US09542929B2
Systems and methods for providing non-lexical cues in synthesized speech are described herein. Original text is analyzed to determine characteristics of the text and/or to derive or augment an intent (e.g., an intent code). Non-lexical cue insertion points are determined based on the characteristics of the text and/or the intent. One or more nonlexical cues are inserted at insertion points to generate augmented text. The augmented text is synthesized into speech, including converting the non-lexical cues to speech output.
US09542924B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods for integrating adaptive noise cancellation (ANC) with communication features in an enclosure, such as an incubator, bed, and the like. Utilizing one or more error and reference microphones, a controller for a noise cancellation portion reduces noise within a quiet area of the enclosure. Voice communications are provided to allow external voice signals to be transmitted to the enclosure with minimized interference with noise processing. Vocal communications from within the enclosure may be processed to determine certain characteristics/features of the vocal communications. Using these characteristics, certain emotive and/or physiological states may be identified.
US09542922B2
A method for operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes determining one or more images; determining at least one first sound sources; dividing the first sound source into a plurality of second sound sources; and inserting at least one of the plurality of the second sound sources into the one or more images.
US09542913B2
A common voltage driving compensation unit is disclosed, comprising: an operational amplifier and a controller, wherein an in-phase input terminal and a reverse-phase input terminal of the operational amplifier are inputted a common voltage and a feedback voltage respectively. Multiple paths are provided in parallel between the reverse-phase input terminal and a first output terminal, and each path including an analog switch and a resistor. The controller is configured to control a combination of on and off of the analog switches based on a range to which the count value of the CPV signal belongs. The common voltage driving compensation unit is configured to produce corresponding amplification ratios based on the combination, so as to provide common voltages with corresponding amplification ratios for the compensation of the common electrodes in different display areas. For a display panel with a heavy-load, the fluctuation coupling of the common electrodes may be compensated.
US09542899B2
A method of driving a display panel includes applying gate signals to gate lines of the display panel that extend in a first direction. A plurality of data lines extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Pixels are defined by an intersection of the gate lines and the data lines. Common electrode contact pixels are provided, in which a common electrode is contacted with a gate electrode extruded from the gate line. A data signal having a first polarity and a data signal having a second polarity, inverse to the first polarity, are applied to an equal number of the common electrode contact pixels.
US09542898B2
This invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, a source driver in the liquid crystal display panel comprises an amplifier whose amplification coefficient is adjustable, the amplifier can adjust a received data signal based on a currently selected amplification coefficient, and output the adjusted data signal to a data line that is currently signally-connected with the amplifier, moreover, the currently selected amplification coefficient is inversely proportional to a rate at which the data line charges a current signally-connected sub-pixel unit. For the case that the rate at which the data line charges the sub-pixel unit is relatively low, a relative large amplification coefficient can be selected, thereby nonuniform brightness of the display image caused by a low charging rate of the sub-pixel unit can be avoided; for the case that the rate at which the data line charges the sub-pixel unit is relatively high, a relatively small amplification coefficient is selected, thereby unnecessary power consumption can be saved. This invention further provides a display device comprising such a liquid crystal display panel and a driving method for use in such a liquid crystal display panel.
US09542891B2
An organic electroluminescence display that drives a display panel by a digital driving scheme. The organic electroluminescence display includes: a data driver that supplies a data signal in units of subframes to the display panel; and a power supply that supplies a high-potential voltage to the display panel, wherein the power supply that varies the high-potential voltage supplied to subpixels of the display panel for each subframe.
US09542886B2
A pixel includes a driving transistor, an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, and the second transistor. The driving transistor includes a gate electrode coupled to a first node, a first electrode coupled to a second node, and a drain electrode coupled to a third node. The driving transistor controls an amount of drain-source current based on a level of a voltage applied to the first node. The first transistor is coupled between the second node and a data line, and turns on by a scan signal of a scan line. The second transistor is coupled between the first node and an initialization voltage line, and turns on by an initialization signal of an initialization line. The first and second transistors are turned on during a first period.
US09542876B2
A method of obtaining luminance and chromaticity of white in the RGBW display using RGB display, including; obtaining spectral values of a q grayscale of red sub-pixels, green sub-pixels and blue sub-pixels of the RGB display; obtaining spectral values of red, green and blue sub-pixels of a color filter in the RGB display; calculating a spectral value of the q greyscale of white in the RGB display as a spectral value of the q grayscale of the white sub-pixels of the RGBW display; calculating tristimulus values WXq, WYq and WZq of the q greyscale of the white sub-pixels of the RGBW display; using the stimulus value WYq as a luminance of the q greyscale of the white sub-pixels of the RGBW display, and using the formulae x = WX q WX q + WY q + WZ q and y = WY q WX q + WY q + WZ q to calculate a chromaticity (x, y) of the white sub-pixel of the RGBW display.
US09542872B2
A data driver for an electrophoretic display (EPD) includes multiple driver sub-circuits. Each of the driver sub-circuits includes first and second latches, first and second capacitors, a multiplexer and a comparator. The first and second latches respectively provide updated latch image data and current latch image data in response to original image data. When the updated and current latch image data correspond to different levels, the comparator controls the multiplexer in a first period to selectively couple one of the first and second capacitors to a driver end, so as to recycle charges at pixels, and controls the multiplexer in a second period to selectively couple the other of the first and second capacitors to the driver end to pre-charge the pixels with the charges.
US09542868B2
Embodiments of a light emitting device, a surface mounted device-type light emitting device and a display device are provided. In one aspect, a light emitting device may include a main body and a light source. The main body may include a base and a number of terminals. The base may have a support surface. Each of the terminals may respectively have a welding portion such that the welding portions of the terminals form a connection surface with a first angle between the support surface and the connection surface. The first angle may be between 0 degree and 90 degrees. The light source may be disposed on the support surface and electrically connected to one or more of the terminals.
US09542855B2
A method of driving a main rotor of a rotorcraft in rotation while implementing an in-flight simulation mode that simulates failure of one of the engines of the rotorcraft. In simulation mode, and when a current speed of rotation (NR) of the main rotor is detected as being lower than a predetermined threshold speed of rotation (S), the simulation mode is kept active and a regulation command is generated in order to perform a controlled operation (A) of gradually increasing the power delivered by the engines by authorizing the limit imposed by a setpoint (OEI/2) for regulating operation of the engine in simulation mode to be exceeded. Said gradually increasing power is interrupted by the pilot staying under training and operating a collective pitch maneuver of the blade of the main rotor providing a rotation of main rotor at the predetermined threshold speed in rotation.
US09542850B2
A device receives a request for a flight path for a UAV to travel from a first location to a second location, and determines, based on credentials of the UAV, whether the UAV is authenticated for utilizing the device. The device determines, when the UAV is authenticated, capability information for the UAV based on component information of the UAV, and calculates the flight path. The device determines whether the UAV is capable of traversing the flight path based on the capability information, and generates, when the UAV is capable of traversing the flight path, flight path instructions for the flight path. The device provides the flight path instructions and credentials of the device to the UAV to permit the UAV to travel from the first location to the second location when the UAV authenticates the device based on the credentials of the device.
US09542849B1
A system, device, and method for generating and employing risk-based flight path data are disclosed. The system for employing risk-based flight path data may include one or more one avionics systems and/or remote aircraft operator systems configured to receive risk-based flight path data from a route generator (RG). The RG may acquire navigation data representative of one or more waypoints, acquire risk object data based upon the navigation data, determine the risk-based flight path data representative of a risk-based flight path as a function of the acquired navigation data, the acquired risk data, and a route generating algorithm, and provide the flight path data to the one or more avionics systems and/or remote aircraft operator systems. In some embodiments, the risk object data may include a plurality of risk clearance altitudes. In other embodiments, the risk object data may include a plurality of risk clearance elevations.
US09542845B1
A method for ascertaining a parking area of at least one street section includes providing information indicating a usable width of the street section, the usable width representing a drivable width of the street section between spaces for parked vehicles at the two lateral sides of a driving vehicle; the driving vehicle driving the street section and ascertaining lateral distances from objects using an ascertainment device situated in the driving vehicle; comparing the ascertained lateral distances to the usable width; and ascertaining the parking area by way of the comparison.
US09542841B2
A method and system that relies on visibility detectors deployed on luminaires in outdoor lighting networks (OLNs) to independently treat and consolidate the sensed data in a fault-tolerant manner. By communicating with neighboring luminaires and/or with a centralized server, the invention is able to identify the position and direction of movement of areas of reduced visibility (e.g. fog). This information can then be used to alert drivers who are approaching the identified area.
US09542836B2
Provide are a household electric appliance, household electric system and server apparatus that perform operation start or stop at reserved set times and that are convenient with regard to reserving operation. A household electric appliance capable of a reserved operation of performing an operation start or stop at a set time comprises: a receiving unit that receives a setting signal indicative of an operation start time in the reserved operation of the household electric appliance from each of a remote controller and a mobile terminal; a storage unit that stores the setting signal; and a control unit that controls operation of the household electric appliance. The control unit, in the case of overlapping of an operation time zone defined by the setting signal from the remote controller and the operation time zone defined by the setting signal from the mobile terminal, selects the earlier time and performs the operation start.
US09542831B2
An output device emits alarm indicating light and sound at predetermined levels when activated. The device enters a test mode in response to received test mode indicating control signals. When the device is in the test mode and a local test initiating control signal is received, audio and/or visual outputs are emitted at a level reduced from the alarm indicating output levels to test those outputs.
US09542830B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for distributing urgent public information. Merely by way of example, urgent public information, such as an alert message, may be received by, inter alia, an alert gateway device. The alert message may then be distributed to a subscriber in any of a variety of ways, including by telephone, by data message (e.g., to a computer), by video message (e.g., via a television), by display on an alert notification device. In some embodiments, the alert gateway device may process the alert message and/or may determine how to provide the alert message to the subscriber.
US09542824B2
Systems and methods to detect and warn proximate entities of interest are described herein. An example detection system includes a light source attachable to a forktruck, where the light source projects an illuminated warning field on a floor on which the forktruck is to traverse. The light source projects the illuminated warning field at a distance from a front end of the forktruck. The light source is separate from a headlight of the forktruck.
US09542820B2
Methods and apparatus organize a plurality of haptic output variations into a cohesive semantic framework that uses various information about the alert condition and trigger, application context, and other conditions to provide a system of haptic outputs that share characteristics between related events. In some embodiments, an event class or application class provides the basis for a corresponding haptic output. In some embodiments, whether an alert-salience setting is on provides the basis for adding an increased salience haptic output to the standard haptic output for the alert. In some embodiments, consistent haptics provide for branding of the associated application class, application, and/or context.
US09542819B2
A home appliance includes a tactile signal generator and a controller. The tactile signal generator has a first function which allows the home appliance to perform a predetermined function and a second function to generate a tactile signal. The controller determines whether an event is generated and controls the generation of the tactile signal generated by the tactile signal generator upon determination that the event is generated.
US09542806B2
An electronic gaming machine and a computer implemented method of administering game play, include displaying an electronic reel simulation including a multiple reel array for a wagering game on a display. A user input is accepted indicating a selected play option from a plurality of play options, wherein all play options of the plurality of play options enable all displayed positions of the multiple reel array to be considered in winning outcomes. A game outcome is determined and presented on the game display, the game outcome including game symbols for the displayed positions of the multiple reel array. Winning combinations of the game symbols are determined, where each winning combination includes three or more matching game symbols appearing in the displayed positions on each of three or more adjacent reels and at least one of the three or more matching game symbols is not used in another winning combination.
US09542798B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to communication methods in gaming networks using portable devices. In some networks portable devices communicate information about the status of particular gaming machines on the gaming network. In other networks portable devices are used as a secondary display for the gaming device. In yet other networks bonus games may be played on the portable devices. Further embodiments include a portable device that operates to match a current state of a game to a pre-defined state or states.
US09542797B2
A gaming system includes a handheld device coupled to a fixed structure. The handheld device includes a sensor configured to detect inputs. The handheld device is positionable in a base predefined zone and a first predefined zone. The base predefined zone is defined as a base volumetric space and the first predefined zone is defined as a first volumetric space. A memory device stores instructions that, when executed, by at least one of one or more processors of the gaming system, cause the gaming system to (i) detect a first input from the handheld device, (ii) perform a first function in response to the first input being detected in the base predefined zone, and (iii) perform a second function in response to the first input being detected in the first predefined zone, the second function being different from the first function.
US09542793B1
An optical sensing system for detecting objects passing through a volume of interest, wherein the sensing system has an emitter and a detector. The detector detects motion of object shadows generated as the object passes through the volume of interest between the emitter and detector. Motion detection algorithms, using computed motion vectors of the detected object, logically determine whether an object has traveled completely through the detection space, and can be used to discriminate a specific outcomes and/or impediments.
US09542792B2
A banknote handling apparatus includes: a plurality of storing units 52 configured to store a banknote; a transport unit 18 configured to transport the banknote having been put into a machine body 2 to each of the storing units 52; a recognition unit 40 disposed at the transport unit 18 and configured to read out a serial number of the banknote having been put into the machine body 2; and a control unit 70 configured to control the transport unit 18. The control unit 70 controls the transport unit 18 such that the banknote whose serial number has been read out by the recognition unit 40 and the banknote whose serial number has not been read out by the recognition unit 40 are stored into different storing units 52.
US09542791B2
The invention relates to a cash box (10) having a receiving area (12) for receiving notes of value, an invalidating unit (14), a sensor unit (18) for detecting manipulation attempts and a control unit (16). In an activated operating state, the control unit (16) triggers the invalidating unit (14) when the sensor unit (18) detects a manipulation attempt. In a deactivated operating state, the control unit (16) does not trigger the invalidating unit (14) even in the presence of a manipulation attempt. Prior to the activation of the cash box (10), the control unit (16) checks the proper functioning of at least one sensor (20) of the sensor unit (18). In addition, the invention relates to a method for activating a cash box (10).
US09542789B2
A banknote accommodating device includes a box body, a box door and a banknote inlet. A movable guide plate in the box body is arranged below the banknote inlet through a rotating shaft, and has a guide surface facing the banknote inlet, and an included angle between the guide surface and a vertical direction ranges from 0 degree to 20 degrees, an elastic element is provided on a back surface of the guide surface, and provides a thrust to rotate the movable guide plate counterclockwise. The box door is provided with a guide rib which forms an included angle with the vertical direction, and a stacking surface is provided at the bottom of the box body and forms an included angle with a horizontal direction, and a space for stacking banknotes vertically is formed between the guide surface, the guide rib and the stacking surface.
US09542777B2
An image processing apparatus, which determines, for a combined image obtained by combining pixels of a given first image and pixels of an unknown second image either translucently or non-translucently using an unknown coefficient indicating a transparency, whether each of pixels included in the combined image is a translucently combined pixel, is provided. The image processing apparatus calculates, from pixel values of the combined image and the first image of respective pixels in a predetermined area including one pixel, pixel values of an image corresponding to the second image, calculates a total of differences between the calculated pixel values, identifies a coefficient used to obtain the combined image from the total of the difference, and determines that the one pixel is a translucently combined pixel when a value of the identified coefficient is larger than a predetermined value.
US09542773B2
Embodiments include a computer-implemented method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) model. The method includes receiving a first and second sets of sensed position data indicative of a position of a camera device(s) at or near a time when it is used to acquire first and second images of an image pair, respectively, determining a sensed rotation matrix and/or a sensed translation vector for the image pair using the first and second sets of sensed position data, identifying a calculated transformation including a calculated translation vector and rotation matrix, generating a sensed camera transformation including the sensed rotation matrix and/or the sensed translation vector, and, if the sensed camera transformation is associated with a lower error than the calculated camera transformation, using it to generate a 3D model.
US09542769B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) clothing using captured image information on clothing, which capture image information on clothing put on a mannequin, generate a temporary model using the captured image information, and generate a final clothing model using the temporary model.
US09542763B2
Described here are systems and methods for quantitative susceptibility mapping (“QSM”) using magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”). Susceptibility maps are reconstructed from phase images using an automatic regularization technique based in part on variable splitting. Two different regularization parameters are used, one, λ, that controls the smoothness of the final susceptibility map and one, μ, that controls the convergence speed of the reconstruction. For instance, the regularization parameters can be determined using an L-curve heuristic to find the parameters that yield the maximum curvature on the L-curve. The μ parameter can be determined based on an l2-regularization and the λ parameter can be determined based on the iterative l1-regularization used to reconstruct the susceptibility map.
US09542754B2
A moving object detection apparatus comprising: an image acquisition device; a first moving object detection device; a difference image generation device; a second moving object detection device for detecting existence/nonexistence of the moving object based on the difference image generated by the difference image generation device; and an integration device for integrating a detection result by the first moving object detection device and a detection result by the second moving object detection device and determining that the moving object is detected in a case where the moving object is not detected by at least the first moving object detection device and the moving object is detected by the second moving object detection device.
US09542743B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that determine a mapping between a first camera system's coordinate system and a second camera system's coordinate system; or determine a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, and/or locate, in a robot's coordinate system, a tool extending from an arm of the robot based on the tool location in the camera's coordinate system. The disclosed systems and methods may use transformations derived from coordinates of features found in one or more images. The transformations may be used to interrelate various coordinate systems, facilitating calibration of camera systems, including in robotic systems, such as an image-guided robotic systems for hair harvesting and/or implantation.
US09542742B2
The pupil image function (PIF) matrix of a plenoptic imaging system is calibrated, taking advantage of the low rank of the PIF matrix. In one approach, the low rank is utilized by identifying a subspace for the PIF matrix and then estimating the PIF matrix within that subspace. This can lead to a significant reduction in the number of calibration patterns used to estimate the PIF matrix.
US09542741B2
A method and system for automatic pelvis unfolding from 3D computed tomography (CT) images is disclosed. A 3D medical image, such as a 3D CT image, is received. Pelvis anatomy is segmented in the 3D medical image. The 3D medical image is reformatted to visualize an unfolded pelvis based on the segmented pelvis anatomy.
US09542729B2
There is provided an image processing device including a depth acquisition unit and a smoothing processing unit. The depth acquisition unit acquires a depth to a subject in correlation with a pixel in a captured image of the subject, and the smoothing processing unit designates a pixel in a region excluding a predetermined region in the image as a target pixel, and performs a smoothing process of the degree according to the depth corresponding to the target pixel for a pixel value of the target pixel in a predetermined direction. This causes a pixel in a region excluding the predetermined region in the image to be blurred, thereby generating a panning image.
US09542727B2
A method, an apparatus, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for display control. The display control apparatus comprises a circuitry configured to determine whether a hold condition is satisfied, determine an attitude of the display control apparatus, change a display state from a first state displaying a first screen to a second state in response to the display control apparatus not being operated in a predetermined period, and responsive to an operation, return the display state to the first state-displaying the first screen in an orientation based on the attitude of the display control apparatus in response to the hold condition not being satisfied. The non-transitory computer-readable medium comprises instructions to configure the apparatus to perform the display control method.
US09542720B2
Captured or input image data is converted into an image of a size of a specific number of pixels. Then, predetermined plural types of different effects are applied to image data obtained through the conversion. Several types of image data items with the applied effects are arranged and simultaneously displayed.
US09542715B2
The server based graphics processing techniques, describer herein, include loading a given instance of a guest shim layer and loading a given instance of a guest display device interface that calls back into the given instance of the guest shim layer, in response to loading the given instance of the guest shim layer, wherein the guest shim layer and the guest display device interface are executing under control of a virtual machine guest operating system. The given instance of the shim layer requests a communication channel between the given instance of the guest shim layer and a host-guest communication manager (D3D HGCM) service module from a host-guest communication manager (HGCM). In response to the request for the communication channel loading, the D3D HGCM service module is loaded and a communication channel between the given instance of the shim layer and the D3D HGCM service module is created by the HGCM. The given instance of the shim layer maps the graphics buffer memory space of a host D3D DDI binary executing under control of a host operating system. Thereafter, function calls are sent from the given instance of the guest shim layer through the communication channel to the D3D HGCM service module utilizing the graphics buffer memory space mapping.
US09542714B2
A method and apparatus for concealing data. Frequency information is identified for a number of data object types of a set of data objects in the data using a frequency map. A set of pixel values is assigned to the set of data objects based on the frequency information for use in encrypting the set of data objects to form encrypted data. An image is generated that includes a set of pixels that represents the encrypted data. Each pixel in the set of pixels has a pixel value from the set of pixel values that is assigned to a corresponding data object of the set of data objects.
US09542705B2
A system and method of intelligently recommending items based on social media communications are provided. A communication in a first format is intercepted from a first service. An intent to transact is then detected within the communication. A recommendation engine can then be used to identify one or more items available at an ecommerce service, the one or more items related to the intent to transact within the communication. Then a reply communication can be posted to the first service in the first format, with the reply communication including the one or more identified items.
US09542700B2
Provided is a business model based on multi-level application widgets and a system thereof, including: embedding, by a server, intended application widgets in an Internet platform equipped with a software application programming interface; providing a business protocol between an end user and the server, thus giving the end user authority to embed data sets in the application widgets and to conduct display, operation, sales, and real-time interaction within the same window; determining, by the end users, whether at least an application widget or a data set is to be embedded in each of the data sets again, so as to finalize the multi-level application widgets. Accordingly, the end user enhances promotion and thereby expands business on the Internet platform at the server.
US09542699B2
An order management system is provided. The order management system receives a provisioning order, where the provisioning order includes at least one order line, and where the at least one order line of the provisioning order references a product specification. The order management system transforms the provisioning order into a service order, where the service order includes at least one order line, and where at least one order line of the service order references a customer-facing service specification. The order management system transforms the service order into a technical order, where the technical order includes at least one order line, and where at least one order line of the service order references one of: a resource-facing service specification; or a resource. Thus, the order management system can define a customer-facing service that is not coupled to a technical implementation, nor coupled to a product offering.
US09542698B2
A central server having a computer readable storage media for storing multimedia material, such as motion pictures and television programming, in digital format is connected to a communications network such as the Internet. Exhibitors, such as theaters and television stations, can access the central server, preview available programming, verifying the ownership of such material, review contract provisions for obtaining and paying for the desired programming, and download the programming along with marketing materials for the program or movie. The central server loads material onto the storage media as its received from producers and owners of such material. In addition, central server retains data retains data regarding requests for material, such as titles requested, who requested such, and where the requestors are located geographically. This information can be used to help producers market their material more economically.
US09542697B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for personalizing landing pages. In one aspect, a method includes generating, by one or more servers belonging to a first domain and for a request, a personalized landing page that includes the personalized landing page data, wherein the landing page belongs to the first domain, and the landing page includes at least one link to a resource of the first party that belongs to the second domain; and providing, by the one or more servers, the personalized landing page to the user device, wherein the personalized landing page, when processed by the user device, generates a personalized landing page environment that belongs to the first domain.
US09542694B2
An influence metric describing the influence of a social networking system object on social networking system users is determined based on affinities between the users and the object. For example, affinities between the associated users and the object are combined to determine the influence metric. Content may be selected for presentation to users based in part on influence metrics of the content. Additionally, influence metrics of objects associated with a user may be combined to determine the relevance of objects associated with the user, which may also be used to select content for presentation to the user.
US09542688B2
A method for identifying business service recommendations includes: storing merchant profiles, each profile including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and transaction for a plurality of payment transactions; receiving, a data file including a plurality of merchant entries, each entry including data related to a merchant including a merchant identifier and firmographics; identifying a specific merchant entry where the merchant identifier corresponds to a merchant identifier in a specific merchant profile; calculating transaction scores for the specific merchant entry based on the transaction data in the specific merchant profile; identifying a related merchant entry where the firmographics correspond to the firmographics in the specific merchant entry and where the merchant identifier is not included in a merchant profile; and identifying one or more business service recommendations for the merchant related to the related merchant entry based on transaction scores and firmographics in the related merchant entry.
US09542687B2
A method and system for providing geographic location notifications for targeted offers is disclosed. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method including monitoring for an event to trigger a targeted offer. Upon detection of the event, the offer is generated. The offer is targeted to a consumer and is generated using payment data generated in response to transactions conducted by the consumer with a plurality of different merchants. A geographic location for redeeming the offer is determined. A notification message is generated about the offer. The notification message includes the offer and the geographic location for redeeming the offer. The notification message is sent to a notification device which is operated by the consumer. A graphical depiction of the offer is displayed on a map on the notification device.
US09542673B2
Prepaid staging account systems and methods are described that allow issuer financial institutions to quickly and efficiently launch NFC device payment programs. In an embodiment, a staging account provider computer receives a request to provision a mobile account. The staging account provider computer generates a mobile account PAN and associates it with a funding account PAN, and transmits a personalization request to personalize a payment application for the cardholder's mobile device to a trusted service manager (TSM) computer. The staging account provider computer receives a status confirmation message from the TSM computer indicating that the payment application has been personalized and loaded onto the cardholder's mobile device, and then transmits a mobile account initialization message that includes the mobile account PAN to the primary issuer.
US09542672B2
The disclosed embodiments include a mobile client device for providing real-time manufacturer-based financing. In one embodiment, the mobile device is configured to receive a product code associated with a manufacturer product offered for sale at a merchant location. The mobile device may further provide the product code to a financial service provider system configured to create a manufacturer-based financial service account associated with the product manufacturer. Further, the mobile device may provide, to the financial service provider system, information associated with a received account application, where the financial service provider system may create the manufacturer-based financial service account based on the received information and the product code. The mobile device may also receive a purchase code for purchasing the product using the manufacturer-based financial service account, provide it at the merchant POS location, and receive a confirmation of product purchase.
US09542669B1
Techniques are described for analyzing user-supplied information, including to predict future aspects of additional related information that will be supplied by users. The user-supplied information may include distributed group discussions that involve numerous users and occur via user comments and other content items supplied to one or more social networking sites and/or other computer-accessible sites. The analysis of user-supplied information may, for example, include determining particular topics that are of interest for a specified category during one or more periods of time, summarizing and encoding information about multiple selected factors for comments supplied for particular topics or a category during each period of time (such as to quantify an amount of user interest), predicting future values for the selected factors for the topics and category during one or more future period of times, and taking one or more further actions based on the predicted information.
US09542668B2
System and methods are provided for receiving selection, by a user, of a subset of message clusters in a plurality of message clusters. Each message cluster is associated with a corresponding set of clustering rules. Each respective electronic message, addressed to and/or from the user, in a plurality of electronic messages is assigned to one or more of the clusters in the subset of clusters in accordance with the sets of clustering rules associated with the subset of clusters. The set of clustering rules for a first cluster in the subset of clusters (i) prevents some messages in the plurality of messages from being assigned to the first cluster and (ii) assigns messages to the first cluster without regard to content relatedness between messages in the plurality of messages and messages already in the first cluster. Messages in the first cluster are formatted for display as a single cluster graphic.
US09542666B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for distributing content pursuant to audit-based processes. Audit content in runtime workpapers may be dynamically constructed in response to industry-driven and response-driven rules using information from one or more of the distributed content libraries. Dynamic updates may also be provided for generated runtime workpapers constructed from the distributed content. The system and method may also provide drilldown functionality for enabling a user to view a source workpaper for a specified data value which has flowed into the generated dynamic workpaper and/or tip functionality to provide a user with additional guidance based on the status and data associated with the generated workpaper.
US09542658B2
A system and method analyzes resource consumption without requiring sensors at every device for which consumption is analyzed. Data rates used to provide resource use information may be increased or decreased based on user actions.
US09542657B2
A method for assigning individual contact processing resources of a contact center to contacts in the contact center is disclosed. On receiving a new contact at the contact center, a contact object corresponding to the new contact is provided within a population of contact objects corresponding to contacts being processed by the contact center. A programmed processing object corresponding to each individual contact processing resource of the contact center is provided. Each processing object is arranged to adaptively and independently select contact objects from the population of contact objects based on a value received for processing contacts from the population and a value spent on processing contacts from the population. Once a programmed processing object selects a contact object, an associated contact processing resource is assigned to the contact.
US09542656B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for integrating and data activities in a process flow. A data transformation activity is invoked through local or remote invocation. The data transformation activity is part of a process flow defined in a standard business process execution language format and is invoked from within the process flow. A system for executing a process flow including one or more control activities and one or more data transformation activities is also described. The system includes a process control engine for executing activities included in the process flow, a data transformation subsystem for storing domain specific definitions of data transformation processes of data in one or more databases, and a control data repository for storing domain specific activity information related to the process flow.
US09542650B2
A relational event history is determined based on a data set, the relational event history including a set of relational events that occurred in time among a set of actors. Data is populated in a probability model based on the relational event history, where the probability model is formulated as a series of conditional probabilities that correspond to a set of sequential decisions by an actor for each relational event, where the probability model includes one or more statistical parameters and corresponding statistics, and where at least one of the one or more statistics is determined using a decay function. A baseline communications behavior for the relational event history is determined based on the populated probability model, and, based on a second set of values for the statistical parameters, departures within the relational event history from the baseline communications behavior are determined.
US09542636B2
A chip module comprises a carrier, having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. A first recess structure is arranged in the carrier in the first main surface, and a chip is arranged in the first recess structure of the carrier. A patterned metallization layer is deposited on the second main surface of the carrier, the metallization layer having a first metallization structure and a second metallization structure, the first metallization structure being electrically isolated from the second metallization structure. The chip is electrically connected to the first metallization structure and the second metallization structure. The chip module comprises in particular an RFID chip and is suited to be connected to a textile substrate by way of laser reflow soldering.
US09542619B2
A system for determining piles comprises an interface and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an image. The processor is configured to determine one or more attributes of the image; to determine whether the image is a member of a top of a hierarchy based at least in part on the attributes. In the event it is determined that the image is a member of the top of the hierarchy: determine a set of elements of the hierarchy the image is a member of, based at least in part on the attributes and determine which of the set of entities are piles.
US09542617B2
The present invention is directed to an image processing method, comprising: deriving a pixel statistical value of pixels and edge information for each of regions in a plurality of layers, the regions including attention pixels and having ranges that are successively narrower; correcting differential information between a pixel statistical value for a region in an attention layer and a pixel statistical value for a region in a layer wider than the region in the attention layer by using the edge information; correcting the pixel statistical value for the region in the attention layer by using the corrected differential information and the pixel statistical value for the region wider than the region in the attention layer; re-correcting the corrected pixel statistical value for the region in the attention layer by using a pixel statistical value for a region equal to or wider than a region in each of the layers and differential information between the uncorrected pixel statistical value for the region in the attention layer and the corrected pixel statistical value for the region in the attention layer; and correcting the attention pixel by repeating the correcting and the re-correcting the pixel statistical value for the region in the attention layer sequentially in the respective layers until the region is reduced from a maximum range to a minimum range.
US09542613B2
A apparatus and method are provided for processing images. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture real time images from an environment of a user. The apparatus also includes a mobile power source, and at least one processor device configured to process, at an initial resolution, images to determine existence of a trigger, and access rules associating image context with image capture resolution to enable images of a first context to be processed at a lower capture resolution than images of a second context. The processor device analyzes at least one first image, selects a first image capture resolution rule, and applies the first image capture resolution rule to a subsequent captured image. The processor device analyzes at least one second image, selects a second image capture resolution rule, and applies the second image capture resolution rule to a second subsequent captured image.
US09542611B1
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a current frame, the current frame including one or more macroblocks, analyzing the current frame using a first set of image characteristics to determine if logo detection can be performed on the current frame, and performing the logo detection on the current frame if the current frame satisfies the first set of image characteristics to determine presence of a logo macroblock among the one or more macroblocks.
US09542610B1
An image associated with a poll may be acquired via a camera. One or more symbols indicating responses may be found by analyzing the image. The responses specified by the symbols may be determined and saved. The responses may also be displayed to the operator and/or to the respondents.
US09542594B2
Positional information regarding a target region in an image obtained by a first detection unit is obtained from a holding unit, and positional information regarding a target region in the image is obtained by a second detection unit whose detection characteristics are different from those of the first detection unit. Positional information regarding a target region in the image is determined based on the obtained positional information and the positional information detected by the second detection unit.
US09542587B2
The present invention relates to a chip design and discloses a fingerprint information detection circuit. The invention includes a reset unit, a feedback unit, an amplification unit and a source follower unit; the reset unit is connected to the feedback unit and amplification unit, while the feedback unit is connected to the amplification unit, and the amplification unit is connected to the source follower unit; when the reset transistor built-into the reset unit is on, it stores an electric charge, and resets the feedback unit; when the reset transistor is off, the stored electric charge is injected into the feedback unit and amplification unit; the feedback unit receives the electric charge, and outputs the second voltage signal generated when it detects fingerprints to the source follower unit; the amplification unit amplifies the received signal and outputs it to the source follower unit; the source follower unit receives the signal, performs voltage level shifting before outputting the first voltage signal that carries the detected fingerprint information. The present invention enables the circuit to use a reduced chip area, hence, saving the cost of the chip.
US09542585B2
A method to improve the efficiency of the detection and tracking of machine-readable objects is disclosed. The properties of image frames may be pre-evaluated to determine whether a machine-readable object, even if present in the image frames, would be likely to be detected. After it is determined that one or more image frames have properties that may enable the detection of a machine-readable object, image data may be evaluated to detect the machine-readable object. When a machine-readable object is detected, the location of the machine-readable object in a subsequent frame may be determined based on a translation metric between the image frame in which the object was identified and the subsequent frame rather than a detection of the object in the subsequent frame. The translation metric may be identified based on an evaluation of image data and/or motion sensor data associated with the image frames.
US09542581B1
Embodiments of the subject technology provide a multi-tenant asset tracking system that disambiguates or filters RFID tags.
US09542577B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a system of information RFID tagging facilities comprising a first radio frequency (RF) tag, a second RF tag, and a third RF tag, wherein the first RF tag, the second RF tag, and the third RF tag are adapted to at least in part operate using energy received from an RF signal, wherein: (i) at least one of the first RF tag and the second RF tag receives an RF signal from an RF device, (ii) the first RF tag transmits data to the second RF tag, and (iii) the second RF tag stores the transmitted data from the first RF tag in a memory on the second RF tag, wherein the third RF tag is out of range of the RF signal from the RF device, and the data transferred from the first RF tag to the second RF tag is subsequently relayed from the second RF tag to the third RF tag.
US09542575B2
In a transaction terminal device, a magnetic head module that supports a magnetic head which reads a magnetic card, and a plurality of communication antennas used for communications according to different standards are arranged at the same end within a housing. The magnetic head module includes a line-shaped metal urging member that exerts urging force to a magnetic head in a passing path direction of the magnetic card. Even though a communication antenna is arranged close to the magnetic head, a reradiated radio wave generated from the metal urging member of the magnetic head receiving a radio wave radiated from an adjacent communication antenna is reduced, and communication quality is secured. Accordingly, even though the communication antenna is arranged close to the magnetic head that reads the magnetic card, the transaction terminal device can normally complete the transaction using the read magnetic card.
US09542572B2
A method of managing map information including: attaching a retrieval identifier, according to input information, to map information which is obtained by retrieval based on the input information, the retrieval identifier indicating whether the map information is personal data or public data; storing the map information as the personal data into a storage device, the map information being indicated to be the personal data by the retrieval identifier attached in the attaching, and storing the map information as the public data into the storage device, the map information being indicated to be the public data by the retrieval identifier; and executing a navigation process using at least one of the personal data and the public data which are stored in the storage device.
US09542571B2
Systems and methods of owner application control of an electronic device are provided. Owner application control information is stored on the electronic device and/or one or more remote servers. Owner application control information is consulted to determine if one or more required applications are available for execution on the electronic device. If not, one or more required applications not available are downloaded and installed. This could be in a manner transparent to the user of the electronic device. If one or more required applications are not available on the electronic device, the device can be functionally disabled in whole, or in part, until one or more required applications are available.
US09542563B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for accessing protected content includes a first computing device with at least one processor. The system determines one or more users associated with information required to access content of a protected document based on a set of rules. A request is generated and sent to at least one second computing device associated with the one or more determined users to retrieve and utilize the required information to access the content of the protected document. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for accessing protected content in substantially the same manner described above.
US09542559B2
Systems and methods for performing hybrid symbolic execution to detect exploitable bugs in binary code are described. In some example embodiments, the systems and methods determine that resources associated with an execution client performing symbolic execution of a target program are below, at, or above a threshold performance level, generate checkpoints for active executing paths of the online symbolic execution, and cause the execution client to perform symbolic execution in response to the determination that the resources are at or above the threshold performance level.
US09542553B1
In an embodiment, a computing system, such as a monitoring computer, receives a request from a user to monitor an account of the user with an online service provider. The request may include personal information and user preferences for one or more protective actions. The system periodically monitors external data sources for indications of changes to personal information associated with the account, and detects changes or attempted changes to personal information associated with the account. The system may determine risk levels associated with detected changes or attempted changes, and transmit a notification to the user via a communication channel selected based on the determined risk level and/or the user preferences. The system may also initiate protective actions, so that further unauthorized access to the account may be prevented.
US09542543B2
A biometric authentication device including: a data-for-matching generation portion generating a data for matching from biometric information; an update-demand determine portion determining whether a registered data registered for matching with the data for matching needs updating or not, based on a difference between biometric quality of the registered data and biometric quality of the data for matching; and a registered data replace portion replacing the registered data by a generated data for updating, according to a determination result of the update-demand determine portion.
US09542540B2
A computer-implemented method for managing application program access to a protected resource residing on a mobile device is provided. The method includes receiving from an application program a request for a permission to access the protected resource, and receiving from a source external to the mobile device an authentication of the application program. An authorization to provide the permission to access the protected resource is received and permission to access the protected resource is provided to the application program in response to receiving the authorization. Data produced by the protected resource is cryptographically signed, and a notification is generated in response to at least one of the application program requesting the permission to access the protected resource and the application program accessing the protected resource. A system for managing application program access to a protected resource residing on a mobile device is further provided.
US09542537B2
A method and system for confidentially providing a software component which is encrypted using a secret cryptographic key of a software component manufacturer, and the key is then encrypted using a first cryptographic system key, wherein the encrypted software component and the encrypted key are transported by the software component manufacturer to a destination system device. After decrypting the transported encrypted key using a second cryptographic system key, the transported encrypted software component is decrypted using the decrypted key, wherein the decrypted software component is provided for execution on the destination system device. The method can be used to protect source codes or object codes of a developed software component from access by a third party and still allows for processing using standard tools.
US09542536B2
Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for sustained data protection. In particular, a data protector may define a set of access levels associated with content within data using a set of access policies (e.g., a partial access level to inventory data for an inventory server, a full access level to inventory data and billing data for a shopping website server, etc.). The data protector may secure (e.g., encrypt) the data to create protected data, so that clients may be unable to access content of the protected data without obtaining access through the data protector. In this way, the data protector may selectively provide clients with access to content within the protected data according to respective access levels for the different clients (e.g., access to inventory data, but not billing data, may be provided to the inventory server by the data protector).
US09542535B1
A computer-implemented method for recognizing behavioral attributes of software in real-time is described. An executable file is executed. One or more runtime events associated with a behavior of the executable file are traced. The one or more traced runtime events are translated to a high level language. A recognizable pattern of the translated traced runtime events is produced. The pattern is a unique behavioral set of the translated traced runtime events.
US09542534B1
A medication dispensing device comprises a case having a front panel, a back panel and sidewalls. The case defines a medication holding area and a dosage holding area. A first gate is located between the medication holding area and the dosage holding area and is operable to allow the dosage to pass from the medication holding area to the dosage holding area. A second gate is operable to allow the dosage to pass from the dosage holding area to the patient. The device further includes a battery, a patient authentication device and a central processing unit (CPU). Upon proper patient authentication, the CPU instructs the first gate to open to pass the dosage to the dosage holding area, the first gate to close upon passage of the dosage, the second gate to open to dispense the dosage, and the second gate to close.
US09542529B2
A medical image data processing apparatus comprises a registration unit configured to perform a non-rigid registration of a first set of medical image data and a second set of medical image data, wherein the registration unit is further configured to determine, for at least one region, a rigid or affine registration that is an approximation of the non-rigid registration.
US09542518B2
A method for designing a system-on-chip (SOC) for a wireless device includes receiving, at a design processor, first usage conditions for a first module of the SOC and second usage conditions for a second module of the SOC. The method further includes determining design parameters for the SOC. The design parameters are determined based on the first usage conditions and the second usage conditions.
US09542517B2
Some methods provide an electronic design file, which includes an integrated circuit (IC) component that is operably coupled to a package component. The IC component and package component collectively form a resistor inductor capacitor (RLC) resonant circuit. The method also provides a damping component in the electronic design file. This damping component is configured to reduce a pre-resonant time during which energy exchanged in the RLC resonant circuit approaches a steady-state, and thereby speeds simulation time.
US09542516B1
A method to generate a reduced delay twinaxial SPICE model is provided. The method may include measuring near-end S-parameter components and far-end S-parameter components of a twinaxial cable, reducing an original time delay of the far-end S-parameter components by multiplying each of the far-end S-parameter components by a complex exponential based on an equivalent delay length, a signal frequency, and an effective dielectric constant, simulating a signal transmitted across a twinaxial cable by running a 4-port SPICE model using the near-end S-parameter components and the multiplied far-end S-parameter components, and recording a magnitude and a phase of the transmitted signal with respect to frequency as outputs of the reduced delay twinaxial SPICE model.
US09542515B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media are disclosed for simulating a circuit. The method may comprise a step of providing a network model of the circuit having a plurality of ports, the plurality of ports being associated with one or more net pairs. The method may also comprise combining the plurality of ports into one or more groups based on the net pairs, each group corresponding to a net pair. In addition, the method may comprise calculating, for each group, one or more expansion elements, wherein the one or more expansion elements are associated with a shared property among all ports of the group. Moreover, the method may comprise simulating the circuit using a combination of the expansion elements calculated for each group.
US09542512B1
A system and method are provided for maintaining alignment of timing signals of a source synchronous interface between driver and receiver portions of an electronic system in a behavioral model based simulation environment. The system comprises a memory unit, an analysis controller unit coupled to the memory unit, and a timing alignment unit coupled to the analysis controller unit. The timing alignment unit is executable responsive to the analysis controller unit to generate behavioral models for mutually assigned first and second nets which transmit respective timing signals between the driver and receiver portions, and actuates transient simulation on the behavioral models to simulate transmission of the timing signals through the first and second nets. A timing skew between respective transmissions of the timing signals through the first and second nets is measured responsive to the simulated transmission for compensation during a general simulation of the source synchronous interface.
US09542509B2
An approach and tool integrate cyber-physical systems design based on the function-behavior-state (FBS) methodology where multi-domain simulation models capturing both the behavioral and structural aspects of a system are automatically generated from its functional description. The approach focuses on simulation-enabled FBS models using automatic and context-sensitive mappings of functional basis elementary functions to simulation components described in physical modeling languages. Potentially beneficial process loops are recognized and inserted in the functional model.
US09542508B2
A method for characterizing a property of a subterranean formation including collecting well log and seismic data, inverting the data, processing for upscaled petrophysical parameters, constructing a flow model that generates saturation, pressure and temperature, constructing seismic velocity relationships from the results of the flow model, and constructing a seismic model. Some embodiments may form a full waveform model or a ray tracing model. Some embodiments may generate a velocity profile and/or waveforms using the profile. Some embodiments may use the parameters to form a reservoir model or to recover hydrocarbons from the formations. Some embodiments build a reservoir model of CO2 injection or CO2 presence after injection or for simulating CO2 presence in a subterranean formation. Some embodiments may also quantify CO2 properties in the reservoir or predict CO2 profile evolution over time in the reservoir including spatial distribution. Some embodiments may also predict CO2 profile evolution over time in a reservoir and risk assessment, estimate storage capacity of the reservoir, or select a storage site. Some additional embodiments may also predict fluid front arrival, fluid front monitoring, fluid movement monitoring, or injectivity. Some additional embodiments may generate saturation profiles or a pressure.
US09542504B2
In one embodiment, a social graph associated with a social networking system may comprise user nodes, concept nodes, meta nodes, and edges between the nodes. A meta node may be connected by an edge to each of a set of concept nodes sharing attributes. A request associated with a first user may be received, wherein a user node for the first user is associated with a first one of the concept nodes. A meta node connected to the first concept node may be identified. Second concept nodes may be identified, wherein each of the second concept nodes is connected to the identified meta node. A value may be determined for each of the second concept nodes. Finally, information may be presented to the first user, wherein the information is related to at least one of the second concept nodes based on respective values for the second concept nodes.
US09542498B2
Embodiments related to the provision of applications to mobile devices are disclosed. One embodiment provides a mobile device application server system, comprising a database, a processor, and memory comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to perform a method of providing applications to mobile devices. The method comprises receiving a first application configured to be run on a first mobile device type, storing the first application, receiving a second application configured to be run on a second device mobile device type, and storing the second application. The method further comprises receiving a request for the first application from a first mobile device of the first mobile device type, providing the first application to the first mobile device, receiving a request for the second application from a second mobile device of the second mobile device type, and providing the second application to the second mobile device.
US09542494B2
A search engine database is utilized to identify “entities”, or things for which there exists associated discrete, objective information. For hosted information that is independently available, the entity detector independently accesses such information and identifies entities. For information that has defined potential entities, such as entertainment or lifestyle information such defined potential entities are provided to the entity detector to verify, with reference to the search engine database, whether they are entities. Once entities have been identified, a related task generator, with reference to the search engine database, identifies tasks that are related to the identified entities. Such tasks include informational tasks, economic tasks, time-sensitive and location-sensitive tasks. The identified entities and related tasks are provided to applications, with metadata quantifying confidence, relationship, importance, location and time sensitivity, and the like, thereby enabling those applications to proactively provide selects ones of that information to users.
US09542493B1
Disclosed is an electronic device and system in mobile or stationary environments with an intelligent user interface enabling temporal, categorical or multi-user display capabilities for the user of the system.
US09542491B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for utilizing keystroke logging information to determine items (e.g., search results and/or advertisements) for presentation in response to an input search query. The utilized keystroke logging information is captured contemporaneously with input of the submitted query terms/content of the search query. That is, the utilized keystroke logging information is captured during a single search query input session measured, for instance, between execution of a first search query and execution of a second search query, or between engagement with a search query input region and execution of a search query. In this way, information that may be gleaned about a user's intent based upon query reformulations (e.g., query term deletions, additions, spelling corrections, and the like) and/or actions taken with respect to query formation (e.g., pasting actions) may be utilized to provide relevant items in response to the search query.
US09542489B2
Social media content items are mapped to relevant time-based media events. These mappings may be used as the basis for multiple applications, such as ranking of search results for time-based media, automatic recommendations for time-based media, prediction of audience interest for media purchasing/planning, and estimating social interest in the time-based media. Social interest in time-based media (e.g., video and audio streams and recordings) segments is estimated through a process of data ingestion and integration. The estimation process determines social interest in specific events represented as segments in time-based media, such as particular plays in a sporting event, scenes in a television show, or advertisements in an advertising block. The resulting estimates of social interest also can be graphically displayed.
US09542464B2
In a method for identifying and classifying an object, an object is detected by at least one physical detector tuned for it, the object is evaluated from the output signal of the detector and by an evaluation unit, and the object is identified and/or classified on the basis of predefinable properties from the output signal. A number of different physical features of the object are derived from the output signal, and the object is assigned to one of N predetermined basic classes on the basis of the derived physical features. The N basic classes are arranged in a predetermined order to form an N-dimensional vector V, which is assigned to the object, such that the elements v1, . . . , vN of the vector V indicate that the object belongs to the respective basic class. The object is then assigned to a derived class, which is taken from a reference data base, as a function of the vector V.
US09542463B2
A system and method in accordance with the present invention provides for delaying an xa_close call on a connection and reducing the number of xa_open/xa_close calls. This process improves upon the original method of carrying out the xa_close call. The connection is always in an xa_open stage and will avoid a subsequent costly xa_open/xa_close. The only event which triggers the xa_close is the time out on the connection.
US09542458B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing and displaying user-generated content. User-generated content is received from a user over a network. A conversation related to the received user-generated content is identified. A score associated with the identified conversation is calculated based on one or more parameters related to the user or the conversation. The user-generated content is provided for display in relation to the conversation, based on the calculated score associated with the conversation.
US09542456B1
Distinct names of merchant entities in a transaction processing database are automatically corrected to standard names of entities by identifying non-standard features from the distinct names that do not uniquely identify the standard names of entities, and processing each distinct name with a selected regular expression tailored to remove the non-standard features and convent the names to a standard name format. Fuzzy matching is used to identify standard names of entities corresponding to the standard name formats.
US09542453B1
A method is performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory. The server receives a search query from a user and identifies a list of search results associated with the search query. Each search result has an initial position in the list. The server identifies a set of user-preferred search results that comprises search results in a search history of the user. Each of the user-preferred search results has been previously selected by the user for at least a predefined minimum number of times. The server identifies in the list of search results, one or more search results that are associated with at least one of the user-preferred search results and reorders the list of search results by moving each of the identified search results from its initial position by a non-zero offset. The server then provides the reordered list of search results to the user.
US09542437B2
A system includes a database with a plurality of records, each record including a plurality of data fields. The system receives input from an end user. The end user input is received via an end user interface, and the end user input includes a subset of the plurality of data fields. The system queries the database using the subset of data fields, and data is retrieved from the database using the subset of data fields. The data retrieved from the database substantially include only data fields that are the data fields supplied by the end user. In an embodiment, the retrieved data do not include data fields that are not part of the data fields supplied by the end user.
US09542422B2
Described are systems, media, and methods for discovery of media relevant to a user and sharing the media with the user.
US09542413B2
Method of dividing data to be stored in storage device into data fragments; recording the data by using configurations of divided data fragments; judging whether identical data fragments exist in data fragments; when it is judged that identical data fragments exist, storing one of the identical data fragments in storage area of the storage device, and generating and recording data-fragment attribute information indicating an attribute unique to the data fragment stored; upon receipt of request to read data stored in the storage area of the storage device, acquiring the configurations of the data fragments forming the read-target data, reading the corresponding data fragments from the storage area of the storage device, and restoring the data; acquiring and coupling the recorded data fragments to generate concatenation target data targeted for judgment on whether chunk concatenation is possible or not, and detecting whether the concatenation target data has a repeated data pattern.
US09542409B2
An apparatus and a method for maintaining a file system is described. An allocation module receives a request from a kernel module to allocate a block of the file system to a file. The allocation module examines an other block of the file system to determine whether the other block contain a same data as the block. The allocation module also determines an external reference count of the other block containing the same data. The other block is then allocated to the file and the external reference count is updated accordingly.
US09542398B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing device reads a management file in a storage device. The information processing device analyzes information necessary for management and stores the analysis result. The information processing device performs specified processing based on the analysis result stored by the analysis processor. The information processing device obtains update information of the management file of each content item accumulated in the storage device and determines whether the update information has been changed or not. The information processing device performs the specified processing using the analysis result previously stored by the analysis processor if the update information has not been changed.
US09542394B2
Systems and methods are described allowing dynamic selection of media items for presentation within a media stream based on dynamically-generated information that describes the content of the media stream or the stream's consumer. Systems may include meta data servers and media servers that work together to dynamically select media items and dynamically build a media stream containing the selected media items to the consumer. The media items are selected based on dynamically-generated meta data. Such meta data may be generated by previous consumers of the media stream and provide an accurate and dynamic description of the contents of the media stream. Because the media items are dynamically selected based on dynamically-generated meta data, even though the same media stream may be requested by different media consumers, each media stream is individually generated and may be a unique stream that reflects the impressions of previous consumers of the stream.
US09542390B2
A computer implemented method and apparatus for mitigating face aging errors when performing facial recognition. The method comprises receiving an indication of a face that needs to be searched in an image set, where each image in the image set comprises a timestamp that identifies a creation date of the image, the creation date being in a continuum of successive time intervals; and identifying the indicated face in images taken in each time interval of a plurality of successive time intervals for the indicated face, wherein each face found in images taken in a previous successive time interval is used as a reference set for identifying the face in images taken in a next successive time interval.
US09542375B2
Using a bounding language to control or restrict the changes that can be made to contents of a structured document (e.g., a document encoded in the Extensible Markup Language, or “XML”), and also the bounding language and documents encoded according to the bounding language. A Document Type Definition (“DTD”) is defined as a “bounding DTD”, and one or more structured documents containing editing restrictions are defined according to this DTD. A processing component uses a structured document containing editing restrictions as input, and programmatically determines which fields of another structured document can be edited, which fields should be hidden, and so forth. By restricting the parts of the file that can be edited, users who need to do the editing are shielded from irrelevant details, and can carry out their task with less risk of making errors (and without needing to understand the details of the structured document markup language).
US09542359B2
Volume imaging of geological structures and/or man-made objects having physical property using geophysical field sources and/or sensors mounted from at least one data acquisition system. The sources may include natural field sources and/or man-made sources. The sensors may measure at least one component of the geophysical field. The subsets of the geophysical survey formed by the at least one source of geophysical data are selected, and the integrated sensitivity subdomains for selected subsets of the survey are determined by determining the volumes where the integrated sensitivity of the subset is greater than a predetermined threshold. The total sensitivity is determined as the superposition of the sensitivities from all of the integrated sensitivity subdomains. The fields measured for each combination of source and/or sensors may be volume imaged where 3D inversion/imaging is based on the total sensitivity calculated as the superposition of the sensitivities from all of the integrated sensitivity subdomains.
US09542357B2
A method and arrangement in a User Terminal (UT) for updating an operational parameter in the UT, the method comprising: to register, for at least one software module in the UT, a corresponding validator and/or a corresponding consistency verifier to a proxy module in the UT, wherein the validator is adapted to validate parameter syntax and wherein the consistency verifier is adapted to verify parameter consistency; to receive, from a Service Provider (SP), an operational parameter to be updated in the UT; and to check syntax validity and consistency of the received operational parameter which is based on each validator and/or each consistency verifier registered to the proxy module.
US09542354B2
Generating a parallel data signal by converting serial data of a serial data signal to parallel data
Methods and deserializer circuits are provided for generating a parallel data signal by converting serial data of a serial data signal to parallel data. In a particular embodiment, the deserializer circuit includes a logic divider configured to generate based on a half rate clock, a quarter rate clock, a mode rate clock, and a selection control signal. The deserializer circuit includes a first set of latches for sampling and aligning the serial data from the serial data signal into the deserializer circuit based on the half rate clock. The deserializer circuit also includes a shift register including a second set of latches configured to latch the output of the first set of latches based on the quarter rate clock generated by the logic divider. In the particular embodiment, the deserializer circuit also includes multiplexer logic configured to output the parallel data signal including latching data from the shift register.
US09542343B2
A memory module includes memory devices arranged in ranks and columns and designated in first and second groupings, the first grouping includes memory devices arranged in only a first rank nearest a memory controller and directly connected to the memory controller, the memory devices in the second grouping are indirectly connected to the memory controller via a corresponding memory device in the first grouping arranged in a same column, and each memory device selectively provides either self-data retrieved from a constituent memory core or other-data retrieved from a memory core of another memory device during the read operation.
US09542342B2
A multiple access mechanism allows sources to simultaneously access different target registers at the same time without using a semaphore. The multiple access mechanism is implemented using N holding registers and source identifiers. The N holding registers are located in each slave engine. Each of the N holding registers is associated with a source and is configured to receive partial updates from the source before pushing the full update to a target register. After the source is finished updating the holding register and the holding register is ready to commit to the target register, a source identifier is added to a register bus. The source identifier identifies the holding register as the originator of the transaction on the register bus. The N holding registers are able to simultaneously handle N register transactions. The max value of N is 2n, where n is the number of bits in the source identifier.
US09542325B2
Disclosed is a multi-core processor that includes a processor core, a graphics core, and a cache controller. The cache controller receives a first request from an input-output (I/O) device to lock a first address that corresponds to a way in a first set of ways in a cache. The cache controller sends, to the I/O device, a rejection of the first request when the way in the first set is not lockable for the I/O device. The cache controller receives a second request from the I/O device to lock a second address that corresponds to a way in a second set of ways in the cache. The cache controller locks the way in the second set in response to the second request.
US09542321B2
The disclosure is directed to a system and method for interleaving data utilizing a random access buffer that includes a plurality of independently accessible memory slots. The random access buffer is configured to store slices of incoming data sectors in free memory slots, where a free memory slot is identified by a status flag associated with a logical address of the free memory slot. Meanwhile, a label buffer is configured to store labels associated with the slices of the incoming data sectors in a sequence based upon an interleaving scheme. Media sectors including the interleaved data slices are read out from the memory slots of the random access buffer in order of the sequence of labels stored by the label buffer. As the media sectors are read out of the random access buffer, the corresponding memory slots are freed up for incoming slices of the next super-sector.
US09542313B2
A parallel computer system includes information processing devices, each of the information processing devices including a communication control device that performs communication, a main memory that stores data, and an arithmetic processing device that is coupled to the communication control device and the main memory, the information processing devices being coupled to each other through a network by the respective communication control device, wherein the arithmetic processing device includes a cache memory and a cache controller, the cache controller that executes an atomic operation for target data on the cache memory that stores the target data when the communication control device outputs an atomic operation request that is used to request the atomic operation, the atomic operation being not divided into a smaller operation, and notifies the communication control device of a result that is obtained by executing the atomic operation on the cache memory.
US09542310B2
Apparatus includes a file server node having (i) a first interface operable to communicate with a network and receiving a network request via network, (ii) a non-volatile memory operable to temporarily store a request related to the network request received by the first interface, (iii) a second interface operable to be coupled to the storage device for storing the request, and (iv) a non-volatile memory processing module, coupled to the first interface, the non-volatile memory and the second interface, and operable to be coupled to another file server node, so that the request can be sent to the non-volatile memory, the second interface and the another file server node after the non-volatile memory processing module receives the file system request.
US09542298B2
Embodiments describe techniques for reducing resource overhead in verbose trace operations by recursively pruning object data prior to string serialization. According to one embodiment, a trace operation is initiated. The trace operation generates a string and specifies one or more objects to serialize and append to the string. At least one object is a nested object. The trace operation recursively parses the nested object while generating the string. Data associated with one or more of the objects to prune from the serialization is determined based on a current prioritization level. The one or more objects is serialized into the string.
US09542292B2
Enhancing situational awareness in operations management includes: generating a user interface incorporating multiple display interfaces; receiving event data for a plurality of events monitored by an operator viewing the multiple display interfaces; receiving context data for the plurality of events, wherein the context data is received from multiple sources; matching the plurality of the events with the context data; determining the events which the operator must handle as priority events; displaying the priority events; and reducing saliency of any events and tasks that are not associated with the priority events.
US09542282B2
The invention introduces a method for session failover in OS (Operating System) level, which contains at least the following steps. A VM (Virtual Machine) OS is selected to perform a failover when a server OS is determined to have failed. A memory and a local storage device of the VM OS are mapped to the physical memory space and physical storage space of a distributed share-memory-and-cloud-storage, which were allocated for the failed server OS via a hypervisor corresponding to the VM OS. The OS state of the failed server OS is obtained from a distributed cache system via the hypervisor.
US09542269B1
An operating method for controlling a semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment may include storing read commands in a command queue managed on first-in first-out basis; providing one of the read commands to the semiconductor memory device; determining whether the provided read command passes or fails based on read data, which is provided from the semiconductor memory device in response to the provided read command; and aborting remaining read commands in the command queue when the provided read command passes.
US09542256B2
An analysis module is configured to receive data associated with an event flow. The data is received from a first analysis module (e.g., in a stack of analysis modules) or from the event flow. The analysis module is configured to execute an analysis operation on the data to generate a result. The analysis module can output the result to a second analysis module (e.g., in the stack of analysis modules) or to a user interface.
US09542253B2
A method and system are described herein that employ a lost frame concealment technique for processing data frames received during transmission over a communications channel. The lost frame concealment technique involves determining whether a current data frame is a bad frame, performing source decoding on the current data frame with one or more parameters that are limited by a first set of one or more values if the current data frame is a bad frame, and performing source decoding on the current data frame with one or more parameters that are not limited if the current data frame is a good frame.
US09542251B2
Systems and methods that implement communication of error information on a bus, including a bus having a small number of pins are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an interface circuit configured to couple to a bus and one or more sideband signals. The sideband signals may be used to communicate error information such as parity information for a bus that does not otherwise have this capability. In some embodiments, parity information may be driven on the bus during a portion of a bus transaction corresponding to unused address bits.
US09542237B2
A computing device receives a request from a host for a shared lock on a resource. The computing device obtains an exclusive lock on the resource using a locking data structure that is stored on the storage domain. The computing device subsequently obtains a shared lock on the resource for the host by writing a flag to the locking data structure, wherein the flag indicates that the host has the shared lock on the resource. The computing device then releases the exclusive lock on the resource.
US09542231B2
The present invention, known as runspace, relates to the field of computing system management, data processing and data communications, and specifically to synergistic methods and systems which provide resource-efficient computation, especially for decomposable many-component tasks executable on multiple processing elements, by using a metric space representation of code and data locality to direct allocation and migration of code and data, by performing analysis to mark code areas that provide opportunities for runtime improvement, and by providing a low-power, local, secure memory management system suitable for distributed invocation of compact sections of code accessing local memory. Runspace provides mechanisms supporting hierarchical allocation, optimization, monitoring and control, and supporting resilient, energy efficient large-scale computing.
US09542226B2
A mechanism is provided for operating programs on a computer cluster comprising cluster resources. The cluster resources comprise non-virtual real hardware resources with variable configurations and virtual resources. Each cluster resource has a configuration description and a type. Each type has a unique type identification and descriptions of operations that can be performed by the cluster resource of the each type. Each program is operable for: requesting usage of the cluster resource specifying the type and the configuration description; and requesting a modification of the variable configuration of the non-virtual real hardware resource with the variable configuration. Execution of each program requires the dedicated execution environment on the computer cluster. The generation of each dedicated execution environment requires one or more dedicated virtual resources and one or more dedicated non-virtual real hardware resources with the variable configurations.
US09542220B2
A system and method can support transaction processing in a transactional environment. A transactional server operates to receive resource manager (RM) instance information from a data source that is associated with one or more RM instances, wherein the received instance information allows the transactional server to be aware of which RM instance that the transactional server is currently connected to. Furthermore, the transactional server operates to save the received instance information into one or more tables that are associated with the transactional server. Then, the transactional server can process a global transaction based on the instance information saved in the one or more tables.
US09542216B2
In a cloud app market, a cloud infrastructure customer can purchase apps for performing services such as rootkit detection and network security for a customer virtual machine run by the cloud infrastructure customer. A cloud infrastructure provider executes a provider virtual machine monitor or hypervisor on cloud infrastructure. The cloud app is provided with a customer virtual machine monitor nested on the provider virtual machine monitor. The customer virtual machine, together with a nested management domain of the customer, execute on the customer virtual machine monitor.
US09542213B2
Systems for monitoring a virtual machine in a cloud computing environment are disclosed. The systems include a baseline module residing on the virtual machine configured to retrieve baseline information from the virtual machine and create a plurality of baseline files and a trends module configured to retrieve a number of baseline files, comparatively analyze the number of baseline files and generate at least one trends report based on the comparative analysis of baseline files.
US09542211B2
In an embodiment, a processor includes at least one core and a dynamic language accelerator to execute a bytecode responsive to a memory mapped input/output (MMIO) operation on a file descriptor associated with the dynamic language accelerator. The processor may block execution of native code while the dynamic language accelerator executes the bytecode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09542201B2
A computer system can obtain BIOS data from a network storage by a management controller of the computer system. The computer system can emulate a BIOS memory by the management controller based on the BIOS data and initialize the computer system with the BIOS memory emulated by the management controller.
US09542197B2
An implementation may include a virtual trusted runtime BIOS managed by the virtual machine monitor. A replacement portion of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS may be included. A router can replace an address to a resource of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS with the address to the resource of the replacement portion of the virtual trusted runtime BIOS.
US09542192B1
A method for executing an application program using streams. A device driver receives a first command within an application program and parses the first command to identify a first stream token that is associated with a first stream. The device driver checks a memory location associated with the first stream for a first semaphore, and determines whether the first semaphore has been released. Once the first semaphore has been released, a second command within the application program is executed. Advantageously, embodiments of the invention provide a technique for developers to take advantage of the parallel execution capabilities of a GPU.
US09542190B2
A data processor of an embodiment includes a memory, an instruction cache, a processing unit (CPU), and a fetch process control unit. The memory stores a program in which a plurality of instructions are written. The instruction cache operates only when a branch instruction included in the program is executed, and data of a greater capacity than a width of a bus of the memory is read from the memory and stored in the instruction cache in advance. The processing unit accesses both the memory and the instruction cache and executes, in a pipelined manner, instructions read from the memory or the instruction cache. The fetch process control unit generates, in response to a branch instruction executed by the processing unit, a stop signal for stopping a fetch process of reading an instruction from the memory, and outputs the stop signal to the memory.
US09542187B2
A method for translating instructions for a processor. The method includes accessing a plurality of guest instructions that comprise multiple guest branch instructions comprising at least one guest far branch, and building an instruction sequence from the plurality of guest instructions by using branch prediction on the at least one guest far branch. The method further includes assembling a guest instruction block from the instruction sequence. The guest instruction block is translated to a corresponding native conversion block, wherein an at least one native far branch that corresponds to the at least one guest far branch and wherein the at least one native far branch includes an opposite guest address for an opposing branch path of the at least one guest far branch. Upon encountering a missprediction, a correct instruction sequence is obtained by accessing the opposite guest address.
US09542183B2
Branch sequences for branch prediction performance test are generated by performing the following steps: (i) generating a branch node graph, by a branch node graph generator machine logic set, based, at least in part, upon a set of branch traces of a workload or benchmark code; (ii) generating a first assembly pattern file, for use with a first instruction set architecture (ISA)/microarchitecture set, by an assembly pattern generator machine logic set, based, at least in part, upon the branch node graph so as to mimic the control-flow pattern of the workload or benchmark code; and (iii) running the assembly pattern file on the first ISA/microarchitecture set to obtain first execution results.
US09542180B2
A system and method of loading software parts on a vehicle. Information identifying a desired software configuration for active software parts on the vehicle is received by a processor unit. The processor unit identifies a current software configuration of the active software parts on the vehicle. The processor unit determines a dataload plan for loading the software parts on the vehicle based on a difference between the desired software configuration and the current software configuration. The dataload plan identifies an order for loading the software parts on the vehicle. The dataload plan is used for loading the software parts on the vehicle to make the software parts active on the vehicle.
US09542179B2
A program optimizer includes an energy tracking system, an energy monitoring system, and a code generation control system. The energy tracking system measures a pulse signal of a DC-DC converter that provides energy to a processor. The energy monitoring system determines, based on values received from the energy tracking system, attributes of operation of the processor. The code generation control system determines whether the values indicate that the execution of a first version of a program uses an amount of energy that is outside a predefined energy range, and to: 1) identify a parameter of an instruction generator that if changed will cause a second version of the program, when to use an amount of energy that is within the predefined energy range; 2) change a value of the identified first parameter; and 3) produce a second version of the program based on the changed value of the first parameter.
US09542175B2
A method is provided. The method stores a first version of an artifact in a first environment. Further, the method stores a second version of the artifact in the first environment. In addition, the second version of the artifact is distinct from the first version of the artifact. The method also deploys the first version of the artifact and the second version of the artifact to a second environment so that the first artifact and the second artifact can be run simultaneously in the second environment. The second environment is distinct from the first environment.
US09542165B2
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for model-to-model transformation including actions of providing a source meta-model, the source meta-model having a plurality of classes and one or more references, receiving first user input to a graphical editor, processing the first user input to provide a plurality of class modules and one or more reference modules, each class module corresponding to a class of the plurality of classes and each reference module corresponding to a reference of the one or more references, automatically generating transformation code based on the plurality of class modules and the one or more reference modules, receiving a source model, the source model being provided based on the source meta-model and being provided in a computer-readable file that is stored in memory, and generating a simulation model based on the source model and the transformation code.
US09542164B1
A system is configured to receive a notification that variable information, associated with a variable, is stored in a logical workspace; obtain, in response to the notification, the logical workspace; and generate meta information associated with the variable, where the meta information includes information associated with a temporal attribute of the variable, information associated with an application that generated the variable information, information associated with a contextual attribute of the variable, or information associated with a spatial attribute of the variable. The system is also configured to associate, the meta information with the variable information, where associating the meta information with the variable information permits an operation to be performed on the meta information or on the variable information based on the meta information.
US09542159B1
A system for software development includes a central server comprising a revision control system module; a process server including a process tool module; a local server including a local development environment; and an integration server including a mapping module. The revision control system module includes a plurality of branches. The process tool module is configured to create a ticket indicating a product requirement. The central server is configured to maintain and update the ticket that variably associates the development artifact with a respective one of the branches of the revision control system module. The integration server is configured to copy changes in the ticket stored on the revision control system to the ticket in the process tool module, and accordingly control transitions of the development artifact between the plurality of branches in the revision control system module of the central server.
US09542155B2
Where G and H are cyclic groups, M is an integer of two or more, i=1, . . . , M, f is a homomorphic function of mapping a member xi of group H to group G, Ri and R0 are random variables with a value in group G, ri is a realized value of the random variable Ri,, r0 is a realized value of the random variable R0, and ai is a random number of an integer of 0 or more, a random number generation unit 11 generates random numbers a1, a2, . . . , aM. A sampler 21 is capable of calculating f(x1)r1, f(x2)r2, . . . , f(xM)rM to obtain a calculation result thereof as z1, z2, . . . , zM, respectively. A power calculation unit 12 calculates (z1)a1, (z2)a2, . . . , (zM)aM. An extended randomizable sampler 22 is capable of calculating f(x1a1×x2a2× . . . ×xMaM)r0 to obtain a calculation result z0 thereof. A determination unit 16 determines whether or not (z1)a1×(z2)a2× . . . ×(zM)aM=z0.
US09542151B2
A method for interactive programming of a beverage brewing apparatus is presented. The method includes activating a beverage brewing apparatus; initiating a beverage brewing process within a microprocessor installed within the beverage brewing apparatus when commanded by a user; recording user responses to setup instructions presented as audible, vocal instructions from a speech circuit the verbal speech element associated with the beverage brewing apparatus; and brewing a selected beverage in accordance with the recorded user responses.
US09542150B2
A method, system, and computer program product containing instructions for analyzing audio input to a receiver coupled to an audio player to identify an audio event as one of a plurality of pre-determined audio event types. In response to identifying the audio event, the audio player is caused to adjust an audio output. Adjusting the audio output may include causing the audio player to pause playing audio output or to lower the volume of the audio output. The audio input to the receiver may be recorded. In response to identifying the audio event, the audio player may be caused to replay a recorded portion of the audio input. The recorded portion of the audio input may include a portion recorded prior to identifying the audio event.
US09542149B2
It is inter alia disclosed to receive a set of encoded audio parameters for an audio frame, wherein the set comprises indices representing at least two quantized line spectral frequency coefficients, wherein the audio frame when decoded comprises audio samples digitally sampled at a sampling frequency, wherein the sampling frequency is one of a plurality of sampling frequencies for an audio decoder; to convert the indices to the at least two quantized line spectral frequency coefficients; and to determine the sampling frequency for the audio frame by checking the value of a highest order quantized line spectral frequency coefficient of the at least two quantized line spectral frequency coefficients.
US09542139B2
A network printing system includes user devices, printing devices, a print server, and a logon server. The print server includes a print queue arranged to store print jobs received from the user devices and to send stored print jobs to the printing devices. The logon server is arranged to store logon details for users of the user devices and to store printer information for the users. The print server is arranged to select a printing device to which to send a print job stored in the queue based on the printer information stored in the logon server for the user of the user device from which the print job originated.
US09542136B2
A communication control system includes an attendance confirmation accepting unit that accepts confirmation of attendance according to an operation of an attendee to an information processing apparatus located at a conference room, a random number processor that generates a random number in case of accepting the confirmation of attendance and stores connection authentication information based on the random number in a memory, the connection authentication information being used for authenticating exchange of information with a terminal operated by the attendee at the conference, a print controller that transfers an output command for printing an image having the generated random number to an image forming apparatus, and a wireless connection controller that receives authentication information input by the terminal based on the random number via wireless communication at the conference room and authenticates the exchange of information with the terminal based on the connection authentication information stored in the memory.
US09542134B2
A terminal device may send a registration request to a print intermediation server. The registration request may cause the print intermediation server to register virtual printer related information. The terminal device may receive authentication information from the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send image data related information to the print intermediation server. The image data related information may be related to target image data representing a target image of a print target. The image data related information may be associated with the virtual printer related information and the authentication information in the print intermediation server. The terminal device may send the authentication information to an actual printer. The authentication information may be used by the actual printer to obtain target print data. The target print data may be data which is created from the target image data by the print intermediation server.
US09542133B2
A print control system 1 has a control server 10 that transmits print data, and a printer 12 that communicates with the control server 10 through an asynchronous duplex communication path, receives print data sent by the control server 10 through the communication path, and prints based on the received data.
US09542124B2
Provided is an electronic device including a power supply circuit. The power supply circuit includes: a voltage driving unit configured to pull-up drive an output node and generate an output voltage; and a driving control unit configured to receive the output voltage, disable the voltage driving unit from the time at which a divided voltage obtained by dividing the output voltage at a set ratio becomes higher than a first level, and enable the voltage driving unit from the time at which the divided voltage becomes lower than a second level, which is higher than the first level.
US09542121B2
A memory device includes a serial interface buffer that receives a hardware-decodable command and an extended interface command. The memory device also includes a logic module that directs the hardware-decodable command to a register for execution by a microcontroller. The logic module additionally loads a command received following the extended interface command into a sub-op-code register, wherein the logic module remains passive after loading the command received following the extended interface command into the sub-op-code register. Also included is a microcontroller that interprets the command in the sub-op-code register.
US09542120B2
A volume of data is copied from a first location to a second location. A procedure to repair a volume of data is initiated. A first instruction associated with the repair procedure is selectively redirected to a staging storage, based on a determination that the first instruction relates to an action that makes a change to the volume. A second instruction is selectively redirected to one of the staging storage and the volume, based on data stored in the staging storage.
US09542115B1
Methods and systems for managing resources in a storage system are provided. The methods include tracking performance of a plurality of resources used for reading and writing information at storage devices in a networked storage system, each resource represented by a logical object in a hierarchical structure and performance data associated with each logical object is maintained by a processor executing a management application out of a memory device; identifying a root object associated with a resource having a performance issue as indicated by a threshold violation for the resource; selecting a related object associated with a resource similar to the resource of the root object by the management application for comparing performance data of the root object with the related object; and using the comparison to verify that the root object is a root cause of the performance issue.
US09542094B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a layout based on a handwriting input. A first input is received from a user. The first input includes handwriting data. A layout is created based on the handwriting data. A second input is received from the user. Content of the second input is arranged in the created layout.
US09542077B2
Enlargement of a reference list is prevented by supporting appropriate deletion of transaction objects, which are unnecessary to register in the reference list, from the reference list. An information processing apparatus includes: a selecting means that selects, as candidates for deletion from a reference list, a transaction object associated with a transaction object targeted for operation among transaction objects registered in the reference list, based on reference list information of a user, which is stored in a storing means that stores the reference list information indicating transaction objects registered in the reference list holding a reference to information associated with the transaction objects, when a predetermined operation relating to selection of the transaction object is performed by the user; and a controlling means that suggests the deletion candidates selected by the selecting means.
US09542058B2
A method and system for manipulating data that includes accessing content data related to an upcoming event that is scheduled for release. A data record for the event is generated from information about the event such as day and month of release. A first representation of the event release information is displayed on a display module such as a monitor so that position of the release information relates to the date of release. The first representation may then be accessed to display additional data and the position of the event release may change based on changes to the event.
US09542044B2
The present invention relates to a multi-touch positioning method and a multi-touch screen. The multi-touch positioning method comprising: emitting, by a first infrared ray generator set at a first angle of a display panel, infrared rays at a first wavelength; emitting, by a second infrared ray generator set at a second angle, infrared rays at a second wavelength; receiving the infrared rays of the first wavelength and generating a first infrared ray image by a first infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the first angle; receiving the infrared rays of the second wavelength and generating a second infrared ray image by a second infrared ray image sensor set at an opposite angle of the second angle; and performing processings for the first infrared ray image and the second infrared ray image to determine at least one touch point.
US09542041B2
The present specification relates to a digital device and a method of controlling therefor. According to one embodiment, the digital device includes a touch sensitive display unit configured to detect a touch input, a transparent cover unit, which is positioned in an open position or a closed position and overlapped with the touch sensitive display unit in the closed position and a processor configured to control the touch sensitive display unit, the processor is further configured to detect the touch input on a first position of the touch sensitive display unit, when the transparent cover unit is in the open position, alter location information of the touch input detected on the first position to a second position, when the transparent cover unit is in the closed position, alter the location information of the touch input detected on the first position to a third position.
US09542036B2
A combination touch and transducer input system is provided, which facilitates user input into an electronic system with a finger and/or a transducer (e.g., a stylus). The system includes a transducer configured to generate an electric field, and a sensor including an array of electrodes and a controller. The transducer is configured to transmit digital data, such as pen pressure data and switch status data, to the sensor. For example, the transducer comprises electronic circuitry configured to encode the digital data in a signal for transmission to the sensor. The sensor controller is configured to operate both in a touch sensing mode and in a transducer sensing mode. During the touch sensing mode, the controller determines a position of a proximate object (e.g., a finger) by capacitively sensing the object with the array of electrodes. During the transducer sensing mode, the controller determines a position of the transducer based on a signal received by the array of electrodes from the transducer, and also receives and decodes the digital data encoded in the received signal. Digital data can be encoded in a signal using any suitable digital modulation techniques, such as a Frequency-Shift Keying (FSK) technique.
US09542034B2
A display panel having a touch detection function and a control method. The display panel includes a display element and a touch element. The touch element includes a touch scanning chip, a scanning selector connected with the touch scanning chip, and multiple touch electrodes connected with the scanning selector. Wherein, the touch scanning chip outputs a selection signal to the scanning selector in order to selectively connect the multiple touch electrodes to the touch scanning chip such that the touch scanning chip sequentially performs a touch scanning operation; the number of ports of the scanning selector used for connecting the touch electrodes is greater the number of ports used for connecting the touch electrodes to the touch scanning chip. The number of lead wires is reduced to reduce the manufacturing process. A higher touch sampling frequency is realized and a better touch effect is obtained.
US09542032B2
A method for controlling an input from a user to a computerized system including a touchpad is presented. The method includes obtaining data from the touchpad. The data is associated with the location and movement of fingers and/or a hand of the user and not associated with an image of a first finger from an image sensor. The method further includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized system and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. The method further includes predicting the location of the first finger in accordance with the analyzed data and the location of at least a second finger and/or the hand. The second finger and/or the hand is touching the touchpad. The method further includes determining, using the model, that the first finger is positioned above but not touching a control region of the touchpad.
US09542029B2
A vehicle information system includes a “portrait” in-dash touchscreen display for simultaneously displaying both vehicle-specific and application-specific information as vertically-stacked “landscape” renderings, or for displaying a selected one of either the vehicle-specific or application information as a single “portrait” rendering. A further region of the touchscreen's active surface, preferably along its upper margin, is reserved as a fixed command bar to facilitate manual “touch” selection of the information to be displayed on the remainder of the touchscreen's active surface, while the system further dynamically responds to vehicle and operational parameters to select the information for display as appropriate, for example, based on vehicle operation conditions.
US09542025B2
A display panel includes a touch scanning electrode and a touch sensing electrode. One of the touch scanning electrode and the touch sensing electrode is provided with at least one separation layer therein or both the touch scanning electrode and the touch sensing electrode are provided with at least one separation layer therein respectively, and the at least one separation layer separates the touch scanning electrode or the touch sensing electrode which is provided with the at least one separation layer into at least two electrode sub-layers, wherein, the at least two electrode sub-layers are made of an electrode material capable of being transformed from an amorphous state into a polycrystalline state, and the at least one separation layer is used for preventing the electrode material from being subject to a crystallization reaction before a crystallization process.
US09542024B2
An in-cell touch display panel, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device are disclosed. The in-cell touch display panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a driving electrode layer disposed on the first substrate and comprises a plurality of driving electrodes, a sensing electrode layer disposed on the second substrate and comprises a plurality of sensing electrode groups, each of the sensing electrode groups comprises at least two sensing electrodes, the sensing electrodes in each of the sensing electrode groups are disposed intercross with the driving electrodes, wherein the adjacent sensing electrodes in each of the sensing electrode groups are connected with each other by sensing electrode connecting wires arranged with an interval, and a projection of the sensing electrode connecting wires on the first substrate is not overlapped with the driving electrodes.
US09542019B2
According to an aspect, a device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a screen. In a case where an execution screen of a second function is to be displayed during execution of a first function, the controller displays the execution screen of the second function and a notification screen indicating that the first function is in the middle of execution on the display in an overlapping manner.
US09542013B2
An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that can receive a signal from a tangible object, where the signal includes an indication of an operation to be executed upon receipt of a user input applied by the tangible object, and that can determine the operation based on the indication. In this way, the user is not required to provide additional user input to define the particular operation that is desired. The apparatus may determine at least one recipient with whom data selected via a user input applied by the tangible object may be shared. The apparatus may further provide for the determination of an operation to be executed based on an identification of a selection of content and may provide for the association of the operation with the tangible object, such that subsequent user input applied via the tangible object causes execution of the operation.
US09541985B2
A mechanism is provided for optimizing energy efficiency in a set of processor cores while maintaining application performance for a set of applications. A quality of service (QoS) level is received for one or more active applications in the set of applications and state information associated with each processor core in the set of processor cores is identified. Responsive to the QoS level and the state information indicating an action to be implemented, a change is implemented to reduce power utilization by one or more processor cores in the set of processor cores in the data processing system, where the change is via at least one of dynamic frequency scaling, dynamic voltage scaling, or core folding.
US09541982B2
The present inventors have recognized that proper utilization of reconfigurable event driven hardware may achieve optimum power conservation in energy constrained environments including a low power general purpose primary processor and one or more electronic sensors. Aspects of neurobiology and neuroscience, for example, may be utilized to provide such reconfigurable event driven hardware, thereby achieving energy-efficient continuous sensing and signature reporting in conjunction with the one or more electronic sensors while the primary processor enters a low power consumption mode. Such hardware is event driven and operates with extremely low energy requirements.
US09541981B2
A power circuit section generates a first logic power supply voltage and an analog power supply voltage to supply to a first power supply line and a second power supply line, respectively. A regulator steps the first logic power supply voltage down to generate a second logic power supply voltage and supplies the second logic power supply voltage to a third power supply line. A logic circuit controls A source line driving section and A gate line driving section in response to a decrease of a voltage of the first power supply line so that the charge stored in the display panel is discharged. A charge transporting path is configured to transport the charge from the second power supply line to a third power supply line in response to the decrease of the voltage of the first power supply line.
US09541980B2
An operation management device that comprises: a memory configured to store, for a plurality of nodes that each operate on one computer out of a plurality of computers included in a computer system and for a plurality of nodes capable of moving between the plurality of computers, operation suspension sequence data of the plurality of nodes, and data of operation suspension times needed for operation suspension of each of the plurality of nodes; and a processor configured to execute a procedure, the procedure comprising: from a timing earlier than suspending operation of the computer system and a timing earlier than a total sum of the operation suspension times of the plurality of nodes or greater, suspending operation of the plurality of nodes in an operation suspension sequence indicated by the operation suspension sequence data.
US09541979B2
A method for determining an optimal frequency (fo) for the execution of a software application on an information processing system. The method includes a first execution of said application at a predetermined frequency (fd), making it possible to determine an overall execution time (Tg) and an overall energy consumption (Eg) and a second execution of said application at the same frequency by means of a measurement tool, making it possible to determine measurements (TMPI*, TIO*, Tg*) on said execution; a step of determining a first law providing an execution time (t(f)) as a function of the frequency (f), and a second law providing an energy consumption (E(f)) as a function of the frequency (f); and a step of determining said optimal frequency (fo) as the frequency optimizing a criterion (C(f)) combining said execution time and said energy consumption, as a function of the frequency.
US09541976B1
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include powering on a management controller for providing out-of-band management to an information handling system using electrical energy provided by an external device via an external port, receiving a management task from the external device via the external port for coupling an external device to the management controller for communication of data between the external device and the management controller, calculating an additional amount of power required to perform the management task, instructing a controller coupled between the management controller and the external port to negotiate for the additional amount of power from the external device, and responsive to the controller successfully negotiating for the additional amount of power, performing the management task.
US09541971B2
In a method for designating cooling fan control management in a computing system, a processor causes one or more cooling fans to be managed by a first process, wherein the first process utilizes a first set of temperature sensors of a plurality of temperature sensors. A processor receives temperature data from a first set of temperature sensors. A processor determines a second process to manage the one or more cooling fans, based on the received temperature data from the first set of temperature sensors, wherein the second process utilizes a second set of temperature sensors of the plurality of temperature sensors.
US09541968B2
A housing having a fixing mechanism for fixing at least one electronic device includes a housing body and a pivotable fixing mechanism. The fixing mechanism includes a first positioning device and a second positioning device. The second positioning device has a first fixing member for accommodating a electronic device, and a second fixing member detachably engaged with the first positioning device to fix the second positioning device in a first position on the first positioning device. When the second fixing member is disengaged, the second positioning device is fixed in a second position on the first positioning device, and when the first positioning device is rotated outwards relative to the housing body, the second positioning device can be removed or installed on the first positioning device through the second fixing member.
US09541965B1
Describe herein are electronic devices that includes a display stack having a cover component atop a lightguide component and a display component below the lightguide component. In some instances, the cover component including an antiglare layer having at least some antiglare properties applied to a top surface of a substrate and a touch pattern applied to a bottom surface of the substrate. In some cases, the touch pattern is a single layer multi-touch pattern connected to a touch controller to from a touch sensor capable of detecting the location of an object proximate to antiglare layer.
US09541950B2
The present disclosure relates to a display technique and provides a multi-screen display apparatus comprising a plurality of display screens, wherein small signal earth wires of the plurality of display screens are connected with each other, large signal earth wires of the plurality of display screens are connected with each other, the small signal earth wires cause small signal grounds of the respective display screens to be connected with each other, and the large signal earth wires cause large signal grounds of the respective display screens to be connected with each other. The plurality of display screens share one power supply, and common-mode choke coils are disposed at signal input terminals of signal boards of the plurality of display screens. The present disclosure further provides a method for eliminating signal interferences in multi screens based on the multi-screen display apparatus. The small signal earth wires of the plurality of display screens are connected together and the large signal earth wires of the plurality of display screens are connected together, respectively, which eliminates potential differences among the plurality of display screens, so that a mura interference phenomenon due to an adjustment of brightness or contrast among the plurality of display screens is eliminated. Furthermore, a common-mode interference due to sharing of the power supply may be eliminated by adding the common-mode choke coil at the signal input terminal of the signal board of each display screen.
US09541945B2
An optical AND gate is provided that includes an optical thyristor configured to receive first and second digital optical signal inputs. The optical AND gate further includes control circuitry operably coupled to terminals of said optical thyristor. The control circuitry is configured to control switching operation of said optical thyristor in response to the ON/OFF states of the first and second digital optical signal inputs such that the optical thyristor produces a digital output signal that represents the AND function of the first and second digital optical signal inputs.In another aspect, an AND gate is provided that includes a thyristor and control circuitry operably coupled to terminals of the thyristor. The control circuitry is configured to receive first and second digital electrical signal inputs and control switching operation of the thyristor in response to the levels of the first and second digital electrical signal inputs such that the thyristor produces a digital output signal that represents the AND function of the first and second digital electrical signal inputs.
US09541944B2
A device for mounting a pedal of a vehicle including a support on which the pedal is mounted by a principal rotary shaft and a shearing mechanism connected to a fixed bodywork element of the vehicle, the shearing mechanism configured to radially shear off the principal shaft in a case of a displacement of the support relative to the bodywork element, to detach the pedal from the support. A secondary shaft is fixed to the pedal and is configured to position the pedal, which has been sheared off, in a new operating position.
US09541941B2
An energy harvesting interface receives an electrical signal from an inductive transducer and supplies a supply signal. The interface includes an input branch with a first switch and a second switch connected together in series between a first input terminal and an output terminal. The interface further includes a third switch and a fourth switch connected together in series between a second input terminal and the output terminal. A first electrical-signal-detecting device, coupled across the second switch, detects a first threshold value of an electric storage current in the inductor of the transducer. A second electrical-signal-detecting device, coupled across the fourth switch, detects whether the electric supply current that flows through the fourth switch reaches a second threshold value lower than the first threshold value. The second threshold is derived from the electric storage current.
US09541940B2
An interface supply circuit includes a power supply unit, a control unit coupled to the power supply unit, and a detection unit coupled to the control unit. The detection unit is configured to couple to an interface. The detection unit is configured to output a first control signal upon detecting that a device is inserted into the interface and output a second control signal upon detecting that no device is inserted into the interface. The control unit is configured to be switched on upon receiving the first control signal. The power supply unit is configured to supply power to the interface in event that the control unit is switched on. The power supply unit is configured to be disconnected from the interface in event that the control unit receives the second control signal.
US09541927B2
A monitoring processor controls a plurality of electronic devices that each include a cooling fan that cools inside of a casing and a fan controller that controls the cooling fan. The monitoring processor includes a fan speed controller that performs control on the fan controllers of the respective electronic devices to change rotation speed of at least any cooling fan based on pieces of sound pressure information of sounds emitted by the respective electronic devices measured by a sound pressure measuring device.
US09541925B2
A fluid regulating device includes a regulator valve having an inlet, an outlet, and a valve port disposed between the inlet and the outlet. An actuator is coupled to the regulator valve and includes a valve disc that displaces between a closed position and an open position. The device also includes an overpressure protection device adapted to stop flow from the inlet to the outlet when pressure in a control cavity reaches a predetermined level. The overpressure protection device includes a sensing tube having a first end in fluid communication with the control cavity and a second end in fluid communication with the outlet. The sensing tube has a first portion extending parallel to the flow axis. One or more apertures are disposed in the sensing tube adjacent to the second end, and each of the apertures has a centerline that is perpendicular to the flow axis.
US09541921B2
A computer program product and apparatus measure performance of an information appliance. The computer program product comprises code for: a test module receiving, from a client, and recording a request for processing of a sample data by an information appliance. The test module sends the sample data received from the client to the information appliance for processing. If a request to a backend application is present, the test module also sends the request to the backend application for processing and receives and records a response from the backend application. The test module sends the response from the backend application to the information appliance for processing. A generated correlation ID is used to update a performance data table with start time and a stop time of a response for transaction sample data processed by the information appliance.
US09541920B2
In a method for positioning a transfer unit including, support pins for supporting object, and a pick having at a leading end thereof a detection unit for detecting presence or absence of the object, a height reference position of the pick is determined by detecting an upper edge of one of the support pins by the detection unit. A forward moving angle of the pick is corrected by obtaining a deviation angle between a radial direction of the mounting table passing through the corresponding support pin and a forward moving direction of the pick. A forward movement starting point of the pick is corrected by obtaining a horizontal deviation distance between the radial direction of the mounting table and the forward moving direction of the pick. A forward moving reference amount of the pick is obtained from coordinates of the corresponding support pin.
US09541915B2
A numerical controller outputs a position command corresponding to a synchronous position in consideration of a servo delay of a slave axis, to the slave axis from a real position of a master axis, in order to perform position control of the slave axis, thereby making a real position of the slave axis synchronously follow the real position of the master axis. A position control gain of the slave axis is changed based on a predetermined physical quantity during the synchronous control and a compensation value for the position command for the slave axis is varied depending on the amount of change of the position control gain of the slave axis.
US09541914B2
One arbitrary point on an upper surface of a workpiece and two points at arbitrary heights on a tapered section of the workpiece are measured using a contact detector disposed on an upper wire guide of a wire electric discharge machine to calculate the shape accuracy and tapered angle. Based on the calculated data, the upper and lower wire guide support positions of the upper and lower wire guides are calculated. Using the calculated upper and lower wire guide support positions, electric discharge machining is performed on the workpiece.
US09541912B1
A method and system are provided that synchronize one or more appliances to one or more users' schedules. Sensor data may be obtained from a sensor. The sensor data may indicate a state of a first appliance. A user location may be determined. A first characteristic of the first appliance may be obtained. Based upon the user location and the sensor data, a schedule indicating when the user will desire a state change of the first appliance may be determined. A feature of the first appliance may be dynamically modified to cause the first appliance to operate according to the schedule. A notice may be sent to the user that contains information about the first appliance.
US09541911B2
A method and apparatus for setting and integrating home automation grid with an electrical grid of a residence and commercial unit by structurally connecting intelligent support boxes of electrical wiring devices comprising AC outlet, switch, relay, hybrid switch-relay and hybrid switch of the wiring device attached into the intelligent support box. The box including intelligent control and communication circuits including RF, RFID, optical via plastic optical fiber and IR in line of sight for communicating commands and control including power consumption reporting from every outlet and switch. The power outlets include accesses for introduction of RFID sensor or optical sensor for identifying the appliance or the load powered via the outlet and communicating with the load or appliance by variety of signal used in the home automation grid and protocols including optical via cascading optical cable grid.
US09541907B2
A system and method for calibrating parameters for a refrigeration system having a variable speed compressor is provided. A compressor is connected to a condenser and an evaporator. A condenser sensor outputs a condenser signal corresponding to at least one of a sensed condenser pressure and a sensed condenser temperature. An inverter drive modulates a frequency of electric power delivered to the compressor to modulate a speed of the compressor. A control module is connected to the inverter drive and determines a measured condenser temperature based on the condenser signal, monitors electric power data and compressor speed data from the inverter drive, calculates a derived condenser temperature based on the electric power data, the compressor speed data, and compressor map data for the compressor, compares the measured condenser temperature with the derived condenser temperature, and updates the compressor map data based on the comparison.
US09541895B1
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section that forms a toner image, an output section, a sheet transport unit that transports in a region above the image forming section a sheet onto which the toner image has been fixed toward the output section in a substantially horizontal direction, a first air blowing device that applies on an upper side of the sheet being transported an airflow directed from a downstream side to an upstream side in a sheet transport direction of the sheet transport unit, and a second air blowing device that applies an airflow directed from the downstream side to the upstream side in the sheet transport direction of the sheet transport unit in a region that is on an upper side of the image forming section and on a lower side of the sheet.
US09541888B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a cleaning portion configured to remove toner stuck to a surface of an image carrier; a polishing roller that is rotatable while being in contact with the image carrier; a guide portion disposed with a gap having a predetermined width from an outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller, and configured to guide the removed toner to pass below the outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller; opening portions each formed in a predetermined size at a position below the lower portion of the outer circumferential surface of the polishing roller in the guide portion; and a housing including a wall surface that defines, together with an end of the guide portion in a rotation direction of the polishing roller, a falling path through which the toner falls from the end, the housing storing the cleaning portion and the polishing roller.
US09541879B2
A medium carrying device includes a first carrying part and a second carrying part that are configured to carry a medium, making a nip part therebetween. The guide member includes a medium regulation part having a surface to regulate the medium, an arm part that is at a side of the surface and extend in a direction away from the surface, and a rotation supporting point that is on a distal end of the arm part, and the guide member is formed rotatable around the rotation supporting point between the guide position and a retreat position, the retreat position being more distant to the nip part than the guide position.
US09541878B2
An image forming apparatus may include a main body having a developing apparatus, a driving source configured to generate power in the main body, a driven unit configured to receive the power from the driving source to be operated, a supply cassette configured to be detachable from the main body and in which printing media are stacked, and an opening/closing unit configured to receive power from the driving source configured to drive the driven unit to move the supply cassette back and forth. Accordingly, the supply cassette can be automatically opened and closed to provide user convenience.
US09541876B1
A method and system are disclosed for detecting a fatal error condition in a printing device having an intermediate transfer member for facilitating toner transfer, including sensing a reflectance value of the intermediate transfer member at a first predetermined time; comparing the sensed reflectance value at the first period of time to a predetermined threshold; sensing a reflectance value of the intermediate transfer member at a second predetermined time after the predetermined first time; and comparing the sensed reflectance value of the intermediate transfer member at the second period of time to the predetermined threshold. If each of the sensed reflectance value at the first predetermined time and the sensed reflectance value at the second predetermined time is greater than the predetermined threshold, the method includes selectively suspending further printing operations until the imaging device is serviced.
US09541873B2
A fuser comprises a substrate and a composite layer formed on the substrate. The composite layer comprises a fluoropolymer and at least one of (a) perfluorosulfonated polymer-treated, carbon nanotube-comprising particles, and (b) perfluorosulfonated polymer-treated, graphene-comprising particles. Methods of making a fuser and methods of fusing toner particles are also disclosed.
US09541871B2
A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a heater, a nip plate, a pressure roller, a stay, a cover, and a spring. The fixing belt has an inner surface. The heater is configured to heat the fixing belt. The nip plate is configured to contact the inner surface. The pressure roller is configured to press the fixing belt in cooperation with the nip plate. The stay is provided at a position opposite to the pressure roller with respect to the nip plate. The stay is configured to receive a force applied to the nip plate from the pressure roller. The cover is configured to cover the stay. The spring includes a first portion configured to urge the stay to the cover, and a second portion configured to urge the cover to the stay.
US09541868B2
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a fixing member that fixes a toner image to the recording medium. A heating unit heats the fixing member. A control unit receives a print job, the print job indicating a print mode and at least one job condition. The control unit determines a ready temperature based on the print mode and the at least one job condition. The control unit controls a heating operation of the heating unit based on the determined ready temperature.
US09541865B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer; a transfer device; a transfer bias power source; and a controller to control the transfer bias power source. The transfer bias power source outputs the voltage that alternates between a transfer-directional voltage and a return-directional voltage. The transfer-directional voltage having a polarity transfers the toner image from a side of the image bearer to a side of the recording medium. The return-directional voltage has an opposite polarity to the polarity of the transfer-directional voltage. The controller reduces a frequency of the output voltage as a value of a ratio of A to B decreases while changing the value of the ratio of A to B. In this case, A is a time period of application of the return-directional voltage within one cycle of the output voltage, and B is a time period of the one cycle of the output voltage.
US09541856B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer carrier, a bias applying section, a leakage detecting section, and a bias controlling section. The developer carrier carries developer in the form of a layer of magnetized filaments to supply toner to the image carrier. The bias applying section applies to the developer carrier a development bias including a direct current voltage VmagDC and an alternating current voltage VmagAC superposed on each other. The leakage detecting section causes a discharge between the image carrier and the developer carrier and detects a leakage voltage when the discharge occurs. The leakage detecting section performs the leakage voltage detection in a blank region of the image carrier bearing no electrostatic latent image. The bias controlling section determines an alternating current voltage VmagAC according to a detected leakage voltage, and a frequency of the alternating current voltage VmagAC according to the voltage VmagAC.
US09541852B2
A toner contains toner particles. The toner particles are made of a resin containing an amorphous polyester resin, a releasing agent, an additive and a coloring agent. The additive has a polyester portion and a crystalline acrylic portion that are chemically bound to each other.
US09541841B2
An imaging optical system has a plurality of mirrors which image an object field in an object plane into an image field in an image plane. The imaging optical system has a pupil obscuration. The last mirror in the beam path of the imaging light between the object field and the image field has a through-opening for the passage of the imaging light. A penultimate mirror of the imaging optical system in the beam path of the imaging light between the object field and the image field has no through-opening for the passage of the imaging light. The imaging optical system has precisely eight mirrors. The result is an imaging optical system which exhibits a favorable combination of small imaging errors, manageable production and good throughput.
US09541840B2
A reflective EUV optic such as a collector mirror configured as an array of facets that are spaced apart to form respective gaps between adjacent facets. The gaps are used as inlets for gas flow across one of the facets such that flow is introduced parallel to the optic surface. The facets can be made with offsets such that loss of reflective area of the EUV optic can be minimized. The gas facilitates removal of target material from the surface of the facets.
US09541836B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method and an apparatus for baking photoresist patterns are provided. The method includes putting a wafer over a heating assembly. A photoresist pattern is formed over a top surface of the wafer. The method further includes curing the wafer from the top surface of the wafer by a curing assembly while heating the wafer from a bottom surface of the wafer by a heating assembly.
US09541819B2
An illuminator includes a light source section having at least one solid-state light source, a multi-lens array provided in a position downs ream of a diffractive optical member and having a plurality of lenses, and a superimposing system provided in a position downstream of the multi-lens array. The diffractive optical member divides light from the light source section into a plurality of sub-light fluxes corresponding to the plurality of lenses. Each of the plurality of sub-light fluxes is incident on a corresponding lens. The plurality of sub-light fluxes having passed through the multi-lens array are superimposed on one another on an illumination receiving region through the superimposing system.
US09541807B2
Disclosed is a flexible display device capable of preventing contact inferiority with a driving device when the driving device is mounted onto the flexible display device bent in one direction. The flexible display device includes: a substrate having a display region and a dummy region, and forming a curved surface by being bent in one direction; and one or more driving devices mounted onto the dummy region of the substrate, wherein the driving device is mounted such that short sides thereof are disposed along the curved surface of the substrate, and long sides thereof are disposed on a planar surface of the substrate.
US09541802B2
The present invention discloses a TFT array substrate and a display panel. Multiple pixel electrodes structured with at least one domain are arranged in each pixel area, and the angle/angles of at least one deflection in the same-sided deflections of the pixel electrodes of the same domain in the pixel area in the direction parallel to the initial arrangement direction of liquid crystal not driven by a voltage to rotate is different from the angles of other deflections. Through the design of different deflection angles of the pixel electrodes of the same domain, even under a low gray scale, since the rotating angles of liquid crystal molecules driven by different pixel electrodes are different, the inner parts of the liquid crystal molecules driven by the pixel electrodes may be relatively completely compensated.
US09541800B2
A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers. The first substrate has a display area and a non-display area disposed around the display area. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first spacers and the second spacers are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and are located corresponding to the non-display area. The first spacers and the second spacers are correspondingly located at two opposite sides of the display area and arranged along a first direction. An extending line along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction passes through one of the first spacers and the interval between any two adjacent second spacers.
US09541799B2
A light source system, an ultraviolet curing device and a curing method applicable to a display panel are provided. The light source system includes a light source assembly; a housing enclosing the light source assembly and having a first face, a second face and a third face, the first face having a first window, the second face having a second window, the third face being parallel to the display panel and located between the light source assembly and the display panel, and the third face having a third window; a first filter covering the first window, a second filter covering the second window and a third filter covering the third window; and a first reflecting element and a second reflecting element disposed outside the housing.
US09541791B2
A display device includes a flexible display panel, a light module and an optical film. The flexible display panel has a first axis and curving about the first axis as an axis of curvature. The light module is located on one side of the flexible display panel. The optical film is located between the flexible display panel and the light module. The optical film includes a substrate and multiple first strip microstructures. The substrate has a first side and a second side that are opposite to each other. The first side faces the light module while the second side faces the flexible display panel. The first strip microstructures are located on the first side of the substrate, and the first strip microstructures extend along a second axis.
US09541789B2
A method of fabricating a polarizing member includes: sequentially disposing a metal layer and a preliminary pattern layer on a base substrate including a display area and a non-display area; forming a patterned resin layer on the preliminary pattern layer in the display area, the patterned resin layer including patterns formed on a surface of the patterned resin layer; surface-treating the preliminary pattern layer and the patterned resin layer; forming a mask pattern including a photoresist material on the preliminary pattern layer disposed in the non-display area; forming preliminary patterns on the preliminary pattern layer using the patterned resin layer; and forming a wire grid polarizing unit in the display area by etching the metal layer using the preliminary pattern and the mask pattern as a polarizing pattern.
US09541786B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor; a pixel electrode; a roof layer; a liquid crystal layer; and a plurality of partitions. The thin film transistor is disposed on the substrate. The pixel electrode is connected to the thin film transistor. The roof layer is disposed to face the pixel electrode. The liquid crystal layer is formed by a plurality of microcavities between the pixel electrode and the roof layer, wherein the microcavities include a liquid crystal material. The partitions are between the microcavities adjacent to each other, wherein the partitions may include an organic material and are arranged side by side to one another.
US09541782B2
A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a position limiting structure, and further includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate adhered to an internal surface of the TFT substrate, and an adhesive layer disposed at partial or entire area except a specific area on the internal surface of the TFT substrate. The TFT substrate is fixed on the position limiting structure through the adhesive layer. The internal surface of the CF substrate is adhered to the internal surface of the TFT substrate. The specific area on the internal surface of the TFT substrate includes an overlapped area of the internal surface of the TFT substrate and the internal surface of the CF substrate and an area, for connecting a flexible circuit board, on the internal surface of the TFT substrate.
US09541780B2
A curved surface backlight unit is disclosed which includes: a light source; a curved surface light guide plate disposed parallel to the light source; first patterns on one surface of the light guide plate; a reflection plate disposed under the light guide plate; optical sheets disposed on the light guide plate; and second patterns formed on one surface of at least one of the optical sheets.
US09541779B2
A display device includes a display panel, a bottom case, and a curvature maintaining bar. The display panel has a first curvature. The display panel is disposed in the bottom case. The bottom case has a locking projection and a second curvature substantially a same shape or radius as that of the first curvature. The curvature maintaining bar is coupled to the locking projection. The curvature maintaining bar includes a first protrusion. The bottom case has a coupling hole into which the first protrusion is inserted.
US09541777B2
A liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which has improved transmittance, and which meanwhile can obtain a higher contrast and maintain a lower cost. The device comprises a color filter substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the color filter substrate and the array substrate. The array substrate comprises a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode being arranged at an interval, and applied with AC voltages of equal frequency but opposite phase, respectively. Also, a method for driving the liquid crystal display device is disclosed.
US09541774B2
A control device (4) controls a varifocal lens (2) having a first substrate (20), a second substrate (22) facing the first substrate (20), and a varifocal component (14) disposed between the first substrate (20) and the second substrate (22). When an off signal is inputted to the varifocal component (14), the control device (4) stops applying voltage to the varifocal component (14), then applies voltage for a specific length of time, and finally stops the voltage. This reduces the duration of hazing that occurs during the switching of voltage application to the varifocal component (14).
US09541767B2
An imaging lens includes, from an object side to an image side: a first positive lens having a convex object-side surface; an aperture stop; a second negative lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a concave object-side surface; and a third positive lens as a meniscus double-sided aspheric lens having a concave image-side surface, wherein the second lens has a diffractive optical surface on the object side, the aspheric object-side and image-side surfaces of the third lens have pole-change points off an optical axis, and conditional expressions (1) to (4) below are satisfied: 8.0
US09541755B2
A protective nozzle for protecting a frontal optical portion of a laser camera has a body attachable to the laser camera, apertures extending through the body, a transparent plate extending crosswise to and blocking each aperture on a back side of the body, contouring air pockets recessed in the back side of the body, under the transparent plate and extending around the apertures with lips projecting around the apertures to define air gaps for escape of pressurized air from the contouring air pockets toward the apertures in a form of centripetal air jets along the transparent plate, and an air passage arrangement extending in the body from an air inlet located on a side of the body for receiving pressurized air to the contouring air pockets.
US09541753B1
An adjustable mirror system, including a flexible mirror configured to change curvature, a shaft coupled to the mirror, a cylinder, wherein the cylinder is configured to receive the shaft and a fluid, and an actuator coupled to the housing, wherein the actuator increases and decreases the pressure of the fluid in the cylinder to drive the shaft and change the curvature of the flexible mirror.
US09541750B2
Wide-field fluorescence imaging systems and methods. A bi-telecentric optical imaging system comprising imaging optics arranged and positioned such that a first telecentric space is created or exists between a sample platform and an entry aperture stop wherein Principal or chief rays from a plurality of field points on the sample platform are parallel to each other when passing through a first filter; and such that a second telecentric space is created or exists between a light detector and an exit aperture stop wherein the Principal or chief rays from the plurality of field points are parallel to each other when passing through a second filter. In this manner, light collected from different points in the field of view pass through the first filter at the same angles and also through the second filter at the same angles to thereby reduce or eliminate angular spectral shifting effects.
US09541747B2
A zoom lens including a first lens group and a second lens group is provided. Refractive powers of the first lens group and the second lens group are respectively negative and positive. The first lens group includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side. The second lens group is disposed between the first lens group and the image side, and includes a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, a seventh lens, and an eighth lens arranged in sequence from the object side to the image side. The zoom lens satisfies −2.4
US09541742B2
A wide-angle lens system includes, in an order from an object side toward an image surface side: a first lens group having positive or negative refractive power; a second lens group having positive refractive power; and a third lens group having negative refractive power. When an object position changes from an infinite distance to a nearest distance, the first and third lens groups are fixed, and the second lens group moves along an optical axis to perform focusing.
US09541734B2
Present embodiments provide for a mobile device and an optical imaging lens thereof. The optical imaging lens comprises an aperture stop and four lens elements positioned sequentially from an object side to an image side. Through controlling the convex or concave shape of the surfaces of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the optical imaging lens shows better optical characteristics and the total length of the optical imaging lens is shortened.
US09541727B2
A method for installing a drop terminal includes providing a drop terminal assembly including a drop terminal having an exterior surface, a first cable spool engaged to the exterior surface of the drop terminal, a second cable spool engaged to the first cable spool and a fiber optic cable having a first length disposed about the first cable spool and a second length disposed about the second cable spool. The drop terminal assembly is rotated to deploy the second length of fiber optic cable. The second cable spool is removed. The first length of fiber optic cable is bundled. The bundled first length of fiber optic cable is removed from the first cable spool. The drop terminal is removed from the first cable spool. The drop terminal is mounted to a structure.
US09541722B2
An optical fiber ribbon includes a plurality of optical fiber cores arranged in parallel spaced from each other; and a tape forming member having a coating portion covering an outer circumference of the optical fiber cores, and a coupling portion, integrally formed with the coating portion, intermittently coupling adjacent optical fiber cores, wherein the coating portion has an opening portion to expose a part of surfaces of the optical fiber cores, and at least a part of the coating portion is continuous in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber cores.
US09541716B2
Integrated circuit device packages including optical elements are provided. The integrated circuit device package may include an integrated circuit device and a conductive pad on a first surface of the integrated circuit device. The conductive pad may be electrically connected to the integrated circuit device and may be configured to transmit an electrical signal. The integrated circuit device package may also include an optical element in the integrated circuit device and the optical element may be configured to transmit an optical signal through a second surface of the integrated circuit device that is opposite the first surface of the integrated circuit device.
US09541715B2
An optical module includes: a first substrate configured to include an optical waveguide, and a first concave section provided over an end surface side of the optical waveguide; a resin configured to be disposed in the first concave section; an optical component configured to be disposed over the resin; and a second substrate configured to be jointed onto the first substrate, and to include a second concave section corresponding to the end surface in a surface facing the first concave section, the optical component being disposed between the resin and the second concave section.
US09541709B2
Provided is a protection cover for protecting an optical module. The protection cover installed at an edge of an optical modem in which the optical module is randomly separable without opening a case includes a bottom cover including a hinge and screw coupling hole at one end thereof, a pair of side covers extending toward left and right upper sides from the bottom cover, each of the pair of side covers including a hook at one side thereof, a front cover extending toward a front upper side from the bottom cover, the front cover having a U-shaped front groove, and a pair of top cover horizontally extending from the side covers and the front cover, the pair of top covers having trapezoid-shaped top grooves that are spaced apart from each other.
US09541708B2
An optical fiber assembly includes a lens block with a plurality of beam expanding and collimating elements. Each beam expanding and collimating element includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a generally arcuate first lens surface and the second lens includes a generally arcuate second lens surface generally complementary in shape and in contact with the first lens. Each lens has a different index of refraction. An optical fiber assembly may include a housing with a plurality of beam expanding elements. A front portion of each beam expanding element has a generally planar front surface. A compliant layer is positioned on the generally planar front surface of each beam expanding element.
US09541705B2
An optical fiber includes a glass fiber, having a cladding and core, surrounded by a polymer coating. Some of the coating is removed by a laser beam so that the optical fiber comprises a first lengthwise portion covered by the coating and a second lengthwise portion where the coating is not present on at least ninety-five (95) percent of an exterior surface of the second lengthwise portion. A microstructure of the polymer coating, adjacent to the second lengthwise portion on the first lengthwise portion, tapers at an angle such that a thickness of the polymer coating decreases toward the second lengthwise portion as a function of proximity to the second lengthwise portion. The optical fiber may also be optionally cleaved with the laser beam.
US09541697B2
In embodiments of a transparent display backlight assembly, a backlight panel is operable as a transparent panel, and a light source generates light that the backlight panel directs from the light source to illuminate a display panel of a display device. Light refraction features refract and scatter the light, where the light refraction features are spaced for approximate transparency of the backlight panel and to illuminate the display panel. An active diffuser can be implemented as an additional transparent panel and operable for activation to diffuse the light from the backlight panel that illuminates the display panel.
US09541694B2
A waveguide (100, 101) such as optical fiber is to receive a primary light in a longitudinal (propagation) direction. The fiber has formed therein scattering structures (105, 106, 107) that re-direct the propagating primary light out of the waveguide, for instance in a transverse direction. A photo-luminescent layer (103) absorbs the re-directed primary light to thereby emit secondary wavelength converted light having a different wavelength than and broader bandwidth than the primary light, resulting in white illumination light, being the secondary light combined with any unabsorbed primary light. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09541692B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of organic chemistry and particularly to the optical retardation films for liquid crystal displays. The present invention provides an optical film comprising a substrate having front and rear surfaces, and at least one solid retardation layer on the front surface of the substrate. Said solid retardation layer comprises rigid rod-like macromolecules comprising n organic units of the first type having general structural formula I and k organic units of the second type having general structural formula II
US09541690B2
A problem is, in a liquid crystal film in which an alignment layer and a liquid crystal composition layer having homogeneous alignment are formed on a support substrate, to improve adhesion between the alignment layer and the liquid crystal composition layer, and durability under a severe environment such as high temperature and high humidity. A solution is a non-liquid crystalline polymerizable compound having a radically polymerizable group and a cationically polymerizable group in a molecule is simultaneously used as an antistripping additive in a polymerizable liquid crystal composition layer having homogeneous alignment.
US09541683B2
A curved reflective mirror includes a flat glass structure, an intermediate adhesive layer, and a flat glass mirror. The intermediate adhesive layer is positioned between the flat glass structure and the flat glass mirror. The flat glass structure, the intermediate adhesive layer, and the flat glass mirror are curved and deformed in a mechanical manner with the support of a mold. The curved and deformed flat glass structure, intermediate adhesive layer, and flat glass mirror are solidified and bonded together in a heating and/or ultraviolet (UV) light radiation and/or room temperature solidification manner to form a composite curved structure. Also provided is a method for manufacturing a curved reflective mirror. The curved reflective mirror can be widely applied in the fields of solar thermal collection and concentration and solar thermal power generation.
US09541682B2
The present invention provides a display device having excellent light energy conversion efficiency. The present invention relates to a display device including a light-diffusing layered body. The light-diffusing layered body includes a wavelength conversion layer containing optically isotropic semiconductor particles and a light-diffusing layer on at least one surface of the wavelength conversion layer. The light-diffusing layer contains a binder component and light-diffusing particles that contain an organic material or an inorganic material. The light-diffusing particles protrude in a range of 3 to 50% of the particle size of the light-diffusing particles from an outermost surface of the light-diffusing layer. The light-diffusing layer has projections and depressions on the outermost surface due to the light-diffusing particles protruding therefrom. The light-diffusing layer has a film thickness of 1 to 30 μm.
US09541678B2
In one aspect, a multi-layer absorber is disclosed, which comprises a proximal layer having a radiation-receiving surface adapted for receiving electromagnetic radiation, and a distal layer disposed adjacent the proximal layer to receive at least a portion of the received radiation, if any, transmitted through said proximal layer, wherein said proximal layer exhibits an index of refraction having a real part that is less than the real part of an index of refraction of the said distal layer for at least one frequency of the electromagnetic radiation in a range of about 1 GHz to about 110 GHz.
US09541669B2
A single crystal yttrium aluminum perovskite scintillator has a minimum thickness of at least 5 mm and a transmittance of at least 50% at a wavelength of 370 nm. A method for fabricating the yttrium aluminum perovskite scintillator includes acquiring a yttrium aluminum perovskite single crystal boule, annealing the yttrium aluminum perovskite single crystal boule in an oxygen containing environment to obtain a partially annealed crystal, and annealing the partially annealed crystal in an inert environment or a reducing environment to obtain the yttrium aluminum perovskite single crystal scintillator.
US09541662B2
A system. At least some illustrative embodiments are a system including a first survey vessel and a first tow line coupled to the first survey vessel. A first sensor streamer is coupled to the first tow line. Also includes are a second survey vessel and a second tow line coupled to the second survey vessel. A second sensor streamer is coupled to the second tow line and a pulling line is connected between the first tow line and the second tow line.
US09541660B2
A system and method are provided for filtering scatterer noise energy from land seismic waves using three dimensional (3D) iterative filtering in a cross-spread source-receiver pattern. The system and method isolate scatterer noise energy associated with a scatterer based on a filtering process performed using a scatterer referential time delay. Then, the isolated scatterer noise energy can be subtracted from the surface wave data. This process can be repeated for each scatterer in the covered area to remove each of their contributions, and can be performed, for example, after a preliminary filtering of the surface wave data using 3D fk filtering or the like.
US09541643B2
A downscan imaging sonar utilizes a linear transducer element to provide improved images of the sea floor and other objects in the water column beneath a vessel. A transducer array may include a plurality of transducer elements and each one of the plurality of transducer elements may include a substantially rectangular shape configured to produce a sonar beam having a beamwidth in a direction parallel to longitudinal length of the transducer elements that is significantly less than a beamwidth of the sonar beam in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal length of the transducer elements. The plurality of transducer elements may be positioned such that longitudinal lengths of at least two of the plurality of transducer elements are parallel to each other. The plurality of transducer elements may also include at least a first linear transducer element, a second linear transducer element and a third linear transducer element.
US09541630B2
The disclosure is directed to determining a change in position of a location marker. In an aspect, it is determined whether the location marker is in a motion state or a static state using sensors integrated into the location marker, in response to the determining, one or more reachable nodes are discovered, and distance measurements are calculated from the location marker to each of the one or more reachable nodes.
US09541629B2
Provided is an apparatus and method associated with a location based service, and an apparatus for integrated positioning that may sense positioning-associated information that is in proximity to a user. The apparatus may hierarchically classify the sensed positioning-associated information into multiple categories of accuracy based on a predetermined criterion, and estimate the location of the user in order of low accuracy information to more precise accuracy information.
US09541621B2
Techniques for correcting measurement artifacts in MR thermometry predict or anticipate movements of objects in or near an MR imaging region that may potentially affect a phase background and then acquire a library of reference phase images corresponding to different phase backgrounds that result from the predicted movements. For each phase image subsequently acquired, one reference phase image is selected from the library of reference phase images to serve as the baseline image for temperature measurement purposes. To avoid measurement artifacts that arise from phase wrapping, the phase shift associated with each phase image is calculated incrementally, that is, by accumulating phase increments from each pair of consecutively scanned phase images.
US09541600B2
Embodiments of the invention are based on a method for positioning a carrier with a plurality of electronic components in a device for testing the electronic components, wherein the carrier is provided with a pick-and-place unit.According to embodiments of the invention several markings at one side of the carrier are detected with at least one camera and the position of the markings is determined in relation to the known position of a nest for receiving the carrier, the nest is moved into a position exactly opposite to the carrier, the carrier is handed over to the nest, several further markings at the other side of the carrier are detected by at least one further camera and the position of the further markings is determined in relation to the determined position of a test socket, the nest is positioned in a position exactly opposite to the test socket and the carrier is pressed against the test socket.
US09541598B2
A “smart” junction box for photovoltaic systems provides electrical measurements of strings of photovoltaic cells to detect premature photovoltaic cell degradation, bypass diode failure, and arcing, and report the same to a central location and/or to provide for automatic disconnection of a given string of photovoltaic cells. The smart junction box also provides general reporting of electrical characteristics to the central system and allows disconnection by command from the central system.
US09541596B2
An apparatus includes a signal generation module that injects a signal in a pilot conductor with one or more AC components. Pilot conductor current is injected in a grounding conductor of power cables connecting a source to a load. A current monitor module monitors affected current in the pilot conductor. A DC detection module determines a DC current present in the current. A DC minimum threshold module determines if the DC current is below a DC current threshold. An AC detection module determines an AC current of each frequency of the AC components. An AC threshold module determines if any of the AC currents is below an AC threshold. A trip module opens a contact after determining that the DC current is below the DC current minimum threshold and/or determining that at least one of the AC currents is below an AC threshold. The contact disconnects the source.
US09541595B2
An apparatus includes a signal generation module that injects a signal in a pilot conductor. The signal includes two or more AC components. Current in the pilot conductor is injected in a grounding conductor of power cables connecting a power source to a load, and the grounding conductor is connected to a ground return. A current monitor module monitors current in the pilot conductor or ground return, an AC detection module determines an AC current corresponding to each of the two or more AC components present in the monitored current, and an AC threshold module determines if one or more of the AC currents is below an AC threshold. A trip module opens a contact in response to determining that at least one of the AC currents is below an AC threshold for longer than an AC current time threshold. The contact disconnects the power source from the power cables.
US09541590B2
The present invention relates to a circuit arrangement for detecting a capacitance of a capacitive component and/or a change in the capacitance of a capacitive component, which circuit arrangement comprises, inter alia a monostable flipflop controllable by a control signal and having at least two inputs and one output, wherein a first input of the flipflop is provided for the control signal, and a second input is connected to a capacitive component. The circuit arrangement further comprises a conversion device, which is connected to the output of the monostable flipflop, and an evaluation unit, which is connected to the conversion device in order to evaluate the signal voltage and from this to generate at least one detection value, which indicates the capacitance and/or a change in the capacitance of the capacitive component.
US09541582B2
The invention relates to a DC power distribution system (1). The DC power distribution system comprises a track (2) with electrical conductors for distributing DC power for powering purposes and for position determination purposes and a position determination system (15) for determining the position of an electrical device (3, 13) like a luminaire, which is attached to the track, based on a voltage measured on the track. The DC power distribution system can therefore provide positioning information regarding the position of the electrical device along the track, which may be useful, for instance, for commissioning purposes.
US09541575B2
A processing system cooperates with an atomic force microscope operating in ramp mode at a ramp frequency is configured to collect data indicative of at least one of physical and chemical properties of a sample. The system collects data indicative of probe movement at a frequency that is higher than the ramp frequency. This data comprises a second-order portion of the probe's signal. Based at least in part on the second-order portion, the processor obtains a parameter that is indicative at least one of a physical and a chemical property of a sample.
US09541566B2
An accommodating magazine for accommodating a plurality of sample carriers in a sample holder for use in an input or output area of an automated sample handling device. The magazine comprises a magazine panel, a detection device for detecting whether the panel is filled with sample holders or sample carriers during movement of the panel between a loading position and a ready position. The detection device includes at least one contactless detector for detecting the presence of objects in a sensor area, a path sensor, which detects a displacement path or current position of the panel during displacement of the panel between the loading and ready positions; and an evaluating unit in which the detector data and the path sensor data are merged and are evaluated.
US09541563B2
The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present invention further provides a method for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated molecular isoforms of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in a sample. The present invention also provides a diagnostic kit for determining the amount of early pregnancy associated hCG in a sample. The present invention additionally provides an antibody which specifically binds to an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of human chorionic gonadotropin. Finally, the present invention provides methods for detecting trophoblast or non-trophoblast malignancy in a sample.
US09541555B2
This invention relates to a screening method for the identification of agents which modulate the activity of a DNA replication protein as a target for intervention in cancer therapy and includes agents which modulate said activity. The invention also relates to the use of the DNA replication protein, and its RNA transcripts in the prognosis and diagnosis of proliferative disease e.g., cancer.
US09541554B2
A method for detecting HIV infection in a mammal is disclosed. The method contains the steps of isolating exosomes from a urine sample of a mammal and detecting the presence of HIV-specific biomarker in said isolated exosomes. A method for diagnosing a mammal with an HIV-associated disease, in particular, HIV-associated nephropathy is also disclosed.
US09541550B2
To provide a method for assaying soluble LR11 in a biological sample, which method realizes a simple and accurate assay of soluble LR11 present in the sample by immunological means without requiring isolation of soluble LR11 from the biological sample (e.g., a serum sample).The method of the invention for immunologically assaying soluble LR11 present in a biological sample, characterized in that the method includes treating the sample with at least one surfactant selected from among one or more sulfobetaine amphoteric surfactants and one or more amidosulfobetaine amphoteric surfactants.
US09541543B2
Various methods for determining whether a subject has alcoholic hepatitis are described. In one aspect, a method for determining whether a subject has alcoholic hepatitis is described. The method includes determining the levels of a trimethylamine in a biological sample obtained from the subject. The level of trimethylamine in the biological sample is compared to the control value, and the subject whose level of trimethylamine exceeds the control value is diagnosed as having alcoholic hepatitis. In another aspect of the present invention a method for assessing a subject as having alcoholic hepatitis (AH) includes determining the level of trimethylamine and the level of pentane in a biological sample obtained from the subject. A TAP score is determined based on the concentration of trimethylamine and the concentration of pentane. The subject is diagnosed as having alcoholic hepatitis if the TAP score exceeds a control value.
US09541537B1
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
US09541534B2
An inspection apparatus used for an article storage facility includes an inactive gas supply portion provided with a supply nozzle provided in a placement support portion. A transport container having a supply port for an inactive gas is formed at a bottom portion thereof for accommodating substrates in a sealed state. The nozzle is joined to the supply port by a self weight of the transport container supported on the placement support portion so as to inject the inactive gas to an interior of the transport container. An inspection supply port is joined to the supply nozzle by a self weight of the inspection apparatus supported on the placement support portion, and is configured such that a gravity center position is supported on the placement support portion and coincides with a gravity center position of the transport container, the supply port inspects a state of supply of the inactive gas in the state of being supported on the placement support portion.
US09541523B2
A sensor control apparatus (2) of a gas detection system (1) includes a first low-pass filter (46), a second low-pass filter (48), and a multiplexer (50) so as to provide different time constants for detection of a sensor output signal Vs1 and for detection of a response signal Vs2. When the sensor output signal Vs1 is detected, a signal whose frequency band is the same as that of Vs1 is input to the analog-to-digital conversion section (31) through the first low-pass filter (46). Therefore, the detection accuracy of Vs1 is increased. When Vs2 is detected, a signal whose frequency band is the same as that of Vs2 is input to the analog-to-digital conversion section (31) through the second low-pass filter (48).
US09541520B2
An analytical test strip has mutually-insulated first and second electrodes arranged to define a sample-receiving chamber. Electrically-insulating layers are disposed over respective electrodes. First and second electrical contact pads are electrically connected to the first electrode, and a third pad to the second electrode. A first side of the test strip has a first electrically-insulating layer and the third pad, and a second side has the second electrically-insulating layer and the first and second pads. The third pad extends longitudinally from the sample-receiving chamber farther than does the first electrically-insulating layer. Methods for determining an analyte in a bodily-fluid sample and analytical test systems for use in the determination of an analyte in a bodily-fluid sample are also described.
US09541519B2
Embodiments of the invention provide electrochemical analyte sensors having elements designed to modulate their electrochemical reactions as well as methods for making and using such sensors.
US09541518B2
An electrochemical detector is an electrochemical detector for detecting a substance in a liquid by generating a redox cycle, the electrochemical detector comprising: a first working electrode having a first electrode surface, a second working electrode having a second electrode surface, and a plurality of insulating spacer particles, wherein the first and second electrode surfaces are placed so as to face each other so that an electric field is formed between the first and second electrode surfaces, and the plurality of spacer particles are placed along the first and second electrode surfaces so as to separate the first and second electrode surfaces from each other.
US09541512B2
Multi-color CL images of nanoparticle samples may be generated, by irradiating with a scanning electron beam a nanoparticle sample that containing a plurality of spectrally distinct optical emitters configured to generate CL light at respective different color channels, then detecting the CL light from the nanoparticles to generate multi-color NP-CL images of the nanoparticle sample. In some embodiments, SE (secondary electron) images of the sample may be acquire, substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of the CL images, so as to generate correlative NP-CL and SE images of the nanoparticle sample. In some embodiments, the nanoparticles may be surface-functionalized so that the nanoparticles selectively bind only to particular structures of interest.
US09541506B2
A container inspection arrangement for inspecting glass and/or plastic containers, and a method of inspecting glass and/or plastic containers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
US09541505B2
The advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus for identifying anomalies on an object comprising a sensor system and an analysis process. The sensor system is configured to detect a presence of the object, identify a speed of travel for the object, and determine a scan rate for the object using the speed of travel to generate scan results. The analysis process is configured to analyze the scan results and determine whether a number of maintenance anomalies are detected on the object using the scan results.
US09541498B1
A diagnostic system for measuring temperature, pressure, CO2 concentration and H2O concentration in a fluid stream is described. The system may include one or more probes that sample the fluid stream spatially, temporally and over ranges of pressure and temperature. Laser light sources are directed down pitch optical cables, through a lens and to a mirror, where the light sources are reflected back, through the lens to catch optical cables. The light travels through the catch optical cables to detectors, which provide electrical signals to a processer. The processer utilizes the signals to calculate CO2 concentration based on the temperatures derived from H2O vapor concentration. A probe for sampling CO2 and H2O vapor concentrations is also disclosed. Various mechanical features interact together to ensure the pitch and catch optical cables are properly aligned with the lens during assembly and use.
US09541489B2
The invention provides an optical measuring apparatus having a plurality of measuring sections each having a light irradiating section for irradiating light to specimens and a light receiving section for receiving optical data acquired by irradiating the light to the specimens and a flow rate calculating section for calculating flow rate values of the specimens based on a difference of measured times of the optical data measured by the plurality of measuring sections with respect to the specimens and a distance between the plurality of measuring sections. The optical measuring apparatus measures the optical data of the specimens by irradiating light to the specimens, i.e., the objects to be measured, dispersed within a sample fluid flowing through a flow passage. The optical measuring apparatus further includes a flow rate graph generating section for generating flow rate graph data in which the values of flow rate of the specimens calculated by the flow rate calculating section are arrayed in order of calculation in time-series manner and for outputting the generated flow rate graph data to a displaying section.
US09541487B2
It is determined that indoor condensation of hydrogen peroxide vapor is to occur, if there is a solution with which both (Equation 1): PT·y1=P01·x1·γ1 and (Equation 2): PT·y2=P02·x2·γ2 hold. With this, it is possible to accurately determine whether indoor condensation of hydrogen peroxide vapor is to occur or not in decontamination.
US09541483B2
A contact state observation apparatus of golf ball can observe the contact phenomenon between a golf ball and a golf club which has been conventionally hidden and unobservable. The contact state observation apparatus of golf ball includes: launching means for launching a golf ball 10; an impact plate 20 with which the launched golf ball 10 impacts; and imaging means 30, provided opposite to the launching means across the impact plate 20, for shooting an image of the contact state between the golf ball 10 and the impact plate 20 at the time of impact of the golf ball 10. The impact plate 20 has, in a part where the golf ball 10 impacts, an observation hole 21 whose area is smaller than a contact area with the golf ball, and the imaging means 30 shoots the image of the contact state through the observation hole 21.
US09541479B2
A method and apparatus for mixing droplets of liquid sample and droplets of a diluent and/or a standard produced by droplet-on-demand generators for use with an analysis device. Two different liquids may be introduced to an analysis device for simultaneous analysis. The method preferably comprises using a first droplet-on-demand generator to provide a first stream of droplets of a first liquid; using a second droplet-on-demand generator to provide a second stream of droplets of a second liquid; and combining the first and second streams of droplets before they enter the analysis device.
US09541477B2
A medical apparatus and method of preparing one or more cell blocks. The medical apparatus comprises at least one elongate tubular body having a proximal end and a distal end and a filter membrane disposed between the proximal end and a distal end of the elongate tubular body. The filter membrane, which can include alignment features and structural features to engage the tubular body, and/or cover, is sectionable. Additionally, in some embodiments a second elongate tubular body is provided which telescopingly receives at least a portion of the first elongate tubular body. In other embodiments, a support member is provided for engaging the filter membrane and positioning the filter membrane at a midpoint of the elongate tubular body during centrifuging.
US09541475B2
Apparatus and methods for size-specific detection of particles entrained in fluids are provided. A particle size selector separates particles entrained in a sample fluid stream using a curved channel. Shroud fluid streams are interposed between the sample fluid stream and walls of the channel. Centrifugal forces arising from fluid flow through the curved channel separate differently-sized particles into different transverse sections of the channel. A detector downstream from the particle size selector specifically detects particles in one or more transverse sections of the channel.
US09541468B2
A method of modifying a workpiece includes providing a workpiece, determining a load stress profile associated with a load condition, the load stress profile comprising a load stress greater than a material stress limit of the workpiece, determining a residual stress profile, the residual stress profile comprising a residual stress less than the material stress limit of the workpiece, and providing the workpiece with the residual stress profile, wherein a sum of the load stress and the residual stress is less than the material stress limit of the workpiece.
US09541462B2
Techniques are described herein that perform pressure sensing using pressure sensor(s) that include deformable pressure vessel(s). A pressure vessel is an object that has a cross section that defines a void. A deformable pressure vessel is a pressure vessel that has at least one curved portion that is configured to structurally deform (e.g., bend, shear, elongate, etc.) based on a pressure difference between a cavity pressure in a cavity in which at least a portion of the pressure vessel is suspended and a vessel pressure in the pressure vessel.
US09541459B2
An optical fiber temperature distribution measurement device configured to receive Raman back scattering lights obtained by inputting a pulsed light into an optical fiber and to measure a temperature distribution along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber is provided. The device includes a first filter device. The first filter device includes: a threshold value setting circuit configured to set a threshold value in accordance with a change in an amount of noise overlapped with a measured signal, the measured signal indicating one of an intensity distribution and a temperature distribution of the Raman back scattering lights along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber; a filter configured to eliminate a frequency component of the measured signal, the frequency component being larger than a predetermined first frequency; a determination circuit configured to determine if the measured signal is over the threshold value; a synthesizing circuit configured to select and synthesize one of the measured signal processed by the filter and the measured signal unprocessed by the filter in accordance with a determination result from the determination circuit.
US09541457B2
A magnet temperature calculator estimates a magnet temperature of a rotary electric machine using at least parameters related to a transmission that is coupled to the rotary electric machine.
US09541456B2
A temperature sensor circuit has a reference voltage generator that is trimmable at two temperatures for increased accuracy. The reference voltage generation section generates a reference voltage, the level of which is trimmable. A voltage divider section is connected to receive the reference voltage from the reference voltage generation section and generate a plurality of comparison voltage levels determined by the reference voltage and a trimmable resistance. An analog-to-digital converter can then be connected to a temperature dependent voltage section to receive the temperature dependent output voltage, such as a proportional to absolute temperature type (PTAT) behavior, and connected to the voltage divider section to receive the comparison voltage levels. The analog to digital converter generates an output indicative of the temperature based upon a comparison of the temperature dependent output voltage to the comparison voltage levels.
US09541453B2
An infrared detector includes a detecting element, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a covering structure. The detecting element defines an absorbing part and a non-absorbing part. The detecting element includes a first end and a second end opposite with the first end. The first end is disposed in the absorbing part. The second end is disposed in the non-absorbing part. The first electrode is electrically connected with the first end. The second electrode is electrically connected with the second end. The covering structure covers the non-absorbing part. The detecting element further includes a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes disposed uniformly.
US09541442B2
Fill level monitoring relates to a method for controlling the fill level of a collecting vessel, wherein the collecting vessel could be filled with a dielectric medium. A fill level is monitored by a monitoring circuit with a measuring capacitor, the capacity of which changes steadily in correlation with the fill level, at least beyond a fill level range of the collecting vessel. The method includes: determining a capacity of the measuring capacitor; determining the quality of the measuring capacitor; determining a permittivity of the dielectric medium on the basis of the quality of the measuring capacitor; determining a fill level of the collecting vessel on the basis of the determined capacity of the measuring capacitor and the permittivity of the dielectric medium; and fill level-dependent drainage of the dielectric medium from the collecting vessel.
US09541439B2
A sensor system (30) including a sensor assembly (10) for a fluid meter (5) is provided. The sensor assembly (10) includes one or more fluid conduits (103A, 103B). The sensor assembly (10) also includes a case (101) surrounding at least a portion of the one or more fluid conduits (103A, 103B). The sensor system (30) also includes a case support (300). The case support (300) surrounds at least a portion of the case (101). The case support (300) includes one or more ribs (330) that extend along at least a portion of the case (101) and contact the case (101) at least when the case (101) deforms outward by a threshold amount.
US09541438B2
A seasoning apparatus and method for evenly and consistently seasoning french fries or other food. The seasoning apparatus may include a hollow hopper for holding and selectively dispensing seasoning therefrom and a plurality of actuatable dispensing elements each translatably attached to the hopper and each having a holding compartment formed therein. The actuatable dispensing elements may receive seasoning in the holding compartment from the hopper. When translated to a dispensing position, the dispensing elements may dispense seasoning from the holding compartment. The seasoning apparatus may also include a seasoning spreader for spreading seasoning dispensed from the actuatable dispensing elements and a food-holding container fixed a distance below the hopper and seasoning spreader. The food-holding container may have a weighing device coupled with a controller for determining an amount of seasoning to dispense from the hopper and actuating the actuatable dispensing elements accordingly.
US09541424B2
Described embodiments provide a magnetic field sensor has a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element with a plurality of vertical Hall elements disposed over a common implant region in a substrate. The magnetic field sensor generates output signals responsive to a magnetic field generated by a multi-pole magnet having a plurality of north poles and also a plurality of south poles. An angle sensor generates an angle signal representative of an angle of a direction component of the magnetic field. A pole pair counter generates a count signal representative of a count of a number of the pole pairs of the multi-pole magnet that move past the CVH sensing element. An angle interpolation module generates a reconstructed angle signal representative of an angular position of the multi-pole magnet relative to the CVH sensing element based upon the count signal and the angle signal. Corresponding methods are also described.
US09541423B2
A magnetic encoder apparatus is presented that includes a plurality of magnetic sensor elements (e.g. Hall sensors) for reading an associated magnetic scale that produces a periodically repeating magnetic pattern. The plurality of magnetic sensor elements produce a plurality of sensor signals and an analyzer is provided for analyzing the plurality of sensor signals to provide a measure of the position of the magnetic sensor elements relative to the associated magnetic scale. The analyzer is arranged to use the plurality of sensor signals to assess the period of the periodically repeating magnetic pattern sensed by the plurality of magnetic sensor elements. In this manner, the requirement to carefully match the period of the sensor elements with the periodically repeating magnetic pattern of the associated magnetic scale is avoided.
US09541420B2
A system for determining an error in a sensed position of a machine includes a position sensing system, a dead reckoning system, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a difference between a sensed position and a calculated position determined by dead reckoning. The difference is compared to an error threshold defining a maximum acceptable distance between the sensed position of the machine and the calculated position of the machine and an error signal generated if the difference exceeds the error threshold. A pair of offset dead reckoning processes may be used.
US09541416B2
A map display controller includes an operation portion that is operated in a predetermined operation range, an operation detecting unit that detects an operation on the operation portion, a reaction force generating unit that applies a reaction force against a change in position of the operation portion to the operation portion when an operation in which the position of the operation portion is changed to pass over a predetermined area in the operation range in a predetermined direction is performed, and a control unit that switches a display mode of a map display displayed on a display device when it is detected from the detection result of the operation detecting unit that the position of the operation portion passes over the predetermined area in the predetermined direction.
US09541402B2
A method of operation of a hybrid navigation system includes: providing a position information for locating a first device; linking a second position to the position information, the second position for locating a second device; generating a planned route with the position information refined by the second position for transferring over a regional network to the first device or the second device; and storing saved route information from the planned route for displaying on the first device when the regional network is not available.
US09541396B2
A system comprising an integrated multi-axis MEMS inertial sensor architecture. The system can include a MEMS gyroscope having a MEMS resonator and a MEMS accelerometer overlying a CMOS IC substrate. The CMOS IC substrate can include low noise Charge Sense amplifiers to process the sensed signals, programmable gain amplifiers, a demodulator, mixer, an AGC loop circuit coupled to the MEMS gyroscope to drive MEMS resonator. The CMOS IC also includes programmable Quadrature cancellation, Analog and digital phase shifters are implemented in the architecture to ensure quadrature cancellation and demodulation to achieve optimal performance. The AGC loop acts in a way such that generated desired signal amplitude out of the drive signal maintains MEMS resonator velocity at a desired frequency and amplitude while consuming low power. The MEMS gyroscope and accelerometer can be coupled to an input multiplexer configured to operate in a time-multiplexed manner.
US09541394B2
Spring set configurations that include an advantageous combination of spring geometries are disclosed. Spring elements having curved and straight sections, orientation of spring element anchor points with respect to the common radius, orientation of spring element segments with respect to a specific axis, balance of the length of spring elements about the common radius, and mass balance about the common radius can be used to mitigate unwanted out of plane motion. The spring set provides planar motion while reducing undesired out of plane motion making MEMS devices substantially insensitive to the process-induced etch angle variations of the spring elements. The spring set can be used in a MEMS gyro device which maintains the desired resonant modes and consistently low quadrature error even with process variations in manufacturing causing undesirable etch angles.
US09541387B2
A passive altimeter includes an imaging device, a groundspeed system, an image processing device operatively connected to receive an indication of groundspeed from the groundspeed system and to receive at least a first image from the imaging device taken at a first position and a second image from the imaging device taken at a second position spaced apart from the first position. The image processing device is configured to compare the first image and the second image to determine an altitude above ground using the indication of groundspeed from the groundspeed system.
US09541385B2
An error correction method for coordinate positioning apparatus is described. The method comprises (i) taking a first data set comprising one or more first data values, each first data value describing a position on the surface of a first object, (ii) taking a second data set comprising one or more second data values, each second data value describing a position on the surface of the first object, and (iii) calculating an error map comprising one or more error values, each error value describing a positional difference between the surface as described by the first data set and the surface as described by the second data set. The surface normal of the first object is known at each position described by each first data value and step (iii) comprises calculating each error value by determining the positional difference substantially in the direction of the known surface normal.
US09541382B2
A rotation angle detecting apparatus comprises a bearing holder, a rotation shaft rotatably supported by the bearing holder, a shaft portion space formed in the rotation shaft, a bearing holder space formed in the bearing holder, an angle detection pattern in the shaft portion space, a reference pattern and an image sensor in the bearing holder space, an optical system which exists across the shaft portion space and the bearing holder space and forms a projection image of the angle detection pattern and a projection image of the reference pattern on the image sensor, a photodetection switching means for selectively projecting the projection images of the angle detection pattern and the reference pattern onto the image sensor, and an arithmetic device for calculating a rotation angle of the rotation shaft based on a deviation between the reference pattern and the angle detection pattern received by the image sensor.
US09541379B2
A displacement detection device includes an image sensor, a light source and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to successively capture images. The light source provides light with an emission frequency and an emission duration for the image sensor in capturing the images. The processing unit is configured to calculate a displacement according to the images and to adjust both the emission frequency and the emission duration according to the displacement.
US09541374B2
In accordance with the aspects of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus is disclosed for three-dimensional imaging interferometric microscopy (IIM), which can use at least two wavelengths to image a three-dimensional object. The apparatus can include a first, a second, and a third optical system. The first optical system is disposed to provide a substantially coherent illumination to the 3D object, wherein the illumination is characterized by a plurality of wavelengths. The second optical system includes an optical image recording device and one or more additional optical components characterized by a numerical aperture NA. The third optical system provides interferometric reintroduction of a portion of the coherent illumination as a reference beam into the second optical system. An image recording device records each sub-image formed as a result of interference between the illumination that is scattered by the 3D object and the reference beam.
US09541373B2
A magnetic detector includes a rotor including a signal generation unit in a surface perpendicular to a rotary shaft and configured to rotate around the rotary shaft, and a detection unit configured to detect a rotational angle of the rotor by using magnetism via the signal generation unit. A plurality of concave and convex portions of the signal generation unit is formed by electroforming or sintering. In the surface, a projection portion is preferably disposed radially inside or outside the rotor with respect to the signal generation unit.
US09541369B2
A position detection device includes a detection portion and a magnetism generation portion. The detection portion includes a first magnetism detection element and a second magnetism detection element. The first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed on a plane. The magnetism generation portion is disposed at a position opposite the detection portion. The magnetism generation portion includes mutually opposing magnetic fluxes with respect to the detection portion by performing bipolar magnetization on a face opposite the plane where the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed.
US09541367B2
A tissue caliper is provided. The tissue caliper includes a housing assembly including a tubular body, an activation assembly operably received within the housing assembly, and a caliper assembly operably connected to the activation assembly. The activation assembly includes a magnetic spring for effecting the opening and closing of the caliper assembly. Also provided is a kit for measuring tissue thickness.
US09541364B2
An adaptive electronically steerable array (AESA) system comprises a plurality of arrays, each comprising a plurality of radiating elements, each array configured for placement on a forward-facing surface of a different one of a plurality of aerodynamic control surfaces on an interceptor. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmissive radome elements, each having an aerodynamic shape complementary to the aerodynamic control surface, are placed over one of the arrays. Control circuitry configures the arrays, independently or in concert, for RF target engagement and communication. Additional arrays may be positioned on side or aft-facing surfaces of the aerodynamic control surfaces for RF communication. The AESA system may be paired with an IR system for dual-mode operation.
US09541354B2
Disclosed are methods, devices, apparatus, assemblies and systems for generating and directing acoustic energy (e.g. sound). According to some embodiments, there may be provided a cyclical acoustic apparatus or generator comprising a cyclical combustions chamber adapted to cyclically generate acoustic energy. There may be provided an acoustic energy collection and guiding assembly adapted to channel sounds energy generated by said cyclical combustion chamber to an aiming and release apparatus, which aiming and release apparatus directs the acoustic energy towards a target zone.
US09541353B2
The device is a self-contained-defense-system. The entire unit is housed inside a blended set of athletic gloves and emits an electrical charge against an unwanted attacker. It can be utilized by men or women, both young and old, for personal safety. The electrical charge emitted is not strong enough to kill, but the voltage can be increased in order to assist the military and the police.
US09541351B2
The invention relates to a material sheet comprising at least one monolayer, wherein at least one monolayer comprises a plurality of drawn unidirectional polymer fibers having a strength of greater than 1.2 GPa, characterized in that the at least one monolayer has a thickness of less than 100 μm and the material sheet comprises a bonding agent of less than 13 wt % relative to the total weight of the material sheet.
US09541347B2
A collapsible rifle stock which provides a significantly shorter and more compatible stock designs. The stock includes a recoil pad, a buffer tube assembly, a buffer-receiving cavity, a track, a locking mechanism, and a release mechanism. The buffer-receiving cavity traverses through the recoil pad to facilitate a short collapsed configuration for the stock. The track is adjacently connected to the recoil pad, oriented parallel to a central axis of the buffer-receiving cavity. The buffer tube assembly attaches the stock to the rifle. The buffer tube assembly is slidably engaged along the track to allow for relative movement. The locking mechanism in conjunction with the release mechanism allow the user to position the stock into a collapsed and an extended configuration. The locking mechanism is mechanically integrated in between the track and the buffer tube assembly. The release mechanism is mechanically integrated in between the track and the recoil pad.
US09541345B2
A recoil and blast controller (RBC), which may also be referred to as a muzzle brake, is attached to the muzzle of a firearm providing a mechanism for the specific purposes of controlling and reducing the intensity of the recoil, the muzzle rise, and the muzzle blast that occur when the firearm is discharged. The RBC includes: at least one internally-vented buffer chamber provided in at least one tubular buffer chamber housing; and a tubular depressurization chamber that is externally-vented.
US09541342B1
A threaded trigger travel adjustment insert to be located in the existing grip screw hole of a lower receiver commonly associated with a rifle or a pistol to connect the hand grip to the receiver. The trigger travel adjustment insert has a trigger contact tip at one end thereof for receipt within the fire control cavity of the lower receiver at which to contact the trigger tang of the weapon. Rotating the threaded trigger travel adjustment insert through the grip screw hole causes the trigger contact tip of the insert to elevate the trigger tang resulting in a corresponding reduction in the overlap between the trigger sear and the hammer sear notch prior to the trigger being pulled. Accordingly, the distance traveled by the trigger through the fire control cavity after the trigger is pulled and released is advantageously shortened to improve trigger predictability and reliably, thereby facilitating improved accuracy.
US09541339B2
A firearm receiver assembly that includes a magazine release assembly, a bolt release assembly, a safety switch assembly, and a charging handle assembly and wherein at least one of the magazine release assembly, the bolt release assembly, the safety switch assembly, and the charging handle assembly are ambidextrously operable from each of a right hand side and a left hand side of the resultant firearm.
US09541337B2
A device and method for plugging a tube that includes setting a tapered plug in a tube with a compression ring that circumscribes the plug. The ring radially expands when axially compressed and wedges the plug in the tube. An anchoring assembly fits over the tapered end of the plug and is coupled to the plug while being pushed against the compressed ring. When coupled to the plug, the anchoring assembly maintains the ring in a compressed state. The anchoring assembly can be made up of legs that fasten to the tapered end of the plug and have shoulders attached on a free end that are positioned against a lateral side of the compressed ring.
US09541333B2
A stacked heat exchanger, in particular ferritic welded heat exchanger for high temperature applications, is provided that has stack plates that are held between cover plates and/or an outer housing. Aluminum is added to the cover plates and/or the housing in production.
US09541329B2
A gas processing plant has a de-ethanizer and a refluxed absorber, wherein the absorber operates at higher pressure than the de-ethanizer, and wherein at least a portion of the absorber bottoms product is expanded to provide cooling for the absorber reflux stream and/or the distillation column feed stream. Especially contemplated gas processing plants include propane and ethane recovery plants, and where the gas processing plant is an ethane recovery plant, it is contemplated that the ethane product comprises no more than 500 ppm carbon dioxide.
US09541327B2
An ice dispenser for a refrigerator is provided. The ice dispenser includes an ice storage container housing and an ice generator having a hollow mold which is filled with water. The ice storage container housing and the ice generator are combined into one modular unit.
US09541318B2
A flow rate of a heat transfer medium is computed without a flow meter. In a control apparatus (30), a storing portion (36) stores an aerodynamic characteristic map indicating a line causing a rotating stall and lines showing a sonic velocity in a refrigerant sucked in by a compressor (12) on a map displaying a variable θ reflecting a suction volume of the compressor (12) and a variable Ω reflecting a head of the compressor (12); a estimation portion of chilled water flow rate (30b) computes the variable Ω, derives the variable θ according to the variable Ω from the map, computes a heat amount exchanged between the refrigerant and the chilled water in an evaporator (24) based on the suction volume of the compressor (12) according to the computed variable θ, and computes the flow rate of the chilled water based on the heat amount.
US09541311B2
A cascade refrigeration system includes an upper portion having at least one modular chiller unit that provides cooling to at least one of a low temperature subsystem having a plurality of low temperature loads, and a medium temperature subsystem having a plurality of medium temperature loads. The modular chiller unit includes a refrigerant circuit having at least a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator. An ammonia refrigerant mixed with a soluble oil circulates within the refrigerant circuit. A control device may be programmed to modulate the position of the expansion device so that a superheat temperature of the ammonia refrigerant near an outlet of the evaporator fluctuates within a substantially predetermined superheat temperature range to positively return soluble oil from the evaporator to the compressor.
US09541309B2
A geothermal loop in-ground heat exchanger for energy extraction including an outer tubular casing and an inner tubular portion spaced from the outer tubular casing to define an injection space wherein a working fluid is injected into the injection space at a first temperature, T1 while the heat exchanger is located in a geothermal heat reservoir and the working fluid exits through the inner tubular portion at a second temperature, T2 which is greater than T1.
US09541308B2
An apparatus and method for connecting solar panels to a roof system surface. The solar panels can be formed flexible or non-flexible solar panels that are at least partially attached to a roofing surface by use of a fastener.
US09541294B2
A gas burner having a combustion chamber with a bottom and a circumferential wall. A plurality of fuel exit ports are disposed in the circumferential wall, and are directed generally inwardly toward the combustion chamber and upwardly from the bottom of the combustion chamber. The fuel exit ports are preferably directed inwardly at an angle that is slightly rotated from a central axis of the burner to create a swirling flame. A plurality of secondary air inlets extend through the bottom of the combustion chamber. An injector orifice is aligned with the central axis of the burner. The injector orifice is secured to the cooktop using a bracket, which has an orifice-securing surface, with two sidewalls extending therefrom and terminating in fastening flanges. The fastening flanges have asymmetrically arranged slots therein to receive tabs extending from the burner to ensure proper alignment of the burner and the injector orifice.
US09541287B2
An automatic cleaning assembly for an analytical furnace is detachable from the filter chamber above the combustion tube. The cleaning assembly includes a rotating brush which is lowered through the filter chamber and into the combustion tube while a vacuum is drawn through the lower seal of the combustion tube. This results in a higher vacuum pressure differential and improved flow rate for removing dust from the filter of the furnace and the combustion tube.
US09541286B2
In a boiler, a space is reserved to expand the boiler by increasing the front and rear walls. To expand the boiler, wall additions are added to increase the width of the front and rear walls. After the expansion, the distance between the front and rear walls is substantially the same distance between the front and rear walls before the expansion.
US09541272B2
An explosion-proof LED module has at least one light-emitting diode, a heat sink connected to this and an LED cover that covers the LED at least in the emission direction. The LED cover extends into an insertion recess of the heat sink. In this insertion recess, the LED cover is surrounded by a casting compound resulting in sealing of the LED relative to an outer and possibly explosive atmosphere. As a result, an explosion-proof LED module can be provided whereby the manufacture of said explosion-proof LED module is relatively simple and possible in an economic manner in a short time from prefabricated parts. At the same time, the explosion-proof module is furthermore characterized in that sufficient cooling corresponding to the ignition protection type “intrinsic safety” and an embedding of the component according to ignition protection type “encapsulation” are given.
US09541271B2
A bulb head structure and an LED bulb comprising the same are provided. The bulb head structure includes a hollow-shaped member which is a hollow cup-shaped structure, and an outer surface of an end is disposed with a lampholder connecting part, an inner insulating member, a substrate, two flexible electrode members which are respectively disposed at side edge and one end of the substrate, and a conduction member. The inner insulating member and the substrate are disposed in the hollow-shaped member, the inner insulating member is adjacent to one end of the hollow-shaped member, and the substrate and the conduction member are respectively disposed at two sides of the inner insulating member. Wherein, one flexible electrode member contacts with the hollow-shaped member and the other flexible electrode member contacts with the conduction member to enable the substrate electrically connecting to the hollow-shaped member and the conduction member respectively.
US09541268B2
A lighting mount assembly and method are disclosed to mount a recessed light fixture in an opening in a wall. The lighting mount assembly includes a mounting frame, and at least two adjustable brackets which are movable relative to the mounting frame. The mounting frame and the brackets cooperate to clamp a portion of the wall from opposing sides. Each of the brackets also includes a resilient member, such as a leg spring, which can be engaged to and disengaged from a portion of a light fixture, such as a groove, to hold or release the recessed light fixture in the wall opening.
US09541266B2
A luminaire (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d) comprising a housing with a first end surface (21), a second end surface (22), an at least partially circumferential surface (23) extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, a longitudinal direction (25) extending between the first end surface and the second end surface, and at least one connection device (3a, 3b; 3a′, 3b′; 3a″, 3b″) for connecting the luminaire to a complementary connection device (3b, 3a; 3b′, 3a′; 3b″, 3a″) of another corresponding luminaire, the at least one connection device being arranged on either of the first end surface and the second end surface of the luminaire, the connection device comprising an electrical connection element (34) extending in an angleγ with respect to said longitudinal direction (25) of said luminaire, said angle being comprised in the interval (0°; 90°].
US09541260B2
An LED bulb, lamp holder, or adaptor includes a module that extends beyond a shade, cover, or other light blocking element to permit signal or light transmission to or from the module.
US09541257B2
A lens for a primarily-elongate distribution of light from a light emitter having an axis with a lens base being substantially normal to the axis. The lens includes a substantially-rectangular emitter opening to a cavity defined by a refracting inner surface. The lens further includes a refracting main output surface transverse the axis and a reflecting surface extending from the lens base away from the axis outwardly of and around the inner surface. The reflecting surface receives substantially all forward and rearward light and a portion of lateral light refracted by the inner surface for total internal reflection (TIR) toward the main output surface which refracts such light into the elongate distribution. The lens is configured such that the other portion of the lateral light exits the lens away from the axis for wide-angle distribution along the elongate distribution.
US09541253B2
LED light sources utilized in a street lamp include a base seat, a lamp shade mounted on the base seat, and a top housing coupled with the base seat. The base seat includes a plurality of first heat dissipation columns integrated with the base seat. The lamp shade includes a plurality of the LED light sources. The top housing includes a plurality of second heat dissipation columns integrated with the top housing. The base seat, the first heat dissipation columns, the top housing, and the second heat dissipation columns are made of a polyamide resin containing a graphite powder.
US09541252B2
A concentric lighting module with conical mirror for creating of a three-dimensional optical effect, especially in the outer brake and tail lights of a motor vehicle, has in the peripheral region of the conical mirror (3) a cylindrical output part (2c) of a light guide (2) provided by at least one offset (2d) on its outer side, which terminates in an active surface (2e) and which couples in the region beyond the conical mirror (3) to the collimator part (2b) of the light guide (2), formed by a parabolic collimator and a lens and applied by its input part (2a) against the light source (1) of the module, and at the transition between the collimator part (2b) and the output part (2c) of the light guide (2) the module is provided with a total internal light reflection surface (4), whose bottom part also forms an optical prism (4a).
US09541239B2
A lighting device includes a lighting source, e.g. a LED lighting source, arranged between a first and a second component with a coupling structure interposed between the first and the second component to sealingly couple them together.The coupling structure includes at least one layer resiliently deformable to permit relative displacement of the first and second components.
US09541238B2
To provide a semiconductor light emitting device which is capable of accomplishing a broad color reproducibility for an entire image without losing brightness of the entire image.A light source provided on a backlight for a color image display device has a semiconductor light emitting device comprising a solid light emitting device to emit light in a blue or deep blue region or in an ultraviolet region and phosphors, in combination. The phosphors comprise a green emitting phosphor and a red emitting phosphor. The green emitting phosphor and the red emitting phosphor are ones, of which the rate of change of the emission peak intensity at 100° C. to the emission intensity at 25° C., when the wavelength of the excitation light is 400 nm or 455 nm, is at most 40%.
US09541236B2
A multi-stage home refueling appliance and method supplying compressed natural gas from a utility natural gas supply. The multi-stage home refueling appliance includes a first compressing stage having a first stage inlet fluidly coupled to the supply of natural gas and a first stage outlet, a second compressing stage having a second stage inlet fluidly coupled to the first stage outlet and a second stage outlet and a vehicle refueling dispenser fluidly coupled to the second stage outlet and configured to be selectively fluidly coupled to a storage tank of a vehicle.
US09541234B2
A measuring machine includes a measuring device and a protective cover covering the measuring device. The measuring device is configured to measure parameters of a work piece. The measuring device includes a control box, a supporting board, a light ring configured to illuminate the work piece, and a camera module configured to obtain images of the work piece. The cover is made of non-transparent material. A first side of the cover defines a cut-out and a first slot. A second side of the cover opposite to the first side defines a second slot corresponding in size and alignment with the first slot. One side of the control box is exposed from the cut. Two ends of the supporting board are positioned on the first and second slots and exposed from the first and second slots.
US09541233B2
An ergonomic holder and method of supporting a tablet computer by hand includes a base and a handle. The base is configured to operatively connect to the tablet computer for supporting the tablet computer thereon. The handle projects from the base. The handle also at least partially defines a forefinger sleeve and at least partially defines a thumb sleeve for receiving a forefinger and a thumb of the hand. The forefinger sleeve projects relative to the thumb sleeve such that the forefinger sleeve and the thumb sleeve intersect at a predetermined gripping angle for supporting the tablet computer in a plurality of hand positions.
US09541225B2
A bushing including a first annular internal rib adapted and configured to engage a corrugation valley of corrugated tubing and a second annular internal rib adapted and configured to press against a conductive layer surrounding the corrugated tubing is provided. The second annular internal protrusion has a rounded, substantially non-piercing profile. Also provided is a sealing device for connecting a length of tubing. The sealing device includes a body member defining a sleeve portion and the bushing as described herein adapted and configured to be received in the sleeve portion. Also provided is a length of tubing including: an inner tubing layer and the fitting as described herein engaged with the inner tubing layer.
US09541221B2
PROBLEM: To reduce occurrence of an error of not closing a tube and to simplify a structure and an operation procedure.SOLUTION: In a tube clamp structure of a tubing pump for closing a tube 30 attached to and detached from a pump body 10 by a clamp device 40, the clamp device 40 is equipped with: a first holding piece 41; a second holding piece 42 engaged to approach or separate from the first holding piece 41; and an urging member for urging these first holding piece 41 and second holding piece 42 in approaching directions, is configured to hold and deform the tube 30 between these first holding piece 41 and second holding piece 42 for closing, and is detachably attached to the pump body 10.
US09541215B2
An electromagnetic actuator includes: a magnetic coil, which has a coil form having a coil winding situated on it and a central clearance extending in an axial direction; an armature slidably situated in the central clearance; a terminal piece situated on an axial end of the coil form, in which an actuating element is slidably supported in the axial direction. The armature is movable by an actuation of the magnetic coil such that a force applied by the armature is transmitted to the actuating element. The actuating element is configured in two parts, including an actuating pin supported in the terminal piece and a separator fixedly connected to the actuating pin on an end section of the actuating pin protruding from the terminal piece in the direction of the armature and which is acted upon by the armature when the magnetic coil is actuated.
US09541213B2
An electromagnetic valve for a pressure container and which includes a manual shut-off of the valve, a stop, and an electromagnetic shut-off of the valve with a sealing element, a magnet coil, a tappet, and a spring element. When the magnet coil has been currentlessly switched and deactivated, the tappet pressed against the sealing element by the spring element presses the sealing element onto a second opening so as to suppress a fluidic connection from the pressure container. Also, when the magnet coil is activated, the tappet can be moved away from the sealing element as far as the stop, such that the fluidic connection can be released.
US09541206B2
The invention relates to a bypass valve, particularly a two-way valve for exhaust gas flows from motor vehicles, having a valve housing and an actuating mechanism with a valve flap and two ports for fluid outlet, which are embodied as alternately sealable by the valve flap, and one port for fluid intake, characterized in that at each of the ports for fluid outlet an adapter and sealing ring is provided, arranged at least partially and fluid-tight in the valve housing, wherein the valve flap can be positioned fluid-tight on the adapter and sealing ring.
US09541204B2
A valve manifold has a housing with a central mixing chamber and a shell surface. The shell surface of the valve manifold has at least two valve ports, with each valve port being associated with one valve. A first valve port has three openings, and additional valve ports each having three openings. A respective first opening of the valve ports is in direct fluid communication with the central mixing chamber, and the second and third openings of the valve ports are each in fluid communication with an inflow or outflow via a duct. A bottom of the mixing chamber, in relation to a plane arranged perpendicularly to a vertical longitudinal axis of the housing, has a slope towards the first opening of the first.
US09541201B2
The invention relates to a control cone for control valves, in particular angle control valves, for critical operating states resulting from cavitation or flashing of abruptly vaporizing and erosive media, the control valve comprising a valve seat (2) and a valve stem (3) with a conical valve head (4) guided longitudinally movably therein. Starting from the rear, tapered end of the conical face (6) of the valve head (4), on the front portion adjacent thereto of the valve stem (3), a plurality of coaxially extending ribs (5) is arranged on the valve stem (3).
US09541182B2
A drive device for a vehicle having a combustion engine and a multistage manual transmission having first and second sub-transmissions, each of which has a separate input shaft. A first input shaft of the first sub-transmission couples, via a first clutch, the combustion engine or is assigned an electrical machine. A second input shaft of a second sub-transmission couples, via a second clutch, the combustion engine. The first input shaft is additionally assigned a start-up element having at least one hydrodynamic transfer element, which has first and second functional wheels which together form a working chamber. The working chamber can be filled with fluid in order to generate a hydrodynamic transfer torque such that at least one start-up function, affecting the first sub-transmission, can carried out by way of the start-up element.
US09541169B2
A multi-stage transmission for vehicle includes an input shaft, an output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear devices each having three rotary elements and transmitting rotary forces between the input and output shafts, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices. Of the first planetary gear device, the first rotary element is permanently connected to the input shaft and the second rotary element of the third planetary gear device, the second rotary element is installed to be fixable by any one of the shifting elements and variably connected to the first rotary element and third rotary element of the second planetary gear device, and the third rotary element is permanently connected to the second rotary element of the second planetary gear device.
US09541166B2
A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices having three rotary elements, and at least six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices.
US09541165B2
A power transmitting apparatus may include: an input device including a motor shaft selectively connected to an engine, a first input shaft selectively connected to the motor shaft and provided with at least one input gear fixedly disposed thereon, and a second input shaft disposed without rotational interference with the first input shaft and provided with at least one input gear fixedly disposed thereon; a motor/generator disposed on the motor shaft of the input device and operated as a motor or a generator; a selectively connecting device adapted to selectively connect the motor shaft of the input device to the engine, the first input shaft, or the second input shaft; and a speed output device changing torque input from the first and second input shafts of the input device and outputting the changed torque.
US09541162B2
There is provided a reduction gear unit including: a pinion; a bearing that is located on each of both sides of the pinion; a large gear that meshes with the pinion; a gear case that stores therein lubricant oil, and accommodates the pinion and the gear; and pinion bearing caps each of which includes an annular portion, wherein the annular portion extends from outside of the gear case toward inside thereof and parallel to a pinion shaft, and includes an end portion in which an end surface in an extending-direction is provided on a side of the pinion with respect to an extended line of a gear-side end surface of an inner race of the bearing, and an inner peripheral surface of the end portion is formed so that a diameter is decreased from a gear-side end surface of an outer race toward the end surface.
US09541157B2
A torsional vibration damper for transferring torque between a first and a second rotatable element, having a rotatable pressure plate to transfer the torque from the first element, a rotatable output element to transfer the torque to the second element, and a vibration damper element to transfer the torque between the pressure plate and the output element, where the vibration damper element includes an energy-storing spring system. A driving element is formed in a single piece on the pressure plate to fit against the spring system.
US09541156B2
The subject matter of the present invention is an actuator unit for motor vehicle applications, in particular motor vehicle door locks (1). This actuator unit has in its basic design a housing (8a, 8b), in addition a drive (2) which is arranged in the housing (8a, 8b), an actuator element (3, 4) which can be acted on by the drive (2), and at least one rubber bearing (10) for the drive (2). According to the invention, the housing (8a, 8b) is equipped with mounting projections (15) which are arranged distributed on the circumference of the rubber bearing (10), in the region of a rubber bearing mount (16).
US09541143B2
A magnetic system for controlling the operating mode of an overrunning coupling assembly and an overrunning coupling and magnetic control assembly including the system are provided. The system includes a control member mounted for controlled shifting movement and a translator structure supported for travelling along a path between first and second end positions. The structure is coupled to the control member for selective, small displacement, control member movement upon experiencing a net translational force. The translator structure supports a pair of spaced apart magnetic or ferromagnetic targets for movement therewith. A magnetic field sensor is disposed adjacent and stationary with respect to the translator structure between the first and second end positions of travel for sensing magnetic flux to produce an output signal which is based on position of the translator structure. A variable magnetic field is generated in response to travel of the translator structure.
US09541141B2
An electronic vehicular transmission, a controllable coupling assembly and a coupling member for use in the assembly are provided. The member is configured for rotation about a rotational axis and includes a first coupling face oriented to face axially along the axis and has a set of pockets angularly-spaced about the axis. Each of the pockets receives a first locking element and defines a first load-bearing surface adapted for abutting engagement with a load-bearing surface of its respective first locking element. A second coupling face is oriented to face radially with respect to the axis and has a set of locking formations. Each of the set of locking formations defines a second load-bearing surface adapted for abutting engagement with a load-bearing surface of a second locking element.
US09541120B2
A prize dispensing hook assembly is provided for retaining a prize suspended from a base of a prize dispenser and releasing the prize therefrom at a predetermined release location. The hook assembly includes a hook structure mounted on the base for movement relative thereto. The hook structure is engageable with the prize in a prize retaining position and is disengagable from the prize in a prize releasing position corresponding to the predetermined release location. The biasing arrangement is continuously engaged with both the base and the hook structure, and provides a biasing force continuously urging an open of the hook structure into direct engagement with the base. An actuator arrangement is mounted within the prize dispenser and is provided with a movable release element which is selectively engageable with the hook structure to move the hook structure to the prize releasing position.
US09541116B2
A fastener including a body having a threaded portion and an opposing, tapered portion, where the tapered portion includes an outwardly angled surface, and a sleeve movably connected to the body. The sleeve includes a plurality of fingers at least partially separated from each other, where each of the fingers includes at least two, axially spaced gripping members protruding from the body. When the fastener is inserted in a borehole formed in a substrate and a fastening member is threaded onto the threaded portion and tightened, the sleeve progressively moves along the angled surface causing the fingers to move outwardly and at least one of the gripping members to engage an inner surface of the substrate forming the borehole to secure the fastener in the borehole.
US09541114B2
A fastening element for positive, materially integral and/or non-positive arrangement on or in a fiber composite component includes a sleeve-like portion, on the first end of which there is formed a tapering conical or cone-shaped portion in which a plurality of slots are made which are aligned in the direction of a longitudinal extent of the fastening element and in this way subdivide the conical or cone-shaped portion into individual segments. On the second end of the sleeve-like portion, there is arranged a holding portion which is angled at a right angle from the sleeve-like portion and in this way enlarges an outer diameter of the sleeve-like portion and forms planar bearing surfaces. A method is also described for mounting a fastening element.
US09541105B2
A main air bubble separation apparatus which uses a swirling flow of oil introduced from a main tank separates the oil into a first oil with air bubbles removed therefrom, and a second oil containing air bubbles; a sub-air bubble separation apparatus is provided in which the second oil is introduced and then separated into a third oil with air bubbles removed therefrom and a fourth oil containing air bubbles; and a sub-tank into which the fourth oil is introduced, and in which the air bubbles contained in the fourth oil are captured and combined with each other so as to be removed from the fourth oil, so that a fifth oil is formed, and is configured such that the first, third and fifth oils are returned to the main tank.
US09541104B2
An apparatus for actuating a valve includes an actuator body with a proximal end having a connector for coupling to a valve assembly, and a distal end. A piston assembly having a piston disposed in a piston cylinder is located within the proximal end of the actuator body. A telescoping port assembly extends from the distal end to the piston assembly, the telescoping port assembly having an inner telescoping member and an outer telescoping member. The outer telescoping member has an inner cavity that reciprocatingly receives an end of the inner telescoping member. A bore extends axially through the telescoping port assembly and communicates pressure from a pressure source to the piston cylinder, so that when a pressure media is supplied from the pressure source to the bore, the piston actuates the valve assembly, and the outer telescoping member telescopes outward from the inner telescoping member.
US09541096B2
An air pump capable of automatic air supplements has a housing, a low-pressure blower, a high-pressure blower, a first auto-stop controller, and a second auto-stop controller. The low-pressure blower is used to inflate an inflatable article with low-pressure air and allows the air pump to stop working during inflation automatically. The high-pressure blower is used to inflate an inflatable article with adjustable high pressure air, so that the inflatable article can have a hardness suitable for a user's need, and allows the air pump to stop working automatically during inflation or to supply air automatically during inflation. The air pump can stop working automatically and can supply air automatically without manual work, and can inflate the inflatable article to the hardness suitable for the user's need conveniently.
US09541092B2
A tip turbine engine provides increased efficiency while eliminating or reducing the number of axial compressor stages by moving the core airflow inlet aft of the fan. As a result, the core airflow entering the core airflow inlet is the fan exhaust, which is already at an increased pressure. A portion of the fan exhaust is guided radially inward, then axially forward and then radially outward through compressor chambers in the hollow fan blades for further, centrifugal compression.
US09541089B2
In an electrically driven dual pump, a cylindrical outer rotor is rotatably disposed with respect to the inner circumferential surface side of the housing and has a plurality of permanent magnets on an outer circumferential surface of the outer rotor to constitute a motor section in cooperation with coils of a housing, a partitioning plate is disposed to partition an inner circumferential side of the outer rotor into a first pump chamber and a second pump chamber, and each of first and second inner rotors is rotatably disposed within the first and second pump chambers with a rotation center of each of the first and second inner rotors eccentric to the center of the outer rotor and constitutes a space against the outer rotor which is communicated with a corresponding one of the suction ports and the corresponding one of the discharge ports.
US09541088B2
The present invention relates to an evacuation apparatus for evacuating a vacuum chamber of a substrate processing apparatus for processing a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or liquid crystal panel. An evacuation apparatus according to the present invention includes a first vacuum pump connected to a vacuum chamber, and a second vacuum pump connected to the first vacuum pump. The first vacuum pump has a pair of multistage pump rotors.
US09541087B2
A sealed compressor has an electric motor received within a hermetically sealed shell. The electric motor drives a compressor pump unit. An electric connection provides electric power to the motor. A terminal housing is mounted on the shell, with a terminal plug for supplying electrical power from outside of the shell into a connector within the shell. A grommet is at an opening in the shell which allows passage of the electric connector from the terminal plug to the electric connection. The grommet has a first surface positioned on an opposed side of a wall of a housing spaced from the shell, and a second surface sealing against the shell. The grommet has an interior portion allowing passage of the electrical connections from the terminal plug into the electric connector within the shell.
US09541078B2
A getter pump is described. The getter pump has a casing and a getter cartridge mounted within the casing. Each cartridge has a linear central support and spaced getter elements mounted on the linear central support. Each cartridge is positioned along a plane orthogonal to the revolution axis and intersecting the midpoint of a linear central support. The angle formed by each positioning plane with its respective linear central support is comprised between 35° and 75°.
US09541073B2
A rotator mechanism for rotating an elongate member in a pumping system includes a body member having a longitudinal body axis and a through-hole aligned with the body axis and configured to receive the elongate member. The rotator mechanism also includes a worm gear concentric with the body axis and a worm meshing with the worm gear. The rotator mechanism includes a lever configured to rotate the worm, and a clutch coupled between the lever and the worm and configured to cause the worm to rotate in a first direction when the lever moves in the first direction. Rotation of the worm causes the worm gear and the elongate member to rotate about the body axis.
US09541063B2
A wind turbine is provided having a first converter connected between an electric generator of the wind turbine and a DC link and a second converter connected between the DC link and an output of the wind turbine connectable to a utility grid. The wind turbine further includes a wind turbine controller adapted to control at least one of an output current of the wind turbine, an output voltage of the wind turbine, a reactive output power of the wind turbine, an output voltage of the DC link and an output current of the DC link. The wind turbine further includes a communication device adapted to receive a control signal and to set a control parameter of the wind turbine controller in accordance with the control signal. A network converter, method of operating a wind turbine, methods of operating a wind park and computer-readable storage medium are also provided.
US09541056B2
A wave power converter for converting energy from waves including a wave power converter housing with a bottom and a top between which there is a distance limiting structure, and through which there is a central axis, and wherein entirely or partially outside the wave power converter housing there is at least one preferably elongated paddle having a longitudinal direction of a first generatrix and a lower end and an upper end, and which via a first connection to a first power converter with a rotary axis at an angle, preferably at right angles, to the central axis and fastened to the wave power converter housing at the top is provided.
US09541052B2
An ignition system controlled by a powertrain controller via a dwell line carrying a dwell signal has a state machine to monitor a dwell period between consecutive dwell signals and to adjust a rate of a variable clock signal accordingly. A multi-bit counter is clocked by the adjusted clock signal. The counter has a first set of bits to establish an integration period and a second set of bits coupled to a resistive ladder generating a stair step signal. A current sensor provides a current signal proportional to the ion current. A comparator compares the current signal to the stair step signal. An ion current counter is incremented during the integration period whenever the current signal indicates an ion current magnitude greater than the stair step signal. The accumulated count at the end of the integration period is reported to the powertrain controller as a measure of the ion current.
US09541046B2
A fuel injection valve having a variable stroke mechanism is constructed. A valve body provided to be slidable; a first movable element for cooperating with the valve body; an inner fixed iron core provided at a position to oppose a second movable element; an outer fixed iron core; and a coil are included. A lift amount of the second movable element is set larger than a lift amount of the first movable element, and a portion of the second movable element is projected into the first movable element. In this way, large and small lifts are constituted by using a difference between magnetic attractive forces that are generated in the first movable element and the second movable element by a current supplied to the coil.
US09541041B2
An injection valve for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine comprises a valve seat, a valve element, at least one injection opening formed in the valve seat and leading to the combustion chamber, the at least one injection opening opened or closed by a stroke motion of the valve element, a catalytic coating provided in a region of the injection valve which faces the combustion chamber, and at least one protuberance which is elongated in a direction of the combustion chamber and projects into the combustion chamber.
US09541035B2
An EGR device includes a housing and a valve. The housing has an outer pipe and an inner structure. The inner structure is located inside the outer pipe to define an annular passage externally with the outer pipe. The inner structure defines an inner passage internally. The inner structure has apertures. The valve is in a tubular shape and is located inside the inner structure. The valve is slidable in an axial direction to communicate the annular passage with the inner passage through the apertures and to block the inner passage from the annular passage.
US09541027B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for recovering waste heat to improve the response and fuel economy of a machine. The system includes a heat recovery apparatus and an engine. The heat recovery apparatus has a cold cylinder, a first piston disposed in the cold cylinder, a hot cylinder, a second piston disposed in the hot cylinder, and a regenerator. The first piston and the second piston are in fluid communication with one another via the regenerator. The engine produces heat from multiple sources. A first heat source produced by the engine is thermally coupled to the regenerator and a second heat source produced by the engine is thermally coupled to the hot cylinder. The heat recovery apparatus is configured to convert the heat generated by the first and second heat sources into mechanical energy.
US09541016B2
Provided are a throttle control device for an internal combustion engine and a throttle control method for an internal combustion engine, which are capable of avoiding occurrence of overshoot of a supercharging pressure at the time of deceleration to improve durability of components in an engine equipped with a supercharger. The engine equipped with the supercharger includes a bypass passage which bypasses a turbine of the supercharger. In the bypass passage, a wastegate valve for adjusting a flow-path area of the bypass passage by a wastegate actuator is provided. An ECU (50) increases the flow-path area of the wastegate valve for deceleration to be started during a high-load operation and closes a throttle valve after confirming that a throttle-valve upstream pressure becomes lower than a predetermined value. As a result, the overshoot of the throttle-valve upstream pressure can be avoided reliably.
US09541005B2
There is described a system and method for filling an engine fuel manifold. An adaptive filling function is used to determine a flow rate at which fuel is to be delivered to the fuel manifold. The filling function receives as an input a present measurement of the engine's speed and computes the flow rate accordingly. The fuel manifold may then be filled according to the computed flow rate so as to match the engine's speed. Appropriate fuel/air ration conditions can therefore be achieved for successful engine start.
US09541004B2
EphB3-specific antibodies are provided, along with pharmaceutical compositions containing such antibody, kits containing a pharmaceutical composition, and methods of preventing and treating an EphB3-related disease or disorder.
US09540981B2
An exhaust gas processing device includes: an exhaust gas processing unit positioned above an engine; a reduction agent tank accommodating a reduction agent; a reduction agent supply unit attached to the exhaust gas processing unit; a cooling unit having a first end portion and a second end portion; a cooling water accommodation unit having a lower portion positioned below the cooling unit; a first pipe connecting the first end portion and the cooling water accommodation unit; a second pipe connecting the second end portion and the cooling water accommodation unit; a circulating device driven by the engine. The first pipe and the second pipe are connected to the lower portion. The first pipe includes: a connection portion connected to the first end portion; an apex portion positioned above the cooling unit; a supplying portion positioned between the connection portion and the apex portion. Thus, it is possible to suppress an increase in the temperature of the reduction agent supply unit.
US09540969B2
The present invention provides a variable valve mechanism, which includes a rocker arm including an input member and an output member; a switching device that switches a drive state of the valve by displacing the switching pin between a coupling position at which the switching pin extends between the first pinhole in the input member and the second pin hole in the output member and a non-coupling position at which the switching pin does not extend; and a lost motion spring. A displacement clearance is formed between an inner peripheral surface of the first or second pin hole and an outer peripheral surface of the switching pin to permit the relative displacement in a range of the displacement clearance at a coupled time so that a tappet clearance is not formed with the input member urged toward the cam by the lost motion spring.
US09540967B2
A method of preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin includes a condition determining step that determines whether a CVVT operation condition is satisfied, an locking-pin unlocking step that unlocks a locking-pin before the CVVT is operated, and a CVVT operating step that operates the CVVT, and a system for preventing sticking of a CVVT locking pin.
US09540952B2
A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, the turbocharger being supported by hydrostatic bearings in both a radial and an axial direction by a compressed air supplied from a compressor of the turbocharger and boosted in pressure by a separate boost pump to a high enough pressure to support the rotor of the turbocharger.
US09540948B2
A gas turbine engine includes a very high speed low pressure turbine such that a quantity defined by the exit area of the low pressure turbine multiplied by the square of the low pressure turbine rotational speed compared to the same parameters for the high pressure turbine is at a ratio between about 0.5 and about 1.5. The high pressure turbine is supported by a bearing positioned at a point where the first shaft connects to a hub carrying turbine rotors associated with the second turbine section.
US09540933B2
A stator for a progressive cavity pump or motor includes a stator housing having a longitudinal axis. In addition, the stator includes a stator insert of a material moulded within the housing. The stator housing includes an outer tube having an inner surface. The stator housing also includes a plurality of framework elements disposed on the inner surface of the outer tube. Further, the stator housing includes at least one recess in the inner surface of the outer tube. The conjunction of the framework elements and the at least one recess define a plurality of chambers receiving insert material therein whereby the insert material is mechanically fixed axially, radially and torsionally within the outer tube.
US09540930B2
To provide an axial piston motor, comprising at least one main burner, which has at least one main combustion space and at least one main nozzle space, and comprising at least one pre-burner, which has at least one pre-combustion space and at least one pre-nozzle space, wherein the pre-combustion space is connected to the main nozzle space by way of at least one hot gas feed, that has improved operating and control characteristics even under non-steady-state operating conditions, the pre-nozzle space of the pre-burner has at least one auxiliary hot gas feed.
US09540926B2
A system, rotary pulser, and method is disclosed to transmit information from a downhole location to a surface.
US09540925B2
A method for measuring at least one property of an earth formation and transmitting information through the earth formation may include positioning at least one sensor downhole, circulating a wellbore fluid downhole, and transmitting a first signal from the sensor to at least one modulator.
US09540921B2
A method for producing hydrocarbons in a subterranean well useful for observing properties of one or more subterranean zones, includes the steps of: (a) installing a lower straddle packer in a vertical well section below a junction with a lateral well section; (b) installing an upper straddle packer in a vertical well section above the junction with the lateral well section; (c) conveying hydrocarbons from the lateral well section to the surface with a tubing; (d) observing pressure information in at least one zone with a pressure gauge located in the vertical well section below the lower straddle packer; and (e) obtaining information in the at least one zone with logging equipment run through the tubing. A sidetrack window may be installed in the tubing between the lower straddle packer and the upper straddle packer for providing access to the lateral well section.
US09540919B2
A one trip system for perforating and fracking multiple intervals uses a releasable barrier. The barrier can be an inflatable. A pressure booster system is associated with the BHA so that the existing hydrostatic pressure is boosted when the gun or portions thereof are fired. After firing in one interval, the BHA is raised and the barrier is redeployed and the pattern repeats. Instruments allow sensing the conditions in the interval for optimal placement of the gun therein and for monitoring flow, pressure and formation conditions during the fracturing. Circulation between gun firings cleans up the hole. If run in on wireline a water saving tool can be associated with the BHA to rapidly position it where desired. A multitude of perforation charges mounted in the BHA can be selectively fired by selected corresponding detonator based on a predetermined sequence or surface telemetry command.
US09540913B2
A method and apparatus are presented for actuating a differential pressure firing head to actuate a perforating gun at a downhole location in a subterranean wellbore adjacent a formation. An exemplary method includes positioning the perforating gun and the differential pressure firing head at a downhole location on a tubing string and then communicating an applied fluid pressure to a wellbore annulus, a first chamber which communicates the applied fluid pressure to a low-pressure side of the firing head assembly, and a second fluid chamber which communicates the applied fluid pressure to a high-pressure side of the firing head assembly. The applied fluid pressure is then trapped within the second fluid chamber. When the applied pressure in the annulus is subsequently removed, a pressure differential is created across the firing head by the low pressure in the first chamber and the trapped applied pressure in the second chamber.
US09540907B1
A fire control system for use at a well site for sensing the presence of a fire and for automatically placing into operation apparatus for mixing the fluid produced by the well with a fire control agent to extinguish the fire. Much of the fire control system can be located underground to protect it from a fire.
US09540904B2
A combination profile and burst-disc subassembly is provided for use in directional, horizontal or deviated or vertical wells during snubbing, bridge plug retrieval or zone separation operations in combination with packers and/or completion strings; the sub provides an plug for non-vertical situations which can be opened without wireline, while providing a landing for a wireline plug which may be required for vertical well sections during related operations.
US09540901B2
A well tool can include a swellable material, and a degradable material which supports the swellable material, but which degrades in response to contact with a selected fluid in a well. A packer for use in a subterranean well can include a swellable material, and a degradable material which supports the swellable material. A method of unsetting a packer in a subterranean well can include the steps of, after the packer has been set in the well, exposing a degradable material of the packer to a selected fluid, thereby degrading the degradable material, and a seal element of the packer being unsupported by the degradable material in response to the exposing step.
US09540898B2
An annular drilling device is provided that employs an active or passive, stationary sealing element. The sealing element is made of a low-friction material that contacts the drill pipe and creates a seal.
US09540889B2
A downhole tool for use in coiled tubing well operations. The tool includes a gamma ray detector for determining well location information for an associated coiled tubing application. The well location information may relate to well depth and/or the locating and identifying of a particular side branch or lateral leg of the well. Additionally, the gamma ray detector may be utilized to monitor dynamic well conditions in real-time such as the flow of injected fluids or the effectiveness of clean out applications via the coiled tubing.
US09540886B2
In one aspect of the invention, a high impact resistant tool includes a superhard material bonded to a cemented metal carbide substrate at a non-planar interface. The superhard material has a substantially pointed geometry with a sharp apex having a radius of curvature of 0.050 to 0.125 inches. The superhard material also has a thickness of 0.100 to 0.500 inches thickness from the apex to a central region of the cemented metal carbide substrate.
US09540877B2
A valve (11) for controlling the flow of a drilling fluid through a down-hole tool (10) positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The down-hole tool has a housing with a drilling motor therein and a drill bit (1) at an end thereof. The drilling motor (9) has a housing with a rotor (206) rotationally movable in a rotor channel (204) as the drilling fluid passes through a rotor channel between the housing and the rotor. The rotor has a bypass channel therethrough for bypassing a portion of the drilling fluid therethrough. The valve includes a valve plate positionable upstream of the motor. The valve plate (200) has at least one flow passage (226) and at least one bypass passage (220) therethrough. The flow passage is in fluid communication with the rotor channel for passing the drilling fluid therethrough. The bypass passage is in selective fluid communication with the bypass channel when the rotor rotates about the housing and moves the bypass channel into alignment with at least a portion of the bypass passage for bypassing a portion of the drilling fluid therethrough whereby a hammering effect is generated on the bit.
US09540875B2
Walk-through safety devices for ladders meeting ANSI and OSHA standards are positioned at the top end of the ladder and are comprised of two, juxtapose-position, mirror image members. One each is mounted on a respective ladder side rail, Each member includes a sleeve (or rectangular tube) which slides down over a respective ladder side rail, a pressure bar which is tightened against the side rail with a knob operated screw, a pivoting engaging lock plate, and a lock plate tab cover plate. A horizontal hand grip framework is held outboard of the ladder side rails vertically upward, being at an angle of about 14.5 degrees upward from the longitudinal axis of the sleeve and side rail when resting against a structure. The framework is held in that position by a flared tube which is bent in two directions.
US09540872B2
An actuating device (10) actuates a shading system with a string element (44). An unintended detachment of a first partial structure (12) from a second partial structure (13) in the intended use is avoided as much as possible and a detachment of the first partial structure (12) from the second partial structure (13) is possible with low forces for avoiding injuries. The actuating device (10) includes a first coupling element (26, 27) that in the released position does not mesh with a second coupling element (28, 29), and in the locking position, with an interaction of the first coupling element (26, 27) with the second coupling element (28, 29), a detachment of the first partial structure (12) from the second partial structure (13) is prevented because of a positive-locking connection between the first coupling element (26, 27) and the second coupling element (28, 29).
US09540870B2
There is provided a window screen configured in such a manner that first and second screens are wound around a winding shaft together with a number of dimming slats attached therebetween in which bottom bars of lower ends of both screens come into stable contact with a lower frame of a screen frame. The first and second screens and the slats attached therebetween at regular intervals so as to be freely tiltable are wound around the winding shaft, both side ends of the first screen engage guide rails so as to be freely slidable, and bottom bars guided individually by side frames are attached to lower ends of both screens. Both screens are set so that either one of the bottom bars at the lower ends thereof comes into contact with the lower frame of the screen frame in an arbitrary inclined orientation that the above-described slats may have in a state in which both screens are extended in the screen frame in a tensed manner.
US09540867B2
A safety gate has a frame with top and bottom assemblies spaced apart in a vertical direction and with opposed side assemblies spaced apart in a horizontal direction in a deployed configuration. A length of the top and bottom assemblies is extendable and retractable to adjust a width of the frame between the opposed side assemblies. A flexible barrier is connected to and supported by the frame. A one-way jack mechanism is carried on each of the top and bottom assemblies. The length of the top and bottom assemblies can be extended without actuating the jack mechanisms to adjust the frame to a desired width to loosely fit a space between two surfaces. The one-way jack mechanisms, when actuated, incrementally further extend the length of the top and bottom assemblies such that the frame interferingly fits between the two surfaces under compression.
US09540859B2
The tailgate drive includes a motor assembly in operable communication with a pickup tailgate that is adjustable between a manual mode of operation and an automatic mode of operation, where the motor assembly permits free rotation of the tailgate between the open and closed positions during manual mode of operation and wherein the motor assembly drives the tailgate body between the open and closed position during the automatic mode of operation.
US09540858B2
In the course of an easily implemented anti-trap protection method for an adjustable vehicle part, a test variable is continuously determined by way of a distance sensor during the adjustment of the vehicle part. A direct anti-trap protection test determines, based on the test variable, whether an obstacle is detectable in the adjustment path of the vehicle part. The adjustment is stopped or reversed if necessary. An indirect anti-trap protection test determines on the basis of the same test variable whether the movement of the vehicle part has slowed down irregularly or come to a stop, and the adjustment is stopped or reversed if necessary. An associated anti-trap protection device includes an anti-trap protection control unit, which is designed for automatically performing the method.
US09540846B2
A motor vehicle key of flat structure includes a circuit board with an opening, a mounting for a battery, wherein the mounting extends at least partially over the opening, and contact elements, which are electrically coupled to the circuit board. One contact element includes a resilient contact section, by means of which the battery may be fixed in the position in the mounting. The contact element is fastened to the circuit board such that a region of the resilient contact section extends over the opening above a plane defined by the surface of the circuit board and at least this region is received in the opening when the battery is disposed in the mounting and is fixed in position in it by the resilient contact section.
US09540834B2
A cover assembly for a spa having a base and a shell supported by the base is provided. A cover assembly includes a cover member selectively movable between a covered position and an uncovered position, and a lifting assembly configured to effect movement of said cover member between the covered position and the uncovered position. The lifting assembly includes a first lifting arm and a second lifting arm. The first lifting arm is pivotally and slidably coupled to the base at a first end thereof and pivotally coupled to the cover member and to the second lifting arm at a second end thereof.
US09540824B1
A ladder assembly is described. The ladder assembly includes a frame, a door, a ladder and a cord manipulation assembly. The frame at least partially surrounds a first opening. The door is movably connected to the frame. The door is configured to cover at least a portion of the first opening of the frame, the door defines a second opening. The ladder is connected to at least one of the frame and the door. The ladder has a first side rail, a second side rail spaced a distance apart laterally from the first side rail, and a plurality of rungs extending between the first and second side rails. The ladder is configured to be at least partially positioned within the first opening of the frame. The cord manipulation assembly is positioned between a pair of adjacently disposed rungs of the ladder. The cord manipulation assembly has a power source connector, a reel adapted to support a cord, a motor operatively connected to the reel and the power source connector, and a remote control transceiver assembly operatively connected to the motor and the power source connector.
US09540819B1
The adjustable coping cap is a prefabricated coping cap that it adjustable to the width of a wall. Specifically, the width of the adjustable coping cap is readily adjustable for use from a minimum wall width to a maximum minimum wall width that is up to three inches wider than the minimum wall width. The adjustable coping cap comprises a first wing, a second wing, and an adjustable plate.
US09540817B2
Herein disclosed is an asphalt roofing shingle, adapted to be laid up in courses on a roof, comprising an upper headlap portion, a lower tab portion, vertically spaced apart upper and lower edges, laterally spaced apart right and left edges and top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface is configured to be laid up on a roof facing the roof and the tab portion of the top surface is configured to be substantially weather-exposed when laid up on a roof. The upper headlap portion is configured to be substantially covered by the tab portion of roofing elements in a next-overlying course of roofing elements when laid up on a roof. The upper headlap portion further comprises a plurality of parallel, evenly laterally spaced, first markings, the first markings being useful, at least, for aligning adjacent shingles, cutting books of shingles, forming starter shingles from full shingles and forming a grid of shingles without external measuring devices.
US09540816B2
A roofing shingle has a shingle body with at least a top layer having a buttlap portion with a butt edge and a headlap portion. An exposure zone extends from the butt edge toward the headlap portion is configured to be exposed to the environment when the roofing shingle is installed on a roof. A shadow formation may be located in the exposure zone of the top layer. The shadow formation and the exposure zone differ from each other in at least one aspect, such as color. The top layer may be substantially rectangular and have no tabs formed along the butt edge. A thickness of the exposure zone and a thickness of the shadow formation may be substantially identical. The shadow formation may be a simulated cut out, slit or slot.
US09540815B2
A rebar structure includes a plurality of column longitudinal bars to be connected to a beam. The yield point or the 0.2% proof stress of at least a portion the column longitudinal bars is larger than the yield point or the 0.2% proof stress of a normal reinforcing bar defined by JIS G 3112.
US09540808B2
The present disclosure is directed to casing accessories for use with multi-component wall systems. Some of the casing accessories of the present disclosure can include a mounting bracket to attach the accessory to a wall structure and a channel formed in part by a spacer that can be adjusted to adjust the channel width in order to encase components of multi-component wall systems that can vary in width from one installation to another. In another aspect, some of the casing accessories can include one or more drainage canals that direct water from one part of the casing accessories to another. In another aspect, some of the casing accessories can impede fire propagation through multi-component wall systems.
US09540806B2
The invention relates to a facing element, particularly a plate-shaped facing element (1), for a wall of a building, with an inner boundary surface (2) on the side facing towards the wall and an outer boundary surface (3) on the side facing away from the wall. According to the invention, at least one cavity (6) is arranged between the inner boundary surface (2) and outer boundary surface (3), which cavity (6) extends from a lower boundary surface (4) of the facing element (1) to an upper boundary surface (5) of the facing element (1), and wherein at least one punch hole (7, 7′) is provided, which extends from the wall-side boundary surface (2) as far as the at least one cavity (6).
US09540800B2
Set of profile sections for the construction of walls, panels and angle sections in thermoplastic, which is a set of components in the form of a profile section, extruded from PVC-type semi-rigid or similar material, and each component has a male and a female recess along the generatrix of the profile section, and these are joined to form assemblies that constitute articles for industrial use, such as walls, cladding for existing walls, roofing, panels, doors, windows, enclosures, balconies, partitions, bus stops, telephone kiosks, bath panels, screens, etc.
US09540797B2
An anti-freeze faucet structure contains: a first pipe, a second pipe, a first control valve, a spring, a check valve, and a second control valve. The first pipe includes an orifice, an outlet, an inlet, a stop rim, and an inner screwing section. The second pipe is disposed in the first pipe and includes an aperture and a rotatable knob. The first control valve is joined with the second pipe and includes a through hole, an outer screwing section, a water passage, and a water channel. The spring is mounted in the through hole and is stopped by a limiting rib. The check valve is secured in the through hole and includes a stopping plug and a water stop portion. The second control valve is connected with the water channel to position the spring and the check valve and includes an inlet channel and a close ring.
US09540785B1
A working vehicle includes a revolving pump output calculating section that calculates the revolving pump output where the output of an electric motor is converted to be the output of a hydraulic pump. A reduction amount determining section determines a reduction amount for the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations based on the revolving pump output. A pump output determining section determines a value, where the reduction amount is subtracted from the output of the hydraulic pump which is determined according to the state with the multiple operations, in a first control mode as the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations. The pump output determining section increases the output of the hydraulic pump during the multiple operations in a second control mode more than in the first control mode.
US09540776B2
In one aspect, a paving system for sequestering pollutants comprises one or more layers, at least one of said layers comprising a sequestering agent, and a fluid flow restrictor. In another aspect, a method of applying a sequestering agent to a paving system comprises obtaining a sequestering agent medium; and applying the sequestering agent medium to a paving system. In another aspect, the paving system comprises a piping layer for draining fluid from the paving system.
US09540771B2
A security feature has a luminescent component and a component camouflaging the luminescent component. A security feature has a luminescent component with at least one luminophore consisting of a doped host lattice, and a component camouflaging the luminescent component, wherein for camouflaging the luminescent component, relevant properties required for identifying the luminescent component are camouflaged by the camouflaging component by the relevant properties of the luminescent component. The relevant properties being camouflaged by the camouflaging component in at least two of the relevant properties by the camouflaging component having relevant properties that correspond to the respective relevant properties of the luminescent component, thereby impeding or preventing a recognition of the luminescent component.
US09540768B2
A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a first transport unit that causes a first transport belt to circle around so as to transport a web containing a fiber; and a second transport unit that is disposed with a part thereof shifted from the first transport unit toward the downstream side in a transport direction of the web, sucks the web in a direction in which the web is spaced from the first transport belt, and transports the web. The second transport unit includes a suction unit that generates a suction force and a suction chamber which is positioned on an inner side of a second transport belt circling around and of which an inner space is sucked by the suction unit such that the web is adsorbed onto the second transport belt. A part of the suction chamber faces the first transport belt.
US09540760B2
An electrothermal device adapted for heating water into steam includes a heating plate including a heating base wall, an ironing plate mounted below the heating plate and including an ironing base wall and a spacing chamber, and a separating member. The heating base wall has a main perforation unit extending therethrough. The ironing base wall is spaced apart from the heating base wall, and has a secondary perforation unit communicating with the main perforation unit to allow the steam from the heating plate to pass through the ironing plate. The spacing chamber is formed between the heating base wall and the ironing base wall. The separating member is disposed on one of the heating base wall and the ironing base wall for separating the spacing chamber from the main perforation unit.
US09540755B2
A laundry treating apparatus is provided that may include a cabinet provided with an opening that communicates with an outside of the cabinet and an introduction port for introduction of laundry, a tub arranged in the cabinet to store washing water therein and provided with a tub introduction port that communicates with the introduction port, and a detergent supply module including a module door to open and close the opening, a container provided to, in, or on the module door or the cabinet to store a detergent, and a detergent pump to move the detergent stored in the container to the tub.
US09540754B2
A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable drum for receiving a laundry load. The rotatable drum includes a cylindrical body with a cylindrical wall about a longitudinal axis, and a metal cover at one end thereof, the metal cover having an annular groove formed by a first wall, a second wall spaced from the first wall, a third wall extending between the first and second walls, and a fourth wall extending from the second wall. A metal adjoining piece having a first adjoining wall is coupled with the third wall and a second adjoining wall is coupled with the fourth wall, wherein a hollow annular raceway is defined by the second wall, the third wall, the first adjoining wall, and the second adjoining wall. A sound dampener is disposed adjacent at least one of the walls.
US09540750B2
It is aimed to provide a wiring harness protection material utilized as a wiring harness protection member and having protection performance in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment and a wiring harness. A wiring harness 1 is formed by molding wiring harness protection materials 1 using a thermally moldable nonwoven fabric containing polyethylene terephthalate fibers having a weight-average molecular weight in a range of 10000 to 200000 into a wiring harness protection member 2 having a predetermined shape and covering a wire bundle 4 with the wiring harness protection member 2.
US09540727B2
A cleaning method includes: providing a process container in which a process of forming a film on a substrate is performed; and removing a deposit including the film adhered to the process container by supplying a cleaning gas into the process container after performing the process. The act of removing the deposit includes generating a mixture gas of a fluorine-containing gas and a nitrosyl fluoride gas as the cleaning gas by mixture and reaction of the fluorine-containing gas and a nitrogen monoxide gas in a mixture part and supplying the mixture gas from the mixture part into the process container after removing exothermic energy generated by the reaction.
US09540716B2
A composite powder is provided. The composite powder comprises 80-97 wt % of carbide and 3-20 wt % of blending metal powder comprising cobalt and a first metal powder, wherein the first metal powder is formed of one of aluminum, titanium, iron, nickel, or a combination thereof, and the amount of cobalt is 90-99% of total blending metal powder.
US09540715B2
A cermet powder includes a) from 50 to 90 wt-% of at least one hard material, and b) from 10 to 50 wt-% of a matrix metal composition. The wt.-% for a) and b) are based on a total weight of the cermet powder. The matrix metal composition comprises i) from 40 to 75 wt-% of iron and nickel, ii) from 18 to 35 wt-% of chromium, iii) from 3 to 20 wt.-% of molybdenum, and iv) from 0.5 to 4 wt-% of copper. The wt-% for i) to iv) are based in each case on a total weight of the matrix metal composition. A weight ratio of iron to nickel is from 3:1 to 1:3.
US09540714B2
An essentially cobalt-free alloy consists essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 6.3 to 7.2 Cr, 0.5 to 2 Al, 0 to 5 Fe, 0.7 to 0.8 Mn, 9 to 12.5 Mo, 0 to 6 Ta, 0.75 to 3.5 Ti, 0.01 to 0.25 Nb, 0.2 to 0.6 W, 0.02 to 0.04 C, 0 to 0.001 B, 0.0001 to 0.002 N, balance Ni. The alloy is characterized by a γ′ microstructural component in the range of 3 to 17.6 weight percent of the total composition. The alloy is further characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 60 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 70 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 700 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2sec)]10−11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850° C., in the range of 5.5 to 17.
US09540711B2
The present disclosure relates to an alloy, for hardbanding and/or hard overlay applications, which is abrasion resistant to the order of siliceous earth particles and weldable in crack free state on industrial products. The alloy is a carbon chrome based alloy comprising titanium and vanadium carbides and thus has an extremely low coefficient of friction, high abrasion resistance as welded without working. In tool joints and stabilizers, the alloy achieves an optimum balance between tool joint and stabilizer wear resistance and induced casing wear. The alloy is also self-shielded and therefore does not require external shielding gas.
US09540701B2
A system and method for continuous, real-time process monitoring and control by means of near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy provides analysis of static or flowing fluid streams which may range from clear to highly optically dense, including fluids primarily of aqueous composition. A NIR source passes through a wavelength selector to select one or more spectral segments, which are passed through the fluid stream at a fluid sampling interface and received at a sensor. A wavelength reference material is positioned in the optical path for calibration. Quantification of a plurality of characteristics or parameters of a fluid and suspended solids or cells contained therein may be performed. An all-solid-state implementation of the optical system ensures high robustness in laboratory and industrial settings.
US09540698B2
The disclosure provides a correlation between the expression level of the miR-193a gene, which can be regulated by its methylation status, and both tumorigenesis of and the resistance of a cancer cell to a pyrimidine antimetabolite (5-FU) based chemotherapy. In addition to the methylation status and the expression of miR-193a, its downstream genes, such as E2F1, SRSF2, and apoptotic genes such as caspase 2, are also involved and can serve as useful markers for cancer therapy prognosis and for therapy selection.
US09540696B2
The present invention relates, in general, to a prostate-specific antigen, PCA3. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules coding for the PCA3 protein; purified PCA3 proteins and polypeptides; recombinant nucleic acid molecules; cells containing the recombinant nucleic acid molecules; antibodies having binding affinity specifically to PCA3 proteins and polypeptides; hybridomas containing the antibodies; nucleic acid probes for the detection of nucleic acids encoding PCA3 proteins; a method of detecting nucleic acids encoding PCA3 proteins or polypeptides in a sample; kits containing nucleic acid probes or antibodies; bioassays using the nucleic acid sequence, protein or antibodies of this invention to diagnose, assess, or prognose a mammal afflicted with prostate cancer; therapeutic uses; and methods of preventing prostate cancer in an animal.
US09540695B2
Described herein are compositions and methods for the prediction of the prognosis of ovarian cancer subjects. The present invention further provides methods for distinguishing between histological subtypes of ovarian cancer tumors, and also methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of ovarian cancer. Specifically the invention relates to microRNA molecules associated with said methods and compositions, as well as various nucleic acid molecules relating thereto or derived therefrom.
US09540687B2
The disclosure claims a cleaved Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) detection method, a DNA fragment detection kit and use thereof. Wherein, the method includes the steps of: designing primers according to a test site or a test region of the DNA fragment; cyclizing the DNA fragment to obtain acyclized DNA; implementing Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) amplification for the cyclized DNA by using the primers; and detecting the PCR amplification product. In the disclosure, by cyclizing the DNA fragment, the amplification can be implemented even if only one PCR primer can match with a template, thus, the adaption range and effective template amount of the primer amplification can be greatly increased, and the detection sensitivity of the DNA fragment can be greatly improved.
US09540685B2
The present invention relates to methods of hybridizing nucleic acid probes to genomic DNA.
US09540684B2
The present invention provides devices and methods for detecting and capturing molecular biomarkers from a subject in situ. Specifically, the devices contain an array of microneedles to which are attached probes specific for one or more biomarkers of interest. The devices can be used directly on a subject (e.g., via skin piercing) in detecting the biomarkers in the body of the subject (e.g., tissues, blood stream).
US09540680B2
The invention provides compositions and methods that permit a hybrid nucleic acid molecule to enter a cell and when specifically activated within the cell, the molecule anneals to endogenous cellular RNA and permits the isolation of the RNA.
US09540679B2
A structure and method for forming single-stranded DNA segments/single-wall carbon nanotube complexes and a method of preparing single-stranded DNA segments. The method for forming single-stranded DNA segments/single-wall carbon nanotube complexes including: attaching single-stranded DNA segments to single-wall carbon nanotubes to form single-stranded DNA segment/single-wall carbon nanotube complexes, each of the single-stranded DNA segments having a same length of greater than 2,000 bases.
US09540678B2
The present invention intends to provide an assay system using split luciferase that has a remarkably high detection sensitivity. In an embodiment, binding of mutually binding first and second proteins is detected by preparing a first fusion protein comprising the first protein fused with a peptide having the amino acid sequence of amino acid SEQ ID NO: 1 and a second fusion protein comprising the second protein fused with a peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of amino acid SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 6, and allowing the first fusion protein to bind with the second fusion protein to form a complex, and detecting luminescence emitted from the complex.
US09540676B1
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for screening, analyzing and selecting microorganisms from complex heterogeneous communities, predicting and identifying functional relationships and interactions thereof, and synthesizing microbial ensembles based thereon are disclosed. Methods for identifying and determining the absolute cell count of microorganism types and strains, along with identifying the network relationships between active microorganisms and environmental parameters, are also disclosed.
US09540671B2
The invention provides a chimeric enzyme comprising at least one catalytic domain of a RNA triphosphatase, at least one catalytic domain of a guanylyltransferase, at least one catalytic domain of a N7-guanine methyltransferase, and at least one catalytic domain of a DNA-dependant RNA polymerase. The invention also provides pharmaceutical composition comprising said chimeric enzyme and uses of said chimeric enzyme.
US09540664B2
Systems and methods for improving ethanol yield are provided. A feedstock is ground suitably fine for use in fermentation. The feedstock may include corn or any other suitable material. In some cases, the feedstock undergoes a fractionation prior to grinding. The ground feedstock may be slurried with water and enzymes to facilitate conversion of the starch in the feedstock to sugars. The slurry may be about 35% solids. After being slurried, an ethanologen may be added. Additionally, the pH of the slurry may be adjusted to between 4.2 and 5.2 to facilitate the priming A primer is added to the slurry. The primer may include any weak acid, and in some embodiments includes acetic acid. Acetic acid, when used as a primer, may be added at a concentration of between 1200 and 3600 parts per million. The slurry is fermented to produce improved yields of ethanol.
US09540661B2
The present invention relates to a process for complete anaerobic digestion of polymer mixtures of the composition: a) 25 to 95% by weight of a polyhydroxyalkanoate selected from the group consisting of poly-4-hydroxybutyrate, poly-3-hydroxybutyrate, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate), poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) and poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate) and b) 5 to 75% by weight of an aliphatic polyester comprising: i) 65 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of succinic acid or of a succinic acid derivative; ii) 0 to 35 mol %, based on components i to ii, of an aliphatic C5-C36-dicarboxylic acid, of a corresponding acid derivative or of a mixture; iii) 98 to 100 mol %, based on components i to ii, of a C2-C8-alkylenediol or C2-C6-oxyalkylenediol; iv) 0 to 2% by weight, based on the polymer obtainable from components i to iii, of at least one polyfunctional compound comprising at least two isocyanate, isocyanurate, oxazoline or epoxide groups or at least three alcohol or carboxylic acid groups.
US09540647B2
Some embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and compositions for treating cancer. More embodiments include methods and compositions for modulating the activity of the Hedgehog pathway.
US09540646B2
Methods and compositions are provided for treating HIV infection and for inhibiting HIV infection, and for identifying purinergic receptor antagonists or Panx 1 hemi-channel blockers useful therefor. The invention provides a method of treating a mammalian subject having an HIV infection, or suspected of having been exposed to HIV, comprising administering to the mammalian subject an amount of (i) an antagonist of a Panx 1 hemichannel, or (ii) of an inhibitor of a purinergic receptor, effective to inhibit (a) HIV fusion with a target cell, or (b) HIV replication, or (c) HIV entry into a target cell, or two or more of (a), (b) and (c).
US09540641B2
In certain embodiments, methods, compounds, and compositions for treating B-cell lymphoma or hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting expression of STAT3 mRNA or protein in an animal are provided herein. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate B-cell lymphoma or hepatocellular carcinoma. The STAT (signal transducers and activators of transcription) family of proteins are DNA-binding proteins that play a dual role in signal transduction and activation of transcription.
US09540635B2
DNA is extracted from epithelial cells and other cells without cell walls, by use of a DNA extraction buffer that contains a C1-C4 alcohol, a cell lysis detergent, and a buffering agent maintained at a slightly basic pH. The cells are immersed in the buffer and gently agitated at ambient temperature, and DNA extraction and precipitation occur in thirty minutes or less, and often in five minutes or less.
US09540631B1
Compositions are provided to immobilize and protect oxidase enzymes from proteolytic and hydrolytic attack, utilizing a porous, inert organic, or inorganic, substrate matrix useful in generating hydrogen peroxide in situ for use in oral, topical mucosal and intracavity uses for use in or on the human body and other mammalian, reptile, fish and amphibians.The selected porosity of the support matrix provides the basis for generating hydrogen peroxide on a steady state basis. Both diatomaceous earth and silica gel, either in natural or pre-silanized forms, allow for the excluding of non-preferred enzymes from the support matrix, and for diffusion of the peroxide in the reduction of oral pathogens and their attendant malodorous compounds, or other pathogens in the mucosa, bodily fluids and cavities, in addition to oxidizing color bodies to affect bleaching.
US09540617B2
A modified polynucleotide has a different base sequence in at least one codon from a wild-type base sequence encoding a horseradish peroxidase polypeptide. The usage frequency of the modified codon of the polynucleotide corresponds to the codon usage frequencies of three filamentous fungal species in Humicola, Aspergillus, and Trichoderma. The polynucleotide is capable of expressing the polypeptide to be encoded in a filamentous fungus.
US09540616B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising bacteriophage SP-1, the bacteriophage capable of destroying Salmonella once being infected in Salmonella, as an active ingredient, and a method for prevention and treatment of Salmonella infection using the same. Bacteriophage SP-1, the active ingredient of the composition of the present invention, characteristically has the killing activity to Salmonella and has the genome represented by SEQ. ID. NO: 1.
US09540614B2
A method is described for generating a novel cancer stem cell line that possesses characteristics associated with stem cells, by co-culturing a human immortalized cell line and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, and the novel cancer stem cell line established thereby. This method is able to readily generate cancer stem cells that are low in the level of structural chromosomal aberrations and are excellent in oncogenicity, and is effectively applicable to the development of anti-cancer drugs and personalized drugs.
US09540611B2
The present disclosure provides methods for the treatment of neurological diseases/disorders using neural stem cells (NSCs) obtained from a spinal cord tissue. The methods may include the use of a NSC population to treat a neurological disease/disorder of the brain. Such methods may include introducing exogenously cultured and expanded NSCs into the brain, which differentiate into neurons capable of integrating in vivo into the brain tissue in a sufficient manner to ameliorate the symptoms associated with the neurological disease/disorder.
US09540610B2
The invention relates to the use of an active collagen matrix for culturing mammalian cells and the use of the active collagen matrix and cells for the treatment of disease.
US09540608B2
The present invention is a bacteria and nutrient delivery composition containing bran. The subject composition is preferably made in the form of a tablet that is structurally stable without being excessively hard. The tablets preferably have a configuration that reduces the likelihood of premature shearing in tableting presses or jamming in feeder devices for biomass generators. Methods of manufacturing the bacterial delivery composition in a structurally stable form that maintains bacterial viability are also provided.
US09540607B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for preparing a plurality of containers having a suspension of a solid wherein the concentrations of the solid in the plurality of containers are substantially similar or the same and the volumes of the suspension in the plurality of containers are substantially similar or the same.
US09540605B2
A biogas plant contains a fermenter vessel, in which an assembly support is mounted, preferably vertically oriented. An assembly, in particular a submersible motor driven stirrer, is retained by a height adjustment device so as to be vertically adjustable on the assembly support. Accordingly, the height adjustment device is formed by a belt drive of which a traction device is guided around at least two deflecting elements spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the assembly support. At least one of the deflecting elements can be driven in rotation by a driving device and the assembly is coupled to the traction device in such a way that when the deflecting element is rotationally actuated in a first direction the assembly is raised and when the deflecting element is rotationally actuated in a second, opposite direction, the assembly is lowered.
US09540603B2
An apparatus for stabilizing liquid includes first and second filters, intermediate storage that stores a regenerable stabilizing agent, an inlet line supplying unstabilized liquid and connected to both filters and to the intermediate storage, and a switchable interconnection configured for, immediately after regeneration and cleaning of the first or second filter, selectively causing the one of the first filter unit and the second filter unit to be upstream of an other of the first filter unit and the second filter unit. The first filter unit and the second filter unit are configured to run in different operational phases that are offset in time from one another.
US09540599B2
The present invention relates to a laundry detergent composition comprising a particle comprising hueing agent and clay. The particle can be incorporated into laundry detergent products, such as a laundry detergent powder. The particle exhibits an excellent storage stability profile with very little bleeding of the hueing dye from the particle, exhibits excellent fabric deposition of the hueing dye during a laundering process without causing any spot staining of the fabric, and does not impact the visual appearance of a laundry detergent powder when incorporated therein.
US09540597B2
A process for the preparation of a powder comprising one or more complexing agent salts of the general formula comprises atomizing an aqueous solution comprising the one or more complexing agent salts in the presence of a crystalline fine dust of the same complexing agent salts and a drying step, wherein the concentration of the one or more complexing agent salt is from 10 to 80% by weight, based on the total weight of the aqueous solution, with an upper limit for the average particle diameter of the crystalline fine dust which is lower by at least a factor of 2 than the lower limit of the average particle diameter of the powder obtained after the process, and the fraction of the crystalline fine dust is from 0.1 to 20% by weight, based on the weight of the powder obtained after the process.
US09540596B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyamines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyamines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.
US09540595B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines with a low melting point. More specifically, the present invention relates to compositions comprising water-soluble alkoxylated polyalkyleneimines having an inner polyethylene oxide block comprising 5 to 18 polyethylene oxide units, a middle polyalkylene oxide block comprising 1 to 5 polyalkylene oxide units and an outer polyethylene oxide block comprising 2 to 14 polyethylene oxide units.
US09540593B2
A liquid cleaning and/or cleansing composition comprising non-spherical and/or non-rolling abrasive cleaning particles wherein the abrasive cleaning particles comprise extruded, and/or three-dimensional printed, elements having a longitudinal length “L” extending parallel to a z-axis and a complex cross-sectional shape extending on a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal length “L” and parallel to an x-y plane, wherein the complex cross-sectional shape comprises one or more elongate protrusions projecting in a direction parallel to the longitudinal length “L”, each protrusion having at least one edge, and wherein the complex cross-sectional shape is a predetermined non-random cross-sectional shape.
US09540592B2
The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine, a soil release polymer, and a carboxymethylceullulose, which is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
US09540589B2
A fragrance composition is described which comprises: at least two different fragrance accords wherein at least 30 wt % of each fragrance accord comprises the key contributor(s) of said fragrance accord and wherein the average of the odor detection thresholds of said key contributor(s) for each fragrance accord is within the same order of magnitude as the average of the odor detection thresholds of the key contributor(s) for said other fragrance accord(s); and wherein the base note(s) of each fragrance accord comprises less than 15% of the notes of said accord. Methods of manufacture thereof together with methods of attenuating fragrance habituation are also described.
US09540581B2
The present invention relates to functional fluid compositions containing friction modifiers, and specifically stable compositions containing friction modifiers with limited solubility in and/or limited compatibility with the functional fluids with which they are used. In particular the present invention deals with functional fluids used in internal combustion engines, such as engine oils, and friction modifiers derived from hydroxy-carboxylic acids, where the friction modifier is present in the functional fluid composition at levels that would otherwise cause the composition to be unstable and/or hazy.
US09540574B2
The present invention is directed to a process for producing and separating oil. An aqueous fluid having an ionic content of at most 0.15 M and a total dissolved solids content of from 200 ppm to 10,000 ppm is introduced into an oil-bearing formation. Oil and water are produced from the formation subsequent to the introduction of the aqueous fluid into the formation. A demulsifier and a brine solution having a total dissolved solids content of greater than 10,000 ppm are mixed with the oil and water produced from the formation. Oil is then separated from the mixture of oil, water, demulsifier, and brine solution.
US09540565B2
The present invention discloses liquid crystal compounds having dibenzopyran derivatives with cycloalkyl groups, and preparation methods and application thereof. The liquid crystal compounds having dibenzopyran derivatives with cycloalkyl terminal groups, shown in formula I, exhibit better miscibility and a very large negative dielectric constant, compared to those having a flexible alkyl chain as a terminal group, therefore the compounds of the present invention, shown in formula I, may improve the miscibility of liquid crystal compounds and broaden the application range of liquid crystal mixtures. In addition, the compounds may also increase the negative dielectric constants of liquid crystal mixtures, having an important application value.
US09540558B2
The invention relates to an engine coolant composition, and a method of increasing the operational life of a coolant composition in an engine, wherein an isononanoic acid is incorporated into the generally glycol based coolant fluid in place of nitrous acid or its salt to reduce pitting corrosion on iron containing surfaces, and one or more hydroxybenzoic acids are incorporated.
US09540552B2
A coating composition for imparting a hydrophobic film on a target surface is provided that, includes an oil of a silicone oil or a fluoropolymer oil or a combination thereof, a resin, and a dry lubricant. A solvent is present to form a solution of the oil and resin. A coating is imparted to an applicator that in turn can transfer the coating as a hydrophobic film. The coating composition is stable and able to impart hydrophobic film even after storage for several weeks at elevated temperature. The coating composition does so through the exclusion of synthetic waxes especially including silicone waxes. A kit is also provided that includes a wiper blade having the above coating composition applied along with instructions for the securement of the wiper blade to a vehicle to impart the hydrophobic film to a vehicle windshield contacted by the wiper blade.
US09540544B2
A method of forming an asphalt mixture can include mixing a bio-source material and a bitumen source to form a bitumen mixture. The bitumen mixture can be mixed with a catalyst to form the asphalt mixture. Particles can be added to the asphalt mixture to form a roofing-grade asphalt mixture. In an embodiment, the bitumen source material can have a softening point of at least approximately 93° C. and a penetration distance no greater than approximately 25 dmm. In another embodiment, the roofing-grade asphalt mixture can have a softening point of at least approximately 104° C., a penetration distance no greater than approximately 12 dmm, a viscosity of at least approximately 3000 cps at a temperature of 204° C., or any combination thereof. The asphalt mixture can be applied to a base material to form a roofing product. The asphalt mixture can be applied as a pavement product.
US09540535B2
An immersion upper layer film-forming composition includes [A] a polymer component that includes a polymer (A1), and [B] a solvent, the polymer (A1) including a structural unit (I) that includes a group represented by the following formula (i). The structural unit (I) is preferably a structural unit (I-1) represented by the following formula (1). The polymer component [A] preferably further includes a structural unit (II-1) represented by the following formula (2), the structural unit (II-1) being included in the polymer (A1) or a polymer other than the polymer (A1). The polymer component [A] preferably further includes a structural unit (III) that includes a carboxyl group, the structural unit (III) being included in the polymer (A1) or a polymer other than the polymer (A1).
US09540532B2
An ink composition comprising: a) 0.2 to 20 parts of one or more glycols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol or dipropylene glycol; b) 30 to 50 parts of glycerol; c) 0.5 to 10 parts of 2-pyrrolidone; d) 0.5 to 9 parts of colorant; e) 30 to 70 parts of water; f) 0 to 3 parts of surfactant; g) 0 to 5 parts biocide; wherein all parts are by weight. Also ink-sets, printing processes and printed material.
US09540516B2
The invention relates to use of quantum dots in a pigment dispersion liquid. The invention also relates to a pigment dispersion liquid, which comprises a pigment, quantum dots, a dispersion agent, a dispersing resin and a solvent. The invention also relates to the process for producing the pigment dispersion liquid. The use of quantum dots provided by the invention broadens the application field of the quantum dots and develops the use thereof in the field of liquid crystal display. The pigment dispersion liquid having quantum dots added therein provided by the invention has a significantly improved stability of dispersion. Furthermore, the quantum dots and the organic pigment can interact with each other by adjusting the composition, the size or the like of the quantum dots, so that the properties of the pigment are improved and the contrast thereof is increased.
US09540513B2
A lignocellulosic article comprises a plurality of lignocellulosic pieces and a binding agent disposed on the plurality of lignocellulosic pieces. The binding agent is formed from a high temperature polymerization (HTP) polyol and an isocyanate component. A method of producing the lignocellulosic article is also disclosed.
US09540505B2
The present disclosure provides a resin suitable for use in rotational molding having an environmental stress crack resistance of greater than 1000 hours. The resin has a density from 0.937 to 0.942 g/cm3, a melt index I2 determined according to ASTM D 1238 (2.16 kg/190° C.—I2) from 4.0 to 7.0 g/10 min, an I21 determined according to ASTM D 1238 (21.6 kg/190° C.—I21) from 160 to 200 g/10 min, an I21/I2 from 30 to 40 and a terminal vinyl unsaturation greater than 0.06, per 1000 carbon atoms; and a primary structure parameter (PSP2) of from 4 to 7, and an overall Mw/Mn from 2.7 to 3.5 comprising from 2 to 5 weight % of one or more C4-8 alpha olefin comonomers.
US09540497B2
There is set forth herein a silicon-based patch formulation comprising about 25 to 66 percent by volume of a solvent; about 4 to 10 percent by volume of a silicon-comprising binding material; and about 30 to 65 percent by volume of a patching material, the patching material comprising particles having one or more non-actinide Group IIIA elements, wherein a molar ratio of the one or more non-actinide Group IIIA elements to silicon within the patch formulation is about 0.95 to 1.25.
US09540496B2
The invention disclosed herein is a curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising i) a fluoroelastomer, ii) a polyhydroxy curative and iii) a mixture of anion trappers comprising γ-aluminum oxide hydroxide and magnesium oxide. Cured articles made therefrom are resistant to volume swell in carboxylic acids.
US09540492B2
A film is provided, including 10 to 20 weight percent of a thermoplastic elastomer, preferably a chlorinated polyethylene, 10 to 20 weight percent of a thermoplastic that is a chlorine-based plastic, less than 15 weight percent of a modifier that imparts predetermined mechanical properties to the film, and 20 weight percent or less of a nondiffusing plasticizer, less than 40 wt % of a filler and 20 wt % or less of a flame-inhibiting material.
US09540473B2
Polysaccharide alkali swellable rheology modifiers include an emulsion polymer including at least one polysaccharide portion and at least one synthetic portion wherein the at least one synthetic portion is obtained from at least one anionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer, at least one nonionic ethylenically unsaturated monomer or a combination thereof; wherein at least one of the nonionic ethylenically unsaturated monomers is a hydrophobic ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as well as methods of making polysaccharide alkali swellable rheology modifiers.
US09540468B2
Provided is a resist copolymer which has favorable sensitivity, enables a resist pattern to be formed to have a favorable shape, has favorable dry etching resistance when a dry etching is carried out using the resist pattern as a mask, and suppresses the surface roughness of a pattern formed by carrying out a dry etching process to a substrate.A resist copolymer including a constituent unit (1) based on a (meth)acrylic acid ester derivative having a cyclic hydrocarbon group such as an adamantane ring and two or more cyano groups bonded to the cyclic hydrocarbon group, a constituent unit (2) having a lactone backbone and a cross-linking cyclic structure, and a constituent unit (3) having an acid leaving group.
US09540466B2
The present invention relates to a highly elastic, ethylene-based quaterpolymer and a preparation method thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to a highly elastic, ethylene-based quaterpolymer which comprises a specific molar ratio of an ethylene unit, a C4-6 α-olefin unit, a C8-12 α-olefin unit and at least one functional unit derived from a styrene-based monomer and to a method for preparing the ethylene-based quaterpolymer using a metallocene catalyst.
US09540449B2
The present invention provides antibodies and antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin-9 (PCSK9) with greater affinity at neutral pH than at acidic pH. The antibodies of the invention may possess one or more amino acid changes as compared to antibodies that do not exhibit pH-dependent binding properties. For example, the present invention includes anti-PCSK9 antibodies which possess one or more histidine substitutions in one or more complementarity determining regions. The antibodies of the invention, with pH-dependent binding properties, remain in circulation and exhibit cholesterol lowering activity for prolonged periods of time in animal subjects as compared to anti-PCSK9 antibodies that do not exhibit pH-dependent binding properties. The antibodies of the invention are therefore useful for treating diseases and disorders related to elevated HDL cholesterol, wherein the antibodies of the invention can be administered to a patient at a lower dose and/or with less frequent dosing as compared to antibodies that do not exhibit pH-dependent binding properties.
US09540436B2
Provided is a humanized or chimeric antibody or fragment thereof capable of binding to interleukin-10 (IL-10), wherein said antibody or fragment thereof: (i) binds to the same region of IL-10 as the IL-10 receptor α (IL-I10Ra) and is not capable of binding IL-10 when the IL-10 is bound to the IL-10 receptor; and (ii) binds to IL-10 in homodimeric form by binding a discontinuous epitope comprising residues of both monomers. Further provided are related products and methods involving the use of the antibody or fragment thereof.
US09540435B2
The present invention concerns stably tethered structures of defined compositions with multiple functionalities and/or binding specificities. Particular embodiments concern stably tethered structures comprising a homodimer of a first monomer, comprising a dimerization and docking domain attached to a first precursor, and a second monomer comprising an anchoring domain attached to a second precursor. The first and second precursors may be virtually any molecule or structure, such as antibodies, antibody fragments, antibody analogs or mimetics, aptamers, binding peptides, fragments of binding proteins, known ligands for proteins or other molecules, enzymes, detectable labels or tags, therapeutic agents, toxins, pharmaceuticals, cytokines, interleukins, interferons, radioisotopes, proteins, peptides, peptide mimetics, polynucleotides, RNAi, oligosaccharides, natural or synthetic polymeric substances, nanoparticles, quantum dots, organic or inorganic compounds, etc. The disclosed methods and compositions provide a simple, easy to purify way to obtain any binary compound attached to any monomeric compound, or any trinary compound.
US09540434B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of diseases and disorders which are caused by or associated with neurofibrillary tangles, in particular, the invention relates to antibodies, which specifically recognize and bind to phosphorylated pathological protein tau-conformers and to methods and compositions involving said antibodies for the therapeutic and diagnostic use in the treatment of tauopathies including Alzheimer's Disease (AD).
US09540425B2
The present invention relates to specific regions of the N-terminal portion of the VAR2CSA protein and to the use of such specific regions in the prevention of pregnancy-associated malaria. The invention also provides immunogenic compositions and vaccines that are useful for preventing malaria in pregnant women.
US09540424B2
The present invention relates to an antibody-like protein based on the tenth fibronectin type III domain (10Fn3) that binds to serum albumin. The invention further relates to fusion molecules comprising a serum albumin-binding 10Fn3 joined to a heterologous protein for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
US09540423B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing or treating proliferative diseases. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of compositions derived or derivable from plants, such as plant defensins, particularly in methods for the prevention or treatment of proliferative diseases such as cancer. The present invention also relates to associated uses, systems and kits.
US09540421B2
The present invention relates to a mitochondria targeting peptide, a fusion protein in which the peptide is bound to the carboxyl terminus of a protein transduction domain, a fusion protein in which the peptide is bound to the carboxyl terminus of a protein transduction domain and an antioxidant is bound to the carboxyl terminus of the peptide, an antioxidant composition and a composition for preventing or treating Parkinson's disease including the fusion protein in which the antioxidant is bound, a recombinant polynucleotide in which a polynucleotide coding a protein transduction domain, a polynucleotide coding the peptide, and a polynucleotide coding an antioxidant protein are sequentially bound, to an expression vector including the polynucleotide, and to a transformed host cell including the expression vector.The mitochondria targeting peptide according to the present invention targets mitochondria with high efficiency not only when the peptide exists alone but also when the peptide is bound to a protein transduction domain and/or to an antioxidant. Further, the peptide has a small size and is thus a very suitable targeting carrier. The peptide becomes processed when introduced into mitochondria, and thus stably delivers the drug carried by the peptide.
US09540419B2
A peptide with anti-inflammatory activity, wherein the peptide comprises SEQ ID NO: 1, the peptide has above 80% homology of amino acid with above-mentioned sequence, or the peptide is the fragment of the above-mentioned peptides is described. An anti-inflammatory composition comprising the above mentioned peptides is described. According to the present invention, a peptide comprising a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 has outstanding efficacy in both suppressing inflammation and in prophylactic means. Therefore, the composition comprising the peptide of this invention can be used as anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical composition or as cosmetic composition, in turn, treating a variety of different types of inflammatory diseases.
US09540415B2
Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least Cone compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.
US09540413B2
Described herein is a process for the preparation of monofluoromethylated organic biologically active compounds using monofluoromethylated reagents. Fluticasone Propionate and Fluticasone Furoate can be prepared using, for example, S-monofluoromethyl-S-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethylphenylsulfonium tetrafluoroborate as monofluoromethylating reagent instead of bromofluoromethane.
US09540410B2
The present invention provides compounds according to formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. For compounds of formula I, R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of H, —C(═O)—(CH2)2-aryl, and —C(═O)—(CH2)n—C(═O)—NH-aryl. The subscript n is from 2 to 6. R3 is selected from the group consisting of H and —C(═O)—O—R4; and R4 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, arylalkyl, substituted arylalkyl, cycloheteroalkyl, substituted cycloheteroalkyl, heteroalkyl and substituted heteroalkyl. Compounds are provided wherein at least one of R1 and R2 is other than H. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods for inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, and methods for the treatment of cancer are also provided.
US09540403B2
To provide a technique by which an —OH group can be effectively formed on a material surface for the purpose of making the material suitable for bonding (for example, for molecular bonding) that utilizes a chemical reaction (chemical binding). [Solution] A bonding method for bonding a substrate A and a substrate B, which comprises: a step for applying an agent that contains the compound (α) described below on the surface of the substrate A; a step for arranging the substrate B so as to face the compound (α) that is present on the surface of the substrate A; and a step for integrally bonding the substrate A and the substrate B by applying a force onto the substrate A and/or the substrate B. The compound (α) is a compound that has an OH group or an OH-forming group, an azide group and a triazine ring in each molecule, and the substrate A is configured using a polymer.
US09540400B2
This invention relates to novel compounds which are inhibitors of acyl coenzymeA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to processes for their preparation, and to their use in therapy for the prevention or treatment of diseases related to DGAT-1 dysfunction or where modulation of DGAT-1 activity may have therapeutic benefit including but not limited to obesity, obesity related disorders, hypertriglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, chylomicronemia, dyslipidemia, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, hepatitis C virus infection and acne or other skin disorders.
US09540394B2
Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and uses of the compounds of formula (I) for treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US09540389B2
Novel compounds are disclosed having the structure of Formula I: wherein, n is an integer from 1 to 5; X is —CN, —F, —Cl, —Br, —I, —NO2; W is S, SO, SO2, O, NH, or NR5; R5 is alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl; Y is O, S; Z is NR1R2 or heterocycloalkyl; R1, R2 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cycloalkyl and may be optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, or nitrile groups; R3 and R4 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, or cycloalkyl and may be optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, or nitrile groups, and may together form a cyclic structure; and Ar is mono-, di-, or tri-substituted phenyl or heteroaryl, a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are potent bacterial efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs). Such compounds are useful to potentiate the antimicrobial activity of antimicrobial compounds such as beta-lactam antibiotics and quinolone antibiotics against Gram-negative bacteria.
US09540382B2
Described herein is the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, including crystalline forms, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the Btk inhibitor, as well as methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US09540377B2
The present invention provides 2,6,7,8 Substituted Purines as described herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The representative compounds are useful as inhibitors of the HDM2 protein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the above compounds and potential methods of treating cancer using the same.
US09540373B2
This invention relates to a compound of formula I wherein A and Cy have one of the meanings as indicated in the specification and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and/or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.
US09540364B2
Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are activators of AMP-protein kinase and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the AMPK-activated protein kinase. The compounds of the present invention may be useful in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, metabolic syndrome, obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension.
US09540360B2
Sulfonamide compounds having TRPM8 antagonistic activity are provided. A sulfonamide compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a prodrug thereof: wherein Ring A is bicyclic aromatic heterocycle comprised of (a) pyridine is condensed with benzene; or (b) pyridine is condensed with monocyclic aromatic heterocycle, and Ring A binds to a sulfonylamino moiety on a carbon atom adjacent to a nitrogen atom of the pyridine ring constituting Ring A, Ring B is (a) monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; (b) monocyclic or bicyclic alicyclic hydrocarbon; (c) monocyclic or bicyclic aromatic heterocycle; or (d) monocyclic or bicyclic non-aromatic heterocycle, Ring C is (a) benzene; or (b) monocyclic aromatic heterocycle, and other symbols are the same as defined in the specification.
US09540345B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I): wherein the variables in Formula (I) are defined as described herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using the compounds of Formula (I) in the prevention or treatment of HCV infection.
US09540343B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): or a salt thereof as described herein. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I), processes for preparing compounds of formula (I), intermediates useful for preparing compounds of formula I and therapeutic methods for treating a Retroviridae viral infection including an infection caused by the HIV virus.
US09540336B2
The present invention includes a method of treating or preventing a disease or disorder such as a mycobacterial infection, a Gram-positive bacterium infection, a yeast infection, an inflammatory condition, an auto-immune disorder and/or a proliferative disorder in a subject in need thereof. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, which includes clofazimine derivatives.
US09540323B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): Formula (I) as defined in the specification and compositions comprising any of such novel compounds. These compounds are antagonists of P2Y1 receptor which may be used medicaments.
US09540321B2
A process suitable for adoption to large scale manufacture of 1-[(2-bromophenyl-sulfonyl]-5-methoxy-3-[(4-methyl-1-piperazinyl)methyl]-1H-indole dimesylate monohydrate, which is a selective 5-HT6 receptor antagonist intended for the symptomatic treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders of memory and cognition like Attention deficient hyperactivity, Parkinson's and Schizophrenia.
US09540315B2
A triarylamine derivative represented by a general formula (G1) given below is provided. Note that in the formula, Ar represents either a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted biphenyl group; α represents a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; β represents either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl group; n and m each independently represent 1 or 2; and R1 to R8 each independently represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or a phenyl group.
US09540311B2
Novel processes for the preparation of a compound of Formula I-2 substantially free of the 5,6-trans isomer: wherein R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the specification are provided. Novel intermediates for the preparations of isomer free Prostaglandins and derivatives thereof are also provided.
US09540305B2
A process for preparing acrylic acid, comprising (i) providing a stream S4 comprising a formaldehyde source and acetic acid; (ii) contacting stream S4 with an aldol condensation catalyst comprising a zeolitic material comprising aluminum in the framework structure to obtain a stream S6 comprising acrylic acid, the framework structure of the zeolitic material in (ii) comprising YO2 and Al2O3, and Y being a tetravalent element; where the total content of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal in the zeolitic material in (ii), calculated as alkali metal oxide and alkaline earth metal oxide, is from 0% to 0.1% by weight, based in each case on the total weight of the zeolitic material, and where the aldol condensation catalyst in (ii) comprises, outside the framework structure of the zeolitic material present therein, from 0% to 1% by weight of vanadium, based on vanadium as vanadium(V) oxide.
