US09302534B2
Each spoke portion (50) includes a center valley portion (51), and spoke projecting threads (52) formed on both sides of the center valley portion (51). Each of the spoke projecting threads (52) includes an inclined surface portion (54), which protrudes outward in a spoke widthwise direction from a top (53) and inclines downward to a wheel axially back side. The inclined surface portion (54) is formed so that a length thereof in a range of from the top (53) to an outer end of the inclined surface portion (54) in the spoke widthwise direction becomes larger toward a spoke distal end side, and that an average downward inclination angle thereof becomes smaller toward the spoke distal end side. With this configuration, it is possible to increase rigidity of the spoke portion with good balance while avoiding interference with a braking device.
US09302531B2
A canvas stretcher frame and method for fabricating same is provided comprised of four perimeter members and four corner members. Each of the perimeter members demonstrates continuous and uniform corner tine receiving channels, mounting material receiving channels and a cross bar mounting channel running the entire length of the perimeter member. The corner members are formed of two corner sections and can be opened, via a key to increase frame perimeter. Due to the continuous and uniform shape and configuration of the perimeter members and the affixation means formed therein, the perimeter members may be cut to form a frame of any desired perimeter dimension without need for further mortizing or machining of the cut member prior to assembly.
US09302524B2
A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a marking position determination unit dividing the image into plural marking lines, and determining their marking positions; a marking order determination unit determining a marking order to mark the marking lines in mutually opposite directions; an adjusting unit adjusting a distance between a first ending point and a second starting point to be longer than a distance between a first starting point and a second ending point, or adjusting laser power applied to a second starting point side of the second marking line to be lower than the laser power applied to a second ending point side of the second marking line; and a marking instruction generator unit generating marking instructions including the marking positions of the marking lines and the marking order thereof.
US09302518B2
An apparatus detects inoperative inkjets during printing of three-dimensional objects. The apparatus includes a reversible thermal substrate that changes optical density in areas where material drops are ejected onto the substrate. An optical sensor generates image data of the substrate after material drops are ejected onto the substrate and these image data are analyzed to identify inoperative inkjets.
US09302511B2
A sheet cutting apparatus includes a cutting unit configured to cut a sheet, a discharge unit configured to discharge a fragment of the sheet cut by the cutting unit, a blowing unit configured to blow air on the fragment discharged from the discharge unit, and a storage unit configured to store the fragment discharged from the discharge unit.
US09302505B2
A method for media jam clearing includes detecting a media jam with sensor in the printer, in which the media jam comprises a sheet of media stuck in a media path of the printer. The method further includes monitoring for user action that alters the mechanically alters the state of the printer and detecting a user action that mechanically alters the state of the printer. In response to detection of the user action, the printer automatically attempts to clear the media jam.
US09302496B2
A thermal print system includes a case, a thermal print device, an information storage device, an information transmission device and a control device. The thermal print device is detachably installed inside the case and is for performing thermal printing. The information storage device is installed inside the case and is for storing parameter information of the thermal print device. The information transmission device is installed inside the case and is for fetching the parameter information stored in the information storage device. The control device is installed inside the case and is electrically connected to the information transmission device. The control device controls the thermal print device to perform the corresponding thermal printing according to the parameter information transmitted from the information transmission device.
US09302494B2
An erasing apparatus of an embodiment includes a reading unit, a printing unit, a transport unit, and a control unit. The reading unit reads an image formed on a sheet. The printing unit includes a plurality of nozzles that output colorants, and prints any one of a mark that is defined in advance or a code image of a machine-readable format on the sheet. The transport unit transports the sheet in order of the reading unit and the printing unit. The control unit detects an amount of deviation of the sheet generated on a transport path based on the image on the sheet which is read by the reading unit, selects which nozzle in the printing unit to output the colorant based on the amount of deviation, and controls the printing unit so as to perform printing from the selected nozzle.
US09302493B2
According to one embodiment, a first conveying path to form a conveying path from the sheet supply portion toward the ejector, a reader arranged on the first conveying path to read an image on a surface of the sheet, an erasure to erase the image on the sheet formed with image erasable material, a switching portion arranged on the first conveying path at a downstream side of the reader in a sheet conveying direction to switch the sheet conveying direction to a direction of the ejector or a direction of the erasure, and a second conveying path having the erasure which, at a position where the switching portion is arranged, branches from the first conveying path at the downstream side of the reader and merges with the first conveying path at a meeting point between the sheet supply portion and the reader.
US09302489B2
A liquid discharge recording apparatus includes: a liquid; a liquid discharge head configured to discharge the liquid; an absorber configured to absorb the liquid discharged from the liquid discharge head; and unsaturated fatty acid of which specific gravity is smaller than that of the liquid and which is contained in the absorber.
US09302485B2
An ink outlet is arranged to interconnect with a corresponding ink inlet device. A vent hole is formed next to the ink outlet. A vent hole barrier is arranged to be pushed open by the ink inlet device during interconnection.
US09302479B2
A liquid ejection head substrate according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of ejection heaters arranged in a first region, a drive circuit that is arranged in the first region and configured to supply electric energy to the plurality of ejection heaters, a signal supply circuit that is arranged in a second region and configured to supply an electric signal to the drive circuit, and a substrate heating heater including a first portion arranged in the first region and a second portion arranged in the second region, in which a resistance value per unit length along a direction of a current of the first portion is different from a resistance value per unit length along a direction of a current of the second portion.
US09302474B2
In a method to control vibration measures and refresh measures in a printing operation of an ink printing system with at least one printing apparatus, the printing apparatus having printing elements that fire ink droplets as print dots at a printing substrate depending on control data determined from print data associated with print images and firing pause information about firing pauses for the printing elements. Prefire data and refresh data derived from the firing pause information and from operating condition information of the printing apparatus are combined with the control data. The vibration measures and refresh measures are executed by the printing elements depending on the firing pause information, the prefire data, and the refresh data, no ink droplets being ejected during the vibration measures and ink droplets being ejected during the refresh measures.
US09302471B2
Provided is a liquid droplet discharging method including: based on a first correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the first nozzle row, a second correction quantity table correlating to discharging of the second nozzle row, a relative usage ratio of the first nozzle row to the second nozzle row (=a usage rate of the first nozzle row/a usage rate of the second nozzle row), and a third correction quantity table correlating to discharging of a predetermined value Hk which is the relative usage ratio, correcting a liquid droplet quantity, per a unit area in print media, discharged from the first nozzle row and/or the second nozzle row.
US09302455B1
A method for fast curing a component made from composite laminate. The method rapidly raising the temperature of the component by applying heat at an accelerated temperature for a ramp time, holding the temperature of the component at a set temperature for a set dwell time, and removing heat from the component to slow curing process. The method may additionally include inspecting the component after removing the component from heat, and curing the component a final time to equivalent or better strength.
US09302452B2
A transparency including a conductive mesh is disclosed. The conductive mesh is formed by a plurality of inkjet printed electrically conductive lines on a polymer film or a glass, polyacrylate, polycarbonate, or polyurethane substrate, wherein at least one inkjet printed electrically conductive line intersects at least one other inkjet printed electrically conductive line. A flying vehicle including a transparency including a conductive mesh is also disclosed. Additionally, a method of preparing a transparency by laminating a polymer film and a substrate together, wherein a conductive mesh is formed on the polymer film by a plurality of inkjet printed electrically conductive lines, is also disclosed.
US09302446B2
A skin-stiffened composite panel (1) comprising at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) arranged distant to each other in a plane with a skin (2) of a planar outer continuous composite layer (9) and an inner continuous composite layer (10). The at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) have a height “a” perpendicular to the skin (2). At least two sandwich assemblies (4) in said plane are along each one of the at least two essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3), said at least two sandwich assemblies (4) comprising each the planar outer and the inner continuous composite layers (9, 10) and a grid-type foam module (8) with openings and with a height “b”, with the foam modules (8) on the same side of the planar outer continuous composite layer (9) as the essentially longitudinal stiffeners (3) between the inner continuous composite layer (10) and the planar outer continuous layer (9).
US09302445B2
A fiber-reinforced composite material (11) is constructed by laminating a plurality of fiber bundle layers formed of a reinforced fiber to form a laminated fiber bundle layer and further impregnating the laminated fiber bundle layer with a matrix. At either side of a neutral surface (16), the number of +θ layers which are fiber bundle layers having a fiber orientation angle of +θ and the number of −θ layers which are fiber bundle layers having a fiber orientation angle of −θ are the same, the order of laminating the fiber bundle layers is inversely symmetrical with respect to the standard surface, and the number of other fiber bundle layers disposed between the +θ and −θ layers at either side of the standard surface is the same.
US09302443B2
A sealing system for creating a sealed letter by use of an envelope sheet with a bond part on a basis of a sealing setting. The sealing system includes a transmission amount detector configured to detect an amount of transmission of the envelope sheet being conveyed on a conveyance path, a bond position calculator configured to calculate a first bond position where the bond part exists in the envelope sheet on a basis of the amount of transmission as detected by the transmission amount detector, and a judgment unit configured to judge whether the envelope sheet is conveyed a correct way round in a conveyance direction of the envelope sheet, from the first bond position as calculated by the bond position calculator and a second bond position based on the sealing setting.
US09302440B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a combination trash collection and compaction trolley that has a main front door with a trash door that provides access to an interior of the trolley so that trash can be front-loaded into the trash door, as well as an open top portion, which allows trash to be top-loaded into the open top portion.
US09302439B2
The subject invention includes methods and apparatus for joining treads. Such methods include the step of providing a first tread portion and a second tread portion for forming a joined tread, each tread portion comprising a section of tire tread extending lengthwise from a terminal end. Additional steps include providing a first fixture configured to retain the first tread portion and a second fixture configured to retain the second tread portion and securing the first tread portion into the first fixture and securing the second tread portion into the second fixture, each of the first and second fixtures being arranged within the first and second fixtures such that the terminal end of each tread portion is in communication with a joining side of each fixture. The methods further include directing the terminal ends towards each other and into forceful engagement with an elastomeric joining material arranged between the terminal ends.
US09302429B2
A sealing apparatus for sealing a travelling packaging film. The sealing apparatus includes a first actuator, a second actuator, a first seal member, a second seal member, a slide rail arrangement, and a linkage coupled to the slide rail arrangement and connecting each of the first and second actuators to the first and second seal member. The first and second sealing members are actuated toward and away from each other between a disengaged position and an engaged position for sealing the travelling packaging film.
US09302427B2
A structure for an aerospace vehicle includes a composite beam chord clamped between first and second metal plates. The beam chord is clamped at a force that precludes or reduces beam chord delamination under axial loading during operation of the vehicle.
US09302423B2
The invention relates to a process to regulate the film thickness of tubular film manufactured using a film blowing process, wherein the film is laid flat and repositioned using an oscillating take-off unit and subsequently monoaxially oriented in machine direction using an orientation unit. This process produces a film whose thickness profile has as few deviations as possible from the average film thickness across the film width. This result is achieved by setting the film thickness profile of tubular film produced with a film blowing line such that after orientation and as a result of deviations during orientation, a film thickness profile develops that is uniform across the entire film width.
US09302404B2
An apparatus includes a moving device moving a holding member and a cutting or printing head relative to each other. The apparatus specifies, as a designated position, a position of an ultrasonic source located within a projection range on the holding member. The apparatus determines an edit pattern to be applied to an object based on the designated position to be specified and also determines a cutting or printing position on the object based on the designated position to be specified. The edit pattern is projected onto a holding region of the holding member and a menu image is projected onto an edge region of the holding member. The apparatus edits the edit pattern according to editing contents and generates data to perform cutting or printing on the object. The apparatus controls the moving device based on the generated data.
US09302387B1
A tool for disconnecting a cable from a railcar is disclosed. The tool includes an elongated body having a first end and a second end. The tool also includes a handle portion disposed about the first end of the elongated body. Moreover, the tool includes an engagement member disposed about the second end of the elongated body. The engagement member may be configured to engage the cable.
US09302381B2
A driving tool is provided with a driver for driving out a fastener from a nozzle, a balancer, and a balancer biasing member for biasing the balancer in a direction away from the nozzle. The balancer moves in the direction away from the nozzle by a biasing force of the balancer biasing member when the driver moves toward the nozzle.
US09302380B2
A seat puller removes a valve seat or bushing from a structure such as a fluid pump. The seat puller may be formed of a shaft having a threaded adjusting nut fastening region, a central shaft region, a land region, a cone shaft region and an end stopper region. The seat puller includes a slide lock jaw held onto the shaft at the land region by a spring. The spring permits the slide lock jaw to open slightly and thereby permits the slide lock jaw to slide down the shaft to the cone shaft region. This causes the slide lock jaw to open and engage the internal and bottom surfaces of a seat with its outer circumference, thereby permitting the seat puller to remove the seat from the structure in which it is seated.
US09302379B2
Apparatus and method for inserting a hose coupling into a hose, the coupling and the hose having inner surfaces defining an inner diameter. A shaft has a first and a second end. A gripping member is associated with the shaft and is movable between a relaxed condition wherein the gripping member has a diameter less than the inner diameters of the hose the coupling and an expanded condition wherein the diameter of the gripping member is increased so that the gripping member grippingly contacts the inner surface of the hose to secure the shaft in the hose in a way that the second end of the shaft extends from the hose. A pusher member is associated with the shaft, and is engageable with the coupling and is movable along the shaft towards the gripping member to insert the coupling into the hose.
US09302377B2
A screw driving device is provided which can counter-sink a screw at angles off of normal from a workpiece. The device includes a shank held in contact with a screw bit to drive the tip when a plurality of balls are held in contact between a screw bit head and a sleeve surrounding the shank and to disengage the shank from the bit when the screw is at a desired counter-sunk depth. The disengagement of the shank from the screw bit is provided by permitting the plurality of balls to slide out of contact between the rotating shank and bit to thus disengage the shank from the screw bit.
US09302371B2
A length adjustable worktable includes a main table, a side extension, a guide unit, and an actuating device. The guide unit is engaged with the side extension for guiding the side extension to slide toward or away from the main table. The actuating device includes an operating member, a driving unit, and a positioning member. By manipulating the operating member, the driving unit and the positioning member are driven, such that the side extension is able to slide toward or away from the main table along the guiding unit, thereby allowing the length of the worktable to be adjusted.
US09302362B2
A door mechanism of a machining center includes a wide door panel, narrow door panels, a pair of upper and lower slide rails into which the wide door panel and the narrow door panels are fitted, and a plurality of motors that serve as drive units for independently driving the wide door panel and the narrow door panels. The wide door panel and the narrow door panels are arranged in line extending across an opening of the machining center to close the opening of the machining center and are slidable in a direction parallel to a width of the opening to open a portion of the opening having a width approximately twice a width of a one of the narrow door panels.
US09302359B2
A clamping fixture comprises a clamping base member (1) and a workpiece pallet (2) for fixedly clamping thereto. The clamping base member (1) features a number of clamping spigots (43) corresponding in number to that of the clamping devices (5) for fixedly clamping in place in each clamping device (5). Arranged on the clamping base member (1) are first centering members (4) which cooperate with the further centering members (38) arranged on the workpiece pallet (2) such that the workpiece pallet (2) is aligned in place when fixedly clamping to the clamping base member in the X-direction and Y-direction. Each clamping device (5) features a clamping socket (6), the top side of which forms the Z-mount for the workpiece pallet (2). The Z-mount of the clamping base member (1) is formed by a plurality of face portions (11) topping each clamping socket (6), and wherein each face portion (11) is provided with at least one outflow port (12) for a cleaning medium. Each clamping socket (6) is provided with a hollow protuberance (10) extending down to the underside of the clamping base member (1).
US09302344B2
The pressure-sensitive adhesive film according to the present invention comprises a resin film as a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided at least on a face of the resin film. The resin film has a multi-layer constitution consisting of at least two layers. The resin film has a laser beam reflectance of 5% or higher, but 40% or lower in a wavelength range of 1000 nm to 1100 nm, and has a laser beam transmittance of 5% or lower in the said wavelength range.
US09302340B2
A wireless control system (10) for a welding system (12) including an electrical control interface (18). The control system (10) may generally comprise a foot pedal (14) and a receiver (16). The foot pedal (14) may include a pivotable housing (20), a sensing element (22) operable to sense a position of the pivotable housing (20) and provide a corresponding pedal position signal, and a transmitter (24) operable to wirelessly transmit the pedal position signal. The receiver (16) may include an antenna (36) operable to wirelessly receive the pedal position signal generated by the foot pedal (14), a processor (38) operable to process the received pedal position signal, and a connector (40) operable to connect with the electrical control interface (18) associated with the welding system (12) to provide the processed pedal position signal thereto.
US09302338B2
A method for manufacturing parts and molds by: 1) slicing a three-dimensional CAD model of a part or mold; 2) planning a modeling path according to slicing data of the three-dimensional CAD model, whereby generating numerical control codes for modeling processing; and 3) performing fused deposition modeling of powders or wire material of metal, intermetallic compounds, ceramic and composite functional gradient materials by layer using a welding gun on a substrate layer via a numerical control gas shielded welding beam or laser beam according to a track specified by the numerical control code for each layer. A micro-roller or a micro-extrusion unit is installed at a contact area between melted and softened areas. The micro-roller or the micro-extrusion unit synchronously moves along with fused deposition area, which results in compressing and processing of the fused deposition area during the fused deposition modeling.
US09302336B2
A width adjustable worktable includes a worktable body, an extension member movable relative to the body, a first guide rod connected to the extension member and a control set rotatably mounted in the extension member. The control set is operable to move the first guide rod between a locking position, where the first guide rod is prevented from moving relative to the worktable body, and an adjustable unlocking position, where the first guide rod is unlocked and movable relative to the worktable body for allowing the user to move the extension member carried by the first guide rod to adjust the width of the worktable.
US09302333B2
The end portion processing apparatus includes an X-direction driving unit which allows a back-and-forth movement along an X-direction; a cutter supporting member which is supported by the X-direction driving unit, is able to run in a Y-direction, and supports a cutter member extending in a Z-direction which is perpendicular to the XY-plane; a guide member which has a shape matching to a processing planned shape when seeing from the Z-direction, and guides the cutter supporting member such that the cutter member moves to follow the processing planned shape; and a Y-direction position changing mechanism which changes the position in the Y-direction of the cutter supporting member to the work material. The Y-direction position changing mechanism changes the position of the cutter supporting member such that the cutter supporting member runs on further inner side in case of going back than in case of going forth.
US09302330B2
An adjustable heating mantle for tool holder includes a mantle body, a positioning plate, an adjusting unit, a lid and a lever rod. The positioning plate is mounted on the top of the mantle body and has an assembling recess. The adjusting unit is mounted in the assembling recess and has two magnetic shielding boards, a sliding ring and two connecting rods. A lid covers a top face of the positioning plate and is mounted on the top of mantle body. A lever rod is inserted through the lid and mounted on one of the magnetic shielding boards. The two magnetic shielding boards are capable of being rotated synchronously by moving the lever rod for shielding magnetic force and fitting cutting tools of different diameters.
US09302326B2
A cutting tool includes a cutting insert comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a clamping surface for abutting a clamp, a cutting edge, a hole extending through the insert from the bottom surface to the clamping surface, and a channel extending from the clamping surface to proximate the cutting edge, and a tool holder comprising a tool holder body having a pocket for receiving the insert, a clamp for contacting the clamping surface and clamping the insert in the pocket, and a tool holder passage in the body in flow communication with the hole in the insert. A cutting insert is also provided.
US09302324B1
The invention proposes a novel method for the fabrication of regular arrays of MNWs using solid-state reduction (SSR). Using this method copper (Cu), silver (Ag), and palladium (Pd) nanowire (NWs) arrays were synthesized using anodic alumina membranes (AAMs) as templates. Depending on the metal loading used the NWs reached different diameters.
US09302323B2
An ultrasonic welding tool fabricated of powder metal material includes a body and a welding tip extending axially from the body to a working end. The powder metal material can be ferrous-based and admixed with additives, such as alumina, carbide, ferro-molybdenum, ferro-nickel, chrome or tribaloy. An exposed surface of the welding tip can comprise Fe3O4 oxides. The tool is compacted to the desired shape and sintered. The body can include a different second material compacted separately from the welding tip and then joined to the tip and sintered.
US09302317B2
A method for manufacturing a hollow engine valve includes a step for performing rotational plastic working on a follow engine valve body semifinished product which is configured from a shaft part and a valve umbrella part forming portion connected to the shaft part. A columnar hole part is formed from the shaft part to an enlarged diameter section of the valve umbrella part forming portion to thereby reduce the diameter of the shaft part. A necking step follows the rotational plastic working step, necking the hollow engine valve body semifinished product to thereby reduce the outer diameter and the inner diameter of the shaft part. A sealing step seals the leading end of the shaft part to obtain the hollow engine valve.
US09302316B2
A device and methods are provided for deep rolling. In one embodiment, a machine includes a deep rolling tool having a plurality of rolling elements, wherein each rolling element is mounted at the distal end of a fork arm, and wherein the rolling elements are configured to apply a compressive stress to articles received by the deep rolling tool. The machine may also include a positioning element coupled to the deep rolling tool, wherein the positioning element is configured to position the deep rolling tool and apply the deep rolling tool to an article.
US09302304B2
An extrusion press includes a means which can prevent phenomena in which a billet is blown out during an extrusion process as well as prevent billet blowout with a simple and inexpensive constitution. The extrusion press drives a main cylinder device to extrude, by a stem , a billet filled into a container from a die and form a product. A gap measurement means that measures a gap arising at the container seal surface formed by pressing the die side end surface of the container against the container side end surface of the die is provided on an end platen on the outer edge part of the container side end surface of the die. When the gap arising during the extrusion process is measured and the measured value is within a predetermined range of allowable values, a set value for the extrusion rate is lowered and a warning is issued. When the measured value exceeds the predetermined allowable values, the extrusion process is stopped.
US09302301B2
A tank cleaning system provides control and monitoring of the spray head mechanism while maintaining mechanical simplicity and a robust construction. The tank cleaning system automatically accounts for one or more characteristics of the vessel being cleaned and modifies the cleaning operation accordingly.
US09302298B2
A device for supplying water containing dissolved gas includes a gas permeable film module that is partitioned into a gas phase chamber having a connection port at a bottom part and a liquid phase chamber by a gas permeable film, a feed unit feeding water to be treated to the liquid phase chamber, a gas supply unit supplying gas to the gas phase chamber, and a vacuum evacuation unit, connected with the gas phase chamber with the connection port, so that the gas is supplied to the gas phase chamber by the gas supply unit while the gas phase chamber is evacuated by the vacuum evacuation unit.
US09302292B2
A piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer is provided, including a three-dimensional structure, at least a piezoelectric element, and at least a membrane. The three-dimensional structure is formed to have a top portion and a side portion integrally connected to the top portion by press molding a plate. The side portion has at least a gap and is separated into a plurality of pillars by the at least a gap. The at least a piezoelectric element is disposed on the top portion, and the at least a membrane covers the at least a gap of the side portion. The piezoelectric electroacoustic transducer in the present disclosure is capable of being implemented as a loudspeaker or a microphone.
US09302290B2
A caulking gun that dispenses caulking material may have a drip free mechanism that is operable to prevent additional caulk material from being dispensed. In another embodiment a caulking gun may have a lever that permits the user to adjust the drip free mechanism between a drit free condition and a continuous application condition.
US09302288B2
A door painting assembly for mounting the door to a support such that the door may be rotated to facilitate painting the door includes a mount operationally coupled to a door. The mount comprises a rod operationally coupled to the door. The rod extends laterally away from the door. An outer surface of the rod has a concavely arcuate area. A pair of brackets is each coupled to the rod. Each of the pair of brackets is coupled to the door so the rod is retained on the door. A rest is operationally coupled to a supporting structure. The concavely arcuate area of the rod engages the rest. The door is supported above a support surface at a height is accessible to a user. The door is rotatable so the user may easily paint each side of the door.
US09302278B2
A nozzle of a spray gun includes an air cap, a board, a cover and a nozzle. The air cap has a central path. The central path has a first inner periphery and a second inner periphery which is larger than the first inner periphery. Two guide faces each are a tapered face which is connected between the first and second inner peripheries of the central path of the air cap. The two guide faces are located symmetrically relative to the central path. Two air holes are respectively defined between the two guide faces and the nozzle. The air flow from the guide faces interests the air flow form the air holes to increase the range of the air flow to guide the paint in the paint path to be ejected from the nozzle.
US09302267B2
A pick holder for a roll sizer, the roll sizer including at least one roll drum defining a drum axis, the roll drum rotating about the drum axis. The pick holder includes a base and a shoulder. The base includes at least one hole for receiving a fastener for removably coupling the pick holder to the roll drum. The shoulder is coupled to the base.
US09302262B2
Disclosed herein are fluid handling devices that include integrated card and pipette tip devices, for use with multichannel liquid dispensing devices.
US09302260B2
A metal catalyst is formed by vaporizing a quantity of metal and a quantity of carrier forming a vapor cloud. The vapor cloud is quenched forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metal and a portion of carrier. The nanoparticles are impregnated onto supports. The supports are able to be used in existing heterogeneous catalysis systems. A system for forming metal catalysts comprises means for vaporizing a quantity of metals and a quantity of carrier, quenching the resulting vapor cloud and forming precipitate nanoparticles comprising a portion of metals and a portion of carrier. The system further comprises means for impregnating supports with the nanoparticles.
US09302258B2
The present invention relates to a complex and a method for manufacturing same, the complex comprising: at least one crystalline hybrid nanoporous material powder, in which a metal ion, or a metal ion cluster to which oxygen is bound, and an organic ligand, or the organic ligand and a negative ion ligand are in a coordinate covalent bond; and at least one organic polymer additive, or at least one organic polymer additive and an inorganic additive, wherein the shape of the complex is spherical or pseudo-spherical, the size of the complex is 0.1 to 100 mm, a total volume of pores is 5 or more volume % based on the sum of a total volume of nanoporous material having a size of at most 10 nm and a total volume of pores having a size of at least 0.1 μm, and wherein a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the complex as at least 83% of a non-surface value per weight (m2/g) of the nanoporous material powder.
US09302254B2
A process is described for producing an M41S family molecular sieve. The process comprises preparing a synthesis mixture capable of forming said molecular sieve in a reactor, which is equipped with a mixer having a Froude number of at least 1, said synthesis mixture having a solids content of at least 20 wt %. The synthesis mixture is heated in the reactor while agitating the mixture with said mixer to form a product mixture comprising water and crystals of said molecular sieve material. Thereafter at least part of the water is removed from the product mixture in the reactor so as to decrease the water content of the product mixture inside the reactor by at least 5 wt %.
US09302234B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hand held pipette for aspirating and dispensing liquids including, a stirring device assembly, including a vibration inducing unit, a power source for the vibration inducing unit, and a control for the vibration inducing unit.
US09302223B2
A mixing element positioned at an exhaust inlet of a Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) module is provided. The mixing element includes a base plate having a plurality of perforations thereon. The mixing element also includes a plurality of vanes connected to the base plate. Each of the plurality of vanes is spaced apart from one another. The plurality of vanes includes a plurality of flaps extending radially from the base plate. Each of the plurality of flaps has a planar configuration. The plurality of vanes also includes a plurality of blades attached to the plurality of flaps. Each of the plurality of blades extends axially with respect to an axis of the exhaust inlet. The blade has a curved configuration.
US09302220B2
A system for treatment of a gaseous medium, comprises an extruder having a barrel. The extruder further comprises a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and a plurality of outlet ports coupled to the barrel. The first inlet port is configured for feeding a lean sorbent, the second inlet port is configured for feeding a gaseous medium, and the plurality of outlet ports are configured for releasing a plurality of components removed from the gaseous medium. Further, the extruder comprises a plurality of helical elements coupled to a plurality of kneading elements, mounted on a shaft, and disposed within the barrel. The barrel and the plurality of helical and kneading elements together form an absorption unit and a desorption unit. The first and second inlet ports are formed in the absorption unit and the plurality of outlet ports are formed in the absorption and desorption units.
US09302214B2
A pressure-swing adsorption process for producing a purified nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) product gas from a feed gas contaminated with carbon tetrafluoride (CF4) using a column packed with an adsorbent that exhibits selectivity for NF3 over CF4. The process separates the feed gas into a first product gas having a greater concentration of CF4 than the feed gas and a second product gas having a lesser concentration of CF4 without the use of an inert carrier gas while recovering essentially all of the NF3. The process includes filling the column with the feed gas until the column reaches a first pressure, removing the first product gas, and then removing the second product gas, where after the second product gas is removed the column is at a second pressure. A rinse gas of NF3 and CF4 may be used to remove the first product gas or the second product gas.
US09302212B2
Regular hexagonal cells at both an top surface and a bottom surface of a green honeycomb molded body are closed at the same time. Therefore, the regular hexagonal cells can be closed effectively. In addition, the regular hexagonal cells of the green honeycomb molded body are closed by welding partition walls with each other, by inserting each of closing protrusions of a closing jig into the plurality of regular hexagonal cells. Therefore, a closing paste like the conventional method is not required. In a case where a honeycomb structure is used for a diesel particulate filter, turbulence of exhaust gas flow, at the end surface of the side to supply the exhaust gas and/or the side to discharge the exhaust gas, is reduced, and pressure drop can be reduced.
US09302209B2
The technology presents filter media and methods of recycling metal-working liquids by removing metal fines and other contaminants using the filter media. An exemplary method includes a series of steps. These steps include filtering a contaminated metal-working liquid that has metal fines through an exemplary filter medium that is comprised of a carrier and a chemical agent. The carrier is impregnated with a chemical agent selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, phosphorous pentoxide, and mixtures or derivatives of these. Further, the exemplary method includes collecting a filtrate substantially free of ashable residue; and reusing the filtrate as a metal-working liquid.
US09302196B2
A construction set comprises a plurality of elements mutually co-operable to produce at least one assembly, wherein the elements comprise a plurality of connectors (100, 100′) each comprising a substantially cylindrical body and a hollow base, the body being provided with a radially extending cylindrical projection (130′) and the base with at least one groove (131′) and the projection and the groove being shaped to permit assembly of two such connectors (100, 100′) in mutually orthogonal relationship by engagement of the projection of one of those connectors in the at least one groove of the other one of those connectors. The elements of the set further comprise a plurality of locking members (300) of part-annular form curved substantially in conformity with the cylindrical surface of the body of each connector (100, 100′), the body of each connector being provided with at least one opening (111) communicating with the interior of the base and each locking member (300) being provided at its concave side with a projecting locking nose (320) insertable through the at least one opening (111) of each connector (100) to protrude into the interior of the base for axial retention of another element (100′) of the set assembled in axial or orthogonal relationship with the respective connector.
US09302188B2
An apparatus for interworking a mobile terminal account and a gaming account by interworking game record information in the mobile terminal and a game integration account used in multiple games. The method includes: storing information, on a storage device, on a game integration ID used to manage games for the gaming account; receiving, from a mobile terminal, unique terminal identification information of the mobile terminal; confirming whether a mobile ID is mapped to the terminal identification information; creating a mobile ID mapped to the terminal identification information when the confirming determines that a mobile ID is not mapped to the terminal identification information; and mapping, one-to-one, the created mobile ID and the game integration ID.
US09302186B2
A sports videogame such as a baseball videogame allows a user to control the release time of a pitch in order to control the timing of a break on the pitched ball. Other implementations of a baseball videogame allow a user to put extra spin on a pitched ball to thereby create a greater break on the pitch or allow the user to play in a hero mode which enables the user to control a videogame character in a series of specific game play scenarios designed to allow the user to immediately control the videogame character to perform unique skills. Game play may also be customized by allowing the user to incorporate user-created images into screens of game play and/or allow the user to incorporate recorded audio messages into game play.
US09302183B2
A push-button structure includes a circuit board, a conductive adhesive mounted on the circuit board, a base column, a splinter and a button body. The base column has an assembling portion. A bottom end of the assembling portion is mounted to the circuit board through the conductive adhesive. The splinter mounted to a top end of the base column has a base plate. Several portions of an outer periphery of the base plate meander outward to form a plurality of elastic arms. A free end of the elastic arm is bent upward to form a fastening piece. The button body has a base portion. Several portions of an outer periphery of the bottom surface of the base portion protrude downward to form a plurality of propping plates. The propping plate hooks a top end of the fastening piece to keep a balance of the button body.
US09302165B2
A basketball net testing device has a mounting frame, a delivering mechanism, a shooting mechanism, a basketball hoop, a returning mechanism, and a controller. The delivering mechanism has multiple ball seats used for delivering basketballs. The shooting mechanism has a guiding disc and two speeding rollers. The ball seats deliver the basketballs to the guiding disc. The guiding disc guides each of the basketballs to drop between the speeding rollers. The speeding rollers are driven to rotate by a second motor assembly and increase momentum of the basketball. Thus, the basketball is shot into the basketball hoop to rub against a basketball net. Then the basketball drops into the returning mechanism and rolls back into one ball seat of the delivering mechanism in order to be used for testing durability of the basketball net again.
US09302163B1
A golf tee has a tee body that forms at least three ball support points that are each spaced from a center point of the tee body. The tee body further has at least three ground contact points that are each positioned between two of the ball support points for supporting the tee body and the golf ball above the ground surface. The tee body is constructed such that the ball support points are spaced from the ground contact points such that a golf ball is supported above the ground surface.
US09302162B1
A golf bag system is described that can include a main golf bag and a removable golf bag. The main golf bag and removable golf bag can be releasably coupled together for transporting as a single unit (e.g., golf bag system) or as two separate units (e.g., main golf bag and removable golf bag). In some implementations, the removable golf bag can be configured to function at least similar to the golf bag system in that it can carry approximately fourteen golf clubs and include storage compartments for carrying golf balls, golf accessories, etc. Additionally, both the main golf bag and removable golf bag can include removable storage containers.
US09302158B2
A golf ball, showing a lower spin rate and a greater flight distance on driver shots by controlling a hardness distribution of the spherical core thereof, comprises a spherical core and at least one cover layer covering the spherical core. The spherical core is formed from a rubber composition containing (a) a base rubber, (b) an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid having 3 to 8 carbon atoms and/or a metal salt thereof as a co-crosslinking agent, (c) a crosslinking initiator, (d1) a salt of a carboxylic acid having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, or an aromatic carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof, and (d2) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having 5 or more carbon atoms, a salt of an aliphatic carboxylic acid having 5 or more carbon atoms, thiobenzoic acids, salts of thiobenzoic acids, a mercaptocarboxylic acid derivative and a dithiodicarboxylic acid derivative.
US09302156B2
Multi-piece golf balls containing a dual-core structure are provided. The core structure includes an inner core (center) comprising a foam composition, preferably foamed polyurethane. The outer core layer is preferably formed from a non-foamed thermoset composition such as polybutadiene rubber. Preferably, the specific gravity (density) of the foam inner core is less than the density of the outer core layer. The ball further includes a cover of at least one layer and may include at least one casing layer. The core structure and resulting ball have relatively good resiliency.
US09302153B2
A therapeutic device includes a base and a platform supported by springs. The platform may be attached to the base by hinges. An upper platform may be rotatably attached to the platform such that it rotates about an axis located above the platforms. The upper platform may be biased by springs between the upper platform and the platform. Handlebars may also be Incorporated into the device. A variety of interchangeable. Springs may be provided to assist in adjusting the therapeutic device.
US09302152B2
An exercise apparatus including a video display. In certain embodiments the apparatus includes an integrated platform. Memory within the apparatus contains a library of instructional exercise programs, such as yoga, Pilates, body toning and stretching routines. The apparatus may also connect to a network, such as the Internet to stream and/or download additional exercise programs. A user interface enables the user to select from available programs, which are shown on the video display. Audio for the programs may be provided via speakers or though headphones, which may be rechargeable and/or wireless.
US09302148B1
An epicyclic gear system features a cylindrical flywheel with a cylindrical flywheel cavity, a plurality of cylindrical mounting pillars, an annular ring gear mounted on the cylindrical mounting pillars, and an annular sun gear mounted to and extending from the flywheel cavity. The epicyclic gear system features a planet carrier mounted to an axle shaft and a planet gear mounted to the planet carrier. The axle shaft passes through an axle aperture, a ring gear aperture, and a sun gear aperture. The planet gear engages the ring gear and the sun gear to provide a desired gear ratio for rotating the flywheel via rotation of the axle shaft, the planet carrier, the planet gear, and the sun gear.
US09302139B2
An exercise apparatus includes a frame with a pair of vertical guides. A carriage is slidably carried on each of the guides. Each of the carriages has a locking mechanism to lock the carriage at a selected vertical position and a release to disengage the locking mechanism. A horizontal exercise bar is slidably carried on guide rods. First and second cables are coupled to a selectable exercise resistance, each of the cables having an end selectively coupled to either the respective carriage or to a respective bracket at the end of the exercise bar. Secondary brackets on the exercise bar are configured to engage respective ones of the carriage releases and grab the carriage so as to selectively engage and disengage the locking mechanisms upon axial rotation of the exercise bar and raise and lower the carriages with the exercise bar.
US09302137B1
A resistance-applying garment includes an elastic line arranged in a zigzag pattern and a plurality of connectors connecting side-by-side pairs of portions of the elastic line so as to form an assembled tubular mesh netting structure having an endless sidewall and open opposite ends in which none of the portions of the elastic line cross over one another and the connectors are disposed about the exterior of the endless sidewall.
US09302132B2
A fire protection sprinkler is provided with a skipping shield having air flow passages therethrough to reduce the negative impact that the shield has on the thermal response of the sprinkler. By providing holes, slots, louvers, or mesh to the skipping shield, water from adjacent flowing sprinklers can still be blocked from impinging on the thermal element. The shield will block water but allow hot gas from the fire to flow through the shield thereby improving the response time of the thermal element.
US09302129B1
A quint configuration fire apparatus includes a chassis, a pump and a water tank coupled to the chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis and having a storage area configured to receive a ground ladder and a fire hose, a ladder assembly including a plurality of extensible ladder sections, the ladder assembly coupled to the chassis with a turntable, a single front axle coupled to a front end of the chassis, and a single rear axle coupled to a rear end of the chassis. The ladder assembly is extensible to provide a horizontal reach of at least 100 feet and a vertical height of at least 105 feet. The turntable includes a work platform coupled to a subfloor assembly such that a loaded weight of the quint configuration fire apparatus is supportable by the single front axle and the single rear axle.
US09302121B2
A particle therapy system is capable of reducing an increase in treatment time caused by the initialization operation of magnets in the execution of the scanning irradiation method successively changing the energy level of a beam extracted from an accelerator. An irradiation control apparatus has a scheme that calculates setting vales of excitation current for bending magnets for a transport system on every irradiation condition (energy condition), and sets appropriate excitation current values according to the irradiation sequence. The irradiation control apparatus 35 prestores in a current supply control table 1 reference current values determined corresponding to energy levels of the ion beam, prestores in current supply compensation value tables 1, 2 compensation current values determined corresponding to energy levels of the ion beam and numbers of times of changing the energy level, and calculates the excitation current value of the magnets by using the values prestored in the tables.
US09302119B2
A light-beam therapeutic apparatus used for a therapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is disclosed, which includes an apparatus body portion having a light source; a light guide rod that guides light from the light source, a connecting socket, a cooling fan, an electronic component that performs control required for a therapy, and a control display panel that displays the contents of therapy; a therapeutic portion including a light guide portion including a plurality of bundled optical fibers, and a pad portion formed of the optical fibers spread out adjacently to one another into a flat-panel shape, and the therapeutic portion is formed into a light-receiving plug insertable into a connecting socket of the apparatus body portion, and the optical fibers positioned on the pad portion are subjected to exposing processing and have a protecting surface layer portion formed of a bag member filled with transparent and highly flexible high-molecular gel.
US09302113B2
A method of stimulating a portion of a spinal cord of a patient includes identifying an arrangement of electrodes including a relative placement of each electrode within the arrangement; identifying a vertebral level for implantation of the arrangement and a position of the arrangement with respect to the spinal cord; determining by calculation, for a selection of at least one cathode from the electrodes, at least two anode guard electrodes from the electrodes including in the calculation an estimated thickness of cerebrospinal fluid at the vertebral level; and stimulating the portion of the spinal cord of the patient at the vertebral level using the at least one cathode and the at least two anode guard electrodes.
US09302109B2
A method includes determining sleep cycle information related to a sleep cycle of a patient based on body parameter data. The method also includes adjusting a cranial nerve stimulation parameter based on the sleep cycle information. The method further includes applying a cranial nerve stimulation therapy to treat depression based on the adjusted cranial nerve stimulation parameter.
US09302104B2
Devices, systems, and methods for automated optimization of muscle stimulation energy. In some embodiments the disclosure optimizes stimulation parameters and/or stimulation location.
US09302097B2
An implantable lead for electrical stimulation of a spinal cord is disclosed. The implantable lead has a paddle having a surface and a first and a second end, an electrode array positioned and arranged on the surface of the paddle, and at least one tether having an end that extends from one of the first and the second end of the paddle. The electrode array has at least one electrode contact configured to communicate with a corresponding electrode and a conductor. The implantable lead may be included in a kit that also has a securing device and instructions for implanting the implantable lead into the spinal cord. A method of making the implantable lead configured for electric stimulation of a spinal cord is also disclosed. A method of implanting the implantable lead in a spinal canal is also disclosed.
US09302091B2
A pressure-maintaining valve assembly can be coupled to the tubing of an infusion pump system. The valve assembly includes an element that regulates fluid flow through the tubing. This element may also act as a one way or check valve.
US09302090B2
A coupling includes a first input port and a photoluminescent portion associated with the first input port. The first input port may be one or more of a gastric port, a jejunal port, or a balloon port. The first port may have a first glow-in-the dark feature and a second port may have a second glow-in-the-dark feature, which may be different from one another. The coupling may include means for orientation that assists a user in properly orienting a connector to be mounted in the first port in proper orientation and a first connector for coupling to the first port.
US09302087B2
A method and composition for hyperthermally treating tumor cells in a patient under conditions that affect tumor stem cells and tumor cells.
US09302085B2
Provided are methods and compositions for locally increasing arterial diameter and providing local anesthesia in a subject. The methods include applying to a skin site of the subject a topical composition that includes a vasodilation agent and an anesthetic agent in a manner sufficient for locally increasing arterial diameter and providing local anesthesia in the subject. In some embodiments, the method includes inserting a cannula into an artery at the skin site of the subject. Also provided are topical compositions that find use in performing the subject methods.
US09302084B2
A recanalization catheter assembly and method for establishing a subintimal pathway around an occlusion in a blood vessel. The recanalization catheter assembly an inflatable balloon structure including a distal anchoring portion configured to expand within a true lumen portion of the blood vessel distal of the occlusion to anchor the recanalization catheter from unintentional movement during expansion of a stent in the subintimal pathway. The expandable stent, such as a bioabsorbable stent, may be configured to promote native tissue regrowth around the stent to create a superficial intimal layer along the subintimal pathway.
US09302073B2
A medical instrument includes a shaft whose distal end is bendable. Arranged at the proximal end of the shaft there is a handle on which a bend control mechanism for controlling the bending movement is arranged. The bend control mechanism has a pivotable control element. The pivotable control element runs over a friction element, and an actuating element is provided via which the friction element can be brought out of a locking engagement with the control element.
US09302072B2
A novel neural injection system and related methods are herein disclosed. Various embodiments of an embodiment of a neural injection system of the present invention provide for at least one benefit of enhanced injection characteristics, increased operational efficiency, reduced cost per unit, reduced incidence of injury through intraneural/intravascular injection, reduced incidence of injury through pricking/piercing, and/or the like.
US09302067B2
A humidifier assembly for a CPAP apparatus includes a liquid storage container configured to hold a body of liquid. The liquid storage container includes a humidifying region above a metallic heat conducting material, the humidifying region being a region inside the liquid storage container in which the liquid is evaporated into pressurized respiratory gas generated in the CPAP apparatus. The humidifier assembly further includes a base unit configured to a) receive the liquid storage container and b) connect to a CPAP unit of the CPAP apparatus. The base unit includes a housing providing a base portion to support the liquid storage container thereon, the base portion including a heating element configured to contact the heat conducting material of the liquid storage container when the liquid storage container is supported on the base unit. The base unit also includes an inlet configured to receive and be coupled to an outlet of the CPAP unit. In addition, the liquid storage container is removable from the base unit.
US09302055B2
A medical device attachable to the front of a conventional syringe and having a hub assembly selectively attachable to the syringe, a nose projecting forwardly from the hub assembly, a rearwardly biased needle retraction mechanism seated inside the nose, a retractable needle projecting forwardly of the nose, and a fluid flow path from the fluid chamber through the hub assembly, nose, needle retraction assembly and needle, wherein the needle is retracted into the nose and a retraction tube external to the syringe by rotating the syringe relative to the nose.
US09302048B2
A cylinder-piston unit, of a needle-free injector, with at least one cylinder accommodating an injection solution, and with at least one piston. The piston is composed of a drive body and of a sealing body. The sealing body is at least one elastic disc, which bears under a radial clamping action against the inner wall of the cylinder. The drive body is a pot-shaped body with a peripheral elastic skirt. At least one area of the skirt bears under a radial clamping action against the inner wall of the cylinder. The cylinder chamber areas located in front of and behind the drive body communicate with each other via at least one recess. The drive body is arranged behind the sealing body in the cylinder, and the skirt faces towards the sealing body.
US09302029B2
Compositions of P4HB (poly-4-hydroxybutyrate) and copolymers thereof, have been developed for pultrusion, as well as processes to produce profiles from these compositions by pultrusion. These pultrusion processes provide profiles without causing structural damage to the surface of the profile. The profiles may be used in medical applications. These compositions include P4HB, and copolymers thereof, having intrinsic viscosities less than 3.2 dl/g but greater than 0.8 dl/g. The profile may be formed using conditions such as: pull rate of 0.1 to 100 mm/min, die temperature of up to 95° C., rod stock temperature up to 95° C., draw ratio of up to 100×, pulling force of greater than 10 MPa, and clamping pressure at least 10% higher than the pulling force. Preferably, the profile is formed by pulling the rod stock through a series of dies placed at intervals with the hole sizes decreasing in diameter by 0.1 to 10 mm.
US09302015B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to prolactin receptor (PRLR) and methods of using the same. According to certain embodiments, the antibodies of the invention bind human PRLR with high affinity. In certain embodiments, the invention includes antibodies that bind PRLR and block prolactin-mediated cell signaling. In other embodiments, the invention includes antibodies that bind PRLR but do not block prolactin-mediated cell signaling. The antibodies of the invention may be fully human antibodies. The invention includes anti-PRLR antibodies conjugated to a cytotoxic agent, radionuclide, or other moiety detrimental to cell growth or proliferation. The antibodies of the invention are useful for the treatment of various cancers as well as other PRLR-related disorders. The present invention also includes antibody drug conjugates comprising an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that specifically binds a class I cytokine receptor, wherein the antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof is conjugated to a cytotoxic agent.
US09302013B2
A composition for treating or preventing inflammatory-related conditions includes as an active principle a carrier which exhibits a plurality of a scavenger structure capable of mitigating the activity of a mediator of inflammatory-related conditions. The scavenger structure includes a nucleophilic center complying with the formula X1(—R″—)(—R′)mHn where: a) X1 is a single-bonded heteroatom selected amongst N, O and S and exhibits a free electron pair; b) m is 0 or 1 and n is 1 or 2; c) —R″— is a bivalent organic group providing attachment to the carrier via one of its free valences and to X1 at the other free valence; and d) R′— is a monovalent organic group attached to the X1 via its free valence. A method for treating or preventing inflammatory-related conditions in an individual suffering from such conditions includes: providing the composition; and contacting the mediator within or separate from the individual.
US09302003B2
A combination of an anti-cancer agent and a metal radiosensitizer potentiates the radiotherapy of cancer. Said anti-cancer agent is preferably cisplatin while the metal radiosensitizer is preferably gold nanoparticles. Both the anti-cancer agent and the metal radiosensitizer bind to DNA and potentiate the radiotherapy of cancer by synergistically increases the amount of double strand breaks induced by the radiation. The anti-cancer agent and the metal radiosensitizer may be encapsulated in liposomes.
US09301992B2
The invention relates to kinase ligands and polyligands. In particular, the invention relates to ligands, homopolyligands, and heteropolyligands that modulate mTOR activity. The ligands and polyligands are utilized as research tools or as therapeutics. The invention includes linkage of the ligands and polyligands to a cellular localization signal, epitope tag and/or a reporter. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding the ligands and polyligands.
US09301983B2
Present invention features a novel use of Lactobacillus for treating type 2 diabetes, wherein the Lactobacillus is Lactobacillus reuteri GMNL-89 with the deposition numbers of BCRC 910340 and CCTCC M 207154 and comprises of live, dead bacteria or supernatant of the bacterial culture(s) and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. The invention also discloses the efficacies of the indicated Lactobacillus strain including anti-oxidative enzyme activity, anti-inflammation, reduction of blood glucose level, reduction of triglycerides, reduction of total cholesterol, reduction of LDL, increase of HDL and improve insulin utilization.
US09301979B2
The present invention relates to a composition and methods of treatment for inflammation comprising of adult stem cells and inflammatory cytokines. The invention further relates to the treatment of inflammation associated with autoimmune disorders, allergies, sepsis, cancer as well as to preventing, reducing or treating transplant rejection and/or graft-versus-host disease (GvHD).
US09301973B2
The invention provides methods, compositions, and dietary formulations useful for preventing or treating dermatitis, promoting healthy skin, and retarding skin aging. The methods comprise administering to an animal a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of at least two of one or more antioxidants; one or more anti-glycation agents; one or more body fat reducing agents; one or more insulin sensitivity enhancing agents; and one or more anti-inflammatory agents.
US09301971B2
The present invention provides new protease resistant polypeptides, as well as compositions and methods for treating, ameliorating or preventing conditions related to joint damage, including acute joint injury and arthritis.
US09301970B2
Disclosed are methods and materials for treating or preventing complications due to traumatic injuries using estrogen or derivatives thereof.
US09301968B2
The present invention has an object to provide an effective and safe therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases such as sepsis, hepatitis, and inflammatory bowel disease, and solves the above object by providing a therapeutic agent for inflammatory diseases containing adenosine N1-oxide or a derivative thereof as an effective ingredient.
US09301966B2
The present disclosure relates to nutritional composition(s) comprising a carbohydrate source, a protein source, a fat source and magnesium threonate. Magnesium threonate may provide neurological health benefits when consumed. The disclosure further relates to methods of promoting neurological health by providing a nutritional composition comprising magnesium threonate. Additionally, the disclosure relates to methods of promoting GI tolerance in a pediatric subject by providing a nutritional composition comprising magnesium threonate.
US09301965B2
A method of treating ovarian cancer by administering a PKC inhibitor is presented herein. It was found that administering a PKC inhibitor, such as ACPD or ICA-1, to ovarian cancer cells inhibited cancer cell proliferation.
US09301961B2
Compounds that bind to phosphatidylinositol-4-kinase IIIβ (PI4KIIIβ) and inhibit the binding of PI4KIIIβ to its substrate and/or inhibit PI4KIIIβ activity may be used in the treatment and/or prevention of an autoimmune or inflammatory disorder, or organ or cell transplant rejection. A new assay for identifying compounds for use in treating and/or preventing those pathological conditions, which comprises measuring the inhibition of PI4KIIIβ activity, is also disclosed.
US09301955B2
This invention relates to tritoqualine for use in the treatment of cystic fibrosis or any one of its complications. The invention also relates to the method for the treatment of cystic fibrosis or any one of its complications by administering tritoqualine. The invention can be used to improve the condition of individuals with cystic fibrosis.
US09301954B2
The present invention provides a method for preventing or treating osteoarthritis comprising administrating rebamipide or a pharmaceutical composition comprising rebamipide as an active ingredient and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to a subject in need thereof. The pharmaceutical composition may be for oral administration, for example an oral solid dosage form of a tablet or capsule form. The pharmaceutical composition may be formulated into a unit dosage form suitable for orally administering rebamipide in a dose ranging from 0.5 to 50 mg/kg, preferably from 0.6 to 6 mg/kg.
US09301946B2
Effective treatments of pain for extended periods of time are provided. Through the administration of an effective amount of clonidine and a gamma-aminobutyric acid compound at or near a target site, one can relieve pain caused by diverse sources, including but not limited to spinal disc herniation (i.e. sciatica), spondilothesis, stenosis, discogenic back pain and joint pain, as well as pain that is incidental to surgery. When appropriate formulations are provided within biodegradable polymers, this relief can be continued for at least three days. In some embodiments, the relief can be for at least twenty-five days, at least fifty days, at least one hundred days, at least one hundred and thirty-five days or at least one hundred and eighty days.
US09301945B2
The disclosure is directed to methods for treating inflammatory conditions and cancers that have misregulated NF-κB. In some embodiments, the disclosure is directed to methods for treating inflammatory conditions, inflammatory states associated with treating HIV and AIDS infections, and cancers that include administering strontium ranelate to a subject diagnosed with or at risk of inflammatory conditions, inflammatory states, and cancers, respectively.
US09301938B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating an incretin related disease such as diabetes, obesity and the like by delivery of butyric acid, bile acid, long chain fatty acid or glutamine to the colon by bypassing the upper digestive tract. The composition is combined either by the same or different route of administration with a monoamine reuptake inhibitor such as buproprion.
US09301936B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations comprising tranexamic acid, kits thereof, and methods for treating bleeding by local administration.
US09301929B2
The present invention relates to Substituted Biaryl Derivatives, compositions comprising a Substituted Biaryl Derivative, and methods of using the Substituted Biaryl Derivatives for treating or preventing obesity, diabetes, a metabolic disorder, a cardiovascular disease or a disorder related to the activity of GPR119 in a patient.
US09301923B2
Disclosed are formulation and optimization protocols for delivery of therapeutically effective amounts of biologically active agents to liver, tumors, and/or other cells or tissues. Also provided are compositions and uses for cationic lipid compounds of formula (I). The invention also relates to compositions and uses for stealth lipids of formula (XI). Also provided are processes for making such compounds, compositions, and formulations, plus methods and uses of such compounds, compositions, and formulations to deliver biologically active agents to cells and/or tissues.
US09301919B2
The invention relates to compositions suitable for the delivery and/or stabilization of biologically active substances. The compositions comprise a sublimable matrix material and the biologically active agent to be delivered. The compositions can be used as drug delivery systems to treat a wide variety of diseases or as systems for the protection and stabilization of such substances. Also disclosed are methods for preparing compositions of the present invention.
US09301914B1
A body cosmetic for application to wetted skin after showering, and the like, which provide high moisturizing effects, all over body spreadability, and easy application with a non-greasy and non-sticky feeling. An oil-in-water body cosmetic for application to wetted skin, which contains the following components (A) to (D): (A) from about 0.1% to about 1% of block copolymer; (B) from about 3% to about 10% branched fatty acid ester; (C) from about 3% to about 20% hydrocarbon oil; and (D) from about 5% to about 50% glycerin.
US09301906B2
Provided is a dentifrice composition which has excellent dental caries preventive effect by improving the uptake of fluoride ions into tooth enamel or dentin and improving acid resistance.A dentifrice composition comprising the following components (A), (B), (C) and (D): (A) from 0.002 to 5% by mass of a fluoride ion supplying compound in terms of fluorine, (B) from 25 to 65% by mass of a sugar alcohol, which is dissolved in an amount of 5 to 30 g in 100 g of an aqueous solution at 20° C., (C) from 10 to 25% by mass of water, and (D) from 0.1 to 1.2% by mass of a binder, wherein the mass ratio of the component (B) to the component (C), the mass ratio (B/C), is more than 1 and 6 or less.
US09301904B2
A feeding kit forming a storage and preparation assembly for infant feeding implements that includes a receptacle to receive a teether and a plurality of wells to form food/drink inserts for the teether. The teether includes a lid that is removably coupled to a feeding portion, such that the inserts may be inserted into the feeding portion, a portion which includes a feeding member with a plurality of apertures.
US09301901B1
An apparatus and method are disclosed for orally administering to a recipient a medication, in a liquid form, and a flavor for rendering the medication more palatable to the recipient. A manually-operated liquid dispenser dispenses a measured dose of the medication at an administering head comprised of an edible flavored material placed within a recipient's mouth. A handle is coupled with the dispenser, by inserting either one into a receptacle of the other, and the dispenser is operated manually to dispense the medication through a dispensing outlet located relative to the administering head to assure administering substantially all of the measured dose of medication to the recipient's mouth while flavor is derived from the edible flavored material for being present with the measured dose of medication.
US09301900B2
A body therapy apparatus is provided which enables the user to easily and comfortable engage the various muscles of the leg, providing the leg muscles with a therapeutic message and assisting with the removal of cellulite from affected areas of the leg. The apparatus is basically comprised of a frame structure means, a user engagement means, a coupling means, and an optional resistance means. The main support members are adjustably coupled together by the coupling means such that they may alternatively move away and towards one another, as the various leg muscles of the user are being engaged by the user engagement means, which mount along the inside of the support members. The optional resistance means may be used to provide motion resistance.
US09301898B2
A device for the passive movement of the fingers for the therapeutic treatment of a patient includes a plurality of supporting elements, each one adapted to receive a finger of a patient, and a movement unit having a plurality of actuating elements each one operatively connected to one respective of the supporting elements so as to move it with movements uncoordinated from the movements of the other supporting elements which are moved with other actuating elements; a plurality of motion transmission members each one interposed between one of the actuating elements and one respective of the supporting elements and all of them designed to move the supporting elements with three degrees of freedom.
US09301889B2
The present invention is directed to a disposable absorbent article. The disposable absorbent article has a longitudinal centerline, a lateral centerline, an outer surface and an inner surface. The absorbent article is folded before use along the lateral direction. The disposable absorbent article comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed therebetween, and an elasticized outer leg cuff. The elasticized outer leg cuff is disposed adjacent to a longitudinal side edge of the absorbent article. The elasticized outer leg cuff has a base and a gasket cuff supported by the base at a joint of the base to the gasket cuff. The gasket cuff is provided with elasticity and has a top gasket cuff surface, an inner cuff extending laterally inwardly from the joint and an outer cuff extending laterally outwardly from the joint. Before use of the absorbent article, the elasticized outer leg cuff is folded laterally inwardly onto the inner surface of the absorbent article such that the top gasket cuff surface faces upwardly.
US09301887B2
A protective undergarment includes a sling that is suspended from an outer shell. The sling forms a pocket in which a reusable or disposable absorbent pad can be positioned. The sling has arcuate, stitched end edges at both the front and the rear of the sling. The garment thus fits better will less chance that portions of the sling at opposite ends of the pocket will be exposed to moisture. The sling can also be attached to and detached from the garment by using hook and loop fasteners that can be partially covered so that abrasive corners are not exposed. The same overlying layers can be used on tabs for securing the protective undergarment around the waist.
US09301881B2
A wearing article (1) of the invention has edge sections (leg edge sections and waist edge section) configured including sheets. On the sheets in the edge sections, elastic members (6, 7, 8) are disposed in their stretched state along the edge sections. Draw-processed sections (P1, P2) are formed by performing draw processing, in the stretching direction of the elastic members (6, 7, 8), on the disposition sections of the sheets where the elastic members (6, 7, 8) have been disposed. Furthermore, a draw-processed section (P3) is formed by performing draw processing, in the stretching direction of an elastic member (5), on the disposition section of a band-shaped sheet (15), which configures three-dimensional gathers (18), where the elastic member (5) has been disposed.
US09301875B2
Intraocular stents and applicators are disclosed for treating glaucoma. The stents are configured to extend between the anterior chamber of the eye and Schlemm's canal for enhancing outflow of aqueous from the anterior chamber so as to reduce intraocular pressure. The stents can have features for anchoring the stent into Schlemm's canal as well as preventing the walls of Schlemm's canal from closing the outlet of the stents. The applicators can be steerable so as to make implantation easier. Additionally, the applicators can be configured to hold a plurality of stents so that multiple stents can be implanted through one incision without removing the applicator from the incision between serial implantations.
US09301865B2
An anchoring system has a brace configured to be worn on a human limb, an accessory configured to be worn on a human digit, and a harness coupling the accessory to the brace by a self-looping length of the harness comprising a portion of the harness most proximal to the brace and a portion of the harness most distal to the brace.
US09301859B2
A foreshortened prosthesis comprising a socket, an adapter attached distally to said socket, and a foot attached to the adapter. The foot comprises a lower base plate formed as a flat peripherally-curvilinear member fixedly attached to the adapter and defining a short toe, a longer heel, and an instep there between. In addition, an upper slide plate is sandwiched between the adapter and lower base plate, but is not otherwise attached to the lower base. The upper slide plate is smaller and narrower than the lower base plate and slides there against under the weight of a heel strike, thereby serving as a leaf spring damper and suspension to smooth ambulation. This provides a BAK amputee with a more comfortable and natural gait, at a suitable angle and orientation, with smooth and comfortable flex relative to the direction of travel.
US09301855B2
An insertion instrument for hip endoprosthetics for inserting socket inserts into endoprosthetic hip sockets having holding claws which are connected to a substantially ring-shaped support element through spring elements, wherein the insertion instrument can be placed on the socket insert and can be connected to said socket insert through the holding claws. In order for the user to receive direct palpatory information about the events in the operation areas and to not suffer a perceived loss of control, it is proposed that the support element surround a freely accessible, substantially circular effective insertion area, the center point of which is located on the longitudinal axis of the insertion instrument.
US09301848B2
A method of assembling a glenoid assembly. The method includes selecting a base from a plurality of bases. At least one of the plurality of bases has a size different than a size of one of the other of the plurality of bases. The selected base is coupled to an articulating member and the selected base is locked to the articulating member via a locking mechanism.
US09301847B2
A humeral prosthesis includes a stem component and a head component joined by an inclination component. The inclination component is provided with an opening that is designed to accommodate a pair of expandable tabs extending from a side of a plate. The plate is also provided with a taper extending opposite to the pair of expandable tabs. Inclination angle, radial offset, and version are adjustable and are separately and independently set and fixed.
US09301845B2
The present invention provides a system and method for gender specific medical treatment. The medical treatment system can include gender specific medical devices which are designed to account for the anatomical and physiological differences in the male and female genders. The medical treatment system can also include a medical device identification system which differentiates use for male and female patients. The medical device identification system includes a container adapted to receive a medical device and a gender specifier. The gender specifier is used to identify the gender the medical device in designed for. The gender specifier can be in text form, symbolic form, or color coded.
US09301823B2
An oral care implement that rotates about a longitudinal axis. In one aspect, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a head; a handle extending along a longitudinal axis and having a flat base surface; a mechanical vibratory device operatively connected to a power source, the mechanical vibratory device comprising an eccentric imparting movement to the head when activated; and wherein the flat base surface is oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the handle so that the oral care implement can stand in a self-supporting upright orientation on a horizontal flat surface, and wherein when the oral care implement stands in the self-supporting upright orientation and the mechanical vibratory device is activated, the oral care implement rotates about the longitudinal axis while maintaining the self-supporting upright orientation.
US09301813B2
A system controller determines whether a difference of recording times of two pieces of operation log data adjacent in time sequence has a time interval equal to or longer than a predetermined time period with respect to the operation log data including identification information, operation contents for respective apparatuses that are used at a time of the surgical operation, and a recording time, and when it is determined that the difference of the recording times of the two pieces of operation log data adjacent in time sequence has a time interval equal to or longer than a predetermined time period, the system controller groups a plurality of operation log data that continue in time sequence, with a difference of the recording times of the two pieces of operation log data adjacent in time sequence being shorter than the predetermined time period, as one scene.
US09301810B2
An obstruction detection system for a robotic catheter system including a robotic catheter manipulator assembly including one or more catheter manipulation bases and one or more sheath manipulation bases. Each manipulation base may be generally linearly movable on one or more tracks relative to the robotic catheter manipulator assembly. The obstruction detection system may include one or more obstruction detection sensors disposed on the track or on the manipulation bases to detect an obstruction along a path of motion of one or more manipulation bases. A software system may be provided for monitoring movement of the catheter and sheath manipulation bases, and/or a status of the obstruction detection sensors.
US09301796B2
An improved cryosurgical system for application of medical-grade liquid nitrogen to a treatment area via a small, low pressure, open tipped catheter. The system includes a console, including a touch panel computer, a cryogen module, a suction module and an electronics module, all packaged in a mobile cart, and a disposable spray kit. Improved features include optional low cryogen flow setting to reduce the cryogen flow rate by 50%, improved cryogen flow consistency reducing pressure pulses and peaks (improved sensors, control systems, and control algorithms), an integrated suction pump for improved consistency and self-checks, specified vent tube areas and corresponding maximum expected pressures during cryospray procedure; optional pressure sensing capability to monitor pressure during a treatment, and improved catheter design.
US09301791B2
The invention relates to an osteosynthesis pin, in particular for a fracture of a calcaneum, made up of a generally cylindrical hollow body comprising an axial bore extending over the entire length thereof, a plurality of through-holes staggered longitudinally relative to one another and intended for attachment screws to pass therethrough, and at least one oblong opening suitable for an ancillary instrument to pass therethrough for repositioning fractured bone fragments.
US09301790B2
A device and method for fixation of bone fractures has a bone screw comprising a shank with a threaded end portion, on the outer surface. The screw has a through bore with two bore portions differing in diameter. A step in the diameter is formed between these bore portions and is located within the end of the screw having the thread. This step in diameter can support a metal insert which in turn supports a polymer pin when the latter if pressurized with a sonotrode in the bone screw. Together with an applied ultrasonic vibration the pressure fluidizes the polymer pin and presses the material through holes configured in the wall of the bone screw and into surrounding bone.
US09301784B2
A spontaneous-extending and anti-rotation scoliosis correcting system comprises pedicle screws and a plurality of correcting rods locked with the pedicle screws. Each correcting rod includes at least one sleeve and at least one inserting rod which can be inserted into the sleeve. The inner wall of the sleeve and the inserting rod are the same in shape and are in clearance fit. A positioning mechanism for restricting the relative rotation of the inserting rod with respect to the sleeve is arranged on a matching surface between the inserting rod and the sleeve. The scoliosis correcting system has the benefits of ensuring the lateral stability and the anti-rotation function for scoliosis correction; having the performance of spontaneous extending along the growth direction of the spine; and ensuring both the short-term operating effect and the long-term curative effect.
US09301783B2
Devices for the fixation of a bone fracture and methods of using the devices are provided. The devices comprise at least one distal pin assembly configured to engage a first bone fragment, at least one proximal pin assembly configured to engage a second bone fragment, and a rail bar system configured to connect the distal and proximal pin assemblies together across the bone fracture. Each pin assembly includes a screw portion having a distal end configured to engage first bone fragment and a proximal end, a support sheath portion having a distal end configured to engage the first bone fragment, wherein the support sheath portion defines an elongated channel in which the proximal end of the screw portion is disposed, and a cap portion configured to attach the proximal end of the screw portion to the support sheath portion.
US09301782B2
External fixation techniques for immobilizing joints or fractured bones are described herein. An external fixation system may include one or more clamp assemblies connected to one or more rod assemblies at polyaxial joints. Each rod assembly may be length adjustable, and may include a one-way locking mechanism to provisionally lock the length of the rod assembly, and additional locking mechanisms to permanently lock the length of the rod assembly. The system may be deployed pre-assembled as a unit to immobilize a joint or fracture. Another external fixation system further includes a spanning member extending transverse to the rod assemblies. Two or more external fixation systems may be deployed in a stacked configuration on one set of bone pins to immobilize two joints and/or fractures. The systems may be provided in kits including guiding instrumentation, bone pins and pin clamping assemblies for connecting the bone pins to the external fixation systems.
US09301763B2
A tiltable and repositionable anvil assembly for a stapler and a stapler comprising the same are provided. The tiltable and repositionable anvil assembly comprises: an anvil body having a connection portion for pivotable connection; a limitator; and a compression spring disposed between the anvil body and the limitator, in which in an operation of the stapler, the limitator is clamped at a clamping position between the connection portion of the anvil body and a connection portion of the stapler so as to keep the anvil body in a vertical state, and after the operation of the stapler, the limitator is moved away from the clamping position between the connection portion of the anvil body and the connection portion of the stapler, so that the anvil body is tiltable to a tilted state and the compression spring is compressed.
US09301762B2
A surgical fastener for use with an anastomosis of two tissues includes a base leg and an upright leg. The base leg is selectively deformable and includes a traumatic tip for piecing tissue. The surgical fastener also includes at least one capillary disposed on the base leg which has a reservoir defined therein for retaining a liquid, e.g., bioadhesive, bonding agent, medicament, etc. Each of the capillaries is ruptureable upon deformation of the surgical fastener to dispense the liquid to the anastomosis site.
US09301750B2
In some embodiments, a stylet includes a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and a medial portion between the proximal end portion and the distal end portion. The distal end portion of the stylet is configured to be releasably coupled to a first portion of an implant. The medial portion of the stylet has at least one retention member configured to be releasably coupled to a second portion of the implant.
US09301745B2
Systems and methods for soft tissue to bone repairs, without knot tying. The soft tissue repair systems include self-cinching constructs with at least one splice area, a turning loop (turning eyelet), a fixed end and a tensioning limb. The eyelet is fixed and is created into the suture splice by splicing or knotting, or by other known methods in the art. The eyelet is configured to redirect the tensioning of the construct (the force of tensioning).
US09301739B2
Apparatus for supporting a syringe includes a handle portion and a cradle. A clip is provided for connecting the plungers of two or more syringes, and two or more syringes are operated by placing one in the cradle and attaching the clip to the plungers for simultaneous operation of the plungers. The handle portion also forms a cavity for storing the clips. The apparatus is preferably used in combination with an applicator tip that combines the outputs from the two or more syringes.
US09301727B2
A radiographic imaging system includes an imaging unit that detects radiation transmitted through a subject, an operation unit that controls the imaging unit, a signal sending and receiving device connects the imaging unit and the operation unit to each other by wired or wireless communication. A signal reception state display unit is disposed in the imaging unit or the signal sending and receiving device so as to display a signal reception state indicative of communication between the imaging unit and the signal sending and receiving device.
US09301718B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to reusable wireless sensors. According to certain embodiments, the wireless sensor may include a rechargeable battery coupled to an induction coil for recharging the battery. One or more magnets may be disposed within or coupled to the wireless sensor, and the one or more magnets may be arranged to align the induction coil of the wireless sensor with a recharging device to facilitate recharging the battery of the wireless sensor.
US09301710B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for estimating a respiration rate by analyzing distortions in reflections of structured illumination patterns captured in a video containing a view of a subject's thoracic region. In one embodiment, a video of a target region of a body of a subject of interest is received. Video image frames are processed to estimate 3D time-series data for the target region. As more fully disclosed herein, the subject's respiration rate is estimated from the 3D time-series data. Measurements can be acquired under a diverse set of lighting conditions. The teachings hereof provide a non-contact approach to patient respiratory function monitoring that is useful for intensive care units and for monitoring at homes, and which aid in the detection of sudden deterioration of physiological conditions due to changes in respiration rates. The teachings hereof provide an effective tool for non-contact respiratory function study and analysis.
US09301706B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system uses a first RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal from a subject, and a device for estimating a cardiac phase of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the first RF coil. The first RF coil, for example, can be an RF coil exclusive to cardiac phase estimation. The magnetic resonance imaging system also uses a second RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal based on the estimated cardiac phase, and a device for reconstructing a magnetic resonance image of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the second RF coil. Thus, MRA can be performed by estimating a cardiac phase.
US09301704B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system uses a first RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal from a subject, and a device for estimating a cardiac phase of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the first RF coil. The first RF coil, for example, can be an RF coil exclusive to cardiac phase estimation. The magnetic resonance imaging system also uses a second RF coil for acquiring a magnetic resonance signal based on the estimated cardiac phase, and a device for reconstructing a magnetic resonance image of the subject based on the magnetic resonance signal acquired by the second RF coil. Thus, MRA can be performed by estimating a cardiac phase.
US09301703B2
This biological information processing device is provided with: a peak detection unit for detecting the peaks of a biological signal generated in a cardiac cycle; a waveform clipping unit for clipping out a first peak-to-peak biological signal between two peaks, which are adjacent on the time axis of the biological signal, on the basis of detection results of the peak detection unit; and a resampling unit for transforming the first peak-to-peak biological signal to a second peak-to-peak biological signal for a prescribed number of samples. The biological information processing device is further provided with: an orthogonal transformation unit for generating orthogonal transformation coefficients by performing an orthogonal transformation on the second peak-to-peak biological signal; a differential processing unit for generating a differential signal for the orthogonal transformation coefficients on the time axis; and an encoding unit for encoding the differential signal.
US09301702B2
Techniques are provided for use with a pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) monitor having an implantable PAP sensor. In one example, a PAP signal is sensed that is representative of beat-by-beat variations in PAP occurring during individual cardiac cycles of the patient. The PAP monitor detects intervals within the signal corresponding to the durations of cardiac cycles, then detects cardiac rhythm irregularities based on the intervals. For example, the PAP monitor can detect and distinguish atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia based on the stability of the intervals of the PAP signal along with other information such as ventricular rate. The PAP monitor can also detect and distinguish premature contractions based on durations of the intervals. Examples where the PAP monitor is a component of an implantable cardiac rhythm management device (CRMD) are also provided.
US09301694B2
There is provided an optical finger mouse including two light sources, an image sensor and a processing unit. The two light sources emit light of different wavelengths to illuminate a finger surface. The image sensor receives reflected light from the finger surface to generate a plurality of image frames. The processing unit detects a displacement and a contact status of the finger surface and a physiological characteristic of a user according to the plurality of image frames. There is further provided an electronic device and a physiological characteristic detection device.
US09301693B2
The invention discloses a method for in-vivo temperature measurement based on AC magnetization of magnetic nanoparticles, and relates to a nano test technology field. The invention positions magnetic nano agent at an area of a measured object, applies an AC excitation magnetic field to the area of the magnetic nano agent, collects an AC magnetization signal of the magnetic nano agent under the AC excitation magnetic field, detects amplitudes of odd harmonics of the AC magnetization signal, and finally calculates in-vivo temperature according to a relationship between the odd harmonics and the in-vivo temperature. The invention predetermines the relationship between the odd harmonics and the in-vivo temperature via the discrete Langevin's function and the Fourier transformation, solves the in-vivo temperature according to the relationship without considering concentration of the magnetic nanoparticles, and effective moment as temperature varies, and thus accurately detecting the in-vivo temperature.
US09301692B2
An OCT measuring mechanism for acquiring the optical coherence tomography information and a surface shape measuring mechanism for acquiring the three-dimensional shape information share a display device, a control device, a light source, a scanning mirror, a light transmission/receiving path and an entering/exiting opening. The scanning mirror, the light transmission/receiving path, the entering/exiting opening are included in a handpiece operable to make a diagnosis on a diagnostic target site.
US09301688B2
The present invention relates to a novel approach means of screening foot skin condition of patients at risk for foot tissue breakdown, such as persons with diabetes, through the provision of a remote screening device that can be used in telemedicine or home self-monitoring approaches. The invention would record high resolution images of the bottom of the patient's feet, without artifacts or other distortions that might arise from images taken of feet that have been compressed through standing and the like. These images could immediately be viewed by the patient and/or electronically submitted to a medical facility where clinicians could screen the images for signs of tissue breakdown.
US09301687B2
The invention generally relates to methods for calibrating an OCT image by comparing a detected location of a feature within the image to an expected location of the feature, calculating a calibration value, and transforming the location of pixels within the image to provide a calibrated image.
US09301685B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a notification apparatus comprises a detection module and a notification module. The detection module detects a predetermined operation confirmation sound from a medical instrument. The notification module sends a notification to a predetermined terminal in response to the detection of the operation confirmation sound.
US09301681B2
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic apparatus and to a treatment site measuring method for the apparatus. The ophthalmic apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a first image unit for capturing the lower region of a retina so as to generate an image of the captured retina; a second image unit for capturing the local region of the retina indicated by a surgical operator so as to generate an image of the captured local region of the retina; and a control unit for mapping the image of the local region of the retina generated by the second image unit to the image of the retina generated by the first image unit based on the image of the retina generated by the first image unit.
US09301670B2
According to embodiments of the present invention, a dishwasher may provide an intensified wash effect. The dishwasher may include a rack defining a bottom and a sidewall, wherein the rack is adapted to receive dishware therein. A dishwashing fluid supply channel may be configured to supply dishwashing fluid to a spray assembly. The spray assembly may comprise at least one nozzle member. Thereby, the spray assembly may be adapted to receive the dishwashing fluid from the dishwashing fluid supply channel and to dispense the dishwashing fluid therethrough. The spray assembly may be coupled to the sidewall of the rack. Further, the nozzle member may be attached to an arm which is moveable between at least a first position wherein the arm is adjacent the sidewall of the rack and a second position wherein the arm is adjacent the bottom of the rack.
US09301668B2
A dishwasher capable of efficiently washing dishes is provided. A dishwasher includes a washing tub, a rack, an area input unit and a spray module. The washing tub forms a space in which dishes are washed. The rack has the dishes loaded thereto, being provided inside the washing tub. The area input unit receives an area selected from a plurality of areas into which the rack is divided. The spray module sprays washing water toward the selected area input to the area input unit in the plurality of areas of the rack.
US09301667B2
A dishwasher with a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, a liquid spraying system supplying a spray of liquid to the treating chamber, a liquid recirculation system defining a recirculation flow path, and a liquid filtering system having a rotating filter. A chopping system is included to macerate foreign objects within the recirculation flow path and includes a blade mounted to the rotating filter.
US09301665B2
A vacuum cleaner that includes a suction source, a cleaner head, and a controller. The suction source includes an impeller and a first motor for driving the impeller, and the cleaner head includes an agitator and a second motor for driving the agitator. The controller is configured to generate control signals for controlling simultaneously the excitation of the first motor and the second motor.
US09301663B2
An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a surface cleaning head having a dirty air inlet. A support structure is moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head and a portable cleaning unit is removably mounted to the support structure. An above floor cleaning wand is provided. The wand is removable from the support structure without removal of the cleaning unit from the support structure and the cleaning unit is removable from the support structure without disconnecting the wand from the support structure.
US09301656B2
A full back scrubbing apparatus for allowing a user to scrub his entire back area simultaneously while in the shower. The a full back scrubbing apparatus comprises a front surface defined by a scrubbing body sized to be at least as long as a user's body from his waist to his neck and at least as wide as a user's shoulders and a back surface defined by a plurality of fasteners. The front surface includes a plurality of ridges disposed around the perimeter and a plurality of bristles disposed throughout its interior. The ridges and bristles provide the on surface friction is generated when a user rubs his back against the full back scrubbing apparatus. The back surface includes a suction cup fastener disposed on the exterior area of the back surface and a hook and loop fabric fastener is disposed on the interior area.
US09301655B1
A hands free washing assembly for washing a user's back includes a primary frame that may be coupled to a support surface. A coupler is coupled to the primary frame. The coupler engages the support surface so the primary frame is retained on the support surface. A plate is selectively operationally coupled to the primary frame. A user rubs the user's back on the plate so the plate scrubs the user's back. A secondary frame is operationally coupled to the primary frame. The secondary frame retains the plate on the primary frame.
US09301654B2
A sanitary liquid dispenser having a spherical housing with a discharge port and a fluid reservoir positioned within the dispenser. The fluid reservoir includes a disposable deformable bag with a nozzle projecting downwardly from the bag. The dispenser includes a proximity detector for activating a discharge mechanism when detecting the proximity of an object beneath the dispenser. The discharge mechanism includes a valve within the nozzle.
US09301652B2
A portable, walk in type bathtub includes an entrance and a door attached thereto to allow someone to walk into the bathtub without stepping over a wall. A replaceable water tank is attached to the tub such that clean water is directed from the water tank to the tub. Once the water has been used, the dirty or black water is directed to a separate tank within the water tank attachment. Once all of the clean water from the water tank has been used, the water tank is detached from the tub housing and a new tank containing clean water is attached to the tub to further facilitate bathing. The tub and water tank include wheels attached to the bottoms thereof to facilitate movement of the tub and water tank. The wheels may be raised and lowered to facilitate movement and locking of the tub in place.
US09301650B1
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a rotatable coffee pod storage device. The rotatable coffee pod storage device may have a plurality arms that are configured to receive coffee pods. The arms of the coffee pods may be configured to receive coffee pods in a direction that is perpendicular to the angle of rotation of the rotatable coffee pod storage device. Accordingly, a user may be able to easily and effectively insert and remove a plurality of coffee pods, while also conveniently storing the coffee pods and reducing the amount of space required to store the coffee pods.
US09301648B2
A shaker including a vessel and an agitator. The vessel includes a container wall. A rounded bottom closes off the container wall, wherein a border of the bottom is formed radially towards a center axis of the vessel such that the bottom transitions from the container wall to be outwardly domed. An agitator is for use in combination with the vessel, the agitator further comprising a tetrahedral body having four planar faces, four vertices, and six edges, each edge traveling between each of the vertices. Each vertex is rounded off and configured to forcibly contact the container wall and an entirety of the bottom upon shaking the vessel. These rounded vertices create a propeller-like spinning and tumbling motion through the liquid-powder mixture when the vessel is vigorously shaken up and down, and scalloped edges of the agitator produce additional turbulence to efficiently blend a liquid/powder mixture.
US09301639B2
A beverage foams making device includes a base having a shaft rotatably extending therethrough. A stirring member and a driving member are respectively connected to two ends of the shaft. The stirring member has multiple holes and at least one protrusion extends from the stirring member. The driving member is cooperated with a driving device which drives the shaft to rotate. A cup has a connection portion connected to the base and the stirring member is located in the cup. The stirring member generates foams when the beverage in the cup is stirred by the stirring member. Ice cubes are not broken when making the beverage. The device is mainly suitable for making beverages such as green tea and black tea, alternative, milk, coffee and/or juice is also available.
US09301638B2
Provided is a drink preparation machine with an outer housing, which contains at least one ventilation element for ventilating an interior which is enclosed by the outer housing. In order to reduce the likelihood of penetration by dust, water and/or small objects, to allow simple and quick cleaning with reduced use of detergents and to achieve energy-saving operation of the drink preparation machine, the at least one ventilation element can be actuated to open and close.
US09301637B2
A compacting auger for ground coffee has an automatic cut off that responds to either timing signals or to the torque resistance to the augur offered by the coffee that has been compacted. The automation of the cut off increases the consistency of compaction and reduces the amount of skill required to compact ground coffee for making espresso.
US09301632B2
A zipper closure device for assisting in the closing of a zipper on a garment. The device has spring operated jaws which close on a zipper pull and grip the zipper pull by pressure on the sides of the zipper pull, until released. Attached to the clamp is a pull strap which allows the zipper to be pulled from above or below to more easily close or open the zipper, without the need to reach a zipper in the middle of a user's back.
US09301631B2
The invention relates to a scoop (1) used in cooking and/or portioning food, comprising a plate-like, elongated handle (10) and a plate-like scoop blade (20) as its extension. The handle (10) is provided with at least one weakening line (11) in the longitudinal direction of the handle (10), which allows the handle (10) to be bent into a chute by pressing the handle (10). The scoop blade (20) is provided with two or more weakening lines (21, 22), which join the longitudinal weakening line (11) or weakening lines of the handle (10) in such a way that the scoop blade (20) bends into a chute, cup, spoon or dish forced by the bending of the handle (10) into a chute. The weakening lines (11, 21) are formed of elastic material (13), which is more elastic than the scoop material. At the weakening lines there are slots (14) in the scoop material, which are filled up with the said elastic material (13).
US09301630B2
An improved composite cup structure, which comprising: an inner plastic cup and an outer paper cup; of which the composite cup is manufactured from paper and plastics by a ratio of 7:3; the rims of both inner plastic cup and outer paper cup are provided with outwards curled edges, in particular, the curled edge of the inner plastic cup is slightly larger than that of the outer paper cup, and a flat surface is formed on the top; besides, an extension sheet of any shape is formed on the curled edge towards the cup bottom; when the inner and outer cups are overlapped, the curled edge of the inner plastic cup could cover the curled edge of the outer paper cup, thus forming a heat-insulating, leak-proofing composite cup of excellent strength; the extension sheet contributes to the separation of inner and outer cups for classification and recycling.
US09301626B2
A classification device (2) for identification of articles (3) in an automated checkout counter is presented. The device comprises a memory unit (5) capable of storing digital reference signatures, each of which digital reference signatures corresponds to an article identity, a processor (6) connected to the memory unit (5), and at least one sensor (4, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24) configured to determine a measured signature of an article (3) wherein said processor (6) is configured to compare said measured signature with the digital reference signatures, and to calculate a matching probability of a predetermined number of article identities.
US09301625B2
A hanger for displaying floor mats includes a main body portion and at least one post extending from the main body portion for receiving at least one floor mat. The hanger further includes a locking member hingedly coupled with the body portion and selectively movable between a first configuration disengaged from the post, and a second configuration engaging the post to capture a floor mat supported on the post.
US09301618B2
A connector for coupling an exercise device to a five-leg chair includes a plate having a wheel hole, and an exercise device coupler. The coupler may include a plurality of wheel holes. The exercise device coupler may include pin slots.
US09301617B2
A one-piece office chair made of plastic with an adjusting apparatus comprises a middle axle seat, a seat frame, a back frame, and two armrests which are formed in one-piece to complete the entire chair frame. Furthermore, an adjusting apparatus is applied to provide supports and elasticity for the chair frame, enabling the back frame to adjust the angle in accordance with users' movements, featuring the present invention as an ergonomic design of comfortable seating with easy assembly and light weight.
US09301604B2
A shelf extender that is designed to be connected to a shelf of an existing shelf system to increase a total depth of a shelf of the shelf system. The shelf extender includes a body portion and a connection arrangement. The shelf extender can include one or more legs and/or support flanges. The body portion has a generally flat and planar top surface. The top surface generally has a depth that is less than a depth of a top surface of the shelf. The connection arrangement generally lies in the same plane as the top surface of the body portion. The connection arrangement is connected to the body portion and includes a connector designed secure the connection arrangement to a top surface of the existing shelf.
US09301597B2
A hand tool assembly, such as a push broom, includes an elongated work head defining a width and having a slot formed therein extending in a direction along the width. A handle includes an end portion slidably mounted in the slot such that the end portion is movable between a first position and a second position. A fastening mechanism releasably secures the end portion of the handle to the work head when the end portion is in the first position.
US09301596B1
An attachment assembly for an electronic device attaches to an electronic device, such as a cell phone, to prevent a user from dropping, losing or breaking the electronic device. The assembly includes a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimter wall coupled to and extending between the top wall and the bottom wall. A tether is retractable into and out of the housing. The tether has a first end extending outwardly of the housing. A connector is coupled to the first end of the tether. The connector is configured for releasably attaching an electronic device to the tether.
US09301594B1
A convertible placemat and carrier having a generally planar flexible sheet with a center portion for supporting an object, preferably food and beverage products. The carrier also includes a plurality of spaced-apart slits arranged in a plurality of concentric rings extending radially outward from the center portion of the sheet. The remaining portion of the sheet between the slits is interconnected to form a lattice structure. The sheet is moveable from a flat planar configuration to an expanded configuration in the form of a carrier. An object is held in the center of the sheet and handle portions are moveable upwardly away from the center portion and the sheet expands via the lattice structure to form a carrier for holding the object placed in the center portion.
US09301587B2
An apparatus and system for preparing a hair coloring includes a graduated syringe and a container filled with a pigmented hair dye. The container includes an air-tight chamber and an opening, and also includes an engagement mechanism for installing the container on a rack for support. An air-tight reclosing seal at the opening allows the syringe to engage the air-tight reclosing seal, and extract the hair dye from the air-tight chamber. When the syringe is disengaged from the container, the air-tight reclosing seal closes off the air-tight chamber and permitting a known quantity of the hair dye to be withdrawn from the container into the syringe, allowing an accurate and repeatable quantity of hair dye to be dispensed from the container.
US09301574B2
An illumination system is housed in a footwear, the footwear including a sole and an upper. An interfacing layer and a liner form inner interior layers connected to the upper. A plurality of illumination sources are electrically connected to a power source and positioned adjacent to the liner. The illumination sources are positioned between the liner and upper. The upper has a light diffusing section. The light emitted from the plurality of illumination sources is diffused as it passes through the light diffusing section of the upper. Aesthetic designs can be creating, either through the arrangement of the plurality of illumination sources or the provision of a light impermeable section on the upper. The light impermeable section, in combination with the light diffusion section, can be used to form or outline an aesthetic design. The result is an internally illuminated footwear with diffused light.
US09301570B2
Disclosed is a shoe with elasticity, which can be easily and conveniently put on and taken off a user's food and can always maintain the original shape thereof. The shoe with elasticity, comprising a sole serving as a bottom of a shoe, an upper combined with edges of the sole for covering a top and sides of a user's foot when a user wears the shoe, an elastic member coupled to the counter of the upper for covering the heel of the user's foot, a support, extending backward from the counter of the upper of the shoe and combined with a lower end portion of the elastic member, for supporting the heel of a user, and a fixing member having a first end fixed to one side of the upper and a second end detachably attached to the other side of the upper, for surrounding the exterior of the elastic member and fixing the user's foot in the shoe. Accordingly, a user can easily put on and take off the shoe with elasticity according to the present invention, so that weak and old people and handicapped people can comfortably walk when wearing the shoe.
US09301556B2
A ventilated jacket includes a front, a back, side portions, and sleeve portions. A vent system including a first vent, a second vent, and a third vent is disposed on each side portion. Each first vent extends from the side portion onto at least a portion of the corresponding sleeve and is movable between open and closed positions via a first fastening member. Each second vent is disposed in the side portion forward of the corresponding first vent and is movable between an open position and a closed position via a second fastening member. Each third vent is disposed in the side portion rearward of the corresponding first vent and is movable between an open position and a closed position via a third fastening member.
US09301553B1
A composite leg-covering garment comprising exterior fabric and interior insulative fabric. Opposed peripheral edges can be fastened to form a tubular configuration wrapping tightly around the leg to provide the look of tights, the warmth of leggings and, yet, the ease of donning and removal of breakaway pants. The opposed edges are joinable by a single zipper running either the entire length or substantially the entire length of the garment. Preferably an elastic thigh cuff is located along the upper edge of the garment and an elastic ankle cuff provided at the bottom. Alternatively, two zippers are provided, one from the ankle up to almost the thigh cuff and the other from the thigh cuff down, the zippers being on opposite sides of the garment. The extension of the two zippers overlaps along the length of the garment. The leg-coverings can attach to a pair of shorts.
US09301552B2
A compression stocking is described with anti-slip means at the bottom surface of the stocking sole. The anti-slip means comprises one or more elongate grip members having a wave shape. The sole comprises a fabric tread and at least a portion of the elongate grip members overlies the tread.
US09301550B2
An apparatus, system and method for providing tension in garments for improving privacy control by the wearer. The apparatus incorporates materials having elastomeric properties which may be placed in proximity to a wearer's crotch during operation. The tension is directed to preventing, concealing and/or obfuscating the curvature or shape of private features of the wearer, such as a woman's labia, from visibility through the garment. The apparatus may include one or more components providing tension for privacy control. The apparatus may include angled seams to obfuscate a woman's private features.
US09301548B2
An electronic cigarette comprises a smoking unit and a power unit. The smoking unit attachably connects with the power unit as a unitary member by magnetism. A connecting end of the smoking unit and a corresponding connecting end of the power unit respectively comprise a connecting element which is made of iron material. A permanent magnet is disposed in at least one of the connecting end of the smoking unit and the corresponding end of the power unit. The connecting element of the connecting end of the smoking unit and the connecting element of the corresponding connecting end of the power unit are removably and insertedly connected to each other, and engaged with each other via an attractive force of the permanent magnet. The electronic cigarette can be assembled and disassembled conveniently and efficiently, and is easy for maintenance and replacement.
US09301541B2
Provided is a method for producing a processed food which is produced by continuously heating/molding a fluid raw material containing a protein, a lipid, and water. A method for heating a material to be heated continuously by an internal heating system while moving the material in a tube comprising: (a) arranging the tube vertically or substantially vertically (a tilt of not greater than 15°) and heating/molding a mixture while feeding the mixture upward from a bottom in the tube and/or (b) heating/molding the mixture while rotating the tube around a rotation axis, the rotation axis being a center line in a length direction of the tube. The internal heating system is preferably microwave heating, Joule heating, or high-frequency heating. The method for producing a processed protein food employs the heating/molding method for production of a processed protein food wherein a material to be heated, which is a fluid mixture containing a protein, a lipid, and water, is molded by thermally coagulating the mixture continuously by an internal heating system while moving the mixture in a tube.
US09301537B2
A stirrer of a machine for making and dispensing ice cream products rotates about an axis inside a cylindrical mixing and freezing unit and comprises a plurality of helical scrapers extending around the axis and operating on an inside wall of the mixing and freezing unit to be scraped, a shaft for rotating the stirrer about the axis and mounting the helical scrapers at a first end of them. Each helical scraper comprises a guide and at least one scraping member which can be slidably coupled to and uncoupled from the guide.
US09301531B2
Disclosed is an arthropod pest control composition having an excellent controlling effect on arthropod pests, which comprises an amide compound represented by formula (a), a spinosin compound represented by formula (1), wherein R1, R2, X1, X2 are defined in the present claims, and one or more compounds selected from Group (A), consisting of fipronil, pymetrozine, a compound represented by formula (b) and a neonicotinoid compound containing a nitroguanidine structure.
US09301519B2
The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems, devices and methods relating to ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining an organ ex-vivo at near-physiologic conditions.
US09301517B2
A pest trap, such as for flies, includes a disposable bag with a lure therein, and a sealing mechanism set at or near the top of the bag. The sealing mechanism engages with a removable top, which covers a canister. The bag with sealing mechanism is connected to the top, and then the top is placed on the canister, with the disposable bag in the canister. Once the bag has become filled with pest insects, the sealing mechanism is activated, which seals the top of the bag and separates the bag from the top. The top can then be removed from the canister, and the canister upended to dump the disposable bag into the garbage.
US09301512B2
A fishing device including a lure body portion, a plurality of pH sensors, a water immersion sensor, a closed rigid container containing pressurized content and connected to the pH sensor, a balloon of a predetermined size, connected to the closed rigid container, a trackable chip configured to provide the location of a caught fish within a predetermined geographical location and a plurality of emitters connected to the sensors and configured to emit different predetermined signals. This device improves fishing by significantly reducing the use of energy and time. Once a fish digests a fishing capsule the pH sensor detects digestions and the water immersion sensor stops detecting water the closed rigid container will be activated, and the pressurized content will inflate the balloon inside the stomach of the fish causing it to float to the surface.
US09301493B2
A pet carrier includes a bottom panel having a pair of end edges and a pair of side edges that are longer than the end edges, a pair of side panels attached to the side edges of the bottom panel, a pair of end panels attached to the end edges of the bottom panel, and a top panel. The bottom panel, the side panels, the end panels, and the top panel enclose an interior area for carrying a pet when the pet carrier is in a closed configuration. One of the side panels is an openable side panel structured to fold downward and form a flush surface with the bottom panel when the pet carrier is in an open configuration.
US09301492B1
A method of making a clumping cellulosic animal litter with enhanced clumping rate and improved flushability when spent using cellulosic granules to about 1%-5% by weight of an inner coating of a polyacrylate is first applied and then to which about 1%-4% by weight based on the weight of the granules of an outer coating of guar gum and/or guar gum substitute is applied.
US09301491B2
A new and distinct variety of loblolly pine tree named ‘01PM0038’, particularly characterized by high rust resistance, uniform, rapid growth, stem straightness and moderate branch angle.
US09301490B1
A soybean cultivar designated 48364117 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plants of soybean cultivar 48364117, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 48364117, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 48364117. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 48364117. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 48364117, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 48364117 with another soybean cultivar.
US09301481B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH437225. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH437225, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH437225 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH437225.
US09301471B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV700968. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV700968, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV700968 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV700968 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV700968.
US09301467B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated AX3611, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line AX3611 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line AX3611, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line AX3611, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09301463B1
Lavandula plants in section Stoechas having at least two branched cymeous spikes are disclosed. The present invention further relates to methods for producing Lavandula section Stoechas plants having branched cymeous spikes, and methods of breeding Lavandula plants having branched cymeous spikes, wherein at least one parent plant is a Lavandula section Stoechas plant having branched cymeous spikes. Lavandula section Stoechas plants produced by the described methods and characterized by their unique branched cymeous spikes are also described.
US09301462B2
This disclosure relates generally to an automatic hydroponic cloning apparatus, more particularly to an automatic hydroponic cloning apparatus to provide a thin mist for watering the roots of plants. In one example embodiment, the automatic hydroponic cloning apparatus is configured to: circulate mist to provide humidity to the leaves of plants, to control water temperature, to control humidity levels, to be notified of low water levels, and to measure pH levels of the water.
US09301458B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus preferably coupled to a boom on a truck, the apparatus capable of a plurality of configurations for a variety of uses. In one configuration, the apparatus can perform rapid semi-precise cutting of vegetation. In another configuration, the apparatus can perform more precise trimming of one or more areas (e.g., limbs) and optionally use an aerial tank mounted at the far end of a boom assembly. Typically the aerial tank will be mounted just beneath the attachment of the cutter head assembly to the boom and above one or more insulation couplings. In some disclosed embodiments, the aerial tank that can be remotely controlled. The aerial tank can be used as a liquid chemical supply or cleaning liquid supply as needed for various tree trimming tasks.
US09301454B2
A peat moss composition having improved water holding capacity, hydrophilicity, and/or anti-leaching properties comprising one or more polysaccharides, for example guars and/or guar derivatives, is disclosed. A method of preparing the peat moss composition and a method of using it are also disclosed.
US09301450B2
A combine feeding system includes a lower conveyor roller configured to rotate around a lower conveyor roller axis, an upper conveyor roller configured to rotate around an upper conveyor roller axis and a drive shaft configured to rotate around a drive shaft axis. The lower conveyor roller axis, upper conveyor roller axis and drive shaft axis are substantially perpendicular to first and second housing walls. The feeding system also includes at least one chain configured to move over the drive shaft, the lower conveyor roller and the upper conveyor roller. The feeding system further includes at least one lower support arm coupled to the drive shaft and the lower conveyor roller and configured to pivot about the drive shaft axis. At least one force mechanism is configured to apply a force to the at least one chain in at least one of a first direction and a second direction.
US09301447B2
A control arrangement and method for controlling the transfer of agricultural crop from a harvesting machine to a transport vehicle comprises a loading container. The control arrangement is able to be operated to automatically deposit the crop during the harvesting mode successively at different points in the loading container, following a predetermined loading strategy, by means of a discharging device of the harvesting machine, where the loading strategy may be changed and/or a choice may be made between different loading strategies.
US09301442B1
The irrigation system provides for the purification of water from a source of impure water, and for the distribution of the purified water to crops for agricultural irrigation purposes. The system includes a specially configured tank, the tank being partially evacuated to lower the pressure therein to vaporize or boil the water in the tank under vacuum. Heat energy may be provided to the tank by solar reflectors or other heat source. The purified water vapor passes from the tank and through a heat exchanger. The cooled vapor flows through a distribution network and out through a plurality of specially configured moisture distribution heads to flow into the soil. The distribution heads may also distribute liquid fertilizer to the soil.
US09301441B2
A brush conditioner is described for a seeding machine that moves seed along a seed path with a brush belt having free brush ends and attached brush ends. The brush conditioner may include a conditioning member with a mounting portion and a conditioning portion. The mounting portion may be attached to the brush belt housing and the conditioning portion may angle away from the mounting portion to extend across the seed path. The conditioning portion may thereby contact a portion of the free brush ends to deflect the free brush ends toward the attached brush ends.
US09301440B1
Disclosed are manure amendment compositions containing a dry or liquid mixture of (1) alum mud and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acid (e.g., sulfuric), bauxite, and mixtures thereof, or (2) bauxite and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acid (e.g., sulfuric), alum mud, and mixtures thereof, which when added to animal manure will form a treated manure product having improved environmental, health and/or animal performance. Also disclosed are various methods of using the manure amendment composition.
US09301438B2
A variable pressure control system for varying pressures in the fluid circuits of a dual acting actuator over a range of pressures. The variable pressure control system includes a controller that cooperates with pressure regulators for regulating the desired pressure in the fluid circuits.
US09301437B1
A hedgerow cutter for cutting a hedgerow having a root mass, stalks, branches and foliage, into smaller hedgerow segments is formed of a frame, having a vertically oriented centerline, adapted for attachment to a powered vehicle sized and configured to travel alongside, and parallel to a hedgerow, a root cutting spade assembly sized to be driven down and through the root mass of the hedgerow to cut and thereby separate a segment of the hedgerow root mass from the hedgerow and an elongated hedge cutter assembly, for cutting through the hedgerow stalks, branches and foliage, said hedge cutter assembly attached to the upper portion of the spade assembly and oriented to extend generally upwardly and means for extending the root cutting spade assembly outwardly and downwardly away from the centerline and into the hedgerow root mass to separate the root mass of the hedgerow segment from the hedgerow and extending the hedge cutter assembly into the stalks, branches and foliage of the hedgerow to separate the hedgerow segment from the hedgerow.
US09307684B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and a LCD apparatus. The LCD panel has a display region and a periphery region and comprises an array substrate and a color filter substrate opposite to each other, the array substrate has a plurality of pixel regions defined by intersecting signal lines in the display region, each pixel region comprises a thin film transistor, and signal leads are connected to the signal lines and disposed in the periphery region. Wherein, the LCD panel further comprises at least one shielding layer located in the periphery region, which is grounded and electrically conductive. The LCD apparatus comprises the LCD panel.
US09307676B2
A thermally enhanced electronic package comprises a driver chip, an insulator, a flexible carrier, and carbon nanocapsules. The flexible carrier includes a flexible substrate, a wiring layer formed on the substrate, and a resistant overlaying the wiring layer. The driver chip is connected to the wiring layer. The insulator is filled in the gap between the driver chip and the flexible carrier. The carbon nanocapsules are disposed on the driver chip, on the resistant, on the flexible carrier, or in the insulator to enhance heat dissipation of electronic packages.
US09307671B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a board cooling apparatus comprising a shell and a board, where the board and an interior wall of the shell form a closed space, a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet are disposed on the shell, a separator plate that separates the board into a first part and a second part, a through opening between the first part and the second part, a cooling medium flows into the first part from the cooling medium inlet and then flows into the second part, and flows out from the cooling medium outlet, a flow guiding mechanism that is disposed on the board and configured to divert the cooling medium flowing into the first part from the cooling medium inlet, so as to directly guide part of the cooling medium into the second part.
US09307668B2
A housing for an electronic circuit for a fuel pump includes a base and a cover which is connected to the base, a printed circuit board and, disposed on one side of the latter, electric and/or electronic components. Disposed on the side of the printed circuit board on which the components are disposed is a self-contained metal strip. The components are arranged in the region surrounded by the strip. A cover is soldered to the self-contained strip in such a way that the printed circuit board forms a base, the cover forms a housing, and the printed circuit board has at least one blocking layer.
US09307663B2
An external operation detection structure body including: a sensor casing having an aperture window; an external operation detection sensor arranged at a formation zone of the aperture window; a sheet-like interface member that covers a front face of the detection sensor and closes the aperture window; an outer peripheral wall protruding out from a rear face of an outer periphery of the interface member and penetrating into the aperture window so as to be arranged between the detection sensor and the sensor casing; and front and rear face seal protrusions extending respectively from front and rear edges of the outer peripheral wall toward an outer peripheral side so as to be superposed respectively with front and rear faces of a peripheral edge of the aperture window of the sensor casing.
US09307656B2
A case configured to protect at least a portion of an electronic device. The case can comprise a first portion and a second portion that connect to one another via a hinge. The first portion can be configured to cover a first portion of a back side of the electronic device when fully installed on the electronic device. The second portion can be configured to cover a remaining portion of the back side of the electronic device when also fully installed on the electronic device. The second portion and the first portion can pivot with respect to one another via the hinge. Accordingly, by one approach, the second portion can be pivoted away from the electronic device while the first portion remains installed on the electronic device. In such a case, and by one approach, the second portion can serve as a stand for the electronic device.
US09307644B2
A connector assembly includes a socket connector which includes a socket housing, a plurality of first terminals spaced apart from each other in a first direction of the socket housing, and a first alignment unit which protrudes from the socket housing and is asymmetrically disposed with respect to a virtual line which passes through a center of the socket housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plug connector which is coupled to the socket connector and includes a plug housing, a plurality of second terminals spaced apart from each other in the first direction of the plug housing and respectively coupled to the plurality of first terminals, and a second alignment unit disposed on the plug housing and coupled to the first alignment unit.
US09307640B2
A circuit board for an image processing chip of a vision system of a vehicle is configured for a surface mount device to be attached thereto and includes at least one mounting location having a plurality of solder pads established thereat. The pads are arranged in a manner that enhances soldering of the device or component to the pad and circuit board. The pads may be arranged similarly in respective portions of the mounting location, such that the pads of one portion of the mounting location may be generally parallel to one another and may be generally orthogonal to the pads of another portion of the mounting location. Optionally, the pads may be generally tear-drop shaped, and the tear-drop shaped pads may be arranged so as to point generally towards or generally away from a center area of the mounting location of the circuit board.
US09307635B2
A touchscreen electrode pattern constituted by wavy conductive lines, each wavy conductive line includes multiple troughs of wave and multiple crests of waves, wherein an interval between adjacent troughs of waves in each wavy conductive line is larger than 1.5 times of a predetermined value, and an amplitude difference between adjacent trough of waves and crest of waves in each wavy conductive line is smaller than ⅓ times of the predetermined value.
US09307629B2
An electronic board comprises a plane printed circuit, a thermal drain and an expandable locking means positioned along one edge of the printed circuit comprising a part for transmission of movement and a part mobile in translation along an axis including a component perpendicular to the printed circuit. The part mobile in translation has at least one recess opening onto a face of the expandable locking means perpendicular to the printed circuit. The locking means is designed to rigidly fix the board in a chassis and to press the thermal drain against a face of the chassis. The printed circuit comprises a region which enters into the recess or recesses of the expandable locking means.
US09307616B2
A method, system and apparatus for dynamically monitoring and calibrating display tiles are provided. The apparatus comprises: an array of light emitting devices; one or more light emitting devices paired with light emitting devices of the array; one or more sensors configured to detect an optical characteristic and/or an electrical characteristic of the one or more paired light emitting devices; and, circuitry configured to: drive the array; drive each of the one or more further light emitting devices under same conditions as light emitting devices of the array; temporarily drive each of the one or more paired light emitting devices under different conditions from the array; and, adjust driving of the array based on the optical characteristic and/or electrical characteristic of the one or more paired light emitting devices detected at sensor(s) when the one or more paired light emitting devices are driven under the different conditions.
US09307611B2
An object is to enable application of forward/reverse voltage to or forward/reverse current to a display element and to lower power consumption of a driver circuit for driving a pixel. A memory storing the potential of a source signal line input through a switch, a first transistor whose gate is supplied with one output of the memory, a second transistor whose gate is supplied with the other output of the memory, a display element electrically connected to one of a source a drain of a first transistor and one of a source and a drain of a second transistor, a power source line electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor and the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor, and a counter power source electrically connected to the display element are included.
US09307610B2
A low power bypass circuit for use with a string of series-connected LEDs includes a semiconductor diode and resistor connected in series, which semiconductor diode and resistor combination become conductive upon the failure of an LED or upon the improper, reverse polarity connection of the string of series-connected LEDs to a power supply. When the semiconductor and resistor combination becomes conductive, a three-terminal gate-controlled semiconductor switching device becomes conductive, thereby bypassing the failed LED and protecting the integrity of the string of series-connected LEDs upon the improper reverse polarity connection of the string of series-connected LEDs to a power supply.
US09307608B2
A wavelength sensing lighting system that may comprise a light source included in an array to emit illuminating light, the array including a plurality of light sources, a sensor included in the array configured to sense environmental light from an environment, and a controller operatively connected to each of the sensor and the light source and may be configured to analyze the environmental light sensed by the sensor to at least one of detect and generate data relating to a condition of the environment, the data being transmittable in a data light. The controller may be configured to receive the data included in the data light using the sensor. The controller may be configured to analyze the data and to control the transmission of the data light from the light source. The controller may be configured to operate the array to emit an alert upon sensing an event.
US09307603B2
The present document relates to solid state lighting (SSL) devices. A driver circuit for phase-cut dimmable SSL based lighting assemblies is described. A control circuit for a power converter is provided. The power converter is configured to convert an input power derived from a mains power supply into a drive power for a light source. The control circuit comprises a dimmer mode detection unit to determine a first dimmer mode. The first dimmer mode indicates if the input power has been derived from the mains power supply using a dimmer. The control circuit comprises a state processor configured to determine a first operation mode of the power converter. The pre-determined first state information is dependent on the first dimmer mode. The control circuit comprises a first control unit configured to generate a first control signal for operating the power converter in accordance to the first operation mode.
US09307599B2
In one embodiment of lighting devices and lighting systems, the lighting device has a connection for connecting to a primary power supply and has a secondary power supply, such as a battery. A measuring circuit is operable to measure an impedance of the primary power supply connection and to determine from the measurement if a main power supply has failed, and if so whether to power light sources using power from the secondary power supply.
US09307597B2
System and method are provided for regulating a string current flowing through a string of one or more light emitting diodes. A system controller includes a first controller terminal, a second controller terminal and a third controller terminal. The first controller terminal is coupled to a base terminal of a bipolar junction transistor, the bipolar junction transistor further including an emitter terminal and a collector terminal, the collector terminal being connected to the string of one or more light emitting diodes. The second controller terminal is coupled to the emitter terminal of the bipolar junction transistor and to a first resistor terminal of a resistor associated with a resistance. The third controller terminal is coupled to a second resistor terminal of the resistor. In addition, the system controller is configured to receive a reference voltage, receive an emitter voltage, and output a base current.
US09307596B2
A light emitting module includes a plurality of light emitting device packages configured to be sequentially turned on or off according to the level of external drive voltage and connected to one another in series. Each of the plurality of light emitting device packages includes a light emitting cell having at least one light emitting device, and an on/off controller configured to control to turn the light emitting cell on or off.
US09307586B2
Techniques and corresponding circuitry and drivers are disclosed for improving power factor (PF) and total harmonic distortion (THD) of a flyback power factor correction (PFC) topology operating in transition-mode. In one or more embodiments, the PF and THD are improved by correcting the on-time of the switching element of the flyback PFC topology to actively shape the wave of the PFC input current. In some embodiments, the on-time is corrected using a phase-lock-loop module that synchronizes with the rectified input line voltage signal and a output regulator module that corrects the switch on-time. The control may be implemented using a digital or an analog controller.
US09307582B2
Provided is a microwave oven having a hood. The microwave oven having the hood includes a main body having a cooking chamber in which foods are cooked and a passage through which air containing contaminants flows, a hood casing disposed on a lower portion of the main body, a first hood taken out of the hood casing, and a second hood taken out of the hood casing at a position different from that of the first hood.
US09307574B2
There is provided a wireless communication system including a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus. In a specific case, the first wireless communication apparatus changes a state from a first state of being a master station of a first wireless network to a second state of being a slave station of a second wireless network in which the second wireless communication apparatus is a master station, and transmits target data to the second wireless communication apparatus using the second wireless network in which the first wireless communication apparatus is the slave station and the second wireless communication apparatus is the master station. The second wireless communication apparatus receives the target data from the first wireless communication apparatus using the second wireless network.
US09307571B2
A frequency offset calibrating method for use in a communication device connected to a communication system is provided. The method includes the following steps: determining a discontinuous reception cycle; awakening the communication device to a working mode from a sleep mode every discontinuous reception cycle and keep the communication device in the working mode for a first time period to receive a paging indication channel message from a communication network periodically; and awakening the communication device at a second time period other than the first time period during a first discontinuous reception cycle, thereby estimating an accumulated timing offset of a clock signal of the communication device and calibrating a frequency offset of the clock signal. In the invention, the accumulated timing offset of the clock signal can be calibrated efficiently to increase the reception performance of the page indication channel message with simple implementation and low hardware cost.
US09307570B2
Methods for controlling uplink transmission of data to a network node of a communications system a user equipment node are disclosed. The methods include receiving parameters to configure enhanced uplink in CELL_FACH state, determining whether the user equipment node is able to communicate on an E-DCH in CELL_FACH state and determining whether additional defined conditions have been satisfied, and performing a cell update operation to obtain an E-RNTI value responsive to determining that the user equipment node is not able to communicate on an E-DCH in CELL_FACH state. The methods may also include transmitting uplink data on an E-DCH transport channel to the network node responsive to determining that the user equipment node is able to communicate on an E-DCH in CELL_FACH state and determining that the additional defined conditions have been satisfied. Related user equipment nodes are also disclosed.
US09307569B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer readable media are described that adjust radio resource control connection states between a mobile wireless device and a wireless network following determination that a set of inactivity trigger conditions is met. Time periods between successive data messages and/or signaling messages transmitted to and/or received from a wireless access network are measured. When a prolonged period of data inactivity and/or signaling activity is determined, the mobile wireless device re-establishes an existing radio resource control connection to the wireless access network or releases the radio resource control connection to the wireless access network and transitions to an idle state.
US09307568B2
Configurations are described for maintaining a continuity and quality of wireless signal connection between a mobile device and systems accessible through the internet. In particular, configurations are disclosed to address the challenge of a mobile device that moves through a physical environment wherein the best wireless connectivity performance is achieved by switching between available connection sources and constantly evaluating a primary connection with other available connections that may be switched in to become a new primary connection. The mobile device may be self-propelled or carried by some other mobilizing means.
US09307564B2
The various aspects are directed to automatic device-to-device connection control. An aspect extracts a first sound signature, wherein the extracting the first sound signature comprises extracting a sound signature from a sound signal emanating from a certain direction, receives a second sound signature from a peer device, compares the first sound signature to the second sound signature, and pairs with the peer device. An aspect extracts a first sound signature, wherein the extracting the first sound signature comprises extracting a sound signature from a sound signal emanating from a certain direction, sends the first sound signature to a peer device, and pairs with the peer device. An aspect detects a beacon sound signal, wherein the beacon sound signal is detected from a certain direction, extracts a code embedded in the beacon sound signal, and pairs with a peer device.
US09307552B2
A User Equipment, UE, of a cellular communication system transmits scheduling assistance data to a base station comprising a base station scheduler which schedules uplink packet data. The scheduling assistance data relates to uplink packet data transmission from the UE. The UE comprises a channel controller which is operable to cause the scheduling assistance data to be transmitted from the UE to the base station in a first physical resource of an uplink air interface. The first physical resource is not managed by the base station based scheduler. The scheduling assistance data may specifically be transmitted in a first transport channel multiplexed with other transport channels on a physical resource. The transport channels may be individually optimized and may have different termination points and transmission reliabilities. Specifically, the transport channel supporting the scheduling assistance data signaling may have a high reliability and be terminated in the base station.
US09307551B2
Apparatuses may stay synchronized with a network via a beacon signal that is transmitted at a set interval. Various communication-related activities may be planned around an instance when a beacon signal is expected, or a target beacon transmission time (TBTT). While some networked apparatuses are active during every TBTT, other apparatuses may operate using a diluted beacon period that is an integer multiple of the network beacon signal interval. Diluted beacon intervals may initiate periods of time during which apparatuses may become “aware” of other apparatuses. Awareness may comprise information related to communication configuration, apparatus status, and services offered by the various apparatuses in the network. Awareness information obtained during an awake window may also comprise information on data-related tasks that are pending in one or more apparatuses which may allow for the control of further data conveyance activities.
US09307534B2
A radio communication apparatus includes a control unit that, if a radio access bearer (RAB) for a circuit switching domain is reconfigured between a dedicated channel (DCH) and enhanced uplink dedicated channel/High Speed Downlink Packet Access (E-DCH/HSDPA) and an RAB corresponded to RAB information exists as an established RAB and there exists no transparent mode (TM) radio bearer for a core network (CN) domain included in an information element of CN domain identity (ID), and at least one TM radio bearer is included in an information element of radio bearer (RB) information to setup, calculates a start value that is used on a new RAB.
US09307533B2
A wireless communication apparatus which can simultaneously conduct communication on at least two frequency channels is described. The apparatus includes a communication unit which refers to a connection management table to determine a communication system which can be used by a wireless communication terminal using an identifier of the wireless communication terminal, and conducts communication with the wireless communication terminal on a second frequency channel using the communication system, when a request from the wireless communication terminal to change the first frequency channel to the second frequency channel is permitted.
US09307530B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method in which a terminal transmits control information in a CA-based wireless communication system and to an apparatus for the method, the method comprising: a step of configuring a first cell and a second cell having different subframe configurations, the second cell has UL-DL configuration #0; a step of receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format including an N-bit field (N>1), for the second cell; and a step of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) signal corresponding to the downlink DCI format through a subframe. The N-bit field indicates either an uplink (UL) index or a downlink assignment index (DAI). For PUSCH timing, in cases where a reference UL-DL configuration applied to the second cell is any one of UL-DL configurations #1 to #6, the N-bit field indicates the DAI.
US09307522B2
A system and method are provided for implementing a cloud based spectrum management scheme that enables Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) through rentals of available spectrum in a two-level analytics process for optimization. Primary spectrum holders as exclusive licensees of underused spectrum communicate with a global spectrum broker to place portions of their underused spectrum into an auction-based rental market on the condition that they can regain control of their spectrum when a need arises. Local spectrum brokers communicate with the global spectrum broker to bid for available spectrum to meet their temporary needs in time and place. The local spectrum brokers, in turn, administer local optimization schemes over their portion of the global region to ensure that an expected level of quality of service is provided to individual customers with whom the local spectrum brokers communicate. The disclosed brokering scheme, properly administered, provides an incremental step-wise approach to solving long-term spectrum shortage for wireless communications.
US09307519B2
A method is provided for paging a mobile station (40) served by a wireless telecommunications network (A). The method includes: remembering a last known location of the mobile station (40), and implementing a first paging strategy for the mobile station (40) within a first collection of cells (32) served by a first mobile switching center (20). If a response to the first paging strategy is not received by the first mobile switching center (20), then the method further includes: selecting one or more cells (32) served by a second mobile switching center (22) based upon the last known location of the mobile station (40); identifying the selected cells (32) in an intersystem paging request; forwarding the intersystem paging request from the first mobile switching center (20) to the second mobile switching center (22); and, in response to the second mobile switching center (22) receiving the intersystem paging request, paging the mobile station (40) in those cells (32) served by the second mobile switching center (22) which are identified in the intersystem paging request.
US09307517B2
Systems and methods to provide connectivity by a user device to a WiFi network based at least in part on determining the location of the user device are disclosed. The user device may determine its current location and send a location message indicating its current location to a mobile network server via a mobile communication network. The mobile network server may determine if there are available WiFi access points at the current location of the user device. If the mobile network server determines that there is an available WiFi access point to which the user device may connect at its current location, then the mobile network server may communicate association information of that WiFi network to the user device. The user device may receive the association information and connect to the available WiFi access point using the association information. The user device may turn on its WiFi radio prior to connecting to the WiFi access point. Once connected, the user device may seamlessly transition any applications running thereon to use communications bandwidth from the WiFi network from using communications bandwidth of the mobile communications network.
US09307511B2
A base station registers a mobile station subjected to the call reception control of the base station. When connection between the mobile station registered by the base station and a higher-level device of the base station is terminated after detecting that the mobile station is located in a communication area of the base station, the base station causes the higher-level device to maintain information indicating that the mobile station is located in the communication area, without notifying the higher-level device of termination of the connection. When a call addressed to the mobile station is detected after termination of the connection between the mobile station and the higher-level device, the base station gives a notification about detection of the call.
US09307508B2
Embodiments are provided for syncing multiple electronic devices for collective audio playback. According to certain aspects, a master device connects (218) to a slave device via a wireless connection. The master device calculates (224) a network latency via a series of network latency pings with the slave device and sends (225) the network latency to the slave device. Further, the master devices sends (232) a portion of an audio file as well as a timing instruction including a system time to the slave device. The master device initiates (234) playback of the portion of the audio file and the slave devices initiates (236) playback of the portion of the audio file according to the timing instruction and a calculated system clock offset value.
US09307488B2
A system for providing a wireless device with access to a computer network includes an access point that sets up a radio link with the wireless device and couples the wireless device to the network. The system also includes a server that receives data packets from the access point through the computer network. The data packets include at least one data packet that has a first identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device and a second identifier that corresponds to the wireless device. The system further includes a database that is coupled to the server and stores data for associating a service plan with the first and second identifiers and basing the service plan, at least in part, on the second identifier. Other features and systems are also disclosed.
US09307484B2
A scanning method in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is provided. The scanning method includes transmitting by a station a probe request frame via a channel, and receiving by the station a probe response frame from a target access point (AP) to respond to the probe request frame. The probe request frame includes at least one of information regarding a response reception time and preference information regarding the target AP.
US09307482B2
Systems and methods for accessing a contention-based communications network are provided. In systems and methods for accessing a contention-based communications network, an access point in the network is created. The access point is a first node connected to the network configured to receive a request from a second node to gain access to the network. A power of a signal transmitted between the access point and the second node is measured. A probability that the second node will access the network is determined based on the measured power of the signal transmitted between the access point and the second node. A determination of whether to permit the second node to gain access to the network is made based on the determined probability.
US09307481B2
A method for selectively reading system information is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device reading system information broadcast by a first cell in a cell group. The read system information can include cell group information identifying the first cell as a member of the cell group and indicating membership of the cell group. The method can further include the wireless communication device moving to a second cell; determining based on the cell group information that the second cell is a member of the cell group; and in response to determining that the second cell is also a member of the cell group, reading only a portion of system information broadcast by the second cell. The read portion of system information can include the system information broadcast by the second cell that is different from the system information broadcast by the first cell.
US09307476B2
Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and method for pico-cell attachment and attachment inhibiting are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may determine an angle threshold, calculate an angle between a moving direction and a direction toward the target pico eNB, permit pico-cell attachment if the calculated angle is less than or equal to the angle threshold and inhibit pico-cell attachment when the calculated angle is greater than the angle threshold. In some angle-limitation embodiments, the UE may be configured to receive the angle threshold that is broadcasted by a target pico eNB using the SIBs which may be transmitted on the DL-SCH. In some minimum-distance threshold embodiments, the UE is configured to calculate the angle threshold from a distance threshold and a distance to a target pico eNB.
US09307470B2
Single radio handovers (SRHOs) between heterogonous networks can be facilitated using several techniques. One such technique includes activating a receiver of a target radio interface in a mobile node without activating a transmitter of the target radio interface, thereby allowing the mobile node to perform target network discovery while the transmitter of the target radio interface remains deactivated. Another such technique includes encapsulating link-layer discovery frames into media independent handover frames (MIH), and then tunneling the MIH frames over a tunnel extending through the source network. This may allow the MN to achieve various handover related tasks without activating the target radio link. Another technique includes establishing a schedule (or delay period) for synchronizing deactivation of the source radio interface with activation of the transmitter in the target radio interface.
US09307465B2
A femto cell is located within a macro cell of a wireless communication system. A method of identifying the femto cell comprises: determining at least one timing difference, the at least one timing difference being observed for communications between a wireless communication unit and each of a femto cell and at least one macro cell; and comparing the at least one observed timing difference to reference timing difference data. The identity of the femto cell may allow the location of the femto cell to be set as a geographical location for a wireless communication device that is within the footprint of the femto cell. The identity of the femto cell may allow hand in of an ongoing call, from the macro cell to the femto cell.
US09307464B2
A method for handover of a wireless subscriber communication unit from a first base station to a second base station in a wireless network is described. The method comprises at the wireless subscriber communication unit receiving a handover command message from the first base station. At the first base station, the method comprises sending a scheduling request message to the second base station, in response to an acknowledgement message sent from the wireless subscriber communication unit. The method further comprises, at the second base station, scheduling, in response to the scheduling request message, at least one uplink scheduling resource (UL-SCH) for the wireless subscriber communication unit to transmit a handover (HO) confirmation message to the second base station; and receiving a handover confirmation message from the wireless subscriber communication unit on the at least one uplink scheduling resource (UL-SCH).
US09307463B2
A user equipment UE determines that a neighbor cell is higher priority than a serving cell, measures neighbor cell signal strength in n>1 iterations, and analyzes them for reselecting from the serving cell to the neighbor cell. Each measurement iteration is spaced from one another by a time interval (e.g., 1 DRX) that is specific for the neighbor cell being higher priority. In various embodiments, the UE measures while in a Cell-PCH, URA-PCH or idle state/mode and the first iteration is taken at the first available measurement opportunity after transitioning to that state/mode. The UE reselects to the neighbor cell based on the analyzed signal strengths; in one embodiment the decision to reselect is without regard to signal quality of the serving cell; and in another the decision is without regard to whether a reselection condition remains satisfied for a specified time period Treselection.
US09307462B2
Devices and methods for improving performance in a network with geographically separated antenna ports based on determining arid reporting reference signal power from a communication device to a base station are provided. In one aspect, the difference between received reference signal power values is used in determining a reported reference signal power value, such as reference signal received power (RSRP) in a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) network including geographically separated antenna ports transmitting on cell-specific reference signal (CBS) ports 0 and 1. Devices and methods for measuring and reporting per-port reference signal power values are provided.
US09307456B2
The present invention relates to a method for a terminal to report system information in a wireless communication system. The method includes: transmitting a previously-obtained system information availability indicator that indicates to a serving cell that there is previously obtained system information on a neighboring cell; and receiving a system report request from the serving cell; and transmitting a system information report to the serving cell in response to the system report request. The system report request includes a previously obtained system information report request indicator. When the previously obtained system information report request indicator indicates that there is a report on the previously obtained system information, the system information report includes the previously obtained system information and the previously obtained system information is system information obtained from the neighboring cell before the system report request is received.
US09307448B2
Systems and methods for distributed computing between communication devices. A femto node is treated as a trusted extension of a user equipment and performs processing tasks on behalf of the user equipment. The femto node is also treated as a trusted extension of network servers and performs services on behalf of the network servers. Tasks are thus distributed between the network servers, the femto node and one or more user equipments. The tasks include processing data, filtering incoming messages, and caching network service information.
US09307443B2
A system for remotely controlling mobile communication devices includes a redirection system, a remote control system and a mobile data communication device. The redirection system detects a triggering event at a host system and in response to the triggering event continuously redirects data items from the host system to a wireless network. The mobile data communication device receives data items from the wireless network and executes a plurality of device operations. The remote control system receives control information from a user interface and transmits the control information through the redirection system to the wireless network. The control information is received and executed by the mobile data communication device to remotely control one or more of the device operations. Methods of controlling the operation of mobile data communication devices are also disclosed.
US09307435B2
Determining a distribution delay of a bearer by using a preset delay distribution algorithm according to a preset time period for reporting a cell status; starting a periodic timer of the bearer after the distribution delay elapses, where the periodic timer uses the time period as a period; determining, according to the periodic timer, whether the cell status needs to be reported; and carrying information of the cell status in an uplink data packet of the bearer if the cell status needs to be reported. Thereby avoiding greatly centralized reporting of the cell status and centralized policy adjustment that is performed for the bearers, so that great jitter of service traffic borne on a cell is controlled effectively.
US09307433B2
A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step of transmitting, by a mobile management node MME, “Measurement Configuration #1” for instructing to measure and report a desired radio quality to a radio base station eNB#1 that manages a cell #1 when it is detected that a mobile station UE has moved into the cell #1 that lies inside a measurement-target area, and a step of transmitting, by the radio base station eNB#1, “RRC Connection Reconfiguration” including the “Measurement Configuration #1” to the mobile station UE.
US09307425B2
Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a method and a device for transferring data. The method includes: transferring data to a base station via a first link, a second link offloading for the first link; if a radio link failure (RLF) occurs on the first link, transmitting an RLF indication message to the base station, where the RLF indication message is used to notify the base station that the RLF occurs on the first link; and transferring, over the second link, at least a portion of the data on the first link. According to embodiments of the present invention, when a link failure occurs between a user equipment and the base station during a mobile data offloading process, data transfer is performed via the offloading link, a time delay can be reduced and the data transfer efficiency is improved.
US09307413B2
In a wireless or hybrid mesh communication system, radio frequencies are managed by assigning an in-use frequency channel to each local family of nodes, distributing spare frequency channel(s) among the local families of nodes, and changing the in-use frequency channel of at least one selected local family of nodes to a new frequency channel selected among its spare frequency channel(s), if any, or among the spare frequency channel(s) of another local family of nodes if said at least one selected local family of nodes has no spare frequency channel(s), and/or as the in-use frequency channel of another local family of nodes if none of said local families of nodes has spare frequency channel(s).
US09307412B2
A method for evaluating security during an interactive service operation by a mobile communications device includes launching, by a mobile communications device, an interactive service configured to access a server over a network during an interactive service operation, and generating a security evaluation based on a plurality of trust factors related to a current state of the mobile communications device, to a security feature of the application, and/or to a security feature of the network. When the security evaluation is generated, an action is performed based on the security evaluation.
US09307410B2
A method is disclosed which involves using an identifier which may be stored in an electronic component of a vehicle. A short range, wireless protocol connectivity system of the vehicle may establish a wireless link with a personal electronic device (PED) of a user when the user enters the vehicle with the PED powered on. The link may be used to automatically transmit the identifier to the PED. The PED then transmits the identifier to a remote authorization source which checks if the identifier is valid and, if so, sends an unlock code back to the PED. The PED uses the unlock code to unlock an application on the PED which enables access to the remote content source.
US09307406B2
An apparatus and a method for access authentication of a mobile station in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a session certificate for the access authentication from a core network, transmitting the session certificate to a new access network during a handover to the new access network, and receiving an authentication result based on the session certificate from the new access network.
US09307399B2
A process for detecting and connecting a GPS-enabled device to available in-range wireless local area networks (WLANs), particularly while the device is in motion. Once connected, the GPS enabled device sends and receives data and other information from a web service or software application. The process includes detecting relative movement speed of the GPS device and repeatedly attempts connections with new WLAN access points when in motion, particularly in excess of five miles per hour and/or twenty-five miles per hour.
US09307398B2
An access point that implements operating modes in which beacons may be selectively disabled. Beacons may be disabled when no device is actively associated through the access point. Beacons may be enabled in response to one or more triggers, which may include events such as a client forming an association through the access point following a probe request message identifying the access point. In addition, active beaconing may be triggered by user input or may occur during periodic brief intervals that allow client devices to discover the network identifier for the access point. Selective control of beaconing may lead to more effective wireless communication, particularly in areas where users congregate with computers implementing soft APs for personal networks.
US09307395B2
Mobile devices band together in an ad hoc grouping based on their location. As the mobile devices travel, their users may have a shared, mutual goal at a common location. The mobile devices having the common location are invited to join the ad hoc grouping. Should any of the mobile devices accept and join the ad hoc grouping, the users may act as a cohesive unit and bid to achieve their shared, mutual goal.
US09307391B2
A system and a method is provided for managing the mobility of a mobile network in a Proxy Mobile Internet Protocol (PMIP) environment operating under the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) protocol. The method is based on prefix allotment between a server DHCPv6 and a mobile router via an access gateway (MAG) and the exchanging of messages between the server and a point of attachment (LMA).
US09307384B2
A subscriber of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) receiving an EAS alert message can obtain additional multimedia information in based upon the location of the subscriber. The additional multimedia information can include information pertaining to available shelter, medical facilities, the location of emergency supplies, a plume map, evacuation routes, or the like. In an example embodiment, the Global Positioning System or other device location systems is utilized to determine the location of the subscriber. The location information along with EAS alert information is used to query a database to obtain the additional information.
US09307373B2
A method for establishing a connection to a sequence-accessible call includes gathering connection data for establishing the connection to the sequence-accessible call including a phone number dialed to access the sequence-accessible call. The method may also include storing the connection data in a database, determining a presence of a proximity link, and transmitting the connection data to an information handling system.
US09307371B2
The method and system for SMS/MMS messaging to a connected device may be realized as a system comprising at least one server module. The at least one server module may be adapted to receive from a connected device an outbound messaging message through a packet-based network. The at least one server module may also be adapted to send the outbound messaging message to an external messaging network. The connected device may be communicatively coupled to the packet-based network. The outbound messaging message may be associated with a user account. The user account may be associated with a telephone number.
US09307368B1
Systems and techniques for automatically obtaining data indicating the locations of wireless devices and physical objects within a region are provided. An autonomous mobile platform may survey a region with a wireless signal strength sensor and/or a physical environment sensor. The signal strength data and the spatial data are used to generate a map that indicates the locations of wireless devices within a region such as a home or office. The map may be automatically generated and/or updated in the course of other operations performed by an autonomous mobile platform.
US09307367B2
The invention relates to a user-portable electronic device and in particular one which is capable of establishing transmission connection with one or more mobile electronic devices. A user-portable electronic device comprising: transmission connection circuitry arranged to establish transmission connection between the user-portable electronic device and one or more mobile electronic devices; geographic-location determining circuitry arranged to determine a geographic location of the or each mobile electronic device associated with transmission connection of the user-portable electronic device and the or each mobile electronic device; and log circuitry arranged to allow storage of a geographic-location log including at least a last-known geographic location of the or each mobile electronic device.
US09307359B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for defining, generating, utilizing, and/or detecting a geo-fence are described. A trigger is obtained, the trigger generated in response to a change in a geo-fence criteria. One or more boundaries of the geo-fence based on the geo-fence criteria are defined in response to obtaining the trigger.
US09307357B1
Embodiments of the invention generate metrics quantifying the mobility of a mobile device without persisting information related to the device's specific location at any given time. Specifically, at multiple intervals, a value of a mobility metric is computed based on the distance between the current location of the mobile device and a previously identified origin location of the mobile device. The values of the mobility metric computed over a period of time quantify the overall mobility of the mobile device. The mobility metric does not provide any information regarding the specific location of the mobile device at any given time.
US09307342B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamic rendering for hybrid apps. One of the methods includes receiving user input navigating to a first view of an application; determining, using a navigation hierarchy stored on the mobile device, to render the first view using a native rendering engine native to the mobile device; receiving an update to the navigation hierarchy from a server; after receiving the update, receiving user input navigating to the first view; and determining, using the update to the navigation hierarchy from the server, to render the first view using an open rendering engine that is not native to the mobile device.
US09307340B2
A method, an apparatus, a system, and instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium to instruct a processing system to carry out the method. The method includes applying corrective filters directly in a portable media device to correct, e.g., equalize for the overall system comprising the portable media device and the playback system to which it is attached. Also a method of determining the corrective filters by playing back one or more calibration signals on the playback system while recording the resulting sound field on the portable media device.
US09307323B2
A system and method for enhancing the real and/or perceived bass band of an audio signal is disclosed. A computationally simple yet effective bass band enhancement system for use in consumer electronics applications is disclosed. An audio processing system including bass enhancement functionality for use in a mobile audio system is disclosed.
US09307320B2
A feedback suppression system for reducing acoustic feedback may include a controller configured to buffer a series of incoming digital sample signals to provide a plurality of buffered signals, the incoming digital sample signal being indicative of an audio input signal that includes audio data and acoustic feedback, determine a complex spectrum of the plurality of buffered signals, determine a magnitude squared spectrum from the complex spectrum, identify at least one peak in the magnitude squared spectrum, identify a frequency of the at least one identified peak using a phase enhanced frequency estimate, and set a notch filter at the identified frequency to eliminate the acoustic feedback of the audio input signal.
US09307314B2
Disclosed is an electronic device including: a housing having a sound emission hole formed in at least one side thereof; a speaker module which is at least partially accommodated in the housing; and a sound reflection surface formed inside the housing and obliquely facing the speaker module. A sound emitted from the speaker module can be reflected by the sound reflection surface to the sound emission hole. The side acoustic emission type speaker device and the electronic device including the same can be variously implemented.
US09307309B2
An in-line sound module for a modular stack light system provides electrical and mechanical connectors to allow it to be placed anywhere in the stack. Axial orientation of the audio transducer and a flexible jumpering system allow preservation of central connectors between modules. In-line configuration permits multiple sound modules to be used in a stack light and to be teamed with different beacon modules. In one embodiment the in-line sound module may also include lamps to provide beacon functionality.
US09307308B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for waterproofing an electronic device having an audio output. More particularly a method for dynamically forming an acoustic volume of air for a speaker component is disclosed. The dynamically formed acoustic volume creates a sealed volume of air that prevents moisture from entering a portion of the device that includes moisture sensitive components. By dynamically forming the acoustic volume during a blow forming operation, the acoustic volume can utilize unused space within the electronic device in a highly efficient manner by occupying small areas of unused space that would otherwise go unused.
US09307307B2
A portable speaker system includes: a waterproof enclosure; a wireless communication element enclosed within the waterproof enclosure, the wireless communication element able to receive audio data from a mobile device; a pair of speakers enclosed within the waterproof enclosure that are able to generate an audio output based on the audio data received from the mobile device; and a set of connection ports located within a first recessed area of the waterproof enclosure, the first recessed area including a flexible cover that is able to expose the first recessed area when in an open position and form a waterproof seal with the waterproof enclosure when in a closed position.
US09307305B2
The present invention discloses a smart ODN system of low power consumption, and the system is related to the ODN field and includes a smart management terminal, a master control management board, and several wiring management boards, where the smart management terminal is directly connected to the master control management board, and is also connected to the master control management board through the Internet and a mobile terminal, the master control management board is connected with several wiring management boards, each wiring management board includes a PMU and a PQU, which are independent from each other, the PQU is connected to a CPU of a wiring management board through a control line; the PMU is configured to collect and store information data of a port and communicate with the master control management board or the smart management terminal; the PQU independent from the CPU independently performs the query operation on a wiring port, and promptly obtains a port connection status. The present invention more than doubles operation time of a smart ODN management system, extends battery life of the whole system when a mobile power supply provides power for the system, shortens a time span taken by the system to respond to port changes, and improves operation efficiency of the system.
US09307303B2
The present invention discloses a method and system for communication. The method includes: according to a network resource and a signal type of a label switched path to be established, generating, by a first optical communication device, a label indicating that a first optical channel data unit is multiplexed to a second optical channel data unit, wherein the label comprises a tributary slot assignment indication field indicating a tributary slot occupied in the second optical channel data unit, and a length of the tributary slot assignment indication field is equal to the number of tributary slots of the second optical channel data unit; sending the label to a second optical communication device; obtaining, by the second optical communication device, the label; and multiplexing, by the second optical communication device, the first optical channel data unit to the second optical channel data unit based on the label.
US09307301B2
The discloser provides a multi-input and multi-output optical switch capable of switching over all WDM wavelengths. An optical switch according to one embodiment includes: an optical demultiplexing element (3) that demultiplexes an optical signal from at least one input port into individual wavelengths; a first optical deflection element (5), which deflects an incident optical signal, that deflects the wavelength-separated optical signal incoming from the optical demultiplexing element to change a traveling direction for each wavelength to a switch axis direction perpendicular to a wavelength dispersion axis direction; a second optical deflection element (8) that deflects the optical signal incoming from the first optical deflection element to change the traveling direction to the switch axis direction for output to at least one of the output ports; and an optical multiplexing element (10) that multiplexes the optical signal with the different wavelengths incoming from the second optical deflection element.
US09307300B2
A method and device for transmitting a tracking signal for locating a projectile. A launch condition for a projectile is sensed by a tracking device. The tracking device enters a first transmission mode in which a first signal is transmitted in response to sensing the launch condition. The tracking device transitions to a second transmission mode in which a second signal is transmitted after transmitting the first signal for a defined period of time.
US09307295B2
Mechanisms are provided for allowing a user to linearly or non-linearly discover and navigate media content including live events. A smart timeline includes panels of event information, previews, images, etc. Moving ahead allows discovery of future live media content and events and uncovers mechanisms for setting notifications and reminders. Moving back in time allows discovery of past events and mechanisms for replaying past video and audio content. Event navigation mechanisms can be integrated with calendaring applications to post and select events discovered using event navigation mechanisms.
US09307293B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for sharing annotated videos. During operation, the system establishes a real-time video-sharing session between a remote field computer and a local computer. During the established real-time video-sharing session, the system receives a real-time video stream from a remote field computer, forwards the real-time video stream to a local computer to allow an expert to provide an annotation to the real-time video stream, receives the annotation from the local computer, and forwards the annotation to the remote field computer, which associates the annotation with a corresponding portion of the real-time video stream and displays the annotation on top of the corresponding portion of the real-time video stream.
US09307291B2
A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device; interrupting the delivery of the media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media where the interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device, the resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by the recorded bookmark. The method further can include identifying device properties for each of the first and second client devices; delivering the media to the first client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the first client device; and, delivering the media to the second client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the second client device.
US09307284B2
A digital television (DTV) receiver for processing a DTV signal, the DTV receiver includes a receiver to receive a digital television signal including a plurality of extended text table (ETT) instances that appear in transport stream packets with common PID values, the ETT instances having common table ID values, each ETT instance comprising a section header and a message body, the section header containing a table identification (ID) extension field that serves to establish uniqueness of each ETT instance, the message body containing an extended text message (ETM) which provides detailed descriptions of a virtual channel or an event associated with each ETT instance, wherein the section header further contains a last section number field, wherein the ETT instance further contains a CRC 32 field, a demodulator to demodulate the digital television signal, and an identifier to identify at least one pertinent ETT instance from the plurality of ETT instances.
US09307282B2
A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
US09307280B2
A broadcast receiving device and a method for receiving a broadcast thereof are provided. The broadcast receiving device includes a channel receiving unit which receives a channel broadcasting signal, generates a first parallel signal from the received channel broadcasting signal, converts the parallel signal into a serial signal, and outputs the serial signal; and a main body unit which receives the serial signal output from the channel receiving unit, reconverts the received serial signal into a second parallel signal, processes the second parallel signal, and outputs a video signal, an audio signal, and an additional data signal extracted from the processed second parallel signal. Since the channel receiving unit is provided as a separate unit from the main body unit, the thickness of the broadcast receiving device can be further reduced.
US09307278B2
A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in the start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by for example, selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start or end times based on time change information that is displayed. For an automatic mode, the recording system may automatically compensate for predicted or actual time changes that are known by automatically adjusting the start and end times of recording.
US09307276B2
The present invention concerns a method for processing messages intended to allow the access to conditional access content and to a security module arranged for implementing this method. The method comprises the steps of receiving by a security module comprising at least one decryption module, a plurality of messages, these messages belonging to at least two different categories; assigning a different priority level to messages from each different category, one of said priority level being defined as high and another priority level, lower that the high priority level, being defined as the standard priority level; associating a value to the messages to which the standard priority level has been assigned; assigning at least one threshold value for the value associated with messages having a standard priority level; and comparing between the threshold value for a determined message and the value associated with said message. If no value associated with said message having standard priority level exceeds the corresponding threshold value, processing the messages according to their priority level, a message to which the high priority level has been assigned being processed before a message to which a lower priority level has been assigned, and change of the value associated with the messages having a standard priority level according to said predefined rule. If the value associated with one of said messages having a standard priority level exceeds the threshold value for the corresponding message, processing one of the messages having a standard priority level before processing a message having a higher priority level, and change of the value associated with the messages having a standard priority level according to said predefined rule.
US09307269B2
A video is analyzed to identify interest level for a plurality of frames. The interest level is determined based on analysis of the content of each of the plurality of frames or how often other clients view the frames or take actions while viewing the frames. Frames are clustered and key frame locations are determined for each of the clusters. Key frames are given a higher buffering priority than non key frames. Buffering of key frames is prioritized based on key frame interest level. Key frames are also utilized to enable a client to skip forward or backward between key frames and view content that is likely to be of interest to the user.
US09307257B2
In a decoder, a desired image is estimated by first retrieving coding modes from an encoded side information image. For each bitplane in the encoded side information image, syndrome bits or parity bits are decoded to obtain an estimated bitplane of quantized transform coefficients of the desired image. A quantization and a transform are applied to a prediction residual obtained using the coding modes, wherein the decoding uses the quantized transform coefficients of the encoded side information image, and is based on previously decoded bitplanes in a causal neighborhood. The estimated bitplanes of quantized transform coefficients of the desired image are combined to produce combined bitplanes. Then, an inverse quantization, an inverse transform and a prediction based on the coding modes are applied to the combined bitplanes to recover the estimate of the desired image.
US09307251B2
Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for determining local-analysis-window size and weighting parameters in a gradient-based motion estimation system.
US09307245B2
An updated region encoding unit detects an updated region in a frame of an inputted image signal and encodes the updated region. A retransmission candidate tile extracting unit extracts from within a screen a tile which does not belong to an updated region in a current frame and which is a partial region transmitted after encoded with a quality equal to or less than a first quality. A character likelihood estimating unit, with respect to a tile extracted by the retransmission candidate tile extracting unit, calculates a likelihood value indicating likelihood that the tile is a character region. A character-likelihood-order intra update unit selects a tile in decreasing order of the likelihood value from among tiles extracted by the retransmission candidate tile extracting unit, and encodes the tile with a second quality which is higher than the first quality and transmits the result.
US09307241B2
The present application provides a video encoding method that includes setting frame types for a video sequence; obtaining a B frame; determining whether a current macroblock of the B frame satisfies a Direct prediction mode, and if yes determining whether the current macroblock satisfies a Skip prediction mode; if the current macroblock does not meet either mode, computing at least one of a mode cost after performing motion compensation on the current macroblock using two bidirectional prediction motion vectors obtained in the Direct prediction mode; a mode cost after performing motion compensation on the current macroblock using a forward prediction motion vector obtained in the Direct prediction mode; and a mode cost after performing motion compensation on the current macroblock using a backward prediction motion vector obtained in the Direct prediction mode; and selecting a mode with a smallest cost as an optimal prediction direction to encode the current macroblock.
US09307234B1
The system may capture an image comprising an original image size. The system may further determine an optimal size for the image based on a connection bandwidth and/or connection latency. The system may also compress the image to reduce an image size locally until the image size is less than or equal to the optimal size, before transmitting the image with the optimal size to the receiver while controlling latency in image transmission.
US09307233B2
A method characterizes manufacturing imperfections in a camera and variations in its operating environment to allow images captured by the camera to be compensated for these defects. The method includes: (a) illuminating a field of view of the optical elements under a controlled condition; (b) exposing multiple images onto the image sensor under the controlled condition; (c) extracting from the multiple images parameter values for pixels of the image sensor; and (d) compensating images taken subsequently in the camera using the parameter values. The controlled condition includes an external light source for illumination, and the image sensor is sensitive to color components.
US09307221B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying depth refinement image capture instructions for capturing images that may be used to refine existing depth maps. The depth refinement image capture instructions are determined by evaluating, at each image patch in an existing image corresponding to the existing depth map, a range of possible depth values over a set of configuration settings. Each range of possible depth values corresponds to an existing depth estimate of the existing depth map. This evaluation enables selection of one or more configuration settings in a manner such that there will be additional depth information derivable from one or more additional images captured with the selected configuration settings. When a refined depth map is generated using the one or more additional images, this additional depth information is used to increase the depth precision for at least one depth estimate from the existing depth map.
US09307217B1
An apparatus includes a camera, a memory, and a control circuit. The camera may be configured to generate a first video stream having a first bitrate and a second video stream having a second bitrate. The second bitrate may be lower than the first bitrate. The memory may be configured to store the first video stream and the second video stream. The control circuit may be configured to upload the second video stream from the memory to a user device via a wireless protocol in response to at least one predetermined emergency-related event.
US09307216B2
In a video display apparatus A, a controller 9, while displaying video processed by a video processor 4 on a video display 3, displays LUTs 45R, 45G, and 45B which are tables of correction data for correcting luminance levels of red, green, and blue respectively. The controller 9 re-calculates and rewrites the correction data based on one adjustment point or two or more adjustment points P1 and P2 adjusted by the user.
US09307209B2
A lighting system for a digital cinema projection apparatus is provided. The lighting system includes an ultra high pressure mercury lamp, a relay lens group, a digital micro display module, an optical filter module, and a projection lens. The ultra high pressure mercury lamp is used for emitting a light beam. The relay lens group is used for receiving the light beam and adjusting an optical path of the light beam. The optical filter module is arranged along the optical path of the lighting system for optically modulating an optical spectrum and/or a white balance of the light beam from the ultra high pressure mercury lamp. The projection lens is used for projecting the modulated light beam as an image beam.
US09307208B2
There is provided a computer-implemented method for solving inverse imaging problems to compensate for distortions in an image. The method comprises: minimizing a cost objective function containing a data fitting term and one or more image prior terms to each of the plurality of channels, the one or more image prior terms comprising cross-channel information for a plurality of channels derived from the image.
US09307207B2
A method for generating a glare-reduced image from images captured by a camera device of a subject vehicle includes obtaining a short-exposure image and a long-exposure image and generating a resulting high dynamic range image based on the short-exposure and long-exposure images. Pixel values are monitored within both the short- and long-exposure images. A light source region is identified within both the short- and long-exposure images based on the monitored pixel values. A glaring region is identified based on the identified light source region and one of calculated pixel ratios and calculated pixel differences between the monitored pixel values of the long- and short-exposure images. The identified glaring region upon the resulting high dynamic range image is modified with the identified light source region within the short-exposure image. The glare-reduced image is generated based on the modified identified glaring region upon the resulting HDR image.
US09307206B2
An improved automatic image capture system for an intelligent mobile device having a camera guides a user to position the camera so only a single image needs to be automatically captured. Syntactic features, using a view finder on a display of the intelligent mobile device, are used to guide a user to maximize the occupancy of the view finder with the document so that the document is maximized within the view finder based upon detected corners of the document. When occupancy is maximized, the camera automatically captures the image of the document for post-processing using semantic knowledge of the document. A confidence level is computed based on the semantic knowledge to qualify an image with greater accuracy, and without user intervention, prior to transmission to a remote site.
US09307201B2
A counterpart terminal information management system (50) includes: a terminal manager (5002) that manages, for each one of a plurality of terminals (10), terminal identification information for identifying the terminal, and terminal related information previously set by default, in association with each other; a counterpart terminal manager (5003) that manages, for each one of the plurality of terminals (10), the terminal identification information for identifying the terminal, counterpart terminal identification information for identifying a candidate counterpart terminal that may be requested by the terminal to have communication with, and counterpart terminal related information individually set by a user who operates the terminal (10), in association with one another; a receiver (51) that receives, from a first terminal (10aa), a request to share a candidate counterpart terminal managed for the first terminal (10aa) with the second terminal (10ac), and information indicating whether to permit or reject sharing of the counterpart terminal related information individually set by the user of the first terminal (10aa) with the second terminal (10ac); and a transmitter (51) that transmits information regarding the candidate counterpart terminal managed for the first terminal (10aa) to the second terminal (10ac). In response to the information indicating to permit sharing of the counterpart terminal related information, the transmitter (51) transmits the counterpart terminal related information of the candidate counterpart terminal to be shared, which is managed by the counterpart terminal manager (5003) in association with the terminal identification information of the first terminal (10aa). in response to the information indicating to reject sharing of the counterpart terminal related information, the transmitter (51) transmits the terminal related information of the candidate counterpart terminal to be shared, which is managed by the terminal manager (5001) in association with the terminal identification information of the candidate counterpart terminal.
US09307199B2
Systems and methods for error resilient transmission, rate control, and random access in video communication systems that use sealable video coding are provided. Error resilience is obtained by using information from low resolution layers to conceal or compensate loss of high resolution layer information. The same mechanism is used for rate control by selectively eliminating high resolution layer information from transmitted signals, which elimination can be compensated at the receiver using information from low resolution layers. Further, random access or switching between low and high resolutions is also achieved by using information from low resolution layers to compensate for high resolution spatial layer packets that may have not been received prior to the switching time.
US09307196B2
A transmission management apparatus, method, and recording medium are provided, including a memory configured to store address information that associates, for each one of a plurality of request source terminals, request source terminal identification information and candidate counterpart terminal identification information; a receiver configured to receive connection request information from a transmission terminal as the request source terminal; and processing circuitry configured to: determine whether to provide status information of the transmission terminal of another transmission management apparatus, based on information of said another apparatus associated with the at least one candidate counterpart terminal, to generate a determination result when the receiver receives the connection request information, provide the status information of the transmission terminal of said another apparatus based on the determination result, and acquire status information of the at least one candidate counterpart terminal managed by said another apparatus included in the address information of the transmission terminal.
US09307191B2
Disclosed is a method of transmitting video via a network and a user device and computer program product configured to implement the method. The method comprises transmitting video of one or more users, received from an image capture device, to at least another user device via the network; receiving information about a communication channel between the user device and the other user device and/or about one or more resources of the user device and/or the other user device; selecting characteristics from a plurality of visual user characteristics based on the received information; and controlling the video based on detection of the selected characteristics to track the selected characteristics.
US09307189B2
A relay apparatus (10) is provided with: an image output unit (11); switches (SWa, SWb); a control unit (16) for controlling switches; and an obtaining unit (16) for obtaining a first CEC address associated with the relay apparatus if the relay apparatus is connected to an output apparatus (30). The control unit controls switches to select a signal channel connecting a first signal transmitting device (14) and a storage apparatus (20) if the first CEC address and a reproduction command are received. After connecting the relay apparatus and a unit (40), the control unit controls switches to select the signal channel connecting the first signal transmitting device and a second signal transmitting device (15) if the unit is in a video output state, and controls switches to select the signal channel connecting the first signal transmitting device and the image output unit if the unit is in a standby state.
US09307185B2
The present invention proposes a method to mark and exploit at least one sequence record of a video presentation played on a multimedia unit, said method comprising the steps of:—during the video presentation, receiving a command from a user to mark a currently displayed video sequence, said command initiating the step of:—creating a sequence record comprising a time index or frame index, allowing to locate the proper part of the video presentation, and a reference of the video presentation, At a later stage, requesting the edition of the sequence record by:—adding textual information which corresponds to the actual sequence,—storing the sequence record.
US09307184B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for allocating recordings to multiple users of a receiver. A graphical user interface may be displayed at a receiver and may show a listing of programs that have been recorded from a service provider broadcast or other transmission. An enhanced graphical user interface may include a listing of multiple users, each with separate listing of recordings. The recordings may be stored in a storage device associated with the receiver. A particular recoding may be deleted from the storage device when the recording has been deleted from each user's list of recordings.
US09307175B2
An image sensor system that compensates the amplifier in a column of a pixel array. This uses a sampling capacitor, that receives a signal from a pixel of the pixel array. A first plate of the sampling capacitor receives a value from the amplifier representing an offset level of the amplifier. While receiving the offset level from the amplifier on the first plate, the capacitor receives information from the pixel on a second plate of the same capacitor that is receiving the offset, thereby canceling the offset. The value from said sampling capacitor indicative of said information from said pixel with said offset cancelled being coupled to said amplifier to amplify said value as a first pixel value. The amplifier is also connected to other selecting switches from other pixels of said column of the pixel array.
US09307168B2
An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor in which a plurality of types of pixels including a specific pixel is arranged, and a detection unit configured to detect a defective pixel based on a pixel value of each pixel in the image sensor, wherein the detection unit is configured to exclude the specific pixel from a target of the defective pixel based on information indicating a position of the specific pixel in the image sensor.
US09307165B2
A camera that provides for a panorama mode of operation that stitches together two or more images to create a single image with a wide format. In panorama mode, a live view of a scene is transformed from rectangular coordinates to cylindrical coordinates and displayed by the camera. Also, an overlap portion between the previous image and the next image to be captured is characterized. In real time, after the previous image is captured, the overlap portion of the previous image is also transformed from rectangular coordinates into cylindrical coordinates. Next, the camera displays an overlay of at least a portion of the overlap portion onto the live view of the next image to be captured. And this overlay can assist the user in aligning the live view of the next image to be captured with the overlap portion of the previously captured image.
US09307159B2
A polarization image processing apparatus includes an illumination unit, a splitter, first and second polarization imaging devices, and a processing unit. The illumination unit illuminates a first surface of a transparent or translucent object with first illumination light polarized in a first direction and second illumination light polarized in a second direction, which crosses the first direction, alternately. Illumination axes of the first illumination light and second illumination light substantially coincide with an imaging axis of the polarization image processing apparatus. The splitter divides returning light into at least two light components. The first and second polarization imaging devices receive the light components. The processing unit detects a condition of a second surface of the object on the basis of first and second polarization images obtained by the first polarization imaging device and third and fourth polarization images obtained by the second polarization imaging device.
US09307155B2
The method is for determining an exposure control value for controlling exposure of a camera mounted on a vehicle to take images in the vicinity of the vehicle. The method includes a detection step of detecting a target from a taken image which the camera has taken in a state where the target is disposed within a image-taking area of the camera, a measurement step of measuring brightness of the target in the taken image, and a calculation step of calculating the exposure control value to such a value that the brightness of the target becomes equal to a target brightness appropriate for recognizing the target.
US09307153B2
A dual-shot image preview method and apparatus is disclosed. An electronic device with dual image sensors provides a preview screen combining in real-time a partial image captured from a first image sensor and a rear image captured from a second image sensor. The partial image is a portion of a front image that includes a desired portion of the user, such as the user's face based on algorithmic detection. The electronic device displays a dual-shot preview screen by overlaying the partial image on the rear image.
US09307152B2
A display control apparatus for controlling a display of a video image photographed by a camera discriminates a state and controls a display of a dialogue box in accordance with data which shows whether or not the dialogue box is displayed in accordance with a display mode for displaying the video image photographed by the camera and with the determined state.
US09307151B2
Provided are a method of controlling a camera of a device capable of minimizing a vision difference between a front camera and a user by displaying a reduced size preview image within a partial region of a display proximate to a lens of the front camera. When a photo is taken while the user views the reduced size preview image, a more natural image is captured.
US09307141B2
A focus detection device, a photoelectric conversion system, and a method of driving the focus detection device are provided in which a length of an electric charge accumulation period is determined based on a signal level based on an electric charge accumulated by a photoelectric converter in a sub-accumulation period.
US09307138B2
A method of determining a focal distance between a principal camera and a target object utilizes first and second video cameras mounted in spaced apart positions relative to a principal camera. A first video image from the first video camera is displayed on a video monitor and a second video image from the second video signal is superimposed onto the first image. First and second controllers are provided for positioning the first and second video images, respectively, on the video monitor. First and second position signals corresponding to positioning of the first and second video images, respectively, are acquired. When the images of a target object in the two video images are aligned, the position signals are used to compute the focal distance from the principal camera to the object.
US09307137B2
An imaging apparatus according to the present invention is an imaging apparatus performing live-view display when not performing the focus adjustment, and also when performing the focus adjustment, and includes: a focus adjustment brightness value calculation section comparing a first brightness value in the photometric area for the live-view display with a second brightness value in the photometric area for the focus adjustment, correcting the first brightness value according to a comparison result, and calculating a brightness value for obtaining the image data for the focus adjustment; an imaging section obtaining the image data by performing exposure using the brightness value calculated by the focus adjustment brightness value calculation section; a focus adjustment section performing the focus adjustment using the image data obtained by the imaging section, and a display section performing the live-view display using the image data obtained by the imaging section.
US09307136B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element for outputting focus detecting signals. A DFE performs phase difference detection-type focus detecting calculation using an output signal of the imaging element. A CPU controls a focus drive circuit depending on the result of calculation and a focus lens is driven so as to perform a focus adjusting operation. The CPU controls the DFE to intermittently execute focus detecting calculation at a predetermined frequency set for a plurality of image frames. In the first mode, AF processing is executed at a rate of once in a few frames and the operation of a circuit unit for performing correlation calculation or the like is stopped in a frame period during which no focus detecting calculation is performed, whereas in the second mode, AF processing is executed for each frame so as to perform a focus adjusting operation following the movement of an object.
US09307127B2
An image capturing device and an image capturing system are provided. The image capturing device includes an optical system, a first filter provided near a diaphragm position of the optical system, a sensor, and a lens array. The first filter includes a plurality of filters respectively having different spectral characteristics. The sensor includes a plurality of filters respectively having different spectral characteristics. The lights from an object pass through the respective filters of the first sensor and the respective filters of the second sensor to simultaneously form a plurality of types of spectral image of the object on an image plane of the sensor.
US09307125B2
Provided is a position detection device including a detection unit configured to have a photo-reflector including a light emitter and a light receiver, the light receiver receiving light emitted from the light emitter and reflected by a reflective surface moved in a predetermined direction, the detection unit detecting a movement amount of the reflective surface based on a change in intensity of the received light, and a transparent member configured to be disposed between the reflective surface and the detection unit and to move together with the reflective surface, the transparent member being provided with a light blocking surface configured to block light and a light transmitting surface configured to transmit light, the light blocking surface and the light transmitting surface being arranged in a moving direction of the reflective surface.
US09307121B2
A conversion circuit includes: a conversion section configured to convert each of analog pixel signals into digital pixel data; a timing acquisition section configured to acquire specified timing, in which the specified timing defines a display period during which display of each of the analog pixel signals is performed in a cycle of a synchronization signal; a timing setting section configured to set timing that defines an extension period that is longer than the display period, in which the timing is other than the specified timing; an enable signal generation section configured to generate an enable signal, in which the enable signal indicates the extension period as a period during which the digital pixel data is valid; and an output section configured to output the digital pixel data that is valid, in accordance with the enable signal.
US09307114B2
An apparatus for backing up a digitally stored image includes a substrate on which the image and digital restoration data corresponding to the digitally stored image are printed on the substrate. The apparatus may be scanned to restore the image printed thereon to its original digital form.
US09307113B2
A display control apparatus includes a recording unit configured to record in a recording medium an image file with which position information and date and time information are associated, a reproducing unit configured to reproduce the image file recorded in the recording medium, an acquiring unit configured to acquire multiple pieces of tag information determined based on position information associated with the image file to be reproduced by the reproducing unit, a determining unit configured to determine tag information to be displayed on a playback screen of the image file based on date and time information in the acquired multiple pieces of tag information, and a display control unit configured to perform control to display the tag information determined by the determining unit on the playback screen of the image file.
US09307112B2
For cameras that capture several images in a burst mode, some embodiments of the invention provide a method that presents one or more of the captured images differently than the remaining captured images. The method identifies at least one captured image as dominant image and at least another captured image as a non-dominant image. The method then displays each dominant image different from each non-dominant image in a concurrent presentation of the images captured during the burst mode. The dominant images may appear larger than non-dominant images, and/or appear with a marking that indicates that the images are dominant.
US09307094B2
A system and method that includes receiving a communication request of an account, the communication request including communication properties; identifying at least two routing options of a route priority list, the routing options capable of completing the communication request and identified according to a priority heuristic; generating a communication cost from the communication properties; and upon receipt of the routing response and the communication cost response, executing a communication with a routing option of the routing priority list and committing a cost of the communication to the account.
US09307088B1
This document discusses, among other things, a networked contact center that includes multiple platforms to host multiple tenants. Example embodiments include receiving a message associated with one of the tenants and identifying one or more of the platforms associated with the message. For some example embodiments, the networked contact center may allow the platform to access a data location that is both associated with the tenant and shared by two or more of the multiple tenants.
US09307087B2
Systems and methods for permitting a contact center to provide enhanced services to its agents are described. An agent server is interconnected with the automatic call distributor (ACD) and agent telephones of the contact center. The server intercepts messages sent by the ACD, which contain caller-provided data obtained by an interactive voice response system. When it is determined that the particular agent has access to both a telephone and a personal computer, the agent server draws a distinction in the information content of the received message. In doing so, the agent server provides the call initialization information in the message to the agent's telephone, and appears as if the information were coming from the ACD; additionally, the agent server provides the caller-provided data to the agent's personal computer. The personal computer is then able to execute a predetermined application, such as a display-oriented presentation application, based on the caller-provided data.
US09307073B2
Visual assistance systems and related methods are disclosed. A visual assistance system includes a visual assistance service configured to receive and display images from a user device on an electronic display for a live assistant. The visual assistance service is also configured to transmit assistant audio from the live assistant conveying information derived by the live assistant's review of the images. A visual assistance system comprises a user device configured to capture and transmit the images to the visual assistance service. The user device is also configured to receive the assistant audio from the visual assistance service, and reproduce the assistant audio to a user of the user device. The user is registered with the visual assistance service as having at least a minimum level of visual disability. A method of operating the visual assistance system includes receiving the images from, and transmitting the assistant audio to the user device.
US09307071B2
A mobile wireless device conditionally disables device functionality when a driver is detected to be the user while in a moving vehicle. The device comprises sensors for sensing: motion, thermal images, and a vehicle cabin side. A processor is configured to perform a method including detecting whether the device is traveling within a moving vehicle; capture thermal image data points at multiple spatial locations; and render spatially binned thermal image data from the image data points. The processor is further configured to invoke a driver in possession mode of operation of the device in response to determining that: (1) the device performed the capturing while located in the front seat of the moving vehicle, by applying a front seat thermal image signature definition to the spatially binned thermal image data, and (2) the device is located on a driver side of the moving vehicle.
US09307065B2
A vehicle-mounted device includes: a phone book acquiring section for acquiring a phone book data of a portable device via a communication section; a manipulation section for rejecting an arrival of a call at a call section; a specification section for specifying a mail address of the opposite party from which the arrival of a call is rejected by the manipulation section with reference to the phone book data; and a call-rejected party mail-reception notification suppressing section for suppressing the notification of reception of an E-mail from the mail address specified by the specification section to the vehicle-mounted device.
US09307062B2
A protective case of a mobile includes: a main body having a size and shape adapted to receive a mobile terminal; a first connecting unit provided at a side of the main body; a cover connected to the main body by the first connecting unit and pivotable to a front side and a rear side of the main body about the first connecting unit; a second connecting unit provided at a side of the cover; and a support connected to the cover by the second connecting unit and pivotable to a front side and a rear side of the cover about the second connecting unit.
US09307060B2
Electronic devices such as smartphones (100) or tablet computers are provided with an illuminated integrated speaker port insert and button (110) which allows audio energy to pass out of the speaker port (108), serves as control button for a function such as volume control or power, and is provided with single or multi-color illumination (212) so as to serve as a visual information indicator. The button (110) can serve in place of side mounted button while not requiring additional allocation of area on the devices front surface beyond what would be allocated for a speaker port and therefore not reduce the area available for a display screen (203). The button may be more readily located by touch due to its location and by sight due to the provision of illumination and owing to its use as a speaker port insert the purpose of the button may be intuitively grasped and later recalled by the user.
US09307057B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a SIMD packet parsing cluster, wherein the cluster includes a plurality of M packet parsing engines 1 to M, and the cluster further includes a shared memory and an instruction memory storing a plurality of instructions to be performed by each of the engines, and wherein the instructions include one or more memory accessing instructions that require accessing the shared memory. The method comprises transmitting the instructions to the engines for instructions to be executed by the engines; for each of the engines 2 to M, delaying execution of each of the memory accessing instructions by a delay time compared to a previous engine; and each one of the engines performing one of the memory accessing instructions at a time that the other engines are not performing one of the memory accessing instructions.
US09307053B2
An example method for direct data placement over User Datagram Protocol (UDP) in a network environment is provided and includes creating a queue pair (QP) for unreliable datagram transport in Infiniband according to an OpenFabrics Application Programming Interface (API) specification, mapping data generated by an application for transmission over the QP in a network environment to a UDP datagram, and passing the UDP datagram to a network interface for transmission.
US09307048B2
System and method for proactive task scheduling of a copy of outlier task in a computing environment
The described implementations relate to distributed computing. One implementation provides a system that can include an outlier detection component that is configured to identify an outlier task from a plurality of tasks based on runtimes of the plurality of tasks. The system can also include a cause evaluation component that is configured to evaluate a cause of the outlier task. For example, the cause of the outlier task can be an amount of data processed by the outlier task, contention for resources used to execute the outlier task, or a communication link with congested bandwidth that is used by the outlier task to input or output data. The system can also include one or more processing devices configured to execute one or more of the components.
US09307046B2
A transmission system determines whether property data of a transmission terminal matches property data of a counterpart terminal to generate similarity information indicating the degree of similarity between the property data of the transmission terminal and the property data of the counterpart terminal, and determines a destination to which the event data specifying an event created by the transmission terminal is to be transmitted based on the similarity information.
US09307041B2
A method for communicating in real-time to users of a provider of Internet access service, without requiring any installation or set-up by the user, that utilizes the unique identification information automatically provided by the user during communications for identifying the user to provide a fixed identifier which is then communicated to a redirecting device. Messages may then be selectively transmitted to the user. The system is normally transparent to the user, with no modification of its content along the path. Content then may be modified or replaced along the path to the user. For the purposes of establishing a reliable delivery of bulletin messages from providers to their users, the system forces the delivery of specially-composed World Wide Web browser pages to the user, although it is not limited to that type of data.
US09307033B1
A method of scheduling alerts based on location-based reminders and calendar events includes receiving, at one or more computing devices, a location-based reminder including a reminder location having a reminder proximity level. The method further includes receiving, at the one or more computing devices, a calendar event including a calendar event location and a calendar event duration. If the reminder location matches the calendar event location based on the reminder proximity level and the calendar event duration, the method further includes determining, using the one or more computing devices, a time to provide an alert.
US09307031B2
The present invention provides a system and method for real-time communication signaling between HTML5 endpoints and between HTML5 endpoints and the IMS Core of a telecommunication network. In an embodiment the system includes a WebRTC Session Controller (WSC) communicating over an Internet domain protocol with a client-side controller. The client-side controller provides an extensible JavaScript API. The extensible JavaScript API encapsulates the signaling aspect of a communication session of the HTML5 application, including gathering media description, establishing signaling channels, and exchanging media descriptions with the WSC, populating the relevant WebRTC objects, managing the call after it has been established. The extensible JavaScript API which provides for extending the JavaScript API to facilitate development of new types of HTML5 applications without changing the code of the existing JavaScript API.
US09307029B2
Methods, systems and computer program products to implement extensions of the Media Transport Protocol (MTP) are provided herein. The methods include opening a session between an initiator and a responder, exchanging one or more of device and system information and sending one of an operation or event based on control and status information. The operation includes one or more of a dataset, response code, operation parameter and response parameter. The methods also include sending or receiving one of an operation or event based on remote URL information. The operation includes one or more of a dataset, response code, operation parameter and response parameter. These extensions may be in the form of one or more of an operation, an event, a dataset or property code.
US09307023B2
A method is intended for controlling dissemination of content in a peer-to-peer mode between peers having wireless communication capacities. This method consists, each time a peer receives a content item it had requested and which is associated to a request counter, in creating at least one set of instructions intended for allowing replication of this content item by this peer, and in authorizing this peer to generate at most N replications of this content item for other peers it will meet and which does not possess it, where N is an integer value depending on the current value of this request counter and of an impatience reaction function which is representative of the mean time these peers are ready to wait for obtaining this content item.
US09307012B2
An application activation method includes interfacing a vehicle computing system with a remote device using an interface protocol. The method also includes sending a query from the vehicle computing system to the remote device to determine applications and/or services available on the remote device that are capable of interaction with the vehicle computing system. Once the applications have been determined, the method includes selecting, at the vehicle computing system, an application or service from the determined available applications and/or services for interaction. The method also includes sending an instruction from the vehicle computing system to an agent on the remote device, the instruction including an indication that the selected application or service is to be activated. Finally, the method includes receiving confirmation, at the vehicle computing system, that the application or service has been activated.
US09307011B2
Systems and methods herein are operable to simultaneously mirror data to a plurality of mirror partner nodes. In embodiments, a mirror client may be unaware of the number of mirror partner nodes and/or the location of the plurality of mirror partner nodes, and issue a single mirror command requesting initiation of a mirror operation. An interconnect layer may receive the single mirror command and split the mirror command into a plurality of mirror instances, one for each mirror node partner, wherein the mirror instances may be simultaneously launched. After the plurality of mirror operations has begun, the interconnect layer may manage completion reports indicating the completion status of respective mirror operations, and send a single return to the mirror client indicating whether the mirror command succeeded.
US09307010B2
Provided is a method of uploading data to a data server with minimum manipulations and downloading or retrieving the uploaded data by using a user's mobile terminal or a user-designated recipient's mobile terminal. A data upload method used by a computer system includes: monitoring whether a data upload shortcut command is input; selecting an object to be uploaded when an input of the data upload shortcut command is sensed; and transmitting an upload file, which consists of data of the selected object, to a data server.
US09307006B2
Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing and sharing data objects in a cloud based social networking environment of the type including a collaboration cloud. The method includes defining a sharing configuration within the collaboration cloud to include a second computing device; running a dedicated client synchronization application on a first computing device; creating a sync folder on the first computing device using the client synchronization application; updating a data object using the first computing device; adding the updated data object to the sync folder; automatically synchronizing the updated data object with the collaboration cloud; and propagating, using the collaboration cloud, the updated data object to the second computing device.
US09306997B2
A local proxy caches, in one or more transmitted data files (TDFs) in a deduplicated manner, chunks of one or more streams that have been transmitted to a remote proxy, each of the streams being identified by a stream identifier (ID). For each of the streams, the local proxy maintains a stream object having one or more TDF references, each TDF reference corresponding to at least a segment of the stream, wherein each TDF reference includes information identifying a file location within one of the TDFs at which the segment of the stream is located. The local proxy further maintains a chunk index having chunk index entries corresponding to deduplicated chunks of the streams, where each chunk index entry includes information identifying a stream location within one of the streams at which a corresponding chunk is located.
US09306991B2
An enhanced push to talk (PTT) method, a network, and a PTT server provide floor control and media traffic optimization for push to talk over cellular (PoC). Specifically, multiple Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) sessions are contemplated between controlling and participating servers while only requiring a single Real Time Protocol (RTP) session for media and a single Real Time Control Protocol (RTCP) session for floor control. In the single RTP and RTCP session, the synchronization source identifier (SSRC) can be used to differentiate between users equipment (UEs) at the controlling and participating servers.
US09306990B2
A system displays a map of a geographic area and an icon on a device associated with a first user. The icon represents a second user. The system further displays an indication on the device associated with the first user. The indication represents an area of the map displayed on a device associated with the second user. The system can further display a list of users on the device of the first user. The users on the list have devices associated with them and the devices associated with the users on the list display at least a portion of the map of the geographic area. The system receives input from the first user selecting a user from the list, and displays on the device associated with the first user the portion of the map of the geographic area that is displayed on the device associated with the user selected from the list.
US09306975B2
A device, method, computer program product, and network subsystem are described for signaling a first application relating with a first core and with a second core, and for aggregating information in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, transmitting at least a portion of the information aggregated in response to the data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core, or signaling via a third core a partial service configuration change at least in the first core in response to data received after signaling the first application relating with the first core and with the second core.
US09306968B2
Methods and systems for risk rating and pro-actively detecting malicious online ads are described. In one example embodiment, a system for risk rating and pro-actively detecting malicious online ads includes an extraction module, an analysis engine, and a filter module. The extraction module is configured to extract a SWF file from a web page downloaded by the system. The analysis engine is communicatively coupled to the extraction module. The analysis engine is configured to determine a risk rating for the SWF file and send the risk rating to a web application for display. In an example, determining the risk rating includes locating an embedded redirection URL and determining a risk rating for the embedded redirection URL. The filter module is configured to determine, based on the risk rating, whether to block the SWF file and send a warning to the web application for display.
US09306964B2
Actions of servers and other network devices within a network are monitored to detect whether the servers and network devices are performing tasks, using protocols, and communicating through ports that are consistent with legitimate (or “permissible”) purposes. That is, rather than attempting to belatedly identify malware signatures and screen all traffic into and out of a network for these signatures, embodiments of the present invention scrutinize devices (such as servers and other network infrastructure elements) for malware behavior that is inconsistent with an identified set of actions known to be consistent with legitimate tasks performed by the network device.
US09306959B2
A dual bypass module for managing an integrated secured network environment is provided. The module includes network ports that receive and transmit data traffic flowing through the network. The module also includes a set of monitoring ports that is configured for transmitting the data traffic between the dual bypass module and a set of monitoring systems. The module further includes a set of relays configured for controlling the flow of data through the dual bypass module. The module yet also includes a configurable integrated circuit. The configurable integrated circuit includes at least one of a first logic arrangement for determining conditions of the set of monitoring systems, a second logic arrangement for redirecting the data traffic through a secured alternate path when a monitoring system is unavailable, and a third logic arrangement for redirecting the data traffic through a secured alternate path when a communication path becomes unavailable.
US09306955B2
A policy is established comprising a condition having a multiphase attribute of a multiphase transaction. Phase specific policies are established for each phase in which the multiphase attribute may become known. The multiphase transaction is evaluated according to the phase specific policies at each phase of the multiphase transaction in which the multiphase attribute may become known until a policy decision of the policy is determined.
US09306938B2
Systems and methods are provided for authentication by combining a Reverse Turing Test (RTT) with password-based user authentication protocols to provide improved resistance to brute force attacks. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for user authentication, the method including receiving a username/password pair associated with a user; requesting one or more responses to a first Reverse Turing Test (RTT); and granting access to the user if a valid response to the first RTT is received and the username/password pair is valid.
US09306936B2
Techniques are provided for obtaining first and second digital certificates from a certificate authority database for establishing a secure exchange between network devices. The first digital certificate contains identity information of a first network device, and the second digital certificate contains classification information of the first network device. In one embodiment, a secure key exchange is initiated with the second network device, and the first and second digital certificates are transmitted as a part of the secure key exchange to the second network device. In another embodiment, the first and second digital certificates are received by an intermediate network device. The first digital certificate is encrypted and is not evaluated by the intermediate network device. The second digital certificate is evaluated for classification information of the first network device. Source information associated with the first network device is stored, and encrypted traffic is processed between the network devices.
US09306935B2
A method for provisioning digital certificates in a compute service environment may include authorizing a customer entity for using and/or controlling a network resource in the compute service environment. Upon completing the authorization, a digital certificate may be issued to the customer entity. The digital certificate may be associated with the network resource and may be issued for a limited duration period. The use and/or control of the network resource by the customer entity may be monitored. Reissuance of the digital certificate may be conditioned on whether the customer entity is still using and/or controlling the network resource in the compute service environment. If the customer entity is still using and/or controlling the network resource in the multi-tenant environment, the digital certificate may be automatically reissued for another limited duration period. The automatically reissuing may take place without receiving a certificate reissue request from the customer entity.
US09306933B2
A network connection between an app on a mobile device and a remote server is either enabled or denied based on whether a security wrapped app can verify that the connection is with a known and trusted server. The wrapped app uses a socket interception layer injected into the app code along with a trust store, also part of the wrapped app to determine whether a network connection attempted by the app should be allowed. The layer buffers relevant function calls from the app by intercepting them before they reach the device operating system. If the layer determines that a network connection is attempted, then it snoops the negotiation phase data stream to discern when the server sends a certificate to the app. It obtains this certificate and compares it to data in the trust store and makes a determination of whether the server is known and trusted.
US09306929B2
A method is provided to manage access to a social network from a mobile device, which has a user ID. The method is executed by a server, which manages accesses for a plurality of social networks, each social network being associated with a location and a time window. The method includes: receiving a request from the mobile device to join a social network, the request comprising at least information on the location of the mobile device and the user ID; gathering a timestamp associated with the received request; retrieving at least one social network associated with the location of the mobile device and a time window comprising the time indicated by the timestamp and registering the user ID in association to the at least one social network.
US09306925B2
An image processing apparatus including: a first interface; a second interface configured to be connected with a server configured to perform user authentication; an image processing unit configured to execute a job including image processing; and a control device configured to: receive authentication information of a user via the first interface; transmit the received authentication information to the server via the second interface; execute a specific operation after receiving the authentication information, the specific operation being a part of the job; receive a result of the user authentication from the server after executing the specific operation; determine whether the user authentication by the server has been successful in accordance with the received result; and execute the rest of the job after completing the specific operation and determining that the user authentication has been successful.
US09306915B2
Embodiments of the disclosure can include systems and methods for secure file transfers. The onsite monitoring system secure file transfer solution can allow for transferring operational data by an onsite system behind a firewall to a central monitoring and diagnostic infrastructure by sending asynchronous, concurrent, parallel files over a port using a previously opened connection.
US09306910B2
Methods and systems for implementing private allocated networks in a virtual infrastructure are presented. One method operation creates virtual switches in one or more hosts in the virtual infrastructure. Each port in the virtual switches is associated with a private allocated network (PAN) from a group of possible PANs. In one embodiment, one or more PANs share the same physical media for data transmission. The intranet traffic within each PAN is not visible to nodes that are not connected to the each PAN. In another operation, the method defines addressing mode tables for the intranet traffic within each PAN. The entries in the addressing mode tables define addressing functions for routing the intranet traffic between the virtual switches, and different types of addressing functions are supported by the virtual switches.
US09306904B2
A transmission system and a transmission method for network address translation traversal are provided. The transmission system includes a private network device, a network address record device, a public network device and a network address translation server. The network address record device records an inner network address of the private network device and an outer network address corresponding to the inner network address. The public network device inquires the inner network address of the private network device and the outer network address corresponding to the inner network address from the network address record device, and generates a packet according to the inner network address and the outer network address corresponding to the inner network address. The network address translation server receives the packet from the public network device, and transmits the packet to the public network device.
US09306900B2
Provided is a communication device including: an address acquiring unit that acquires an IP address; a generating unit that generates, on the basis of the acquired IP address, a special reverse lookup domain name which is different from a standard reverse lookup domain name serving as a key for obtaining a domain name corresponding to the acquired IP address through a reverse DNS lookup; and a reverse-DNS-lookup processing unit that performs the reverse DNS lookup using the generated special reverse lookup domain name as a key, and acquires node descriptor data, which is different from the domain name and is associated with a communication device corresponding to the IP address acquired by the address acquiring unit.
US09306898B2
The present invention generally relates to systems and methods for sharing information related to a location also referred to herein as a “spot,” such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on recipient mobile electronic devices proximately located to such location (e.g., spot). Users of the system can create spot alerts in which designated recipients can receive messages, such as spot alerts and/or spot comments (e.g., shared information, advertisements, etc.) received, displayed, played, and/or actuated, for example, on respective recipient mobile electronic devices, when located within a proximity of a defined location (e.g., spot).
US09306890B2
A system for regulating e-mail comprises a database of information profiling legitimate e-mail usage. When an e-mail is received at the system, it is scrutinized relative to the information in the database. If the e-mail is found to be legitimate based upon this evaluation, it is delivered to the intended recipient. If, however, the e-mail appears on the basis of the evaluation to be the last in a series of illegitimate e-mails or otherwise has characteristics inconsistent with the profile of legitimate e-mail usage, the e-mail may not be delivered and the postmaster and administrator at the source of the e-mail is contacted.
US09306888B2
A method for filtering a notification being provided from an application to a user of a social networking system based on an action of the user is described. The method starts by receiving the notification from the application to the user. If the notification is a first notification sent from the application to the user, the notification is displayed to the user with (i) a prompting message that includes a selectable opt in image, and (ii) a selectable opt out image. The prompting message includes a request to opt in to receiving notifications from the application. If the notification is not the first notification sent from the application to the user, the method determines whether to display the notification to the user by determining whether the user previously opted in to notifications from the application and whether click-through rate (CTR) of notifications from the application is greater than CTR threshold.
US09306886B2
An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. Separate displays are provided at a recipient user device for separately displaying via the user device header information of an electronic message and message content including a media component. The message content and the header information are correlated with a unique identifier. The header information is displayed in a message list via a first display. The message content including a media component is displayed via a second display. The display of the message content occurs via the second display without displaying the header information. Methods, systems, and computer readable media with separation of the display of media component and header information in various implementations may provide for reduced traceability of an electronic message.
US09306885B2
An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. Message content and an identifier of a recipient are associated with an electronic message at a sending user device. The message content including a media component is associated via a first display and the identifier of a recipient is associated via a second display. The first and second displays are not displayed at the same time. The identifier of the recipient and the media component are not displayed at the same time via the second display. Transmission of recipient identifier and message content including a media component occurs separately from the sending user device. Methods, systems, and computer readable media with separation of the display of media component and recipient identifier in various implementations may provide for reduced traceability of an electronic message.
US09306884B2
The invention provides a computer-based method of transmitting a file, including receiving a message from a user mobile device at a service computer system, determining at the server computer system whether the message includes a search identifier, extracting at least one search result from a data store at the server computer system based on a search term in the message if the server computer system determined that the message included a search identifier, and transmitting a file corresponding to the search result from the server computer system to the user mobile device.
US09306882B2
An example method includes, responsive to receiving an indication of an incoming communication, identifying, by a computing device, first and second portions of an image that are associated with respective first and second portions of a face of a human user, wherein the human user has been determined to be an originator of the incoming communication. The example method further includes outputting, by the computing device and for display, the first and second portions of the image that are associated with the respective first and second portions of the face of the human user, and outputting, by the computing device and for display, message content associated with the incoming communication, such that the message content as displayed at least partially overlays the second portion of the image.
US09306879B2
A message-based identification process can facilitate reliable interoperation between accessories and host devices. During an identification process, the devices can negotiate an operating agreement that specifies particular communications (e.g., messages) that each device is permitted to send to or receive from the other, for example by having one device send a list of specific messages that it intends to send to and/or receive from the other. The other device can review the proposal and either accept or reject it. If a proposal is accepted, the devices can begin interoperating using messages that were included in the agreed-upon proposal while ignoring any received messages that were not included in the agreed-upon proposal.
US09306876B1
In a method of managing queues in an egress queuing system in a network device, a plurality of packets to be stored in a first egress queue are received. The first egress queue is distributed among a plurality of memory banks. The packets are distributed among the plurality of memory banks. Memory banks in which to store the packets are selected based on pseudorandom numbers generated for the packets. The pseudorandom numbers are generated using a first pseudorandom number generator initialized with a first seed. Subsequently, the packets are retrieved from the plurality of memory banks. Memory banks from which to retrieve the packets are selected based on pseudorandom numbers regenerated for the packets. The pseudorandom numbers are regenerated using a second pseudorandom number generator initialized with the first seed.
US09306873B2
A technique for allowing customers to control a video network. A network controller receives a request from an end user for a video connection between a first port and a second port. The request may specify at least a start time, an end time, the first port and the second port. A plurality of available routes between the first port and the second port may be analyzed to determine at least one selected route that will be used to connect the first port and the second port. A first command may be sent to automatically connect the first port and the second port via the at least one selected route at the start time. While in progress, the video connection may be modified according to system availability. Customers may have a view of all requests that have been made, completed or reserved for in the future.
US09306870B1
Methods and apparatus for emulating circuit switching in cloud networking environments are disclosed. A system includes a plurality of resources of a provider network and a resource manager. The resource manager receives a circuit switching emulation request specifying (a) a first resource group and a second resource group, and (b) a desired network traffic rate to be supported between the first and second resource groups. In response to a determination to accept the circuit switching emulation request, the resource manager initiates configuration operations associated with a network path between the first and second resource groups to allow network traffic between the first and second resource groups at a rate up to the desired network traffic rate.
US09306865B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that operates a switch fabric. During operation, the system creates a set of virtual links for a first set of physical ports in the switch fabric. Next, the system uses a set of virtual port numbers to create a set of mappings between the set of virtual links and a second set of physical ports in the switch fabric, wherein the second set of physical ports is connected to the first set of physical ports using a single physical link. The system then uses the mappings to provide non-blocking behavior in traffic from the first set of physical ports to the second set of physical ports.
US09306855B2
A method and apparatus for generating an IPv6 compliant label distribution protocol (LDP) control plane packet at a Label Switched Router (LSR).
US09306852B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed that seek to improve the quality of service that is experienced during the transmission of a stream of packets across one or more paths. In particular, a transmitting node encodes a source stream of data (e.g., audio, video, etc.) into one or more sub-streams, and distributes those sub-streams onto multiple network transmission paths. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the transmitting node evaluates the quality of service of a first network path that fails to provide a quality-of-service guarantee. When the quality of service of the first network path becomes unsatisfactory, the coding of one or more sub-streams that are being transmitted on a second network path is adjusted. In other words, the coding on a second channel is adjusted in response to the changing conditions on a first channel.
US09306843B2
For a controller for managing a network comprising several managed forwarding elements that forward data in the network, a method for configuring a managed forwarding element is described. The method generates a first set of flow entries for defining forwarding behaviors of the managed forwarding element based on a current network policy for a logical network implemented in the several managed forwarding elements. The method sends the first set of flow entries to the managed forwarding element in order for the managed forwarding element to forward data that the managed forwarding element directly receives from an end machine based on the current network policy. The method generates a second set of flow entries for modifying forwarding behaviors of the managed forwarding element based on a new network policy for the logical network. The method sends the second set of flow entries to the managed forwarding element in order for the managed forwarding element to forward the data based on the new network policy.
US09306837B1
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes determining a source of a packet received at a network element and characterizing a link on which the packet was received. The method further includes forwarding the packet to an overlay network and locally connected hosts other than a source of the packet if the source of the packet is a local host and the link is a local link; forwarding the packet to hosts that are not dually-connected to the network element if the source of the packet is the local host and the link is a core link; and forwarding the packet as indicated in a multicast tree if the source of the packet is a non-local host and the link is a core link.
US09306835B2
A node is configured to receive a packet from a host device, where the packet includes a source address associated with the host device; determine that the source address is not stored by the node; generate one or more logical distances, associated with one or more nodes, based on the source address and a respective address associated with each of the nodes; determine that another node is associated with a shortest logical distance, of the one or more logical distances; and transmit the source address to the other node based on the determination that the other node is associated with the shortest logical distance, where transmitting the source address allows the other node to store the source address or enables further nodes to obtain the source address from the other node.
US09306830B2
A method is disclosed for the collection of performance metrics by establishing service operations administration and maintenance (OAM) sessions between an actuator and a plurality of reflectors in a communication network. Test packets from an actuator simultaneously reach a plurality of reflectors along a test path. Each single test packet results into a plurality of test results, one per reflector, with quasi-synchronous performance metrics to sectionalize a network and more efficiently isolate fault or performance problems without the need for additional test packets to isolate the issue. Another method is disclosed wherein an actuator generates and transmits a plurality of simultaneous test packets, one per NID device, resulting into a plurality of test results, one per reflector, with quasi-synchronous performance metrics to sectionalize a network and more efficiently isolate fault or performance problems without the need for additional test packets to isolate the issue.
US09306829B1
A system and method for providing WiFi operators real-time end-user WiFi quality information is disclosed herein. An application server injects a scriptlet into a content transferred to a web browser of a mobile device during a browsing activity. The scriptlet is configured to run in the background of the browsing activity and configured to periodically test a latency of HTTP requests from the mobile device to the application server to determine a quality of the WIFI network.
US09306825B2
Described are embodiments directed at providing a witness service that sends notifications with a resource state to clients. Embodiments provide a protocol that includes various messages for registering and receiving notifications regarding the state of a resource. The protocol may include a message for requesting node information from a first node in a cluster. The node information identifies nodes in the cluster that provide a witness service, which monitors a resource. The protocol includes a message that is used to register with the witness service for notifications regarding a state, or state change, of a network or cluster resource. The protocol also includes messages for sending notifications with state information of the resource.
US09306824B2
A communication control apparatus that controls, in a second communication device, data communication from a first communication device to the second communication device, the second communication device transferring data received from the first communication device to a third communication device, the communication control apparatus including a first obtaining section that obtains a permitted reproduction period of the second communication device, this period being a period during which reproduction of data identical to lost data is permitted, a second obtaining section that obtains a first recovery period used for recovery of the lost data in the third communication device, and a control section that controls loss recovery processing in the second communication device, the lost data being recovered by the second communication device within a time difference that is a period obtained by subtracting the first recovery period from the permitted reproduction period.
US09306816B2
There is disclosed a system and method for replaying a network capture comprising loading a network capture file that displays at least one traffic flow comprising a sequence of packets, selecting at least one packet to display on a viewer and transmitting the network traffic to a device under test wherein the selected packet is displayed on the viewer when the packet is transmitted to the device under test.
US09306811B2
Systems, computer implemented methods, and computer readable medium having program products are provided to customize by a user weather-risk products and to provide a customized weather-risk product to be purchased by user. Embodiments of a system include a tract-user computer having a display to display graphical user interfaces to a user and an input to receive user selections, the tract-user computer being connected to a communications network to receive graphical user interfaces and transmit user selections to a weather-risk product issuer computer. Embodiments of a system can also include a database to associate user selections with actuarial data, location data, and basis weather data and a weather-risk product issuer computer to transmit graphical user interfaces to the tract-user computer, receive user selections, and process user selections to generate virtual weather data and to generate weather-risk products.
US09306799B2
An information processing apparatus is connectable to a plurality of devices of different types via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from the devices, management information of each of the devices in a data format corresponding to the respective devices; a first storage unit that stores therein a first conversion rule for converting the management information into manage information in a first common data format common to the devices; and a conversion unit that converts the management information thus received into management information in the first common data format based on the first conversion rule.
US09306778B2
It is presented a method, performed in a network node, for enabling selection of modulation mode for a user equipment, UE. The method comprises: determining whether to provide higher order modulation, HOM, mode support for the UE; when HOM mode support is to be provided, selecting at least one HOM table for the UE; and when HOM mode support is not to be provided, selecting at least one non-HOM table for the UE.
US09306773B2
A method of processing communication signals, is described. The method includes receiving a communication signal in a time domain, converting the communication signal to a frequency domain, providing resource blocks, the resource blocks including a first resource block and a second resource block, the first resource block having a first boundary and a second boundary, the first boundary being adjacent to the second resource block, the second boundary being non-adjacent to other resource blocks, the first resource block including pilot signals, generating a third resource block based on the one or more pilot signals, providing a first waveform based on the resource blocks and the third resource block, applying a smoothing filter against the first waveform to generate a second waveform, and converting the second waveform from the frequency domain to the time domain.
US09306771B1
A first throughput is determined of a first data flow at a gateway from a first access node and a second throughput is determined of second data flow at an inspection node from the gateway. A third throughput is determined comprising one or more third data flows from the gateway to a second access node based on a difference between the first throughput and the second throughput. At least one of the third data flows of the third throughput is identified, and when the third throughput meets a throughput threshold the identified third data flow is adjusted.
US09306767B2
The present invention connects a ring topology Ethernet network to other networks of various shapes. To that end, a first ring topology network configured in a ring shape has three or more expandable nodes (each have three or more Ethernet ports), and is connected to other networks through Ethernet ports that are not used for the formation of the first ring topology network among Ethernet ports of the expandable node. Thus, it is possible to add equipment without changing a ring topology network previously built and it is possible to integrate and manage networks of various shapes into a single network.
US09306761B2
A system and method implementing simultaneous video streaming to multiple end-user mobile user devices (MUD) is disclosed. The system/method utilizes an Ethernet/SATA bridge (ESB) to permit a host computer system (HCS) the ability to load video media content (VMC) on a local storage media (LSM) via a SATA multiplexer (MUX) using a hardware MAC-to-LBA transmission decoder (LTD). The HCS is configured to load a hardware service queue register (SQR) with end-user IP target address and VMC addressing information. A streaming FIFO controller (SFC) scans the SQR and retrieves data from the LSM via the SATA MUX and packetizes the IP target address and VMC data with an hardware Ethernet transport encoder (ETE) to transfer the VMC data stream directly from the LSM to the end-user MUD without HCS TCP/IP protocol intervention.
US09306760B2
A method of handling measurement capability for a mobile device capable of communicating with a network through a plurality of component carriers in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises sending a capability information message indicating a component carrier capability of the mobile device to the network, wherein the component carrier capability indicates the number of the plurality of component carriers, performing an inter-frequency measurement either on a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers or on all of the plurality of component carriers, wherein the inter-frequency measurement is performed on the first component carrier when a measurement gap is configured to the first component carrier by the network and the inter-frequency measurement is performed on all of the plurality of component carriers when the measurement gap is configured to all of the plurality of component carriers by the network.
US09306756B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node and machine-readable storage medium including a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) receiving a plurality of related service requests from different devices. The PCRN may proceed to generate a policy and charging control (PCC) rule based on at least one service request and other information stored in the PCRN if a mate service request does not arrive during the duration of a waiting timer. If the mate service request arrives subsequent to the expiry of the waiting timer, the PCRN may then generate a subsequent PCC rule to replace the previously generated rule, with the new PCC rule incorporating information from both of the mate service requests.
US09306755B2
The invention relates to a data transmission device for transmitting data between an Ethernet connection (3) suitable for energy transmission and a lighting mains current-free two-wire connection (4). According to the invention, a means for energy transmission is disposed between the Ethernet connection (3) and the lighting mains current-free two-wire connection (4).
US09306754B2
A system, apparatus, method, and machine readable medium are described for performing transaction signing within an authentication framework. For example, one embodiment of a method comprises: executing an online transaction between a first server and a client; providing transaction details of the online transaction to a second server; generating a signature over the transaction details using a key at the second server; transmitting an authentication request to the client with the signature and the transaction details; authenticating a user on the client to generate authentication data, the authentication data specifying whether the user was successfully authenticated on the client; and transmitting the authentication data, the transaction details, and the signature to the second server; using the transaction details and the key to validate the signature and using the authentication details to authenticate the client at the second server, wherein upon validating the signature and authenticating the client, the second server transmits a confirmation for the transaction to the first server.
US09306746B2
A circuit for obscuring gate switching noise includes a synchronous clock source; an asynchronous clock source; at least one current source; and a random number generating circuit for receiving clock inputs from the synchronous clock source and the asynchronous clock source, the random number generating circuit generating randomly changing asynchronous digital control signals for controlling the current source.
US09306743B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methods for key fob to control unit verification, retention, and revocation. After an initial pairing between a key fob and a control unit, the devices share a secret operation key (OpKey). For verification, the key fob sends the 8 lowest-order bits of a 128-bit counter and some bits of an AES-128, OpKey encrypted value of the counter to the control unit. For key revocation and retention, the control unit is prompted to enter an OpKey retention and revocation mode. Subsequently, each of the remaining or new key fobs is prompted by the user to send a verification message to the control unit. When the control unit is prompted to exit the OpKey retention and revocation mode, it retains the OpKeys of only the key fobs that sent a valid verification message immediately before entering and exiting the OpKey retention and revocation mode.
US09306733B2
A method of synchronizing a time division duplex (TDD) multi-line, multi-carrier data communication system is provided. Synchronization is established using unique pseudo-random bit sequences (PRBS) from a common generator polynomial having different seed values. Due to low correlation of PRBS generated with different seed values, a remote unit can only synchronize to its intended signal effectively mitigating far-end and near-end crosstalk impact of large bandwidth very high speed digital subscriber lines (VDSL).
US09306732B2
Embodiments include systems and methods for applying a controllable early/late offset to an at-rate clock data recovery (CDR) system. Some embodiments operate in context of a CDR circuit of a serializer/deserializer (SERDES). For example, slope asymmetry around the first precursor of the channel pulse response for the SERDES can tend to skew at-rate CDR determinations of whether to advance or retard clocking. Accordingly, embodiments use asymmetric voting thresholds for generating each of the advance and retard signals in an attempt to de-skew the voting results and effectively tune the CDR to a position either earlier or later than the first precursor zero crossing (i.e., h(−1)=0) position. This can improve link margin and data recovery, particularly for long data channels and/or at higher data rates.
US09306721B2
A first UE receives a first uplink-downlink configuration from a network entity via broadcast signalling. The first uplink configuration designates a first set of subframes of a series of subframes as uplink subframes. The first UE also receives a second uplink-downlink configuration via dedicated signaling. The second uplink-downlink configuration designates a second set of subframes of the series of subframes as uplink subframes. The first set of uplink subframes and the second set of uplink subframes differ from one another by at least one uplink subframe.
US09306719B2
Disclosed herein is HARQ management, scheduling, and measurements, among other things, for cooperative communication. For example, methods herein may be used in situations wherein relaying or helping mechanisms may comprise the use of a relay node which is part of a fixed infrastructure or a relay node which may be a mobile wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). In said situations, a first transmission with first data is established between an evolved NodeB (eNB) and a WTRU. A second transmission with second data is established between a relay node (RN) and the WTRU. Said first and second data are combined for decoding. A single HARQ feedback for said first and second transmissions is sent from the WTRU to the eNB.
US09306718B2
A method for mitigating helicopter rotor blockage of communications comprising fast fourier transforming (FFT) pilot symbols, implementing a time delay of one frame, applying a forgetting factor to an accumulated spectrum, and performing a leaky coherent integration, wherein the leaky coherent integration adds a result of the fast fourier transform of the one current frame of data to the accumulated spectrum. The method also comprises calculating a threshold, wherein the threshold is based on a mean energy of all FFT bins in the accumulated spectrum, masking the FFT bins, wherein masking comprises retaining only FFT bins that exceed the threshold and above a minimum expected rotor blocking frequency, inverse fast fourier transforming the accumulated spectrum, erasing the pilot symbols below the threshold and removing them from the signal, and erasing data symbols that lie in a blockage by setting associated bit-log likelihood ratios to zero.
US09306717B2
A method for a base station to transmit a channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports includes mapping, in accordance with a predetermined pattern, the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports onto a data region of a downlink subframe having an extended cyclic prefix (CP) structure, and transmitting the downlink subframe onto which the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports has been mapped; and, in the predetermined pattern, the channel-state-information reference signal for up to 8 antenna ports in mapped onto 2 OFDM symbols on the data region of the downlink subframe, with a definition for mapping onto at least one of 4 subcarrier wave positions in each of the 2 OFDM symbols, and the 4 subcarrier wave positions defined in the predetermined pattern can be disposed at 3 subcarrier wave intervals.
US09306716B2
A carrier tracking technique includes allocating a first number of bits per symbol to a carrier tracking subcarrier of a plurality of subcarriers of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal based on a first target performance margin. The technique includes allocating numbers of bits per symbol to other subcarriers of the plurality of subcarriers based on a second target performance margin.
US09306713B2
Techniques for accessing a wireless communication system are described. A user equipment (UE) sends a random access preamble for system access. The random access preamble may include a random identifier (ID), a channel quality indicator (CQI), etc. The UE may randomly select the random ID or may be assigned this random ID. The UE receives a random access response from a base station. The random access response may include control channel resources (e.g., CQI and PC resources), uplink resources, and/or control information (e.g., timing advance and PC correction) for the UE. The random access response may be sent in two parts using two messages. A first message may be sent on a control channel and may include identification information and possibly other information. A second message may be sent on a shared data channel and may include remaining information for the random access response.
US09306711B2
A method of assembling a frame in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA)-based communication system, wherein data packets to be transmitted from a broadcast station to a receiver are given a rectangular shape in terms of the two dimensions—time and frequency—of the OFDMA frame, and wherein the data packets are successively fitted into the OFDMA frame by way of a frame assembly scheduler, is characterized in that the filling process of the OFDMA frame is based on an ordered list of data structures that represent the current empty space within the OFDMA frame. Furthermore, a corresponding communication system is disclosed.
US09306706B2
A method for transmitting ACK/NACK (Acknowledge/Negative ACK) information for two or more carriers at a user equipment in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation. The method according to one embodiment includes generating an ACK/NACK payload including two or more ACK/NACK sets, wherein each ACK/NACK set is associated with a corresponding carrier and have one or more ACK/NACK bits; and transmitting the ACK/NACK payload through a PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) or PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel). A size of the ACK/NACK payload is given based on carrier configuration, the carrier configuration including a number of configured carriers and transmission modes for the configured carriers. The two or more ACK/NACK sets are concatenated in an order of carrier index.
US09306696B2
A wireless network is provided that includes a base station and subscriber stations that communicate with the base station using radio frequency (RF) time division duplex (TDD) signaling. The base station may establish medium access control (MAC) connections with each station. The base station monitors communications with the stations and, in accordance, assigns stations or MAC connections to modulation groups. The base station transmits signals on MAC connections or to stations in a modulation group in adjacent TDD slots within a TDD frame. The base station may receive access requests from the stations, evaluate traffic requirements for the stations, and determine a longest downlink portion for the stations. The base station then allocates downlink and uplink portions of a TDD frame according to the length of the longest downlink portion.
US09306695B2
To enable more precise synchronization of distributed clocks, before a high-level frame is converted to a low-level frame for transmission over a communication network, if the high-level frame includes a certain type of message, it is flagged. The flag is detected during the conversion process, and the time of detection is stored as a transmission timestamp. When a low-level frame is received from the network, it is immediately timestamped with the time of reception. The timestamped frame is then converted to a high-level frame, and if the high-level frame includes the certain type of message, the timestamp is stored as a reception timestamp.
US09306692B2
A method for assessing the performance of packet synchronization services in a packet data transmission network. The method includes, at a packet data transmission network probing point, determining at least two synchronization quality describing or influencing parameters based on at least one of a digital timing signal (Sp) received, the recovered time information for at least one timing parameter transmitted into the packet data transmission network, and parameters having impact on the synchronization quality and describing or controlling properties of hardware components present at a receiving network node. The method also includes, at the packet data transmission network probing point, determining a value of at least one synchronization performance score based on the at least two synchronization quality describing or influencing parameters.
US09306690B2
The invention provides a transmitter comprising two (or more) phase locked loops controlling respective oscillators, and implementing different phase modulation. Multiple phases are derived from the respective oscillators, and an edge rotator forms an output signal from a combination of the phases. The oscillators can operate at different frequencies, neither of which is an integer multiple of the other, whereas the output signals of the multiplexers of the first and second phase locked loops are closer in frequency and can be the same. This reduces the problem of pulling, with a circuit that can be implemented with low power and area and with the versatility of being digitally intensive.
US09306685B2
An audio processing apparatus is configured to process audio signals from a plurality of sources. The audio processing apparatus may include a digital interface to receive status data indicating a status of at least one source, and an optical output device having a plurality of groups of graphics display areas which are respectively assigned to one of a plurality of audio channels of the audio processing apparatus. The audio processing apparatus may also include a control device configured to receive the status data, to determine at least one group of graphics display areas based on the received status data, and to control a graphics display area of the determined at least one group to display graphics generated based on the received status data.
US09306677B2
Problem to be SolvedTo provide an underwater communication system in which no holes need to be drilled in a shell body of a hermetically-sealed structure whose object is to operate underwater.SolutionThe underwater communication system includes: a hermetically-sealed structure 2 including a shell body 5 having a watertight structure and that is disposed underwater; a transmission unit 9 that is arranged in the hermetically-sealed structure 2 and that can perform wireless transmission; a non-conductive propagation medium 4 that includes one end portion being brought into contact with the outside of the shell body 5 having the watertight structure without making a hole therein; and a reception unit 10 that receives an electrical signal wirelessly transmitted from the transmission unit 9 from the other end portion of the propagation medium 4 that is located distally from the shell body 5.
US09306670B2
The present invention relates to an optical coupling/splitting device that realizes the splitting of a down-signal and the coupling of up-signals by the same optical device, and reduces coupling losses of the up-signal. An optical coupling/splitting device in the present invention comprises an optical coupling/splitting means for coupling a plurality of up-signals in a multi-mode for output and splitting a down-signal in a single mode for output, and a two-way optical propagation means for propagating the up-signal that is output from the optical coupling/splitting means in a multi-mode for output and propagate the down-signal in a single mode to be output to the optical coupling/splitting means.
US09306668B2
A balloon may include an optical-communication component, which may have a pointing axis. A pointing mechanism could be configured to adjust the pointing axis. The optical-communication component could be operable to communicate with a correspondent balloon via a free-space optical link. For example, the optical-communication component could include an optical receiver, transmitter, or transceiver. A controller could be configured to determine a predicted relative location of the correspondent balloon. The controller may control the pointing mechanism to adjust the pointing axis of the optical-communication component based on the predicted relative location so as to maintain the free-space optical link with the correspondent balloon.
US09306663B2
[Technical Problem]Placing optical performance monitors at all of nodes and links in a network results in a high monitoring capital expenditure (CAPEX).[Solution to Problem]A controller connected to a network and a plurality of nodes includes: a first degraded path detecting means for detecting a wavelength path as a first degraded path, whose quality is detected to be degraded, based on received parameter of wavelength paths in the network; a correlation path computation means for computing a correlation path which is correlated to the first degraded path; a second degraded path detecting means for detecting a second degraded path from the correlation path; and a failure localization means for localizing a node or a link connecting nodes as a failure node or a failure link, wherein the node or the link are traversed by both of the first degraded path and the second degraded path.
US09306650B2
The present invention is designed to prevent the decrease of throughput and also reduce the overhead of CSI feedback when CoMP transmission is applied. In a radio communication system including a plurality of radio base station apparatuses and a user terminal that is configured to be able to carry out coordinated multiple-point transmission/reception with the plurality of radio base station apparatuses, the radio base station apparatus designates a plurality of candidate values of predetermined inter-cell channel state information and reports them to the user terminal, and the user terminal measures inter-cell channel state information of each cell, and also selects a specific candidate value that is close to the measurement value of inter-cell channel state information from the plurality of candidate values that have been reported, and feeds back the specific candidate value to the radio base station apparatus.
US09306644B2
The disclosure relates to controlling uplink transmissions according to closed loop multi-antenna techniques such as closed loop uplink transmit diversity and uplink multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). An exemplary method for use in a user equipment (81) configured for multi-antenna transmissions comprises a step of estimating (62) reception quality of a physical channel carrying pre-coding weight information to the user equipment (61). The method further comprises a step of determining (64) that the reception quality of the physical channel is inferior if the estimated reception quality is below a threshold and otherwise considering (65) the reception quality of the physical channel to be sufficient, in a further step the UE (61) applies (52) the pre-coding weight information received on the physical channel for uplink transmission only if the reception quality of the physical channel is considered to be sufficient.
US09306641B1
A multiple input multiple output wireless communication system and a channel decomposition method thereof are provided. The wireless communication system includes a precoding unit, a channel estimation unit, a channel decomposition unit and a quantization unit. The precoding unit receives a plurality of transmission data streams and a quantized wireless channel information to provide a plurality of transmission symbols to a wireless channel. The channel estimation unit estimates the wireless channel to provide a channel matrix. The channel decomposition unit makes a plurality of elements in a diagonal the same real numbered elements through matrix rations and matrix decompositions, and correspondingly rotates a first unit matrix and a second unit matrix to obtain a channel state information. The quantization unit provides the wireless channel information according to the channel state information.
US09306630B2
A near field communication (NFC) initiator communicates with a target device. The carrier is modulated to transmit a digital signal. During time slots allocated for target communication, the field is load modulated by the target. The target load modulator is driven by a digital modulator to vary voltage at antenna terminals so that peak amplitude of the carrier varies for specified periods between high and low values. To alleviate interference in the target device caused by the generation of aliases during transition, the load modulator sequentially applies a range of resistances to vary the amplitude (voltage) during transition according to a specific waveform determined by the infinite impulse response of a low pass filter tuned to the cut of frequency and sampling frequency determined according to the coexistence and cohabitation specifications of a chip in which the NFC functionality is embedded.
US09306616B2
An analog baseband filter apparatus for a multi-mode and multi-band wireless transceiver and a method for controlling the analog baseband filter apparatus are provided. The analog baseband filter apparatus includes a plurality of Radio Frequency (RF) units, each of the plurality of RF units being for receiving RF signals of one of a plurality of frequency bands and outputting baseband signals, a plurality of filter blocks for filtering and amplifying the baseband signals, and a switching unit for connecting at least two of the plurality of RF units to at least one of the plurality of filter blocks according to a selected communication mode, wherein the at least one of the plurality of filter blocks is configured to be connected to a capacitor region of an adjacent filter block from among the plurality of filter blocks.
US09306612B2
A mobile electronic device holder for retaining electronic devices of various sizes and configurations in a foldable case that removably secures to a variety of surfaces. The mobile electronic device holder includes a foldable base having a first, second, and third panel, wherein the first panel is removably secured to the second panel and the second panel is secured to the third panel. The first panel includes a pair of flexible and extendable arms that are used to hold an electronic device therein. A first and second retracting mechanism are attached to the second panel so as to removably connect the first panel thereto. The mobile electronic device holder further includes a variety of attachments and fasteners in order to allow the user to removably secure the foldable base to a variety of surfaces.
US09306611B2
Systems and methods of providing a mobile phone cover are described. In some embodiments, the mobile phone cover may include, for example, a processor and lighting devices. The lighting devices may be operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured, for example, to receive first signals based on second signals in which the second signals are generated by the mobile phone. The second signals may be indicative of an incoming call, an incoming message, a pending message, and/or a calendar alert (e.g., an upcoming appointment), for example. The processor may be configured to cause lighting of one or more of the lighting devices based on the first signals.
US09306588B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a processing system may include a plurality of processing paths including a first processing path and a second processing path, a digital-to-analog stage output, and a controller. The first processing path may include a first digital-to-analog converter for converting the digital input signal into a first intermediate analog signal, the first digital-to-analog converter configured to operate in a high-power state and a low-power state. The second processing path may include a second digital-to-analog converter for converting a digital input signal into a second intermediate analog signal. The digital-to-analog stage output may be configured to generate an analog signal comprising a sum of the first intermediate analog signal and the second intermediate analog signal. The controller may be configured to operate the first digital-to-analog converter in the lower-power state when a magnitude of the digital input signal is below a threshold magnitude.
US09306587B2
The present disclosure provides an oscillator circuit. The oscillator circuit includes a signal selecting unit, a control voltage generating unit, a reference voltage generating unit, an output adjusting unit, and a frequency-dividing unit. The signal selecting unit is configured to select a reference signal or a frequency-divided signal as an input signal. The control voltage generating unit is configured to generate a control voltage based on the input signal. The reference voltage generating unit is configured to generate a reference voltage. The output adjusting unit is configured to generate an output signal based on the control voltage and the reference voltage. The frequency-dividing unit is configured to divide the frequency of the output signal and generate the frequency-divided signal.
US09306584B2
A delay circuit provides a quadrature-delayed strobe, a tightly controlled quadrature DLL and write/read leveling delay lines by using the same physical delay line pair. By multiplexing different usage models, the need for multiple delay lines is significantly reduced to only two delay lines per byte. As a result, the delay circuit provides substantial saving in terms of layout area and power.
US09306577B2
A digitally controlled oscillator includes a ring oscillator and a first supplementary circuit. The ring oscillator is coupled to a supply voltage and generates a signal oscillated at an oscillating frequency. The oscillating frequency is controlled by a digital code and further varies with a supply voltage drift in a first direction. The first supplementary circuit is coupled to the ring oscillator and facilitates the oscillating frequency to vary with the supply voltage drift in a second direction reverse to the first direction.
US09306575B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a synthesizer. The synthesizer includes one or more tunable oscillators, a frequency-dividing circuit coupled to the tunable oscillators, and a multiplexer coupled to the frequency-dividing circuit. The frequency-dividing circuit includes a number of frequency dividers, and is configured to generate a number of frequency-dividing outputs. At least one frequency-dividing output has a different frequency division factor. The multiplexer is configured to select a frequency-dividing output.
US09306574B1
The clock divider circuit includes a dividing circuit, a selection circuit, and a synchronization circuit. The dividing circuit is configured to receive an input clock signal at a first frequency, and to produce a number of different periodic signals based thereon. The selection circuit is configured to receive various ones of the periodic signals. An output clock signal may be provided from the selection circuit based on a selection made therein. The input clock signal may have a frequency that is an integer multiple of the output clock frequency. The selection circuit is configured to provide the output clock signal at different, selectable frequencies. The synchronization circuit may control the timing of the switching of the output clock signal from one frequency to the next so that such switching may be performed without glitches.
US09306572B2
The present disclosure discloses an output buffer, a gate electrode driving circuit and a method for controlling the same. The output buffer includes a first transistor, a second transistor and an input signal control unit. The input signal control unit controls an input signal to obtain a pull-up signal and a pull-down signal, which are input to input terminals of the first transistor and the second transistor, respectively. The above output buffer uses the input signal control unit to divide one input signal into two signals, i.e., the pull-up signal and the pull-down signal.
US09306567B2
An identifier value stored within a programmable register of a memory device is compared with a selector address received, together with a memory access command, via a signaling interface having at least one I/O node coupled to a bidirectional signaling line. On-die termination circuitry is transitioned between first and second states or maintained in one or the other of the first and second states based, at least in part, on whether the selector address matches the identifier value, with transition to the first state including switchably coupling a first termination resistance between the I/O node and a supply voltage line.
US09306566B2
On-die termination circuitry within a non-volatile memory device applies a first termination resistance to an I/O node in response to a data storage command indicating that a data signal conveyed on a bidirectional signaling line is to be received within the non-volatile memory device via the I/O node, and applies a second termination resistance to the I/O node in response to information indicating that another memory device is to output a data signal onto the bidirectional signaling line.
US09306564B2
In a non-volatile memory device having an array of non-volatile storage elements, control information received via one or more control input nodes indicates, at different times, that (i) data signals representative of data to be stored within the array of non-volatile storage elements are to be received via a plurality of input/output (I/O) nodes of the non-volatile memory device, and (ii) data signals representative of data read from the array of non-volatile storage elements are to be output via the plurality of I/O nodes. First termination elements are switchably coupled to and decoupled from the I/O nodes based at least in part on the control information, and second termination elements are switchably coupled to and decoupled from the one or more control input nodes based at least in part on the control information.
US09306563B2
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to a configurable single-ended driver. An embodiment of an apparatus includes an interface with a channel; and a single-ended driver to drive a signal on the channel, wherein the driver includes a mechanism to configure a termination resistance of the driver, configure a voltage swing of the driver, and configure a signal response of the driver.
US09306562B2
The present invention relates to a household appliance (1) comprising a panel (2) which is produced from at least partially electrically conductive material, a transparent non-conductive plate (3) which is placed onto the panel (2), more than one sensor (4) which is located on the non-conductive plate (3) and detects the touch of the user on the non-conductive plate (3), a circuit board (5) which evaluates the signals received from the sensor (4) and controls the operation of the household appliance (1) according to these signals, and at least one transmission element (6) which transmits the signals received from the sensor (4) to the circuit board (5).
US09306533B1
An RF impedance matching network includes a transformation circuit configured to provide a transformed impedance; a first shunt circuit in parallel to the RF input, the first shunt circuit including a first shunt variable capacitance component comprising (a) a plurality of first shunt capacitors coupled in parallel, and (b) a plurality of first shunt switches coupled to the plurality of first shunt capacitors and configured to connect and disconnect each of the plurality of first shunt capacitors to a first virtual ground; and a second shunt variable capacitance component including (a) a plurality of second shunt capacitors coupled in parallel, and (b) a plurality of second shunt switches coupled to the plurality of second shunt capacitors and configured to connect and disconnect each of the plurality of second shunt capacitors to a second virtual ground.
US09306532B2
A filter circuit includes: a filter element having a first terminal connected to an antenna, a second terminal connected to a receiving circuit, and a third terminal connected to a transmission circuit; a first inductor, a second inductor, and a third inductor connected in series between the first terminal and the third terminal of the filter element; a fourth inductor that has one end connected to a connecting node connecting the first inductor and the second inductor and that has the other end grounded; and a fifth inductor that has one end connected to a connecting node connecting the second inductor and the third inductor and that has the other end grounded.
US09306530B2
A filter circuit is provided having multipath interference mitigation. The filter includes a signal path extending from an input to an output. The signal path includes a conductive path and a ground. A pass band filter is disposed along the signal path between the input and the output. The pass band filter passes a first frequency spectrum in a provider bandwidth, and attenuates a second frequency spectrum in a home network bandwidth. The filter circuit further includes a multipath interference mitigation leg operatively branched from the signal path. The multipath interference mitigation leg increases a return loss of the home network bandwidth. A frequency response of the filter circuit is characterized by an insertion loss characteristic between the input and the output being less than 3 dB in the provider bandwidth, and more than 20 dB in the home network bandwidth.
US09306524B2
Methods of, apparatuses for, and non-transitory computer readable media having instructions thereon that when executed cause carrying out methods of determining and modifying the perceived loudness of a frequency domain audio signal where the frequency resolution, and corresponding temporal coverage of the frequency domain information is not constant. The frequency (and thus temporal) resolution of the perceived loudness processing is maintained constant at the longest block size. One method includes a block combiner and a loudness modification interpolator.
US09306519B1
Phantom-powered inline preamplifiers capable of variable impedance loading are disclosed with unique adjustable interfaces. By enabling a user to adjust impedance loading from an actively-powered audio preamplifier which takes a microphone electrical signal or another sound source signal as an input, this unique audio preamplifier design with various adjustable impedance loading interface configurations can change sound characteristics according to the user's preference in a recording, production, or live concert environment. In addition, a high pass filter incorporated in a preamplifier with the variable impedance loading feature allows the user to further customize sound characteristics in the recording environment. This novel inline preamplifier, which may be standalone or integrated into a microphone casing, is powered via a microphone cable from a component (e.g. another preamplifier) providing the phantom power. This inline preamplifier may be connected to a conventional microphone and receive phantom-power into the inline preamplifier from a conventional preamplifier.
US09306516B2
A switching amplifier realizes bidirectional energy flow and combines switching and power amplification into one single stage so as to increase system efficiency. The modulator circuit of the amplifier receives and modulates an input signal, and generates and outputs modulated driver signals, which are used by the power driver circuit to generate signals to drive switching transformers of an amplifier circuit of the amplifier, and control signals, which are used to control an output generator circuit so as to allow individual inductors across the load by enabling current flowing through the load to have a path to ground. The amplifier circuit comprises switching transformers as well as circuitries configured to capture energy returned from the load and enable the captured energy to flow back to a power supply circuit of the amplifier through an energy flow-back circuit of the amplifier.
US09306514B2
A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) hybrid type RF (radio frequency) power amplifier includes a first device including an input terminal for receiving an RF signal, a pre-driver stage for amplifying the received RF signal, and an output terminal, the input terminal, the pre-driver stage and the output terminal being disposed in or over a first substrate; and a second device having a main stage having an HBT amplifier circuit disposed in or over a second substrate to further amplify the RF signal amplified by the pre-driver stage. The RF signal further amplified by the main stage is output through the output terminal of the first device.
US09306502B2
System providing switchable impedance transformer matching for power amplifiers. In an exemplary implementation, an amplifier providing switchable impedance matching includes an output inductor (L1) that is part of an output path of the amplifier and a first amplifier stage comprising a first inductor (L4) coupled to the output inductor, the first inductor configured to couple a signal amplified by the first amplifier stage at a first power level to the output inductor in response to a first enable signal. The amplifier also includes a second amplifier stage comprising a second inductor (L5) coupled to the output inductor, the second inductor configured to couple the signal amplified by the second amplifier stage at a second power level to the output inductor in response to a second enable signal.
US09306498B2
A circuit for generating a modulated signal is disclosed. The circuit includes a constant current source. The circuit further includes a first switch that is coupled to the constant current source. The circuit also includes a second switch that is coupled to the first switch and a ground. The first switch and the second switch are coupled to a third switch. The third switch is coupled to a first integrated circuit pad. The first integrated circuit pad is defined to be used for coupling the third switch to a resonance circuit.
US09306490B2
A photovoltaic module mounting assembly (200) uses a mounting device (74), mounting plate (110′), lower bracket (210), upper bracket (230), and stud (114). The mounting plate (110′) is positioned on the mounting device (74), and a leg (212) of the lower bracket (210) is positioned on the mounting plate (110′). An outside surface (222) of another leg (220) of the lower bracket (210) includes teeth (224) and engages an inside surface (238) of a leg (236) of the upper bracket (230), which also has teeth (240). The mounting plate (110′) engages a lower surface (63) of a photovoltaic module (58), an end of the leg (212) of the lower bracket (210) may engage a side surface (64) of the module (58), and a head (246) on an end of another leg (232) of the upper bracket (230) may engage an upper surface (65) of the module (58).
US09306483B2
A motor control device controls a speed of a motor. The motor control device includes: a target speed generating unit that generates a target speed; a speed detecting unit that detects a current speed of the motor; a speed comparing unit that compares the target speed with the current speed to calculate a speed error; an error amplifying unit that amplifies the speed error and outputs a control value; and a motor driving unit that drives the motor in accordance with the control value. The error amplifying unit has proportional integral characteristics by which the speed error is amplified with a proportional gain and integration is performed in a lower frequency range than an integral corner frequency, increases the proportional gain as the current speed is higher, and shifts the integral corner frequency to a lower frequency as the current speed is higher.
US09306478B2
The invention is directed to a method for braking an electric drive motor having a stator and a rotor. The stator has field coils which have electrical phase connections for three motor phases. To generate an electromagnetic rotating field driving the rotor, the phase connections are connected to a supply voltage via switches actuated by a control unit which closes the switches depending on the rotary position of the rotor. To brake a rotating rotor, a braking current is generated by short-circuiting the phase connections. A phase short circuit is switched in between each two phase connections of the field coils with a preset temporal sequence to brake the rotor. The phase connections short-circuited are each selected corresponding to the rotary position of the rotor so that that field coil is short circuited in which the voltage induced by the magnetic field of the rotating rotor passes through its maximum.
US09306455B2
A driver circuit for a switched-mode power converter is configured to perform hysteretic control of a switched-mode power converter. The switched-mode power converter comprises an inductor configured to store energy during a first state of the switch and to release energy towards a load of the switched-mode power converter during a second state of the switch. The driver circuit comprises a filter unit which is configured to determine a command signal based on a gate control signal applied to a gate of the switch. The command signal is indicative of a current through the inductor. The driver circuit comprises hysteretic control circuitry configured to generate the gate control signal based on the command signal; wherein the switch alternates between the first and second state when being subjected to the gate control signal.
US09306453B2
DC/DC converter and an image forming apparatus to which a power is supplied from the DC/DC converter
The power supply apparatus includes a switching element, a voltage output unit configured to generate a DC voltage by a switching operation of the switching element and output the generated DC voltage, a voltage correction unit configured to detect the output voltage and correct the detected voltage, a control unit configured to control operation of the switching element based on the corrected voltage and a threshold voltage, and a voltage increasing unit configured to increase a correction amount by the correction unit based on the operation of the switching element.
US09306451B2
A switch mode power supply having an output terminal configured to provide an output voltage which is regulated to an output target, the switch mode power supply has a first switch and a control circuit. When the output voltage increases to a first threshold voltage, the control circuit is configured to turn OFF the first switch until a time period expires.
US09306442B2
The present invention relates to a motor designed for being mounted on a circuit board, the circuit board having a pointer side and a rear side. The motor can be used for rotating an illuminated pointer. The motor comprises a light conveying pointer shaft for projecting through the circuit board from the rear side of the circuit board to the pointer side of the circuit board. The pointer shaft is arranged to convey light to the pointer. The motor further comprises a light guide for conveying light from a light source mounted on the circuit board to a rear end of the pointer shaft, the rear end of the pointer shaft being on the rear side of the circuit board. Thus, the motor can be advantageously mounted on the rear side of the circuit board.
US09306441B2
The invention relates to an electric machine (101) comprising a stator (103), a rotatably mounted rotor (105) having a magnetizable and coolable rotor section (107) made of a super-conducting material (417), a control unit (109) designed to control a stator flow for inducing a magnetic flow through the superconducting material (417). The invention also relates to a method for operating an electric machine (101).
US09306437B2
A method for producing a stator for an electrical machine as an internal rotor, in particular an electric motor. This method involves providing a multiplicity of separate pole teeth, which are wound. The ends of the winding wire of the pole teeth are connected to one another to create a flexible annular pole tooth assembly, and the flexible assembly is inserted into an injection mold and centered. The assembly located in the mold is encapsulated or sealed in a molding compound. In this way, a dimensionally stable stator with particularly good insulating properties can be produced.
US09306432B2
A motor is provided including a stator core having a plurality of stator fins projecting outwardly from the stator core. A plurality of stator cooling channels is defined between adjacent stator fins. A flow mixer ring is axially aligned with the stator core and separated therefrom by an axial gap. The flow mixer ring includes a plurality of ring fins projecting inwardly from an interior surface and a plurality of ring cooling channels defined between the plurality of ring fins. The plurality of ring fins extends from a first surface over at least a portion of an axial length of the flow mixer ring.
US09306425B2
A spring motor, comprising a housing, a stator core, a rotor core, a rotation shaft, a rotor coil, an insulated coil connection wire, a torsion spring, a connection shaft, a cylindrical spiral spring, a round funnel-shaped rubber sealing element, a battery and a spring fixing connection sleeve; the rotor coil of the motor is connected to the terminal of a motor end cover after the insulated coil connection wire winds around the periphery of the rotation shaft continuously several times; the connection shaft is fixed on the rotation shaft, and the cylindrical spiral spring is sleeved on the periphery of the opened end of the connection shaft; the round funnel-shaped waterproof rubber sealing element is sleeved on the rotation shaft; the battery is placed in a rectangular battery holder, three side frames of the battery holder are each a fixed structure, and one side frame of the battery holder is a moveable structure; the spring fixing connection sleeve is sleeved on the rotation shaft, the rear end of the torsion spring is placed on one side of the spring fixing connection sleeve, and the spring fixing connection jacket, the torsion spring and the rotation shaft are fixed and connected with screws.
US09306418B2
An uninterruptible power-supply apparatus has a storage battery including a first electrode and a second electrode, an output cable configured to output a discharge current of the storage battery to an external power line to be a backup target, and a first connection portion configured to externally take out a voltage of the first electrode.
US09306414B2
The invention is an electrical power system for powering quasi-remote loads wherein local electric utility power is stepped up in voltage and transmitted to a remote battery bank via a low cost, two-conductor, direct burial cable. The system is configured such that current in is this cable is relatively low and constant. The battery bank is used to buffer the low power feed from the electric utility source and the high power, high crest factor remote loads. An inverter, like the type used with off-grid solar power systems, converts the DC battery power to AC power to supply the remote loads.
US09306411B2
This communication apparatus makes it possible to have a non-contact charging module and a sheet antenna coexist, even in the case where there the non-contact charging module and the sheet antenna in the communication apparatus. The apparatus is provided with: a housing; a secondary-side non-contact charging module, which is housed in the housing, receives power by means of electromagnetic induction, and has a first coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a first magnetic sheet facing the first coil; and an NFC antenna, which is housed in the housing, and has a second coil having a conducting wire wound thereon, and a second magnetic sheet facing the second coil. The secondary-side non-contact charging module and the NFC antenna are not laminated to each other.
US09306407B2
A battery system comprising at least two battery modules, wherein each battery module consists of at least one battery and a controllable first switching apparatus, which is designed to connect the respective battery module into a current path of the battery system or to electrically bridge the respective battery module, comprising at least one controllable second switching apparatus, which is designed to electrically connect the at least two battery modules in parallel or in series and comprising a control device, which is designed to control the controllable first switching apparatuses and the controllable second switching apparatus as a function of the requested electrical power. In addition, the present invention discloses a method of operating a battery system.
US09306401B2
A wireless power transmitter for transmitting power in a wireless manner by forming a wireless power signal and a wireless power transfer method thereof are capable of optimizing transmission efficiency for a plurality of wireless power receivers, by deciding an optimal transmission parameter (especially, a frequency corresponding to the wireless power signal or a resonant frequency) for the plurality of wireless power receivers based on control errors received from the plurality of wireless power receivers, respectively, via respective time slots allocated to the plurality of wireless power receivers.
US09306389B2
An electrostatic discharge protection circuit is provided. First NMOS transistor is coupled to a power line. Second NMOS transistor is coupled between the first NMOS transistor and a ground. Detection unit provides a detection signal when an ESD event occurs at the power line. Trigger unit turns on the second NMOS transistor and the first NMOS transistor in sequence in response to the detection signal. Discharge path is formed from the power line to the ground via the first and second NMOS transistors. First PMOS transistor is coupled between the power line and a gate of the second NMOS transistor. Third NMOS transistor is coupled between the ground and the gate of the second NMOS transistor. Second PMOS transistor is coupled between the gates of the first and second NMOS transistors. Third PMOS transistor is coupled between the power line and the first PMOS transistor.
US09306380B2
A grommet adapted for insertion into a cable hanger includes a generally C-shaped main body formed of a polymeric material and having a longitudinal axis. Such a grommet can be securely held by a cable hanger.
US09306370B2
This invention provides a solution for operating a regenerative amplifier using a single electro-optical device, such as a Pockels cell. An efficient cavity geometry of a regenerative amplifier is provided for enabling pulse selection, coupling and releasing to an output by operating a single Pockels cell unit placed essentially in the middle of the optical cavity, between two polarizers, whereas a first polarizer is used for release of an amplified pulse and a second polarizer is used for injection of seed pulses and release of at least one of waste amplified pulses and seed pulses. One side of the cavity, with respect to the location of said Pockels cell, includes an empty space, whereas the other side is provided with a gain medium, which is pumped by a pump source. The regenerative amplifier of such optical design is both efficient and cost effective. The single electro-optical unit works both as the control unit for operating the regenerative amplifier and as an output pulse picker unit.
US09306363B1
In various embodiments, systems and methods can be structured to provide efficient active bidirectional mode-locked lasers, which can be used as intracavity phase interferometer (IPI) sensors. Stable bidirectional mode-locking can be achieved by a combination of a passive mechanism, a passively driven active mechanism, and a beat note detection system. Such systems can be used in guidance, navigation, and control systems, where attitude control of a vehicle relies on accurate measurements of its position and motion. In various embodiments, a detection system can be based on an all fiber intracavity phase interferometer (IPI) active laser capable of delivering accurate simultaneous measurements of all three degrees of rotation and position in a single, compact, cost effective unit. A variation of the same system can include a linear cavity laser for accurate measurements of acceleration without the use of any inertial masses. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09306361B2
A gas laser includes a fan for producing a flow of a laser gas and a heat exchanger including multiple heat exchanger pipes. The heat exchanger further includes two end plates to which the multiple heat exchanger pipes are secured at the opposing ends thereof. The two end plates include openings for supplying a heat exchanger fluid to the multiple heat exchanger pipes. The multiple heat exchanger pipes extend substantially transversely relative to a flow direction of the flow of laser gas.
US09306359B2
A card edge connector includes a first insulating housing loaded with a plurality of first terminals, a second insulating housing loaded with a plurality of second terminals. A card receiving slot is defined between the first insulating housing and the second insulating housing with a key disposed in the card receiving slot. The first terminals and the second terminals are disposed at two opposite sides of the card receiving slot and comprising contacting portions extending in the card receiving slot. The first insulating housing defines a pair of locking arms at opposite ends thereof and extending towards the second insulating housing, the second insulating housing defines a pair of locking recesses, the locking arms are locking with the locking recesses thereby the first and second insulating housing are snugly attached together.
US09306358B2
A structure for wireless communication having a plurality of conductor layers, an insulator layer separating each of the conductor layers, and at least one connector connecting two of the conductor layers wherein an electrical resistance is reduced when an electrical signal is induced in the resonator at a predetermined frequency.
US09306354B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating a plug (18) formed from a plug housing (19) and elongate contacts (3), the contacts (3) comprising a bent longitudinal axis (23) inside the finished plug (18), characterized by: introducing front portions (3a) of the contacts (3) into contact receptacles (17) of a plug housing part (7); holding the plug housing part (7) by means of a first holding arrangement (15) of a plug fabrication device (20); holding rear portions (3b) of the contacts (3) by means of a second holding arrangement (21) of the plug fabrication device (20); pivoting the first holding arrangement (15) with the plug housing part (7) held thereby relative to the second holding arrangement (21) with the contacts (3) held thereby, whereby the longitudinal axis (23) of the contacts (3) is bent in the region between their front portions (3a) and their rear portions (3b).
US09306352B1
The connector has a base with hooked side boards for joining a top cap. A partition board is placed between the side boards so as to form two slots for housing two metallic plates and two supporting pieces with slant top faces. The metallic plates have two upwardly extended conducting pins. Wires of exposed cores are placed on the supporting pieces. When the top cap is joined to the base, the wires are tightly locked by the top cap and the partition board while the conducting pins firmly contact with the cores. The connector can be quickly configured on a string of lamps and can be conveniently used to cascade multiple strings of lamps.
US09306345B2
A high-density cable end connector for transmitting high-frequency signals includes a first sub-assembly, a second sub-assembly, a printed circuit board, a shielding plate, and a shielding shell. The first sub-assembly includes first contacts, a first insulator, and a first cover body. The second sub-assembly includes second contacts, a second insulator, and a second cover body. The printed circuit board includes pins connected to the first contacts and the second contacts. The shielding shell at least partially surrounds peripheries of the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly. The shielding plate is disposed between the first contacts and the second contacts and fixed to the first insulator or the second insulator for insulating the first contacts from the second contacts. Therefore, the high-density cable end connector is prevented from having crosstalk resulted by high frequency signals between the first contacts and the second contacts.
US09306330B2
A lever-type connector has a lever (30) rotatably supported on support shafts (22) on outer side surfaces of side walls (21) of a wire cover (20). Guide ribs (14) are formed on outer surfaces of a first housing (10) and extend parallel to an assembling direction of the wire cover (20). Guide grooves (24) are formed in inner surfaces of the side walls (21) and are engageable with the guide ribs (14). Two housing-side lock projections (16) on the outer surface of the first housing (10) and two cover-side lock projections (27) on the inner surface of the side wall (21) are arranged to be located respectively at opposite sides of the guide rib (14) and at opposite sides of the guide groove (24) in a direction substantially parallel to the side wall (21) and intersecting the assembling direction of the side wall (21).
US09306318B2
One aspect relates to an electrical bushing for use in a housing of an implantable medical device. The electrical bushing includes at least one electrically insulating base body and at least one electrical conducting element. The conducting element is set up to establish, through the base body, at least one electrically conductive connection between an internal space of the housing and an external space. The conducting element is hermetically sealed with respect to the base body. The at least one conducting element includes at least one cermet.The electrical bushing includes an electrical filter structure. The at least one conducting element forms at least one electrically conducting surface of the filter structure.
US09306316B2
A ferrite core integrated waterproof connector includes wires (WH) each having a terminal fittings (20) mounted thereon and a housing (10) with terminal accommodating chambers (12A, 12B) for accommodating the terminal fittings (20). A plate-like rubber plug (30) covers a rear surface (10B) of the housing (10) and has wire insertion holes (31) arranged to correspond to the terminal accommodating chambers (12A, 12B). Lips (32) are formed on the inner peripheral surfaces of the wire insertion holes (31) for closely contacting the outer peripheral surfaces of coatings of the wires (WH). At least one ferrite core (50) is embedded in the one-piece rubber plug (30) and has at least one hollow portion 52 concentric with at least some of the wire insertion holes (31). The ferrite core (50) is radially outward of base parts of the lips (32) of the one-piece rubber plug (30).
US09306314B2
A cable connector assembly and method of assembling the same. The cable connector assembly includes a cable connector and a cable connected to the cable connector. The cable connector includes an insulative body, a plurality of terminals held in the insulative body, an internal member molded in the cable connector, and a plastic housing disposed outside of the internal member. The internal member includes a through hole penetrating obliquely the internal member. The through hole includes a first opening proximal to the cable and a second opening distal from the cable. Adhesive is filled the through hole from the first opening through the second opening to contact with an inner surface of the plastic housing.
US09306311B2
A connector includes a housing (10), terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the housing (10), a retainer (20) configured to retain the terminal fittings (30) by being mounted into the housing (10) in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the terminal fittings (30), resilient locks (25) formed on a base end of the retainer (20) in a mounting direction into the housing (10) and configured to hold the retainer (20) in a state mounted in the housing (10) by being locked to the housing (10). Slide-contact portions (28) formed on a tip side of the retainer (20) in the mounting direction into the housing (10) and extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20), and guides (16) formed in the housing, extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20) and to be brought into sliding contact with the slide-contact portions (28).
US09306303B2
An electrical connector for a circuit board includes an insulated housing, two narrow metal brackets, and a plurality of conductive contacts. The insulated housing has a connection plate, a raised portion, and two coupling portions at two opposite sides of the raised portion. The raised portion defines a plurality of contact grooves. Each coupling portion is formed in front of the raised portion. The two narrow metal brackets are provided for mounting with the coupling portions of the insulated housing. Each narrow metal bracket has a main plate, front and rear interference tabs for being interfered with one coupling portion of the insulated housing, and at least one positioning tab for being fixed onto the circuit board. The conductive contacts are fitted through the contact grooves of the raised portion.
US09306299B2
The present invention provides a connection terminal (1) which includes terminal members (2, 3) having cylindrical wire connecting parts (21, 31) to which conductors of electric wires are inserted and the conductors are electrically connected, and flat plate shaped attaching parts (22, 32) continuous to the wire connecting parts.
US09306290B1
The present invention relates to a controllable barrier layer against electromagnetic radiation, to be used, inter alia, as a radome for a radar antenna for instance. The barrier layer comprises a first frequency selective layer (4) of a given geometric shape, said frequency selective layer transmitting radiation of a certain polarization within a desired frequency band and reflecting radiation of a different polarization and radiation outside said band and at least a second identical frequency selective layer, which is placed close to or in connection with the first layer in the radiation direction. The layers are configured to be placed in a first position relative to each other so that they together obtain transmission properties similar to those of the first layer alone and in a second position relative to each other so that they together reflect radiation of said certain polarization within said desired frequency band.
US09306288B2
An antenna apparatus for a mobile terminal is provided. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna pattern, a first electric circuit and a second electric circuit respectively connected between both ends of the antenna pattern and a system ground, and a third electric circuit disposed between the antenna pattern and a feeding line, wherein the first electric circuit and the second electric circuit extend electrical wavelengths of the antenna pattern and the third electric circuit increases input impedance matching.
