter (LES) (34) of the subject. An imaging capsule (26) is configured to move with respect to the carrier when the anchor member is in the vicinity of the LES. Other embodiments are also described.
US09241613B2
The invention encompasses devices and methods used to provide wound closure based on rings positioned within the tissue layers of the wound opening (with the rings regionally separate the wound depth tissue layers into 2 compartments), followed by suture transport through the rings and full-thickness tissue layers of both compartments. Upon suture transport via synchronous or asynchronous manner and device removal, wound closure is achieved by tying the 2 ends of the suture without incorporating tissue above the level of the rings such as skin. When the device is applied to abdominal or chest wall wound opening, all tissue layers except the skin are incorporated in the suture closure of the wound. The closure process can be performed in a simple, reliable, and expeditious manner.
US09241606B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising a washing tub (2) having a base (3), a rear wall (4) and two side walls (5) surrounding the base (3), a door (6) providing access to the washing tub (2), connected to the washing tub (2) from its lower side and opening by tilting forward, a rack (8) wherein objects to be washed are placed, having more than one roller (7) disposed at two opposite sides of its lower surface, providing it to move forwards/backwards, having a washing position whereat it is placed on the base (3) to entirely remain inside the washing tub (2), a loading position whereat it is positioned on the inner surface of the door (6) by being moved forwards when the door (6) is open and whereat loading-unloading can be performed and a spray arm (9) extending from the base (3) towards inside the washing tub (2), remaining under the rack (8) when the rack (8) is in the washing position, spraying water towards inside the rack (8) by rotating around itself.
US09241601B2
A dispenser suitable for dispensing a rolled product includes a housing having a back plate and a cover openably engaged with the back plate. Each of a pair of roll holder appliances disposed within the housing include a leg having a first end and a second end, and a first side and a second side. The first end has an attachment feature, and the second end has a first roll holder on the first side, and a second roll holder on the second side opposing and different from the first roll holder. The attachment feature of each appliance is removably attached to the back plate, each appliance being oriented with associated roll holders facing each other and suitably spaced apart so as to receive the rolled product therebetween.
US09241585B2
A decorative adjustable fabric plant pot sleeve for covering various sized plant pots is provided in which a non-elastic fabric covering is integrated with an elastic lattice structure so as to provide an adjustable plant pot sleeve without sacrificing the quality of the fabric covering that is to be used.
US09241584B1
A multifaceted merchandiser having a body and an internal cavity. A door is used for accessing the internal cavity. A dividing panel is formed with a first mounting surface facing towards the door. Mounting structures associated with the mounting surface are constructed and arranged as mounting magnets for affixing articles thereto. Mounting cavities are constructed and arranged for receiving a display hook. At least one bin has at least one magnetic material attached or associated therewith. The magnetic material attached is selected to provide a magnetic attraction and mate with the magnetic material mounting magnets.
US09241583B2
A pusher tray is provided. The pusher tray includes a base structure defining a retail merchandise support surface. A pusher is slidably retained on the base structure and configured to bias retail merchandise toward a front stop of the pusher tray. The pusher has a floor and a front wall extending upwardly from the floor such that the front wall is oriented at an acute angle relative to the retail support surface. A pair of dividers are slidably mounted to the base structure. Each of the pair of dividers includes an arcuate frame portion and a pair of support elements supporting the arcuate frame portion such that a portion of each support element is tangent to a radius of curvature defined by each arcuate frame portion.
US09241580B2
A body transport apparatus may include top and bottom portions that have a perimeter seal and an interior seal offset from the perimeter seal to define a non-inflatable frame portion and an inflatable air mattress portion. The bottom portion includes a plurality of air exit holes configured to provide an air cushion under the mattress portion when the mattress portion is inflated. The frame portion includes a plurality of handle openings and a channel so that the inflatable air mattress portion extends through the frame portion for a remote receptacle disposed outside the perimeter seal. A partial body transport apparatus may include the channel extending into the frame portion so that a remote receptacle is disposed within the perimeter seal and an inflatable air mattress portion having a longitudinal extent that is approximately 75% to 125% of a lateral extent.
US09241573B1
A resilient-support adjusting device of a chair backrest includes a base and a spring-tensioning brace and a backrest-fastening seat pivotally connected to two ends of the base. The backrest is fixed to the backrest-fastening seat. A spring is tensioned between the spring-tensioning brace and the backrest-fastening seat. The base contains upper and lower abutting members that have inclined abutting surfaces abutting against each other. The upper abutting member has an upper end abutting against a swinging end of the spring-tensioning brace. The lower abutting member has an engaging member that can be driven by the operating lever to rotate. The engaging member and the lower abutting member engage with each other. When rotated, the operating lever drives the spring-tensioning brace to swing and draw the spring. The spring thus draws the backrest-fastening seat harder, making the backrest have stronger backward resilient support.
US09241571B2
An adjustable furniture such as a recliner chair or adjustable bed comprising a base, an intermediate support and a back support. Both the intermediate support and the back support are guided for movement relative to the base by a second guide means while the base moves along a first guide means. The first guide means include at least one guide associated with one of the base and intermediate support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base and intermediate support. The second guide means includes at least one guide associated with one of the base support and the back support and at least one follower associated with the other of the base support and the back support.
US09241562B2
A work station includes a work surface and a panel with a notch formed therein and a channel formed therethrough. A panel support base is positioned within the notch of the panel, a sliding member is positioned within the channel of the panel and extends through the work surface, a support member is positioned at an end portion of the sliding member extending through the work surface, and an arm rotatably coupled between the panel support base and the sliding member. The arm is rotatable to move the sliding member and adjust the position of the support member relative to the work surface.
US09241557B2
Articles disclosed herein include a bag that provides various improvement mechanisms over existing backpacks. The bag provides a transport mechanism for carrying various items, such as ski boots or snowboard boots, gloves, helmets, hats, goggles, and other snow equipment common to skiing, snowboarding or other outdoor snow sports. The bag can include a pair of side compartments that carry boots in an approximately triangular compartment. Each side compartment includes a boot void compartment positioned above where a boot toe would be, and in front of a boot shin portion, thereby maximizing storage space an increasing organization convenience. Other features include quick-release shoulder straps for quick access to the bag member while still being supported on a shoulder. The bag can include a front compartment and central compartment, with an interior of the front compartment easily viewable.
US09241555B2
Hair was coated with polymer-containing fluid and then hot pressed to form a composite of hair and a polymer film imprinted with a nanopattern. Polychromatic light incident on the nanopattern is diffracted into dispersed colored light.
US09241554B1
A combination luggage and drink holder assembly includes a luggage, and a drink holder pivotally mounted at the luggage and including a base frame, a hoop pivotally coupled to the top side of the base frame, a tray pivotally coupled to the bottom side of the base frame and two links coupled between the hoop and the tray. The base frame has a structure for supporting the hoop and the tray securely in the extended or received position. The hoop defines a locating hole at the center and a peripheral wall around the border. When the drink holder is set in the received position, the peripheral wall of the hoop surrounds the base frame and the tray, and the tray blocks up the locating hole of the hoop.
US09241551B2
A protective case for a personal electronic device can include a compartment configured to receive and store an item such as, for example, a credit card, identification card, SIM card, memory card, keys, cosmetics, or cash. The compartment can be a waterproof compartment designed to protect the contents of the compartment from damage in situations where the protective case is exposed to liquids. In some examples, the compartment can include or be configured to receive and store cosmetics, cosmetic tools, or a mirror, and can eliminate the need to carry a separate compact. In some examples, the compartment can include an ejection mechanism configured to eject a credit or identification card from the compartment.
US09241545B2
A buckle assembly comprising: a socket arrangement for releasably retaining a lug; and an operating handle rotatably mounted with respect to the socket arrangement and configured such that, upon rotation, the lug is released from the socket arrangement, the operating handle comprising first and second buttons diametrically opposed from one another, configured such that rotation of the operating handle with respect to the socket arrangement is prevented unless both the first and second buttons are simultaneously depressed.
US09241540B2
A device for maintaining the shape of footwear, both at the tip of a shoe as in the stiffener through a tension force against the tip and stiffener of the shoe, the same caused by the device snap-fitting and its natural tensioning element curved, is provided. The device comprises two separate pieces and detachably bonded there between by means of a recess, interlocking means and recesses and cavities that are snapping correspondingly.
US09241536B2
Sole structures and uppers for articles of footwear are described that includes features to enhance footwear flexibility, dexterity, natural motion feel, and/or tackiness. Such articles of footwear may provide enhanced properties and feel for use in skateboarding and other activities.
US09241530B2
A manufacturing method of a size headwear including a head covering portion put on a head and a size tape member disposed on a lower portion of the head covering portion, the head covering portion has a single circumferential length, includes forming a single set of patterns for forming a single set of pieces of the head covering portion; cutting a fabric into the single set of pieces according to the single set of patterns; sewing the cut pieces with each other and connecting the size tape member along a circumferential direction on a lower portion of the sewed pieces to form a raw size headwear; and putting a raw size headwear on a plurality of thermoforming apparatuses to thermoform a size headwear, wherein the thermoforming apparatuses have the respective different sizes. The size headwear thermoformed in this manner may be inexpensively and easily produced and maintain a predetermined stereoscopic shape due to stiffness so that it may improve an esthetic sense without doing the ironing.
US09241527B2
A visor for a helmet includes a lens having a top edge that slopes downward from a top center point to first right and left curve points, at the first curve points the top edge begins to slope more aggressively toward second right and left curve points, and more aggressively toward right and left side edge points. A plane of sight along the vertical extent of the lens is displaced above the plane intersecting the side edge points. The lens has a thickness defined between an inner concave surface and an outer convex surface; the inner and outer surfaces having different radii of curvatures. The lens tapers from the center toward the outer edges.
US09241524B2
Hair extensions are disclosed that include a weft and at least a single micro-cylinder, wherein the weft comprises a plurality of hair, a skin weft and at least a single i-tip. Hair extensions may also include a weft and at least a single micro-cylinder, wherein the weft comprises a plurality of hair, a skin weft and at least a single i-tip; wherein a top section of the plurality of hair is bonded together to form the skin weft and the at least single i-tip. Methods of attaching a hair extension, wherein the hair extension comprises a micro-cylinder, a plurality of hair, a skin weft and at least a single i-tip are also disclosed herein that include bonding the plurality of hair to form the skin weft and the at least a single i-tip; threading a segment of natural hair through the micro-cylinder; inserting the i-tip into the micro-cylinder; and crimping the micro-cylinder to secure the i-tip.
US09241520B2
Gloves, including athletic gloves, may include: (a) a front member, e.g., made from leather; (b) a rear member made from a mesh material (e.g., stretchable mesh) engaged with the front member for covering a back of a hand, wherein the rear member includes at least one support member fused to the mesh material of the rear member, wherein the support member is formed from a material (e.g., a TPU) that is less stretchable than the mesh material to which it is fused; (c) a thumb element engaged at least in part with the front member; (d) a closure system; and/or (e) one or more elastic components extending along a wrist area. The support member(s) may form at least one continuous, unbroken path across the rear member. When multiple support members are present, they may partially overlap. Also, methods for making such gloves are described.
US09241514B2
A sport motion control bra having a pair of partial cups which locate, support and shape the lower periphery of the breasts of a user so as to effectively restrict the motion of the breasts relative to the body of a user during sporting activities and one or more side straps which connect to wings extending from each cup so as to, in use, support and locate the sides of the cups.A sport impact protection and motion control bra including a pair of cups dimensioned to encompass the majority of the breasts of a user. The cups are configured to effectively transfer local impact force through the cup to be dissipated through the bra and surrounding breast tissue and restrict motion of the breasts relative to the body of a user.The lower edge of each cup may include an inflexion section extending between the torso and breast sections of the bra.
US09241513B2
An item of clothing (10) for daily pharmacological treatment of a fungal infection, comprising: a textile material (20) to manage moisture when the item of clothing (10) is worn; microcapsules (30) grafted on the textile material (20); and antifungal agents encapsulated within the microcapsules (30) to pharmacologically treat the fungal infection when released from the microcapsules (30).
US09241489B2
The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
US09241486B2
The present invention relates to the use of active substance combinations for controlling animal pests, for example, from the chinch bug family (Lygaeidae), as well as animal pests that has shown resistance to pyrethroids.
US09241482B2
The present invention is directed toward a self-decontaminating surface coating, which when cured has a partially hydrophobic surface. The coating comprises a polymeric coating resin which, when cured, is hydrophilic. The coating also comprises a biocide, a germinating agent, and a hydrophobic micro/nano particulate material. The coating is suitable for application to ceramics, metals, and polymer substrates. Articles coated with the coating of the present invention are resistant to spores.
US09241476B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an invasive test on an egg, such as determining the gender of an embryo in an egg, comprising the step of: providing a passage to the interior of an egg. The present invention also relates to a method for determining the gender of an embryo in an egg.
US09241474B2
An animal harness for an animal includes a loop of webbing, which encircles the back, neck and shoulder of the animal. A pouch is affixed to the loop. A pulsating device is disposed within the pouch and transmits same to the animal through the chest and about its heart to calm the animal during transport.
US09241473B2
A device for limiting access of an animal is disclosed. The device includes a housing having a sidewall defining an opening therein, and a housing interior in communication with the opening. The device also includes an opening-size selectable member engageable with at least a portion of the housing for restricting at least one dimension of the opening to form a modified opening. The modified opening allows passage of a first animal into the housing interior through the opening, and restrains a second animal from entering the housing interior. In one configuration, the second animal is larger than the first animal.
US09241467B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01045970. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01045970. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01045970 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01045970 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09241458B1
A novel maize variety designated PH1DD8 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1DD8 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1DD8 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1DD8 or a locus conversion of PH1DD8 with another maize variety.
US09241455B2
The present invention relates to a tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in which the glandular heads of type VI trichomes are absent, and that has a modified composition of flavonoids and volatiles. Furthermore, the typical tomato smell is absent or nearly absent. The plant comprises a mutant allele, which is obtainable from a tomato plant, representative seed of which was deposited under deposit accession number NCIMB 41845. The said mutant allele is located on chromosome 9 between positions 1750800 bp and 4517648 bp, preferably between positions 1939546 bp and 2970346 bp, most preferably at about position 2454946 bp on a physical map of the Solanum lycopersicum genome.
US09241454B2
The invention relates to lipochitooligosaccharides obtainable from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and which are useful for stimulating arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis, and lateral root formation.
US09241442B2
A autonomous and remote control all purpose machine (ARCAPM) having different interchangeable modules that are structured and arranged to perform different tasks is disclosed. A machine includes: a body; a plurality of bays in the body, wherein each bay is configured to receive a respective module; and a power source carried by the body. A respective power connector is in each one of the bays that is configured to provide an electrically conductive path between the power source and a device in a module arranged in one of the bays. The machine includes a propulsion system structured and arranged to move the body over the ground. The machine also includes a control system structured and arranged to control autonomous movement of the machine based on at least one of: proximity sensors, metal detectors, and GPS data.
US09241438B2
An agricultural system includes a tow bar for attachment to a towing vehicle in a trailing position relative to a direction of movement along a field. The system includes a plurality of row-cleaning devices attached in parallel strip positions along the tow bar. Each row-cleaning device has a rigid frame, a leading coulter, one or more furrow-opener disks, and a pivotable row-cleaning linkage. The disks have a leading edge adjacent to a trailing edge of the coulter. The row-cleaning linkage is attached to the rigid frame, with the coulter and disks being coupled to the rigid frame via the row-cleaning linkage. The system further includes a roller device between two adjacent parallel strip positions and attached at each end to a respective rigid frame via a respective pivotable roller linkage. The roller linkage is independently movable relative to the row-cleaning linkage.
US09247681B2
An electric shielding enclosure that encloses a volume. The electric shielding enclosure includes a conductive structure that partially encloses the volume and that has an edge defining an opening into the volume. A conductive power pack surface is configured to fill at least a part of the opening and has a number of conductive connections. The conductive connections include a first conductive connection located in proximity to a first point of the edge, and a second conductive connection located in proximity to a second point of the edge, where the second point is across the opening from the first point. Each of the conductive connections within the conductive connections is electrically coupled to the conductive structure.
US09247677B2
An electronic component casing includes: an inclined portion that projects from an upper surface so as to increase in height gradually from one side; a step portion that descends as a continuation of an upper end of the inclined portion or descends via a plane connected to the upper end; and a planar portion connected to a lower end of the step portion.
US09247676B2
An electronic device includes: a housing having one or more interior surfaces; an electronic circuit that is disposed within the housing, that does not directly contact any of the one or more interior surfaces of the housing, and that includes at least one electrical component that consumes electrical power; and a thermally conductive material that surrounds the electronic circuit within the housing, that directly contacts both the at least one electrical component and the one or more interior surfaces of the housing, that absorbs heat from the at least one electrical component, and that transfers heat to the housing.
US09247674B2
A heat sink for cooling a heat generating member, provided with a first cooling part which cools the peripheral edge part of the heat generating member and a second cooling part which cools the center part of the neat generating member, the first cooling part is equipped with a first base member having first fins on the top surface thereof and a recess at the bottom surface thereof, the second cooling part is equipped with a second base member which can be accommodated in the recess, a slide member which is provided on the top surface of the second base member and which is inserted in a through hole which is provided in the recess, second fins which are provided on the free end of the slide member, and a cooling water passage which is provided inside of the second base member and which is supplied with cooling water.
US09247667B2
An electronic device includes: a frame-body that has a rectangular-cross-section and includes: first and second inner-walls that oppose each other, third and fourth inner-walls that oppose each other and that intersect with the first and second inner-walls, first engagement-members arranged on the first inner-wall at a first interval, second engagement-members e arranged on the second inner-wall at the first interval so as to oppose the first engagement-members, the second engagement-members each having a structure that allows each of the second engagement-members to be engaged with a corresponding first engagement-member of the first engagement-members, third engagement-members arranged on the third inner-wall at a second interval, and fourth engagement-members arranged on the fourth inner-wall at the second interval so as to oppose the third engagement-members, the fourth engagement-members each having a structure that allows each of the fourth engagement-members to be engaged with a corresponding third engagement-member of the third engagement-members.
US09247661B2
An apparatus and system for housing a device include a housing that is configured such that a device may be fitted within the housing and thereby be protected, such as from shocks and/or liquid. The housing may include top and bottom members that may be removably coupled together so as to form the housing. Each top and bottom member optionally includes front and back surfaces surrounded by a perimeter. The perimeter is defined by proximal and distal ends as well as opposing sides. The top and bottom members may include respective clasping mechanisms that extend along the perimeter of the top and bottom members. The clasping mechanisms are configured for coupling the top and bottom members with one another thereby sealing the housing, for instance, in a shock-proof and/or water tight seal.
US09247660B2
An isolator system for a segmented frame is provided. The isolator system in one example includes a riser block configured to be affixed in a riser aperture of the segmented frame, with the riser block including one or more damper receptacles and one or more corresponding central shafts extending up at least partially through the one or more damper receptacles, one or more elastomeric dampers comprising substantially cylindrical bodies and central bores extending partially through the bodies, with the one or more elastomeric dampers fitting over the one or more shafts and into the damper receptacles, with the one or more elastomeric dampers being formed of an at least partially elastomeric material, and one or more coil springs located over the one or more elastomeric dampers, wherein the one or more elastomeric dampers and the one or more coil springs compress in response to force.
US09247653B2
A flexible electronic component module includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate overlaps the second substrate to define at least one first exposed portion and at least one second exposed portion. The at least one first exposed portion includes a first electrode layer and the at least one second exposed portion includes a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate and the second electronic layer is disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate.
US09247648B2
A stretchable electronic device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device has a stretchable interconnection electrically connecting two electronic components. The stretchable interconnection includes an electrically conductive channel having a predetermined first geometry by which the channel is stretchable up to a given elastic limit and a first flexible supporting layer provided for supporting the electrically conductive channel and having a predetermined second geometry by which the first supporting layer is stretchable. The predetermined second geometry has a predetermined deviation from the predetermined first geometry chosen for restricting stretchability of the electrically conductive channel below its elastic limit.
US09247638B2
A method of manufacturing an optical printed circuit board and an optical printed circuit board. The method includes providing a support layer having one or more optical waveguides formed on the support layer, the waveguides having exposed interfaces. A film is provided on one or more of the exposed interfaces, wherein the film has a smoother outer surface than the waveguide interface.
US09247635B2
A flexible substrate includes a base layer, a metallic layer, a solder mask layer and an identifying code, the metallic layer is disposed at a first surface of the base layer, the metallic layer comprises a plurality of traces and at least one bottom block used for defining marked position, wherein the traces and the at least one bottom block are covered with the solder mask layer, wherein above the perpendicular direction of the at least one bottom block of the metallic layer, a pre-marked area is defined on an exposing surface of the solder mask layer and by an outlined edge of the at least one bottom block, and the identifying code is formed within the pre-marked area of the solder mask layer.
US09247623B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for systems and methods that employ a control component and/or power source integrated in an LED based light source to control and/or power the LED light source wirelessly. In embodiments, the LED based light source may take the form of a standard light bulb that plugs into a standard lighting socket or fixture.
US09247622B2
A lighting control system and apparatus that may be utilized with aquariums are provided. The light control system and apparatus may be utilized with various lighting fixtures. The lighting control system and apparatus provides easy control over different lighting fixtures comprising various lighting sources. In addition, a user may program various lighting characteristics and effects such as the turn on or turn off date and time, the color, the brightness, the power supplied to the lighting fixtures via different user interfaces by using different user systems. Further, multiple lighting control systems may operate seamlessly together.
US09247621B1
Embodiments include an apparatus comprising: a magnetic component arrangement; and a switch coupled to the magnetic component arrangement, wherein the switch is configured to operate during a first time period, at a first frequency that results in transfer of a first amount of power to a lighting element via the magnetic component arrangement, and during a second time period, at a second frequency that results in transfer of a second amount of power to the lighting element via the magnetic component arrangement.
US09247620B2
A method of controlling a light source (105) via a handheld computing device (110) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an input produced by one or more sensors of the handheld computing device, the input being indicative of a current orientation of the handheld computing device. The method further comprises determining, based at least in part on the input, that the handheld computing device is in a predefined triggering orientation, e.g. in a generally horizontal orientation. In response to so determining, one or more frames of image data are acquired via an image sensor connected to the handheld computing device (110). The method further comprises obtaining an identifier of the light source, e.g. from information encoded into light emitted by the light source (105), having determined that the one or more frames of image data comprise image data representative of the light source (105). The method further comprises transmitting to the light source (105) a command indicative of a desired light setting for the light source (105), which desired light setting may for example have been provided via user input or may be a predefined setting retrieved from memory. A handheld computing device (110) and a lighting system (100) are also disclosed.
US09247613B2
A quantum dot electroluminescence display device and display apparatus are provided, and a electroluminescence structure (02) is provided in sub-pixel units of different colors of each pixel unit, a monochromatic quantum dot layer (03) is provided in at least one sub-pixel unit of a color of each pixel unit and located on a light exiting side of the electroluminescence structure of the at least one sub-pixel unit of a color, and the monochromatic quantum dot layer (03) emits monochromatic light corresponding to the color of sub-pixel unit after it is excited by light emitted from the electroluminescence structure (02).
US09247612B2
An LED driving device includes a first converter configured to generate a first voltage, a second converter configured to generate a second voltage for driving a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) from the first voltage, and a control circuit connected to an output terminal of the first converter and configured to control a level of the first voltage. The control circuit includes a cut-off circuit including a comparison circuit having hysteresis characteristics and a bleeder circuit.
US09247599B2
The present invention relates to an LED driving device and a method for driving an LED by using the same. According to one aspect of the present invention, an LED driving device includes: a light source unit including first to nth LED groups sequentially connected in series; and a driving control unit having first to nth input terminals respectively connected to output terminals of the first to nth LED groups for controlling each of first to nth input currents which are inputted to the first to nth input terminals through first to nth current sensing signals generated by reflecting the first to nth input currents at predetermined ratios.
US09247593B2
A three-phase power supply (10), intended especially to supply LEDs system (20), has a system of a diode bridge rectifier which comprises rectifying diodes (101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106). The three-phase power supply (10) is additionally equipped with FETs and each of the rectifying diodes is bypassed by an FET of a rectifying unit (111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116), respectively, which is controlled by a control system (40), comprising an analog-to-digital converter ADC 403, a digital-to-analog converter (402), a microcontroller (401), which provides a control signal to a gate of the appropriate FET through the input/output (404). Once the control system (40), in particular the microcontroller (401), detects stable power supply conditions and starts operation of elements of an LED sequencer (30), it starts at the same time to control over the FETs in the active rectifier.
US09247589B2
The purpose of the present invention is to minimize switching losses of an inverter. An induction heating device includes: a plurality of induction heating coils (20) which are disposed adjacent with each other; a plurality of inverters (30), each of which has a capacitor (40) serially connected to each of the induction heating coils (20), and converts a DC voltage into a square wave voltage; and a control circuit (15) which controls so as to align the phase of coil currents flowing though the plurality of the induction heating coils (20), wherein the control circuit (15) controls the timing at which the square wave voltage transitions such that an instantaneous value of the square wave voltage is preserved in either the DC voltage or a turnover voltage, when the coil current zero crosses.
US09247588B2
An inductive power supply system includes a non-contact power supply for energizing a device. The inductive power supply system includes a communication system for enabling communication between a device and the system. The device transmits an identifier to the system. If the device does not have a transmitter, the system attempts to determine the type of device from a characterization of the power consumption by the device. If the device cannot be characterized, the inductive power supply system can be operated manually.
US09247584B2
A heat-generating apparatus includes a frame assembly and a securement assembly carried by the frame assembly. The securement assembly includes a panel member arranged in a first vertical plane for supporting a target material parallel to the first vertical plane. The heat-generating apparatus also includes a heating support assembly adjustably supported by the frame and including at least one heating element arranged in a second vertical plane that is parallel to and offset from the first vertical plane. The heating support assembly is adjustable along a horizontal first adjustment axis that is perpendicular to each of the first and second vertical planes and along a second adjustment axis that is disposed in or adjacent to the second vertical plane.
US09247578B2
Operating a user equipment (UE) which comprises a first radio that is configured to operate according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT. The UE may receive a request to perform a tune away operation for the second RAT while performing measurement for the first RAT (e.g., intra-cell measurement, inter-cell measurement, and/or inter-RAT measurement). Instead of waiting to complete the measurement of the first RAT, the UE may tune the radio to a frequency of the second RAT to perform the tune away operation (e.g., page decoding) for the second RAT. After completing the tune away operation of the second RAT, the UE may tune the radio back to a frequency corresponding to the first RAT in order to continue the measurement operations of the first RAT.
US09247571B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate multiplexing communications from multiple downstream access points to one or more mobility management entities (MME). In particular, a concentrator component is provided that can establish a single transport layer connection with an MME along with multiple application layer connections over the single transport layer connection for each of multiple downstream access points and/or related mobile devices. The downstream access points and/or mobile devices can provide identifiers, such as tracking identifiers, to the concentrator component, which can utilize the identifiers to track communications with the MME. In this regard, the MME can send paging messages, and the concentrator component can determine downstream access points related to the paging messages based on a stored association with a tracking identifier in the paging message.
US09247568B2
A method includes receiving a beacon message at a wireless network device. The beacon message is followed by a beacon time interval. The method further includes receiving a thin beacon message during the beacon time interval. The thin beacon message is followed by a thin beacon time interval that is shorter than the beacon time interval. The thin beacon time interval includes a contention-free period, a contention period, or a combination thereof.
US09247560B2
Controlling data transfer between a mobile device and a data telecommunications network includes receiving a service request requiring a data transfer, determining at least one parameter requirement relating to the service request from a predefined profile, determining a network/user condition relating to one or more of the at least one parameters, comparing the one or more parameter requirements with the relevant network/user condition, and using the comparison to determine whether or not to proceed with the service request. Data transfer to and/or from a mobile device may be managed so that the network conditions, such as available signal strength and bearer type, are taken into consideration before proceeding with the data transfer. Accordingly, if the network conditions are not suitable for the service request requiring a data transfer, it is possible to not proceed with the request, such as by delaying it until network conditions become suitable.
US09247556B2
The exemplary embodiments provide at least a method of receiving, by a node of a wireless communication network, more than one indication of data required to be sent from devices in the network, determining that provisioning resources to send the data in response to each of the more than one indication exceeds at least one threshold, and based on the determining, sending a probe message including a priority constraint to the devices. Further, receiving, at a device of a wireless communication network, a probe message from a network node of the network, the probe message identifying a priority constraint, sending, by the device, an acknowledgement to the probe message, the acknowledgment indicating that the device has data to send which meets or exceeds the priority constraint identified in the probe message, and in response to the acknowledgment, receiving from the network node a resource allocation to send the data.
US09247551B2
The invention relates to a cognitive SIMO network access method based on cooperative relay, wherein a cognitive base station collects channel responses in a network and judges whether the cognitive users can cooperate with a primary user to achieve the target transmission rate required by the primary user or not, if so, a cognitive SIMO network is accessible to a frequency band licensed to the primary user; otherwise, the cognitive SIMO network is non-accessible. The access method can enable a plurality of the cognitive users and the primary user to simultaneously use the same licensed spectrum in the same geographical position, on the premise of ensuring the target transmission rate of the primary user, and further improve the utilization efficiency of the spectrum as far as possible. As the access method is based on cooperative communication, the nearer the distance from the cognitive network to the primary network is, the greater the network throughput can be achieved; and furthermore, a large-range network coverage can be realized, so the deficiencies in the existing cognitive radio access ways are made up.
US09247542B2
Methods and apparatus for providing efficient spectral usage in extensible carrier deployments. In one embodiment, the deployment comprises a long-term evolution (LTE) or LTE-advanced (LTE-A) network, and a reference carrier resource and one or more3 extensible carrier resources are configured based at least in part on a time and/or frequency separation. In one exemplary implementation, one or more reference carriers are combined with one or more carrier extensions/segments. The resulting aggregated bandwidth can be used to, among other things, optimize overall network operation.
US09247537B2
A method for transmitting control information by a base station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining a precoder to be applied to a resource and a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) port, the resource being used to transmit the control information, and the DMRS port corresponding to the resource and being used to transmit a DMRS, precoding the resource and the DMRS port by using the determined precoder, and transmitting the control information and the DMRS to a user equipment.
US09247535B2
In a method of operating a communication network (20) a time division duplex (TDD) frame (F) of information is communicated over a radio interface (32) between a wireless terminal (30) and a base station node (28). The method comprises the wireless terminal (30) receiving plural downlink (DL) subframes of the frame and, in response thereto, configuring a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) channel to comprise up to four acknowledgements by using only two PUCCH channel resources and using PUCCH format 1a or PUCCH format 1b. In an example embodiment a PUCCH channel resource is specified by a sequence utilized for transmission of at least part of the PUCCH channel and a cyclical shift applied to the sequence. The two sequences of the respective two PUCCH resources are orthogonal, and the cyclical shift of the two PUCCH resources can be in a frequency domain, a time domain, or both the frequency domain and the time domain.
US09247526B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices for paging message enhancement, for example, by allowing packets to accumulate in an access point before sending them to a station. In some implementations, a station may not have an immediate use for a packet waiting in an access point's buffer. The station may save energy and reduce medium occupancy by allowing packets to accumulate at the access point and then receiving the accumulated packets in accordance with certain criteria. Such criteria for accumulation may be based on a Quality of Service (QoS) category, the station address, or the station type. The station may set accumulation parameters, such as a maximum occupied buffer size or a maximum time for which a station's packets are delayed for accumulation.
US09247518B2
Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented for use by a mobile device to affect at least one positioning function based, at least in part, on a recommended candidate position fix mode received from another electronic device for use in a particular region of an environment. For example, a mobile device may obtain assistance data indicative of a candidate position fix mode for a partial region of an environment navigable by the mobile device, and in response to a determination that the mobile device is estimated to be located within a threshold proximity of the partial region, affect a wireless signal-based positioning function based, at least in part, on the candidate position fix mode.
US09247508B2
Methods, systems, and devices provide improved power control for signals used for device-to-device services. In one aspect, a user equipment (“UE”) terminal controls the transmission power of signals used for device-to-device (“D2D”) services based on power control parameters provided by a base station. The UE terminal includes a first power control module for controlling a first transmission power to be applied to signals used for communication with a base station. The UE terminal also includes a second power control module for controlling a second transmission power to be applied to signals used for D2D services. The first and second transmission powers can be determined based on at least one power control parameter received from the base station. The UE terminal also includes a signal transceiver module for transmitting signals used for uplink/downlink communications using the first transmission power and transmitting signals used for D2D services using the second transmission power.
US09247507B1
Apparatus having corresponding methods and computer-readable media comprise: a transmitter configured to transmit, according to a first protocol, first wireless signals in a first frequency band; and a receiver configured to receive, according to a second protocol, second wireless signals in a second frequency band, wherein the second frequency band is adjacent to or overlaps the first frequency band; and an arbiter configured to allow the transmitter to transmit the first wireless signals according to the first protocol while the receiver receives the second wireless signals according to the second protocol responsive to at least one of i) a signal power level of the first wireless signals being less than a first signal power threshold; and ii) a signal power level of the second wireless signals being greater than a second signal power threshold.
US09247496B2
Configuration-feedback circuitry and transceiver circuitry are disclosed. The configuration-feedback circuitry regulates an output power from a radio frequency power amplifier based on a difference between a target output power from the radio frequency power amplifier and a measured output power from the radio frequency power amplifier. The transceiver circuitry regulates a modulated power supply voltage, which is used by the radio frequency power amplifier to provide power for amplification, based on the difference between the target output power from the radio frequency power amplifier and the measured output power from the radio frequency power amplifier.
US09247495B2
The techniques discussed herein reduce the power consumption of a Wi-Fi tethering device by switching the Wi-Fi functionality of the Wi-Fi tethering device from a normal operational mode to a sleep mode during idle intervals. The techniques implement a sleep protocol where a Wi-Fi tethering device and the Wi-Fi client device coordinate and establish a sleep schedule. Moreover, the techniques describe a sleep interval adaptation algorithm to establish sleep duration intervals based on data packet exchange patterns associated with different applications executing on the Wi-Fi client device and/or different operations being performed by the Wi-Fi client device.
US09247494B2
A method of selecting a network node with which a mobile terminal is to establish a connection for wireless communication. The method comprises generating a ranked list of network nodes that are available to the mobile terminal for establishing the connection, each of the available network nodes being ranked based on historical data relating to a plurality of different radio characteristics of the network node and on weighting factors associated with the plurality of different radio characteristics, each of the weighting factors having a value that is determined based on historical data relating to one or more mobile terminal usage characteristics; and selecting the network node for establishing the connection with the mobile terminal based on the ranked list of network nodes.
US09247492B2
Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to facilitate connection to a multimedia playback network are disclosed. An example wireless device includes a wireless communication interface to identify a first network within range of the wireless device available for connection and to facilitate connection of the wireless device to the first network. The example wireless device includes a processor to add the first network to a registry of networks for connection by the wireless device. The example wireless device includes a signal strength monitor to monitor one or more available networks from the network registry that are within range of the wireless device. The example processor is to evaluate the available network(s) to identify a preferred network for connection based on at least one network characteristic and facilitate a switch from connection of the wireless device to the first network if the preferred network is different from the first network.
US09247470B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for location-aware call processing for routing a call to a provider are provided. A telephone call from an end-user communication device may be received. An indication of a first provider category may be identified. A first set of provider information may be processed based on the first provider category. A heat map may be generated to identify correlations between user information, location information, and/or provider information. An area proximate to a first location of an end-user communication device may be calculated. A second set of provider information may be identified based on the first location and/or the area proximate to the first location. A provider is selected based on rankings of the providers. A provider is selected based on the ranking, a telephone reference is determined for the selected provider, and a connection of a telephone call is facilitated to the selected provider.
US09247469B2
A method and apparatus of accessing a channel including receiving, by a device, an operation element for setting up or switching at least one channel from an access point (AP), the operation element including a channel type field indicating whether the at least one channel is either a single channel or multiple channels, and including two channel center frequency segment fields indicating a channel center frequency of a primary and a secondary channel if the channel type field indicates that the channel is multiple channels, determining whether the primary channel is idle during a first interval, determining whether the secondary channel is idle during a second interval if the primary channel is idle, and transmitting data by using the primary and secondary channels to the AP or at least one station in a basic service set (BSS) if the primary and secondary channel are idle.
US09247467B2
A resource assignment method during a tune-away procedure comprises determining a first instance in time that a tune-away will initiate with respect to an access terminal, determining a second instance in time that corresponds to a latest frame boundary associated with the access terminal prior to the instance in time that the tune-away initiates, and determining resource assignment parameters associated with the access terminal and implementing the resource assignment parameters at the second instance in time. The method can further comprise ceasing communications to the access terminal over a forward link at the second instance in time and discontinuing monitoring reverse link control channels associated with the access terminal at the second instance in time.
US09247465B2
The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for re-establishing a radio link. The method comprises: a destination base station receiving a re-establishment request message sent by a User Equipment (UE), a cell identifier and an identifier of the UE are carried in the re-establishment request message, and attribute information used for indicating UE handover success or handover failure is carried in the cell identifier and the identifier of the UE (S102); and the destination base station determining, according to the attribute information, a security algorithm applied to radio link re-establishment between the destination base station and the UE, and establishing a radio link using the security algorithm (S104). The disclosure solves the problem in the related art that the radio link re-establishment fails as a security algorithm fallback process fails, thereby improving the success rate of radio link re-establishment.
US09247452B2
The techniques introduced here provide a single, passive radio link control entity with a unified interface. The unified interface is configured to receive a request for a RLC service of a plurality of RLC services from upper and lower protocol layers. The unified interface is coupled with a processing module to process the request. The radio link control entity further includes a plurality of data transfer modules configured to provide data transfer between upper and lower protocol layers, the interface modules are coupled with the processing module and the unified interface. The single, passive radio link control entity provides bi-directional data transfer services for TM, UM, and AM data transmissions.
US09247447B1
Maps of high wireless device movement and high wireless device traffic are created. These maps are correlated over selected periods of time to determine when, and where, large numbers of wireless devices are both moving and creating problematic traffic. Stationary wireless devices using an access node in the problem area are identified before the selected time period (e.g., 30 minutes before commuting time). These stationary wireless devices are handed over to a reserved frequency band. During the selected time period, wireless devices requesting access in the problem area are denied access using the reserved frequency band and are instead forced to use another frequency band.
US09247446B2
Techniques are provided in which a mobile station may determine a first round-trip time (RTT) for a first measurement related communication between the transceiver and a first network device, wherein the first RTT comprises a uniform delay of time applied during the first measurement related communication by the first network device; Determine a second RTT for a second measurement related communication between the transceiver and a second network device, wherein the second RTT comprises the uniform delay of time applied during the second measurement related communication by the second network device; and determine, at least in part, a position of the mobile station with regard to at least the first and second network devices based, at least in part, on the first RTT and the second RTT.
US09247439B2
A method for receiving a frame in a high data throughput wireless local area network begins by receiving a preamble of the frame via a channel in accordance with a default receiver filter mask. The processing continues by validating the preamble. The processing continues by, when the preamble is validated, interpreting the preamble to determine a high data throughput channel configuration. The processing continues by reconfiguring the default receiver filter mask in accordance with the high data throughput channel configuration to produce a reconfigured receiver filter mask. The processing continues by receiving a data segment of the frame in accordance with the reconfigured receiver filter mask.
US09247434B2
A method and system for local broadcasting of messages from a wireless mobile device to many others located within the same geographic area. This can be done using SMS messaging wherein a message to be broadcast is addressed to a particular designated address and, when received by a wireless carrier system, is checked to determine that it came from an authorized sender, and then is broadcasted by the wireless carrier system to a geographically-limited area within which the sending wireless mobile device is located.
US09247433B2
An information communication apparatus includes: a communication portion; a storage apparatus connection portion that performs input and output operations with respect to a storage apparatus; a storage region management portion configured to provide, in the storage apparatus, a public region that makes an electronic file publicly accessible through the communication portion, and a private region that does not make an electronic file publicly accessible; and a file management portion that is capable of moving an electronic file that is stored in the storage apparatus, and is configured to move a predetermined electronic file to the private region.
US09247430B2
A method is provided for processing a data packet on reception, where the data packet is transmitted by a first node to a second node over a link of a wireless electronic communications network. The packet includes a header and payload data. The method includes a step of receiving the data packet in two stages, a first stage of receiving the header and a second stage of receiving the payload data. The first stage includes the following steps performed by the second node on receiving a header of the data packet: detecting in the received preamble an authentication preamble for authenticating the link; using the data packet authentication preamble to authenticate the link; and in the event of the authentication having a positive result, deciding to trigger the second stage of receiving the payload data from the data packet.
US09247428B2
Technologies for handling a call based on user identification include determining a personal profile identification for a user of a communal mobile communication device and initiating a call to a personal communication device using a phone number of the personal communication device and the personal profile identification. The personal communication device may apply a call treatment to the incoming call based on the personal profile identification. Additionally, the personal communication device may originate a call to a call recipient of the communal mobile communication device using a personal profile identification to identify the call recipient. The communal mobile communication device may apply a call treatment to the incoming call based on the personal profile identification.
US09247423B2
A system and method for protecting private information by using a near field communication (NFC) tag is provided. A method of making a call by using a telephone number received from a near field communication (NFC) tag in a device includes: receiving from the NFC tag a telephone number and call limit information related to the telephone number according to an approach to the NFC tag; determining whether a call to a target device having the received telephone number is limited based on the call limit information; and limiting a call to the target device based on the determination.
US09247410B1
Systems and methods of conserving power in a mobile emergency communication device. After placing a telephone call, the calling device communicates information to the call recipient, for example a response center, usable to estimate the remaining talk time of the calling device. The call recipient sends instructions to the calling device to turn off, disable, or suspend certain device capabilities to conserve battery power in the calling device. For example, if it is determined that the device is not moving, a geographical location capability of the device may be turned off to conserve power. Other capabilities may also be turned off, for example a secondary radio transceiver, a display screen or other visual indicator, certain software applications executing on the device, or other capabilities.
US09247408B2
Provided is a method for interactive emergency information and identification. The method may comprise receiving a notification concerning an emergency situation. The notification may include a location of the emergency situation. A geo-fence associated with the location of the emergency situation can be defined based on the location of the emergency situation. Additionally, location information associated with the locations of a plurality of user devices is received, and a position of an individual within the geo-fence is determined based on the location information of the user device associated with individual. The individual may be informed about the emergency situation via a user interface of the user device. Furthermore, functionality for a user to give feedback is provided to the individual.
US09247407B1
After receiving a message that defines an initial target area for distribution of an alert, a wireless carrier network may identify a first set of one or more coverage areas that are fully encompassed within the initial target area and a second set of one or more coverage areas that are partially encompassed within the initial target area. For each partially-encompassed coverage area, the network may then define a respective target area that is less geometrically complex than the initial target area. In turn, the network may broadcast the alert (1) in each fully-encompassed coverage area in a manner that directs a recipient device to output the alert regardless of the device's location and (2) in each partially-encompassed coverage area in a manner that directs a recipient device to output the alert only if the device's location is encompassed within the respective target area for the coverage area.
US09247405B2
A method, apparatus and system for social networking is provided. In an embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of mobile devices that can directly connect to each other via a peer-to-peer connection. The devices can additionally connect to a server. The server maintains a profile schema which can be used to generate profiles for users for each of the mobile devices.
US09247397B2
Systems, methods and apparatuses for distributing multicast traffic through a wireless mesh network are disclosed. One apparatus includes an access node that includes one or more transceivers for communicating with other devices of a wireless mesh network, and a processor. The processor is operative to receive a unicast IP packet that includes a special destination IP address through at least one of the one or more transceivers, determine, based on the special destination IP address and a multicast group ID of a multicast distribution table, whether to forward the unicast IP packet to a downstream device, and route the unicast IP packet to the downstream device based on the determination.
US09247394B2
Techniques are presented to determine a location of a wireless client device operating in a wireless local area network. A beacon report request action frame is sent to a wireless client device, where the request frame is configured to cause the wireless client device to transmit a broadcast probe request frame. A beacon report response message is received from the wireless client device and includes one or more probe response frames transmitted by one or more wireless access points that receive the broadcast probe request frame. The wireless client device location is determined based in part on signal strength information in the probe response frames sent by the one or more wireless access points and which signal strength information indicates the signal strength observed by the one or more wireless access points with respect to the broadcast probe request frame transmitted by the wireless client device.
US09247391B1
A method, system and apparatus for wireless device communication. A wireless device may be engaged in a wireless data communication session within a local geographic region. The wireless device may be tracked within the local geographic region. The targeted information may be provided to the wireless device regarding the local geographic region based on the tracking of the wireless device.
US09247386B2
A method, mobile device, application server, and computer program product, for requesting a geospatial-location-specific application associated with a geospatial-location-specific service that are both specific to a geospatial location corresponding to a current geospatial location of the mobile device. The mobile device determines a current geospatial location of the mobile device and sends a request message to an application server. The request message includes the current geospatial location of the mobile device and a request to receive a geospatial-location-specific application associated with a geospatial-location-specific service. The mobile device receives a response message including identification of a candidate geospatial-location-specific application associated with a geospatial-location-specific service, specific to a geospatial location within a defined nearby vicinity area of the current geospatial location of the mobile device. The mobile device displays a list of selectable choices prioritized by proximity of geospatial location associated with each candidate geospatial-location-specific application.
US09247382B2
Methods, devices and systems for determining positions of user equipments (UEs) based on uplink position signals are described. Cooperating base stations measure received positioning signals and report measurements to serving base stations. Cooperating base stations can also adapt resource allocation to mitigate interference on the uplink to positioning signals. Cooperation between base stations can be coordinated via inter-base station links, e.g., X2 interfaces in LTE systems.
US09247377B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for setting a reminder triggered by a target device. A requesting device sends a request to a server to set a reminder triggered by a target device. The request includes parameters, such as a location and a condition that define when the reminder is triggered. The server sends instruction to the target device to set the reminder based on the parameters. When the condition such as arrival is met by the target device in relation to the location the target device sends a message to the server that the reminder has been triggered. The target device can set a geo-fence to determine the position of the target device in relation to the location, and the requesting user can dictate the size of the geo-fence. The server sends a notification to the requesting device that the reminder has been triggered.
US09247372B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein receive a network application proxy (NAP)-extended API function call issued by a networking-aware host application. The NAP-extended API function call provides parameter values associated with a host off-loadable packet exchange sequence. Using the parameter values, a NAP module intercepts and responds to one or more incoming network packets associated with the host off-loadable packet exchange sequence while the host processor is in a sleep mode state or is transitioning between sleep mode states.
US09247368B2
A loudspeaker cone body made of paper may include a chemically-bound nanomaterial, such as a carbon nanotube. The carbon nanotube may be chemically bound to a functionalizing agent having a chemical group chemically bound to one or more papermaking additives, such as a sizing agent or a wet strength agent, a dry strength agent, a resin or cellulose-containing papermaking stock material typically present in a paper loudspeaker cone body, such as pulp. Acoustic-related loudspeaker performance characteristics such as stiffness to weight ratio and an acoustic damping of the loudspeaker cone body may be altered by incorporation of the nanomaterials chemically bound to the loudspeaker cone body.
US09247366B2
A microphone test fixture. The test fixture includes a test chamber, an acoustic source, a reference microphone, and an acoustic resistor. The acoustic source is configured to produce sound waves in the test chamber. The reference microphone is positioned to receive the sound waves in the test chamber. The acoustic resistor forms a contiguous space with the test chamber, and is sized to prevent resonances and echoes of the sound waves for a fixed high frequency limit.
US09247362B2
A spa enabled to permit a user to conduct hands-free mobile telephone calls while immersed in the spa, comprising a Bluetooth enabled audio system contained in one or more watertight compartments, including a microphone and one or more speakers, whereby the Bluetooth enabled audio system is adapted to be paired with and wirelessly communicate with a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone to permit hands-free use in the spa.
US09247361B2
A hearing aid fitting management system comprises a fitting device, a server, and a client device that are connectable to each other in a network. The server stores hearing ability data received from the client device as a hearing ability certificate, produces a prescription number corresponding to the hearing ability certificate, and sends the prescription number to the client device. The fitting device sends the server the prescription number that has been inputted. The server sends the fitting device the hearing ability certificate corresponding to the prescription number received from the fitting device. The fitting device sends the hearing ability certificate to a hearing aid, and limits the settings in the fitting of the hearing aid to within the range of the hearing ability data.
US09247353B2
An acoustic coupler for a hearing device. The hearing device including a microphone. The acoustic coupler includes an earphone receptacle formed to releasably engage an earphone therein and a securing feature formed to detachably engage the coupler to the hearing device in proximity to the microphone.
US09247344B2
A loudspeaker includes a magnetic system defining a magnetic gap, a vibrating system, and a supporting system. The vibrating system includes a diaphragm, a voice coil bobbin disposed in the magnetic gap, a coil lead wire having a first end and a second end, and a voice coil wound around the voice coil bobbin and electrically connected to the first end. The supporting system includes a frame fixed to the magnetic system and receiving the vibrating system. The frame has a terminal electrically connected to the second end of the coil lead wire. The diaphragm is received in the frame. The voice lead wire includes at least one carbon nanotube wire structure. The carbon nanotube wire structure includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes.
US09247338B2
There is provided an electroacoustic transducer including: an oscillation device (10) that outputs a sound wave (30) from a first vibrating surface, and outputs a sound wave (32), having an opposite phase to that of the sound wave (30), from a second vibrating surface which is opposite to the first vibrating surface; a waveguide (40) that is provided on the first vibrating surface and that includes an open end (46); a waveguide (50) that is provided on the second vibrating surface, and includes an open end (56) which faces the same direction as the open end (46); and a sound wave filter (80) that is provided in the waveguide (50) and attenuates the sound wave (32).
US09247333B2
There is provided a microphone device with which an operation state of the microphone device may be easily checked and that may effectively reduce noise to be played back, the noise being caused by vibration that has propagated through a table or the like. A microphone device is configured such that a microphone case 2 in which a microphone unit 3 for converting a speech wave into a speech signal is housed is supported by a stand arm 25 via a coupling member 11 formed of a light-transmissive elastic material, and light emitted from a light source (LED) 14 housed in the microphone case 2 or the stand arm 25 is projected to an outside through the coupling member. Control is performed such that the light source 14 is lit in an on state in which a speech signal is output from the microphone unit 3.
US09247332B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for capturing sound for communication by mounting one or more intra-oral microphones to capture sound; and mounting a mouth wearable communicator in the oral cavity to communicate sound with a remote unit.
US09247330B2
A speaker module includes a speaker, a bracket and a pair of conductive pins. The bracket holds the speaker. The pair of pins is arranged diagonally on the corners of the bracket and is configured for mounting to and electrically connecting the speaker with a PCB.
US09247326B2
Systems and methods for increasing bandwidth in a computer network are provided. A computer network can include a first lower level switch having a first port and a second port. The computer network can include a second lower level switch having a first port and a second port. The computer network can include an upper level switch having respective ports directly coupled to ports of the first and second lower level switches. A third port of the upper level switch can couple to a first port of a passive optical splitter. The passive optical splitter can have second and third ports coupled to respective ports of the first and second lower level switches. The passive optical splitter can be configured to transmit signals received at its first port as output signals on both of its second and third ports.
US09247316B2
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for facilitating decoding of protected media information using a secure operating system. According to one exemplary technique, encoded media information that is encrypted is received at a secure process of a secure operating system of a computing system. At least a portion of the encoded media information that is encrypted is decrypted in the secure process. The portion of the encoded media information includes header information. Additionally, the header information is sent from the secure operating system to a software decoder for control of decoding hardware. The software decoder is included in a process for an application. Also, the decoding hardware is securely provided access to the encoded media information for decoding of the encoded media information to produce decoded media information.
US09247303B2
A display apparatus comprising a display configured to display a plurality of spaces in a form of a polyhedron is provided. The plurality of spaces each correspond to a different category. The apparatus displays a rotatable Graphical User Interface (GUI), a user interface is configured to receive a user interaction for the GUI, and a controller is configured to, when one of the plurality of spaces in a form of a polyhedron is selected as the GUI is rotated according to the user interaction, control to display a selected space as a main space, and display at least one content-related information included in a category corresponding to the selected space.
US09247302B2
The present invention relates to a method for providing a widget service. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for providing a widget service for a receiving device using a Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)-2 layer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving MPEG broadcast data; loading a widget general information table (WGIT) stored in program specific information (PSI) of the MPEG broadcast data; loading the information indicated by a widget information table (WIT) of the WGIT; and generating a widget using the information indicated by the WIT.
US09247299B1
Provided is a method and system for displaying video from a plurality of video streams on a display. It includes an input interface for receiving video data from a plurality of video streams and transferring the video data to a frame controller in communication with a television display. The frame controller causes the video data from each of the plurality of different video streams to be displayed in a separate frame on the television display, and each frame occupying an area of the television display separate from an area occupied by any other frame. The frame controller displays a channel group on the television display. The channel group comprises a list of channels sharing at least one common attribute.
US09247292B2
A particular method includes receiving, at a set-top box device, an activation request from a monitoring service associated with activation of a video camera coupled to the set-top box device. The activation request is received when one or more alert conditions are satisfied. The method further includes activating the video camera based on a response to a prompt.
US09247271B2
The invention concerns a method for encoding a video stream, an associated method for decoding a video stream, an associated encoder, an associated decoder and associated computer programs. The encoding method is directed to encoding a video stream comprising at least one video sequence, comprising, for the encoding of a square or rectangular block of a picture of a video sequence of the video stream, selecting a motion information predictor for the block from a list of candidate motion information predictors, and entropic encoding of an index representative of a position of the selected motion information predictor in the list.
US09247260B1
A hybrid bitmap-mode video coding system encodes and decodes a plurality of video frames with optimized coding performance. The coding system filters a video frame to determine an appropriate encoding mode. In response to the video frame to be encoded in bitmap-mode, the coding system generates a bitmap and DCT-type data of the video frame. The bitmap data of the video frame are encoded losslessly to keep the high quality of the video frame. The DCT-type data of the video frame are encoded with compression. The bitmap-mode encoding enables the coding system to flexibly encode part of a video frame data lossless and encode the rest of the frame data lossy. As such, the lossless encoding of the frame provides high quality of important data of the frame, and at the same time maintains high compression ratio on less important data of the frame.
US09247256B2
Methods and systems may provide for utilizing a skip check module located in a video processing component to facilitate Scalable Video Coding (SVC) by determining cost relating to compression techniques. In one example, the method may include determining a location value associated with a current macro-block (MB), determining a source surface value associated with the current MB, determining a reference surface value associated with the current MB, determining a skip center value associated with the current MB, and calculating a cost value for utilizing a compression technique using the location value, the source surface value, the reference surface value, and the skip center value.
US09247251B1
Encoding and decoding using right-edge extension for quad-tree intra-prediction may include identifying a current frame from the plurality of frames, the current frame including a plurality of blocks, identifying a current block from the plurality of blocks, identifying a proximal reconstructed pixel, wherein the proximal reconstructed pixel is proximally above the current block, identifying a distant reconstructed pixel, wherein the distant reconstructed pixel is a most proximate reconstructed pixel above the proximal reconstructed pixel such that a reconstructed pixel proximally to the right of the distant reconstructed pixel is available for prediction, generating a prediction pixel based on the proximal reconstructed pixel, the distant reconstructed pixel, and the reconstructed pixel proximally to the right of the distant reconstructed pixel, and generating a predicted pixel for the current block based on the prediction pixel.
US09247242B2
An apparatus for coding video information according to certain aspects includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit stores difference video information associated with a difference video layer of pixel information derived from a difference between an enhancement layer and a corresponding base layer of the video information. The processor determines a value of a video unit based on the difference video layer. The processor is further configured to refrain from performing a transform and residual coding of the determined value of the video unit.
US09247230B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first display control unit that causes a display unit to display a first 3D image, a receiving unit that receives, from a user, a message indicating whether an amount of parallax of the first 3D image being displayed on the display unit is within an allowable range, a determining unit that determines an estimated allowable range on the basis of the message received by the receiving unit so that if the message indicates that the amount of parallax of the 3D image being displayed is not within the allowable range, the amount of parallax is not included in the estimated allowable range; and a second display control unit that causes the display unit to display a second 3D image on the basis of the estimated allowable range.
US09247222B2
A projection display with an imaging system is described, which is implemented to generate individual images in a distribution, such as a two-dimensional distribution, of sub-areas of an imaging plane of the imaging system, and a multi-channel optics that is configured to map one allocated individual image or one allocated sub-area of the imaging system each per channel, such that the mapping of the individual images is at least partly superimposed to an overall image in a projection surface, wherein the projection surface is a non-planar free-form surface, such as a curved surface, and/or tilted with respect to the imaging plane, and the imaging system is implemented such that constellations of points in the sub-images, each superimposed in a respective common point in the overall image by the multi-channel optics, differ depending on what distance the respective common point in the overall image has to the multi-channel optics.
US09247221B2
A scanning type projector two-dimensionally projecting a laser beam and generating an image according to the present invention comprises: a light source having a light intensity corresponding to a pixel of the image and emitting a laser beam having an elliptical beam; a collimator lens collimating a laser beam emitted from the light source without converting the same into focused light; a beam contracting/shaping element that reduces a luminous beam width in a predetermined direction of the laser beam emitted from the collimator lens; a condensing lens that converts a laser beam emitted from the beam contracting/shaping element into focused light corresponding to a projection distance; and a two-dimensional scanning unit configured to two-dimensionally scan and project a laser beam emitted from the condensing lens.
US09247220B2
An imaging apparatus includes a prism for separating a first luminous flux into a plurality of second luminous fluxes, a plurality of imaging sensors disposed corresponding to the second luminous fluxes, an image generator for generating image data based on output image signals, and focus controller for executing a focusing operation based on focus detection image signals. The imaging sensors each have a plurality of imaging pixels and a plurality of phase difference pixels disposed in a specific pattern. An arrangement of a first imaging sensor, which is one of the plurality of imaging sensors, is different from an arrangement of a second imaging sensor, which is another one of the plurality of imaging sensors. The specific pattern is such that a position of a phase difference pixel of the first imaging sensor does not overlap with a position of a phase difference pixel of the second imaging sensor.
US09247219B2
Doorbell systems can be configured to detect temperature of an outdoor environment. Accordingly, some embodiments of the doorbell system can include a doorbell, a button coupled to the doorbell, and a temperature sensor coupled to the doorbell. Doorbell systems can also be configured to regulate temperature within a doorbell. As such, some embodiments of the doorbell system can include the doorbell, a button coupled to the doorbell, and a heating element located inside the doorbell.
US09247215B1
A device is disclosed for detecting and imaging an object comprising a sensor node including a sensor for sensing the object and a camera for recording an image of the object. A wireless sensor radio is connected to the camera for transmitting the recorded image of the object to a display node for displaying the image of the object at a remote location.
US09247211B2
A method and system for performing video content analysis based on two-dimensional image data and depth data are disclosed. Video content analysis may be performed on the two-dimensional image data, and then the depth data may be used along with the results of the video content analysis of the two-dimensional data for tracking and event detection.
US09247194B2
A system that enables an event or moments within an event to be captured and provided in a record that preserves at least some aspects of the participant's perspective of the event. In particular, the present invention involves centralized recording of the event in one or more modes including video, audio, and still image recordings and a system that enables a participant (i.e., one who perceives the event) to select portions of the event recording substantially contemporaneously with the event occurrence. A personalized record is made by duplicating the selected portions from the event record. In a particular example, the personalized record is recorded on a digital media such as a compact disc (CD) or digital video disk (DVD) or the like.
US09247192B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal and an audio zooming method thereof capable of effectively capturing audio based on an image while capturing and reproducing video. According to the present disclosure, if an event for changing the capture location or range or capture mode of a subject occurs when capturing the subject while capturing the sound of the subject in a predetermined sound capture range, the sound of the subject may be captured by changing a sound capture angle and automatically controlling a sound capture range according to the relevant event, and if an event for changing the capture location or range or capture mode of a subject occurs, the sound of the subject may be captured by automatically controlling a sound capture range according to the event.
US09247178B2
A demonstration device includes a handheld terminal and a receiving terminal. The handheld terminal includes a mode switch key, and a first micro control unit. The mode switch key can generate a mode switch trigger signal to change from TV signal mode for example, to whiteboard mode. The receiving terminal includes a second micro control unit, and a mode switch executing unit. The second micro control unit can receive the mode switch control signal, and the mode switch executing unit can switch the receiving terminal from TV signal mode to a whiteboard mode according to the mode switch control signal. The receiving terminal draws a picture with lines of particular colors and widths according to movements of the handheld terminal when held in a user's hand.
US09247171B2
A sensitivity adjustment device may include: a light receiver configured to receive a reflected light that has been emitted from a light emitting unit and reflected by a reflector, the light receiver being configured to convert the reflected light into an analog electrical signal; an A/D converter configured to convert the analog electrical signal into a digital signal; a threshold value calculator configured to calculate a threshold value with reference to a voltage level of the digital signal that has been sequentially converted and output by the A/D converter; and a determination unit configured to compare a high voltage level of the digital signal with the threshold value.
US09247170B2
An image sensor having pixel circuitry operable in multiple gain modes is provided. The pixel circuitry may include first and second floating diffusion (FD) regions, a first photodiode coupled to the first FD region via a first transfer gate, a second photodiode coupled to the first FD region via a second transfer gate, a third photodiode coupled to the second FD region via a third transfer gate, and a fourth photodiode coupled to the second FD region via a fourth transfer gate. The first FD region may be coupled to the second FD region via first and second control transistors. The control transistors may be connected to a shared reset transistor. During readout, both control transistors may be deactivated to provide a high gain mode, only one transistor may be activated to provide an intermediate gain mode, or both control transistors may be activated to provide a low gain mode.
US09247168B2
An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device including focus detecting pixels which are arranged together in a region in which imaging pixels are arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, a separating unit configured to separate imaging signals and focus detection signals from pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, to output horizontal direction focus detection signals output from a horizontal direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a row direction and vertical direction focus detection signals output from a vertical direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a column direction, a horizontal direction focus detection processing unit configured to convert a format in which the horizontal direction focus detection signals are output to a predetermined format.
US09247166B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, a solid-state imaging device, and a camera device capable of making white flaws unnoticeable even with a reduced cell size.The solid-state image sensor includes: a register unit formed as an n-type impurity region extending in a first direction; a reading unit configured to read charge from the photoelectric conversion unit into the register unit and formed as a p-type impurity region extending in the same direction as the register unit; a horizontal element isolation unit configured to prevent leakage of charge from the photoelectric conversion unit and formed as a p-type impurity region extending in the same direction as the register unit; and multiple transfer electrodes configured to apply voltage for changing potential distribution of the register unit, wherein a total amount of n-type impurity forming the register unit below a low-level electrode having a standby voltage of a predetermined low value among the transfer electrodes is smaller than a total amount of n-type impurity forming the register unit below a middle-level electrode having a standby voltage higher than the predetermined low value.
US09247162B2
A system for performing digital correlated double sampling in an image sensor includes a memory for storing most significant bits of the digital image data and reset data produced by an analog-to-digital convertor. The system further includes least significant bit latches for each of the digital image data and reset data. The most significant bits are recombined with the least significant bits in respective recombined latches for each of the digital image data and reset data. A correlated double sampling stage then performs correlated double sampling and stores the correlated double sampled data in memory.
US09247158B2
A portable video production system includes a stand, a prompter portion, a mirror, a piece of glass, and a measuring device. The stand includes a table and a plurality of legs, and is configured to adjust a height of the legs based on a height of a user. The prompter portion includes a plurality of legs and a plurality of supports, and the supports extend between the legs of the prompter portion. The mirror is connected between first and second supports of the plurality of supports, and is configured to reflect a display of a laptop. The piece of glass is connected between third and fourth supports of the plurality of supports, and reflects the reflection of the display from the mirror to provide a reflected image to the user and to enable a video to be filmed through the glass without the reflected image appearing in the video. The measuring component is connected to the table, and extends from the table and being of a first specific length to indicate a first distance for the user to stand from the table.
US09247154B2
To more flexibly reproduce moving image data obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition. For example, moving image data, which has been obtained by capturing a plurality of frames within the period of a single frame of display output while changing the exposure condition, is stored in a recording portion. When the moving image data is reproduced from the recording portion, a single frame is selected and output by a reproduced frame selecting portion for each period of a single frame of display output. If a user operation instructing to make the displayed image darker, in response to this user operation, a frame having an exposure condition of underexposure is selected and output from the moving image data to be reproduced from the recording portion for each period of a single frame of display output.
US09247147B2
When a captured image having the first aspect ratio is to be output, the first captured image obtained by imaging the first imaging range is output. When a captured image having the second aspect ratio smaller at the ratio of the length in one of the vertical and horizontal directions to the length in the other direction than the first aspect ratio is to be output, the second captured image with an imaging range in the one direction corresponding to the first imaging range is output.
US09247145B2
According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus includes a position specifying unit, a first display control unit, and a second display control unit. The position specifying unit specifies a retrieval start position indicating an arbitrary place within a predetermined order of images based on a user operation. The first display control unit controls displaying an image corresponding to the retrieval start position. The second display control unit changes the displayed image in the predetermined order.
US09247110B2
A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data may be analyzed to determine that the scene has changed. A determination may be made that the scene has changed. In response to this determination being made, a communication may be transmitted to a designated device, recipient or network location. The communication may be informative that a scene change or event occurred. The communication may be in the form of a notification or an actual image or series of images of the scene after the change or event.
US09247098B2
In one embodiment, a mobile device captures images at a rate different than playback speed. The mobile device receives a user input to initiate a collection of image data by a mobile device. A timer is incremented in response to the collection of image data or in response to the user input. The mobile device compares an elapsed time of the timer to a threshold. The image data is captured at a first frame rate until the elapsed time reaches the threshold and at a second frame rate when the timer exceeds the threshold. A series of thresholds may be used.
US09247097B2
A multi-purpose scanner comprises a first body, a second body and a scanning module. The second body is disposed on the first body. A first passageway and a second passageway, which are for accommodating a first portion and a second portion of an angled document, and are disposed on a first plane and a second plane, respectively, are formed between the first body and the second body. An included angle is formed between the first plane and the second plane. The scanning module, disposed in the first body and/or the second body, performs an image scan operation on the first portion of the angled document in the first passageway to obtain an image signal.
US09247080B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a comparison unit that compares image data with read data obtained by reading a medium on which an image of the image data is formed, an acquisition unit that acquires a variation region that varies in plural image data items or in plural read data items, and an output unit that outputs a comparison result of the comparison unit such that the variation region is in an invisible state.
US09247079B2
An information processing apparatus includes first electronic circuit and one or a plurality of second electronic circuits. The first electronic circuit has a first buffer for storing information, and is configured to execute predetermined first information processing by reading out information from a memory connected via a first transmission path, and write the information processed by the first information processing into the memory. The one or plurality of second electronic circuits have a second buffer for storing information, and are connected to the first electronic circuit via a second transmission path different from the first transmission path, and the one or plurality of second electronic circuits are configured to execute second information processing different from the first information processing. The first electronic circuit is configured to execute the first information processing, using the second buffer of the second electronic circuit that is in an unused state and the first buffer.
US09247078B2
Apparatus and methods for providing access to a service cloud are disclosed. Login information for a user may be received from a mobile device via a network. A unique identifier may be extracted from a digital image of the unique identifier captured by the mobile device. A user interface may be provided based on the unique identifier and user permissions associated with the user.
US09247076B2
A portable terminal device includes a vibrator configured to vibrate a housing; an analysis section configured to execute frequency analysis on an input sound from a microphone; a calculating section configured to calculate an amount of temporal change of a spectrum obtained by the analysis section for the input sound when the housing vibrates; and a control section configured to execute incoming-call control depending on the amount of temporal change calculated by the calculating section.
US09247062B2
A system and method including receiving a request to enqueue a communication session; adding the communication session to the queue of a plurality of communication sessions; upon adding the communication to the queue, transferring control logic to the configured wait-state application; receiving a dequeue request initiated by a second entity; in response to the dequeue request, managing the procession of communication sessions in the queue; and dequeuing a communication session from the queue.
US09247051B2
Systems and methods for tracking and responding to mobile events in a relationship management system
A method and apparatus for tracking and responding to mobile events in a relationship management system is described. The method may include detecting a mobile event associated with a user of a relationship management system. Furthermore, the method may include analyzing the mobile event to determine at least one relationship management process associated with the user for which the mobile event is related. The method may also include generating one or more relationship management system notifications for transmission to the mobile device of the user prior to initiation of the mobile event, and generating one or more relationship management suggestions or relationship management system notifications for transmission to the mobile device of the user after a termination of the mobile event.
US09247046B2
Methods and apparatus for transmitting data are provided. A relationship, between a sender of a call signal and a receiver of a call signal, that exists in at least one network service server, is confirmed. Data associated with the sender is selected based on the relationship between the sender and the receiver. The data associated with the sender is transmitted to the receiver.
US09247034B2
A heat dissipation structure includes a heat conduction support body disposed in a handheld electronic device. The heat conduction support body has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. A chamber is defined between the first and second faces. More than one capillary structure and a working fluid are disposed in the chamber. One of the first and second faces or both of the first and second faces are in contact with the electronic components of the handheld electronic device. One of the first and second faces is in contact with the housing of the handheld electronic device. Accordingly, the heat generated by the electronic components can be quickly conducted and dissipated outward.
US09247031B2
Methods and related apparatus are described of operating a transaction proxy to act as a conduit for a structured transaction, such as Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) structured dialog between a first transaction peer, for instance an Short Message Service Center (SMSC), and a second transaction peer, for instance an Mobile Switching Center (MSC). The method comprises the steps of: receiving a begin message; determining an address of the first transaction peer from the begin message; responding to the begin message by sending a continue message to the first transaction peer; and, if no abort message is received from the first transaction peer, forwarding the begin message to the second transaction peer. Embodiments of the invention employ the techniques for filtering mobile terminating forward Short Message (mt-forwardSM) messages containing spoofed addresses in Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) systems.
US09247030B2
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of transmitting information of a heavy equipment vehicle for construction, in which a plurality of slave vehicles having slave communication equipment mounted thereon, master communication equipment capable of communicating with the slave communication equipment of each slave vehicle or a master vehicle having the master communication equipment mounted thereon, and a server capable of communicating with the master communication equipment are provided, and information of each slave vehicle is transmitted to the server through each piece of the slave communication equipment and the master communication equipment, and control information of the server is transmitted to each slave vehicle through the master communication equipment and each piece of slave communication equipment.
US09247021B1
A content management system may instantiate, from the same super class defined in a database schema, principal objects representing users and groups and content objects representing documents and folders. The principal objects and the content objects share the same social interaction functions. When a content object is modified, the system can create a message in which the content object identifies itself as a first person, update a message table such that any follower of the content object is notified of the message, and update a profile or feed associated with the content object. At least because content objects can “socialize” like principal objects, the system can generate a social graph containing content objects as nodes, map relationships among principal objects and content objects, and make recommendations to perhaps change/enhance such relationships.
US09247020B2
Devices and methods for receiving sections of media content and receiving ranked content and caching sections of content are disclosed herein. Media content can be received by a device and filtered as a function of relevance to user interest. In an aspect, the device can receive sections of the content ranked based at least in part on popularity and respective sections of the media content can be cached based on the ranking. In another aspect, the device can present subset of the cached media content sections to users belonging to social circle networks and social circles.
US09247018B2
A method and an apparatus for cooperation between push devices to improve the validity and reachability of Internet Protocol (IP) connections. The method for cooperation between push devices includes: obtaining, by a Push proxy, a Push identifier and an address of a Push client; storing, by the Push proxy, a mapping between the Push identifier and the address of the Push client; and if the address of the Push client changes, updating, by the Push proxy, the corresponding address in the mapping. With the embodiments of the present invention, validity and reachability of IP connections can be improved, and the real-time performance and reliability of Push messages can be improved.
US09247015B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user.
US09247011B2
A system and method is provided for reducing latency when providing user location information services. The system is implemented in a computer infrastructure which includes computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium. The executable code is operable to trigger a location based service to obtain user location information prior to the user registering for location services.
US09247004B2
A health-monitoring system and method are disclosed. The health-monitoring system and method comprise a sensory system and a sensory to front-end communication (SFCM) protocol coupled to the sensory system. The health-monitoring system and method include a front-end system coupled to the sensory system and a front-end to back-end communication (FBCM) protocol coupled to the front-end system. The health-monitoring system and method include a back-end system. The SFCM protocol communicates with the front-end system using a first state awareness link and the FBCM protocol communicates with the back-end system using a second state awareness link.
US09247001B2
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.
US09246993B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive from a user a machine-readable code associated with a group. The group can be identified based on the machine-readable code. A set of current members of the group can be identified. The user can be provided with access to the set of current members of the group. In some instances, an identifier for the user can be received. The user can be added, based on the identifier, to the set of current members of the group. The current members can be provided with access to the set of current members including the user.
US09246991B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include actions of transmitting a first user interface engine (UIE) to a first computing device, the first UIE being specific to a first operating system of the first computing device, transmitting a second UIE to a second computing device, the second UIE being specific to a second operating system of the second computing device, the first operating system being different from the second operating system, and transmitting one or more templates to the first computing device and the second computing device, the one or more templates being agnostic to the first operating system and the second operating system, each of the one or more templates being processable using the first UIE and the second UIE to display a first user interface and a second user interface on the first mobile device and the second mobile device, respectively.
US09246987B2
Embodiments relate to operating a service registry for web services, the service registry comprising a plurality of different environments for the web services. An aspect includes detecting the creation of a first endpoint definition document for a specific web service, the first endpoint definition document defining address data for the specific web service in one environment. Another aspect includes accessing data defining the different environments associated with the service registry. Another aspect includes creating one or more additional endpoint definition documents for the specific web service from the first endpoint definition document and the accessed data. Yet another aspect includes storing the one or more additional endpoint definition documents using the service registry.
US09246986B1
Methods and apparatus for supporting instance ordering selection policies (ISOPs) for network-accessible resources are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resource instances of a provider network, and a resource manager. The resource manager assigns an ISOP to be used to respond to instance acquisition requests of a specified type from a particular client. In response to a request of the specified type from the client, the resource manager determines, based at least in part on the ISOP, an order in which a plurality of resource groups (such as a set of instances reservations of the client, or an instance marketplace accessible to multiple clients) is to be examined to obtain an instance for the client. Starting with a first resource group, the resource manager examines each resource group until an instance matching instance selection criteria specified in the request is found.
US09246982B2
Methods and systems for reducing network usage of a computing device are provided herein. The method includes receiving a network call relating to a network transfer from an application at an application programming interface of the computing device. The method also includes determining whether the network transfer is relevant to a current state of the application and procrastinating the network transfer if it is not relevant to the current state of the application.
US09246981B2
A technology is disclosed by which, when plural content data are successively transmitted from a server apparatus to a reproduction apparatus through a client apparatus, if the transmission is interrupted, the transmission of the content data can be resumed from the point at which the transmission is interrupted. The transfer device includes a storage section for storing a transmission object list including content identification information corresponding to plural content data to be transmitted from a server apparatus to a reproduction apparatus connected to a client apparatus through the client apparatus. A reception section successively receives the content data from the server apparatus. A transmission section successively transfers the successively received content data to the reproduction apparatus. A control section deletes, every time content data is transferred, the corresponding content identification information from the transmission object list stored in the storage section.
US09246976B2
A method and apparatus for controlling HTTP sockets in a client device are provided. The HTTP socket control method for a client device includes finding, when an HTTP request is issued, a suitable socket in a socket pool containing at least one socket for each of a plurality of destination IP groups, sending the HTTP request to a server through the found suitable socket, and updating, when a response for the request is received from the server, socket information of the found socket in the socket pool.
US09246970B2
Methods and systems for compensating for delay or jitter are provided. The methods, for example, may include, but are not limited to receiving, by a processor, one or more data streams from one or more electronic devices, transmitting, by the processor, the one or more data streams to one or more displays, determining, by the processor, delay and jitter in the one or more data streams transmitted by the processor, and requesting, by the processor, at least one of the one or more electronic devices to adjust a respective data stream via a communication system.
US09246965B1
Directing a video player to a video source is disclosed. An indication that a client requires video streaming instructions is received. A past download performance for a plurality of clients that or correlated to the client requiring video streaming instructions is determined. At least one of: a content source, and a bitrate, is selected, based at least in part on the determined past download performance of the plurality of correlated clients. The client is provided with instructions based at least in part on the selection.
US09246964B2
A method, system and computer program product for servicing media content. In one embodiment, the media content is processed by having each of a group of services process increments of the media content, one increment at a time; and the order in which the services process these increments is orchestrated to process all of the media content in accordance with a defined procedure. In one embodiment, the increments of the media content are passed, one increment after another, to at least a plurality of the services in a defined order. In an embodiment, each time one of the plurality of services passes one of the increments of the media content to a subsequent one of the services in the defined order, the one of the plurality of services requests another increment of the media content from a preceding one of the services in the defined order.
US09246961B2
The principles described herein provide methods and systems of providing a user interface to allow a user to compose and send an electronic communication quickly and conveniently. For example, a user interface includes split-pane interface having a navigable tray area and a composition area. The navigable tray area may include categories of trays, each tray including a navigable listing of content items that may form part of the electronic communication. The navigable tray area allows the user to navigate from one tray to the next to access different types of content items to be used in composing the electronic communication. When composing an electronic communication, a user can select an item in a tray, and the item is previewed in the composition area and can become part of the electronic communication.
US09246953B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for composition of elements in a communication session with session sharing. According to one embodiment, a method for composition of elements in a communication session can comprise processing the communication session with a first element participating in the communication session, updating state information for the communication session with the first element based on the processing of the communication session by the first element, and passing the state information from the first element to a second element participating in the communication session. The method can further comprise receiving the state information from the first element at the second element, processing the communication session with the second element based on the state information for the communication session, and updating the state information for the communication session with the second element based on the processing of the communication session by the second element.
US09246947B2
A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer program product for providing secure consumption of applications from mobile devices, The method comprises receiving a security policy associated with usage of an application by a user using a mobile device, the security policy comprising at least one vulnerability indication; receiving at least partial code of the application; identifying at least one JavaScript instruction in the code, the at least one JavaScript instruction associated with the security vulnerability; and adding additional JavaScript instructions to the code for handling the security vulnerability.
US09246945B2
In one aspect, a method for managing a security policy having multiple policy items includes the steps of: (a) mapping permissions to the policy items which apply to usage of the permissions so as to determine which of the permissions are granted to groups of users by each of the policy items; (b) identifying at least one of the policy items mapped in step (a) that is in violation of least privilege based on a comparison of an actual permission usage with the security policy; (c) identifying at least one of the policy items mapped in step (a) that increases operational risk; (d) verifying that policy constructs in the security policy are consistent with policy constructs inferred from the actual permission usage; and (e) identifying optimizations of the security policy based on output from one or more of steps (a)-(d).
US09246939B2
A method is provided for preventing denial-of-service attacks on hosts attached to a subnet, where the attacks are initiated by a remote node over an external network. The method is performed by a router which forwards packets between the external network and the subnet. The router receives a packet for forwarding to a destination address in an address space of the subnet according to the IPv6 protocol and looks up the destination address in a Neighbor Discovery (ND) table. The ND table is populated by operations on the subnet that were completed prior to receipt of the packet. Entries in the ND table store address information of the hosts that have been verified by the router to be active. The router forwards the packet to the destination address if the destination address is stored in the ND table. Otherwise, the packet is discarded.
US09246938B2
A system and method of detecting malware. A program file is received and analysis performed to identify URLs embedded in the program file. The URLs are categorized as a function of a URL filter database and a malware probability is assigned to each URL identified. A decision is made on how to dispose of the program file as a function of the malware probability of one or more of the URLs identified. In one example approach, a malware type is also assigned to the program file as a function of one or more of the URLs identified.
US09246936B1
Described herein are methods, network devices and machine-readable media for conducting a simulated phishing attack on a first group of individuals, and performing an analysis of the group's performance to the simulated attack. In the analysis, an aggregate performance of the first group is compared with an aggregate performance of individuals from a second group. Standardizing the simulated phishing attacks for individuals from both the first and second groups is necessary in order for the performance of the first group to be fairly or meaningfully compared to the performance of the second group. To ensure uniformity in the simulated phishing attacks, messages thereof may be constructed from template messages, the template messages having placeholders for individual-specific and company-specific information.
US09246930B2
A pattern matching system for a network security device includes a pattern matching card configured to generate a pattern matching result by matching data of a received packet with a pre-stored pattern of a signature pattern table, and an analyzing engine configured to copy the packet and transfer the copied packet to the pattern matching card and configured to detect a bad traffic based on packet analysis information of the packet and the pattern matching result received from the pattern matching card. The analyzing engine is configured to detect a bad traffic based on a pattern matching result for a single packet and packet analysis information during a single-packet-based analysis and is configured to detect a bad traffic based on a pattern matching result for successive packets and packet analysis information during a multi-packet-based analysis.
US09246919B2
A portable information terminal apparatus includes an obtaining unit that causes an information apparatus shared by multiple users to obtain an access token that contains access right information indicating that the information apparatus has an access right to an external service utilization system, and obtains the obtained access token, and a request unit that transmits the access token obtained by the obtaining unit to the information apparatus upon requesting the external service utilization system to execute a service operation, and causes the information apparatus to perform data communication with the external service utilization system in response to a request for execution of the service operation, using the access token.
US09246914B2
An approach is provided for providing biometric information processing using distributed computation. A biometric information processing infrastructure determines to receive an input including, at least in part, biometric information. The biometric information processing infrastructure selects one or more analyses for processing the input. The biometric information processing infrastructure also determines one or more processes associated with the one or more analyses. The biometric information processing infrastructure further determines to derive one or more computation closures from the one or more processes. The biometric information processing infrastructure determines to decompose the one or more computation closures for distribution in one or more computation spaces.
US09246913B2
A content sharing device may receive, from a content providing device, information that identifies content to be shared with a dongle device via a content sharing service. The content sharing device may receive, from the content providing device, information that identifies a contact with which the content is to be shared. The content sharing device may determine, based on the information that identifies the contact, a dongle device identifier. The dongle device identifier may include a network address associated with the dongle device. The content sharing device may provide, to the dongle device and based on determining the dongle device identifier, information that identifies the content. The information that identifies the content may cause the content to be accessible by a content receiving device connected to the dongle device.
US09246909B2
An image processing device controls a local resource, retrieves data files from a network, generates partial images from data included in the data files, and displays an image by combining the plurality of partial images. The partial images include first partial images that require access to the local resource and second partial images that do not require such access. Access to the local resource takes place by request and is controlled so that generation of the first partial images requires authentication of the retrieved data files. While authentication is in progress, the image processing device disallows access to the local resource and displays an image by combining the second partial images with a notification image indicating that authentication is being performed.
US09246907B2
A confidence-based authentication discovery scheme is implemented at a proxy. The scheme assumes that some level of unauthenticated browsing is allowed prior to enforcing authentication at the proxy. Once a known and trusted set of identity providers has been accessed and the user is required to authenticate at the proxy (e.g., as a result of policy), the proxy initiates Federated Single Sign-On (F-SSO) to one or more (or, preferably, all) known sites accessed by the browser. This F-SSO operation is performed seamlessly, preferably without the user's knowledge (after the user allows an initial trust decision between the proxy acting as a service provider and the external identity provider). The proxy collates the results and, based on the trust it has with those sites, produces a confidence score. That score is then used as input into policy around whether or not a user should be permitted to access a particular site.
US09246905B2
An OpenFlow network controller controls an OpenFlow network. A networking connection is established between the OpenFlow network controller and an OpenFlow network device attempting to become part of the OpenFlow network. After establishing the networking connection with the OpenFlow network device, the OpenFlow network controller attempts to authenticate the OpenFlow network device. Where authentication of the OpenFlow network device is successful, the OpenFlow network controller sends a message to the OpenFlow network device to indicate that the authentication was successful and permits the OpenFlow network device to join and perform OpenFlow messaging.
US09246904B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods that allow for secure access to websites and web-based applications and other resources available through the browser. Also described are systems and methods for invocation of a secure web container which may display data representative of a requesting party's application at a user's machine. The secure web container is invoked upon receipt of an API call from the requesting party. Thus, described in the present specification are systems and methods for constructing and destroying private, secure, browsing environments (a secure disposable web container), insulating the user and requesting parties from the threats associated with being online for the purposes of providing secure, policy-based interaction with a requesting party's online services.
US09246903B2
A method of authenticating a user to a transaction at a terminal (10), wherein a user identification is transmitted from the terminal (10) to a transaction partner (12) via a first communication channel (14), and an authentication device (18) uses a second communication channel (20) for checking an authentication function that is implemented in a mobile device (16) of the user, and, as a criterion for deciding whether the authentication to the transaction shall be granted or denied, the authentication device (18) checks whether a predetermined time relation exists between the transmission of the user identification and a response from the second communication channel, and the authentication function is normally inactive and is activated by the user only preliminarily for the transaction, the response from the second communication channel (20) includes the information that the authentication function is active, and the authentication function is automatically deactivated.
US09246901B2
A host based security system for a computer network includes in communication with the network a credential host that is operative in concert with a local computer and a destination site. The destination site has a credential authentication policy under which credentials associated with the local computer upon being authenticated authorizes data to be communicated between each of the destination site and the local computer during a communication session over the network. The credential host stores the credentials to be used by the destination and is operative to transmit the credentials onto the network in response to a request received from the local computer. The destination site upon the credentials being received and authenticated thereat is operative to transmit session information onto the network. The local computer is then operative to commence the communication session upon receipt of said the information.
US09246897B2
A method and system for login authentication is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: sending, by a first client, a first login request to a login server and receiving a mapping relationship between original characters and post-mapping characters returned by the login server according to the first login request; and sending, by a second client, a second login request to the login server according to the mapping relationship, with the second login request including post-mapping information corresponding to user information determined according to the mapping relationship. The solution in the present invention is to realize joint login by two clients, such that even if one of the clients is infected with a computer virus, no particular user information can be obtained through the infected client. Thus, the security of login authentication and the security of user information can be improved.
US09246893B2
Systems, methods and machine-readable media for providing a security service are disclosed. The methods include receiving a modification of the application object code to allow the software application to transmit a request for the security service; retrieving the modified application object code corresponding to the software application from memory; receiving, via a processor, the request for the security service from the modified application object code; and providing, via the processor, the security service. The systems and machine-readable media performing operations according to the methods disclosed.
US09246892B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for managing access to data based on information associated with a physical location of a user. These mechanisms and methods for managing access to systems, products, or data based on information associated with a physical location of a user can enable improved data management efficiency, enhanced data management accuracy, decreased data management costs, decreased licensing costs, increased security, additional marketing opportunities, etc.
US09246877B2
Techniques for placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on at least one host computing system are described. In one embodiment, a virtual switch assigned to a tenant for creating virtual networks is identified. Further, at least one host computing system having access to the virtual switch is identified. Furthermore, placing a virtual edge gateway appliance on the at least one identified host computing system is recommended to allow connectivity to networks created using the virtual switch assigned to the tenant.
US09246875B2
To identify whether a content item is prohibited, a content management system can generate a content item fingerprint for the content item and then compare the generated content item fingerprint to a blacklist of content item fingerprints for prohibited content items. If the generated content item fingerprint matches any of the content item fingerprints included in the blacklist, the content management system can determine that the content item is prohibited. The content management system can deny requests to share prohibited content items and/or requests to assign prohibited content items to a user account on the content management system. The content management system can generate the content item fingerprint using the content item as input in a fingerprinting algorithm that was used to generate the content item fingerprints on the blacklist.
US09246873B2
Techniques are described for load balancing between DHCP servers at a DHCP client. Embodiments receive load information from each of two or more DHCP servers. Here, the load information describes a current workload of the respective DHCP server from which the load information is received. One of the two or more DHCP servers is then selected at the DHCP client based on the received load information. Additionally, embodiments accept an IP address offer from the selected DHCP server.
US09246872B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for simplifying data transmission between a mobile device and a static destination address. This is achieved by introducing a new network node referred to as a VPC connector. The VPC connector is associated with a gateway of the operator network such as a GGSN. The VPC connector has access to a static first mapping between a subscriber identity associated with the mobile device and a static destination address to which the data from the mobile device should be sent. In order for the gateway to be able to route data from the mobile device to the correct static destination address, the gateway sends a dynamic second mapping between a temporary IP address of the mobile device and the subscriber identity associated with the mobile device to the network node referred to as the VPC connector. When the GGSN receives data from the temporary IP address of the mobile device, the GGSN requests information of the VPC address to which the GGSN should route that data. Since, the VPC connector can identify from which IP address the data is received, the VPC connector can then retrieve the VPC address by using the static first mapping and the dynamic second mapping.
US09246870B2
Lessons of the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attack (9/11), the Aug. 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, the Mar. 11, 2011 tsunami off the coast of Tohoku Japan and ensuing Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant malfunction, and the Oct. 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy are incorporated. Methods are disclosed for rapidly establishing alternate electronic messaging for person-to-person communications in a large-scale emergency. Details for constructing electronic access addresses comprised in part by subscriber telephone numbers and an event identifier, allows the provider to establish a default system with no specific information from the user while allowing the user to access the messages in a systematic way. No registration or passwords are required, which allows free access to all interested parties. Methods are disclosed to reunite lost pets with owners and employ cloud computing and data storage services to provide the equipment on an as needed basis.
US09246867B2
In an approach for excluding contacts from receiving a message within a social network environment, a computer receives a message to be sent by a first user in a social network environment and determines that content of the message includes a named user other than the first user. The computer determines one or more common contacts between the first user and the named user. Based on the determination of the named user in the message content and the one or more common contacts between the first user and the named user, the computer excludes, prior to sending the message, the named user and the one or more common contacts from receiving the message to be sent.
US09246866B1
A method is described for making a recommendation for an item. The method may include the operation of presenting a recommendation interface control to a user on a client device after the user has consumed an item. Using the recommendation interface control, the user then selects an individual and adds the name of the item the user consumed to the selected individual's recommendation list.
US09246864B2
A computer-implemented method implemented via the Internet for coordinating a current or future event between a user of a mobile Internet device and other users communicating through the Internet. The method includes receiving the current or future activity information pertaining to the future event from the user via the mobile Internet device. The current activity pertains to an activity occurring at a current time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The future activity pertains to an activity occurring at a future time relative to a time the future activity information is received. The method further includes transmitting the current or future activity information to a backend database coupled to the Internet, the backend database being remote from the mobile Internet device. The method further includes rendering the current or future activity information accessible to at least one recipient via the Internet. The recipient represents a subset of the users coupled to the Internet and having access privilege to information pertaining to the current or future event involving the user.
US09246859B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for an enhanced pub/sub environment whereby a peer group of publishers is defined and can collaborate to determine when to cache data being sent to a common broker or brokers. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, configuration data or the like will be read to define a peer group among the publisher systems in the pub/sub messaging environment. Once such a group has been identified, communication therebetween will be established. Once cacheable data has been identified, a unique identifier/set of cache keys will be generated corresponding thereto and associated with the set of data. A message comprising the set of data and corresponding unique identifier will then be sent to a broker system (e.g., from the publisher system(s)), which will store (or have stored) the set of data in a cache, and pass the underlying message along to applicable subscriber system(s).
US09246855B2
According to the present invention, even while a chat opening process is in progress, users can join chats by means of a simple procedure from a video game machine . Once a chat has been opened, an invitation signal can further be transmitted to other chat guests. A video game machine of an expected guest receiving the invitation signal displays a screen prompting the guest to enter the chat room, and the expected guest can join the chat by transmitting an enter room signal to a database. At this time, a chat answer signal indicating that the expected guest accepts the invitation from a chairman is transmitted from the expected guest to the chairman.
US09246850B2
A method and apparatus adapted to prevent Head-Of-Line blocking by forwarding dummy packets to queues which have not received data for a predetermined period of time. This prevention of HOL may be on an input where data is forwarded to each of a number of FIFOs or an output where data is de-queued from FIFOs. The dummy packets may be provided with a time stamp derived from a recently queued or de-queued packet.
US09246848B2
There is provided a relay apparatus configured to relay data transmitted and received between a plurality of devices, the relay apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive inputting of device group information, a first device and a second device being registered in the device group information, data transmission and reception between the first device and the second device being allowed, a setting unit configured to detect devices connected to respective communication ports of the relay apparatus and to register, in port group information, information associated with the communication ports respectively connected to the first device and the second device when the first device and the second device are connected to the relay apparatus, and a communication control unit configured to enable transmission and reception of data between the communication ports registered in the port group information.
US09246844B2
A system, apparatus, and method for controlling the operation of a service in a client device. The invention uses an existing protocol which is used for communications between an application resident in the device and a remote server to convey information about the service to the application. The information may be relevant to a service specific function, such as configuration or provisioning, or an activation or de-activation instruction, for example. The application receives the service related information, processes the information and then provides the information to the service via a notification channel. The service related information may be incorporated into a message sent from the remote server to the client device by using an element of the protocol, for example, by appending a text string to a header.
US09246843B2
A method for detecting and recovering from a transmission channel change during a streaming media session is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device detecting a stall condition resulting from a transmission channel change. The method can further include the wireless communication device capturing a snapshot of a current transmission parameter state of the streaming media session in response to detecting the stall condition. The method can also include the wireless communication device using the snapshot to restore the streaming media session to the transmission parameter state captured by the snapshot following completion of the transmission channel change.
US09246834B2
The present invention provides methods and devices for implementing a Low Latency Ethernet (“LLE”) solution, also referred to herein as a Data Center Ethernet (“DCE”) solution, which simplifies the connectivity of data centers and provides a high bandwidth, low latency network for carrying Ethernet and storage traffic. Some aspects of the invention involve transforming FC frames into a format suitable for transport on an Ethernet. Some preferred implementations of the invention implement multiple virtual lanes (“VLs”) in a single physical connection of a data center or similar network. Some VLs are “drop” VLs, with Ethernet-like behavior, and others are “no-drop” lanes with FC-like behavior. Some preferred implementations of the invention provide guaranteed bandwidth based on credits and VL. Active buffer management allows for both high reliability and low latency while using small frame buffers. Preferably, the rules for active buffer management are different for drop and no drop VLs.
US09246829B2
In one embodiment, a method includes estimating a current queuing latency, the estimated current queuing latency being associated with a queue of packets maintained in a buffer. The method also includes calculating a current drop or mark probability, the current drop or mark probability being associated with a probability that packets associated with the queue of packets will be dropped or marked. A rate at which the packets associated with the queue of packets are dequeued from the buffer is estimated in order to estimate the current queuing latency. The current drop or mark probability is calculated using the current estimated queuing latency.
US09246828B1
Techniques are described for providing traffic-aware sampling rate adjustment within network devices. As inbound packets are received at an interface, a sampling unit of a forwarding circuit of the network device samples the inbound packets at a current sampling rate and directs a subset of the inbound packets to a service card of the network device. A flow controller within the service card of the network device processes the subset of the inbound packets to generate flow records. When changes in the rate at which the inbound packets are received exceed a defined threshold, the flow controller adjusts the current sampling rate at which the forwarding circuit samples the inbound packets received at the interface. Moreover, the flow controller adaptively adjusts the sampling rate such that the flow sampling resources the device are being utilized in accordance with the utilization thresholds.
US09246821B1
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for providing a network switch for implementing weighted cost multi-pathing (WCMP). In some implementations, the switch can implement equal cost multi-pathing (ECMP) using ECMP forwarding tables. The ECMP forwarding table may include more than one output port associated with a destination address of an incoming packet. The ECMP forwarding table may become undesirably large if unequal weights were assigned to the output ports. A multi-level ECMP table can be implemented that can allow assigning weights to the output ports while being relatively small. The multi-level ECMP table can include a first level where each entry includes at most a single output port. A second level can include entries having one or more output ports.
US09246818B2
Methods and systems to alleviate congestion in leaf and spine network topologies. Control information may be advertised by spines regarding the leaves to which it is connected. The control information is advertised to other leaf switches connected to the advertising spine. The control information may include a destination leaf ID, an enroute spine ID, an FL flag and an FF flag. The FL flag is a “Flow Learn Flag,” that is set by the advertising spine that a leaf switch toward which the spine may be facing congestion above at a first predetermined threshold level. The FF flag is a “Flow Freeze Flag,” that is set when all links to the corresponding destination leaf identified are congested, and the congestion level has crossed a second predetermined threshold level.
US09246817B1
A system and method of managing traffic flow in a communication network is provided. Messages transmitted in the communication network can be monitored. A traffic flow profile for each message can be determined based on a lifetime classification type and a congestion control mechanism mode for each traffic flow profile can be determined. Traffic flow transmission can be modified in the communication network using a data flow mechanism where a data flow mechanism variable is modified based on the traffic flow profile and the congestion control mechanism mode.
US09246816B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for injecting congestion in a link between adaptors in a network. A congestion request is received for the selected adaptor at a containing network component comprising one of the network components. In response to the received congestion request, servicing the selected adaptor is delayed to introduce congestion on a link between the selected adaptor and the linked adaptor.
US09246812B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a device for routing an incoming packet to a destination, the device comprising a processor associated with a storage, in communication with a network interface, the processor being configured to receive the incoming packet; access from the storage a plurality of at least two server bits, each server bit representing a possible next hop to the destination, where if the quantity of possible next hops to the destination is less than a power of two then the quantity of server bits is equal to the next highest power of two, and wherein a quantity n is equal to the exponent of the next highest power of two; determine one or more hash bits calculated from a hash value derived from a source address, a destination address, a source port, and a destination port of the packet, wherein the quantity of hash bits is half the number of server bits; and repeatedly, for n repetitions, determine one or more output bits from a plurality of at least two inputs bits and the one or more hash bits, each input bit representing a server bit in the first repetition, the output bits representing half of the remaining possible next hops to the destination, the output bits becoming final output bits in the nth repetition or input bits to a next repetition after the first repetition.
US09246811B2
A communication method using link aggregation, the method includes receiving a transfer frame; calculating, by a first communication device, an identification number of an output port for the transfer frame among a plurality of ports using a hash function, by using a combination of a source address of the transfer frame, a destination address of the transfer frame, and a cyclic number that is generated for every combination of the source address and the destination address and represents an order of the transfer frame as a hash key; and transmitting the transfer frame from the output port.
US09246805B2
There is provided with a communication station including: a receiving unit, a determining unit, a transmitting unit and a reachability testing unit wherein the receiving unit receives a packet from a network in which a plurality of communication stations are interconnected, the determining unit determines whether the receiving unit receives a first packet in which a transmission source address is an address of a first communication station, the transmitting unit transmits a reply request packet to request a reply to the first communication station, and the reachability testing unit omits for the transmitting unit to transmit the reply request packet when the first packet is received before the transmitting unit transmits the reply request packet.
US09246802B2
Techniques are provided for managing a routing table in a distributed network switch. The distributed network switch is divided into logical switch partitions, or logical networks, that may share a routing table. The shared routing table is configured with counters and thresholds to control utilization of the routing table on a per-logical network basis. When counters exceed certain threshold, the routing table is modified to reduce routing entries within the routing table or pause insertion of new routing entries.
US09246798B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: identifying a context artifact, wherein the context artifact defines a context object type for use by the DRA; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA from an origin device; establishing a context object of the context object type defined by the context artifact; evaluating a rule that includes a context object reference, wherein the evaluation includes accessing the context object based on the context object reference; and transmitting a message based on the evaluation of the rule.
US09246793B2
A ring network of a multicast label switch path scheme includes a plurality of nodes connected to form a ring. Further, a signal input to a first one of the nodes is branched to be transmitted in first and second different directions to a second and a third one of the nodes through a first working path and a second working path, respectively, in the ring network, the second one and the third one of the nodes defining end points of the first working path and the second working path, respectively, from the first one of the nodes, and a first backup path is set from the second one of the nodes to the first one of the nodes in the first direction, and a second back up path is set from the third one of the nodes to the first one of the nodes in the second direction.
US09246792B2
Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for providing point to point data communications among compute nodes in a global combining network of a parallel computer that include: determining a class route identifier available for all of the nodes along a communications path from an origin node to a target node; configuring network hardware of each node along the communications path with routing instructions in dependence upon the available class route identifier and the network's topology; transmitting, by the origin node along the communications path, a network packet to the target node, including encoding the available class route identifier in the network packet; and routing, by the network hardware of each node along the communications path, the network packet to the target node in dependence upon the routing instructions for each node and the available class route identifier.
US09246788B2
A method is provided in one example and includes segmenting a plurality of cable modems into a plurality of groups; identifying traffic being received or transmitted by each of the plurality of cable modems that is below a threshold; and determining whether to move each of the plurality of cable modems into a low-power mode based, at least in part, on the traffic being received or transmitted by each of the plurality of cable modems.
US09246778B2
In for enhancing performance of applications, a cloud application programming interface (API) abstraction layer receives a request from an application of a given entity for core services shared among a plurality of entities. A requestor of the request is determined, and the performance level information for the requestor is determined based on entity specific performance rules defined by the given entity. The entity specific performance rules defined by the given entity are applied to requests from the application of the given entity and are not applied to requests from the other entities of the plurality of entities. The performance level information is included in the request. The request is routed for servicing by one or more of the core services using the performance level information in the request without affecting servicing of requests from other entities of the plurality of entities.
US09246771B2
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) for a user device provides an interface for communicating data with nodes in a cloud computing network. The GUI has a communication layer for establishing a dedicated communications session with the cloud computing network, and a cloud interface layer that displays data and information received from the cloud computing network to the user on a display of the device. The GUI usually remains off the visible display screen, but is moved onto the visible display screen over a current user workspace responsive to detecting a first user event. The contents of the GUI may be generated dynamically based on a context of the user workspace. The GUI is moved back to its “out-of-view” position responsive to detecting a subsequent user event, and is translucent to allow the user to see the workspace through the GUI.
US09246769B2
A system for physical link routing includes a link routing block, comprising a volume of solid material, that defines a set of link routing paths; and a first link interface, comprising a set of access points arranged in a pattern, wherein each access point of the set of access points is associated with an endpoint of a link routing path.
US09246767B2
A method of associating a function to a room within a home, includes forming a mesh network in the structure with a plurality of nodes, each node having a communication module, segmenting the nodes into rooms based upon the time of flight, obtaining an identity for at least one node in a room; and using the identity to assign a purpose to the room.
US09246756B2
A system and method is disclosed for improving the efficiency of a service department when maintaining equipment. The equipment performs self-diagnosis and periodically reports a problem or other event by automatically generating an event code indicating that an event has occurred that requires maintenance of the equipment. The system then automatically posts initial information about the event on a secure message board, such as within the company's website, for access by one or more authorized personnel via a network. The event code is applied to a look-up table pre-programmed with rules identifying authorizations of certain personnel to receive posted information about the event and to contribute to a posting thread. A communications controller then applies the rules to the thread as the event is being resolved by the authorized personnel. Authorized personnel are allowed to dynamically modify the rules after the posting of the initial information.
US09246753B2
A method and a device for predicting and determining a failure include a signal monitor that monitors the signal quality of each link, a signal quality prediction section that predicts future signal quality by using given forecast information and information on the monitored signal quality, and a failure prediction determination section that, depending on a degree of deterioration of the predicted signal quality with respect to a link, determines to bypass the link or to lower the symbol rate of the link.
US09246751B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an Ethernet ring protection switching method, network device and system. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a node obtains bandwidth information of a first link on an Ethernet ring on which the node is located, and determines that bandwidth of the first link changes, where there is at least one Ethernet ring protection instance on the Ethernet ring, and then the node determines ports of the node, where the at least one Ethernet ring protection instance passes through the ports, so that the node can query pre-configured correspondence between bandwidth information and switching information of each link on the Ethernet ring, and execute, through the ports of the node, a switching operation corresponding to the bandwidth information of the first link.
US09246750B2
A wireless communication apparatus of the present invention that uses an adaptive modulation radio scheme, includes: two-system transmission paths of an active system transmission path and an auxiliary system transmission path; a line information acquiring unit that acquires line information indicating line states of the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path; and a signal processing unit that determines whether or not a fault occurs in the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path, based on the line information acquired by the line information acquiring unit. The signal processing unit performs a setting so as to perform wireless communication using the two-system transmission paths of the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path, in a case of determining that a fault does not occur in the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path. The signal processing unit performs a setting so as to perform wireless communication using only the transmission path in which a fault does not occur among the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path, in a case of determining that a fault occurs in either one of the active system transmission path and the auxiliary system transmission path.
US09246737B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for down converting a modulated carrier signal to a demodulated baseband signal are described herein. A first switch is controlled with a first control signal which comprises a first sampling aperture with a specified frequency, wherein the first switch is on during the first sampling aperture and wherein the first switch is off outside the first sampling aperture. A second switch is controlled with a second control signal which comprises a second sampling aperture with a specified frequency, wherein the second switch is on during the second sampling aperture and wherein the second switch is off outside the second sampling aperture. The first and second control signals each control a charging and discharging cycle of a respective energy storage element so that for each switch a portion of energy is transferred to the respective energy storage element when the respective switch is on during the charging cycle, and a portion of previously transferred energy is discharged during the discharging cycle for each respective switch when the switch is off. A down-converted in-phase baseband signal portion is derived from energy accumulated at said first energy storage element during both the charging and the discharging cycles for the first energy storage element and a down-converted inverted in-phase baseband signal portion is derived from energy accumulated at said second energy storage element during both the charging and the discharging cycles for the second energy storage element, and the two portions are combined with a first differential amplifier circuit to form a down-converted differential in-phase baseband signal.
US09246733B2
A method is disclosed for detecting packet at a receiving system in a Multi-Carrier Modulation (MCM) system. The method starts with receiving a signal at the receiving system. Then during the plurality of symbol durations, a set of phases of the signal for each symbol duration is obtained, where each phase is a phase of a carrier of the number of carriers. Then a set of phase variances for each carrier of the number of carriers is obtained, where each phase variance is a difference of phases of a carrier in different symbol durations. Then a phase variance value based on the set of phase variances is computed and it is compared with a threshold to determine whether a packet has been detected from the received signal.
US09246726B2
A method is disclosed for detecting packet at a receiving system in a Multi-Carrier Modulation (MCM) system. The method starts with receiving a signal at the receiving system. Then a deviation value of the signal is computed, where the deviation value is computed at least partially based on phase differences between some number of carriers in the preamble. The deviation value is compared with a threshold to determine whether a packet has been detected from the received signal. In response to the determination that a packet has been detected, a symbol offset is computed optionally, where the symbol offset indicates a number of sample points from a beginning of a symbol.
US09246723B2
Described herein are techniques related to transmitter precoding for optimizing positioning performance. The techniques are directed to transmitting a plurality of preambles in a plurality of directions with different precoding for each transmission. The receiver analyzes the channels from the preamble and estimates the time of arrival (ToA) of the line-of-sight (LoS) component. Based on the best estimation of the earliest ToA, the receiver may determine the LoS distance between the receiver and the transmitter.
US09246720B2
A semiconductor device contains a narrow band noise detector section to detect narrow band noise in an input signal that is input by way of a power line. The semiconductor device further includes a reference signal generator section to generate a second reference signal whose amplitude value which corresponds to the narrow band noise frequency of a pre-established first reference signal is reduced, and a correlation calculation section to calculate the correlation value between the input signal and the second reference signal utilized in the frame synchronization processing of the input signal.
US09246703B2
A switch that facilitates remote port mirroring is described. The switch can include an encapsulation mechanism and a forwarding mechanism. The encapsulation mechanism can be configured to encapsulate a copy of a first packet in a second packet, thereby preserving header information (e.g., a VLAN identifier and/or a TRILL header) of the first packet. The forwarding mechanism can be configured to forward the first packet using header information of the first packet, and forward the second packet using header information of the second packet. The second packet can be received at a destination switch which extracts the first packet from the second packet, and sends the first packet on a port which is coupled to a network analyzer.
US09246700B2
Techniques are provided for controlling downstream Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) access points or other devices using a Generic Control Protocol (GCP). At the CCAP access point having a network interface and a coaxial interface, GCP control plane information is received from a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) via the network interface, where the control plane information is designed to configure the CCAP access point to enable communication over the network interface and the coaxial interface. GCP can be used to send data structures and register control messages across a network to embedded devices.
US09246699B2
Embodiments are described for a system and method for testing a plurality of web resources, such as web sites and/or web servers in a distributed client-server computer network. Embodiments include a method of configuring a proxy server to forward incoming HTTP requests back to a fixed port on the IP address of the sender of the incoming HTTP request to effectively remove the requirement of domain name resolution from the test environment. A reflective proxy server reflects requests from a source IP address back to that same IP address on a specific port on the testing computer to permit the testing of arbitrary web site domain names without performing DNS resolution at any step in the process, thus removing the need to modify the testing computer's host's file.
US09246696B2
An apparatus comprising a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to transmit a backup Label Switched Path (LSP) multicast Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (mRSVP-TE) path request (PATH) message upstream, wherein the backup LSP PATH message requests reservation of a first backup LSP to protect a first primary LSP configured to transmit multicast data, and wherein the backup LSP PATH message is transmitted to support a facility mode one to many (1:N) fast reroute protocol.
US09246694B1
Systems and methods for a conferencing system. Responsive to a new conference request received at a conference orchestration service, participants of the conference and participant regions for each determined participant are determined. A mixer topology is generated that specifies an assignment of each determined participant to at least one input channel of a plurality of mixers. A mixer state manager generates the mixer topology based on the determined participant regions and at least one regional association of a mixer. Media of each determined participant is routed to the assigned at least one input channel according to the generated mixer topology by using the conference orchestration service. The mixer state manager generates the topology responsive to a request provided by the conference state manager. The conference orchestration service receives the generated mixer topology from the mixer state manager via the conference state manager.
US09246688B1
A data licensing technology is described. A dataset is provided with license tags attached to data items in the dataset. A license file is deployed having a license tag. A query is run against the dataset with the license file, and data items are filtered out that do not have the license tag attached.
US09246687B2
A method and a corresponding apparatus for authenticating data in a digital processing system (DPS) is disclosed, wherein a root/first tier key pair associated with a first tier/root authority may sign data and second tier keys for authorizing data for processing in the DPS. The first tier/root authority may pass entitlements to the authorized second tier key, which may itself authorize third tier keys and pass entitlements to said key.
US09246667B2
An integrated circuit device may have an internal oscillator for generating a system clock, a trimming logic with a trimming register for adjusting an oscillation frequency of the internal oscillator; a serial data receiver, wherein a serial data stream includes a synchronization signal. The synchronization signal is operable to indicate that the system clock correct, too fast or too slow. The device may further have a circuit for decoding the synchronization signal operable to re-adjust a value stored in the trimming register upon evaluation of the synchronization signal.
US09246662B2
The present invention proposes methods and devices to further improve relay systems operating on the basis of carrier aggregation on the access as well as on the backhaul link. Under an aspect of such approach, there is proposed a relay node as a device, comprising a transceiver device, configured to communicate via a first interface with a terminal and via a second interface with a remote network device, wherein communication via the first and/or second interface is configured to operate based on aggregation of plural individual component carriers, and a control device, configured to perform, per component carrier: detection of a change concerning a component carrier on the first interface, sending, responsive thereto, of update information pertaining to at least the first interface towards the remote network device, reception of reconfiguration instructions, implied by the detected change, to be applied on the first interface, and initiation of reconfiguration of the first interface based on the received instructions. Similar approach is applied to a donor eNB as well as to corresponding methods and computer program products.
US09246660B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for mitigating the interference of an interfering base station (eNB) in a heterogeneous network. The method comprises: transmitting threshold value information to an interfered eNB; receiving second feedback information, which takes into account interference caused by the interfering eNB to an interfered user equipment (UE) selected by the interfered eNB, from the interfered UE on the basis of the threshold value information and first feedback information; selecting a precoding matrix for minimizing interference to the interfered UE on the basis of the second feedback information; and applying the precoding matrix and transmitting a signal to an UE, to which the interfering eNB provides service.
US09246652B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for monitoring a control channel in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives a UE-specific reference signal (URS) from at least one extended subframe, and monitors a control channel in an extended control channel region of the at least one extended subframe. The control channel is demodulated using the URS.
US09246650B2
A symbol multiplied by a first constant amplitude zero autocorrelation code CAZAC reference signal RS is transmitted in a timeslot from a first antenna of a user equipment on a first physical uplink control channel in a manner that multiplexes with other user equipments. A symbol multiplied by a second CAZAC RS is transmitted in the timeslot from a second antenna of the user equipment on a second physical uplink control channel in a manner that multiplexes with other user equipments. The first and second CAZAC RSs are orthogonal to one another by at least one of the cyclic shifts or a cover code applied to at least one of the first and the second CAZAC RSs. The symbols may be the same or different, and may represent an ACK, a NACK, or a scheduling request indicator. These teachings extend to more than two transmit antennas.
US09246647B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for transmitting and receiving information. A User Equipment (UE) obtains a sequence based on a Zadoff-Chu sequence and ejα, where a cyclic shift value α is defined per Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) symbol. The UE generates a signal by using information and the sequence. The UE transmits the signal in a SC-FDMA symbol to a Node B.
US09246625B2
In particular embodiments, providing wavelength connectivity information to a network includes establishing wavelength connectivity information for a network node of the network. The network node comprises link pairs, where a link pair has an input link and an output link. The wavelength connectivity information describes a set of available wavelengths between an input link and an output link. The wavelength connectivity information is inserted into an advertisement, and the advertisement is sent to at least a subset of the network nodes of the network in real time.
US09246623B2
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for routing traffic in a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer of a dense wavelength division multiplexing network are disclosed. For example, the method determines the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer has asymmetric traffic, and routes the asymmetric traffic in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer over a plurality of asymmetrical optical connections, wherein the plurality of asymmetrical optical connections is provided with only uni-directional equipment in the reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer layer.
US09246621B1
A system including a first gain module and a second gain module. The first gain module is configured to receive first signals generated based on a plurality of data streams mapped to a plurality of antennas including a first antenna and a second antenna, and to apply a first gain corresponding to the first antenna to the first signals. The second gain module is configured to receive second signals generated based on the plurality of data streams, and to apply a second gain corresponding to the second antenna to the second signals. The second signals are different than the first signals. The second gain is different than the first gain.
US09246616B2
An upstream multiplexer multiplexes data into first and second serialized data streams based on first and second low frequency clocks each derived from a high frequency clock. A downstream multiplexer multiplexes the first and second serialized data streams into a third serialized data stream based on the high frequency clock. A timing error detector derives an error signal indicative of a phase-misalignment between the high frequency clock and the first and second serialized data bit streams based on the high frequency clock and the first and second low frequency clocks. A phase adjuster adjusts phases of the first and second low frequency clocks relative to the high frequency clock based on the error signal so as to reduce the phase-misalignment.
US09246615B2
A system and method for measuring a propagation delay in a point to multipoint network. The system includes a central timing module which provides a timing signal to a plurality of line cards. Each of the line cards includes a local clock that is frequency locked to a 1588 clock and is configured to generate a return timing signal to the central timing module after a predetermined number of clock cycles. The central timing module measures the propagation delay based on the clock cycles of the local clock counted before the return signal is generated and the period of the local clock.
US09246605B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a radio frequency (RF) signal; synchronizing the received RF signal with a preamble to determine a time base; determining a first energy value of the received RF signal by averaging received signal strength indication (RSSI) values of the received RF signal over a first period of time; determining a second energy value of the received RF signal over a second period of time; determining a difference value between the first energy value and the second energy value; comparing the difference value with a predetermined energy threshold value; determining a quality value of the received RF signal; comparing the quality value of the received RF signal with a predetermined quality threshold value; and, if the difference value exceeds the predetermined energy threshold value or the quality value is below the predetermined quality threshold value, then erasing the time base.
US09246602B2
Provided is a quantum encryption communication apparatus of a transmission side which performs a communication process based on quantum encryption, including: a light source unit which generates a light pulse; a polarization modulating unit which performs polarization modulation of the light pulse by using a variable wavelength plate; and a controller which drives the variable wavelength plate to convert a polarization state of the light pulse to one of a plurality of predetermined polarization bases at random.
US09246590B2
An optical transceiver includes an electric terminal that can receive power from a host equipment and provide a power supply voltage to the optical transceiver, and a power failure monitor circuit that can detect an imminent loss of the power supply voltage. The power failure monitor circuit can produce a dying-gasp control signal when such imminent loss of power supply voltage is detected or when a disabling control signal is received from the host equipment. A driver can receive the dying-gasp control signal. An optical transmitter is powered by the power supply voltage and can emit a first optical signal under the control of the driver. The driver can modulate an envelope of the first optical signal in response to the dying-gasp control signal to produce a modulated envelope comprising a first dying gasp signal.
US09246589B2
An interference-free communication system having a central communication controller (CCC) with a wavelength-tunable light source that emits a tunable wavelength optical data signal, and controls the wavelength-tunable light source by conditioning, modulation and wavelength-tuning, the CCC includes a signal-transparent optical crossconnect and fiber optic network, a pencil-radiating antenna (PRA) that is a passive 2-dimensional diffractive module is coupled to the wavelength-tunable light source via the fiber optic network, the crossconnect routes the optical data signal to the PRA, the optical data signal is transmitted through a confined optical pencil beam, the PRA deflects the pencil beam in 2 angular dimensions as a function of a wavelength of the pencil beam, the deflected pencil beam is disposed for communication with an opto-electronic communication device, and a radio return channel that provides upstream communication from the communication device to the CCC includes a lack-of-connection communication between the communication device and the CCC.
US09246581B2
A communication light detecting structure includes a communication optical fiber configured to transmit communication light; a leakage optical fiber optically connected to the middle of the communication optical fiber via optical connection portions, the leakage optical fiber being different in core refractive index from the communication optical fiber; and a light detecting unit configured to detect part of the communication light leaking from the optical connection portions as leakage light. A communication light detecting optical connector includes the communication light detecting structure. A communication light detecting optical cable includes the communication light detecting structure. The communication optical fiber and the leakage optical fiber may have the same core diameter. The communication optical fiber and the leakage optical fiber may have the same cladding refractive index.
US09246572B2
A diversity indication method in GERAN/MUROS system, includes the steps: after a user receives a diversity indication, it receives data from two sub-channels, and then carries out diversity combination; if the user does not receive diversity indications, users receive data from subchannel allocated to them. Using the method of this invention, we can carry out diversity indications in GERAN/MUROS system. In this way, users do not need to determine whether current frame is using diversity transmission in all sub-channels by carrying out autocorrelated operations over training sequences 26 bit long in each frame, and the users may demodulate information from another paired subchannel only when they receive diversity indications in subchannel allocated regularly to greatly reduce the user's complexity.
US09246571B2
The disclosed invention provides an efficient method for beam training to enable spatial multiplexing MIMO operation and spatial combining in a wireless network. The invention discloses a simple and efficient beam-training algorithm and protocol for MIMO operation that operates in high SNR condition for reliable MIMO operation. In one novel aspect, the best MIMO beam combinations are determined after TX sector sweeping and RX sector sweeping. In addition, the selection criteria includes not only signal quality, but also considers mutual interference and leakage among multiple MIMO spatial streams to improve overall MIMO performance.
US09246568B2
An apparatus and a method are provided. The provided solution includes a controller configured to determine a transmission mode for user equipment, the transmission mode including non-codebook precoding with fixed precoding granularity; and to control a transceiver to transmit information on the selected transmission mode to the user equipment.
US09246561B1
A method of transmitting signals by a transmitting side device having multiple antennas (hereinafter ‘N antennas’) is disclosed. In this method, the transmitting side device transmits reference signals (RSs) via M antenna among the N antennas, where M≦N, where one or more of M and a sequence of antenna numbers used for transmitting RSs informs a receiving side device of first information for data transmission, and where the RSs are used by the receiving side device for identifying second information for channel estimation. Transmitting side device transmits data to the receiving side device according to the first information.
US09246559B2
A distributed antenna system includes a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) base station configured to output at least a first signal and a second signal. At least one master unit communicates with the MIMO base station. At least one remote unit communicates with the master unit. At least one antenna is coupled with the remote unit for receiving signals from the remote unit. A hybrid coupler is coupled between the remote unit and antenna and is configured to receive the first signal Ch1 and the second signal Ch2 from the remote unit on respective first and second ports and to provide an output signal on at least one output port. The output signal includes at least a portion of the first signal and at least a portion of the second signal. The antenna is coupled with the output port.
US09246557B2
A system for supporting multiple time division duplexed (TDD) based wireless services or frequency division duplexed (FDD) wireless services on a Distributed Antenna System (DAS). TDD based services use a common clock signal to synchronize the components of the DAS for transmission and reception of TDD signals. The DAS includes a GPS receiver which extracts a timing signal from a GPS signal and distribute the timing signal to components of the DAS to enable synchronization of the components for transmitting and receiving TDD signals. The GPS receiver can be part of the interface that connects a TDD based service to the DAS. The DAS distributes a reference clock signal to the DAS components to maintain zero frequency shift while manipulating with the carrier frequencies of the various wireless services carried by the DAS.
US09246556B2
A radio network control method that allows uplink signals transmitted by a mobile station to be received by two or more selected base station radio systems and then combined, thus providing receiver diversity. The method requires measurement of radio link qualities of the OFDM signals passing between mobile station and base station radio system. The method is selectively applied to individual mobile stations and for each mobile station to a selection from the available base station radio systems—the selection being based upon the relative and/or absolute measurements of radio link qualities.
US09246555B2
A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag includes a housing and a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. A data store stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet. The data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated.
US09246549B2
An optical device includes a near field transducer; and a dielectric resonant structure coupled to the near field transducer; wherein the dielectric resonant structure comprises a dielectric material that decreases a dissipation of energy in the dielectric resonant structure, relative to other dissipations of energy associated with other materials; and wherein the decrease in the dissipation of energy increases an efficiency of energy transfer from the near field transducer to a target structure, relative to other efficiencies of energy transfer from the near field transducer to the target structure.
US09246532B2
A system for use with a mobile electronic device comprises a protective cover and a set of computer-executable instructions. The protective cover includes a securing element that affixes the protective cover to the mobile electronic device. A cover element is attached to the securing element to protect the mobile electronic device. The cover element has an open position and a closed position with respect to the mobile electronic device. The open position provides access to a display of the mobile electronic device while the closed position provides protection for the display. The cover element includes an aperture through which a portion of the display is viewable when the cover element is in the closed position. The set of instructions is executable by a computer processor of the mobile electronic device to display status information in the portion of the display viewable when the cover element is in the closed position.
US09246531B2
A wireless communication device including a communication controller, a transmitter, an antenna and a receiver is provided. The wireless communication device further includes a current detector detecting a current consumption value of a power supply generator, a non-volatile memory pre-storing multiple current thresholds corresponding to multiple operating states, and an abnormal oscillation detector detecting abnormal oscillation by comparing the current consumption value acquired from the current detector and a current threshold corresponding to a present operating state of the wireless communication device out of the current threshold stored in the non-volatile memory.
US09246528B2
Technologies and implementations for providing high-speed wireless communication are generally disclosed.
