US09177301B2
A method and system for notifying users of events. Scheduled user activity of a user is monitored, based on user notification information in a storage location. The user notification information pertains to a scheduled event. In response to a detection, from the monitoring, of a change in the user activity, it is ascertained that the change necessitates notifying the user of the scheduled event due to the change impacting whether the user can participate in the scheduled event. The change in the scheduled user activity is independent of the scheduled event. Then the user is notified of the scheduled event. The user notification information in the storage location is modified, based on the detected change in the user activity, in response to receipt of an instruction from the user to change the user notification information in the storage location.
US09177300B2
A method of composing an email message at an electronic device and an electronic device operable to carry out the method are provided. The method includes receiving an email command from a user input of the electronic device through a calendar user interface, the email command relating to at least one of a plurality of intended attendees of a calendared meeting, and providing an email composition interface in response to receiving the email command. The email composition interface includes a user-editable portion of an address field. The user-editable portion of the address field is automatically populated with email address information for the at least one of the plurality of intended attendees.
US09177295B2
A method of monitoring instant messaging usage can include identifying an instant messaging session between a plurality of participants, selecting a participant in the instant messaging session, identifying at least one attribute of the instant messaging session, and identifying at least one attribute of the selected participant. The method further can include determining an instant messaging usage metric for the selected participant according to the at least one attribute of the instant messaging session and the at least one attribute of the selected participant and outputting the instant messaging usage metric of the selected participant.
US09177294B2
A social network site with enhanced user interaction functionality. In one implementation, a method includes receiving an invite request from an inviting user, wherein the invite request comprises identifying information associated with an invited user; generating a new account for the invited user; allowing the inviting user to create and customize a proposed personal page for the invited user; transmitting to the invited user an invitation and a link to the proposed personal page; and conditionally receiving a response from the invited user, wherein the response indicates if the invited user has accepted the personal page.
US09177288B2
There is provided a system and method for providing customized experiences to a plurality of client stations in a shared environment. There is provided an accounts database having data relating to a plurality of clients, an online server having a server processor and hosting the shared environment for access by the plurality of client stations, and an online client application for execution by a client processor of a client station. The server processor is configured to retrieve client data from the accounts database relating to a client, determine client preferences of the client based on the client data, create a customized environment from the shared environment according to the client preferences, and send the customized environment to the online client application of a client station associated with the client for rendering the customized environment on a client display. User interactions may be filtered to maintain a shared environment perception.
US09177283B2
An approach is disclosed for providing a community portal for chat-based support services. Chat sessions corresponding to customer support service are established among multiple users and one or more agents. A community of the users is created during the chat sessions.
US09177282B2
An apparatus, method and system for contextually aware monitoring of a supply chain are disclosed. In some implementations, contextually aware monitoring can include monitoring of the supply chain tradelane with tracking devices including sensors for determining location, velocity, heading, vibration, acceleration (e.g., 3D acceleration), or any other sensor that can monitor the environment of the shipping container to provide contextual awareness. The contextual awareness can be enabled by geofencing and recursive algorithms, which allow dynamic modification of the tracking device behavior. Dynamic modification can reduce performance to save power (e.g., save battery usage) and lower costs. Dynamic modification can increase performance where it matters in the supply chain for improved reporting accuracy or frequency or recognition of supply chain events. Dynamic modification can adapt performance such as wireless communications to the region or location of the tracking device.
US09177277B2
A computer is used to generate an approximation of a workflow in terms of worklets and transitions. Each worklet represents a phase of work in the workflow. Each transition indicates conditions for completion of a worklet. Each worklet includes at least one assistlet having executable code that will be executed for approximating of its work phase.
US09177272B2
A system and method of obtaining diagnostic data from a device at a remote location in one embodiment includes establishing a communications link between a service location and a customer location remote from the service location, transmitting first diagnostic data from a device at the customer location over the communications link, receiving the first diagnostic data at the service location, generating an action request at the service location in response to the received first diagnostic data, transmitting the action request to the customer location, receiving the action request at the customer location, authorizing the received action request, obtaining second diagnostic data associated with the action request from the device, and transmitting the second diagnostic data to the service location.
US09177262B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for performing automated discovery of new topics from unlimited documents related to any subject domain, employing a multi-component extension of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (MC-LDA) topic models, to discover related topics in a corpus. The resulting data may contain millions of term vectors from any subject domain identifying the most distinguished co-occurring topics that users may be interested in, for periodically building new topic ID models using new content, which may be employed to compare one by one with existing model to measure the significance of changes, using term vectors differences with no correlation with a Periodic New Model, for periodic updates of automated discovery of new topics, which may be used to build a new topic ID model in-memory database to allow query-time linking on massive data-set for automated discovery of new topics.
US09177261B2
A computing device receives a training data set that includes a plurality of positive examples of sensitive data and a plurality of negative examples of sensitive data. The computing device analyzes the training data set using machine learning to generate a machine learning-based detection (MLD) profile that can be used to classify new data as sensitive data or as non-sensitive data. The computing device computes a quality metric for the MLD profile.
US09177259B1
Embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods comprise systems and methods for recognizing actions of an object and matching those actions with expected patterns of actions. In some embodiments, the methods recognize actions using statistical classifiers and aggregate data about locomotions, actions, and interactions of the object to infer patterns of that object using a pattern recognition algorithm. In some embodiments, the systems and methods are further able to select responses to recognized patterns and learn patterns over time.
US09177255B1
A method for providing a conditional scored list of applications for use in recommending applications includes storing on a cloud computing service a conditional probability table across a set of available applications provided by the cloud computing service. The cloud computing service receives a request to provide a scored list of applications for a user, retrieves a set of user-installed applications for the user, and calculates a total conditional probability for each application in the set of available applications. The cloud computing service then constructs the scored list of applications from the set of available applications, where a score of each application is its corresponding total conditional probability, and outputs the scored list of applications.
US09177251B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for matching regular expressions. A buffer of symbols giving a number of the last occurrence positions of each symbol is maintained. When two constants match on either side of a regular expression operator, the buffer of symbols is queried to determine if a member of the complement of the regular expression operator occurred between the two constants. If so, then the operator was not satisfied. If not, then the operator was satisfied.
US09177249B2
Provided is a method of generating a scientometric model that tracks the emergence of an identified technology from initial discovery (via original scientific and conference literature), through critical discoveries (via original scientific, conference literature and patents), transitioning through Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and ultimately on to commercial application. During the period of innovation and technology transfer, the impact of scholarly works, patents and on-line web news sources are identified. As trends develop, currency of citations, collaboration indicators, and on-line news patterns are identified. The combinations of four distinct and separate searchable on-line networked sources (i.e., scholarly publications and citation, worldwide patents, news archives, and on-line mapping networks) are assembled to become one collective network (a dataset for analysis of relations). This established network becomes the basis from which to quickly analyze the temporal flow of activity (searchable events) for the example subject domain.
US09177248B2
Techniques for analyzing and synthesizing complex knowledge representations (KRs) may utilize an atomic knowledge representation model including an elemental data structure and knowledge processing rules that are machine-readable. The elemental data structure may include a universal kernel and customized modules, which may represent knowledge that is generally applicable to a population and knowledge that is specifically applicable to individual data consumers, respectively. A method of constructing an elemental data structure may include analyzing first information to identify a first elemental component associated with a data consumer, and adding the first elemental component to a customized module corresponding to the data consumer. The method may also include analyzing second information to identify a second elemental component associated with a population, and adding the second elemental component to the universal kernel.
US09177245B2
Apparatus and methods for learning in response to temporally-proximate features. In one implementation, an image processing apparatus utilizes bi-modal spike timing dependent plasticity in a spiking neuron network. Based on a response by the neuron to a frame of input, the bi-modal plasticity mechanism is used to depress synaptic connections delivering the present input frame and to potentiate synaptic connections delivering previous and/or subsequent frames of input. The depression of near-contemporaneous input prevents the creation of a positive feedback loop and provides a mechanism for network response normalization.
US09177241B2
Universal cards are used in place of all the other traditional cards which a person may want to carry. The universal card can include a short range communications transceiver to communicate with a mobile device. The mobile device can include a user interface and an e-wallet application so that the user can interface with the e-wallet application for programming the universal card via the short range communication link. Once programmed, the universal card emulates a function of a traditional card.
US09177235B2
An image forming apparatus includes a power supply control unit that performs control of switching a power supply source to an auxiliary power supply that stores therein power from a main power supply when the main power supply is off, and control of switching the power supply source to the main power supply when the main power supply is on; a detection unit that detects whether the power supply source is the main power supply or the auxiliary power supply; and a mode control unit that performs control of switching between a normal mode and a power-saving mode in which power consumption is smaller than in the normal mode. The mode control unit performs control of setting a switching time to switch from the normal mode to the power-saving mode to a shorter time when the power supply source is the auxiliary power supply.
US09177231B2
In a predetermined mask pattern, recording permitted pixels are disposed such that the average of the numbers of the recording permitted pixels in a unit in a first area is smaller than the number of the recording permitted pixels in a unit in a second area that is located toward an end side as compared to the first area in a direction corresponding to an array direction of nozzles.
US09177228B1
Described is a system for object detection from dynamic visual imagery. Dynamic visual input obtained from a stationary sensor is processed by a surprise-based module. The surprise-based module detects a stationary object in a scene to generate surprise scores. The dynamic visual input is also processed by a motion-based saliency module which detects foreground in the scene to generate motion scores. The surprise scores and motion scores are fused into a single score, and the single score is used to determine the presence of an object of interest.
US09177227B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for finding nearest neighbor. In particular, it relates to a sorting, searching and matching multiple dimensional data, such as vectors, in order to find the nearest neighbor. The method is particularly useful as part of a SIFT algorithm.
US09177214B1
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for detecting an object in an image are disclosed. For example, the method receives the image, calculates a score for each one of a plurality of locations in the image, performs a box plot of the score of the each one of the plurality of locations of the image, identifies an outlier score that falls outside of the box plot, determines that a distance ratio of the outlier score is less than a predefined distance ratio and detects the object in a location of the plurality of locations of the image corresponding to the outlier score.
US09177213B2
A method for use in forming an image of an object comprises setting a value of an attribute of an image of an object according to a measured reflectance of the object. The image of the object thus formed may be realistic and may closely resemble the actual real-world appearance of the object. Such a method may, in particular, though not exclusively, be useful for providing a realistic image of a road surface and any road markings thereon to assist with navigation. Setting a value of an attribute of the image of the object may comprise generating an initial image of the object and adjusting a value of an attribute of the initial image of the object according to the measured reflectance of the object to form an enhanced image of the object. A method for use in navigation comprises providing a navigation system with data associated with an image formed using such a method. An image formed using such a method and a map database containing such an image are also disclosed.
US09177210B2
Embodiments include a system configured to process location information for objects in a site comprising an imaging device configured to take a picture of an object, the picture containing a unique identifier of the object; a global positioning system (GPS) component associated with the imaging device and configured to tag the image of the object with GPS location information of the object to generate a tagged image; a communications interface configured to transmit the tagged image to a server computer remote from the imaging device over an Internet Protocol (IP) network; and a processor of the server configured to perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on the picture and to create an indicator code corresponding to the identifier of the object, wherein the processor is further configured to create a processed result containing the indicator code and the location to locate the object within the site.
US09177209B2
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product code for temporal, event-based video fingerprinting. In one embodiment, events in video content are detected. The video content comprises a plurality of video frames. An event represents discrete points of interest in the video content. A set of temporal, event-based segments are generated using the events. Each temporal, event-based segment is a segment of the video content covering a set of events. A time series signal is derived from each temporal, event-based segment using temporal tracking of content-based features of a set of frames associated with the each temporal, event-based segment. A temporal segment based fingerprint is extracted based on the time series signal for the each temporal, event-based segment to form a set of temporal segment based fingerprints associated with the video content.
US09177208B2
A volume identification system identifies a set of unlabeled spatio-temporal volumes within each of a set of videos, each volume representing a distinct object or action. The volume identification system further determines, for each of the videos, a set of volume-level features characterizing the volume as a whole. In one embodiment, the features are based on a codebook and describe the temporal and spatial relationships of different codebook entries of the volume. The volume identification system uses the volume-level features, in conjunction with existing labels assigned to the videos as a whole, to label with high confidence some subset of the identified volumes, e.g., by employing consistency learning or training and application of weak volume classifiers. The labeled volumes may be used for a number of applications, such as training strong volume classifiers, improving video search (including locating individual volumes), and creating composite videos based on identified volumes.
US09177204B1
A system for enhancing an image displayed on a display unit of an aircraft is shown and described. The system includes an enhanced vision system that detects a scene and enhances the scene for display on the display unit. The enhanced vision system includes a sensor having a filter configured to filter out all but at least one narrowband spectrum of light from the scene to detect elements of a first color. The enhanced vision system causes remaining content of the scene to be removed from the filter output for completing the detection of the elements of the first color. The enhanced vision system enhances the elements of the first color on the display unit.
US09177182B2
Provided is a semiconductor device for wireless communication which achieves a reduction in leakage power and allows an improvement in power efficiency. For example, to external terminals, an antenna driver section for driving an antenna and a rectifying section for rectifying input power from the antenna are coupled. The antenna driver section includes pull-up PMOS transistors and pull-down NMOS transistors. In the rectifying section, a power supply voltage generated by a full-wave rectifying circuit is boosted by a voltage boosting circuit. For example, when a supply of a power supply voltage from a battery is stopped, a power supply voltage resulting from the boosting by the voltage boosting circuit is supplied to the bulk of each of the pull-up PMOS transistors.
US09177175B2
A method for storing data items in a data repository that allows a client storing a data item to lose the ability to either retrieve the stored data item or enable its retrieval, while preserving controlled access to the stored data item indefinitely. The client storing the data item encrypts it using an encryption key that it creates, which may be derived from the content of the data item. The encryption key is also stored in the data repository in an encrypted form, with its encryption making use of a public key. The method allows storage space to be shared for identical data items encrypted and stored by independent clients of the data repository.
US09177168B2
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a method of controlling access to resources in a social graph. One embodiment of the method includes receiving information for configuring a query in response to a service being invoked. The service is configured to use the query to request access to resources associated with a node in a portion of a social graph associated with a first user. The method also includes associating the query with the node. The query operates on the resources associated with the node and returns information indicating whether a request to access the resources is granted or denied depending on a current state of the social graph.
US09177165B2
A system and method is introduced for combining a secure device with a non secure user machine for using and sharing secure data seamlessly through the non secure user machine. The secure device runs in a separate, “parallel world” to the user machine so that the user machine cannot access secure data while it is being used. Even if the user machine is already compromised, the secure data and its usage remain protected from the likes of key logging and screen captures. The secure device authenticates secure data handling to the user so that the user is able to differentiate between a secure and a non secure data usage, as well as identify false imitations of the secure environment.
US09177162B2
A method for secured entry of personal data is disclosed. This method comprises for each item of personal data a first step of presentation of a virtual keyboard comprising keys and a first cursor, followed by a step of selection of a key corresponding to the item of personal data wherein the virtual keyboard also comprises at least one dummy cursor and wherein the position on the virtual keyboard of the at least one dummy cursor depends on the position of the first cursor. A device for secured entry of personal data configured to implement the method is further disclosed.
US09177156B1
In one aspect, the disclosure provides: A method comprising: inviting a distributed plurality of researchers to participate in one or more computer vulnerability research projects directed to identifying computer vulnerabilities of one or more networks and/or computers that are owned or operated by a third party; assessing reputation and skills of one or more of the researchers, and accepting a subset of the researchers who have a positive reputation and sufficient skills to perform the investigations of the computer vulnerabilities; assigning a particular computer vulnerability research project, relating to a particular system under test, to a particular researcher from among the subset of the researchers; using a computer that is logically interposed between the particular researcher and the particular system under test, monitoring communications between the particular researcher and the particular system under test, wherein the communications relate to attempting to identify a candidate security vulnerability of the particular system under test, and creating assessment data that assesses the particular system under test based upon the networked data communications that are monitored; validating a report of the candidate security vulnerability of the particular system under test that is received from the particular researcher; determining and providing an award to the particular researcher in response to successfully validating the report of the candidate security vulnerability of the particular system under test that is received from the particular researcher.
US09177152B2
A method for authenticating and deciphering an encrypted program file for execution by a secure element includes receiving the program file and a digital certificate that is associated with the program file from an external device. The method stores the program file and the associated certificate in a secure random access memory disposed in the secure element and hashes the program file to obtain a hash. The method authenticates the program file by comparing the obtained hash with a checksum that is stored in the certificate. Additionally, the method writes runtime configuration information stored in the certificate to corresponding configuration registers disposed in the secure element. The method further generates an encryption key using a seed value stored in the certificate and a unique identifier disposed in the secure element and deciphers the program file using the generated encryption key.
US09177148B2
In one embodiment, a processor includes at least one execution unit. The processor also includes a Return Oriented Programming (ROP) logic coupled to the at least one execution unit. The ROP logic may validate a return pointer stored on a call stack based on a secret ROP value. The secret ROP value may only be accessible by the operating system.
US09177144B2
Various embodiments include an apparatus comprising a detection database including a tree structure of descriptor parts including one or more root nodes and one or more child nodes linked to from one or more parent descriptor parts chains, each of the root nodes representing a descriptor part, and each root node linked to at least one of the child nodes, each root node and each child node linked to any possible additional child nodes, wherein the possible additional child nodes include any possible successor child nodes and a descriptor comparator coupled to the detection database, the descriptor comparator operable to receive data including a plurality of logic entities, once or successively, and to continuously compare logic entities provided to the tree structure of descriptor parts stored in detection database, and to provide an output based on the comparison.
US09177141B2
The present invention relates to an active defense method based on cloud security comprising: a client collecting and sending a program behavior launched by a program thereon and/or a program feature of the program launching the program behavior to a server; with respect to the program feature and/or the program behavior sent by the client, the server performing an analysis and comparison in its database, making a determination on the program based on the comparison result, and feeding back to the client; based on the feedback determination result, the client deciding whether to intercept the program behavior, terminate execution of the program and/or clean up the program, and restore the system environment. The invention introduces a cloud security architecture, and employs a behavior feature based on active defense to search and kill a malicious program, thereby ensuring network security.
US09177135B2
A wireless access point receives a set of invalid passwords from at least one wireless device attempting to connect to a network through the wireless access point. The wireless access point reduces RF signal power in response to receiving the set of invalid passwords.
US09177132B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for allowing a user to capture a set of values for a set of input parameters in a template that may be used for present and/or future provisioning of virtual resources. Under this approach, the template may be managed within a networked computing environment (e.g., cloud computing environment) for future use by the creating user or other authorized users. The next time the user is interacting with the environment, the set of templates available may be accessed, and the user can select/utilize a previously stored template. Once a template is chosen, the user may initiate a provisioning request from the environment's interface(s), which may include graphical user interfaces (GUIs), command lines, application programming interfaces (APIs), etc. In any event, the user may also have the opportunity to update any saved data and/or provide additional data.
US09177124B2
A flexible and extensible architecture allows for secure searching across an enterprise. Such an architecture can provide a simple Internet-like search experience to users searching secure content inside (and outside) the enterprise. The architecture allows for the crawling and searching of a variety of sources across an enterprise, regardless of whether any of these sources conform to a conventional user role model. The architecture further allows for security attributes to be submitted at query time, for example, in order to provide real-time secure access to enterprise resources. The user query also can be transformed to provide for dynamic querying that provides for a more current result list than can be obtained for static queries.
US09177107B2
A recipient verification system including a band and at least one label intended to be removed from connection with the band during use. The band displays a permanent band identifier, and the at least one label displays a removable band identifier. The band identifiers each include an identical human readable code. The removable band identifier further includes a machine readable code embodying information identical to, and limited to, the human readable code. The permanent band identifier includes a machine readable code embodying information identical to the human readable code and a verification code.
US09177105B2
Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with objectively predicting biochemical recurrence with co-occurring gland tensors in localized subgraphs are described. One example apparatus includes a set of logics that associate directional disorder with a risk of failure in a material. A first logic detects a fundamental unit of composition in the material, segments boundaries of the fundamental unit, and calculates a directional tensor for the fundamental unit. A second logic constructs a localized sparsified subgraph whose nodes represent centroids of the fundamental units, defines pairwise spatial relationships between the fundamental units, and constructs a directional co-occurrence matrix based on the spatial relationships. A third logic derives second order statistical features from the co-occurrence matrix, and produces a risk failure score as a function of the second order statistical features. The second order statistical features include the entropy of the directional organization of the fundamental units.
US09177101B2
Methods and systems for organizing, representing and processing polymeric sequence information, including biopolymeric sequence information such as DNA sequence information and related information are disclosed herein. Polymeric sequence and associated information may be represented using a plurality of data units, each of which includes one or more headers and a payload containing a representation of a segment of the polymeric sequence. Each header may include or be linked to a portion of the associated information.
US09177093B2
Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time.
US09177088B2
Design and verification support related to integrated circuits that includes acquiring a first use case diagram representing a function of an object subject to design and verification and an activity diagram representing a processing procedure of the object; analyzing a structure of the activity diagram acquired at the acquiring step; converting the activity diagram to a second use case diagram representing a function of the object, based on the structure analyzed at the analyzing; verifying uniformity of the first use case diagram and the second use case diagram; and outputting a verification result obtained at the verifying uniformity.
US09177081B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention, a method and system are provided of processing a search query entered by a user of a device having a text input interface with overloaded keys. The search query is directed at identifying an item from a set of items. Each of the items has one or more associated descriptors. The system receives from the user an ambiguous search query directed at identifying a desired item. The search query is a prefix substring of each of at least two words relating to the desired item. The system dynamically identifies a group of one or more items from the set of items having one or more descriptors matching the search query as the user enters each character of the search query. The system outputs identification of the one or more items of the identified group to be displayed on the device operated by the user.
US09177076B2
Various embodiments pertain to techniques for decreasing an amount of time to a browser onload event by asynchronously loading web page content. In various embodiments, frames are utilized to trigger an onload event before all content in a web page is loaded. In some embodiments, various components of the web page, such as advertisements, are provided in frames, and the loading of the components is triggered by an onload event of the frame. In other words, an empty frame can be provided for the purposes of triggering both a frame onload event and an onload event for the web page. The frame onload event can cause a page script to be executed effective to load the components into the frames. In some embodiments, two or more nested frames are utilized to provide asynchronous loading of web page components while maintaining compatibility of the advertisement or multimedia items and the web page.
US09177073B2
Embodiments of the invention include a computer-implemented process for identifying implicit services links, using service usage information, in service registries and repositories. Service registry and repository receives service access information for a service to form received information, creates a services access context object in real time from all received information or a selected subset of received information to form a created services access context object, and stores the created services access context object in a data structure to form a stored services access context object. The computer-implemented process further analyzes a set of stored services access context objects in real time to form a set of results, wherein the results are within a predefined certainty and sends the result to a requester. The set of results comprises a set of implicit soft links determined by usage information in the services access context objects, wherein the implicit soft links are implicit services links.
US09177072B2
Various embodiments relating to a social cache replacement policy are described. The techniques of the present invention disclosed utilize social network properties to guide a cache replacement policy executed by a social networking platform system. In one embodiment, a method is provided for determining a queue location to cache a data item based on a popularity score computed from social network properties. In one embodiment, a method is provided for computing the popularity score by incorporating a user's social network properties and the user's friends' social network properties. In embodiments, the popularity score may be computed using a plurality of social network properties, which may include social network properties associated with (i) the user, (ii) the consumer(s), and/or (iii) the data item(s). In embodiments, a plurality of popularity scores are maintained in a user-score database, where the plurality of popularity scores are periodically updated using historical data.
US09177070B2
Provided are mechanisms and methods for performing actions associated with a portion of portal content provided to a user. These mechanisms and methods for performing the actions associated with the portion of the portal content can enable an improved user experience, increased efficiency, optimized productivity, etc. Further, the actions associated with the portion of the portal content can include manipulations requested by the user, such as an addition to, a removal of, and a rearrangement of the portion of the portal content.
US09177063B2
Methods and systems for improving user search experience with a search engine by providing a way for associated users to create and share personalized lists of article identifiers through endorsements of articles. Search endorsements can be used to personalize the search engine's ranking of articles by offering a way for users to re-rank the article identifiers for themselves and for those who trust them.
US09177061B2
In most of the Internet search operations, unwanted search results can be eliminated to reduce the high volume of the Internet traffic, and make the search operation highly efficient, according to the present invention. The present invention proposes a two step approach. The first step is to achieve the high relevance of the search results by search region restricted search operation. The second step, further adds high degree of relevance to the search results by the contact address correlation with a reliable reference address or the legitimate contact address eliminating the crap and squatter sites from the search result list. The region restricted search does searching in a selected geographical region. Thus the region restricted search operation minimizes the search time and huge volume of Internet traffic, which is likely to impair the overall Internet performance.
US09177060B1
A method, system and apparatus are provided to identify, collect and parse content for business intelligence. Particularly, the method, system and apparatus provide for deriving, over a communication network, knowledge from information indicative of human communication, emotions, reactions, and experiences to evaluate trends and decisions that impact business. Also, a system, method and apparatus are provided for processing and analyzing social media conversations via one or more modules communicating with a social cognition technology platform. A module according to an exemplary implementation of the present invention, implements next-generation business intelligence that finds, aggregates, and interprets an exhaustive source of digital Internet content (such as textual and voice conversational, and word-of-mouth content) in conjunction with a social cognition technology platform.
US09177059B2
The method comprises processing plural product information records from the product information sources into one or more groups based on which product information records are likely to correspond to the same product, correlating a unique product ID corresponding to the product associated with each of said groups to identify the product, comparing each identified product to categories of a taxonomy to determine a category for the identified products in the taxonomy, and determining attributes for each categorized product based on the product information records corresponding to each group, creating product specifications based on the determined attributes and storing the product specification in the corresponding determined categories of the taxonomy.
US09177055B2
A system for displaying and managing information on a webpage using an indicator comprises an indicator displayed on a surface of specific contents of the webpage with reference to coordinate values corresponding to the specific contents and for classifying and elaborating on the specific contents; an indicator generation module for generating the indicator comprising a block setting portion for predicting a width of the specific contents, a coordinate setting portion for grasping the coordinate value of a webpage area corresponding to the specific contents, an input portion for inputting information to be recorded in the indicator, a storage portion for storing the coordinate value and an output portion for outputting the indicator to the specific contents based on the information stored in the storage portion; and an indicator database stored in the system server through the storage portion and collected according to a specific classification.
US09177053B2
A fact checking system verifies the correctness of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information.
US09177052B2
A method for managing presets in an audio system is provided. The method includes syncing preset assignments on a plurality of audio playback devices such that preset assignments on any one of the audio playback devices correspond to respective preset assignments on each of the other audio playback devices, and, such that, if one of the preset assignments is changed on one of the audio playback devices, each of the other audio playback devices is automatically updated such that a corresponding change is made to a corresponding preset assignment on each of the other audio playback devices. Each of the preset assignments is an assignment of an entity associated with one of a plurality of digital audio sources to one of a plurality of preset indicators on the corresponding one of the audio playback devices.
US09177050B2
The present invention makes legal research more efficient by selecting clusters in response to the behavior of a user (e.g., a legal professional such as a paralegal, lawyer, or judge). The clusters, which are formed prior to the user accessing a legal document (and thus, providing user behavior to a system), are identified to the based upon a set of metadata associated with the legal document. At least two clusters are identified and a signal associated therewith is transmitted to the user. Each cluster is associated with a unique legal topic. Further, each cluster may comprise primary and/or secondary authority.
US09177048B1
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for collaborative filtering are provided. A method is provided. The method includes clustering a plurality of entities with respect to one or more latent variables in a probability distribution model of a relationship between a set of entities and a set of items, the probability distribution model comprising a probability distribution of the set of items with respect to the latent variables. The method also includes, as new items are added to the set of items, updating the probability distribution of the set of the items with respect to the latent variables, and generating an updated relationship score for an entity with respect to the set of items based on the entity's fractional membership in the clustering with respect to the latent variables and based on the updated probability distribution of the set of the items with respect to the latent variables.
US09177043B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a method and system for processing data. During operation, the system obtains a set of records, wherein each of the records comprises one or more metrics and at least one dimension associated with the one or more metrics. Next, the system creates a data segment comprising at least one of a forward index and an inverted index for a column in the records. The system then stores the data segment in network-accessible storage and assigns the data segment to a partition. Finally, the system enables querying of the data segment through a query node associated with the partition.
US09177040B2
An electronic control unit (ECU) and a database (DB) of a travel assist device specify and store a deceleration end point of a vehicle on the basis of information relating to an absolute position independent from a structure on the ground. Further, the ECU and the DB of the travel assist device stores a deceleration end area which is an area within a predetermined range from the deceleration end point.
US09177029B1
Configurations of an activity assistant processing system are disclosed that provides users with dynamically-selected activities that are intelligently tailored to a user. The subject technology accesses an index of activities. A score is then determined for each particular activity in the index of activities. The score is based on plurality of signals associated with user-specific parameters and global parameters to determine the quantitative importance of a particular activity. The subject technology identifies a subset of activities within the index of activities using the activity assistant processing system in which the subset includes at least one activity with a corresponding score that is greater than or equal to a decision threshold for the at least one activity. At least a portion of the subset of activities is then ranked based on the quantitative importance of the particular activity using the activity assistant processing system.
US09177024B2
A database system comprises a processing module, and a storage device communicatively coupled with the processing module and allocated thereto. The storage device stores a base table allocated to the processing module. The processing module receives a database query from a client computer system, and generates a spool based upon a number of columns of a table, and partitions at least one column of the spool based upon the database query received from the client computer system.
US09177022B2
A query pipeline for an enterprise search system is configurable by a user of the system. A user may create rules for custom query transformation and parallel query generation, federation of queries, mixing of results and application of display layouts to the received search results. A user interface (UI) assists a user in configuring the search pipeline. For example, a user may enter condition action rules for queries that affect how a query is transformed, how parallel queries are generated, how queries are federated, how search results are ranked and displayed, how rules are ordered and the like.
US09177013B2
The present invention comprises a system and method for automatically processing one or more citations contained within a document while the document is presented by a document rendering application. The method of the present invention comprises scanning the document to identify an unformatted citation and parsing the unformatted citation to determine one or more citation terms. One or more citation libraries are queried to find citations comprising the one or more citation terms. A citation falling within the scope of the query is selected and inserted into the document. The present invention may further provide enhanced workflow solutions for authors and publishers in preparing documents in structured format for facilitating efficient and accurate validation of references cited or included in papers and other submissions for publication or for review. An author prepares a document containing a set of cited references using a formatting structure. A system includes a processor to process the document to extract embedded metadata associated with the set of cited references. The processor executes code associated with a reference validation software module and automatically recognizes the formatting structure and the embedded metadata. The processor automatically extracts the embedded metadata and compares the extracted metadata against an authority database to determine the validity of the set of cited references.
US09177010B2
Non-destructive data storage is disclosed. An information change is stored that is associated with a business object such that tracking of the information change is enabled with respect to a transaction time and/or an effective time. The stored information change is accessed with respect to a time.
US09177009B2
Techniques are directed to managing image generation for desktop and screen sharing systems as well as for large image systems such as mapping. An apparatus may comprise a logic device, a remote sharing module and an image generation module. The remote sharing module is operative on the logic device to share an image with one or more client devices. The image may be divided into a plurality of tiles each corresponding to a portion of the shared image. The image generation module is operative on the logic device to determine a version of each of the plurality of tiles and compares the version of each of the plurality of tiles with a received client version of the same image.
US09177006B2
Methods and arrangements for a radix sort with a read only key. A plurality of keys are received, an array and a link table are populated for the first digit of the keys based upon the keys; and an array and a link table are populated for each successive digit of the keys based upon the array and link table populated for the preceding digit of the keys. Embodiments may be implemented in both hardware (FPGAs, ASICs, information handling devices, etc.) and software. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US09177005B2
A method of creating multi-parent relationships from single-parent data may include receiving a data set that includes a plurality of objects organized in a hierarchy. The method may also include parsing the data set to locate at least two objects in the plurality of objects. Each of the at least two objects may be associated with an identifier. The method may additionally include creating a data record to represent information associated with the at least two objects. The data record may be associated with a plurality of parent data records.
US09177004B2
A balancing technique allows a database administrator to perform a mass data load into a relational database employing partitioned tablespaces. The technique automatically balances the usage of the partitions in a tablespace as the data is loaded. Previous definitions of the partitions are modified after the loading of the data into the tablespace to conform with the data loaded into the tablespace.
US09177001B2
A data indexing system including a plurality of servers and a tracked resource set client is provided. Each of the servers includes a plurality of resources that are part of a resource set. Each of the servers also includes a tracked resource set corresponding to the resource set. The tracked resource set describes the plurality of resources located in the resource set. The server identifies the plurality of resources using rules of linked data. The tracked resource set client is in communication with the plurality of servers. The tracked resource set client has a data index. The data index is built and kept up to date using the tracked resource set of each of the plurality of servers.
US09176994B2
Techniques are disclosed for a software as a service (SaaS) provider to host a content analytics tool used to evaluate data collections for multiple customers (referred to as tenants) using one dedicated and expandable computing infrastructure, without requiring that the service provider obtain, install, license, and manage a separate copy of the content analytics tools for each tenant. Customers are provided access to resources dedicated to their enterprise, but do not have access, or even awareness, of data collections or analytics resources hosted for other customers. That is, embodiments presented herein allow a provider to host content analytics tools used by customers to evaluate their enterprise data in a secure and timely manner.
US09176991B2
In an approach for collecting and storing photographic metadata, a computer receives a file containing an image. The computer receives photographic metadata from one or more photographic devices. The one or more photographic devices include at least one or more illumination devices. The one or more photographic devices are utilized to create the image. The received photographic metadata includes at least specifications of the one or more photographic devices. The computer stores the received photographic metadata in association with the received file.
US09176981B2
A method and system for profiling execution of an application implemented by an application file comprising a plurality of data blocks. The application is executed in response to an execute command from a management process. Read messages are sent to the management process each time the application reads one or more of the plurality of data blocks of the application file. The management process records information about the read operations in one or more transcripts which may be used to create a streaming model for the application allowing the application to be downloaded using a conventional download protocol without using a specialized streaming protocol.
US09176978B2
In a method of classifying data for deduplication, data to be classified is accessed. The data is classified into a deduplication classification in accordance with a data content aware data classification policy such that classified data is created. The data classification policy includes a plurality of deduplication classifications.
US09176975B2
A method and system for transforming a logical data object for storage in a storage device operable with at least one storage protocol, creating, reading, writing, optimization and restoring thereof. Transforming the logical data object comprises creating in the storage device a transformed logical data object comprising a header and one or more allocated accommodation sections with predefined size; processing one or more sequentially obtained chunks corresponding to the transforming logical data object thus giving rise to the processed data chunks, wherein at least one of said processed data chunks comprises transformed data resulting from said processing; sequentially accommodating the processed data chunks into said accommodation sections in accordance with an order the chunks received, and generating at least one index section constituting a part of the transformed logical data object, said index section comprising one or more entries containing indicators to physical storage location of respective accommodation sections and, with respect to each processed data chunk, one or more records related to said chunk, wherein said records indicate offset and length of data in the logical data object to be read from the respective processed data chunk, and are associated with a time stamp indicating time of creating said record. The method further facilitates reading a data range from the transformed logical object in response to a read request specifying desired point in time to be read.
US09176969B2
Examples relate to integrating and extracting topics from content of heterogeneous sources. Observed words are identified in documents, which are received from the heterogeneous sources. Next, document metadata and source metadata are obtained from the heterogeneous sources. The document metadata is used to calculate word topic probabilities for the observed words, and the source metadata is used to calculate source topic probabilities for the observed words. A latent topic is then determined for one of the documents based on the observed words, the word topic probabilities, and the source topic probabilities.
US09176963B2
One embodiment is a method that divides a cluster file system into multiple segments with each segment including one or more local counters. The method then checks for inconsistencies and corrects discovered inconsistencies in each of the local counters while the file system remains online and available for use.
US09176959B2
A method and system for rating media. The media is one or a combination of audio, video and textual data. The media rating method comprises surveying at least a portion of media data received from a device and detecting generation of rating data, the rating data for appraising the media data. The method further comprises transmitting the rating data to the device. The system comprises a device-readable medium having programming instructions stored therein. The instructions when executed on a first device cause the first device to survey at least a portion of media data received from a second device, detect generation of rating data and transmit the rating data to the second device.
US09176958B2
In an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, a method may include generating a tempo scale set based on a received query, where the query includes a plurality of query values defining a tempo of music to be searched. A tempo word set may be constructed based on the generated tempo scale set. The tempo word set may include one or more tempo words, where each tempo word includes at least one tempo scale in the tempo scale set. The music may be identified using the constructed tempo word set.
US09176955B2
Techniques for sharing data among a plurality of networked devices, also referred to network nodes, are discussed. To best use an available uploading bandwidth of a device sharing data with a receiving device, a portion of the data is uploaded within the available uploading bandwidth, and another portion of the data is uploaded from another device locally caching the same data. To satisfy the minimum transmission rate of the data to the receiving device, both portions of the data are concurrently uploaded from the two devices to the receiving device. In reference to a predetermined minimum uploading bandwidth and the available uploading bandwidth, the two portions of data are interleaved and must be reassembled to recover the data for consumption in the receiving device. A size of the first portion of the data is determined by a server in view of the available uploading bandwidth a designated supplying box has.
US09176951B2
This invention (KBM), extends the concept called color, of my previous invention KB (ref-1), to cover process oriented concepts, and linguistic notions. Colors of KBM are now capable of depicting a very wide variety of scenarios of information, biological, and mechanical systems. KBM provides a novel framework (called DSC) for operational modeling, which can be used to compose larger process structures from small process structures. KBM also provides a novel framework for model checking, and for planning a workflow. Thus, KBM may be used to build and execute complex workflows.
US09176946B2
A clausifier and method of extracting clauses for spoken language understanding are disclosed. The method relates to generating a set of clauses from speech utterance text and comprises inserting at least one boundary tag in speech utterance text related to sentence boundaries, inserting at least one edit tag indicating a portion of the speech utterance text to remove, and inserting at least one conjunction tag within the speech utterance text. The result is a set of clauses that may be identified within the speech utterance text according to the inserted at least one boundary tag, at least one edit tag and at least one conjunction tag. The disclosed clausifier comprises a sentence boundary classifier, an edit detector classifier, and a conjunction detector classifier. The clausifier may comprise a single classifier or a plurality of classifiers to perform the steps of identifying sentence boundaries, editing text, and identifying conjunctions within the text.
US09176944B1
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A computing system receives text that represents content input by a user. A computing system determines a randomness level for a portion of the text. A computing system determines whether the randomness level for the portion of text exceeds a threshold level. A computing system, responsive to determining that the randomness level does not exceed the threshold level, provides the portion of text for processing by a text processing system.
US09176939B2
Disclosed is a web server that includes a headlines module for automatically generating headlines based on data retrieved from a network (e.g., World Wide Web). The web server also includes an interactive agent for generating responses to inquiries relating to the headlines based on the data.
US09176938B1
A document referencing system and method for operation are disclosed. The system encompasses an application for use on a standalone computing device housing a device library, which may be used in concert with a system library. The application may also collect references from external sources upon request, and may add these references to the system or device libraries. The device library is periodically updated by the application through connection to the system library. The application also provides a novel interface for searching for and identifying references housed within either the device or system libraries. The application also comprises software for detecting citations to external references within a document, and for reformatting the document to contain links to those external references as they exist in either the device or system libraries.
US09176934B2
The term “access-control-discontinuous hyperlink” is used to describe a hyperlink which at least one user (an authorized user who could be reading its containing document) isn't authorized to follow. Discontinuous hyperlinks are automatically detected at various times, including at the end of document editing. If any are found, the operator is notified and given options to reduce the number of discontinuous hyperlinks and to reduce the number of affected users. Several alternative views of relevant information are provided, integrated with common document editing user interface elements. Sorted views enable the operator to identify and to remedy problems more efficiently and with greater confidence. Access dependency settings for selected text can be inserted with a single command. The operator can preview what various sets of users would see. Users are graphically represented by displays comprising photographic likenesses. Groups can be graphically represented by displays comprising photographic likenesses of selected members.
US09176927B2
A polar code decoder includes: processing elements each receiving a pair of input values and applying a first or a second predetermined mathematical function depending on a provided function control signal; a first memory that stores at least one of the outputs from processing elements and a plurality of channel values relating to a received polar code to be decoded; a second memory that stores indices of a plurality of frozen bits each representing a bit within an information-bit vector of the polar code being decoded; and a computation block that receives a plurality of inputs from a portion of the processing elements and generates an output that is can be set to a predetermined frozen value or to a calculated value, depending on whether a current index of the bit being decoded is indicated as frozen or not frozen.
US09176922B2
A system is provided that includes a content management system, a controller, and an electronic display. The electronic display is integrated into an object, such as the packaging of a consumer product. The content management system sends instructions to the controller for determining content to display. The instructions depend in part on status information obtained by the controller from an external source. At least one instruction pertains to extended periods when the controller is unable to communicate with the content management system.
US09176920B2
Multi-level encoded data transfer is disclosed. 2n bits may be encoded in a data signal each half clock cycle. For example, four bits may be transferred each clock cycle. Prior to data transfer, each data line may have two bits ready to be encoded. The two bits may be encoded to one of four different data states. The clock may be divided into four intervals for each half clock cycle, with each interval corresponding to one of the four data states. The two bits may be encoded into the data signal based on the interval that corresponds to the data state. As one example, the data signal could transition during the interval that corresponds to the data state for the two bits. This encoding may be repeated for two other bits for the other half of the clock cycle. Thus, QDR or some other data rate may be achieved.
US09176917B2
Techniques for operating a serial attached SCSI (SAS) expander that includes a latency table comprising entries of outbound PHYS with latency values associated with connections between inbound PHYs and outbound PHYs. A storage management module to, in response to receipt of a command from an initiator device associated with an inbound PHY to route data to a target device associated with an outbound PHY, select from the latency table a random outbound PHY from among a plurality of outbound PHYs, wherein the random selection is based on weighted average of latency values of the outbound PHY entries of the latency table.
US09176912B2
Methods and systems are provided for a message network interface unit (a message interface unit), coupled to a processor, that is used for allowing the processor to send messages to a hardware unit. Methods and systems are also provided for a message interface unit, coupled to a processor, that is used for allowing a processor to receive messages from a hardware unit. The message network interface unit described herein may allow for the implementation data-intensive, real time applications, which require a substantially low message response latency and a substantially high message throughput.
US09176897B2
A writing area security system (10) includes a CPU (34), a flash memory (64), and a memory controller (62). The memory controller (62), when receiving a read command of data stored in the flash memory (64) from the CPU (34), performs a parity check on the data. The memory controller (62) outputs the data to the CPU (34) only when the parity of the read data is correct.
US09176895B2
A system, processor and method to reduce the overall detectable unrecoverable FIT rate of a cache by reducing the residency time of dirty lines in a cache. This is accomplished through selectively choosing different replacement policies during execution based on the DUE FIT target of the system. System performance and power is minimally affected while effectively reducing the DUE FIT rate.
US09176890B2
Embodiments relate to non-disruptive modification of a device mapper stack. Aspects include receiving the device mapper stack comprising a first device mapper layer having an active mapping table and creating a second device mapper layer having a copy of the active mapping table from the first device mapper layer. Aspects further include creating an inactive mapping table having a desired mapping logic in the first device mapper layer and suspending and resuming an operation of the first device mapper layer. Suspending and resuming causes the active mapping table of the first device mapper layer to be replaced with the inactive mapping table of the first device mapper layer.
US09176866B2
A solid state drive and a method for providing active recycling for the solid state drive are disclosed. The solid state drive includes a plurality of blocks and each of the plurality of blocks includes a plurality of pages. The method steps include receiving a read request from a data requester; identifying at least one page containing data requested by the read request; determining whether the at least one page belongs to a block identified for active recycling; writing the at least one page to a different block when the at least one page belongs to the block identified for active recycling; and sending the at least one page to the data requester in response to the read request.
US09176864B2
A non-volatile memory organized into flash erasable blocks sorts units of data according to a temperature assigned to each unit of data, where a higher temperature indicates a higher probability that the unit of data will suffer subsequent rewrites due to garbage collection operations. The units of data either come from a host write or from a relocation operation. The data are sorted either for storing into different storage portions, such as SLC and MLC, or into different operating streams, depending on their temperatures. This allows data of similar temperature to be dealt with in a manner appropriate for its temperature in order to minimize rewrites. Examples of a unit of data include a logical group and a block.
US09176855B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring one or more storage devices as a plurality of physical storage units, each of the physical storage units having a storage granularity, and configuring, on the one or more storage devices, a thin provisioned storage pool having a physical number of the physical storage units and a logical number of logical storage units, the physical number being less than the logical number. Upon receiving a request to create a thick data volume having a requested number of the physical storage units, an available number of the physical storage units that are available in the thin provisioned pool can be identified. Upon determining that the requested number is less than the available number, the requested number of the physical storage units can be allocated, from the thin provisioned storage pool, to the thick data volume.
US09176848B2
Debug information records associated with a weak function of the program are obtained. In response to receipt of an instruction of setting a breakpoint for the weak function in the program, breakpoint addresses corresponding one-to-one with each of the at least one debug information record are obtained. In response to the program being executed to a set breakpoint associated with the weak function, an address to which a program counter of the program points is obtained. A breakpoint address matching the address to which the program counter of the program points is obtained. A mark for the matching breakpoint address is set. In response to receipt of the instruction of setting a breakpoint for the weak function in the program again, a debug information record corresponding to the matching breakpoint address according to the at least one debug information record with the mark being set is obtained.
US09176846B1
A method for validating correctness of expression evaluation within a debugger. The method includes determining a statement of interest comprising an expression recognized by a debugger program within one or more source program files of a debuggable program and generating a debug command file for the statement of interest. The method includes inserting a set of debug commands, comprising a first path for a baseline run and a second path for a test run for the statement of interest, into the debug command file, then causing the execution of the baseline run and test run. Results from the baseline run and results from the test run are compared to determine if the results from the baseline run are equivalent to the results from the test run.
US09176845B2
A method and system for improving debug information pertaining to user variables using a compiler. The method may include identifying a statement to be removed from its current position in an internal representation of a program by a compiler as part of the compiler optimization, replacing the statement to be removed with a debug annotation, adding references to the debug annotation in subsequent debug expressions referring to the removed statement, and emitting debug location information for a user variable using the debug annotation.
US09176840B2
A method for analyzing and resolving problems in a process server is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a method may include receiving a log file associated with an application running on the process server. The application may be made up of higher-level service component artifacts, and lower-level implementation artifacts used to implement the higher-level service component artifacts. The method may further include identifying error messages in the log file and determining which implementation artifacts are associated with the error messages. The method may further include mapping the implementation artifacts to service component artifacts associated with the implementation artifacts. The error messages may then be displayed along with their relationship to the service component artifacts. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed and claimed herein.
US09176836B2
An automatic diagnosis method implemented by an automatic diagnosis system is provided. The automatic diagnosis system has a network device and a portable storage device. The method has the following steps of: detecting whether the portable storage device is plugged into a transmission interface of the network device; when it is detected that the portable storage device is plugged into the transmission interface of the network device, a system program is executed via the network device, so that the system program loads and executes a diagnosis program stored in the portable storage device; analyzing a network condition of the network device by the diagnosis program to generate a status report; and writing the generated status report to the portable storage device.
US09176835B2
A network storage appliance is disclosed. The storage appliance includes a port combiner that provides data communication between at least first, second, and third I/O ports; a storage controller that controls storage devices and includes the first I/O port; a server having the second I/O port; and an I/O connector for networking the third I/O port to the port combiner. A single chassis encloses the port combiner, storage controller, and server, and the I/O connector is affixed on the storage appliance. The third I/O port is external to the chassis and is not enclosed therein. In various embodiments, the port combiner comprises a FiberChannel hub comprising a series of loop resiliency circuits, or a FiberChannel, Ethernet, or Infiniband switch. In one embodiment, the port combiner, I/O ports, and server are all comprised in a single blade module for plugging into a backplane of the chassis.
US09176833B2
A system, and computer program product for tolerating failures using concurrency in a cluster are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A failure is detected in a first computing node serving an application in a cluster. A subset of actions is selected from a set of actions, the set of actions configured to transfer the serving of the application from the first computing node to a second computing node in the cluster. A waiting period is set for the first computing node. The first computing node is allowed to continue serving the application during the waiting period. During the waiting period, concurrently with the first computing node serving the application, the subset of actions is performed at the second computing node. Responsive to receiving a signal of activity from the first computing node during the waiting period, the concurrent operation of the second computing node is aborted.
US09176813B2
An information processing apparatus includes a memory, and a processor that executes a process in the memory. The process includes detecting a sign of a fault of a storage device that prohibits write access to a storage area of the storage device and permits read access to the storage area during a fault, and storing a copy of data to be written to the storage device as first copy data in the memory when the sign of a fault is detected.
US09176802B2
An integrated circuit device comprises at least one connectivity identification module. The at least one connectivity identification module is arranged to determine an initial sensed state of at least one external signal path of the integrated circuit device, cause the at least one external signal path to be pulled towards an opposing state to the initial sensed state therefor, determine a new sensed state of the at least one external signal path of the integrated circuit device, and identify a presence of a broken connection within the at least one external signal path, if the new sensed state of the at least one external signal path does not match the initial sensed state of the at least one external signal path.
US09176799B2
A server system performs error detection on a hop-by-hop basis at multiple compute nodes, thereby facilitating the detection of a compute node experiencing failure. The server system communicates a packet from an originating node (the originating node) to a destination node by separating the packet into multiple flow control digits (flits) and routing the flits using a series of hops over a set of intermediate nodes. The packet's final flit includes error detection information, such as checksum data. As each intermediate node receives the final flit, it performs error detection using the error detection information. The pattern of nodes that detect an error indicates which intermediate node has experienced a failure.
US09176798B2
Computer-readable recording medium, failure prediction device and applicability determination method
A failure prediction device generates a failure predictor pattern in accordance with previous cases of failure that has occurred in a first system, the failure predictor pattern being used to detect a predictor of failure in the first system configuration. When a system configuration is changed from the first system configuration to a second system configuration, the failure prediction device calculates the difference information that indicates the difference between the system configurations by using the number of changes that is the accumulated number of times that a change of the configuration item which is included in a system is executed. The failure prediction device determines, in accordance with the calculated difference information, whether the failure predictor pattern is applicable to the detection of a predictor of failure in the second system configuration.
US09176795B2
A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for providing improved access to accelerated processing device compute resources to user mode applications. The functionality disclosed allows user mode applications to provide commands to an accelerated processing device without the need for kernel mode transitions in order to access a unified ring buffer. Instead, applications are each provided with their own buffers, which the accelerated processing device hardware can access to process commands. With full operating system support, user mode applications are able to utilize the accelerated processing device in much the same way as a CPU.
US09176792B2
When different types of shared resources need mutex protection, the shared resources can be organized into classes. Each class of shared resources can have multiple types of resources. A mutex pool can store multiple mutex objects, each mutex object corresponding to a class of resources. The mutex object can be used to protect each shared resource in the corresponding class.
US09176786B2
In a computing environment, a method for providing a data backup function without transferring data across a local area network includes providing a plurality of resources including at least a client resource requiring a periodic servicing operation, a service provider resource capable of providing that servicing operation. At least one of the client resource and the service provider resource, such as a data backup resource, are defined by virtual machines. The client resource and the service provider resource are transparently co-located by transferring the resource defined by a virtual machine to the physical machine hosting the other resource, and the service provider resource performs the data backup function without need of transferring the data being backed up across a local area network. Methods, computer systems, and computer programs available as a download or on a computer-readable medium for installation according to the invention are provided.
US09176783B2
A process generates a sample based on an event. The process identifies, with a dispatch monitor, a next dispatched monitored thread that is dispatched by a current processor. The process sets a processor affinity of the next dispatched monitored thread such that the next dispatched monitored thread runs only on the current processor without being able to migrate to a different processor. The process also retrieves, with a sampled thread that runs on the current processor, a next dispatched monitored thread call stack after the processor affinity of the next dispatched monitored thread has been set to the processor. The process restores the processor affinity of the next dispatched monitored thread after the next dispatched monitored thread call stack has been obtained.
US09176782B2
Dynamically splitting a job in wireless system between a processor other remote devices may involve evaluating a job that a wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may be requested to perform. The job may be made of one or more tasks. The WMC device may evaluate by determining the availability of at least one local hardware resource of the wireless mobile communication device in processing the requested job. The WMC device may apportion one or more tasks making up the requested job between the wireless mobile communication device and a remote device. The apportioning may be based on the availability of the at least one local hardware resource.
US09176778B2
Background collective operation management in a parallel computer, the parallel computer including one or more compute nodes operatively coupled for data communications over one or more data communications networks, including: determining, by a management availability module, whether a compute node in the parallel computer is available to perform a background collective operation management task; responsive to determining that the compute node is available to perform the background collective operation management task, determining, by the management availability module, whether the compute node has access to sufficient resources to perform the background collective operation management task; and responsive to determining that the compute node has access to sufficient resources to perform the background collective operation management task, initiating, by the management availability module, execution of the background collective operation management task.
US09176771B2
A data processing method has a device control thread for each peripheral device capable of an independent operation, a CPU processing thread for each data processing that is performed by a CPU, a control thread equipped with a processing part for constructing an application. The control thread checks an output from the thread related with each processing part, performs with a higher priority from the processing part in which output data of the preprocessing part as a configuration of the application exists and that is near termination, and instructs execution of the each device control thread and the CPU processing thread, and data input/output. Each of device control thread and CPU processing thread processes the data according to the instructions, and sends a processing result and a notification to the control thread.
US09176770B2
Generally, this disclosure describes systems (and methods) for moderating interrupts in a virtualization environment. An overflow interrupt interval is defined. The overflow interrupt interval is used for triggering activation of an inactive guest so that the guest may respond to a critical event. The guest, including a network application, may be active for a first time interval and inactive for a second time interval. A latency interrupt interval may be defined. The latency interrupt interval is configured for interrupt moderation when the network application associated with a packet flow is active, i.e., when the guest including the network application is active on a processor. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US09176769B2
Embodiments are directed to using object serialization to communicate references to shim objects and to managing memory on worker processes of a distributed software application. In one scenario, a computer system instantiates shim objects on one or more ranks of a distributed application. The shim objects are configured to store a reference to an instance of a native partitioned array, where the reference includes a unique identifier for the native partitioned array instance. The computer system then serializes the shim objects for communication of the stored references from the master rank of the distributed application to various other worker ranks of the distributed application. Then, upon serializing the shim objects, the computer system communicates the shim object's stored references to the other worker ranks of the distributed application.
US09176755B2
A method for simulation of a software program able to be run in a system and to control at least one action on expiration of a counter of the system, includes: the implementation of steps as a result of running instructions of the software program (L), and the implementation of a step (L′) separate from the steps implemented as a result of running the software and resulting in an early running of the said action. An associated device also is proposed.
US09176736B2
A system includes a processor having an instruction register for storing an instruction having a predefined opcode, a predicate register for storing a predicate condition to select an output register for a result of the instruction, a first output register, and a second output register. The processor further includes processor circuitry operable to execute the instruction to produce a result, and processor circuitry operable to store the result of the instruction in the first output register if the predicate condition to select the output is true, and to store the second output register if the predicate condition to select the output is false. A single instruction is used to produce the result, and to store the result of the instruction.
US09176730B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for validating a developed application. These mechanisms and methods for providing such validation can enable embodiments to ensure that new versions of developed applications will operate in the same application environment of a previous version. The ability of embodiments to provide such validation may lead to an improved application migration development/runtime framework, etc.
US09176729B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for identifying and remediating risky source files. An example system configured to practice the method can gather data describing each file in a source code repository, and generate, using a weighted algorithm based on empirical relationships between the data and customer-found defects, a risk score for each file in the source code repository, wherein the weighted algorithm prioritizes factors based on predictiveness of defects. Then the system can generate a list of files having risk scores above a threshold, and make risk-mitigation recommendations based on the risk scores. A file can include a single file or a collection of files such as a module. The system can identify, for each file in the list of files having risk scores above the threshold, a respective risk type, and make the risk-mitigation recommendation for each file based on the respective risk type.
US09176726B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for developing, distributing and executing applications are disclosed. A set of modules for use by one or more specific applications is stored in a local database on a mobile device. A specific application configuration, comprising a set of modules used by the specific application and a manner of usage thereof, is stored in the local database. Upon selection of a specific application by a user of the mobile device, a parent application is started with a parameter associated with the specific application. The parent application provides functionality of the specific application by activating the set of modules in accordance with the corresponding configuration, as retrieved from the local database.
US09176721B2
An electronic device has a plurality of virtualized environments. Selection of an application of an application store is received, and a virtualized environment is identified for installing the application selected from the application store.
US09176719B2
Under the present invention, prerequisites are first determined on a server for one or more OSGi bundles that are to be loaded on a client device. Once determined, the prerequisites are communicated to the client device. Upon receipt, the client device will determine whether it has/meets the prerequisites. If not, any prerequisites that the client device does not have represent resource limitations that are communicated back to the server in a response. The server will then recursively resolve the prerequisites by identifying a final set (e.g., one or more) of OSGi bundles that fulfill the prerequisites within the resource limitations of the client device. Once all prerequisites are resolved, the final set OSGi bundles can be loaded on the client device.
US09176716B2
A method for scheduling tasks to processor cores of a parallel computing system may include the steps of processing a source code which comprises at least one parallel lambda function having a function body called by a task and having a capture list specifying the data structures accessed in the function body of said parallel lambda function and used to derive data location information; executing the task calling said function body on the processor core which is associated to a memory unit of the parallel computing system where the data of the data structures specified by said capture list is stored, wherein the memory unit is selected or localized based on the derived data location information.
US09176714B2
A method of using a computer program that accesses legacy program code can include distinguishing between non-legacy program code of the computer program and legacy program code of the computer program, separating the computer program into at least a first logical unit including non-legacy program code and at least a second logical unit including legacy program code, and including interface code within the first logical unit. The interface code can be non-legacy program code that communicates with the second logical unit. The first logical unit and the second logical unit can be output.
US09176711B2
A web-based interface is provided for visually modeling a business-to-business or application integration process by selecting and associating predetermined process-representing visual elements. A customized, enterprise-specific executable software application (“dynamic runtime engine”) is automatedly produced by software running remotely. The dynamic runtime engine is created to include a generic application template, predefined “stock” codesets selected as a function of the modeled process, and a data profile codeset that includes input provided by the user for customizing the stock components for a specific integration process of a specific enterprise.
US09176695B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires size information regarding a sheet on which an image is to be formed and print data; an image forming unit that forms the image on the sheet on the basis of the print data acquired by the acquisition unit; and a control unit that, if the size information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates a first size of which an aspect ratio of the sheet is 1:substantially 1.41, exchanges vertical and horizontal directions of the image formed on the sheet with respect to the print data by controlling the image forming unit so as to execute a first split print mode of enlarging the image to be printed on two sheets.
US09176694B2
Methods and systems begin when a printing device receives a print job. The methods and systems identify a document type within the print job using a processor of the printing device. The methods and systems also determine if the document type requires an audible alarm using the processor. The methods and systems print the print job using a printing engine of the printing device. If the document type requires the audible alarm, the methods and systems produce an audible alarm using a speaker of the printing device after the printing is complete.
US09176685B2
A color converting apparatus is used for designated-color printing. The apparatus is provided with a color space converting unit for converting a designated-color designated by a printing command to a converted-color in a color space represented by brightness, saturation and hue of color, and a color classifying unit for classifying the converted-color to one of plural classified-colors on the basis of the brightness, saturation and hue of said converted-color. Color correlating-relationship information is prepared, which sets correlating relationship between the plural classified-colors and one or more printing colors. The apparatus is further provided with a classified-color/printing-color correlating unit for selecting one printing color correlated with the one classified-color from among one or more printing colors, based on the color correlating-relationship information and for correlating the selected printing color with the printing command.
US09176684B2
In a network printing system utilizing WSD Print Service, a highly operable peripheral apparatus control system that utilizes a mass storage device and a low-cost shared printer that does not include a function for requesting print data to an information processing apparatus is provided. The peripheral apparatus control system includes an information processing apparatus and a peripheral apparatus mutually connected via a network. The information processing apparatus inputs a job request and a reservation request to the peripheral apparatus. The peripheral apparatus includes a first measurement unit that measures the difference between reception timings of the job request and the reservation request. If the difference between the reception timings is equal to or less than a first predetermined time, a reservation ID is input and a reservation of the job request is accepted.
US09176681B1
A method is used in managing provisioning of storage in storage systems. Whether a logical object requires a slice for recovering the logical object is determined. Based on the determination, storage for the slice is provisioned. The slice is provided to the logical object.
US09176678B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to scanning, by a first processor in a work group, a memory associated with the first processor for data. The first processor updates a first data structure to include at least a portion of the data based on the scanning. The first processor transmits a representation of the first data structure to one or more peer processors of the first processor included in the work group using a dedicated link. The first processor receives a representation of a second data structure associated with at least one of the one or more peer processors of the first processor. The first processor updates the first data structure based on the received representation of the second data structure.
US09176672B2
Systems and techniques relating to input/output (I/O) command aggregation include, according to at least one implementation, a method including receiving a first command from a device driver through interface hardware for accessing a storage device; identifying the received command as an aggregation command having a tag corresponding to consolidated command information; communicating a transfer ready notification to the device driver; receiving the consolidated command information from the device driver, wherein the consolidated command information includes memory addresses and data transfer counts for a defined quantity of aggregated I/O commands or for aggregated I/O commands that are received within a defined period of time; storing the consolidated command information in memory; receiving a second command including the tag corresponding to the consolidated command information; and processing the second command with respect to the storage device based on the memory addresses and the data transfer counts in the consolidated command information.
US09176668B2
A user interface allows a user to input text, numbers and symbols in to an electronic device through a touch sensitive input and perform control functions with one or more swipes gestures, swipe and hold gestures and multiple finger tap gestures. The system can differentiate the swipes and perform functions corresponding to the detected swipes based upon swipe direction, number of fingers used in the swipe and the context of the text input.
US09176667B2
A method is provided including detecting that a first key in a virtual keypad is pressed, the first key being associated with a first symbol, determining, by an electronic device, whether a predetermined input is received after the first key is pressed, reconfiguring the virtual keypad, without displaying the first symbol, when the predetermined input is received; and displaying the first symbol when the predetermined input is not received.
US09176665B2
A flexible user input system, comprising a computing system having a display device and a flexible user input device with a touch screen display member, the flexible user input device configured to concurrently display at least two user input interface representations.
US09176652B1
A method is provided for providing scroll-wheel functionality on a touchpad without the touchpad predefining a scroll-wheel. The method includes receiving data corresponding to progressive movement of a touch point on the touchpad, determining from the received data that the progressive movement is substantially elliptical, defining an ellipse around an ellipse center. The method further includes detecting, based on the determined movement, continued angular movement of the touch point around the ellipse center, and registering the continued angular movement as one or more scroll events in the computing system.
US09176645B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for handling large collections of items in a user interface. A collection of items in a data store associated with a request for a content page is identified. A content page is generated that includes a number of items in the content page, where the number of items in the content page can be less than a total number of items in the collection. The content page also includes a select-all element. The content page is also configured to initiate a subsequent request to with an argument corresponding to activation of the select-all element as well as potentially an exclusion list corresponding to deselected items.
US09176634B2
An operation device includes a touch operation unit that has an operation surface; and a control device that responds to a selection operation performed on each of selection items displayed on a display device arranged remotely from the touch operation unit, based on two-dimensional coordinates of a finger touch point on the operation surface, wherein the control device operates in an absolute coordinate mode, in which a coordinate system of the display device corresponds absolutely to a coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when any of the selection items is not selected and, at the same time, operates in a relative coordinate mode, in which the coordinate system of the display device corresponds relatively to the coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit, when one of the selection items is selected.
US09176632B2
According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a display area and a touch detection electrode that includes thin wire segments having first and second ends. Thin wire segments include a thin wire segment extending in a direction different from a pixel arrangement direction in which color regions having the highest human visibility are arranged. The second end is located away from the first end in a direction toward a target position that is distant from the first end in a pixel orthogonal direction by N times of a maximum length of one of the pixels in the pixel orthogonal direction, and in the pixel arrangement direction by M times of a maximum length of one of the pixels in the pixel arrangement direction. Each of N and M is an integer of 2 or larger. N and M are different from each other.
US09176626B2
Provided is an electronic underlay with a wireless transmission function, designed not to sense a hand holding a writing tool at the time of writing on a sheet. The electronic underlay with a wireless transmission function can be laid under a sheet to perform writing with a writing tool. The electronic underlay is provided with: a sheet-like optical waveguide formed by sandwiching lattice-like cores between a sheet-like under cladding layer and a sheet-like over cladding layer; a light emitting element connected to one end surface of the core; a light receiving element connected to another end surface of the core; and wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting inputted letters as electronic data. An elasticity modulus of the core is larger than an elasticity modulus of the under cladding layer and the over cladding layer.
US09176624B2
An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an apparatus may include a determination unit configured to determine a position on a surface of the determination unit corresponding to a contact between a portion of an operating tool and the determination unit surface. The apparatus may also include a definition unit configured to define a first display position of a first stereoscopic image, and a generation unit configured to generate a second stereoscopic image in response to the contact. A control unit may be configured to generate a signal to display the first stereoscopic image at the first display position and display the second stereoscopic image at a second display position, the first and second display positioned being within a predetermined distance of the contact position.
US09176615B2
A method and apparatus for activating a function of the electronic device is disclosed herewith. The method includes detecting a first input by a motion sensor. Further, the method activates a touch sensor of the electronic device in response to detecting the first input. The method then detects a second input by the motion sensor within a predetermined time period from the first input. Next, the method determines, in response to detecting the second input, whether contact has occurred at the touch sensor and activates a function of the electronic device in response to determining that contact has occurred at the touch sensor when the second input is detected.
US09176609B2
An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device.
US09176600B2
A control devices includes a key having a top surface configured to be pressed by a user, and a resistance device coupled to the key and configured to provide a resistance force to the key that opposes a user force applied to the top surface. A force sensor is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to detect the user force applied to top surface. A control circuit is coupled to the resistance device and is configured to change the resistance force of the resistance device according to a force profile.
US09176598B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a handheld device having a pixelated sensor, an optical filter for passing a predetermined frequency band of radiation to the sensor and a transmitter, an electronic equipment having a display, and at least two spaced-apart markers, where each of which are positioned proximate to the display. The markers provide radiation at the frequency band passed by the optical filter. The handheld device includes a processor coupled to receive image data of the markers from the sensor for computing coordinate data from the image data. The coordinate data requires less data than the image data. The processor is coupled to the transmitter to transmit the coordinate data to the electronic equipment. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US09176583B2
The invention relates to a method for haptic feedback control that comprises a control device for transmitting a haptic feedback to the finger of a user in a movement area of said finger, characterized in that said control method comprises a first step (101) of determining the direction of an elementary movement of said finger and decomposing the elementary movement into components along said first and second driving directions (D1, D2), and a second step (102) of independently driving said first actuator (7a) and second actuator (7b) based on the components of the elementary movement (dU) in order to drive said plate (3) in translation so that the result of the vibratory effect generated by said actuators (7a, 7b) can be felt by said finger in a direction (dR) substantially perpendicular to and coplanar with the direction of said elementary movement (dU).
US09176557B2
A method and apparatus for estimating virtual machine energy consumption, and in particular, a method and apparatus for estimating virtual machine energy consumption in a computer system. The method includes: obtaining system energy consumption of the system hardware resources; obtaining event information of a plurality of functional units into which the system hardware resources are divided, and mapping the event information to the respective virtual machines; and calculating energy consumption of the virtual machines according to a plurality of energy consumption coefficients corresponding to the plurality of functional units and according to the event information mapped to the functional units of the respective virtual machines.
US09176552B2
Roughly described, a method of powering down a portion of an integrated circuit chip, the portion of the integrated circuit chip comprising a plurality of peripheral circuits, each peripheral circuit being connected to a respective debug unit, the method comprising: prior to power down, extracting from each debug unit configuration information of that debug unit; storing the configuration information of the debug units in a memory on the integrated circuit chip during power down of the portion of the integrated circuit chip; and on power up, restoring the configuration information of each debug unit to that debug unit prior resuming operation of that debug unit and the peripheral circuit connected to that debug unit.
US09176550B2
An apparatus may comprise a power management system. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09176548B2
A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
US09176546B2
A hard disk assembly includes a tray, a bracket, and a carrier. The tray includes plural protrusions. The bracket is disposed on the tray for fastening a hard disk device. The bracket includes a bracket body having plural slots thereon, and plural pins disposed on opposite sides of the bracket body. The slots are respectively engaged with the protrusions. The pins are disposed between the bracket and the tray. The carrier is pivotally connected to the tray. The carrier includes two ribs. Each rib has a curved surface for touching and pulling the pins. Therefore the bracket can be slidably moved on the tray along the slots.
US09176545B2
A locking apparatus is configured to lock a first panel and a second panel to a computer device. The locking apparatus includes a lock rotatable between a first position and a second position, a mounting panel, a driving lever pivotably attached on the mounting panel, a blocking member attached to the mounting panel, and a latch member. When moved to the first position, the rotatable post rotates the driving lever, the driving lever pushes the latch member to unlatch from the second panel, and the rotatable post is disengaged from the blocking member to unlock the first panel. When moved to the second position, the rotatable post is blocked by the blocking member for locking the first panel, the driving lever is rotated to its original position, and the latch member latches the second panel.
US09176542B2
A CE device for, e.g., displaying the time can incorporate an accelerometer to provide various features and enhancements. For example, tilting of the housing as sensed by the accelerometer may be used for controlling a volume output by an audio display, and/or for controlling a position of a screen cursor relative to underlying presentation on a visual display, and/or for controlling motion of a virtual object presented on the visual display; and/or for rotating a presentation on the visual display to always be oriented up and/or for determining that a person has tapped the housing based on signals from the accelerometer and in response thereto presenting an image of a rotatable object on the display.
US09176530B2
A wearable accessory device is disclosed. The wearable accessory device includes a flexible display coupled to a bi-stable spring. Coupling the display to the bi-stable spring allows the accessory device to be easily worn in a number of convenient locations.
US09176529B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a casing comprising a display thereto, the casing being configured to house therein an electric component configured to generate heat; a wearing member configured to be wrapped around an arm of a human body to cause the casing to be worn on the arm; a plurality of electrodes configured to face, in a state that the casing is worn on an arm, a side of the arm; an impedance measurement module configured to measure impedance between two of the electrodes; and a controller configured to control the electric component so that when the impedance obtained in the impedance measurement module is lower than a threshold, an amount of the heat generated by the electric component becomes small compared with a case that the impedance is higher than the threshold.
US09176528B2
A computing device may include a touch-sensitive display. Display logic may control a size of an active area of the touch-sensitive display and a size of an inactive area of the touch-sensitive display. The display logic to set the active area to a first size when the touch-sensitive display is in a first mode. Display logic to set the active area to a second size when the touch-sensitive display is in a second mode. In one embodiment, the computing device may be a convertible computer system. In another embodiment, the computing device may be a tablet computer system.
US09176521B2
Embodiments related to signal generation for spectral measurements are described and depicted. In one embodiment, a signal generator for a spectral measurement is configured to generate a digital sigma-delta modulated signal. The signal generator has a digital output to feed the digital sigma-delta signal to a probe.
US09176497B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for creating customized products using a product identification device. In some embodiments, the process involves receiving an aggregate order for yearbooks, creating a master list associated with the aggregate order and including single orders, associating at least one number with each single order, manufacturing a first portion of a yearbook for each single order with a first identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, manufacturing a second portion of the yearbook for the single order with a second identifier associated with that portion and also being associated with the at least one number, and combining the first portion with the second portion.
US09176486B2
A mobile terminal 1A is configured to communicate with a remote control server 4A that transmits a remote control signal to operate an operation object apparatus via a particular local area network NW2 or a wide area communication network NW1. A permission/rejection information storage part 102 stores whether execution of remote control operation based on the operation instruction information is permitted or rejected when each operation instruction information has gone through any communication network. When receiving the input of operation instruction information, a communication network discrimination part 106 discriminates with which communication network communication has established. An operation permission/rejection decision part 107 decides permission/rejection of execution of the operation instruction information according to the results. When remote control operation based on operation instruction information is permitted as a result of decision, operation instruction information is transmitted to the remote control server 4A.
US09176485B2
Methods and systems for occupancy prediction using historical occupancy patterns are described. In an embodiment, an occupancy probability is computed by comparing a recent occupancy pattern to historic occupancy patterns. Sensor data for a room, or other space, is used to generate a table of past occupancy which comprises these historic occupancy patterns. The comparison which is performed identifies a number of similar historic occupancy patterns and data from these similar historic occupancy patterns is combined to generate an occupancy probability for a time in the future. In an example, time may be divided into discrete slots and binary values may be used to indicate occupancy or non-occupancy in each slot. An occupancy probability for a defined future time slot then comprises a combination of the binary values for corresponding time slots from each of the identified similar occupancy patterns.
US09176482B2
Control systems for mounting in a vehicle and for transmitting a signal to a receiver associated with a device for opening or closing a movable barrier when the receiver receives an authorized signal are provided.
US09176479B2
A time-to-digital converter (TDC) comprises a first delay line including a plurality of first delay cells connected in series, wherein each of the first delay cells include a plurality of first delay units connected in series, wherein each of the first delay units includes a tunable PMOS transistor, a first poly on oxide definition (OD) edge (PODE) transistor, and a pull-up PMOS transistor. The TDC further comprises a second delay line including a plurality of second delay cells connected in series, wherein each of the second delay cells include a plurality of second delay units connected in series, wherein each of the second delay units includes a tunable NMOS transistor, a second PODE transistor, and a pull-down NMOS transistor.
US09176473B1
Variable digital optical images may be fabricated using generic optical matrices. A generic optical matrix may have pixels corresponding to color and sub-pixels corresponding to non-color effects. The pixels may include first pixels corresponding to a first color and second pixels corresponding to a second color. The sub-pixels may include first sub-pixels corresponding to a first non-color effect and second sub-pixels corresponding to a second non-color effect. Individual ones of the pixels and/or sub-pixels of the generic optical matrix may be obliterated according to a negative while remaining pixels and/or sub-pixels may be preserved. The remaining pixels and/or sub-pixels may form an optical image corresponding to a base image. The optical image may be colored based on the remaining pixels. The optical image may exhibit non-color effects corresponding to the remaining sub-pixels. The optical image may comprise a hologram or a stereo image.
US09176466B2
When an operation member is moved in a state in which a cartridge is mounted to an apparatus main body of an image forming apparatus, a cartridge supporting member is rotated away from a transfer member so that the cartridge is rotated and enters a state in which the cartridge is inclined at an angle θ1 with respect to the transfer member, and an exposure device is rotated away from the transfer member and enters a state in which the exposure device is inclined at an angle θ2 higher than the angle θ1 with respect to the transfer member.
US09176452B2
An image forming apparatus has an image carrier, a developing unit, a toner container, a pixel counter, and a used toner amount estimator. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the image carrier's surface. The developing unit feeds toner on the image carrier's surface. The toner container with a transport screw supplies toner to the developing unit. The pixel counter counts the number of pixels in toner images formed on the image carrier's surface since the toner container started being used. The used toner amount estimator estimates the amount of toner used, until the cumulative value of the number of revolutions of the transport screw reaches a predetermined number, based on the cumulative value and, thereafter, by multiplying the pixel count of the pixel counter by a coefficient. The estimator corrects the coefficient based on the pixel count as observed when the cumulative value reaches the predetermined number.
US09176450B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form images that are to be transferred to first sheets, a fixing and erasing unit configured to fix the images onto the first sheets and erase images formed with a decolorizable material on second sheets, and a controller. The controller is configured to interrupt the image forming unit to stop forming images that are to be transferred to the first sheets, and control the fixing and erasing unit to carry out an erasing operation on the second sheets while the image forming unit is interrupted.
US09176448B2
An image forming apparatus includes a sample pattern outputting part holding a sample pattern and supplying the held sample pattern to the image forming part, a selection part allowing a user to select one of the color sample images that configure the sample pattern, an image formation density adjustment amount holding part determining and holding image formation density adjustment amounts for increasing or decreasing image formation densities of the plurality of the colors, an image formation density adjusting part adjusting image formation densities of the plurality of the colors according to the image formation density adjustment amounts, a presenting part presenting to the user the image formation density adjustment amounts; and an image formation density adjustment amount modifying part receiving from the user modifications with respect to the image formation density adjustment amounts and updating the image formation density adjustment amounts.
US09176439B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information to identify a user; a usage history information acquiring unit that acquires usage history information for the user specified by the identification information; an output setting forecasting unit that forecasts output setting used by the user based on the usage history information; and a fixing temperature setting unit that sets a fixing temperature based on the forecasted output setting.
US09176427B2
A developing device includes: a developer container having first and second transport passages, for containing developer; a developer carrier for carrying, on its surface, developer inside the second transport passage; a first stirring/transporting member having a rotary shaft and a transport blade formed on its circumferential surface, for stirring/transporting developer inside the first transport passage; a second stirring/transporting member for stirring/transporting developer inside the second transport passage in a direction opposite to the first stirring/transporting member; a first developer passing portion for delivering developer from the first to the second transport passage; and a second developer passing portion for delivering developer from the second to the first transport passage. In a part of the first stirring/transporting member facing the first developer passing portion, a paddle portion is formed which is devoid of the rotary shaft and which has a plurality of first ribs parallel to the rotary shaft.
US09176423B2
A developer container includes: a developer container body including a developer supply port and a first shutter movement restriction groove on a surface of the developer container body; a shutter member movable from a close position to an open position of the developer supply port, the shutter member including a second shutter movement restriction groove such that the first and second shutter restriction grooves define a guide path when the shutter member closes the developer supply port at the close position; and a restriction member movable in the guide path and configured, when the restriction member is positioned in both the first and second shutter movement restriction grooves depending on an inclination of the developer container body, to prevent the shutter member from moving from the close position to the open position.
US09176422B2
A developer collecting device includes a collecting box that accommodates developer discharged from a developing unit, the developing unit accommodating developer including toner and a carrier, the developing unit developing an electrostatic latent image on a development member using the toner in the developer; a guide cylinder that connects the developing unit and the collecting box to each other, the guide cylinder guiding movement of the developer discharged from the developing unit to the collecting box; a transporting member that is disposed in the guide cylinder and extends in a developer transport direction, the transporting member transporting the developer towards the collecting box by rotation of the transporting member; and a rotation controller that controls rotation speed of the transporting member in accordance with conditions that affect a capability of developing the electrostatic latent image on the development member.
US09176421B2
A cartridge includes: a rotating body including a rotating shaft extending in a first direction and carrying developer; a housing supporting the rotating body; and a cover removably mounted on the housing and protect the rotating body. The cover includes: a grasping portion that is provided substantially at a center of the cover in the first direction; and a first engaging claw that is disposed on an outer side of the cover with respect to the grasping portion in the first direction, and is configured to engage the cover with the housing. The housing includes an engaged portion engaged with the first engaging claw. If the grasping portion is operated to remove the cover from the housing, the first engaging claw moves toward the center of the cover in the first direction and engagement of the first engaging claw and the engaged portion is released.
US09176412B2
Two-component developer includes positively chargeable toner and a carrier. The carrier is formed of a carrier core and a coating layer that covers the carrier core. The coating layer includes one or more types of fluorine-containing resin selected from the group consisting of fluorine containing polyimide resin and fluorine containing polyamide-imide resin. The positively chargeable toner includes binder resin and a charge control agent. A content of the charge control agent is 1.0% by mass or higher and 5.0% by mass or lower relative to a mass of the toner.
US09176409B2
Toner contains a mother toner particle containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and an external additive to cover the mother toner particle, wherein the external additive contains a resin particle, wherein the resin particle has an outer shell layer formed of silica or modified silica, wherein the resin particle has a non-spherical form with a shape factor (SF) of 1.20 or greater as calculated by the following relationship 1, Shape factor(SF)=[(Absolute maximum length of particle)2/Projected area of particle)]×(π/4) Relation 1.
US09176406B2
Toner contains a binder resin containing a crystalline resin having a urethane and/or urea bonding; and a colorant, wherein in a diffraction spectrum of the toner as measured by an X-ray diffraction instrument, a ratio {C/(C+A)} of an integral intensity C of the spectrum derived from the crystalline structure to an integral intensity A of the spectrum derived from the non-crystalline structure is 0.12 or greater, wherein the toner satisfies the following relation 1: T1−T2≦30° C. (Relation 1), where T1 represents the maximum endothermic peak in the first temperature rising from 0° C. to 100° C. at the temperature rising rate of 10° C./min and T2 represents the maximum exothermic peak in the first temperature falling from 100° C. to 0° C. at the temperature falling rate of 10° C./min as T1 and T2 are measured by diffraction scanning calorimetry (DSC).
US09176398B2
A method for thermally conditioning an optical element includes irradiating the optical element with radiation, not-irradiating the optical element with the radiation, allowing heat flow between the optical element and a conditioning fluid that is held in a conditioning fluid reservoir, and providing a fluid flow of the conditioning fluid, to supply thermally conditioned fluid to the reservoir. A flow rate of the fluid during the irradiating of the optical element is lower than a flow rate of the fluid when the optical element is not-irradiated.
US09176397B2
An apparatus for transferring substrates within a lithography system, the lithography system comprising a substrate preparation unit for clamping a substrate onto a substrate support structure to form a clamped substrate, and an interface with a substrate supply system for receiving unclamped substrates. The apparatus comprises a body provided with a first set of fingers for carrying an unclamped substrate and a second set of fingers for carrying a substrate support structure, and the first set of fingers is located below the second set of fingers, and fingers of the first set of fingers have a different shape than the fingers of the second set of fingers.
US09176385B2
Methods of lithography, methods for forming patterning tools, and patterning tools are described. One such patterning tool include an active region that forms a first diffraction image on a lens when in use, and an inactive region that forms a second diffraction image on a lens when in use. The inactive region includes a pattern of phase shifting features formed in a substantially transparent material of the patterning tool. Patterning tools and methods, as described, can be used to compensate for lens distortion from effects such as localized heating.
US09176376B2
A method of performing pattern transfer includes the steps of: applying liquid to a substrate, while performing relative movement of the substrate and a liquid ejection head having a plurality of nozzles, by performing ejection and deposition of a plurality of droplets of the liquid from the nozzles onto the substrate in a state where a shape of each of the droplets upon the deposition is not a single circular shape and each of the droplets does not combine with adjacent another of the droplets on the substrate; and curing the liquid that has been applied to the substrate in the applying step while pressing a pattern forming surface of a stamper having a prescribed projection-recess pattern against the liquid.
US09176368B2
An optical system for a projector is provided, which includes a solid-state light source module, an optical module, a phosphor element and a light relay module which are disposed sequentially. The light source module can generate a first beam, while the optical module can relay and uniformize the first beam so that the first beam is uniformly incident on the phosphor element. The optical module also makes the light spot of the first beam incident on the phosphor element into a predetermined shape and area, so that the phosphor element will emit a second beam by an emitting area. The light relay module can receive a part of the second beam, and the part of the second beam has a solid angle. An Etendue defined by the solid angle and the emitting area may be identical to the Etendue of a light modulator of the projector.
US09176367B2
An illumination device includes: a light source section including a laser light source; a first uniformization optical member receiving light from the light source section; a second uniformization optical member receiving light from the first uniformization optical member; an optical device disposed on an optical path of outgoing light from the light source section; and a drive section vibrating the optical device.
US09176365B2
An illumination device includes: an optical element which including a hologram recording medium including a first zone and a second zone and can reproduce an image of a scattering plate; an irradiation device which irradiates the optical element with a coherent light beam such that the light beam is allowed to scan the hologram recording medium; and a polarization control unit provided on an optical path of the light beam to an illuminated zone. The light beams incident on respective positions of the hologram recording medium are allowed to reproduce the image superimposed on the illuminated zone. The polarization control unit controls polarization of the light beams such that the light beam incident on the first zone to travel toward the illuminated zone and the light beam incident on the second zone to travel toward the illuminated zone are configured with different polarization components.
US09176363B2
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises five lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side and an aperture stop positioned before the first lens element. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying two inequalities, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US09176354B2
In one aspect, a liquid crystal display device includes a display region formed of plural divided regions in a row direction. First and second driving circuits are arranged to face each other interposing the display region therebetween in the row direction. The first driving circuit is connected with odd scanning lines, and the second driving circuit is connected with the even scanning lines. A channel area of the TFT of the pixels connected to the odd scanning lines is the smallest in the divided region nearest to the first driving circuit and becomes larger gradually in the divided regions distant from the first driving circuit. A channel area of the TFT of the pixels connected to the even scanning lines is the smallest in the divided region nearest to the second driving circuit and becomes larger gradually in the divided regions with distant from the second driving circuit.
US09176347B2
A lateral electric field type liquid crystal display (LCD) device comprises a first substrate formed with a plurality of first electrodes and at least one second electrode, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the two substrates. Each first electrode comprises an array of electrode segments and every adjacent first and second electrodes have a minimum spacing smaller than a maximum spacing in between. Each second electrode is a strip electrode or also comprises an array of electrode segments. Each electrode segment is a V-shape electrode rotated with an angle or an electrode segment having at least an extruded portion and at least an intruded portion. The array of electrode segments may be a sinusoidal electrode. The first and second electrodes are oriented in parallel with or at a specific angle with respect to the data line of the lateral electric field type LCD device.
US09176342B2
A radiation emitting element comprising a radiation transmissive element having a first refractive index, a first surface, a second, opposite surface, a radiation emitter adapted to emit radiation of a predetermined wavelength into the radiation transmissive element, and a plurality of radiation controlling elements, wherein each radiation controlling element comprises: a first liquid having a second refractive index, a second fluid having a third refractive index being lower than the second refractive index, the second refractive index being closer to the first refractive index than the third refractive index, means for altering a shape of the first liquid between two modes wherein: • in a first mode, the first liquid being in contact with the first surface at a first surface part, and an interface between the first liquid and the second fluid, at the first surface part, is not parallel to the first surface part and • in a second mode, a surface of the second fluid, at the first surface part, is at least substantially parallel to the shape of the first surface part, wherein the first liquid has a transmittance of at least 10% at the predetermined wavelength.
US09176341B2
A transmissive-type display device having a display area which is sequentially scanned; and a lighting device arranged on a rear face of the display device, including lighting units arranged so as to be aligned in a direction from one toward the other end portion side along a direction in which the display area is sequentially scanned. The lighting units are in a light emitting state over a light emitting period after sequential scanning of display units including portions of the display area corresponding to the lighting units is completed, and the lighting units are sequentially scanned from one toward the other end portion side in accordance with the sequential scanning of the display area. A length of waiting time from the completion of sequential scanning of the display unit until the corresponding lighting unit emits light is nonlinearly decreased.
US09176337B2
The present invention provides a backlight module, which includes a backplane, a backlight source arranged inside the backplane, a light guide plate arranged inside the backplane, an optic film assembly arranged on the light guide plate, and a split mold frame arranged inside the backplane. The split mold frame includes a plurality of spaced corner pieces respectively set on the optic film assembly. The corner pieces have a support surface that is distant from the optic film assembly for supporting thereon a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight module of the present invention uses an upper surface of a split mold frame to serve as a support surface for a liquid crystal display panel thereby enlarging the supporting area for the liquid crystal display pane, improving supporting stability and also effectively preventing the occurrence of light leakage, ensuring luminance of the backlight module, and enhancing optic grade.
US09176331B2
Method for optimization of a progressive spectacle lens, which method comprises: defining a starting nominal astigmatism distribution for the spectacle lens; determining a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution and optimizing the spectacle lens on the basis of the transformed nominal astigmatism distribution, wherein the determination of a transformed nominal astigmatism distribution comprises multiplication of the maximum temporal nominal astigmatism of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution by a factor k as a result of which a modified maximum temporal astigmatism is obtained, wherein k is a function of a prescription value, and/or at least of one parameter of the spectacle lens or of the arrangement thereof in front of the eyes, and transformation of the starting nominal astigmatism distribution on the basis of the modified maximum temporal astigmatism.
US09176329B2
The present invention relates to a spectacle lens comprising a first lens element and a second lens element, the first lens element having a front surface and a back surface that comprises a first back surface region and a second back surface region, the at least one second lens element comprising a front surface and a back surface, the second back surface region of the first lens element and the front surface of the second lens element being contiguous, a front surface of the spectacle lens being formed by the front surface of the first lens element and a back surface of the spectacle lens being formed in a base region by the first back surface region of the first lens element and in an achromatic region by the back surface of the at least one second lens element, the first back surface region of the first lens element having a first tangent at at least one first transition point between the base region and the achromatic region in a first cross-sectional plane of the spectacle lens, the back surface of the at least one second element having a second tangent at the at least one first transition point in the cross-sectional plane, wherein the first tangent and the second tangent intersect one another in the first cross-sectional plane. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for designing such a spectacle lens.
US09176307B2
A zoom lens system ZL comprising, in order from an object side: a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power; a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power; a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group G4 having negative refractive power; and a fifth lens group G5 having positive refractive power; upon zooming the first lens group G1 being fixed with respect to an image plane in the direction of the optical axis, upon focusing at least a portion of the third lens group G3 being moved along the optical axis, and the zoom lens system satisfying predetermined conditions. An optical apparatus is equipped with the zoom lens system, and there is a method for manufacturing the zoom lens system.
US09176303B2
A lens module include: a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having positive refractive power; a third lens having refractive power; a fourth lens having positive refractive power; a fifth lens having refractive power; and a sixth lens having negative refractive power and having an inflection point formed on an image-side surface thereof. The lens module may satisfy the following Conditional expressions: 0.36
US09176291B2
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that includes an optical source that provides an optical signal having a wavelength is described. This optical source includes a reflecting layer, a bottom cladding layer, an active layer (such as a III-V semiconductor) having a bandgap wavelength that exceeds that of silicon, and a top cladding layer. Moreover, an optical coupler (such as a grating coupler) that couples the optical signal out of a plane of the active layer is included in a region of the active layer. In this region, the top cladding layer is absent. Furthermore, in an adjacent region, the top cladding layer includes an inverse taper so that the top cladding layer is tapered down from a width distal from the region. In conjunction with the optical coupler, the inverse taper may facilitate low-loss optical coupling of the optical signal between the PIC and another PIC.
US09176280B2
An optical device includes an optical reflector based on a coupled-loopback optical waveguide. In particular, an input port, an output port and an optical loop in arms of the optical reflector are optically coupled to a directional coupler. The directional coupler evanescently couples an optical signal between the arms. For example, the directional coupler may include: a multimode interference coupler and/or a Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI). Moreover, destructive interference during the evanescent coupling determines the reflection and transmission power coefficients of the optical reflector.
US09176277B2
An optical link may include a main optical waveguide; N sub-optical waveguides, where N is a natural number; N mode couplers, each configured to perform a mode coupling operation between the main optical waveguide and a respective one of the N sub-optical waveguide; and an optical wavelength filter connected to an output terminal of the main optical waveguide and an output terminal of each of the N sub-optical waveguides. A memory system may include a memory device, a memory controller, and the optical link. A data processing system may include the memory system and a central processing unit connected to the memory system through a bus.
US09176267B2
An illumination optical apparatus illuminates a pattern on a mask with illumination light. The illumination optical apparatus includes an optical integrator arranged in an optical path of the illumination light, and a polarization member made of optical material with optical rotatory power, which is arranged in the optical path on an incidence side of the optical integrator, and which changes a polarization state of the illumination light. The illumination light from the polarization member is irradiated onto the pattern through a pupil plane of the illumination optical apparatus.
US09176262B2
The invention discloses liquid combination for liquid lens. The liquid combination comprises an oil phase liquid and an aqueous phase liquid. The oil phase liquid comprises a silicon oil polymerized by siloxane. The aqueous phase liquid comprises a solution mixed with alcohol and water. Due to the liquid lens atomized and opaque by emulsion, the recovering time of the liquid lens from the emulsion will affect the performance of the liquid lens hugely. Accordingly, the recovering time is a performance index of the liquid lens. The liquid combination of the invention for the liquid lens can meet the specification and have the fast speed which is recovered from the emulsion.
US09176260B2
A method of manufacturing a co-molded lens assembly comprising injecting a first material in a complete bezel mold having a bezel injection half and a bezel ejection half to form a bezel, and then injecting a second material in a complete optics mold to form a lens that is co-molded to the bezel. A third material is injected in a complete gasket mold to co-mold a gasket to the bezel.
US09176253B2
The invention is generally related to a portable inspection apparatus for placement in an inspection area and for inspection of vehicles passing through the inspection area. The portable inspection apparatus comprises a support structure arranged to extend away from a surface of the inspection area, a base for disposal on the surface, and an inspection field generator comprising an emitter and a detector for generating an inspection field. A first one of the emitter and the detector may be supported by the support structure and a second one of the emitter and the detector may be supported by the base. A ramp is arranged to pivot relative the surface between a stowed position and a deployed position in which the ramp extends away from the base for allowing a vehicle to pass over the ramp and the base through the inspection field.
US09176251B2
Asphaltene content and its spatial distribution in a reservoir containing crude oil is an important factor in determining the potential for formation damage and pipeline impairment, as well as planning for processing and refining of the oil. Exemplary uses include: reservoir modeling, development and depletion planning, pressure maintenance, and surface facilities management. A convenient method has been developed which uses two-dimensional NMR techniques during a temperature and/or pressure cycle to quantify the asphaltene content of the crude oil without the need for extracting the oil from the reservoir rock. The technique can be applied to core, down-hole logs, or, a combination of both.
US09176250B2
An apparatus and a method for recovering hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation including collecting baseline and subsequent sonic data. Either open or cased hole Stoneley and cross dipole dispersions are calculated using the baseline and subsequent sonic data, the minimum and maximum horizontal stress magnitudes are calculated using the calculating dispersions, a pressure is calculated and hydrocarbons are recovered.
US09176249B2
Computing device, computer instructions and method for deghosting seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes receiving seismic data recorded by seismic receivers that are towed by a vessel, wherein the seismic data is recorded in a time-space domain; modeling the seismic data in a shot or common midpoint domain as a function of operators to derive a model; using the derived model to remove the receiver ghost from the seismic data to obtain deghosted seismic data; and generating a final image of the subsurface based on the deghosted seismic data.
US09176247B2
Method for representing seismic data as a spatially varying, second-order tensor field (23). The spatial relationships expressed in these tensors are exploited to link, classify, or separate neighborhoods (22); or to infer global or relational properties among them, thereby suggesting geobodies despite a noisy background. The tensors may be decomposed into their fundamentals that may either be used directly as derivative datasets or attributes, or may be used to facilitate linkage, classification, or separation of neighborhoods or analysis of linkage patterns. Decomposition may be by eigenvalues, with the eigenvalues used to define attributes called ballness, plateness and stickness (24). Alternatively, connections may be made between points in the data where the tensor has been computed, called tokens (21), based on tensor voting and polarity. Or, the connections may be based on a distance measure between tokens.
US09176245B2
Systems, methods, and instructions encoded in a computer-readable medium can perform operations related to refining information on characteristics of natural fractures of a subterranean formation. Fracture pattern models are generated based on sampling an initial distribution of values for a fracture parameter. Each fracture pattern model may include, for example, a model of natural fractures in a subterranean formation. Each fracture pattern model is compared to microseismic event data for a subterranean region. A refined distribution for the fracture parameter is generated based on the comparison. Generating the refined distribution may include, for example, selecting values of the fracture parameter from fracture pattern models that correlate with the microseismic event data. In some implementations, an injection treatment may be simulated and/or designed based on the refined distribution.
US09176241B2
A photon detector (10) includes a detector array (12) comprising single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detectors (14) configured to break down responsive to impingement of a photon. Trigger circuitry (34) is configured to generate a trigger signal responsive to break down of a SPAD detector of the detector array. Latches (20, 22) are configured to store position coordinates of SPAD detectors of the detector array that are in break down. The latches are configured to latch responsive to a trigger signal generated by the trigger circuitry. The latches may include row latches (22) each connecting with a logical “OR” combination of SPAD detectors of a corresponding row of the detector array, and column latches (20) each connecting with a logical “OR” combination of SPAD detectors of a corresponding column of the detector array. Time to digital converter (TDC) circuitry (28) may generate a digital time stamp for the trigger signal.
US09176240B2
An apparatus and method for channel count reduction in solid-state-based positron emission tomography that multiplexes read-outs from photo-detectors using a sum delay circuit, including a sum channel and a delay-sum channel. The sum channel sums signals from sensors in an array and is digitized to extract the timing and energy information. A delay-sum channel includes a discrete delay line that introduces a known delay after each sensor, creating a time signature for the sensor, followed by a summing circuit that adds the delayed signals. The delay-sum channel is digitized using a high speed counters to extract location information. Start and Stop signals for the counter are derived when the sum channel output and the delay-sum channel output cross a pulse ID threshold, respectively. The pulse ID threshold is chosen to minimize the Compton scatter and not clip the photo-peak events.
US09176239B2
A radiological image conversion panel 2 is provided with a phosphor 18 containing a fluorescent material that emits fluorescence by radiation exposure, in which the phosphor includes, a columnar section 34 formed by a group of columnar crystals which are obtained through columnar growth of crystals of the fluorescent material, and a non-columnar section 36, the columnar section and the non-columnar section are integrally formed to overlap in a crystal growth direction of the columnar crystals, and a thickness of the non-columnar section along the crystal growth direction is non-uniform in a region of at least a part of the non-columnar section.
US09176237B2
In a coincidence determination of a PET device, the PET device uses a scintillator of radioactive isotope containing background noise due to intrinsic radioactivity as a radiation detector. The PET device counts a pair of annihilation radiations that is assumed to occur from a same nuclide. The annihilation radiations are detected within a predetermined coincidence time window by a plurality of radiation detectors. The method includes determining a coincidence with a wide energy window that allows detecting the background noise due to intrinsic radioactivity as multiple coincidences; removing the multiple coincidences; and using an energy window narrower than the wide energy window to limit a coincidence event to a coincidence event in a photopeak from a positron nuclide only.
US09176234B2
GPS navigation devices or GPS receivers can consume less power by using a temperature recorder circuit and/or a power manager in maintaining the accuracies of the GPS receiver time and reference frequency to improve battery life. A representative receiver includes a time reference device and the temperature recorder circuit that operate while the receiver hibernates. The time reference device generates clock signals and the temperature recorder circuit receives and operates using the clock signals from the time reference device. The temperature recorder senses the temperature of the time reference device. The temperature recorder circuit is designed to send a wake-up signal to at least one electrical component of the receiver to wake up the electrical component of the receiver. The electrical component of the receiver includes at least one of the following: a GPS signal processing system and a frequency reference device.
US09176231B2
A system and methods for reducing navigation satellite receiver power usage are presented. A wireless signal is received at a portable electronic device in a signal environment. At signal characteristic of the wireless signal at the portable electronic device is measured in the signal environment. An estimated signal strength of the wireless signal in the signal environment is estimated based on the signal characteristic. The estimated signal strength is compared to an expected signal strength of the wireless signal to calculate an estimated signal-strength-change relative to the expected signal strength. A GNSS signal is tracked at the portable electronic device, if the estimated signal-strength-change indicates an expected GNSS signal attenuation is lower than a signal attenuation threshold. The tracking of the GNSS signal is reconfigured at the portable electronic device, if the expected GNSS signal-strength-change indicates the expected GNSS signal attenuation is greater than the signal attenuation threshold.
US09176228B2
The invention relates to a driver assistance device (2) for a vehicle (1), which driver assistance device has a radar appliance (3, 4) for determining at least one measured variable (α1, α2, R1, R2) referenced to an object (10) that is external to the vehicle, wherein the radar appliance (3, 4) comprises: at least a first and a second reception antenna (14, 15), each for receiving signals (SE1, SE2), a first down-converter (17), which is coupled to the first reception antenna (14) via a first reception path (16), and a second down-converter (23), which is coupled to the second reception antenna (15) via a second reception path (21), each for down-converting the received signals (SE1, SE2) into respective baseband signals (SB1, SB2), and a control device (5) for receiving the baseband signals (SB1, SB2) and for determining the at least one measured variable (α1, α2, R1, R2) using the baseband signals (SB1, SB2), wherein the radar appliance (3, 4) has test means (32) for producing a local check signal (SP) and for coupling same check signal (SP) into the first reception path (16) and/or into the second reception path (21), as a result of which the control device (5) receives firstly the check signal (SP) that has been down-converted by the first down-converter (17) as a first test signal (ST1) and/or secondly the check signal (SP) that has been down-converted by the second down-converter (23) as a second test signal (ST2). The invention also relates to an appropriate method.
US09176221B2
When estimating distance to an object in an image using a single camera, data acquired by an onboard accelerometer is analyzed to determine camera speed as the user takes a video of the object of interest. The compression that results during video processing is used to derive motion vectors for the object of interest in the scene. The motion vectors have an opposite direction to the camera motion and a magnitude that is a function of the unknown object distance and a known magnification level. The object distance is calculated from the estimated velocity and motion vector magnitude.
US09176217B2
A position location system comprises transmitters that broadcast positioning signals. Each broadcasted positioning signal comprises a pseudorandom ranging signal. The position location system includes a remote receiver that acquires and measures the time of arrival of the positioning signals received at the remote receiver. During an interval of time, at least two positioning signals are transmitted concurrently by the transmitters and received concurrently at the remote receiver. The two positioning signals have carrier frequencies offset from one another by an offset that is less than approximately twenty-five percent of the bandwidth of each positioning signal of the two positioning signals. Cross-interference between the positioning signals is reduced by tuning the remote receiver to a frequency of a selected signal of the two positioning signals and correlating the selected signal with a reference pseudorandom ranging signal matched to a transmitted pseudorandom ranging signal of the selected signal.
US09176208B2
The present disclosure provides various methods and systems for performing magnetic resonance studies. In accordance with many embodiments, image or other information of interest is derived from super radiant pulses.
US09176207B2
A method for producing an electrical component which includes at least two electrical contacts and nanoparticles which are arranged on a substrate and which are made of an electrically conductive material, nanoparticles made of a magnetic material and/or nanoparticles made of a magnetisable material, an ink containing the nanoparticles and/or nanoparticles surrounded by a cover, wherein the nanoparticles are deposited on the substrate according to a printing method.
US09176204B2
A tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) magnetic sensor and its manufacturing method are provided in which its degradation of the degree of accuracy of angle detection or the like is not caused due to an electrical discharge current by static electricity. The TMR magnetic sensor includes a TMR sensor element formed on a first face of a substrate with an insulation film interposing therebetween; a conductive material formed on the first face of the substrate, being electrically connected to the substrate; and a passivation film surrounding a surface of the TMR sensor element and that of the conductive material, wherein at least a portion of the conductive material faces toward an opening portion formed in the passivation film.
US09176195B2
A method of detecting battery degradation level detects charging and discharging current flow in the battery and determines battery degradation level (state of health, SOH) from the charging and discharging current. The method detects the battery degradation level (SOH) from the root-mean-square of the charging and discharging current flow (Irms) in the battery, which is designated effective current.
US09176191B2
An electronic device includes an electronic component having terminals including a set of first terminals and a set of second terminals, a protective package embedding the electronic component, leads exposed from the protective package including a set of first leads and a set of second leads, for each first lead a first electrical connection inside the protection package between the first lead and a corresponding one of the first terminals, and for each second lead electrical connections inside the protective package each one between the second lead and a corresponding one of the second terminals. For each second lead the electronic component includes test structures, each being coupled between a corresponding one of the second terminals connected to the second lead and a corresponding test one of the first terminals connected to a test one of the first leads.
US09176186B2
A wafer translator and a wafer, removably attached to each other, provides the electrical connection to electrical contacts on integrated circuits on a wafer in such a manner that the electrical contacts are substantially undamaged in the process of making such electrical connections. Various embodiments of the present invention provide a gasketless sealing means for facilitating the formation by vacuum attachment of the wafer/wafer translator pair. In this way, no gasket is required to be disposed between the wafer and the wafer translator. Air, or gas, is evacuated from between the wafer and wafer translator through one or more evacuation pathways in the gasketless sealing means.
US09176184B2
Burn-in (BI) stress using stress patterns with pin-specific power characteristics. A control device for each conductive pathway from BI board (BIB) contacts to device under test (DUT) connectors/contacts can adjust power delivered to a respective connector/contact responsive to a controller. The control devices can be included in the BIB or an interposer (IP) can be used with existing equipment. Each control device can include a regulator, such as a latchable array of field effect transistors that can regulate power delivered to a respective package connector.
US09176182B2
To provide an I-V characteristic measuring apparatus that can, even though a solar simulator of a flash light type is used, accurately measure a true I-V characteristic of a solar cell that exhibits a different I-V characteristic depending on a sweep direction when a sweep time of applied voltage is short, an internal division ratio calculation part that, at each voltage value, calculates an internal division ratio at which a current value of a dark state stationary I-V characteristic internally divides a gap between a current value of a dark state forward I-V characteristic and a current value of a dark state reverse I-V characteristic; and a light state stationary I-V characteristic estimation and calculation part that, on the basis of the internal division ratio, a light state forward I-V characteristic, and a light state reverse I-V characteristic, estimates and calculates a light state stationary I-V characteristic are provided.
US09176178B2
A battery simulation circuit simulates a rechargeable battery. The battery simulation circuit includes an integrated amplifier, a voltage adjustment unit, a current limitation unit, and a feedback unit. The voltage adjustment unit provides a reference voltage for the integrated amplifier; the current limitation unit provides a reference current for the integrated amplifier and the feedback unit provides a negative feedback signal for the integrated amplifier to control the integrated amplifier working in a linear state. The integrated amplifier outputs an output signal according to the reference voltage and the reference current; the battery simulation circuit supplies power for an electronic device. When the output terminal is connected to a DC power source and a voltage of the DC power source is greater than the output voltage of the output terminal, the battery simulation circuit simulates a battery being recharged by the DC power source via the output terminal.
US09176166B2
The multiaxial inertial sensor of movements is a micro/nano sensor that makes it possible to couple at least one accelerometer with other structures, either accelerometers or gyroscopes, by an oscillating disk structure. The oscillating disk also forms an inertial sensor such as a gyrometer. This single-chip structure associating both gyroscopes and accelerometers makes it possible to achieve detections and measurements in up to 6 axes, in other words 3 accelerometer axes and 3 gyroscope axes, and to exert control by a single and unique electronic unit, thus permitting a single automatic control loop in excitation and a single electronic reading chip.Application to technologies known as MEMS.
US09176165B2
A micro-system, for example a micro-sensor, includes a resonator 10 with vibrating element(s) 11 receiving an excitation signal E of a loop 20 for automatic gain control, as a function of an amplitude setpoint (C) and providing as output a signal y(t) defined by a peak amplitude having a nominal value A0 dependent on the said setpoint and a resonant frequency. The micro-sensor integrates a circuit for measuring a quality factor of the resonator based on a measurement of an attenuation of the output signal during a momentary phase of cutoff of the excitation signal E applied to the resonator. This circuit for measuring the quality factor is configured so as to activate the excitation signal cutoff phase, for a duration of cutoff Td such that at the end of the cutoff phase, the peak amplitude of the output signal is attenuated by factor to the nominal peak amplitude A0 at the start of the cutoff phase, by a factor k with 1
US09176162B2
Position encoder for measuring a position containing a sensor 2, providing electrical signals representing the angular position, a measuring device for measuring the electrical signals and outputting at least one electrical position signal representing the angular position and signal processing means 3, processing the position signal, the signal processing means 3 exhibiting an adaptive filter comprising at least a speed estimator 5 outputting an estimated speed and connected in parallel a speed limiter 7 that depending from the estimated speed limits a change in the position signal.
US09176159B2
The embodiments described herein can provide a variable reluctance sensor (VRS) interface that may reduce the probability of erroneous transitions in a resulting generated detect signal. As such, the VRS interface can improve the accuracy of position and/or motion determinations, and thus can improve the performance of a wide variety of devices that use variable reluctance sensors. To facilitate this, the VRS interface includes a pre-processing circuit configured to modify a VRS signal to prevent the modified VRS signal from dropping below a threshold value and generating erroneous transitions in the detect signal pulse between leading and lagging edges of a tooth. In one embodiment the pre-processing circuit comprises a peak and hold circuit. In another embodiment the pre-processing circuit comprises a resistor-capacitor circuit. In either case the pre-processing circuit can prevent erroneous transitions in the detect signal and thus may improve the performance and accuracy of the system.
US09176157B2
The invention relates to a microelectromechanical structure, and more particularly, to systems, devices and methods of compensating the effect of the thermo-mechanical stress by incorporating and adjusting elastic elements that are used to couple a moveable proof mass to anchors. The proof mass responds to acceleration by displacing and tilting with respect to a moveable mass rotational axis. The thermo-mechanical stress is accumulated in the structure during the courses of manufacturing, packaging and assembly or over the structure's lifetime. The stress causes a displacement on the proof mass. A plurality of elastic elements is coupled to support the proof mass. Geometry and configuration of these elastic elements are adjusted to reduce the displacement caused by the thermo-mechanical stress.
US09176151B2
This invention is a selective Aβ oligomer kit and immunoassay method capable of reliably and sensitively detecting Aβ oligomers in a biological sample of a patient. In one embodiment the inventive assay uses a pair of anti-Aβ oligomer antibodies, as capture and detection antibodies, to detect and quantify Aβ oligomers. The method can be used to differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients from non-AD patients and/or to stratify AD patients according to the severity of their disease.
US09176148B2
A method for the detection of an early biomarker for assessing a change in renal status in a mammalian subject following a renal event. The method typically includes the steps of (a) providing a body fluid sample obtained from a mammalian subject; (b) analyzing the molecular weight of the proteins in the sample using proteome analysis; and (c) identifying the presence of a protein in the sample selected from the group consisting of a 6.4 kDa protein, a 28.5 kDa protein, a 33 kDa protein, a 44 kDa protein, a 67 kDa protein, and combinations thereof. The presence of one of these proteins can serve as an early biomarker for assessing a change in renal status. The levels of these proteins can be compared to predetermined levels, and thus provide a determination of the subject's renal status. The invention also includes a method of assessing the administration of aprotinin during cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery and provides for methods where the level of the 6.4 kDa biomarker in the subject's urine directs a caregiver's therapeutic decision regarding the intra-operative administration of aprotinin.
US09176135B2
Disclosed are methods of identifying an individual having a predisposition to the development of a cardiovascular disease, and administering a suitable prophylactic agent to the identified individual to prevent disease. Methods of screening and identifying agents that inhibit bacterial collagen binding protein (CBP)-mediated cell invasion are also disclosed.
US09176123B2
This application relates to a binding-induced hairpin detection system comprising: a. a first probe comprising a targeting molecule and an oligonucleotide that has a free end and an end attached to the targeting molecule; and b. a second probe comprising a targeting molecule and an oligonucleotide that has an end attached to the targeting molecule and a free end comprising a nucleotide sequence that is complementary to a nucleotide sequence at or near the free end of the oligonucleotide of the first probe; wherein upon binding of the targeting molecule to a target molecule, the free end of the oligonucleotide of the second probe hybridizes at or near the free end of the oligonucleotide of the first probe forming a hairpin stem, the non-hybridized portions of the first and second probes together with the target molecule bound thereto forming a hairpin loop, thereby providing a binding-induced hairpin.
US09176119B2
The invention relates to a method for determining the kinetics of action of a cholinergic neurotoxin as well as a method for determining the quantity of neurotoxin in a sample.
US09176117B2
Sentinel Cells, respond quickly and differentially to and among various high explosives (e.g., RDX, PETN, HMX, TNT, TNG), taggant (DMDNB), and bacteria, as well as volatiles of commercial C4, Semtex 1A, and military C4. These effects are observable within 5 minutes of exposure, indicate profound biological effects in exposed cells, and are distinctly different from responses to bacteria (e.g., E. coli, mycoplasma, lipopolysaccharide from E. coli, etc.). Quantitative and mechanistic analysis of the observations indicate that the mechanisms that give rise to these responses invoke different subsets of biochemical reactions. The mechanism within the exposed Sentinel Cells is also used in canine olfactory cells (e.g., bomb dogs). The nature of the explosives-induced biological effects provide for a cell based explosives detection system (i.e., a cellular dog nose), as well as a tool for the study of biological effects of energetic materials on humans.
US09176114B2
A method of generating a chronic myelogenic leukemia (CML) acquired chemoresistant culture model is provided. Such a method may comprise providing a naïve blast crisis CML cell line; administering/contacting the cell line with a mutation-inducing dose of imatinib; maintaining a culture of the treated cell line for a period of time until the treated cell line relapses and repopulates the culture; and determining the repopulated cell culture is a CML acquired chemoresistant cell line by detecting a BCR-ABL mutation, wherein the acquired chemoresistance is achieved by a BCR-ABL mutation.
US09176101B2
A valve includes a stator that has fluidic ports in a seal surface, and a rotor that has a seal surface contacting the stator's seal surface. The rotor has through-holes that extend from the seal surface to a back surface, providing fluidic communication with a conduit disposed adjacent to the back surface of the rotor. A chromatography apparatus includes a sample source, a solvent source having a higher operating pressure than the sample source, and an injector valve. A method of performing chromatography includes loading a sample with a valve in a load-state configuration that disposes a sample source in fluidic communication with a conduit disposed adjacent to a back surface of the rotor, and injecting the loaded sample with the valve in an inject-state configuration that disposes a solvent source in fluidic communication with a column via at grooves adjacent to a front seal surface of the rotor.
US09176098B2
The present invention provides a system and method for a milk measuring device for measuring the acoustic properties, such as acoustic damping and sound velocity in milk, in order to determine milk properties. The sound velocity in milk depends on temperature and composition. By carrying out, for example by means of a piezo element, a reference measurement on vibrations that have been directed by a second piezo element into a wire or the like of known material, which wire is strung in the measuring chamber which is filled with the milk to be tested, the milk temperature can be derived, so that other milk properties, in particular the fat/protein composition, can be determined in a more reliable manner.
US09176094B2
An apparatus (11) for processing a sample, circuit board (8008) suited to use in such an apparatus and a method of processing are provided in which the apparatus (11) is provided with alignment features to assist in provided the circuit board and a sample cartridge (9) in the correct position relative to one another. In this way, the plurality of sections for processing a sample in the cartridge (9) are positioned against a plurality of elements, such as a heater (4) for heating the sample cartridge (9) or an electrical contact (EP1-EP4) for powering features on the sample cartridge (9), correctly and can operate independently of one another.
US09176092B2
Electrochemiluminescent technique and device suitable for cheap analytical and diagnostic applications, with electrodes manufactured from carbon paste and terbium chelates as labeling compounds.
US09176089B2
A semiconductor-based multi-sensor module integrates miniature temperature, pressure, and humidity sensors onto a single substrate. Pressure and humidity sensors can be implemented as capacitive thin film sensors, while the temperature sensor is implemented as a precision miniature Wheatstone bridge. Such multi-sensor modules can be used as building blocks in application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Furthermore, the multi-sensor module can be built on top of existing circuitry that can be used to process signals from the sensors. An integrated multi-sensor module that uses differential sensors can measure a variety of localized ambient environmental conditions substantially simultaneously, and with a high level of precision. The multi-sensor module also features an integrated heater that can be used to calibrate or to adjust the sensors, either automatically or as needed. Such a miniature integrated multi-sensor module that features low power consumption can be used in medical monitoring and mobile computing, including smart phone applications.
US09176086B2
A sensing apparatus for detecting fluid quality change using signals obtained from a fluid quality sensor for exposure to a fluid and a reference sensor positioned in a reference sensing means having a fluid trap section holding a part of the fluid. Sensing values obtained from the fluid quality sensor and the reference sensor are compared in determining an aging factor. An application of the sensing apparatus is an apparatus for detecting engine oil quality change in an engine system. With the sensing apparatus, a first aging factor can be calculated after an engine cold soak and a second one can be obtained during engine operation. With these two aging factors, in addition to oil quality change, failures in the engine system and sensors, and oil change events can also be detected. Additionally, since reference sensing values are provided by the reference sensor, power disconnections have least effects.
US09176076B2
According to one embodiment, a cargo inspection method includes transporting a first guideway vehicle over a guideway from a first inspection station to a second inspection station. A first non-intrusive scanning mechanism associated with the first inspection station is used to acquire a first set of data associated with cargo stored in the first guideway vehicle. The first set of data acquired by the first non-intrusive scanning mechanism associated with the first inspection station is analyzed to determine the identity of the cargo stored on the first guideway vehicle. The first set of data acquired by the first non-intrusive scanning mechanism is compared with a first manifest that describes the cargo that is declared to be stored on the first guideway vehicle. It is determined that the first guideway vehicle contains contraband cargo if the identity of the cargo does not match the first manifest.
US09176070B2
A method for inspecting wafers or other flat objects having an object surface, comprises the steps of: providing a camera assembly with a camera for recording images of said object surface or portions of said object surface during an exposure time which is limited by a shutter; generating a continuous relative movement of said camera assembly and said object without interruption, whereby a movement blur of said image during said exposure time is caused; continuously illuminating said object with an illuminance which is controlled to remain at the same value; and recording one or more images of at least one of said portions of said object surface with said camera; defining a movement blur which is acceptable for an analysis of said image wherein said exposure time is smaller than a time causing said acceptable movement blur; and performing said analysis of said image.
US09176068B1
The Utility Electronic Precious Gemstone Type And Quality Detector (Utility Gem Tester) is a simple, portable, rugged and dependable hand held device that identifies gemstones and rates a gemstone's quality using an internal tabulation of the gemstone's wide spectral response to ultra violet irradiation. The device contains a low power UV LED and a multichannel photodiode array for a wide band spectral analysis of a gemstone's response to the impinging UV laser beam. The spectral analysis is then compared with the internal tabulation of spectral fingerprints of known gemstones and an analysis is visually displayed. The Utility Gem Tester is intended to fill the needs of amateur (gemstone) rock hunters and jewelry kiosk personnel in identifying the various marketable precious stones.
US09176057B2
An apparatus for measuring the retroreflectivity of a surface. The apparatus comprises a light source for illuminating an area of said surface at an incident angle relative to the surface; a detector for detecting light reflected back from the surface at an observation angle relative to the surface; a signal processing unit adapted to receive a detector signal from the detector and to determine, from at least the received detector signal, a measure of retro reflectivity of the surface; a range finder for measuring a distance between the apparatus and the illuminated area. The signal processing unit is further adapted to adjust the measure of retroreflectivity responsive to the measured distance.
US09176049B2
A method for analyzing a sample includes the step of irradiating a reaction portion of a sample BL and a reagent 40 in a reaction cell 34A of an analysis unit with light to obtain data D0 indicating optical characteristics of this portion. The method further includes the steps of irradiating a reference cell 34B which is not provided with a reagent 40 with light in a state in which the sample BL is supplied to the cell to obtain reference data D1 indicating optical characteristics of this portion, irradiating a base portion 34C of the analysis unit with light to obtain reference data D2 indicating optical characteristics of this portion, and obtaining data D3 indicating optical characteristics of the sample BL before reaction with the reagent 40 based on the reference data D1 and D2.
US09176043B2
A cell image analysis apparatus includes a threshold value storage unit storing a cell nucleus threshold value, a fragmented cell nucleus threshold value, and a cell nucleus area threshold value in advance, an image input unit inputting a cell image captured from a cell stained with a fluorescent substance, a cell nucleus region extraction unit extracting, from the input cell image, a region having an area equal to or larger than the cell nucleus area threshold value from among regions having a luminance value equal to or larger than the cell nucleus threshold value as a cell nucleus region, and a fragmented cell nucleus region extraction unit extracting, from the cell nucleus region, a region having a luminance value equal to or larger than the fragmented cell nucleus threshold value as a fragmented cell nucleus region.
US09176041B2
A particle quantifier includes a filter with a predetermined number of pores of a first predetermined size, a pump, and a fluid path from the pump to the filter. A pressure sensor is responsive to fluid pressure in the fluid path, and a processing module is responsive to the pressure sensor. The pressure increase of a sample fluid in the fluid path is determined as it is pumped through the filter and particles in the fluid are trapped by the filter. This pressure increase is compared with calibration data and an estimate is made concerning the concentration of particles greater than a second predetermined size present in the sample.
US09176038B2
The application discloses an apparatus and method for processing biological material, including a suspension of cells.
US09176024B2
A system includes a first unitary measurement strip configured to be secured about a rotational component at a first axial location. The first unitary measurement strip includes a first set of one or more windows, each window of the first set of one or more windows is configured to correspond to a first respective tangential location of the rotational component at the first axial location, and each window of the first set of one or more windows is configured to be detectable via a first sensor.
US09176020B2
A pressure sensor (20) includes a test cell (32) and sense cell (34). The sense cell (34) includes an electrode (42) formed on a substrate (30) and a sense diaphragm (68) spaced apart from the electrode (42) to produce a sense cavity (64). The test cell (32) includes an electrode (40) formed on the substrate (30) and a test diaphragm (70) spaced apart from the electrode (40) to produce a test cavity (66). Both of the cells (32, 34) are sensitive to pressure (36). However, a critical dimension (76) of the sense diaphragm (68) is less than a critical dimension (80) of the test diaphragm (70) so that the test cell (32) has greater sensitivity (142) to pressure (36) than the sense cell (34). Parameters (100) measured at the test cell (32) are utilized to estimate a sensitivity (138) of the sense cell (34).
US09176018B2
A method of fabrication of one or more ultra-miniature piezoresistive pressure sensors on silicon wafers is provided. The diaphragm of the piezoresistive pressure sensors is formed by fusion bonding. The piezoresistive pressure sensors can be formed by silicon deposition, photolithography and etching processes.
US09176014B2
According to one embodiment, a pressure sensor includes a substrate, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first magnetic layer, a second magnetic, a spacer layer, a third magnetic layer. The substrate includes a first region and a second region. The first electrode is provided on the first region. The second electrode is provided on the first electrode. The first magnetic layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second magnetic layer is provided between the first electrode and the first magnetic layer or between the first magnetic layer and the second electrode. The spacer layer is provided between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer in a stacking direction of layers from the first electrode to the second electrode. The third magnetic layer is provided continuously with the second magnetic layer on the second region.
US09176011B2
A analog integrated sensor device has an interface with only a single ground line and a single signal line configured to receive power and output an analog value. A power capacitor is coupled between the ground line and the single signal line. An analog sensor circuitry is operable to be powered by the power capacitor and further operable to output an analog output signal on the single signal line once the power capacitor has bee charged sufficiently.
US09176009B2
A terahertz imager includes an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit has an antenna and a detector. The detector is coupled to differential output terminals of the antenna. A frequency oscillator is configured to generate a frequency signal on an output line. The output line is coupled to an input terminal of the antenna of at least one of the pixel circuits.
US09176007B2
When no light enters a photodiode, a second current mirror circuit operates. Consequently, a current that decreases a potential difference between two terminals of a light-receiving element flows into a transistor of the second current mirror circuit and an output of an optical sensor becomes low. Meanwhile, when light enters the photodiode, a transistor of the light-receiving element is turned on and the second current mirror circuit stops operating. Consequently, the current that decreases the potential difference between the two terminals of the light-receiving element is stopped in the transistor of the second current mirror circuit and the output of the optical sensor becomes high. This makes it possible to provide an optical sensor that has a circuit in which an output of a light-receiving element does not depend on a photocurrent and that is capable of operating at a high speed.
US09176002B2
Methods and systems for detecting an oscillatory event are provided. According to one embodiment, a system may include a controller configured to provide a command signal to a positioning device and a processor communicatively coupled to the controller. The command signal may include a reference position. The processor may be configured to monitor a feedback signal responsive to the command signal. The feedback signal may include an actual position of the positioning device. The processor may be further configured to determine that within a predetermined period of time the actual position is both above a predetermined upper threshold and below a predetermined lower threshold. Based on the determination, the processor may declare the oscillatory event.
US09175994B2
An ultrasonic transducer for an ultrasonic flow measuring device, comprising a first housing part having an ultrasonic window and adjoining, rotationally symmetric walls, wherein there adjoins on the walls of the first housing part, coaxially with the walls of the first housing part, a first ring as resonator, which forms an end of the first housing part.
US09175988B2
A measuring device housing for a sensor component, which detects a physical parameter without contact is provided, having: a coupling apparatus for supplying at least one flushing medium and at least one signal transmission line in the housing interior, a guide pipe arranged on the coupling apparatus having a longitudinal axis and a probe head fastened on the end section of the guide pipe. The guide pipe is designed to conduct or accommodate the at least one cooling medium and the at least one signal transmission line up to the probe head. The probe head and the end section, relative to the longitudinal axis of the guide pipe or the probe head, each have radially extending passages for conducting the cooling media from the end section into the probe head and the reverse, as applicable.
US09175987B2
A displacement detecting device includes an irradiation optical system, an interference optical system, a light-receiving section, and a displacement detecting section. The irradiation optical system causes two light-beams to be incident on a diffraction grating respectively at different angles with respect to a plane perpendicular to the X-direction along which grating structures of the diffraction grating are periodically arranged. The interference optical system causes two Mth-order diffracted lights of respective light-beams incident on the diffraction grating to interfere with each other, so as to generate an interference light. The light-receiving section receives the interference light and detects an interference signal. The displacement detecting section detects a vertical displacement of a surface having the diffraction grating arranged thereon based on the change of the interference signal.
US09175982B2
Disclosed is a hall sensor signal generating device which includes a rotor which has a magnetic property and rotates on the basis of a rotary axis; a hall sensor unit which is disposed to be spaced apart from a stator disposed outside the rotor; and a clock synchronization unit which receives a driving clock, performs synchronization between the driving clock and a hall sensor signal output from the hall sensor unit, and outputs the synchronized driving clock and the synchronized hall sensor signal.
US09175981B2
A motion sensor has a state processor to identify states associated with a magnetic field signal provided by a magnetic field sensing element. The state processor includes a state peak logic module configured to generate a signal having signal states that have a reduced amount of state chatter.
US09175979B2
A prepayment system for supplying water or gas by means of a wireless intelligent card is described. The present invention also relates to a bidirectional meter specially designed to electronically record the consumption of water or gas.
US09175974B2
One embodiment of the present application discloses an POI displaying method for displaying information of at least one POI (point of interest) stored in a database on an electronic apparatus. The method comprises: (a) obtaining at least one POI according to a desired POI type; (b) obtaining at least one corresponding path according to the position of each obtained POI; (c) generating a POI gathering information of each corresponding path according to the at least one obtained POI; and (d) displaying the at least one corresponding path and the corresponding POI gathering information.
US09175968B2
A method of operation of a navigation system includes: providing a project plan; creating a travel plan having a travel location based on the project plan; navigating to the travel location; and generating a notification at the travel location for displaying on a device.
US09175954B2
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for short coherence holography for distance measurement, for profile detection and/or for 3D detection of one or more object elements and/or object areas and/or objects or for readout of holographic volume memories with a holographic interferometer and with at least one short coherence light source. For each optically detected object element in the hologram the holographic interferometer has an optical path difference clearly unequal to zero. At least one spectrally integrally detecting, rastered detector is arranged. The short coherence light source with frequency comb is designed with the optical delay length Y1. Detected holograms are digitally reconstructed. Relative distances of object elements are digitally calculated from the hologram reconstructions, so that a 3D point cloud of object elements and/or object areas and/or objects is produced. Data can be read out optically in parallelized form from holographic volume memories or three-dimensionally structured signatures.
US09175948B2
An optical module, in particular for microlithography, with an optical element unit, a support device, a deformation device and a measuring device is disclosed. The support device is supported on the optical element unit, whereas for deforming an optical surface of the optical element unit, the deformation device engages a deformation section of the optical element unit comprising the optical surface. For determining the position and/or the orientation of the optical element unit with respect to an external reference in at least one degree of freedom, the measuring device comprises at least one measuring element, wherein the measuring element is arranged on a reference section of the optical element unit.
US09175941B2
An inductive sensor including a casing in which are positioned: a ferromagnetic core having a U shape, which core includes two external branches and a transverse branch linking the two branches; two detection coils disposed respectively on the external branches of the core; a calibration mechanism positioned between the two external branches of the magnetic core, a longitudinal positioning of the calibration mechanism with respect to an end of the external branches being adjustable; an intermediate fixing piece for fastening the calibration mechanism onto the ferromagnetic core, the intermediate fixing piece being placed forcibly in an opening made in the transverse branch, the calibration mechanism including a threaded zone configured to be screwed into a smooth hole made in the intermediate fixing piece.
US09175928B1
An archery sight includes an annular sight ring, one or more sight pins, and a set of two or more nested, annular, substantially concentric, visually contrasting areas on a rearward surface of the sight ring arranged substantially concentrically relative to the sight ring. One or more of the sight pins are visible through a central opening of an innermost annular colored area. With the bow held at full draw, the peep aperture and the central axis of the sight ring are substantially aligned along an intended sight line for the bow. Respective diameters of the peep aperture and the annular contrasting areas result, with an archer looking through the peep aperture along the intended sight line, in an observed image of a substantially circular border of at least one of the annular contrasting areas substantially coinciding with an observed image of the peep aperture.
US09175926B2
A firearm sight is disclosed herein. The firearm sight may include a housing, a main body assembly, and a sight assembly. The main body assembly may be operably attached to the housing, and the sight assembly may be operably attached to the main body assembly. Moreover, a deployment mechanism may be operable to deploy the main body assembly and the sight assembly from a closed position at least partially within the housing to an open position at least partially outside of the housing.
US09175919B2
The present invention provides for a system and method for easily, quickly and reliably attaching a sound suppressor or other auxiliary device to the muzzle end of a firearm barrel, and for easily and quickly removing such device therefrom. Moreover, the invention will allow any suppressor—threaded or unthreaded—to quickly, easily and reliably attach to a firearm utilizing a dual part system. The dual part system comprises a barrel adapter having the ability to attach directly to a non-threaded suppressor or a quick disconnect suppressor, or connect to a threaded suppressor utilizing a supplemental coupling adapter which connects to existing threaded suppressors.
US09175915B2
A lock for a firearm or weapon is disclosed that enables the weapon when control is established by a user while the weapon is in a storage location or holding device. The weapon remains operable as long as the user continuously remains in control but is disabled until returned to the storage location or device if the user relinquishes control. Storage and user zones are defined by weapon location or input devices such as a grip safety. Mechanical devices or signals transfer the zone determinations to a logic device. When the logic device, which may be mechanical, electronic or implemented in other way, determines that the weapon is considered to be both in the storage zone and the user zone and it causes transition to an operable state. The logic device causes transition to an inoperable state if the weapon is determined not to be in either zone.
US09175914B1
A remotely-operated gun is mounted in a cradle having a linear actuator for charging the gun. A charging adapter that is fixed to the linear actuator enables different types of guns to be charged. The charging adapter is easily configured to accommodate different gun types.
US09175912B2
Methods for fabricating heat pipes and heat pipes therefrom are provided. The heat pipe (400) includes a heat pipe body (402) having an inner cavity (408), and a wick structure (404) disposed in the inner cavity. The wick structure includes a first woven mesh layer (410) and a second woven mesh layer (412) disposed on the first woven mesh layer. In the heat pipe, the first woven mesh layer is a first weave pattern of thermally conductive fibers (103) having a first warp direction (W3 or W4) and the second woven mesh layer is a second weave pattern of thermally conductive fibers (105) having a second warp direction (W5 or W6). The second woven mesh layer is disposed on the first woven mesh layer such that the first and the second warp directions are rotationally offset by an inter-layer warp offset angle (γi).
US09175904B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a refrigerated compartment defined therein, a motor coupled to the cabinet, and a chilling device sized to receive a food container. The chilling device is moveable between an engaged positioned in which the chilling device is spaced apart from a drive shaft of the motor and a disengaged position the chilling device is coupled to the drive shaft. The drive shaft is configured to operate the chilling device.
US09175894B2
A dispenser assembly configured to dispense liquids or solids from an appliance. In one embodiment, the dispenser assembly includes a tray, a plunger located above the tray, and a discharge opening. The plunger has a front surface and is moveable between a non-dispensing position and a dispensing position. The discharge opening is concealed behind the plunger and free of the path of the plunger from the non-dispensing position to the dispensing position.
US09175890B2
An outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus includes: a compressor; an outdoor fan; a plurality of outdoor heat exchangers coupled to a plurality of indoor units; a switching member configured to switch functions of the outdoor heat exchangers to either condensers or evaporators by switching of coupling states between the compressor and the outdoor heat exchangers; and a control unit configured to calculate a low pressure saturation temperature during a cooling operation or a cooling-main operation, and configured to cause all of the plurality of outdoor heat exchangers to serve as condensers by controlling the switching member when a state in which an open-air temperature is lower than the low pressure saturation temperature continues for a predetermined time.
US09175882B2
A solar energy system including a pedestal defining a longitudinal axis, a frame that is supported by the pedestal and that is rotateable relative to the pedestal about the longitudinal axis, the frame including at least one solar device, and a wind vane operatively connected to the frame to urge the frame relative to the pedestal about the longitudinal axis in response to wind acting on the wind vane.
US09175877B1
The present invention provides a solar energy concentrating reflection system comprising multiple arrays of solar reflectors arranged adjacent to one another on a generally planar support structure where each of the reflector arrays configured into a first Fresnel array in a first dimension. Each of the first Fresnel array of reflectors are in turn arrayed and supported in a support frame in a configuration of second Fresnel arrays in a second dimension such that solar energy from the sun is reflected and concentrated to a predetermined focal line. A solar receiver is disposed in the focal line of the configured solar reflectors such that the first and second Fresnel arrays uniformly reflect and concentrate solar energy from the sun onto the solar receiver within the first and second dimensions with a uniform solar intensity profile.
US09175875B1
The combustion gases in a used oil furnace are discharged from the combustion chamber through an opening in the upper rear portion of the combustion chamber to direct the combustion gases into an upper header. An array of vertically oriented flue tubes extends downwardly from the upper header to a lower header before being discharged through horizontally opposing discharge openings. Ventilation air is blown into the rear of the furnace past and around the vertical flue tubes and is then forced in to a laminar path extending circumferentially around the combustion chamber by an air sweep shroud spaced from the combustion chamber by an annular gap. The ventilation air is then collected in a forward discharge chamber for discharge through louvered ventilators into the adjacent ambient atmosphere.
US09175870B2
Provided is an air conditioner for performing heating operation through supply of a current to a heating portion including a plurality of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heaters to be connected to a power supply section, the air conditioner including: a heater output control section for controlling an output of the heating portion; and a plurality of pulse signal generating sections provided correspondingly to the plurality of PTC heaters, each for generating a predetermined pulse signal when a corresponding one of the plurality of PTC heaters is supplied with the current, in which the plurality of PTC heaters are subjected to detection as to whether each of the PTC heaters is in a connected state or in a non-connected state based on presence/absence of the predetermined pulse signal, and the heater output control section subjects the heating portion to output control which is adjusted according to the number of the PTC heaters in the connected state.
US09175867B2
An HVAC system includes a first and a second electric motor. A load manager is coupled to the first electric motor. The load manager is configured to prevent the first electric motor from operating simultaneously with said second electric motor.
US09175865B2
The invention relates to a thermal energy storage system comprising at least one thermal reservoir and at least one thermal energy transfer means that, at least at times, are able to transfer thermal energy from at least one first section of the thermal reservoir to at least one second section of the thermal reservoir. The invention also relates to a method changing the energy distribution of a thermal reservoir wherein thermal energy is transferred from at least one first section of the thermal reservoir to at least one second section of the thermal reservoir.
US09175852B2
A method, system, and apparatus for capturing heat wherein one or more fins are arranged such that hot air is trapped by the fins and must descend below at least one of the fins in order to exit through an outlet.
US09175850B1
A reactor system which selectably produces from carbonaceous fuel, combined heat and power (CHP) or syngas and CHP, and in either mode a stream of greater than 95% CO2 for sale or sequestration. Also included are plurality of reactors, ash separation system, and feedback control system. The reactors comprise 1) a fuel reactor selectably operated in full oxidation mode for production of CHP, or in partial oxidation mode to produce syngas to produce biofuels and CHP; 2) a burn-off reactor fully oxidizes char or carbon from the fuel reactor producing CO2; and 3) an optional regeneration reactor reoxygenating oxygen carrier from the first two reactors which is returned to the fuel reactor. The feedback control system comprises an accumulator and controllable elements to apportion oxygen carrier between fuel and burn-off reactors and extract oxygen carrier and heavy ash. This ash and ash from the regenerator products are sold or disposed.
US09175846B2
The invention concerns a fluidized bed reactor (1) made up of tubed membrane walls (2) cooled by a coolant fluid, the said walls surrounding a combustion chamber (10) and comprising tubed extension panels (3) through which flows a coolant fluid by single pass forced circulation.According to the invention the extension panels (3) are paired two by two.
US09175841B2
A lighting device (1; 21; 41) having at least one heat sink (5; 44) for cooling at least one light source, wherein the at least one heat sink (5; 44) comprises one or more at least bent sheet metal parts.
US09175828B2
It is to provide a reflection sheet, light source device and display device, not only for uniforming the luminance of light emitted from a light source, but also for utilizing a single sheet material to form the reflection sheet having a frame portion that continues to all rims of a flat portion. The reflection sheet is provided with a flat portion that is formed in a substantially square shape, and a frame portion that is folded at a first fold formed on a rim of the flat portion. It is formed in a case shape. It is provided with three second folds divergent from a corner of the flat portion to a rim of a corner on the frame portion, between each corner of the flat portion and the rim of the corner on the frame portion. No gap and step are generated on the corner.
US09175827B2
A light tower or stack light including an exterior which has a cylindrical or columnar configuration including transparent or translucent panels or lenses, and a interior based on a flat, planar arrangement of light sources. The light tower translates the flat, essentially unidirectional or bidirectional arrangement of lights to a 180 to 360 degree, multidirectional light source. The light indicator tower is for use with a industrial apparatus or process to indicate the status of the apparatus or process. The tower includes a flat, planar, PCB light panel having two sides, the light panel further having a plurality of LED light sources disposed on each side of the light panel. The tower has a curvilinear light dispersing lens disposed to disperse light over a range of 360 degrees.
US09175814B2
An LED lamp has an envelope that includes a globe and a case, an interior space of the envelope being divided in two by a mount closing an opening of the globe, the lamp containing, in a globe side of the interior space, an LED and, in a case side of the interior space, a circuit unit for causing the LED to emit light. The LED is thermally connected to the mount, and the mount and the case are joined to the globe such that, during light emission, at least as much heat from the LED is propagated from the mount to the globe as from the mount to the case.
US09175808B2
A method and apparatus is provided for decreasing the scrubber exhaust from gas panels, lower the cost of operation, lower the facilitation cost and power consumption by increasing the air velocity in areas of high potential risk of ignition. The apparatus includes a supply of compressed dry air (CDA) through the tubing with individual dispersion nozzles. The CDA dispersion nozzles can be installed at various key locations in order to provide additional ventilation turbulence and reduce potential dead zones inside the gas panel. Aspects of the invention help to save the energy and protect the environment by reducing the power consumption. In addition human safety shall be improved by minimizing the potential risk of ignition.
US09175803B2
An adjustable-position load supporting arm (4) comprises a framework having the shape of a deformable parallelogram one free end (5) of which is able to support a load and a jack (12) able to deform the deformable parallelogram, the jack (12) being of the adjustable-pressure type so that the pressure inside the jack (12) is adjustable according to the weight of said load supported by the supporting arm (4). It comprises, at the free end (5), a connecting piece (6) able to support said load and has, in a first configuration, an axis of orientation (A) that is fixed with respect to said fixed link (9a) and, in a second configuration, an axis of orientation (B) that is variable with respect to said fixed link (9a) when said supporting arm (4) shifts position.
US09175799B2
A modular pipe repair enclosure system includes first and second enclosure portions, and an enclosure attachment device. The first and second enclosure portions create an enclosure around the pipe for covering leaks. The enclosure has three openings for accommodating the pipe. The first and second openings are arranged at an angle of 180 degrees with respect to each other, and at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to the third opening, such that a straight line section of pipe may be accommodated by the first and second openings, an elbow section of pipe by the first and third openings, and a T-section of pipe by the first, second, and third openings. The system may further include a blank, for closing one of the openings, for use with a straight or elbow section, and a sleeve, for reducing the inner diameter of an opening, for accommodating pipes of different diameters.
US09175797B1
A locking grating or seal for a conduit includes a cover positioned at one open end of the conduit and is removably engaged and axially aligned with, an expander positioned within the conduit. A jacking bolt penetrates the cover and the expander, and is threadedly engaged with a jacking nut in a position within the conduit and spaced apart from the expander. C-shaped elastically flexible arms are integrally engaged with the expander and with the jacking nut so that rotation of the jacking bolt enables the jacking nut to move toward the expander forcing the C-shaped arms to bow outwardly into contact with the conduit for gripping it.
US09175796B2
A directional hopper tee has a fluted interior vertical pipe that merges into a horizontal pipe. The horizontal pipe has an inlet that may receive bulk material, and subject to pressurized air that conveys the bulk material through the hopper tee. Bulk material may be discharged from a hopper through the vertical pipe, for conveyance for discharge from the horizontal pipe of the tee. A closure gate or door is provided through the bottom of the tee, generally in alignment with the vertical pipe, to allow for discharge or dropping of the granular material directly downwardly through and from the tee. The arcuate door is hinged on one side, and is locked by a cam lock on the opposite side, when located into closure against the bottom of the tee, but can be forced opened, through its cam mechanism, to provide for opening of the arcuate door and allow a direct downward discharge of the granular bulk material, from any hopper, and through the drop opening of the tee, as required.
US09175793B2
An attachment connection is provided including a thin-walled hose line connected with a carbon-containing attachment part of a carbon-containing iron alloy with a carbon component C >0.5% and a weld connection is provided between the hose line and the attachment part.
US09175774B2
A radial shaft seal, method of installation thereof, and seal assembly are provided. The seal includes a mounting portion and a seal lip having a sealing surface extending between an oil side end and a free air side end. An annular bridge extends from the oil side end to the mounting portion in radially overlying relation with the seal lip. An annular installation lip extends from the free air side end toward an air side of the seal. The installation lip has an inner surface spaced radially outwardly from the sealing surface and has an end portion that diverges radially outwardly toward the air side of the seal. The installation lip engages the shaft to promote the seal lip to slide over the shaft without unfolding the seal lip, and then springs radially outwardly from the shaft to remain out of contact with the shaft during use.
US09175769B1
A speed change apparatus for a vehicle includes a gear transmission, a shift lever device arranged in a zone where a driver on a driver's seat can operate the shift lever device, and an operation force transmission mechanism. The shift lever device is provided with a detent mechanism for positioning and holding the shift lever at each shift position, and an operation force transmission mechanism is constituted by a push pull cable.
US09175768B2
A system and a method of controlling a transmission for a vehicle can protect the transmission by controlling an oil temperature in the transmission when driving on a long uphill road. The system may include: an engine generating driving torque; a transmission converting and outputting the driving torque generated at the engine; a lock-up clutch disposed between the engine and the transmission, and directly coupling the engine to the transmission selectively; a data detector detecting data for controlling the transmission; and a controller determining whether a long uphill road condition is satisfied based on the data, determining whether a protective logic operating condition is satisfied if the long uphill road condition is satisfied, and operating a protective logic if the protective logic operating condition is satisfied.
US09175765B2
The present invention is capable of suppressing gear shift shocks or delays in acceleration with no interruption of driving force and reducing the weight. Disclosed is a transmission which is provided, with multiple stage shift gears so arranged to shift a number of dog clutches to shift a gear to the upper stage of the multiple stage shift gears, and is characterized in that a guide part is provided to a shift operation section and the dog clutches on each of the sages so as to move the lower dog clutch in a neutral direction by a coasting torque acting on the lower stage by a shift rotation of the upper stage to release a meshing engagement when meshing engagements of the lower and upper dog clutches are simultaneously performed by an operation of the shift operation section.
US09175763B2
A belt pulley is provided for a crankshaft in a vehicle. The belt pulley can be mounted on an end of the crankshaft projecting from an engine block. The belt pulley includes, but is not limited to a drive disc, which can be fixed on the end of the crankshaft projecting from the engine block in a rotationally fixed manner, vibration damper which includes, but is not limited to a bulge that is elastically connected to the drive disc and an end body, which includes, but is not limited to a hollow space. A sound-damping component is arranged in the hollow space and the hollow space is covered by means of a cover disc.
US09175753B2
A tensioner having a closing-type torsion spring that is employed to bias a pivot arm about a pivot shaft. The tensioner includes a damper, which contacts an inside surface of the torsion spring to dampen torsional vibration transmitted through the torsion spring, and a one-way clutch that is configured to permit unencumbered rotation of the pivot shaft in one rotational direction but to resist rotation of the pivot shaft in an opposite direction.
US09175742B2
Electromagnetic damper (1) for rotating machines (100) having at least a stator (103) and a rotating shaft (100); the electromagnetic damper (1) is able to damper the vibrations of the rotating machine (100) during its functioning. The damper includes windings (2) of electrically conducting material, for generating a magnetic field; a magnetic circuit (4), for conveying within it a magnetic flux generated by the windings (2); a power supply (8), for supplying the windings (2) of electrically conducting material; the power supply (8) of the electromagnetic damper (1) is positioned inside the rotating machine (100).
US09175735B2
Disclosed is an electrically controlled silicon oil fan clutch rotary valve device. The valve device is based on a magnetic mandrel, including a Y-shaped element, a driven disc, a driving disc, and a guide disc intercombined, which achieves control over flow of silicon oil by controlling rotation of a valve, and achieves precise control over positions by resetting through a reset torsion spring and using outer teeth and inner teeth of the driving disc and the driven disc as well as a stop device. In the present invention, the valve may be controlled to be stable at an appropriate position through the size of the current of the coil, so as to achieve a stepless speed and achieve a purpose of precisely controlling the clutch.
US09175731B2
A constant velocity joint comprising a first shaft rotating about a first rotation axis, a second shaft rotating about a second rotation axis, with the first and the second rotation axes intersecting at the center of the joint, three triads of yokes, each triad of yokes comprising a control yoke, a first shaft yoke pivotally mounted on the first shaft and a second yoke pivotally mounted on the second shaft, with the three yokes of the triad of yokes pivotally mounted to each other to pivot about a common axis passing from the center of the joint, the three control yokes, one from each triad of yokes, are pivotally mounted to each other to pivot about a common axis passing from the center of the joint, with the transmission ratio of the constant velocity joint remaining strictly at 1:1 no matter what the angle between the two rotation axes is.
US09175724B2
The present invention relates to a bracket for holding metal bar at an angle for use in linear tracking technology to provide a v-bar oriented in a manner in order to track a v-wheel along its angled edge.
US09175720B2
A ball joint with a ball pin and a steel ball pin with a joint ball. The ball joint and ball pin are suitable for use when, for example, solid-on-solid friction predominates under high static pre-loading or high operational loads and with small joint movements. A portion of the surface of the ball pin has surface layer hardening in order to increase a fatigue strength of the ball pin. The ball pin and the ball joint, on portion of the ball pin without the any surface layer hardened, includes a nitrided layer as wear protection. The ball pin and the ball joint provide an advantageous combination of high fatigue strength, good corrosion protection and high wear-resistance. The nitrided layer of ball joints, previously only regarded as improving corrosion protection, also functions as a wear protection. Thus, these ball pins overcome the mutual exclusion between surface layer hardening and nitriding.
US09175717B2
The safety carabiner includes a body including a central portion extended at the ends thereof by a first hook-shaped branch provided with a retaining portion and a second branch, respectively, the first branch having a retaining portion, and a closing finger pivotably mounted on the second branch of the body around a pivot axis, between closed and open positions of the carabiner; where retaining portion includes a slender end portion that is generally tapered seen from the side and the retaining portion is configured so that, when the carabiner extends substantially perpendicular to said flat support, and the first and second branches of the carabiner are bearing on said flat support, the free end of the end portion forms the bearing zone of the first branch on said flat support.
US09175715B2
A functional element having a shaft part and a head part has at least one feature providing security against rotation which is provided in the region of a sheet metal contact surface of the functional element. The functional element is characterized in that each feature providing security against rotation comprises a recess provided in the sheet metal contact surface of the functional element with a raised portion disposed at least substantially centrally in the recess or with a raised portion surrounding the recess. With this design the functional element can be straightforwardly be inserted in a thick sheet metal part or in a sheet metal part of higher strength and thus a security against rotation of high quality can be achieved.
US09175704B2
The present invention relates to a system for securing a panel to a surface. The system includes a first member having an overhang that fits overtop a panel and a mount that includes a recessed edge suitable for receiving the edge of the panel. When the panel is positioned in the recessed edge of the mount and the overhang of the first member is positioned overtop the panel, the first member and mount can be fastened together via a set of mechanical fasteners to secure the panel.
US09175693B2
An article of manufacture having a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in a scalable table, the scalable table selected from the group of tables consisting of TABLES 1-11, wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a number, and wherein X and Y are coordinates which, when connected by continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z height, the airfoil profile sections at each Z height being joined with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
US09175687B2
Provided is a compression apparatus for cooling multiple devices using a single fan with a small amount of electric power. An upper limit temperature, a first gain applied in a case in which a suction adjustment valve is opened, and a second gain applied in a case in which the suction adjustment valve is closed are set in advance for each of multiple temperature detectors provided at different locations of the compression apparatus; and, for each of the multiple temperature detectors, a difference between a detected value and the upper limit temperature is calculated, and a rotation speed of the fan is determined based on the smallest value in the differences, and the first gain or the second gain set for the temperature detector having the smallest difference.
US09175683B2
A double rotation type scroll expander that expands steam includes a first drive scroll, a second drive scroll, a driven scroll, a rotation mechanism that supports the driven scroll rotatably, and a revolving mechanism that couples the driven scroll to the first drive scroll and the second drive scroll to be capable of revolving relative thereto. The revolving mechanism includes: a plurality of metal revolving pins provided respectively between a first drive end plate of the first drive scroll and a first driven arm of the rotation mechanism and between a second drive end plate of the second drive scroll and a second driven arm of the rotation mechanism; and a plurality of metal revolving discs provided in relation to the respective revolving pins and disposed such that respectively corresponding revolving pins are coupled thereto eccentrically.
US09175675B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for pumping fluid is provided. According to this embodiment, a fluid pumping system comprises a fluid inlet pipe and a fluid outlet pipe. A plurality of pump units are disposed between the inlet and outlet pipes such that the pump units each pump fluid out of the inlet pipe and into the outlet pipe. The pump units each include at least one DC motor. A solar panel may be used to power the pump units.
US09175674B2
A valve for a pump arrangement which serves on one hand as a one-way outlet valve subject to functioning, after fluid has been dispensed, of drawing back some fluid which has been dispensed.
US09175671B2
An SMA actuation apparatus moves a movable element, such as a camera lens element, relative to a support structure in any direction perpendicular to a notional primary axis using N pairs of SMA actuator wires extending perpendicular to said primary axis, where N is three or more. The SMA actuator wires of each pair extend parallel to each other and being connected at their ends in tension to the movable element and the support structure in opposition to apply a force to the movable element in opposite directions. The SMA actuator wires are arranged around the movable element such that they are capable of being selectively driven to move the movable element in any direction perpendicular to said primary axis. Accordingly, it is possible to drive movement with an apparatus that is compact along the primary axis.
US09175667B2
A fastening system used for the joint between a rotary shaft and a wind turbines pitch system which includes a front flange and a rear flange, which are joined together and supported on the hollow rotary shaft, and which are coupled to the pitch system having the bearings for the shaft and the star-shaped part. A fastening method couples the rear flange to the hollow shaft with a tapered collar and also to the front flange through spacer bushings.
US09175657B2
A pinion gear unit includes a rotation member rotating according to the rotation of a output shaft. A first pinion gear fit to the rotation member through a first serration unit rotates with, and also moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit moves towards an engagement location with an engine starting gear. A second pinion gear is fit to the rotation member adjacent to the first pinion gear through a second serration unit, rotates with and moves with the rotation member if the pinion gear unit further moves towards the engagement location, and engages with the starting gear later than the first pinion gear, where the first pinion gear engages with the engine starting gear. Fitting is performed by the first and second serration units so that phases of teeth of the first and second pinion gears in a circumferential direction correspond with each other.
US09175655B2
A method of fabricating an injector of a combustion engine includes providing a first base body and a second base body for a valve needle of the injector, forming the first base body such that a first base part with a first stop face is formed, providing an armature with a bore, forming the second base body such that a second base part with a second stop face and a third stop face is formed, disposing a section of the first base part and a section of the second base part in a bore of the armature, disposing the first and second base parts relative to each other such that the first stop face abuts the second stop face, and establishing a fixed coupling between the first and second base parts, wherein the armature is movable between the first stop face and the third stop face.
US09175651B2
A dual fuel system includes liquid and gaseous fuel supplies and a fuel injector in fluid communication therewith. A gaseous fuel check in the fuel injector forms a leak path with a fuel injector body between gaseous and liquid fuel passages, and a leakage limiting seal is positioned about the gaseous fuel check and deformable into sealing contact with the gaseous fuel check responsive to an increase in a pressure drop from the liquid fuel passage to the gaseous fuel passage in the fuel injector.
US09175645B2
An electro-pneumatic actuator for a waste gate includes an electric actuator to impart linear motion to an actuator shaft, and a pneumatic chamber defining a passage extending therethrough, the actuator shaft extending through the passage, the pneumatic chamber being sealed with respect to the actuator shaft. A piston is disposed in the pneumatic chamber and arranged for movement in the pneumatic chamber, the piston being affixed to the actuator shaft such that the actuator shaft and the piston move together as a unit. There is a port into the pneumatic chamber for feeding a gas into the pneumatic chamber or exhausting the gas therefrom so as to exert a pressure force on the piston and thereby provide a pneumatic assist to the force exerted on the actuator shaft.
US09175642B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an engine operating parameter based on an output of a humidity sensor during a compressor bypass valve event. When the compressor bypass valve is closed, a current output of the sensor is used for the adjustments. When the compressor bypass valve is opened, such as to mitigate surge, an output of the sensor stored from before the opening of the bypass valve is used for the adjustments.
US09175640B2
A fuel injector assembly is provided herein. The fuel injector assembly includes an insulated delivery conduit in fluidic communication with a fuel pump and a conductive enclosure at least partially surrounding the insulated delivery conduit. The fuel injector assembly further includes a seal positioned between the insulated delivery conduit, conductive enclosure, and the fuel injector outlet with radial and axial forces against an exterior surface of the insulated delivery conduit, interior surface of the conductive enclosure, and the exterior surface of fuel injector outlet.
US09175637B2
A metal gasket for establishing a gas and fluid-tight seal between two members and which is resistant to temperatures of greater than 430° C. and even up to 540° C. is provided. The metal gasket is made of a 200 series stainless steel which includes, by weight percentage: up to 1.0% Silicon, 3.5-5.5% Manganese, up to 0.060% Phosphorus, up to 0.030% Sulfur, 17.5-19.5% Chromium, 0.50-2.00% Molybdenum, 4.0-6.0% Nickel, 0.10-1.00% Niobium, 0.08-0.30% Nitrogen and the remainder of Iron. This particular alloy has been found to provide the gasket with very high mechanical strength, even at temperatures of up to 540° C. Additionally, due to the low nickel content of the 200 series stainless steel, the metal gasket may be made more cost-effectively than other known metal gaskets.
US09175627B2
A fuel injection control apparatus for controlling an amount of fuel injection into a fuel injection port of an intake passage in an internal combustion engine, the fuel injection control apparatus including an exhaust air-fuel ratio sensor configured to detect an exhaust air-fuel ratio, an exhaust temperature sensor configured to detect an exhaust temperature, an intake air flow meter configured to detect an intake air amount in the intake passage, and a controller configured to estimate a wall flow amount of the fuel injection port based on the fuel injection amount, the exhaust air-fuel ratio, and the intake air amount, estimate a catalyst bed temperature of a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage based on the exhaust air-fuel ratio and the exhaust temperature and to correct the estimated catalyst bed temperature in accordance with the wall flow amount, and control the fuel injection amount based on the catalyst bed temperature.
US09175622B2
An engine control system (32) apportions smoke and NOx in engine-out exhaust gas by a strategy (38) that corrects a target percentage for fresh air and a target percentage for exhaust gas to re-calculate a set-point for fresh air mass flow. The target percentage for fresh air mass flow is calculated as a function of engine speed (N) and an engine output torque request (TQI_DRIV).
US09175620B2
An internal combustion engine fitted with a combustion pressure detection device includes: an internal combustion engine having a combustion chamber, a pressure detection device having a housing, a diaphragm, and a detection member, and having a shoulder part. The diaphragm is provided on the front end side of the housing and the detection member arranged inside the housing and behind the diaphragm, allowing it to detect the pressure working via the diaphragm. Also provided is a second seal member in a ring shape that seals the opening in the combustion chamber and the housing in the shoulder part of the housing in the pressure detection device.
US09175612B2
A method of controlling combustion of an engine improves unstable ignition and knocking which may be generated in an engine to which a diesel-gasoline mixed combustion mode and a gasoline mixed combustion mode are applied to low load and high load driving zones. The method includes: determining a combustion mode according to a current driving state of the engine; determining a compression ratio corresponding to the combustion mode; controlling a variable compression ratio device to control a compression ratio of a cylinder; determining whether the combustion state of the engine obtained during the combustion after the control to the compression ratio satisfies a set condition; and performing a compression ratio compensation such that the combustion state of the engine satisfies the set condition with taking a combustion pressure sensor signal as a feedback signal when the set condition is not satisfied.
US09175610B2
An electronic control unit adjusts drive force generated by an engine in accordance with the amount of manipulation of an accelerator pedal. When the manipulation amount of the accelerator pedal meets a predetermined condition, the electronic control unit executes drive force limiting control for limiting the drive force generated by the engine and changes the degree of limiting of the drive force during the execution of the drive force limiting process according the gradient of the road surface.
US09175601B2
A generator system includes (i) an internal combustion engine, (ii) an exhaust gas outlet, connected to the internal combustion engine, for venting exhaust gasses, and (iii) a condenser, connected to the exhaust gas outlet, for condensing water from exhaust gasses.
US09175597B2
A control device is provided that acquires an estimated value of a waste gate valve opening, derives a first relation which is established between a throttle downstream pressure and an intake valve flow rate based on the estimated value, and derives a second relation which is established between the throttle downstream pressure and the throttle flow rate from a throttle model based on a measured value of a throttle opening and a measured value of a throttle upstream pressure. Subsequently, the control device calculates an estimated value of the intake valve flow rate based on the first relation and the second relation, and regulates a correspondence relation of the estimated value of the waste gate valve opening and the manipulated variable of the waste gate valve based on a comparison result of the estimated value of the intake valve flow rate and a measured value of an intake flow rate.
US09175596B2
The invention relates to an intake pipe for an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, comprising a housing that defines a charge-air channel and an intercooler having a cooler block, which is arranged in the housing in such a way that the charge air can flow through the cooler block. The cooler block of the intercooler terminates on a side facing the housing with an outer component, preferably a cooling fin, and at least one recess is formed in said outer component of the cooler block, the at least one recess extending at least across part of the length of the cooler block substantially perpendicularly to the charge-air flow direction. Furthermore, at least one projection is provided on an inside face of the housing facing the cooler block of the intercooler, said projection extending at least across part of the inner face of the housing substantially perpendicularly to the charge-air flow direction and engaging at least partially in the at least one recess of the cooler block in a sealing manner.
US09175585B2
A fluid level detection device for a chamber containing a fluid includes a sensor configured to indicate one of at least two states; a first state when a present fluid level in the chamber is above a threshold level with respect to a chamber floor, and a second state when the present fluid level in the chamber is below the threshold level. A stabilizer is configured to at least partially surround the sensor. The stabilizer includes a base portion and a plurality of sidewalls defining a storage well configured to store a portion of the fluid around the sensor. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating the second state when a present fluid volume in the chamber is above a predetermined minimum amount. The stabilizer is configured to prevent the sensor from indicating a false “low fluid” state during a non-stable event.
US09175572B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system having a turbine blade segment having a blade and a mounting segment coupled to the blade, wherein the mounting segment has a multi-piece assembly configured to mount in a radial direction into a slot of a turbomachine rotor.
US09175560B2
A system or method includes providing coupler portions along a structure. The coupler portions are communicatively engageable with equipment in the structure.
US09175547B2
The invention relates to a method of performing production operations of an oilfield having at least one process facility and at least one wellsite operatively connected thereto, each at least one wellsite having a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein. The method steps include receiving a number of steps each from at least one of a number of collaborators, specifying an automated workflow including the number of steps and for generating a first well plan, obtaining first data associated with the production operations, applying the automated workflow to the first data to generate the first well plan, adjusting the production operations based on the first well plan, and modifying at least one of the number of steps based on input from at least one of the number of collaborators to generate an updated automated workflow.
US09175541B2
A seal assembly for a blowout preventer of a wellsite is provided. The blowout preventer includes a housing and at least one component operatively connectable to the housing. The housing has a bore and a channel therethrough. A tubular is positionable through the bore and engageable therein. The seal assembly includes a seal plate, a seal carrier, and at least one seal. The seal plate is operatively connectable between the housing and the at least one component of the blowout preventer, and has at least one seal groove extending therein. The seal carrier is disposable about a perimeter of the seal plate, has at least one carrier lip disposable in a seal groove(s), and has at least one seal receptacle. The seal is receivably positionable in the seal receptacle, and in sealing engagement with one of the housing, the component, and combinations thereof.
US09175539B2
A component of a well system can be tested by pressurizing the component of the well system a test pressure via two supply lines connected to the component of the well system, e.g. a choke line and a kill line. Then, a first of the two supply lines can be isolated from the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure can be measured in the first supply line and the change in pressure can be independently measured in the second supply line and the component of the well system. The change in pressure of the first supply line can be subtracted from the change in pressure of the second supply line and the component. Then, the change in pressure for the component can be analyzed to determine if the component of the well system is maintaining pressure integrity, i.e. leaking or not leaking.
US09175535B2
A propulsion generator which employs one or more unbalanced rotors, such as fly wheels or other unbalance rotating members, which can be connected at a lower portion of a downhole coiled tubing string or other downhole tubular string for inducing propulsion of the coiled tubing. The unbalanced rotors may be oriented at different positions with respect to each other. The instantaneous fluid flow through the propulsion generator is substantially equivalent to the average fluid flow rate through the tool to provide relatively consistent fluid flow to downhole motors below the propulsion generator for operating the drill bit and/or cutters.
US09175520B2
An expandable apparatus may comprise a tubular body, a valve piston and a push sleeve. The tubular body may comprise a fluid passageway extending therethrough, and the valve piston may be disposed within the tubular body, the valve piston configured to move axially downward within the tubular body responsive to a pressure of drilling fluid passing through a drilling fluid flow path and configured to selectively control a flow of fluid into an annular chamber. The push sleeve may be disposed within the tubular body and coupled to at least one expandable feature, the push sleeve configured to move axially responsive to the flow of fluid into the annular chamber extending the at least one expandable feature. Additionally, the expandable apparatus may be configured to generate a signal indicating the extension of the at least one expandable feature.
US09175515B2
Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for minimizing erosion of a transmission cable extending through a downhole drilling assembly. The drilling assembly includes an elongated flow diverter having a plurality of apertures for diverting the drilling fluid from an axial flow through a transmission shaft to a radial flow through a drive shaft. Exemplary flow diverters are configured to minimize erosion of transmission cables that may be present adjacent to the flow diverters.
US09175514B2
Tubular actuator (1) for driving a windable element in a building, comprising: in a tube (3) having a longitudinal axis (X-X′), a reduction gear and an output shaft (4) at a first end of the tube and a fixed-point (2) in two portions at a second end of the tube, the fixed-point comprising a first portion (20; 20′) at least partially outside the tube and a second portion (40; 40′) assembled in the tube, wherein the first portion comprises at least one torque and weight-bearing axial extension, this torque and weight-bearing axial extension being capable of being inserted into at least one recess of the second portion and being locked in translation along the longitudinal axis relative to the tube of the actuator by a first locking means (35, 37, 38).
US09175513B2
The present invention presents a method to permit emergency egress through an access opening covered by an overhead coiling fire door. Upon receiving an alarm notification from a first detector located on one side of the access opening the door is power closed to a predetermined height and held there for the predetermined time, then power closed to a fully closed position. Upon receiving a second alarm notification from a second detector located on the opposite side of the access opening the door enters into a secondary alarm condition. The door is power closed and awaits notification to initiate a secondary emergency egress sequence. The secondary emergency egress sequence comprises receiving a door opening notification, opening the door, holding the door open for a predetermined time, and reclosing the door. Upon primary power restoration or a return to a non-alarm condition the door returns to its preset open position.
US09175511B2
The invention concerns an architectural cover for application to a roof or wall. In particular it concerns a rectangular architectural roof cover (or wall mounted shading device) that includes retractable and moveable louvres, comprising: A near end of the rectangle and a far end of the rectangle. Two spaced apart beams forming the left and right sides of the rectangle. A series of louvres spanning between the two beams. Wherein, the ends of each louvre are connected to a respective carriage. The carriages on one side are mounted to run to and fro along one of the beams, and the carriages on the other side are mounted to run to and fro along the other beam. A mechanism is provided to drive the distal carriage on each side to and fro to extend and retract the louvres.
US09175509B2
A screen product such as a window screen or a door screen displays a visible marker. Different weave patterns and/or density patterns may be used to create the visible marker. Various methods may be employed for manufacturing or displaying the visible marker on the screen product. The visible marker allows the window screen or door screen to be visually perceived to prevent accidents and other mishaps.
US09175508B1
A metal door comprising first and second side frames or stiles and upper and lower frames or rails which are joined together. Each of the frames includes front and rear panels which are spaced apart and which are secured together by means of insulating panel connectors. The space between the panel connectors in each of the frames is filled with an insulating foam material. The panel connectors are also comprised of an insulating material such as wood, fiberglass, plastic or other insulative material.
US09175480B1
A ridge vent has an elongated body, a plurality of ventilation slots, and a separation line that permits easy separation of an outer edge portion of the elongated body. Each of a first set of holes adjacent the separation line has a downwardly extending cylindrical body. Each of a second set of holes adjacent the separation line has a mating cylindrical body adapted to engage and nest within the downwardly extending cylindrical body of one of the second set of holes. Moreover, a width of the ridge vent may be reduced by separating the outer edge portion from the elongated body, overlapping it with the elongated body, and engaging the mating cylindrical bodies with the downwardly extending cylindrical bodies.
US09175478B2
A roof mount apparatus for mounting on a roof surface includes a first solar panel having a first frame secured to the roof surface, a second solar panel having a second frame secured to the roof surface, the second solar panel spaced from the first solar panel and defining a slot between the first and second frames, and a snow fence secured to the first and second frames. The snow fence includes a bracket positioned adjacent to a top of the first and second frames, the bracket protruding from the first and second frames to inhibit sliding of snow along at least one of the first and second solar panels, and a coupling device including an elongated portion positioned in the slot and extending substantially perpendicular to the roof surface and a wide portion positioned within a channel to couple the bracket to the first and second frames.
US09175472B1
A self-adjusting heel joint connector for securing roof structural members, without the need for a conventional birdsmouth cut or toe-nailing. The connector is slideably insertable between the bottom of a preset rafter and the top of a supporting wall plate at a heel joint and is capable of self-adjusting to a precise preset rafter pitch. The connector includes a support member securable to the top of the supporting wall plate, and a framing member freely rotatable with respect to the support member about a swivel joint. The framing member is securable to the angled rafter and an adjacent joist/tie member, and includes a pair of legs positioned at approximately a right angle in which the rafter sits. The framing member includes through-holes for securing the connector to an angled rafter and an adjacent joist/tie member, and may be utilized as a guide for proper fastener placement by a craftsman in the field. The connector provides restraint from lateral movement and uplift, and provides for full vertical rafter load transfer through the connector directly to the top of the supporting wall plate, while transferring thrust force in the rafter to the adjacent joist/tie member.
US09175464B2
A floor drain system includes a generally rectangular drain grate having a plurality of drain apertures, and a drain body, having a circular lower portion defining an outlet and configured to mate with an underdrain structure, and an upper portion defining an inlet configured to receive the drain grate in a frictional fit. The drain body includes an integral grout rim surrounding the inlet, having a knife-tapered top edge, configured to reduce the visibility of the grout rim between the surrounding material and the grate. The drain body further includes an undercut rim around an outer perimeter of the inlet, the undercut rim having a bottom surface angled upward toward the drain body. The drain body can also include dovetail-shaped buttresses extending outward from the drain body, having tapered surfaces angled toward the drain body, thereby to mechanically interlock the drain body with hardened grout therearound.
US09175460B2
Provided is a shower apparatus which can stably produce and supply bubbly water to nozzle holes, causing finely divided water droplets of relatively large, uniform size to land continuously on a user so as to allow the user to enjoy a shower with a voluminous feel as if the user were being showered by large drops of rain. The shower apparatus includes a water supply unit, a throttle unit adapted to eject passing water downstream, an aeration unit adapted to produce bubbly water by aerating the water ejected through the throttle unit, and a nozzle unit provided with a plurality of nozzle holes used to discharge the bubbly water, wherein an ejection speed changing means is installed in the water supply unit to at least partially vary ejection speeds of the water ejected from respective throttle channels of the plurality of throttle channels of the throttle unit.
US09175451B2
A system and method for constructing any desired length of height linear cellular chain for use as a protective wall system, including a chain of fabric bulk bags, each having an open upper end, and interconnected along their sidewalls to define the cellular chain; and a fabric channel formed on the upper ends of each of the adjoining bags sidewalls for engaging a bag support and filling system, which includes a first metal frame member having a pair of arm members for threading through two adjacent fabric channels; the frame supported by a base member resting on the ground; a second metal frame member for receiving the distal ends of each of the arm members of the first metal frame member, at a level so that the bulk bag is supported by the arm members; bulk material to be poured into the supported bulk bag, to a level that the bag is substantially filled and no longer requires the support of the frame, so that the frame can be removed and positioned onto the next pair of fabric channels to fill the next empty bag.
US09175450B2
A barrier system is provided for fencing in or closing off a designated area. The barrier system includes a body including a longitudinal element extendable from the body to form a barrier between a first surface and a second surface. At least one coupling member is selectively connectable with the body between a first connection configuration such that the body is coupleable to the first surface or the second surface via the at least one coupling member and a second connection configuration such that the body is directly attachable to the first surface or the second surface. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US09175432B2
A household appliance (100) has an external casing (110) housing a rotatable drum assembly (320) and adapted to be mounted to a wall (105). The casing is shaped so as to define therein a tub (305) for rotatably accommodating the rotatable drum assembly.
US09175426B2
A jacket for a load-bearing, lengthy body, wherein the jacket is comprised of a plurality of braid elements which, when braided, enclose at least a portion of the lengthy body, and wherein the braid element is comprised of a braided ribbon. A method of forming the jacket is also described.
US09175423B2
This invention pertains to a novel process for preparing fibers from poly(α(1→3) glucan). The fibers prepared according to the invention, have “cotton-like” properties, are useful in textile applications, and can be produced as continuous filaments on a year-round basis. The process comprises solution spinning from a novel solution of poly(α(1→3) glucan) in a mixture of water and N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide followed by coagulation in a liquid coagulant that comprises a liquid that is not water.
US09175405B2
Corrosion inhibitor compositions are provided that can include a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, optionally a dispersant, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof. Methods of mitigating or inhibiting corrosion of housing or conduits containing aqueous mediums are also disclosed. The methods can include the steps of pretreating the metal conduit with a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid, introducing an aqueous medium into the metal conduit, and injecting a mixture of one or more transition metals, one or more organic phosphates, one or more inorganic phosphates, and hydroxyphosphono acetic acid and/or salts thereof into the aqueous medium.
US09175403B2
A composition for adhesion layer that is used for obtaining a multi-layered surface treatment steel sheet in which an adhesion layer is formed onto at least one surface of the steel sheet, and an upper layer and/or an intermediate layer which has a design and which contains a rust preventive pigment and/or a colored pigment is formed onto the adhesion layer; the composition including a cationic urethane resin and a silicon compound in an aqueous medium, and the ratio between the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the mixture of the cationic urethane resin and the silicon compound in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value and the temperature at which the logarithmic decrement for the cationic urethane resin alone in the rigid-body pendulum type free damped vibration method shows the maximum value is in the range of 1.2 to 3.0.
US09175400B2
A method is provided for depositing a whisker resistant tin-based coating layer on a surface of a copper substrate. The method is useful for preparing an article comprising a copper substrate having a surface; and a tin-based coating layer on the surface of the substrate, wherein the tin-based coating layer has a thickness between 0.5 micrometers and 1.5 micrometers and has a resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics, wherein said resistance to formation of copper-tin intermetallics is characterized in that, upon exposure of the article to at least seven heating and cooling cycles in which each cycle comprises subjecting the article to a temperature of at least 217° C. followed by cooling to a temperature between about 20° C. and about 28° C., there remains a region of the tin coating layer that is free of copper that is at least 0.25 micrometers thick.
US09175394B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to apparatus and methods for depositing materials on substrates during atomic layer deposition processes. In one embodiment, a chamber lid assembly comprises a channel having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the channel extends along a central axis, a housing having an inner region and at least partially defining two or more annular channels, an insert disposed in the inner region and defining the upper portion, the upper portion fluidly coupled with the two or more annular channels, and a tapered bottom surface extending from the bottom portion of the channel to a peripheral portion of the chamber lid assembly.
US09175386B2
A coating for a CoCrMo substrate including a first layer located directly on the substrate and including Ta(CoCrMo)0.5-2.0, a second layer located directly on the first layer and including tantalum, a third layer located directly on the second layer and including tantalum carbide, and a fourth layer located directly on the third layer and including diamond-like carbon (DLC).
US09175382B2
In one aspect of the invention, a process chamber is provided. The chamber includes a plurality of sputter guns with a target affixed to one end of each of the sputter guns. Each of the plurality of sputter guns is coupled to a first power source. The first power source is operable to provide a pulsed power supply to each of the plurality of sputter guns. The pulsed power supply has a duty cycle that is less than 30%. A substrate support disposed at a distance from the plurality of sputter guns is included. The substrate support is coupled to a second power source. The second power source is operable to bias a substrate disposed on the substrate support, wherein the duty cycle of the second power source is synchronized with a duty cycle of the first power source. A method of performing a deposition process is also included.
US09175378B2
The present invention relates to a method for improving the wear resistance of dyed surgical instruments having a vacuum-resistant material as the main body which, over the course of a vacuum coating step, is coated with a thin layer of titanium, and the coated surface is subjected to anodic oxidation. The method is characterized in that, over the course of the vacuum coating step, prior to coating with the layer of titanium, at least parts of the main body are coated with a layer of hard material which improves the wear protection.
US09175374B2
A high strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet has TS of 440 MPa or more and an average r value of 1.30 or more, where the absolute value of the planar anisotropy of the r value (Δr) is 0.20 or less. A chemical composition contains C: 0.010% or more and 0.04% or less, Si: more than 1.0% and 1.5% or less, Mn: 1.0% or more and 3.0% or less, P: 0.005% or more and 0.1% or less, S: 0.01% or less, sol. Al: 0.005% or more and 0.5% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Nb: 0.010% or more and less than 0.05%, Ti: 0.015% or more and 0.120% or less, and the remainder composed of Fe and incidental impurities, wherein (Nb/93)/(C/12) 0.20 and 0.005
US09175373B2
A method of inertia friction welding a superalloy substrate, the method including: rotating and forcing a deposit material (110) against the superalloy substrate (100); plastically deforming at least one of the deposit material (110) and the superalloy substrate (100) to form a weld joining the deposit material (110) to the superalloy substrate (100), thereby forming an assembly; and heat-treating the assembly. Heat-treating includes: a post-weld intermediate stress-relief (ISR) treatment; a solutionizing treatment; and a precipitation hardening heat treatment.
US09175366B2
Systems and methods for basic leaching are provided. In various embodiments, a method is provided comprising leaching a slurry comprising a copper bearing material and a leach medium comprising ammonia and ammonium carbonate, adding copper powder to the slurry, separating the slurry into a pregnant leach solution and solids, and performing a solvent extraction on the pregnant leach solution to produce an loaded aqueous stream.
US09175364B2
Ore fine agglomerate to be used in sintering process and production process of ore fines agglomerate
An ore fine agglomerate to be used in a sintering process is disclosed, wherein the ore fine agglomerate is formed by a mixture of ore fine particles and an agglomerating agent, and wherein the particles have diameters between 0.01 mm and 8.0 mm. A production process of ore fines agglomerate is disclosed comprising the steps of using ore fine particles with a granulometry lower than 0.150 mm, mixing the ore fine particles with an agglomerating agent in a ratio of 0.5 to 5.0% by mass of sodium silicate, forming wet particles with diameters between 0.01 mm and 8.0 mm with an addition of water, and drying the wet particles at a temperature varying from 100° C. and 150° C. to form dry particles that are resistant to mechanical efforts and the elements.
US09175361B2
Inexpensive stainless steel and inexpensive and high strength stainless steel which has excellent hydrogen environment embrittlement resistance even if used in a hydrogen resistant environment in over 40 MPa high pressure hydrogen gas or a hydrogen resistant environment in liquid hydrogen, characterized by containing, by mass %, C: 0.1% or less, Si: 0.4 to 1.5%, Mn: 8 to 11%, Cr: 15 to 17%, Ni: 5 to 8%, Cu: 1 to 4%, and N: 0.01 to less than 0.15% and having a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, having a volume rate of δ-ferrite of 10% or less, and having a long axis of δ-ferrite before annealing of 0.04 to 0.1 mm.
US09175360B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a seamless steel pipe for line pipe, capable of improving the toughness of the seamless steel pipe for line pipe. A round billet having a chemical composition, by mass percent, of C: 0.02 to 0.15%, Si: at most 0.5%, and Mn: 0.5 to 2.5%, the balance being Fe and impurities, is heated. The heated round billet is piercing-rolled to produce a hollow shell. The hollow shell is elongated and rolled and sized to produce a seamless steel pipe. The seamless steel pipe is water cooled, and the water cooling is stopped when the temperature of the seamless steel pipe reaches at most 450° C. The water-cooled seamless steel pipe is quenched, and the quenched seamless steel pipe is tempered.
US09175357B2
Methods for developing non-peptidic inhibitors that target the polo-box domain of PLK1 proteins are described. Methods include developing structure activity relationships for peptidic inhibitors followed by development of non-peptide fragment alternatives for portions of the peptide inhibitors. The non-peptide fragment can provide similar structure activity relationship as the replaced peptide. Fragment alternatives to key binding determinants are identified in an iterative computational and synthetic process facilitated through understanding of the peptide structure-activity relationships. The approach is informed by peptide structure-activity data obtained through synthesis and testing of truncated and mutated analogs of known PBD binding motifs.
US09175352B2
The application describes methods for accurately evaluating whether thyroid test samples, especially indeterminate thyroid samples, are benign or malignant.
US09175350B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for the diagnosis and evaluation of neoplastic disorders, particularly non-small cell lung cancer. Assays are described in which patient test samples are analyzed for the presence of one or more specific EML4-ALK fusion genes associated with neoplastic disorders.
US09175346B2
Arteriosclerosis induces cerebral infarction and myocardial infarction. A multi-marker (a group of protein markers) that assesses the accurate pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis and enables the selection of an adequate treatment method for arteriosclerosis and prediction of the progression of arteriosclerosis, and an evaluation method for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of arteriosclerosis that uses said marker group as an indicator have been sought. The present invention relates to A method for evaluation of arteriosclerosis comprising the steps of (a) measuring the expression of von Willebrand factor and/or complement factor D in a sample derived from a subject, (b) measuring the expression of complement component C8 and/or vitamin K-dependent protein Z in the sample derived from the subject, and (c) evaluating arteriosclerosis in the subject on the basis of the results from (a) and (b).
US09175345B2
This invention relates to methods of using genotyping to select patients for treatment with compounds capable of elevating ketone body concentrations in amounts effective to treat reduced neuronal metabolism associated with reduced neuronal metabolism, for example Alzheimer's disease.
US09175344B2
Disclosed are a structure with a nanopore and an apparatus for determining sequences of nucleic acids including the structure, the structure including three or more structures having facing surfaces, a plurality of oligonucleotides attached at one ends thereof to the surfaces, and a pore formed between the structures to which the plurality of oligonucleotides are bound, and allowing a pore of a desired size to be precisely formed by adjusting the length of a plurality of oligonucleotides.
US09175343B2
Computer implemented methods, and systems performing such methods for processing signal data from analytical operations and systems, and particularly in processing signal data from sequence-by-incorporation processes to identify nucleotide sequences of template nucleic acids and larger nucleic acid molecules, e.g., genomes or fragments thereof.
US09175342B2
This invention provides novel azido linkers for deoxynucleotide analogues having a detectable marker attached thereto.
US09175336B2
Objective of the present invention is to provide a method for keeping of directional information in double-stranded DNA. We suggest to convert polynucleotide into a hybrid double-stranded DNA. One particular strand of this hybrid double-stranded DNA should be synthesised using at least one modified nucleotide. Thus, this particular strand would contain modified nucleotides along the whole length. Density of directional markers would not depend on the length of polynucleotides. Any internal fragments of the hybrid double-stranded DNA would have directional information. When it is necessary the modified strand may be easily degraded or separated from the other strand. It was found that such hybrid double-stranded DNA may be easily generated in a number of molecular biology tasks and may be used for molecular cloning, library preparation and strand separation.
US09175335B2
The present patent application describes a cantilever for atomic force microscopy (AFM), which includes a cantilever body having a fixed end and a free end, the free end having a surface region being chemically modified by a dendron in which a plurality of termini of the branched region of the dendron are bound to the surface, and a terminus of the linear region of the dendron is functionalized.
US09175326B2
The present invention provides for recombinant Endo-D and selected mutants that exhibit reduced hydrolysis activity and increased transglycosylation activity for the synthesis of glycoproteins wherein a desired sugar chain is added to a core fucosylated or nonfucosylated GlcNAc-protein acceptor by transglycosylation. Such recombinant Endo-D and selected mutants are useful for efficient glycosylation remodeling of IgG1-Fc domain.
US09175322B2
Methods for mass producing bacterial alginate, bacterial cultures for producing alginate, and pharmaceutical compositions containing bacterial alginate are contemplated.
US09175312B2
The present disclosure describes nucleic acids, and viruses comprising such nucleic acids, for growing a toxic gene in an insect cell. These nucleic acids comprise a sequence encoding a toxic polypeptide, and an intron that interrupts the sequence, whereby the intron is spliced in mammalian cells but not in insect cells. Infection of mammalian cells but not insect cells with the nucleic acids or viruses can lead to expression of toxic levels of the toxic polypeptide in mammalian cells but not in insect cells. Viruses, such as an AAV or a baculovirus comprising a nucleic acid can be grown in insect cell lines in vitro and can be administered to a subject in need of therapy, such as a subject in need of cancer therapy.
US09175307B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-25 RZ, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew races Bl:1 to Bl:28 and CA-I, CA-IIA, CA-IIB, CA-III to CA-VIII (Bremia lactucae Regel), as well as deeply red, crisp, deeply-incised, nicely-filled leaves, and a small plant size. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-25 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-25 RZ.
US09175302B2
Plant metabolism and alkaloid levels can be regulated by transcription factors that regulate the nicotinic alkaloid biosynthetic pathway. In one embodiment, the disclosure provides a transcription factor that negatively regulates alkaloid biosynthesis, such as nicotine biosynthesis. The present invention is directed to a method for increasing a nicotinic alkaloid in a nicotiana plant by introducing a mutation into the gene encoding the NbTF7 transcription factor. The present invention is also directed to mutagenized plants produced by this method and products made from these plants.
US09175301B2
This invention provides means for altering the harvest index of crop plants by modulating the expression of transgenic genes using dimerization domain and component stacks, thereby modulating plant architecture. The transgene/dimerization domain stacks are provided in a single transformation vector unit and are used to modulate plant growth, yield, and harvest index in plants.
US09175295B2
A modified transposon vector and a method for introducing a foreign gene into a cell are provided. A modified transposon vector wherein a nucleic acid fragment having the following features (a)-(b) or (a)-(c) is inserted; a cell expressing a foreign gene obtained by introducing said vector into chromosomal DNA of a cell line or an ontogenetic cell and further introducing an expression cassette of a foreign gene into the chromosomal DNA; a genetically recombined animal generated by using said cell (in case of an ontogenetic cell); and a method for producing a foreign protein from said cell and said genetically recombined animal: (a) It consists of 5′- and 3′-TIR sequences of a transposon gene; (b) A sequence where a recombination reaction occurs is inserted between at least either of DR regions present by twos each in 5′- and 3′-TIR sequences of a transposon gene; (c) A restriction enzyme recognition site or an expression cassette of a foreign gene is inserted between 5′- and 3′-TIR sequences of a transposon gene.
US09175281B2
The present invention provides process of purification of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) from a crude mixture or a partially purified mixture containing tPA protein and impurities by using hydrophobic interaction column chromatography, optionally in combination with ion exchange column chromatography.
US09175279B1
The present invention relates generally to a method of purifying Factor VII and/or Factor VIIa from a solution containing either or both proteins, the method comprising: diluting the solution containing Factor VII and/or Factor VIIa in a loading buffer; adding the diluted solution from step (i) to a multi-modal anion exchange resinunder conditions selected such that Factor VII and/or Factor VIIa is bound to the resin; optionally washing the resin with a wash buffer; adding an elution buffer to the resin under conditions selected such that Factor VII and/or Factor VIIa is eluted from the resin; and recovering the eluted recombinant Factor VII and/or Factor VIIa; wherein the loading buffer, the optional wash buffer and the elution buffer each comprise about 35 mM or less of calcium ions.
US09175263B2
The invention provides methods, compositions and kits for the identification and enrichment of progenitor cell lines obtained from pluripotent stem cells.
US09175258B2
The present invention comprises compositions and methods for enhancing biological processes, such as plant growth or bioremediation. For example, the present invention comprises compositions and methods for effectively remediating chemical and organic wastes and reducing the environmental risk from manure, septic, sewage, oil pollution, and other contaminants.
US09175257B2
The present invention relates to novel stable yeast strains, to a novel method for obtaining such strains, and to a novel method for evaluating the stability of a yeast strain. The present invention also relates to the yeasts obtained from these novel stable yeast strains, and to the use thereof for producing alcohol.
US09175252B2
A photobioreactor (100) for use in treating polluted air and producing biomass may comprise, at least in part, a generally vertical tube or fluidic pathway (102), a generally vertical helical tube or fluidic pathway (104) having a light source (106) partially positioned within the helical fluidic pathway (104), a head cap assembly (108), and a base assembly (110). In one illustrative example, the light source (106) may be a light emitting diode (LED) or a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). By one approach, a gas diffusion apparatus (112) is located at the base assembly (110) adjacent the generally vertical fluidic pathway (102).
US09175249B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising ethyleneoxide butyleneoxide and a galactomannan such as guar. The compositions are particularly well suited for ophthalmic applications such as contact lens disinfection and rewetting. Methods for the treatment of dry eye using the compositions of the present invention are also contemplated.
US09175246B2
Fatty amine compositions made from a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives are disclosed. In another aspect, fatty amidoamines made by reacting a metathesis-derived C10-C17 monounsaturated acid, octadecene-1,18-dioic acid, or their ester derivatives with an aminoalkyl-substituted tertiary amine are disclosed. The fatty amines or amidoamines are advantageously sulfonated, sulfitated, oxidized, or reduced. In other aspects, the ester derivative is a modified triglyceride made by self-metathesis of a natural oil or an unsaturated triglyceride made by cross-metathesis of a natural oil with an olefin.
US09175241B2
The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing friction modifiers, and specifically stable compositions containing friction modifiers with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and friction modifiers derived from hydroxy-carboxylic acids, where the friction modifier is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
US09175238B2
The present invention relates to a brake fluid composition comprising (a) a glycol compound and boron-containing compound mixture as solvents, (b) corrosion inhibitior, (c) and tartatric acid, imidazole or a mixture of tartaric acid and imidazole as antioxidants. Provided is a brake fluid composition having improved capabilities for inhibiting thermal oxidation, metallic and high-temperature corrosion. The brake fluid composition according to the present invention significantly improves long-term durability by reducing metal dot corrosion and preventing boronic acid precipitation on a test piece, while having a superior thermal oxidation inhibition capability, and has superior capabilities for inhibiting high-temperature oxidation and corrosion while having negligible effects on the equilibrium reflux boiling point and the wet equilibrium reflux boiling point.
US09175237B2
This invention encompasses trunk piston engine lubricating oil compositions, comprising a major amount of one or more Group I base oils; and one or more dispersant additives, wherein the concentration of the one or more dispersant additives within the trunk piston engine lubricating oil composition is about 0.2-0.6 wt. % on an actives basis; and methods for making and using the trunk piston engine lubricating oil compositions.
US09175234B2
The present invention relates to novel mutant thioesterase enzymes and naturally-occurring equivalents thereof, compositions made from such enzymes and uses of thioesterase enzymes. In particular, the present invention provides mutant thioesterase enzymes that have altered properties, for example, altered substrate specificity, altered activity, altered selectivity, and/or altered proportional yields in the product mixtures. The present invention also provides polynucleotides encoding such mutant thioesterase enzymes, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further provides for novel uses of thioesterases in the production of various fatty acid derivatives, which are useful as, or as components of, industrial chemicals and fuels.
US09175223B2
This invention provides intumescent, halogen-free, polymeric, silicon-phosphorus-nitrogen (SPN) flame retardant, a process for their preparation, and systems, compositions and articles into which they are incorporated. The inventive intumescent, halogen-free, SPN polymer compositions afford good flame retardant performance at a lower loading compared to conventional phosphorus and nitrogen based intumescent flame retardant compositions.
US09175220B2
The present invention relates to a high scattering smectic liquid crystal material and display device using the same. In the present invention, a series of smectic A phase liquid crystals having compact arrangement of crystal domains or a series of smectic liquid crystal mixed materials having a degree of order higher than that of the smectic A phase and an optical texture different from that of the smectic A phase are obtained by mixing a smectic liquid crystal with an organic compound having a high optical anisotropy (Δn) or mixing different types of smectic phases. When used in a smectic stable state liquid crystal display pattern, these materials have high scattering properties and can effectively improve the contrast of a smectic liquid crystal display device. The present invention also improves contrast when it used in a reflective smectic liquid crystal display device.
US09175217B2
Methods for preventing isotropic removal of materials at corners faulted by seams, keyholes, and other anomalies in films or other structures include use of etch blockers to cover or coat such corners. This covering or coating prevents exposure of the corners to isotropic etch solutions and cleaning solutions and, thus, prevents higher material removal rates at the corners than at smoother areas of the structure or film. Solutions, including wet etchants and cleaning solutions, that include at least one type of etch blocker are also disclosed, as are systems for preventing higher rates of material removal at corners formed by seams, crevices, or recesses in a film or other structure. Semiconductor device structures in which etch blockers are located so as to prevent isotropic etchants from removing material from corners of seams, crevices, or recesses of a film or other structure at undesirably high rates are also disclosed.
US09175214B2
The invention relates to a lighting (1) device comprising a light source (2) and a wavelength converting element (7), which comprises a phosphor compounded with a polymer. The phosphor contains a metal-ion activator which is excitable via a partially forbidden electronic transition. The phosphor and the polymer being chosen such that the difference in their refractive index is smaller than 0.1. Due to this choice, scattering in the wavelength converting element (7) remains at minimum. Interesting wavelength converting elements (7) are obtained when using phosphors comprising specific Mn(IV)-activated fluoride compounds and specific fluorine-containing polymers.
US09175213B2
A light-emitting element having high external quantum efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element having low drive voltage is provided. Provided is a light-emitting element which includes a light-emitting layer containing a phosphorescent compound, a first organic compound, and a second organic compound between a pair of electrodes. A combination of the first organic compound and the second organic compound forms an exciplex (excited complex). An emission spectrum of the exciplex overlaps with an absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound. A peak wavelength of the emission spectrum of the exciplex is longer than or equal to a peak wavelength of the absorption band located on the longest wavelength side of the absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound.
US09175212B2
An organic semiconducting compound comprising the structure of formula (I): where Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 independently comprise monocyclic aromatic rings and at least one of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 is substituted with at least one substituent X, which in each occurrence may be the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of (i) optionally substituted straight, branched or cyclic alkyl chains with 1 to 20 carbon atoms, alkoxy, amino, amido, silyl or alkenyl, or (ii) a polymerizable or reactive group selected from the group consisting of halogens, boronic acids, diboronic acids and esters of boronic acids and diboronic acids, alkylene groups and stannyl groups, and where Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 may each optionally be fused to one or more further rings. The organic semiconducting compound is used as an active layer in an organic semiconducting device such as a thin film transistor.
US09175211B2
Compounds comprising a 2-phenylpyridine ligand further substituted with a heterocyclic group are provided. In particular, the compound comprises a 2-phenylpyridine ligand further substituted with a nitrogen-containing heterocycle. The compounds may be used in organic light emitting devices to provide devices having improved efficiency and lifetime.
US09175207B2
Compositions and methods for oil recovery using a surfactant-less alkaline-polymer system in hard water or hard brine is described in the instant invention. The formulation further includes a chelating agent, an alkaline agent (which can be the same as the chelating agent), and a co-solvent. The formulations as disclosed herein are capable of forming a surfactant in-situ resulting in Winsor Type III micro-emulsions of low interfacial tension.
US09175204B2
An inhibitive water-based polymer mud system and method for using the system in drilling and in stabilizing wellbores is disclosed for use in water sensitive formations as an alternative to oil-based muds or water-based muds comprising ferro-chrome lignosulfonates. The system comprises a fresh water or salt water base thinned or dispersed with a sulfonated acrylic copolymer having a hybrid/graft lignosulfonate multipolymer structure containing carboxylate and sulfonate functional groups with synthetic polymer side chains covalently linked to a base lignosulfonate material, having a molecular weight in the range of about 1,000 to about 15,000, and having a high anionic charge density. This system is effective and has stable rheology over a broad pH range, even at a near neutral pH of 8.0. The drilling fluids do not contain heavy metals and are rheologically tolerant to contaminants such as cement, anhydrite and sodium and temperatures as high as about 400° F.
US09175201B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising at least one iodocarbon compound and preferably at least one stabilization agent. These compositions are generally useful as refrigerants for heating and cooling, as blowing agents, as aerosol propellants, as solvent composition, and as fire extinguishing and suppressing agents.
US09175199B2
A method for providing and consuming a storable and transportable, alcohol-containing cooling fluid comprising the following steps: providing a gas with carbon dioxide fraction as a carbon supplier; providing a hydrogen fraction; producing a gaseous starting material by mixing the carbon dioxide fraction and hydrogen fraction; passing of the starting material through a reactor with a catalyst to synthesize a cooling fluid mixture of alcohol and water; and using the cooling mixture for cooling intake air, and/or compressor air or/and a fuel-air mixture of an internal combustion engine by evaporating the cooling fluid.
US09175191B2
This disclosure discloses an adhesive tape with print, comprising a transferred layer. The transferred layer is formed on a tape main body by transfer from an ink ribbon. In the tape main body, an adhesive layer is disposed on one side of a tape base layer, and a separation layer is provided on the other side of the tape base layer and comprises an olefin resin separating agent or an acrylic resin separating agent. A first layer is formed on a front surface of the other side of the transferred layer and has a solubility parameter value greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9. A second layer is formed on a front surface of the one side of the transferred layer and has a solubility parameter value greater than or equal to 7 and less than or equal to 9.
US09175183B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods that provide flexible transparent conductive films that exhibit low levels of oligomer migration and haze development, without making use of costly substrates based on PEN film or PET films having low oligomer content. Such flexible transparent conductive films are useful in electronic and optical applications.
US09175167B2
A process for producing a porous ceramic body comprises a) mixing a coated porogen with a silicate or a oxide ceramic precursor, wherein the porogen is decomposable to gaseous decomposition products and optionally solid products upon heating, and is coated with a coating agent; b) forming a green body from the mixture obtained in step (a); and c) firing the green body obtained in step (b) to obtain the ceramic body, whereby the porogen decomposes to form pores within the ceramic body and the coating agent is deposited at the inner surface of the pores. The porogen is coated with a coating agent which, upon firing, is deposited at the inner surface of the ceramic pores, so that porous ceramics having decreased weight and improved porosity are obtained, while maintaining at the same time good mechanical strength. A green body and a porous ceramic body obtainable with the above-mentioned process are described too.
US09175156B2
A thermoplastic compound is formed using a blend that includes one of processed fly ash, cinders and processed fly ash and cinders with a fractional melt having a melt flow index of less than 1 or a low melt resin with a melt flow index between 1 and about 3 or both, and a resin compatible with the fractional melt or low melt resin and having a melt flow index that is different from the melt flow index of the fractional melt or the low melt resin. Presence of the processed fly ash and cinders is believed to reduce cycle time for forming the thermoplastic compound into a plastic product from about 5 percent to about 30 percent merely because of the presence of the processed fly ash and cinders. Presence of the processed fly ash and/or cinders also permits the increased use of more fractional melt than conventionally attempted and also allows for use of thermoplastic regrind from recycling sources.
US09175154B2
A tire, the tread of which comprises a rubber composition comprising at least a diene elastomer, such as for example, an SBR or BR elastomer, a thermoplastic elastomer vulcanizate of EPDM and polypropylene, at a content preferably of greater than 5 phr, and a reinforcing filler, such as silica and/or carbon black. Such a composition confers, on the tire, an improvement in the wet grip.
US09175149B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous dispersion based on a polymer and a crosslinker, a method for applying a coating to a substrate, and a substrate provided with such a coating. One aspect of the present invention is to provide a formulation for an aqueous dispersion that can be used to obtain a coating that will not turn yellow and is resistant to hydrolysis.
US09175147B2
A new approach for improving fire resistance of cellulosic materials is provided, especially when the cellulosic material is to be used in polymer composites. Cellulosic material is treated with an aqueous mixture of alkali metal or ammonium hydroxide and alkaline earth or aluminum metal salt simultaneously with or within a short period of time of preparing the mixture. The treated cellulosic material becomes self-extinguishing and may also have improved thermal stability, improved interfacial thermal resistance, improved resistance to damage by oxidants and other chemical agents, improved resistance to biological agents and/or improved resistance to damage by ultra-violet light.
US09175146B2
A positive temperature coefficient (PTC) composition that has improved thermal conductivity and that includes a thermoplastic polymer, carbon black and graphite. The compositions offer improved thermal conductivity and/or rheology of the PTC composition as compared to compositions that do not include graphite, or that use smaller graphite particles. The compositions may also include one or more additives. The PTC compositions of the present invention offer improved thermal conductivity at most any temperature and permit PTC materials to be designed that can be tailored to operate at different temperatures based upon the thermoplastic polymer used.
US09175145B2
The invention relates to a polymeric composition containing: a) at least one epoxy resin; b) at least one copolymer with groups, which react with epoxy resins, and with a glass transition temperature Tg of −20° C. or lower, c) nanoparticles having a mean particle size dmax ranging from 5 to 150 nm that is measured by means of a small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). The inventive composition enables the production of adhesives, composite materials, coatings and casting compounds exhibiting improved mechanical properties, particularly improve impact strength.
US09175141B2
Provided herein are cyclosiloxane-substituted polysiloxane compounds, compositions that include the polysiloxane compounds, and methods for preparation and use of the polysiloxane compounds. Provided are mechanical lubricant compositions, hydraulic fluid compositions, anti-foam compositions, water repellant agent compositions, release agent compositions, personal care compositions, cosmetic compositions, household care compositions and drug delivery compositions that include one or more of the cyclosiloxane-substituted polysiloxane compounds provided herein.
US09175132B2
The present invention relates to polymers comprising structural units which contain alkylalkoxy groups, and blends which comprise the polymers according to the invention. The invention is also directed to the use of the polymers and blends according to the invention in opto-electronic devices and to these devices themselves.
US09175127B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing an aliphatic polyester having an increased molecular weight comprising the steps of: (i) introducing into a mixing tank equipped with an inlet for injecting a diisocyanate an aliphatic polyester prepolymer which has a number average molecular weight of 5000 or higher and has terminal hydroxyl groups and in which at least one acid component is a succinic acid compound, wherein the aliphatic polyester prepolymer is introduced above the position of the inlet and wherein the aliphatic polyester prepolymer is melted at a temperature not lower than a melting point of the prepolymer and is in a liquid state, (ii) injecting a diisocyanate into the aliphatic polyester prepolymer, wherein the amount of diisocyanate is equivalent to between one tenth and two times the amount of the hydroxyl groups in the aliphatic polyester prepolymer; and (iii) reacting the aliphatic polyester prepolymer with the diisocyanate.
US09175119B2
Copolymers of ethylene and α-olefins having (a) a density in the range 0.900-0.940 g/cm3, (b) a melt index MI2 (2.16 kg, 190° C.) in the range 0.01-50 g/10 min, (c) a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn, by conventional GPC) in the range 2.0-4.5, (d) a comonomer partition factor, Cpf>1, and (e) a melt index MI2 (2.16 kg, 190° C.) normalized Dow Rheology Index (DRI), [DRI/MI2] in the range 3-20. The copolymers may be prepared using catalyst systems containing activating supports. The copolymers are suitably prepared in the gas phase preferably in a single reactor. The copolymers exhibit unique properties in particular with respect to their rheology.
US09175113B2
Provided are a tetrafluoroethylene copolymers having a melting point of at least 317° C., a melt flow index (MFI) at 372° C. and a 5 kg load (MFI 372/5) of from about 0.60 g/10 min up to about 15 g/10 min. Also provided are methods of forming a shaped article using the copolymers described above, shaped articles made with those copolymers and compositions containing such copolymers.
US09175108B2
The present invention relates to a non-cryogenic process for the large scale synthesis of disentangled ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (DUHMWPE) polymers. The process comprises of the following steps: a. mixing FI catalyst of formula I with a hydrocarbon solvent containing poly-methyl aluminoxane (P-MAO) co-catalyst in a vessel under stirring before polymerization or directly in the polymerization vessel at a temperature ranging between 25° C. and 29° C. under a dry Nitrogen atmosphere; and lower concentration of co-catalyst resulting in the associated benefits as described earlier in the claims and descriptions. b. pressurizing ethylene in the polymerization vessel and polymerizing ethylene in a solution or a suspension, continuously or batch wise, in one or more stages at a temperature is in the range of 30° C. to 50° C.
US09175104B2
A polymerization to form a branched polyolefin, in which polymerization an ethylene copolymerization catalyst and an ethylene oligomerization catalyst form a series of ethylene oligomers that are α-olefins are both present, gives an improved polyethylene if the oligomerization catalyst has a relatively high Schulz-Flory constant.
US09175103B2
Disclosed is a method of producing a polyolefin composition comprising contacting a metal alkyl and a first olefin monomer, then adding a first co-catalyst, a second co-catalyst, a pre-catalyst, and a second olefin monomer. The method allows for the production of a series of copolymers with tunable incorporation ratios of the first olefin monomer. The method also allows for the production of polyolefins of low molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions.
US09175102B2
A process for the preparation of a catalyst that is in the form of solid particles includes preparing a solution of a complex of a metal and an electron donor; adding to the solution solid material obtaining a suspension combining the suspension at a temperature of at least 50° C. with at least one transition metal compound resulting in a precipitation of the catalyst being in the form of a solid particle; and optionally separating the catalyst.
US09175095B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising light-activated chimeric proteins expressed on plasma membranes and methods of using the same to selectively depolarize excitatory or inhibitory neurons.
US09175089B2
The invention provides anti-LgR5 antibodies and immunoconjugates and methods of using the same.
US09175085B2
The invention relates to methods for the temporal administration of EDA agonists, in particular EDI200, which correlate to optimal therapeutic response windows required for the formation of any EDA-dependent structures such as ectodermal appendages. Use of the methods described allow for the design of targeted therapeutic dosing and administration regimens in order to correct or alter abnormal phenotypes associated with genetic disorders, in particular, XLHED.
US09175079B2
Compositions and methods are provided for depletion of pluripotent cells. In one embodiment of the invention, methods are provided for depletion of pluripotent cells from a mixed population of differentiated cells and stem cells, to provide a population of cells substantially free of pluripotent stem cells. Monoclonal antibodies useful in depletion and in identification of pluripotent stem cells are also provided.
US09175075B2
The present application describes RGM A binding proteins, particularly monoclonal antibodies, and in particular CDR grafted, humanized versions thereof, which have the ability to bind to RGM A and prevent binding of RGM proteins to RGM A receptor and other RGM A binding proteins, and therefore neutralize the function of RGM A, for use in the treatment of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) degeneration as well as methods of therapeutically or prophylactically treating a mammal against RNFL degeneration.
US09175068B2
The present invention relates to a new and improved method for preparing a highly concentrated immunoglobulin composition from pooled plasma for subcutaneous injection. A composition comprising 20% or more immunoglobulin suitable for subcutaneous use is also described.
US09175063B2
Anti-angiogenic agents or polypeptides comprising an amino acid segment substantially similar to domain one of CD2 wherein the polypeptide has a β-sheet formed by two segments. Methods of using such agents and polypeptide are also included.
US09175060B2
Exendins or exendin analogs modified by one or more PEG derivatives that may be linked to one or more amino acids of the exendins or exendin analogs are provided. The PEG derivatives may have branched structure set forth in any one of formulas I-IV. Compositions including the PEG derivative modified exendin or exendin analog, methods of making or administering the modified exendin or exendin analog, and various uses thereof are also provided.
US09175056B2
Peptidomimetic macrocycles and methods for their preparation and use, as well as amino acid analogs and macrocycle-forming linkers, and kits useful in their production are described.
US09175054B2
Provided are methods of suppressing complement alternative pathway in a mammalian subject in need thereof, comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of C1q and tumor necrosis factor related protein 6 (CTRP6) or a functional analog thereof.
US09175051B2
The invention is directed to transgenic plants transformed with nucleic acids that encode a plant transcription factor that increases the transgenic plant's size and yield and/or delays flowering in the plant, and methods of using and producing the transgenic plants.
US09175045B2
Biologically active crosslinked polypeptides with improved properties relative to their corresponding precursor polypeptides, having good cell penetration properties and reduced binding to human proteins; and methods of identifying and making such improved polypeptides.
US09175040B2
The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to 11 novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US09175038B2
Found in various eukaryotic organisms, polo-like kinases (collectively, Plks) are a conserved subfamily of Ser/Thr protein kinases that play critical roles in cell proliferation. Provided herein are compounds that specifically inhibit the activity of Plks, specifically Plk1. Further provided herein are methods for use of the compounds for the treatment of hyperproliferative disorders, particularly cancer. Also provided are uses of the compounds for the preparation of a medicament.
US09175032B2
The present invention provides an efficient process for the synthesis of (2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-((((1r,3S)-3-(2-(5-(tert-butyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethyl)cyclobutyl)(isopropyl)amino)methyl)tetrahydrofuran-3,4-diol and hydrates thereof and methods for treating disorders in which DOT1-mediated protein methylation plays a part, such as cancer and neurological disorders, by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof. The present invention also provides novel crystalline forms of (2R,3R,4S,5R)-2-(6-amino-9H-purin-9-yl)-5-((((1r,3S)-3-(2-(5-(tert-butyl)-1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)ethyl)cyclobutyl)(isopropyl)amino)methyl)tetrahydrofuran-3,4-diol and hydrates thereof (Form A, Form B, and Form C), characterized by a unique X-ray diffraction pattern and Differential Scanning Calorimetry profile, as well as a unique crystalline structure.
US09175021B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of salts having perfluoroalkyltricyano- or perfluoroalkylcyanofluoroborate anions, ((per)fluoro)phenyltricyano- or ((per)fluoro)phenylcyanofluoroborate anions, phenyltricyanoborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms or phenylcyanofluoroborate anions which are mono- or disubstituted by perfluoroalkyl groups having 1 to 4 C atoms, by reaction of alkali metal trifluoroperfluoroalkylborate with trialkylsilyl cyanide and a subsequent salt-exchange reaction or by direct reaction of an organic trifluoroperfluoroalkyl borate with trialkylsilyl cyanide.
US09175017B2
The present invention provides novel compounds useful as proteasome inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of the invention and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
US09175016B2
Prochelator compounds of Formula I or Formula II: are described, along with methods of using the same and pharmaceutical formulations or compositions containing the same.
US09175012B2
The problem to be solved is to provide an important intermediate for production of an FXa inhibitor. The solution thereto is a method for industrially producing a compound (1) or a compound (4), comprising: [Step 1]: adding a quaternary ammonium salt and a metal azide salt to water to prepare an aqueous solution of an azidification reagent complex comprising quaternary ammonium salt-metal azide salt, and subsequently dehydrating the aqueous solution using an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent to form a mixed solution of the azidification reagent complex comprising quaternary ammonium salt-metal azide salt and the aromatic hydrocarbon solvent with a water content of 0.2% or less; and [Step 2]: adding, to the mixed solution prepared in [Step 1], a compound (2) wherein L represents a leaving group.
US09175009B2
Benzoxepin compounds of Formula I, and including stereoisomers, geometric isomers, tautomers, solvates, metabolites and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Z1 is CR1 or N; Z2 is CR2 or N; Z3 is CR3 or N; Z4 is CR4 or N; and where (i) X1 is N and X2 is S, (ii) X1 is S and X2 is N, (iii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is S, (iv) X1 is S and X2 is CR7; (v) X1 is NR8 and X2 is N, (vi) X1 is N and X2 is NR8, (vii) X1 is CR7 and X2 is O, (viii) X1 is O and X2 is CR7, (ix) X1 is CR7 and X2 is C(R7)2, (x) X1 is C(R7)2 and X2 is CR7; (xi) X1 is N and X2 is O, or (xii) X1 is O and X2 is N, are useful for inhibiting lipid kinases including p110 alpha and other isoforms of PI3K, and for treating disorders such as cancer mediated by lipid kinases. Methods of using compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis, prevention or treatment of such disorders in mammalian cells, or associated pathological conditions, are disclosed.
US09175000B2
The present invention is directed to Buprenorphine Analog compounds of the Formula I, Formula II, Formula III, Formula IV, and Formula V, wherein R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R15a, R15b, X, Q, G, and Y are as defined herein. Compounds of the Invention are useful for treating pain and other conditions modulated by activity of opioid receptors.
US09174999B2
Saxitoxin analog compounds, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of synthesis of saxitoxin analogs, methods of imaging, methods of treatment, including methods of treating pain, are provided. Saxitoxin (STX), gonyautoxin (GTX), and zetekitoxin, and variant STX compounds bind to sodium channels and are effective to reduce or block flow of sodium ions through such channels. Such channel block affects nerve and muscle action, and may be effective to reduce or block pain sensations, relax muscles, reduce muscle spasm, and reduce wrinkles. STX analog binding to sodium channels may also be useful to locate, image, or mark sodium channels, and so be useful in studying sodium channels and sodium channel disorders, and in the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from sodium channel disorders. In embodiments, the variant STX compounds include conjugates having increased serum half-life as compared to STX when administered to a subject.In embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for alleviating pain in a subject in need of treatment, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a saxitoxin analog compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, tautomer or prodrug thereof, whereby pain in said subject is alleviated.
US09174998B2
A compound represented by formula (1) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1 is a C1-6 alkyl group; R2 and R3 are the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom or a C1-6 alkyl group; X2, X3 and X4 are the same or different from each other and each is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; and X5 is a hydrogen atom or —P(═O)(OH)2 has a Wnt Pathway modulating activity.
US09174976B2
The present invention relates to cyanoisoquinoline compounds suitable for use in treating hypoxia inducible factor-mediated and/or erythropoietin-associated conditions. The cyanoisoquinoline compounds of the invention have the following structure:
US09174972B2
The invention relates generally to muscarinic agonists, which are useful for stimulating muscarine receptors, and treating cognitive disorders. Included among the muscarinic agonists disclosed herein are oxadiazole derivatives, compositions, and preparations thereof. Methods of synthesizing oxadiazole compounds also are provided. This disclosure also relates in part to compositions for enhancing cognitive function in subjects such as humans, the compositions comprising a muscarinic agonist or a pharmaceutically suitable form thereof. This disclosure relates in part to methods of treating animals such as humans by administering such compositions.
US09174967B2
The present invention relates to substituted pyrazole-containing compounds of formula (I), and the stereoisomers and salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as defined in the description. The present invention further relates to a method for combating or controlling invertebrate pests, to a method for protecting plant propagation material and/or the plants which grow therefrom, to plant propagation material comprising at least one compound according to the present invention, to a method for treating or protecting an animal from infestation or infection by parasites, to a process for the preparation of a composition for treating infested or infected animals and/or for protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites, and to a compound according to the invention for use as a medicament.
US09174966B2
The present invention relates to the solid state of 6-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2-phenylquinazoline (I) and therefore to novel crystalline forms of the base and of pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, and also to methods for preparing them, to the respective pharmaceutical formulations and to their therapeutic use. Compound (I) may be obtained as the free base in five different crystalline forms, three polymorphic forms and two hydrates. Some pharmaceutically acceptable salts of (I) that have physicochemical characteristics acceptable for pharmaceutical development were obtained, and the respective polymorphic forms and/or hydrates were characterized.
US09174964B2
Disclosed are carboxamide, sulfonamide and amine compounds including certain AMPK-activating piperidinylxoy-substituted 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-1-amine compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including them. One embodiment is a compound having the structure in which R1, R3,R4,R5,R14,R15,R17, G, Q, k, v, x and y are as described herein. In certain embodiments, a compound disclosed herein activates the AMPK pathway, and can be used to treat metabolism-related disorders and conditions.
US09174963B2
Compounds of formula I wherein: R1 is and R2, R4, and R6-9 are defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit PI3 kinase and mTOR, and may be used to treat diseases mediated by PI3 kinase and mTOR, such as a variety of cancers. Methods for making and using the compounds of this invention are disclosed. Various compositions containing the compounds of this invention are also disclosed.
US09174962B2
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
US09174958B2
This disclosure relates to a process for the preparation of N-[2-n-butyl-3-{4-[(3-dibutylamino)-propoxy]-benzoyl}-1-benzofuran-5-yl]-methane-sulfonamide of formula I and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, wherein one of the methylsulfonyl groups of the 2-n-butyl-3-[(di-n-butylamino-3-propoxy)-benzoyl]-5-bis-(methylsulfonamido)-benzofuran of formula II is selectively cleaved and if desired, the resulting compound of formula I is transformed into its salt.
US09174951B2
Thiazolidinedione compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are described. The compounds can be used in methods of treating cancer in a subject by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the compound. The compounds can also be used in methods of inhibiting glucose uptake in a cell by contacting the cell with the compound.
US09174950B2
Disclosed are methods for preventing metastasis of cancer cells. The disclosed compounds can be used to prevent the spread of tumor or other types of cancer cells.
US09174947B2
The present invention provides compounds for modulating protein kinase enzymatic activity for modulating cellular activities such as proliferation, differentiation, programmed cell death, migration and chemoinvasion. More specifically, the invention provides quinazolines and quinolines which inhibit, regulate and/or modulate kinase receptor, particularly c-Met, KDR, c-Kit, flt-3 and flt-4, signal transduction pathways related to the changes in cellular activities as mentioned above, compositions which contain these compounds, and methods of using them to treat kinase-dependent diseases and conditions. The present invention also provides methods for making compounds as mentioned above, and compositions which contain these compounds.
US09174946B2
A compound of the formula (I): where R1 or R2 is a cycle, amine group and R5 is an aromatic group with a carbonyl containing substituent for use as a FAK inhibitor.
US09174944B1
This invention relates to novel crystalline lopinavir/surfactant adducts, methods for their preparation, therapeutic uses of those crystalline lopinavir/surfactant adducts, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them or made from them.
US09174943B2
Processes are provided for the synthesis of diarylthiohydantoin and diarylhydantoin compounds. Medicinal products containing the same find particular use in treating prostate cancer, including castration-resistant prostate cancer and/or hormone-sensitive prostate cancer.
US09174937B2
A new crystal form of threo glycopyrronium chloride is useful in pharmaceutical applications.
US09174922B2
The present invention relates to a continuous, catalytic process for preparing a vinyl ester of the formula R—C(O)O—CH═CH2 by reaction of a carboxylic acid of the formula R—C(O)OH with a transvinylating reagent of the formula R1—C(O)O—CH═CH2, wherein the reaction is effected at a temperature of 90 to 160° C. and at a pressure of 0.5 to 15 MPa without withdrawal of a reactant in the presence of a transition metal catalyst containing at least one transition metal from the group of ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium and platinum, and then the resulting reaction mixture is separated into its constituents.
US09174921B2
Process for coproduction of a vinyl ester of the formula R—C(O)O—CH═CH2 by transvinylation reaction of a carboxylic acid of the formula R—C(O)OH with a transvinylating reagent of the formula R1—C(O)O—CH═CH2, characterized in that (a) the transvinylation reaction is conducted continuously at a temperature of 90 to 160° C. and at a pressure of 0.5 to 15 MPa without withdrawal of a reactant in the presence of a transition metal catalyst containing at least one transition metal selected from the group of ruthenium, osmium, rhodium, iridium, palladium and platinum; (b) the resulting reaction mixture is separated into its constituents and the vinyl ester of the formula R—C(O)O—CH═CH2 and the carboxylic acid of the formula R1—C(O)—OH are removed; and (c) the carboxylic acid obtained after step (b) is converted to a derivative of the formula R1—C(O)—X, R1—CH2—OH or R6—C(O)—OH in which X is vinyloxy, O—CH═CH2, halogen, alkoxy of the formula OR2 in which R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, amino of the formula NR3R4 in which R3 and R4 are each independently hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or carboxyl of the formula O—C(O)—R5 in which R5 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl radical having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and R6 is the partly or fully halogen-substituted R1 radical.
US09174918B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing a diaryl oxalate which comprises the step of transesterifying a dialkyl oxalate or/and an alkylaryl oxalate with an aryl alcohol in the presence of a tetra(aryloxy)titanium as a catalyst, wherein the tetra(aryloxy)titanium is fed into a reaction system of the transesterification as an aryl alcohol solution of the tetra(aryloxy)titanium which is prepared by reacting a tetraalkoxy titanium and an excess amount of the aryl alcohol and removing a by-producing alkyl alcohol.
US09174917B2
The present invention relates to analogs of bexarotene and methods of use thereof.
US09174913B2
A process for the production of methacrylic acid is described. The process comprises the base catalysed decarboxylation of at least one or a mixture of dicarboxylic acids selected from itaconic, citraconic or mesaconic acid. The decarboxylation is carried out in the range greater than 240 and up to 275° C. to provide high selectivity. The methacrylic acid product may be esterified to produce an ester. A method of preparing polymers or copolymers of methacrylic acid or methacrylic acid esters using the process is also described. Optionally, the process may be preceded with a decarboxylation and, if necessary, a dehydration step on a source of pre-acid such as citric acid or isocitric acid.
US09174911B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for the chemocatalytic conversion of a pentose source to a glutaric acid product. The present invention includes processes for the conversion of pentose to a glutaric acid product via pentaric acid or derivatives thereof. The present invention also includes processes comprising the catalytic oxidation of pentose to pentaric acid and catalytic hydrodeoxygenation of pentaric acid or derivatives thereof to a glutaric acid product.
US09174909B2
A method of producing levulinic acid from biomass is described. The method includes two acid treatment steps: first, treating biomass with a first aqueous acidic solution at a pH, for a time, and temperature such that at least a portion of pentosans contained within the biomass is extracted from the biomass, to yield pentosan-extracted biomass; second, treating the pentosan-extracted biomass with a second aqueous acidic solution at a pH, for a time, and a temperature, such that at least a portion of hexosans contained within the pentosan-extracted biomass are converted to levulinic acid.
US09174906B2
Methods are provided for producing an optically active secondary alcohol at a high optical purity by hydrogenating a substrate carbonyl compound at a high efficiency using as a catalyst a ruthenium complex bearing as a ligand certain optically active diphosphine compound and a readily synthesized amine compound. For example, aromatic ketones and heteroaromatic ketones are reacted with hydrogen and/or a hydrogen donating compound in the presence of the ruthenium complex.
US09174904B1
Disclosed herein are ortho aryl substituted bisphenol monomers that exhibit a lower binding energy to estradiol related receptors. The monomers are provided by the condensation of a ketone and phenol in the presence of an acid catalyst.
US09174891B2
The process of producing an alkylbenzene compound from the alkylation of an aromatic compound with an acyclic monoolefin is an exothermic process. A process for maintaining a relatively constant temperature improves the process and allows for controlling the yields. The process includes recycling a compound through the reactor that is relatively inert, but will moderate the exotherm, while maintaining the 2-phenyl content of the final alkylbenzene product.
US09174882B2
A waste fluid is evaluated to determine if the waste fluid includes fracturing fluid requiring treatment for sodium; a hydrocarbon level requiring hydrocarbon treatment; and/or drilling fluid requiring clay treatment. The waste fluid is mixed with mature compost, organic fertilizer, and top from the well site. If the waste fluid requires treatment for sodium, calcium nitrate is mixed with the waste fluid in an amount sufficient to balance the sodium content thereof. If the waste fluid includes a hydrocarbon level requiring hydrocarbon treatment, an additional organic fertilizer is mixed with the waste fluid along with hydrocarbon-digesting microbes in an amount sufficient to inoculate the waste fluid. If the waste fluid includes drilling fluid requiring clay treatment, the waste fluid is mixed with gypsum to break up and reduce adhesive characteristics of clay particles present in the waste fluid. The mixture is stirred and dried to produce fertile top soil.
US09174881B2
A dosage size multi-chambered, container having separate sealed compartments is provided and includes constituent materials for forming a wallboard joint compound. The container includes a first compartment containing a first mixture including calcined gypsum, a set preventer and water, and a second compartment sealed from the first compartment with a seal and containing a second mixture including a set initiator and water, wherein upon breaking of the seal, the first and second mixtures are combinable by kneading action to provide a dose of the wallboard joint compound.
US09174866B2
A method for printing a precision structure on the surface of a glass strip advancing continuously at a rate of at least 1 m/min, using an etching roller (27) applying a printing force against the surface to be etched, the structure to be produced including protruding and recessed regions which have radii of curvature, a preliminary thermal conditioning (26 and 32) being performed upstream of the etching roller; the thermal conditioning is designed to ensure a temperature of the strip (J) over the print thickness and a cooling (29) downstream of the etching roller (27) to ensure a controlled fixing of the structure; the method according to the invention making it possible to determine the parameters that are intimately linked for obtaining a particular structure, notably the print temperature, the printing force and the cooling rate, taking into account a degree of creep between the molding radius (R1) and the post-creep radius (R2).
US09174864B2
This invention relates to bacteria of the genus Pseudoxanthomonas and in particular the strain deposited on Jul. 12, 2012 at the Pasteur Institute (CNCM, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, F-75724 PARIS Cedex 15, France) under No. CNCM 1-4657, capable of degrading MTBE and/or TBA.The invention also relates to a process for treatment of an effluent comprising MTBE and optionally TBA using such bacteria.
US09174852B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for improving the production of alumina trihydrate. The invention involves adding one or more cross-linked polysaccharides to a filter used to separate solids from liquid in the Bayer process. The one or more polysaccharides can be a cross-linked polysaccharide (such as cross-linked dextran or cross-linked dihydroxypropyl cellulose). The cross-linked polysaccharides can impart a number of advantages including greater flow rate and lower residual moisture in the resulting cake.
US09174847B2
Methods and processes for synthesizing high quality carbon single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) are provided. A carbon precursor gas at reduced concentration (pressure) is contacted with a catalyst deposited on a support and at temperature about 10° C. above the SWNT synthesis onset temperature, but below the thermal decomposition temperature of the carbon precursor gas for given growth conditions. The concentration (pressure) of the carbon precursor gas can be controlled by reducing the total pressure of the gas, or by diluting with an inert carrier gas, or both. The methods produce SWNTs with the ratio of G-band to D-band in Raman spectra (IG:ID) of about 5 to about 200.
US09174831B2
An apparatus for lifting motor vehicles, with a carrying element for carrying the motor vehicle to be lifted, wherein this carrying element has at least one sensor device for detecting a weight force of the vehicle to be lifted, wherein the carrying element has at least two carrying arms which are arranged in a central region of the carrying element and which starting from the central region extend in at least two different directions. At least one sensor element for detecting a partial weight force is provided in each case on these carrying arms, wherein a force determining device for determining the weight force takes into consideration the partial weight forces determined by the at least three sensor elements.
US09174830B1
According to the embodiments described herein, an industrial vehicle can include a camera and one or more processors. The camera can capture an input image of ceiling lights of the ceiling of the warehouse. The one or more processors can execute machine readable instructions to detect transversal edges from the ceiling lights of the input image. The machine readable instructions executed by the one or more processors can determine points of convergence between the transversal edges and a first edge line and a second edge line. The machine readable instructions executed by the one or more processors can select a set of point fixes from the points of convergence. The machine readable instructions executed by the one or more processors can navigate the industrial vehicle through the warehouse utilizing the centerline and the set of point fixes.
US09174825B2
A car for an elevator, which is movable in an elevator shaft, has a car roof projecting at least partly beyond a drive unit. Arranged on the car roof in the region of the side facing the drive unit is a balustrade which has a handrail interrupted centrally in a drive receiving region. The balustrade has in the drive receiving region a bar which is arranged to be offset downwardly and inwardly relative to the handrail.
US09174823B2
A personal authentication device provided in a destination call registration device adapted to obtain authentication information from a user. The device includes an access control device adapted to, when the personal authentication device obtains the authentication information, obtain verification information including a plurality of pieces of permitted floor information corresponding to the authentication information and position information of the destination call registration device; and a supervisory controller adapted to determine, based on the verification information, whether a destination floor inputted into the destination call registration device is a permitted floor, and, based on the registration, control an elevator car.
US09174818B1
Marine engine includes a cylinder block having first and second banks of cylinders that are disposed along a longitudinal axis and extend transversely with respect to each other in a V-shape so as to define a valley therebetween. A catalyst receptacle is disposed at least partially in the valley and contains at least one catalyst that treats exhaust gas from the marine engine. A conduit conveys the exhaust gas from the marine engine to the catalyst receptacle. The conduit receives the exhaust gas from the first and second banks of cylinders and conveys the exhaust gas to the catalyst receptacle. The conduit reverses direction only once with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US09174817B2
A sheet conveying device, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet holding and conveying roller pair having two rollers to convey a sheet while holding the sheet between the two rollers at a nip where the two rollers contact each other, and a gate member disposed movable with rotation of the sheet holding and conveying roller pair to correct skew of the sheet in a sheet conveying direction when a leading end of the sheet in the sheet conveying direction abuts against the gate member. The gate member has a contact surface against which the sheet abuts. The contact surface of the gate member is disposed upstream from the nip of the sheet holding and conveying roller pair in the sheet conveying direction. A setting position of the contact surface is adjusted according to thickness of the sheet.
US09174816B2
A sheet storage apparatus includes a sheet discharge path having a sheet discharge outlet; a stack tray disposed on a downstream side of the sheet discharge outlet; a support device disposed between the sheet discharge outlet and the stack tray to load at least a part of a sheet; a sheet end regulation device for regulating a position of at least one end edge of the sheet supported by the support device; and an aligning transport device disposed in the support device to carry the sheet toward the sheet end regulation device. The aligning transport device includes a friction transport body and a transport body travel device, and the friction transport body has a rotating member rolling along the top surface of the sheet supported by the support device, and the rotating member rotates in a direction crossing the travel direction.
US09174808B2
A container-bundler includes a transporter having an alignment section with infinitely revolving single-station conveyor elements drivable in the transport direction with a controllable rotation element. An actuatable adjustment element is arranged in an alignment section. The controllable rotation element interacts with the adjustment element. A partitioning and/or compressing unit is downstream of the alignment section.
US09174806B2
A transfer conveyor for transferring articles from a first conveyor to a second conveyor comprises an input for receiving articles from the first conveyor and an output for transporting articles to the second conveyor, a first contact member and a second contact member having first and second contact surfaces, respectively, extending upwardly and facing each other for clamping articles between said contact surfaces when travelling from the input to the output and a curved transport path between the input and the output, and a counter member for holding up an article and/or at least one of the first and second contact members in vertical direction when an article is clamped by the contact members. At least one of the first contact member, the second contact member and the counter member is drivable for transporting articles from the input to the output.
US09174778B2
A consumer product comprises a container for packaging a composition having a scent. A removable cap is fitted to the container, with the cap and the container defining a cavity therebetween. The cap has an orifice, for communicating between the cavity and an exterior of the cap, and a manually deformable part which is adapted to be displaceable thereby to displace air from an internal location within the cavity outwardly through the orifice.
US09174777B2
The invention relates to a bottle for packaging a liquid with dropper delivery comprising a reservoir with an elastically deformable wall that can be reversed by letting air into the receptacle, surmounted by a dispensing head for the liquid comprising a drop-counting end-piece protruding to the outside of the bottle and an anti-bacterial filtering membrane, made partially hydrophilic and partially hydrophobic, which is interposed across the path of the liquid and of the air, at the base of the said end-piece. The dispensing head comprises an insert with a recessed body which contains a porous pad regulating the flow of liquid placed downstream of the reservoir and upstream of a chamber delimited downstream of the said membrane. At the base of this insert on the inner side of the bottle, longitudinal arches supporting a central pellet make star-shaped passageways radially guiding the air that enters the bottle after having passed through the porous pad.
US09174776B1
A plug device is disclosed for snugly sealing material within a container. The plug device has a flexible, foldable, deformable plug body sized to be positioned within the container. The plug device also has a plug handle section with handles for facilitating insertion and removal of the plug body and for deforming the plug body out of an unfolded state. A first handle is attached to the plug body at both its beginning and end and along a radial axis of the plug body. A second handle, offset from the first handle, is also attached to the plug body at both its beginning and end and along the radial axis. The handles may be manipulated to deform the plug body out of an unfolded state. The manipulation, which may be twisting, squeezing, or using a tool, facilitates insertion of the plug body into the container and removal from the container.
US09174769B1
A one-piece molded basket with a bottom defining an outer periphery and an inner section that defines a number of openings and is interior to, and at least substantially surrounded by, the outer periphery. The outer periphery is constructed and arranged to rest on a relatively flat surface and some or all of the inner section is located above the bottom of the outer periphery such that the inner section is above the flat surface when the outer periphery is on the flat surface. There are one or more indented vent channels that extend through the outer periphery and lead to the inner section, to allow air to pass through the outer periphery, a top rim, and a sidewall contiguous with and extending between the bottom and the top rim.
US09174764B2
An external cover of a user device includes: an upper cover; a lower cover; and a hinge connecting the upper and lower covers for pivoting the upper cover and lower cover over a front surface and a rear surface of the user device, wherein the upper cover opens and closes a front surface of the user device and comprises at least two or more folding lines along a longitudinal direction of the upper cover such that the upper cover is divided into at least three supports when folded along each of the at least two or more folding lines, and wherein the lower cover holds the user device on an inside surface, and slip preventing units are provided on at least two end surfaces of an outside surface of the second cover for providing enhanced friction between the second cover and a flat location so that the lower cover maintains a stable state in various holding mode of the lower cover facing the hinge, respectively, so that the lower cover maintains a holding state in various holding modes.
US09174761B1
A prefabricated sheet of foldable material to construct a container having one of multiple selectable dimensions, including a perforated pattern to permit separation and discarding of selectable portions and folding of a remaining portion into the container. The perforated pattern may include diagonal lines to provide triangular-shaped portions to overlap and secure to side-walls of the container.
US09174756B2
A waste removing method capable of easily carrying out a waste removing operation to peel a label sheet waste off a base sheet. A label sheet 4b of label paper 4 being conveyed along a path of label paper conveyance 1 is formed with a cut line 4h for peeling-off; an upstream side portion 4i of label sheet bordered and starting with the cut line 4h is peeled off a base sheet 4a, and the portion of label sheet 4b peeled off is carried to and wound onto a waste take-up member 20 whereby winding the peeled-off portion of label sheet 4b onto the waste take-up member 20 causes a label sheet waste 4g of succeeding label paper 4 to be peeled off the base sheet 4a and taken up onto the waste take-up member. The waste removing operation can be carried out automatically.
