US09950639B2
In one aspect, a system for torsional damping of electric traction drives comprises dual Kalman filters to correct for oscillations based on measured traction motor speed and commanded traction motor torque. A first Kalman filter can perform a state space estimate of the shaft torque providing negative feedback to the final torque command in order to eliminate resonant components from the commanded torque and quickly damp external disturbances. A second Kalman filter provides a state space estimation of the load torque or, equivalently, load acceleration. This second Kalman filter can ignore commanded torque and can provide a damping feedback when the wheel speed deviates from the vehicle speed.
US09950637B2
An array coil system includes a detector coil having a plurality of coils arranged in an array, and a plurality of resistances. Both terminals of each of the coils of the detector coil are connected to a ground or a DC voltage via associated ones of the resistances.
US09950634B2
An overhead cable management for charging an electric vehicle employs a reel which receives a cable with an EV connector. A drive assembly employs a bi-positionable clutch and a gear assembly which sequentially engages a drive gear for the reel to unwind the cable from an overhead position to an ADA height, allow the cable and connector to be extended to connect with the EV and to wind the cable until a locked home position is obtained. The cable management is incorporated into an EVSE which is ceiling mounted, or an EVSE which is mounted to a pole or a wall. Numerous modules and features are optionally employed in connection with the operation of the cable management.
US09950630B2
While a current cutoff mechanism cuts off charging and discharging currents for a second electric storage device, a DC/DC converter is controlled so as to be in a state where electric power is supplied from a low-voltage side to a high-voltage side, applies voltage conversion to an input voltage of the low-voltage side so that an output voltage of the high-voltage side becomes a predetermined voltage, and after a predetermined state where the induction voltage of the AC power generator can be supplied to the low-voltage side is reached, control of the DC/DC converter is switched from the state where electric power is supplied from the low-voltage side to the high-voltage side to a state where electric power is supplied from the high-voltage side to the low-voltage side.
US09950624B2
Various aspects of a system and a method for providing a controlled power supply are disclosed herein. The method, in a vehicle, comprises controlling a power supply unit coupled to an exterior surface of the vehicle. The power supply unit provides the power supply to an electronic device connected to the power supply unit.
US09950615B2
In a lid device opening and closing a fuel lid of a vehicle by a push-push mechanism, a common push lifter can be applied in both cases with and without a mechanism for locking the fuel lid at a closed position. The lid device (20) indirectly locks the fuel lid (10) at the closed position by controlling a displacement of a push rod (22) protruding and retracting from a push lifter unit (24). In order to control the displacement of the push rod (22), an engagement member (56) engaging the push rod (22) is movably supported in a housing (54) of a drive unit (26), and the push lifter (24) and the drive unit (26) are formed as separate members.
US09950605B2
A hybrid driving device that includes a first input that is linked to an internal combustion engine; a rotary electric machine; a transmission that changes a speed of rotation of a second input, and transmits the rotation to an output; a rotor support which rotates integrally with a rotor of the rotary electric machine; a first engagement device; a second engagement device; and a case.
US09950604B2
A vehicle driveline and a method for synchronizing a flywheel and the vehicle driveline are provided. The vehicle driveline includes a power source, a primary clutch drivingly engaged with the power source, a primary transmission drivingly engaged with the primary clutch, a secondary transmission drivingly engaged with one of a portion of the primary clutch and an input of the primary transmission, a controller in communication with the secondary transmission, and a flywheel drivingly engaged with the secondary transmission. The vehicle driveline facilitates a transfer of energy to and from the flywheel based on at least one of a state of charge of the flywheel, a power requirement of the vehicle driveline, and a state of operation of the power source.
US09950598B2
A cover assembly (10) for a vehicle having an integrated fiber windshield rod (14) that is connected to a windshield area and held in place using windshield footman loop portions (22) eliminating the need for a windshield channel or windshield header. The windshield footman loop portions (22) have a plate (24) with a snap stud (26) for attaching a snap eyelet (32) of a web strap (30) to secure the fiber windshield rod (14) in place, which is connected to a fabric cover. The cover assembly (10) has a plurality of straps (16, 20) to secure the sides and rear of the cover assembly to sport bars (18, 21) of the vehicle. The fabric cover assembly (10) creates a sun screen and/or soft top liner effect over at least the vehicle cockpit and is storable in the installed position while the vehicle roof hard top roof assembly or soft top roof assembly is also in installed position on the vehicle.
US09950593B2
A door structure of a vehicle, capable of reliably transmitting a load, is provided. A rear side door (1) includes an inner panel (2) and an elongated door beam (4) that is attached to an outer side of the inner panel (2) in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle body and arranged along a front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The door beam (4) includes a first plate portion (11) of a first bracket (10), which has a first surface intersecting an axis along the vehicle width direction, and a vehicle width direction plate portion (21) of a second bracket (20), which has a second surface intersecting an axis along the front-rear direction of the vehicle body. The door beam (4) is joined to the inner panel (2) via both the first plate portion (11) and a second plate portion (12).
US09950592B2
An automobile air vent register is described. The register uses a single set of vanes, a rotating vent cover, and an elongate opening in a configuration providing good air flow control within a limited space.
US09950587B2
An inclination detection apparatus detects the inclination of a mobile body with three marker rods having different inclinations with respect to one another. The mobile body is provided with a laser range finder irradiating surrounding objects with a laser beam to light a point on each of the three marker rods as a reflection point from which the laser beam is reflected back. The inclination detection apparatus includes a processor and a storage device storing relative positional information of the three marker rods. The processor obtains positional information of reflection points, obtains relative positions of the reflection points on the three marker rods by determining points on the three marker rods corresponding to the obtained positional information based on the relative positional information of the three marker rods, and identifies an inclination plane including the obtained relative positions of the reflection points as the inclination of the mobile body.
US09950582B2
A suspension stop device provides an upper contact cap, a lower support cap and at least one bearing arranged between the caps. The upper contact cap provides a centering portion for a damper pad, inside which the pad, which is external to the device, is intended to be mounted. The centering portion extends axially inside a bore in the lower support cap.
US09950579B2
A management computer transmits to a vehicle a request of vehicle ID to identify the vehicle, when a tire ID of the vehicle is not registered in a registration portion. Upon receiving the request, a transmission pattern adjustment section of an ECU of tire pressure monitoring system of the vehicle controls a sensor unit of at least one tire to transmit electric waves in transmission pattern expressing the vehicle ID. The management computer permits the vehicle to use a facility when a vehicle ID specified from the received transmission pattern on electric waves is registered in a registration portion.
US09950576B2
A pressure detector includes: a case provided with a hole portion; support pillar members standing on the bottom surface of the case and each including a tapered portion at an end of each of the support pillar members; a circuit board including a sensor having a detection aperture, and mounting holes into which the respective tapered portions are insertable; and a packing provided with a through hole. The case and the circuit board are fixed by a cured resin while the hole portion is connected to the detection aperture via the through hole by inserting the tapered portion of each of the support pillar members into the mounting hole of the circuit board and by sandwiching the packing between the bottom surface of the case and the sensor.
US09950575B2
A rubber patch, which is useable for mounting an active electronic component to a tire, is described. The rubber patch includes a base having a connecting face and support face. The connecting face is substantially planar and is intended to be fixed to an internal surface of the tire. The support face is opposite the connecting face and is arranged to support the active electronic component. The rubber patch further includes a passive label arranged between the connecting face and the support face. The passive label is for identifying the tire and is provided with a memory for storing a unique identification data item pertaining to the tire. A corresponding tire monitoring system, which is configured to read at least the identification data item pertaining to the tire, also is described.
US09950574B2
An apparatus for delivering air through a powered axle assembly for use in automatic tire inflation systems. The apparatus comprises a base attachable to a non-rotating structure within the axle assembly and having the drive axle extend therethrough. A rotor is mountable in the axle assembly for rotation with the drive axle and for forming an air chamber between the rotor and the base and extending about the drive axle. An annular sealing member in sealing engagement with the rotor and the base is disposed within the air chamber and is rotatable with the rotor and with respect to the base. The base includes at least one air inlet for delivering air in a radial direction into the air chamber and the rotor includes at least one air outlet for air flow out of the chamber.
US09950572B2
A pneumatic tire has a tread portion provided with an asymmetrical tread pattern and comprising an inboard shoulder land portion, an inboard shoulder main groove, an inboard middle land portion, an inboard crown main groove, a center land portion, an outboard crown main groove, an outboard middle land portion, an outboard shoulder main groove, and an outboard shoulder land portion. The inboard middle land portion is provided with inboard middle axial grooves extending from the inboard shoulder main groove and each comprising a main portion and a turnback portion. The inboard shoulder land portion is provided with inboard shoulder sipes extending from the inboard shoulder main groove.
US09950571B2
A motorcycle tire comprises a tread portion provided with a block pattern. The block pattern comprises block groups each consisting of at least five blocks Bg arranged along an oblique zone X so that the centroids M of the treads of the blocks Bg are positioned within the oblique zone X. The oblique zone X has a width of not more than 4 mm. The oblique zone X is inclined at an angle α of from 1 to 10 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction.
US09950569B2
A farm tire including a carcass; a tread supported by the carcass and having a number of lugs; a tread belt interposed between the carcass and the tread, and having an outer tread ply and an inner tread ply, which are superimposed and each have a number of metal cords embedded in a rubber strip; the tire. The farm tire also includes two tread ply wedges, each interposed between the lateral ends of the two tread plies; and protective caps covering the two ends of each of the tread plies, each made of rubber and folded into a ‘U’ about the respective ply end; wherein the protective cap of the inner tread ply is partly defined by an outer appendix of the corresponding tread ply wedge.
US09950567B2
A wheel assembly includes a collapsible wheel and an airless flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The wheel includes a central portion and a plurality of circumferentially spaced mounting elements attached to the central portion. Each of the mounting elements is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, and may be pivotally attached to the central portion of the wheel and configured to pivot between the retracted position and the extended position. The tire may be positioned on the wheel when one or more of the mounting elements is in the retracted position, and the one or more mounting elements are moved to the extended position wherein the mounting elements engage and support the tire.
US09950562B2
Structural arrangements of wheel drive components facilitate the use of robust main roller bearings that are widely spaced apart from one another. This wide spacing minimizes the torque borne by the bearings for a given external load, because at least one bearing is placed closer to the expected load application point (e.g., the center of gravity of the wheel attached to the wheel hub of the drive unit). The present wheel drive bearings can support a heavy external load without expanding the overall size and configuration of a given wheel drive application.
US09950561B2
A rim for a bicycle wheel includes a radially outer tire-engaging portion, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall. The first and second sidewalls may extend radially inward of the radially outer tire-engaging portion. The rim includes a radially inner portion having at least one asymmetric protrusion.
US09950557B2
A decoration made from a plurality of colored objects arranged in a regular pattern on a colored substrate, individual colored objects discernable at arm's length, with the decoration recognizable at greater distance as corresponding to a digital image. The colored objects may be pushpins, and no colored objects are placed at positions where the substrate color is the desired color. Embodiments also include an apparatus to select a single pushpin from a container of pushpins, and an apparatus to orient a pushpin in preparation for insertion into the substrate.
US09950556B1
A writing instrument includes an elongated body with a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to a post and the second end has an aperture for a writing tip to be exposed, a rotary bearing coupled to the post, wherein the rotary bearing has a central opening and wherein the post at least partially extends through the central opening of the rotary bearing, and a rotary device coupled to the bearing.
US09950550B2
A device for shaping a folding region of a lying outstretched book cover includes first and second shaping tools for book blocks having straight and round spines, respectively. A countertool has two counter shaping rails. In a working position, one of the shaping tools is aligned with an inner face of the spine region of the book cover and is configured to raise the spine region of the book cover between the two counter shaping rails to form a spine strip. A single actuator for the shaping tools is in each case arranged in the working position. A tool beam is in each case arranged in the working position and configured to be coupled to the single actuator. Each shaping tool has two shaping rails which are spaced apart, laterally adjustable and are designed so as to be adjustable collectively to change a distance therebetween.
US09950547B2
A thermal transfer printer includes a label feeding roller driving unit, a ribbon roll-up driving unit, a ribbon feeding roller, a ribbon feeding roller driving unit, and a controller. The ribbon feeding roller has an adhesive layer on its surface and is rotated to feed the ink ribbon while holding the ink ribbon on the adhesive layer.
US09950540B2
There is provided an ink jet recording method for printing a pigment in which a pigment printing ink composition including at least pigment as a colorant is discharged from a nozzle opening as an ink droplet having an amount of the ink of the ink droplet of 9 ng or less with an average discharging speed V of 5 m/s or greater at a distance in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.0 mm in the direction from the nozzle opening to cloth, and whereby the pigment printing ink composition is adhered to the cloth.
US09950534B2
A damper device includes a hollow case main body provided with an opening, a pressure sensitive film attached to the case main body so as to cover the opening, demarcates a liquid storage chamber together with the case main body, and is flexibly deformable internally toward, or externally away from, the liquid storage chamber, an inlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow into the liquid storage chamber, an injection outlet that is in the case main body, is in communication with the liquid storage chamber, and allows the liquid to flow out toward the liquid injector, an elastic member coupled with the pressure sensitive film to flexibly deform the pressure sensitive film externally away from the liquid storage chamber, and a pressure receiving plate that is located between the pressure sensitive film and the elastic member and includes a discontinuously joined portion that is discontinuously joined with the pressure sensitive film.
US09950530B2
A first sealant for sealing a region under an electrical connection portion and a second sealant for sealing a region on the electrical connection portion are used as sealants for the electrical connection portion for connecting an electric wiring member to an ejection energy generation element of a liquid ejection head, these sealants contain the same base agent and curing agent, and the linear expansion coefficients of the first sealant and the second sealant after curing are adjusted so as to become in a predetermined range.
US09950527B2
An inkjet printhead includes: an elongate fluid manifold having a plurality of fluid outlets positioned longitudinally along a base of the fluid manifold; one or more printhead chips attached to the base of the fluid manifold, each printhead chip receiving printing fluid from one or more fluid outlets. Each fluid outlet is laterally flared towards a longitudinal edge of a respective printhead chip.
US09950526B2
A liquid ejecting head includes: a head body that includes, an ejection surface on which a nozzle that ejects a liquid is provided, an intermediate unit that is provided on an opposite side to the ejection surface and that enables the liquid to flow from a liquid accommodating unit to a flow channel within the head body, a guide channel that guides a portion of the liquid that has leaked from the intermediate unit, a connector that is provided on a first side surface among side surfaces of the head body, a discharge channel that is provided so as to communicate with the guide channel and that discharges the leaked portion of the liquid to a second side surface that is different from the first side surface, and a projecting portion that is provided in the discharge channel and that projects from a bottom surface of the discharge channel.
US09950524B2
A PZT-film laminated structure includes a substrate, a lower electrode on the substrate, an orientation control layer on the lower electrode, a PZT layer on the orientation control layer, and an upper electrode on the PZT layer. The PZT layer has a (100) or (001) main orientation in which a peak intensity of PZT (100) or (001) is 90% or greater relative to a peak intensity of all PZT peaks in an X-ray diffraction measurement. A ratio of a total value of a secondary ion intensity of Cl relative to a total value of a secondary ion intensity of Ti in the PZT layer is equal to or smaller than 0.03 when the secondary ion intensity of Cl and the secondary ion intensity of Ti in the PZT layer are measured in a direction of thickness of the PZT layer with a magnetic-field secondary ion mass spectrometry.
US09950515B2
An information processing device performs processing of specifying a positional relationship between a first printing section and a second printing section based on image capturing data of a test image that is printed on a printing medium by the first printing section and the second printing section in each of which a plurality of printing elements are arranged. The test image includes a plurality of first lines which are printed by the first printing section so as to have printing positions different from each other in a line arrangement direction on the printing medium and a plurality of second lines which are printed by the second printing section so as to have printing positions different from each other in the line arrangement direction. The information processing device contains a printing coordinate acquisition section, a printing position acquisition section, and a positional shift amount calculation section.
US09950510B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles from which liquid is ejected, a plurality of pressure chambers which communicate with each nozzle, respectively, a piezoelectric element which causes liquid to be ejected from the nozzle by causing a pressure fluctuation in the liquid in the pressure chamber, and a printer controller which is connected to the piezoelectric element through an individual signal line, and supplies a driving signal which drives the piezoelectric element through the individual signal line. The individual signal line is provided as many as n times (here, n is natural number of 2 or more) or more of the number of pressure chambers.
US09950508B2
An electrostatic screen printer includes: an electrically conductive screen arranged in non-contact with a printing medium; sponges for rubbing a powder into the screen; and a direct current power source for applying a voltage to the printing medium and the powder, wherein the powder rubbed into the screen is adhered to the printing medium by electrostatic induction. The electrostatic screen printer includes a rotation mechanism for rotating the sponges, a parent revolution mechanism for parent revolution of the sponges, and a child revolution mechanism for child revolution of the sponges. The revolution speed ratio of the child revolution to the parent revolution may preferably be 4.0 or greater, a scraper is provided on the parent revolution mechanism so as to be interlocked with the revolution of the sponges, and the scraper is arranged so as to scrape the powder on the screen toward an axis of the parent revolution because of the interlocking.
US09950504B2
An elastic composite film provided with a sintered ePTFE film and an elastomeric resin layer, produced by continuously forming the elastomeric resin layer on at least one side of the sintered ePTFE film, continuously elongating the resulting multilayer film at less than the yield point of the expanded, sintered, porous film and at an elongation factor of 1.3 times or more in the biaxial directions, or in the uniaxial direction without contracting in the direction perpendicular to the direction of elongation, and relaxing the resulting elongated multilayer film, wherein when the composite film is elongated by 10% in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction, the tensile stress of the composite film is 2.5 N/15 mm or less, and/or the elongation percentage of the composite film in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction is 30% or more and the elongation recovery rate is 70% or more.
US09950503B2
A jig for fixing laminated materials, a system for manufacturing bonded laminated materials, and a method of manufacturing bonded laminated materials are provided at a good yield factor and to efficiently manufacture the bonded laminated materials that are pressed and bonded after being laminated without a misalignment of the membranes or deformation of the laminated materials or any deficiency in bonding at the interface. The bonded laminated materials are manufactured by storing materials made of membranes (W) in a housing space (S) formed by a first sheet-shaped member (12), a second sheet-shaped member (22), and a sealing member (30), exhausting the housing space (S) to sandwich the laminated materials (W) between the first and second sheet-shaped members (12, 22) to fix them, and pressing and bonding them by hot-pressing rollers (51) and cold-pressing rollers (52) of a machine (50) for manufacturing the bonded laminated materials while they are fixed.
US09950500B2
A glass assembly having a first glass component, a frame overlapping the perimeter and top surface of the first glass component, a second glass component atop the frame, and a layer of adhesive interposed between the two glass components. Also disclosed is a frame for bonding two glass components. Also disclosed is a protective glass assembly for a LCD having a top surface and perimeter. The protective glass assembly having a frame which overlaps the top surface and perimeter of the LCD, a glass component placed atop the frame, and a layer of optical adhesive interposed between the LCD and the glass component.
US09950487B2
A method for operating a machine tool/work machine includes providing a machine tool/work tool including a stroke element, a connection arrangement including a traction/pressure element and at least one traction/pressure point, a detachable connection including a connection element, a compensation element or a unit which generate a pre-stress, a (cutting) impact dampening, and compensates for a weight of the stroke element in the connection arrangement. The drive device acts on a work piece to be machined via the connection arrangement with the traction/pressure element and the at least one traction/pressure point via the stroke element. A force is produced via the compensation element or a unit corresponding to a weight of the traction/pressure element, the force being initiated independently from a drive force for the stroke element, to generate a pre-stress, a (cutting) impact dampening and a compensation of the weight of the stroke element in the connection arrangement.
US09950486B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a sole for a shoe, especially for a sports shoe, wherein the sole has at least a first section which consists of a first plastic material and has at least a second section which consists of a second plastic material, wherein the second plastic material is Expanded Thermoplastic Polyurethane. To obtain good wearing properties of the shoe the method includes the steps of: a) Producing the first section of the sole, wherein in the first section at least one recess is created which has an opening at an upper side of the sole and which is at least partially closed by a bottom region at a bottom side of the sole, wherein the recess has a defined shape in a top plan view; b) Producing of a laminar sheet made of the second plastic material; c) Cutting-out of an insert of the laminar sheet produced according to step b), wherein the insert is or forms at least a part of the second section of the sole, wherein the shape of the insert corresponds to the shape of the recess; d) Fixing the insert in the recess.
US09950484B2
A manufacturing method of a finite conveyor belt of the present invention includes a laminated body formation step of forming a laminated body (35) in which a core layer member (32) which includes a tensile body (14) is interposed between an unvulcanized top cover rubber member (33) and an unvulcanized bottom cover rubber member (34) in a belt thickness direction T, and a vulcanization step of vulcanizing the laminated body (35) by pressurizing in the belt thickness direction (T) and heating the laminated body to form a finite conveyor belt, and the laminated body formation step includes a member formation step of forming the top cover rubber member (33) by separately connecting both ends of an unvulcanized first cover rubber part (36) in a belt length direction (L) in which a detection object (15) is embedded with ends of an unvulcanized second cover rubber parts (37) in the belt length direction (L).
US09950468B2
A system for flash-free over-molding of LED array substrates. In an aspect, a method is provided for molding encapsulations onto an LED array substrate. The method includes attaching a protective tape onto a substrate surface of the substrate so that openings in the protective tape align with LED devices of the substrate and applying molding material onto a molding surface of a molding tool and to portions of the substrate exposed through the openings in the protective tape. The method also includes pressing the molding surface and the substrate surface together at a selected pressure and a selected temperature so that encapsulations are formed on the portions of the substrate exposed through the openings in the protective tape, separating the molding surface from the substrate surface, and removing the protective tape so that molding material flash is removed from the substrate leaving a clean molded substrate.
US09950465B2
An example system includes: (i) a resin container defining a cavity; (ii) a plurality of rods extending from an inner base surface of the resin container and into the cavity; (iii) a plurality of light sources arranged to emit radiation into the plurality of rods, such that when the cavity contains liquid resin, radiation passing through a given one of the rods cures liquid resin that surrounds the given rod; and (iv) a control system configured to: (a) receive data specifying a three-dimensional structure; (b) determine a shape for a layer of a plurality of layers that collectively form the three-dimensional structure; and (c) determine one or more of the light sources that correspond to the shape of the layer; and (d) form the layer by operating the one or more determined light sources that correspond to the shape of the layer.
US09950463B2
An imprinting device capable of realizing uniform transfer regardless of the thickness of a substrate includes a stage having a placement area for placing a substrate to which a transferred object is applied, a thin-plate mold with flexibility having a fine pattern on a first surface facing the placement area of the stage, which is held with a predetermined tension and a pressing roll which can press a second surface opposite to the first surface of the mold, in which the stage has plural adsorption holes around the placement area, and the adsorption holes start adsorption in synchronization with movement of the pressing roll.
US09950462B2
Wrinkling of supported thin films is a strain-driven phenomenon that enables scalable and low-cost fabrication of periodic micro and nano scale structures. The morphology of wrinkles depends on both the magnitude and the nature of compressive strains that are applied to the thin film. This disclosure presents the methods to fabricate asymmetric 2-D wrinkled structures using biaxial compressive strains. The method relies on the dependence of wrinkle morphology on both strains and strain paths to generate asymmetric 2D wrinkles. Asymmetry is achieved by deliberately traversing the system through a strain state that creates cracks along a preferential direction. Fabricated patterns include non-uniform zigzag wrinkles that demonstrate period doubling only along one direction.
US09950457B2
This invention relates generally to an apparatus for casting a portion of a tire or other article of manufacture, and, more specifically, to an apparatus that has a gate design that has a circular runner and concentric channel or waste reservoir for separating off-ratio material before it enters the cavity that forms a portion of the fire or oilier article of manufacture. The design may further include a passage that connects the runner to the waste reservoir as well as an air vent that allows trapped gas or air to exit the waste reservoir as it fills with waste material, a valve that Is operative!)′ associated with the passage for closing and opening the passage at appropriate times, and a nozzle for initially introducing material into the waste reservoir and subsequently into runner.
US09950456B2
According to one embodiment, a housing includes a base plate and a frame formed on an outer edge of the base plate. The base plate includes a positioning hole for positioning in a mold. At least, the frame has a cross-section protruding outside the base plate. A positioning pin fit into the positioning hole is provided in the mold. An inlet through which molten resin is injected into a cavity of the mold is opened in the positioning pin. In the housing, the frame is formed on the outer edge of the base plate by injecting synthetic resin into the mold through the inlet.
US09950450B2
An embodiment is a molding chamber. The molding chamber comprises a mold-conforming chase, a substrate-base chase, a first radiation permissive component, and a microwave generator coupled to a first waveguide. The mold-conforming chase is over the substrate-base chase, and the mold-conforming chase is moveable in relation to the substrate-base chase. The first radiation permissive component is in one of the mold-conforming chase or the substrate-base chase. The microwave generator and the first waveguide are together operable to direct microwave radiation through the first radiation permissive component.
US09950444B2
An apparatus (10) for a lorry-based concrete mixer (12) is described. The apparatus (10) comprises a vessel (14) adapted to be positioned beneath a concrete mixer discharge chute portion (16), the vessel (14) comprising a vessel body (18), the vessel body (18) defining a vessel inlet (20) and a vessel outlet (22), the vessel inlet (20) being adapted to receive debris and fluid exiting the chute discharge portion (16), and the vessel outlet (22) being adapted to permit debris and fluid stored in the vessel body (18) to be discharged from the vessel body (18). There is a direct line of sight (24) for a user (26) through the vessel inlet (20) to the vessel outlet (22).
US09950443B2
A pressure die casting mold for producing a casting which is part of an integral toilet having a body, a water ring, and a tank, wherein the casting, as an integral component, includes the water ring and the tank which is open on the upper side. The pressure die casting mold is composed of at least five molded parts which are interconnectable in a releasable manner, namely of a base part, two side parts having in each case one half of a front wall, a rear wall, and a cover part. The molded parts delimit a cavity which corresponds to the outer shape of the casting. A wedge element, which at least in portions delimits the inner shape of the water tank, is provided on the base part.
US09950442B2
A method feeds raw material into a metal die and extrudes the raw material to produce a honeycomb molded body. The method fires the honeycomb molded body to make a honeycomb structural body. The metal die has a first metal die and a second metal die arranged at an upstream side of an extrusion direction of the raw material and a second metal die arranged at a downstream side of the extrusion direction of the raw material. The first metal die has a projection section and the second metal die has a penetration hole. The projection section is fitted to the penetration hole to assemble the first metal die and the second metal die. Communication holes formed in the second metal die communicate with raw material second feeding holes formed in the first metal die.
US09950441B2
Systems and methods for adjusting a moisture concentration of veneer are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the method for adjusting a moisture concentration of a veneer can include estimating a moisture concentration of a veneer surface at one or more locations thereon. The method can also include comparing the one or more estimated locations to a minimum moisture concentration level. The method can also include moisturizing at least a portion of the one or more estimated locations that are below the minimum moisture concentration level to increase the moisture concentration thereof.
US09950434B2
System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
US09950426B2
Robotic devices may be trained by a user guiding the robot along target action trajectory using an input signal. A robotic device may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control signal based on one or more of the user guidance, sensory input, performance measure, and/or other information. Training may comprise a plurality of trials, wherein for a given context the user and the robot's controller may collaborate to develop an association between the context and the target action. Upon developing the association, the adaptive controller may be capable of generating the control signal and/or an action indication prior and/or in lieu of user input. The predictive control functionality attained by the controller may enable autonomous operation of robotic devices obviating a need for continuing user guidance.
US09950420B2
Protective cap to be placed over a political tool shank that consists of an at least partly ring-shaped casing, on which, in the vicinity of a base part, a terminating ring with a ring-shaped insertion-guide profile is shaped, wherein the casing and the terminating ring together form a receptacle space for the tool shank, wherein in the direction in which the protective cap is pushed onto the tool shank, the base-side annular area transitions into a cover-side trochoidal area which is adapted to the polygonal shape of the tool shank.
US09950417B2
An electronic pulse driver includes a motor, a hammer, an anvil, an end tool mounting unit, a power supply unit, and a control unit. The hammer is rotatable together with the anvil. The end tool mounting unit transmits the rotation of the anvil to an end tool. The power supply unit supplies a drive electric power to the motor. The control unit controls the power supply unit to halt a supply of the drive electric power to the motor when an electric current flowing to the motor increases to a prescribed value. The control unit controls the power supply unit to supply to the motor a prestart electric power lower than the drive electric power before supplying the drive electric power in order to permit the power supply unit to supply the drive electric power after the hammer is in contact with the anvil.
US09950415B2
The representative impact tool has a motor, a driving mechanism, a body housing and a handle, and part of the motor and part of the handle are disposed on an axis of a tool accessory. The impact tool has an outer housing that is disposed to cover the outside of the body housing and connected to the body housing via an elastic element so as to be allowed to move with respect to the body housing in an axial direction of the tool accessory, and the handle is integrally connected to the outer housing. The body housing has an exposed region in which at least part of a region of the body housing corresponding to at least one of the motor and the driving mechanism, is not covered by the outer housing.
US09950414B2
A combustion driven fastener hand tool is disclosed having an extruded front body component including two to three parallel bores. A first bore forms a cylinder for the piston which drives the fastener. A second bore forms a primary combustion chamber in which a fuel and air mixture is ignited and directed into the adjacent piston cylinder. A third bore (or alternately an attached component) forms a pathway for the fuel and air mixture to be directed into the primary combustion chamber. The combustion driven fastener hand tool includes numerous other features affording improvements over the prior art.
US09950411B1
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for threading a nut along a stud or similar elongate member, including use of a contact member within a first orifice that engages the nut, and a torque transfer member within a second orifice that engages both the contact member and a power source, such as an air ratchet. Torque from the power source causes movement of the torque transfer member, which, in turn, causes movement of the contact member, thereby threading or unthreading the nut along the stud or other elongate member. The first orifice includes a through bore for accommodating passage of the elongate member, while the body of the apparatus can include ferromagnetic members for preventing loss of the nut and additional structures for limiting undesired movement of the power source or apparatus through contact.
US09950406B2
A coated product having coating that includes a layer of hard material having a defined multi-ply layer structure, thereby significantly minimizing or preventing heat input into the coated substrate resulting from the effect of thermal hot spots.
US09950404B1
A method and system for polishing a plurality of workpieces is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a polishing tool with multiple polishing heads; and providing a substrate tray that can hold the plurality of work pieces in a fixed position on a tray underneath the polishing heads. The system and method includes moving the tray within the polisher. Finally, the method and system includes configuring the multiple polishing heads with the appropriate pad/slurry combinations to polish the workpieces and to create a finished polished surface on the plurality of work pieces.
US09950400B2
A fabrication system may generally comprise an x-y positioning assembly, a clamping head to receive an end effector, wherein the clamping head is coupled to the x-y positioning assembly, a z positioning assembly, a platform including a surface that is rigid and substantially planar, wherein the platform is coupled to the z positioning assembly, and a controller operably coupled to the x-y positioning assembly, end effector, z positioning assembly, and platform. Methods of using the fabrication system are also described.
US09950398B2
A numerical control machine includes a bearing structure-frame suited to support various other parts, at least one lower surface, at least one table suited to hold a workpiece and mounted on the lower surface, and at least one head with an electric tool-holding spindle, wherein the lower surface is inclined.
US09950393B2
Flux formulations and solder attachment during the fabrication of electronic device assemblies are described. One flux formation includes a flux component and a metal particle component, the metal particle component being present in an amount of from 5 to 35 volume percent of the flux formulation. In one feature of certain embodiments, the metal particle component includes solder particles. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09950388B2
There is proposed a method of producing an integrally bladed rotor, preferably a so-called “blisk” for a turbomachine, the method including the steps of: providing a rotor disc having a plurality of spaced-apart radial protrusions formed integrally around its perimeter; and forming a respective aerofoil-shaped blade extending radially generally outwardly from each of the protrusions via laser deposition. Each protrusion preferably extends radially outwardly from a circumferential body part of the rotor disc by a distance which is greater than the radially inward penetration of a heat-affected zone arising from the laser deposition used to form the respective blade.
US09950383B2
In a welding system, a preheating process is carried out prior to initiation of a welding arc, such as upon depression of a trigger or switch on a welding torch. The preheating process involves generation and application of desired currents and voltages to a welding electrode from a power supply. Preheating is continued until the welding electrode reaches a desired temperature or resistance, which may be determined by reference to an increasing voltage, a decreasing current, a peaked and declining voltage, resistance and/or power measurements, and so forth. Following preheating, a desired welding process may begin with initiation of the welding arc.
US09950379B2
A wire electric discharge machining apparatus is constructed in such a manner as to include: a wire electrode having a plurality of cutting wire portions that are separated from one another in parallel and are opposed to a workpiece; a machining power supply that generates a pulsed machining voltage; a plurality of power feed contact units that are electrically connected to the cutting wire portions and apply the machining voltage between the cutting wire portions and the workpiece; and a nozzle that ejects machining liquid from an ejection opening toward an electrode gap along the cutting wire portions.
US09950367B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to a method for welding a workpiece comprising the steps of: making a first weld at a first position on said workpiece with a high energy beam, deflecting the high energy beam with at least one deflection lens for making a second weld at a second position on said workpiece, focusing the high energy beam on said workpiece with at least one focusing lens, shaping the high energy beam on said workpiece with at least one astigmatism lens so that the shape of the high energy beam on said workpiece is longer in a direction parallel to a deflection direction of said high energy beam than in a direction perpendicular to said deflection direction of said high energy beam. The invention is also related to the use of an astigmatism lens and to a method for forming a three dimensional article.
US09950358B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a ceramic core comprising predominantly mullite, which is derived from a precursor comprising alumina particles and siloxane binders. Free silica is present in the ceramic body, but is largely unavailable for reaction with metal alloys used in investment casting. Methods of making cast metal articles are also disclosed.
US09950354B2
A bender shoe may comprise a first bender shoe plate, a second bender shoe plate, and a third bender shoe plate. A first side of the first bender shoe plate may be adjacent to a first side of the second bender shoe plate and the third bender shoe plate may be adjacent to a second side of the second bender shoe plate. The bender shoe may further comprise a ratcheting gear in a ratcheting gear opening in a second side of the first bender shoe plate. The bender shoe may comprise a first channel and a second channel. The first channel may be formed by a first surface on the first bender shoe plate and a second surface on the second bender shoe plate. The second channel may be formed by a third surface on the second bender shoe plate and a fourth surface on the third bender shoe plate.
US09950344B2
An apparatus receives data from at least one detection device which regularly detects single items on a sorting surface of a conveying system. Here, a separately actuatable drive element is assigned in each case to a plurality of partial surfaces of the sorting surface. The device regularly determines a region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item on the basis of the obtained data by means of triangulations for as long as the single item is situated on the sorting surface. The device determines control commands for actuating the drive elements, which are assigned to a partial surface and correspond to a specific region on the sorting surface taken up by the respective single item, on the basis of a destination at the sorting surface provided for the respective single item. Then, the device actuates the drive elements with the determined control commands.
US09950343B2
Provided is a dry separation apparatus including: a main body; a first deck; a plurality of guides; a supply part; an air blow fan; and a vibration part. A dry separation method includes: supplying an object to be separated to a top surface of a first deck provided with a plurality of punches; sending, by an air blow fan, air to the punches (first punches); and horizontally vibrating, by a vibration part, the first deck so as to discharge particles which have different specific gravities of the object to be separated and a moveable force exerted by air passing the first punches through different passages.
US09950334B1
An over spray gun assembly that prevents over spraying of atomized paint or vanish particles and droplets into the air and onto unwanted surfaces during a spraying operation, such as painting or staining a surface. More specifically, the over spray guard includes first shroud and a second shroud, wherein the second shroud is positioned within the first shroud thereby defining an open interior space for vacuuming unwanted or over sprayed airborne fluid droplets dispensed from a nozzle of the spray gun. In addition, an elongated sleeve or extension can be connected to the first shroud, thereby allowing a user to comfortably support, hold, position, and aim the over spray gun assembly.
US09950331B2
A method and apparatus are defined for coating a particulate material. The apparatus includes a mixer having a mixing chamber. A quantity of particulate material is fed into an inlet of the mixing chamber. An agitator is provided for mixing and conveying the particulate material. A feed system is also provided for delivery of a coating into the mixing chamber. The coating is delivered as an atomized spray directed at the mixing particulate material within the mixing chamber. A controller is provided for adjusting the flow of the coating into the mixing chamber based on the volumetric feed rate of the particulate material.
US09950330B2
A shut-off system for a dispenser includes a pinch member that moves relative to a guide and which is normally biased against a flexible outlet tube that is disposed therebetween. The flexible outlet tube that carries material, such as soap, supplied from a pump to an outlet nozzle. The pump and the pinch member are in operative engagement with an actuator, such that when the actuator is not engaged, the pinch member closes the outlet tube to prevent residual material retained in the outlet tube from flowing or drooling out of the outlet nozzle. Correspondingly, when the actuator is engaged, the pump is compressed, and the pinch member is moved away from the outlet tube, allowing the material to be pumped through the outlet tube and dispensed from the outlet nozzle.
US09950319B2
The present disclosed are a high exchange-capacity anion exchange resin with dual functional-groups and method of synthesis thereof. The invention relates to the field of environmental function material synthesis and application. The resin is based on chloromethylated polystyrene-divinylbenzene polymer as matrix, and by primary amination and quaternization, yields an anion exchange resin with dual functional-groups having both a weak base anionic group and a strong base anionic group. The anion exchange resin not only has high adsorption capacity for water-born nitrate ions, but also can effectively squelch natural organic acids such as phytic acid in water, thus simultaneously removing nitrate ions and phytic acid organic matter from water. Therefore, the resin has a broad application potential in the fields of drinking water treatment, groundwater remediation, and advanced urban sewage treatment.
US09950314B2
The present invention is to provide fine catalyst particles to which sulfate ions are less likely to be adsorbed, and a carbon-supported catalyst to which sulfate ions are less likely to be adsorbed. Disclosed is a method for producing fine catalyst particles comprising a fine palladium-containing particle and a platinum-containing outermost layer covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle, wherein the method comprises: a copper covering step of covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle with copper by preparing a second dispersion by mixing a first dispersion comprising fine palladium-containing particles being dispersed in an acid solution with a copper-containing solution, and applying a potential that is nobler than the oxidation reduction potential of copper to the fine palladium-containing particles in the second dispersion, and a platinum covering step of covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle with platinum by substituting the copper covering at least part of the fine palladium-containing particle with platinum by mixing the second dispersion and a platinum-containing solution after the copper covering step, with applying a constant potential that is in a range between a potential that is nobler than the oxidation reduction potential of copper and a potential that is less than the oxidation reduction potential of platinum, to the fine palladium-containing particles.
US09950311B2
The present invention discloses magnetically recoverable, high surface area carbon-Fe3O4 nanocomposite prepared by thermolysis of metal organic framework useful for recovery of oil, dyes and pollutants. Also disclosed are methods of removing an oleophilic material from a solution by treating the solution with a carbon-Fe3O4 nanocomposite.
US09950309B2
Provided are a superabsorbent polymer and a preparation method thereof. In the superabsorbent polymer according to the present invention, a low-temperature foaming agent are used together with a high-temperature foaming agent to control the size and distribution of internal pores of the superabsorbent polymer, thereby increasing absorption rate under load without reduction in gel strength.
US09950304B2
A system for operating parallel reactors includes a plurality of reactor assemblies, each reactor assembly including: a flow-through reactor, a reactor feed line, a reactor effluent line, a primary fluid source, and a flow splitter which is arranged downstream of the primary fluid source and upstream of the reactor assemblies. All passive flow restrictors have an substantially equal resistance to fluid flow. A feed line pressure measurement device and a pressure control arrangement controls backpressure regulators such that the measured feed line pressure becomes substantially the same as a feed line pressure setpoint in the reactor assemblies.
US09950302B1
Systems, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for stand-alone chemical dispensers are provided.
US09950298B2
Described are water-on-water valves for use in reverse osmosis filtration systems. The water-on-water valves are regulated by the pressure in a product line, which contains fluid from a product line of the filter module and/or the product side of a water-on-water storage tank. Exemplary valves are shuttle valves that are regulated by the pressure downstream of the product side of a reverse osmosis filter module. The valves may comprise a piston within a housing, and an end of the piston may have an enlarged diameter relative to the maximum diameter of the remainder of the piston. The body of the piston may have sections of differing diameters, where the smaller diameter sections form flow channels, or the body may a diameter that is substantially the same along its length in conjunction with gratings and flow channels.
US09950292B2
A dehumidifier includes a first air distribution assembly connected to a process air inlet for receiving process air, and to a regeneration air outlet for exhausting regeneration air; and a second air distribution assembly connected to a process air outlet for delivering process air, and to a regeneration air inlet for receiving regeneration air. The dehumidifier includes multiple stationary modules connected in parallel between the air distribution assemblies. Each module contains desiccant and has opposing apertures for connecting to the air distribution assemblies. The air distribution assemblies are configured to cycle between a number of positions equal to the number of modules. In each position, the air distribution assemblies establish a regeneration air flow from the regeneration air inlet to the regeneration air outlet via one module, and a plurality of process air flows from the process air inlet to the process air outlet via each remaining module.
US09950279B2
The present invention discloses methods of neutralizing apatite surfaces, for example after a flow-through collection of a target and prior to cleaning the chromatography solid support.
US09950278B1
A chromatography column includes a shell containing packed stationary phase and includes an inlet and an outlet at one end of the shell. A plastic sleeve is positioned in the shell to isolate the stationary phase from the shell. A capillary tube extends from an upstream inlet at the one end of the shell to deliver mobile phase to the upstream end of the stationary phase. Mobile phase travels through the stationary phase and exits the column at the one end. Porous filters and seals are provided. A removable coupling adapter is attached to the one end of the column and provides short flow paths and connection ports for the column inlet and outlet. The coupling adapter may incorporate other chromatography components, such as temperature control elements or flow cell optical detectors.
US09950277B2
A parallel assembly (2; 11; 51) of chromatography column modules (3a,b,c; 13a,b,c; 53a,b,c, 90a, b), the assembly having one common assembly inlet (15; 55) and one common assembly outlet (17; 57), each column module comprising a bed space (29) filled with chromatography medium and each column module comprises integrated fluid conduits which when the column module is connected with other column modules are adapted to connect the bed space (29) of the column module with the assembly inlet (15; 55) and the assembly outlet (17; 57), wherein the total length and/or volume of the fluid conduit from the assembly inlet to one bed space together with the length and/or volume of the fluid conduit from the same bed space to the assembly outlet is substantially the same for all bed spaces and modules installed in the parallel assembly.
US09950276B2
Disclosed are methods of extracting water from a composition of an organic liquid and water, using a polyol which causes a phase separation.
US09950264B2
Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed towards providing walkthroughs. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention are configured to allow for the recording, playback and usage of enhanced walkthroughs, such as for use with video games. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide multimedia walkthrough content in conjunction with visual representation of control utilization during playback of a video game.
US09950262B2
From a stored panorama moving image, panorama images are read and sequentially acquired every predetermined time for reproduction on a display device, each of the panorama images being a frame of the panorama moving image. A range to be displayed in a first display area is set in each of the acquired panorama images. A range to be displayed in a second display area is set in each of the acquired panorama images. The respective ranges of the acquired panorama images which are set to be displayed in the first display area are displayed in the first display area. The respective ranges of the acquired panorama images which are set to be displayed in the second display area are displayed in the second display area.
US09950260B2
There is provided a game system capable of displaying appropriately a comment while suppressing decrease of visibility of a game screen. The game system includes a game apparatus allowing a user to play a game, and displays, on the game apparatus, comments to the user on the game screen to be displayed according to game status, wherein areas inappropriate for comment display on the game screen are determined as display restricted areas, and in each display restricted area, by hiding the comment for example, a predetermined restriction is applied to the comment display in the display restricted area.
US09950258B2
An apparatus includes a transmission portion configured to transmit a two-dimensional image to a plurality of controllers through a network. The two-dimensional image is a simplification of a three-dimensional image based on information of a selected application. The transmission portion is further configured to transmit positional information for a first object to the plurality of controllers. The positional information for the first object is receivable from a first controller. The apparatus further includes a reception portion configured to receive positional information for a second object from a second controller through the network based on the positional information for the first object and the two-dimensional image. The apparatus further includes an image generating and outputting portion configured to generate a first image within a three-dimensional virtual space based on the positional information for the first object and the positional information for the second object, and to output the first image.
US09950255B2
A method, implemented as computer code being executed by one or more processors, in which computer game graphics for a casual, social game are shown on a display of a computing device and in which one or more of the processors are programmed to show: a virtual path or other virtual world that indicates the level reached by the player and some of that player's social network friends; a score board that displays the score of a player once he has completed a level successfully, together with the highest scores of some of its social network friends' for that level; and in which each level of the game can be failed and, if the processor determines that the player is running out of moves or time, then the processor causes the game to automatically display a message offering extra moves and/or time for the player to purchase, to carry on playing the game, or other in-game assistance.
US09950254B2
A non-limiting example information processing apparatus includes an operating device including an analog stick that also functions as a depressible push button. Processing circuitry of the apparatus is configured to receive inclination information indicative of an inclination of a stick portion of the analog stick; use the received inclination information as an input for a first information processing operation; receive depression information indicative of a depressing of the stick portion of the analog stick; use the received depression information as an input for a second information processing operation different from the first information processing operation; and invalidate received depression information when inclination information indicative of inclination greater than a predetermined inclination is currently received.
US09950239B1
The hitting training device is a training device used for practicing a swing by an athlete. The hitting training device is an earbud that contains a level sensor. The earbud is worn during the practice of a swing. The level sensor detects if the head of the athlete tilts off level off during the swing. In this circumstance, the level sensor activates a buzzer that audibly and physically indicates that the head tilted inappropriately. The hitting training device comprises an earbud, a level sensor, a signaling unit and a power system. The level sensor, signaling unit and the power system are contained within the earbud. The earbud is worn in the ear of the athlete much like a Bluetooth earbud commonly used with cellular phones.
US09950238B2
Systems, methods and software products optimize installation and operation of an object tracking system. Performance of the athlete tracking system is continually monitored and optimized based upon one or more of: statically positioned tags, grouping tags within two or more tag sets to assign ping rates, selecting receiver configuration and aim dynamically based upon environmental and situational conditions. Tracking tags are improved to facilitate coupling of the tag to an athlete and may be self-configurable. A trackable protection pad allows a tracking tag to be positioned substantially horizontal when the athlete is competing. A data replay tool replays location tracking information in chronological order and visually plots location of tracking tags and errors in the determined location. A tag manager automatically configures the tracking tags. A robotic vehicle automated installation of the object tracking system.
US09950236B1
A wearable device described herein includes a housing and a mount configured to mount the housing to an external surface of a wearer. The wearable device further includes one or more sensors configured to measure at least one physiological parameter of the wearer. The wearable device may obtain an activity metric that is based on at least one physiological parameter of the wearer measured by the one or more sensors and demographical data specific to the wearer. In some examples, the wearable may be configured to calculate the activity metric or a preliminary activity metric and to indicate the activity metric and/or preliminary activity metric to the wearer. In some examples, the wearable device may transmit the physiological parameter measurement to an external device and receive an indication of the activity metric from the external device.
US09950235B1
A portable tennis playing apparatus allows players to play the game of tennis in various indoor environments. The portable tennis playing apparatus can be assembled and disassembled easily, and provides the opportunity for the players to not only enjoy the game of tennis but also to improve and hone their skills.
US09950231B2
A hockey skills training system comprising a high density polymer game board surface; a pair of nested goals disposed on one side of the shooting surface; a handle attached to the shooting surface; and at least one puck.
US09950221B2
An aerodynamic golf club head producing reduced aerodynamic drag forces via the curvature of a crown section. At least a portion of the crown section may be composed of low density materials, including nonmetallic materials.
US09950208B2
A system comprising a yoga mat, storage compartment and carrying case and associated methods for use.
US09950189B1
A treatment method using a novel combination of non-invasive near infrared light (NIR)/laser therapy and the pharmacological agent ketamine, to more efficaciously upregulate neurotrophins and improve mitochondrial function. The NIR therapy is characterized by wavelengths of 200-2000 nm at surface wattage of 0.01-50.00 watts delivered by stationary emitters. The method can employ active circular motion techniques which involve moving the infrared light applicator manually, and/or by computer-controlled apparatus, conducted in conjunction with ketamine pharmacological therapy. In addition, a novel method of targeting NIR treatment of and characterizing central nervous system disorders using SPECT functional neuroimaging followed by quantitative analysis and a novel method of targeting NIR treatment of and characterizing spinal cord or nerve-related disorders using neurophysiological testing followed by quantitative analysis. Also, a novel method of using serial SPECT neuroimaging with quantitative analysis or using serial neurophysiological testing followed by quantitative analysis to elucidate changes in response to treatment.
US09950188B2
An apparatus for relaxing smooth muscles of a human body, capable of directly radiating light having a predetermined wavelength range for inducing relaxation of the smooth muscles onto acupuncture points related to an organ consisting of smooth muscles via an electrode probe. The apparatus includes a controller body to determine whether a light radiation mode is selected and an operation is started through direct manipulation using a switch, and output an LED driving signal to an electrode probe connection terminal; and wired and wireless electrode probes to be attached to/detached from the terminal to be electrically connected to/disconnected from the controller body, and to be driven by the driving signal to emit light having a predetermined wavelength range which increases concentration of a material for relaxing the muscles. Accordingly, the apparatus promotes blood and lymph circulation in an organ consisting of smooth muscles by relaxing those muscles.
US09950183B2
A computing device includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include providing an alternating electrical signal to a patient through at least a pair of electrodes, and determining transthoracic impedance of the patient from a measurement associated with the applied alternating electrical signal. Operations also include identifying, from the transthoracic impedance, a sequence of resistance values for controlling the discharge of a charge storage device located external to the patient, and controlling the discharge of the charge storage device using the identified sequence of resistance values.
US09950181B2
A medical system is disclosed, comprising internal parts for implantation in a patient and external part for use externally to the patient. The external parts comprise an energy source equipped with a primary coil and an external control unit for controlling the energy source. The internal parts comprise an electrically powered medical device, an energy receiver equipped with a secondary coil and an internal control unit for controlling the internal parts. The system is arranged to determine a balance between the amount of energy received in the energy receiver and the amount of energy used by the medical device, based on a first, second and third parameter.
US09950178B2
The presence of a cardiac pulse in a patient is determined by evaluating fluctuations in an electrical signal that represents a measurement of the patient's transthoracic impedance. Impedance signal data obtained from the patient is analyzed for a feature indicative of the presence of a cardiac pulse. Whether a cardiac pulse is present in the patient is determined based on the feature in the impedance signal data. Electrocardiogram (ECG) data may also be obtained in time coordination with the impedance signal data. Various applications for the pulse detection of the invention include detection of PEA and prompting PEA-specific therapy, prompting defibrillation therapy and/or CPR, and prompting rescue breathing depending on detection of respiration.
US09950177B2
An apparatus comprises a cardiac signal sensing circuit configured to sense a plurality of intrinsic cardiac signals using a plurality of cardiac pacing sites, a heart sound sensing circuit, a stimulus circuit configured to provide an electrical cardiac pacing stimulus to the plurality of pacing sites, and a control circuit electrically coupled to the cardiac signal sensing circuit and the stimulus circuit. The control circuit includes a pacing site locating circuit configured to generate an indication of a preferred pacing site as one of a) a subset of the respective cardiac pacing sites selected using the intrinsic ventricular activation time interval, from which subset the preferred pacing site is selected using the heart sound characteristic; or b) a subset of the respective cardiac pacing sites selected using the heart sound characteristic, from which subset the preferred pacing site is selected using the ventricular activation time interval.
US09950161B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for multi-vessel neuromodulation, e.g., via a pulsed electric field. Such multi-vessel neuromodulation may effectuate irreversible electroporation or electrofusion, necrosis and/or inducement of apoptosis, alteration of gene expression, action potential attenuation or blockade, changes in cytokine up-regulation and other conditions in target neural fibers. In some embodiments, the multi-vessel neuromodulation is applied to neural fibers that contribute to renal function. Such multi-vessel neuromodulation optionally may be performed bilaterally.
US09950160B2
A system and method for treating anorectal dysfunction includes implanting, in a minimally invasive manner, an electro-medical device for stimulation of two or more separate and distinct anatomical or histological structures of the anorectal region. Electrodes operably connected to the device are positioned proximate the target anatomical or histological structures. The device provides either the same or different stimulation algorithms to each anatomical or histological structure. Smooth muscle, such as the internal anal sphincter, is provided with a continuous stimulation algorithm, while skeletal muscle, such as the external anal sphincter, is provided with an on demand stimulation algorithm. Varying stimulation algorithms applied to multiple structures results in improved anorectal function without developing muscle fatigue and tolerance.
US09950153B2
An apparatus for interfacing between tissues being stimulated is provided. The apparatus includes an electric source capable of generating an applied electric field across a region of tissue and/or a means for altering at least one electromagnetic characteristic of the region of tissue relative to the applied electric field and an interface component, such interface component creating an interface between the region of tissue and the applied electric field or the means for altering at least one electromagnetic characteristic of the region of tissue.
US09950148B2
A system for treatment of a wound area of a patient including a first treatment pad comprising a plurality of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for cleaning and exposing a wound area to ultraviolet light, a second treatment pad comprising removal ports for exposing the wound area to a negative pressure, and a control unit interoperably connected to the first and second treatment pads for providing a negative pressure and the ultraviolet light to the wound area.
US09950145B2
The invention relates a safety IV catheter assembly comprising a catheter tube having a distal end and a proximal end; a catheter hub having a distal end and a proximal end; a needle extending through the catheter hub and the catheter tube having opposite proximal and distal ends defining an axial direction A, wherein the proximal end is joined to the needle hub and the distal end forms a needle tip and a change in profile is provided between the proximal and distal ends of the needle; and a tip protector assembly being arranged movably on the needle in-between the catheter hub and needle hub outside the catheter hub in an arrangement engaging with one or more second locking means provided on the catheter hub in its ready position, wherein the first arm is deflected radially outwards by the needle against a restoring force, wherein the tip protector assembly is configured to entrap the needle tip upon withdrawal of the needle from the catheter hub.
US09950139B2
An insertion tool for inserting a catheter into a patient's body is disclosed. The insertion tool unifies needle insertion, guidewire advancement, and catheter insertion in a single device. In one embodiment, the insertion tool comprises a housing in which at least a portion of the catheter is initially disposed, a hollow needle distally extending from the housing with at least a portion of the catheter pre-disposed over the needle, and a guidewire pre-disposed within the needle. A guidewire advancement assembly is also included for selectively advancing the guidewire distally past a distal end of the needle in preparation for distal advancement of the catheter. In one embodiment a catheter advancement assembly is also included for selectively advancing the catheter into the patient. Each advancement assembly can include a slide or other actuator that enables a user to selectively advance the desired component. Guidewire and catheter locking systems are also disclosed.
US09950131B2
A shroud (1020) for a mask system includes a retaining portion structured to retain a frame (1040), a pair of upper headgear connectors (1024) each including an elongated arm (1026) and a slot (1027) at the free end of the arm adapted to receive a headgear strap, and a pair of lower headgear connectors (1025) each adapted to attach to a headgear strap. The retaining portion, the upper headgear connectors, and the lower headgear connectors are integrally formed as a one piece structure.
US09950129B2
The systems and methods provide for novel a triggering mode that allows the patient to trigger or initiate the delivery of a breath during ventilation on a ventilator. Further, the systems and methods provide for triggering ventilation utilizing a statistical trigger mode. Additionally, the systems and methods provide for analyzing and/or displaying information related to a potential change in a triggering threshold for a currently utilized breath type.
US09950126B2
A medication injector that has an alert indicator that alerts the user when the medication injector is approaching near the end of its medication supply is disclosed. The alert indicator gives the user an opportunity to make preparations to obtain additional medication for the injector if there is an insufficient amount of medication in the injector to enable the user to dispense the required dosage amount with the next injection. Initially, the alert indicator is not visible to the user, but becomes visible to the user when the injector is near empty.
US09950121B2
A method of amplifying an injection force of a drug delivery device, comprising the steps of storing energy in an additive force device, connecting the additive force device to the drug delivery device, setting a dose of medicament to be administered, and selectively releasing the stored energy of the additive force device to amplify an injection force of the drug delivery device.
US09950120B2
A display assembly for a drug delivery device (100) is provided. The display assembly comprises a housing (10) having a proximal end (17), a distal end (16) and a longitudinal axis (x). The display assembly further comprises a display member (120) defining a display member window (122), wherein the display member (120) is rotationally locked to but movable with respect to the housing (10) along the longitudinal axis (x). The display assembly further comprises an indication member (60) comprising indicia (66) and a movable member (110) which is rotationally coupled to the indication member (60). The movable member (110) is further coupled to the display member (120) and rotatable with respect to the housing (10). When the movable member (110) is rotated with respect to the housing (10), the rotating movable member (110) moves the display member (120) axially with respect to the housing (10) to display different indicia (66) through the display member window (122).
US09950108B2
Systems and devices for maintaining a consistent input fluid height as fluid is consumed during infusion pump testing including a first hook disposed on an end of a first balancer arm; a second hook disposed on an end of a second balancer arm; and an aperture disposed in a connecting member; where the aperture is configured to be a pivot point for the device; and where the device is rotatable between a deployed position and a stored position.
US09950105B2
A blood treatment machine includes a blood pump; an arterial line in fluid communication with the blood pump, the arterial line including an arterial needle; a venous line including a venous needle; and a blood leak detection device including (i) at least one electrical component, (ii) a member configured to secure the at least one electrical component onto a patient's arm adjacent to patient access of at least one of the arterial and venous needles, the at least one electrical component capable of sensing the presence of a blood leak, and (iii) a controller in operable communication with the at least one electrical component, the controller programmed to allow for an amount of expected blood seepage and to cause an alarm if blood greater than the amount of expected blood seepage is sensed by the at least one electrical component.
US09950102B2
A method of operating a counterpulsation device (CPD) in a human or animal subject is disclosed, the method including: receiving a heart beat signal indicative of the heart beat of the subject; providing counterpulsation therapy by controlling the pressure supplied to a CPD drive line in pneumatic communication with the CPD to cause the CPD to alternately fill with blood and eject blood with a timing that is determined at least in part based on the heart beat signal; while providing counterpulsation therapy, receiving a CPD drive line pressure signal indicative of the pressure in the CPD drive line; and adjusting the pressure supplied to the drive line based at least in part on the drive line pressure signal.
US09950101B2
A blood pump (20) includes a stator assembly comprising a motor stator (52), a fluid inlet (24), and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly includes a motor rotor (54) and an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from the inlet (24) to the outlet (26). An outflow sheath (300) directs the flow along the outside of the pump (20).
US09950100B2
A dressing (2) and an apparatus (1) comprising the dressing, for cleansing the wounds (5) in which an irrigant fluid from a reservoir (12) connected to a conformable would dressing and would exudate from the dressing are moved by a device (18) (which may be a single pump or two pumps) for moving fluid through a flow Path (6, 7, 9, 10) which passes through the dressing with a means for providing simultaneous aspiration and irrigation of the wound, to provide a desired balance of fluid at a controlled nominal flow rate that removes materials deleterious to wound healing, while distributing materials that are beneficial in promoting would healing over the wound bed.
US09950088B2
A system and method for disinfecting hard surfaces in an area such as a hospital room including a light source emitting UV light and a reflector mounted behind the light source for concentrating and directing the light toward a target. The light source and reflector rotate to direct the concentrated beam around a room, thereby making more efficient use of the energy being emitted.
US09950080B2
The present application provides an amphiphilic cyclodextrin-based compound of the formula I: R-G-D-A (I) wherein R is one or more hydrophilic groups; G is one or more linkers; D is a cyclodextrin, and A is one or more aliphatic groups. In certain embodiments, the hydrophilic group is a sugar such as lactose, the linker comprises —(CHR′CH2O)n— where R′ is H or is an alkyl group substituted with —(CHR′CH2O)n— where n is 1 to 20, typically n=4; the cyclodextrin is a β-cyclodextrin comprising 7 subunits, and the aliphatic groups are C6 alkyl groups. The compound can be used to enhance water solubility, bioavailability, cellular uptakes of active ingredients used in medicines, cosmetics and foods and other products, for detection, removal and immobilization of pathogenic organisms, toxins, and autoantibodies, and biomarkers on solid matrix, or for molecular biological techniques, such as ELISA, for example.
US09950078B2
Conjugates of specific PBD dimers with an antibody that that binds to CD19, the antibody comprising a VH domain having the sequence according to any one of SEQ ID NOs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, optionally further comprising a VL domain having the sequence according to any one of SEQ ID NOs. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12.
US09950075B2
The invention in some aspects provides compounds useful for targeting bacterial infections. In some embodiments, the compounds comprise a transferrin receptor ligand covalently linked to a bactericidal agent. In some embodiments, the bactericidal agent is a bactericidal peptide, such as a glycoside hydrolase (e.g., lysozyme).
US09950066B2
A liquid aqueous pharmaceutical formulation is described which has a high protein concentration, a pH of between about 4 and about 8, and enhanced stability.
US09950062B2
The invention provides a novel class of compounds, immunogenic compositions and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat or prevent diseases or disorders associated with Toll-Like Receptors 7. In one aspect, the compounds are useful as adjuvants for enhancing the effectiveness of a vaccine.
US09950061B2
The present invention relates to a vaccine for protecting a pig against diseases associated with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. The vaccine commonly includes inactivated/killed PEDV (e.g., chemically inactivated PED virus), and/or recombinant PEDV antigen and an adjuvant. Methods for protecting pigs against diseases associated with PEDV and methods of producing the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus vaccine are also provided.
US09950059B2
Recombinant chimeric viruses based on NDV LaSota strain and containing either ILTV gB or gD are produced. Administration of the chimeric viruses to chickens induces an immune response in the animal against both NDV and ILTV. Immunogenic compositions, plasmids, kits and methods are described.
US09950049B2
The invention relates to a composition which induces, in a host, a cytotoxic cell response directed against cells expressing an antigen, in particular tumor cells, and which comprises red blood cells containing said antigen. These red blood cells may be in the form of an immune complex with an immunoglobulin, in particular IgG, which recognizes an epitope at the surface of the red blood cells, and/or be heat-treated or chemically treated so as to promote phagocytosis of said red blood cells by dendritic cells. As a variant, the red blood cells may be xenogenic red blood cells. The invention also relates to a therapeutic especially anti-tumor vaccine containing such a composition.
US09950045B2
Methods are disclosed herein for treating depression in the subject. A method includes the use of Botulinum toxin to cause paralysis of a facial muscle, such as the depressor anguli oris, procerus, frontalis, orbicularis oculi, or corrugator supercilii muscle to treat depression in the subject.
US09950036B2
A pharmaceutical composition and method for treating or attenuating a mood or stress-related disorder in a subject having normal or low inflammatory state is provided. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical composition and method of the invention comprise activating or stimulating microglia for treatment of mood or stress-related disorder.
US09950035B2
Methods for making non-immunogenic anti-inflammatory cytokine compositions, comprising (a) obtaining a liquid comprising cytokine producing cells from a mammalian donor; (b) contacting the liquid with a solid extraction material to generate a composition rich in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; and performing one or both of (i) removing cells from the composition and (ii) freezing the composition. The compositions comprise two or more of IL1-ra, sTNF-R1, sTNF-RII, IGF-I, EGF, HGF, PDGF-AB, PDGF-BB, VEGF, TGF-β1, and sIL-1RII, Compositions may also contain white blood cells and platelets.
US09950029B2
The present invention provides a method of treating BPH using modified pore-forming proteins (MPPs). These MPPs are derived from naturally occurring cytotoxic proteins (nPPs) that kill cells by forming pores or channels in the cell membrane, resulting in cell death. The MPPs are generated by modification of the nPPs such that they are capable of being selectively activated at normal prostate cells. Such modification may include the addition of a prostate-specific protease cleavage site to the activation sequence, and/or the addition of a prostate-specific targeting domain to allow selective targeting of prostate cells. These MPPs are capable of selectively targeting and killing normal prostate cells in vivo. The MPPs may be used either alone or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of BPH.
US09950025B2
The present invention is concerned with immunostimulant compositions, in particular compositions comprising microparticulate form of muramyl dipeptide, and their use in the treatment of neoplastic disease.
US09950009B2
Treatment methods are described using blood collected from a donor after subjecting thereof to remote conditioning such as remote ischemic conditioning via several episodes of short-term limb occlusion. Blood containing remote conditioning substances or a biologically active preparation containing such substances may be stored and used at a future time to afford a health benefit to the treatment subject. Extraction of remote conditioning substances may be done extracorporeally using dialysis or other blood processing methods following by returning of blood to the donor. Extraction of remote conditioning substances may be done during the time periods of their maximum presence in donor blood.
US09950008B1
Risk of visual impairment including Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and cataracts increase with age. This increased risk can be caused by changes in the structure and function of the eye or changes in structures of the central nervous system that support visual perception. The present invention comprises fruit flavored, chewable formulations of supplements for reducing the risk of AMD. Chewable dosage forms of the invention are preferred over other formulations and may increase compliance in an aging population, who are more likely to require an eye health supplement and have an increased risk of experiencing dysphagia.
US09950006B2
A composition of chlorine-free poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide that comprises a clathrate containing oxygen gas molecules and a nutraceutical. In one embodiment, the poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide has particles having a diameter of 212 μm or less. The nutraceutical may include one or more of a protein, vitamin, fiber, mineral and electrolytes. The composition may be in a powder or fluid form.
US09950003B2
This invention provides (a) nanoparticle made of: sugar-beet pectin; and a bioactive compound (such as a nutraceutical or a drug) bound to sugar-beet pectin. The invention further provides foods, beverages, including clear ones, or pharmaceutical preparations, which are supplemented with the nanoparticles made of: sugar-beet pectin; and a hydrophobic bioactive compound bound to sugar-beet pectin. The process of making the nanoparticles of the invention, and methods for supplementing foods or beverages or pharmaceutical preparations with bioactive compounds via the nanoparticles of the invention are also provided.
US09950000B2
Disclosed is use of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) or a salt thereof in the preparation of drugs or health-care products for treating phenylketonuria (PKU), wherein a single dose of the NADH or a salt thereof is 1-100 mg.
US09949996B2
The present embodiments relate to methods for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory conditions such as alcoholic liver disease (ALD). More specifically the present embodiments relate to the prevention and treatment of ALD through the administration of an Retinoic Acid Receptor (RAR) agonist. Some embodiments relate to use of tazarotene in the prevention and treatment of alcohol-induced liver injury, alcohol-related liver disease, fatty liver disease, hepatic steatosis, alcoholic hepatitis or alcoholic cirrhosis.
US09949991B2
The present invention relates to the use of selective aquaporin inhibitors, e.g., of aquaporin-4 or aquaporin-2, e.g., certain phenylbenzamide compounds, for the prophylaxis, treatment and control of aquaporin-mediated conditions, e.g., glioblastoma and ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. The invention provides, inter alia, methods of treating or controlling a disease condition mediated by an aquaporin, e.g., diseases or conditions of water imbalance and other diseases.
US09949990B2
The present invention relates to a stable oral liquid pharmaceutical composition of celecoxib or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The celecoxib present in the compositions as described herein do not show any precipitation when subjected in Fasted-State Simulated Gastric Fluid (FaSSGF) at pH 2.0, temperature of 37° C.±0.5° C. and under stirring at a speed of 50 rpm at least for 60 minutes. It also relates to the process of preparing and method of using said composition of celecoxib.
US09949979B2
The invention relates to new uses of PI3K inhibitors, wherein said inhibitors have an inhibitory action on the PI3K isoform delta for the treatment of immunopathology in a subject suffering from a disease or disorder selected from malaria, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, toxoplasmosis and/or neurocysticercosis, via functional inhibition of TLR9 of the infected subject.
US09949972B2
The invention relates to combinations comprising an HDAC inhibitor and an immunomodulatory drug for the treatment of lymphoma in a subject in need thereof. Also provided herein are methods for treating lymphoma in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of one of the above combinations.
US09949963B2
The invention provides a crystalline sulfate salt of 3-endo-(8-{2-[cyclohexylmethyl-((S)-2,3-dihydroxy-propionyl)amino]ethyl}-8-aza-bicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl)benzamide or a solvate thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline salt forms, methods of using such crystalline salt forms to treat diseases associated with mu opioid receptor activity, and processes useful for preparing such crystalline salt forms.
US09949957B2
The disclosure provides macrolide particulates including a macrolide therapeutic agent such as rapamycin at high concentration in the particulate. In one method the particulates are made by adding a composition containing an polyoxyethylene sorbitan n-acyl ester, poly(ethyleneimine), or alkylated quaternary ammonium salt to a composition including macrolide dissolved in an alcohol such as ethanol. In another method the particulates are made by adding a non-solvent composition to a composition including macrolide and an alkyl-substituted chromanol dissolved in an alcohol such as ethanol. The formed macrolide particulates have one or more desirable properties including sizes in the range of 0.1 μm to 10 μm, spherical or near spherical shapes, low polydispersity, and/or stability. The macrolide particulates can be used for therapeutic compositions, or in association with an implantable or insertable medical device, such as associated with a polymeric coating on a device.
US09949953B2
The subject matter disclosed herein is directed to stable, highly-effective topical formulations comprising permethrin, fipronil and a solvent system that is sufficient to solubilize these two active ingredients and limit degradation of fipronil to its sulfone, and their uses in topical applications on animals and the environment. Useful formulations comprise from about 30% to about 55% (w/w) permethrin and about 2 to 15% (w/w) fipronil and a solvent system that comprises N-methyl pyrrolidone and a glycol, glycol ether, glycol ester, fatty acid ester or neutral oil, wherein the N-methyl pyrrolidone and glycol, glycol ether, glycol ester, fatty acid ester or neutral oil are present in a weight:weight ratio of from about 1:2.0 to about 1:3.5, glycol, glycol ether, glycol ester, fatty acid ester or neutral oil to n-methyl pyrrolidone. These two actives when combined in the described amounts have been found to have unexpected enhanced repellent activity against stable fly. However, it is the formulations described herein that provide solvency and stability that maintain synergistic concentrations after application on an animal.
US09949949B2
The present invention provides novel conformationally-defined macrocyclic compounds that can function as selective modulators of the ghrelin receptor (growth hormone sceretagogue receptor, GHS-R1a and subtypes, isoforms and variants thereof). Methods of synthesizing the novel compounds are also described herein. These compounds are useful as agonists of the ghrelin receptor and as medicaments for treatment and prevention of a range of medical conditions including, but not limited to, metabolic and/or endocrine disorders, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disorders, obesity and obesity-associated disorders, central nervous system disorders, bone disorders, genetic disorders, hyperproliferative disorders and inflammatory disorders.
US09949948B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of trauma haemorrhage or trauma haemorrhage-induced organ injury and associated disorders (in particular stoke, burns and brain injury) using the anti-malarial compound artemisinin and its derivatives. The present invention also relates to the treatment of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease (and associated disorders) using the anti-malarial compound artemisinin and its derivatives. The present invention also relates to the use of artemisinin and its derivatives in coronary artery bypass surgery, heart transplantation, and diseases associated with ischaemia-reperfusion.
US09949947B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising a complex of delphinidin and a sulfoalkyl ether-β-cyclodextrin for use in the treatment of malignant melanoma.
US09949938B2
CoQ10 and vitamin E are both lipid-soluble nutrients with redox potential. Tocopherol and/or tocotrienol protect CoQ10 from oxidative damage and reduce ubiquinone in situ. Specifically, vitamin E protects the oxidation of ubiquinol to ubiquinone ex vivo and reduces ubiquinone to ubiquinol in situ. Vitamin Es with higher ratio of tocotrienol-to-tocopherol cause a higher ratio of ubiquinol-to-ubiquinone. Additionally tocopherol and/or tocotrienol protect vitamin A oxidation from retinol to retinoic acid.
US09949937B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for the reduction of total convulsive seizure frequency in the treatment of “treatment-resistant epilepsy” (TRE). In particular, the disclosure relates to the use of CBD of treating TRE when the TRE is Dravet syndrome; myoclonic absence seizures or febrile infection related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES). The disclosure further relates to the use of CBD in combination with one or more anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs).
US09949935B2
Rivastigmine transdermal compositions are provided. Aspects of the transdermal compositions include an active agent layer which includes rivastigmine and a solubility modulator, e.g., crosslinked acrylic acid polymer. Also provided are methods of using the transdermal compositions and kits containing the transdermal compositions.
US09949932B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound having the formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a hydrate of thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable polymer. The pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of Formula I, or a hydrate thereof, can be a mesylate salt, including, for example, a mono-mesylate or a bis-mesylate salt, or a hydrate thereof. Also disclosed are methods of use for the pharmaceutical composition.
US09949926B2
The present invention aims to provide an eye drop for treating macular edema. The present invention provides an eye drop for treating macular edema, which contains difluprednate as an active ingredient. The eye drop can afford effects such as improvement of visual acuity and decreased foveal retinal thickness in macular edema.
US09949925B2
Disclosed herein are bactericidal compositions that are effective against pathogenic biofilms, especially against biofilms formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The disclosed compositions comprise escapin intermediate products which can reduce the biofilm viability and biofilm matrix of P. aeruginosa.
US09949921B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the delivery of cosmetics and medicants. In some embodiments, the invention relates to compositions comprising both hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers. In preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the delivery of peptides, small molecules and other bioactive compounds using the compositions and methods disclosed herein.
US09949918B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising extracts of Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) in a polar solvent that are effective in promoting the barrier functions of the skin, useful for improving skin integrity, health and appearance and as anti-aging agent.
US09949917B2
The invention is directed to a skin-whitening agent comprising at least one sugar fatty acid ester and at least one plant extract selected from the group consisting of extracts of Waltheria indica, extracts of Pisum sativum and mixtures thereof. The invention is further directed to cosmetic compositions comprising such a skin-whitening agents.
US09949916B2
A non-irritating personal lubricant composition comprises a silicone fluid carrier and at least one sensorial agent, the composition having a viscosity of at least 175 centistokes.
US09949900B2
A method for preparing a liquid crystal emulsion includes: a) mixing, warming and dissolving intercellular lipid ingredients, non-polyoxyethylene (POE) based non-ionic surfactant, higher fatty alcohol, oil and wax to provide an oil phase part; b) mixing, warming and dissolving water, polyol and the other aqueous phase ingredients to provide an aqueous phase part; c) adding the oil phase part to the aqueous phase part, followed by agitation; d) introducing a viscosity modifier to the mixture solution under agitation; e) subjecting the mixture solution to rapid cooling under vacuum while carrying out debubbling under vacuum; and f) filtering the mixture solution through a filtering paper or filtering cloth. Provided is a stable liquid crystal emulsion having a multilayer lamellar structure including a large amount of intercellular lipid ingredients through a process using rapid cooling. The liquid crystal emulsion has an oil phase part and an aqueous phase part.
US09949894B2
An auto-injection device holder includes a main body having at least a front wall, a back wall and a bottom wall, and an open top. The walls define a cavity for receiving at least partially therein at least one auto-injection device. An electrical circuit is mounted to the main body to provide information to a user of the auto-injection device holder. A switch is mounted on a wall of the main body and may be pressed by a user of the holder. The electrical circuit includes a read only memory having pertinent information stored digitally therein. When the switch is activated, the information stored digitally in the read only memory is converted to an analog signal which is provided to the speaker so that the user may hear the pertinent information, such as instructions on how to use the auto-injection device held by the holder.
US09949892B2
Medical devices, plug-ins, systems, and methods for CPR quality feedback are disclosed. The medical devices can calculate peripheral circulation relevant parameters based on measured signals containing at least partial hemodynamic characteristics. Amplitude and area characteristics included in the peripheral circulation relevant parameters can further be determined for providing feedback and control relating to CPR quality during the compression process. Also, compression interruption during CPR can be evaluated based on a pulse waveform generated from the measured signals.
US09949890B2
A communication system and method are provided for remotely reproducing a touch pattern or gesture as a vibrotactile output. At a touch screen, a first user device receives a touch pattern by a first user, characterizes the touch pattern as a touch pattern data based upon time and intensity of touch at a plurality of array points of the touch screen, and communicates the touch pattern data to a network. A tactile array of micro-vibratory devices is attached to a garment and worn by a second user. The touch pattern data is wirelessly received from the first user device via the network. Vibration of selected micro-vibratory devices of the tactile array is modulated in timing and intensity in response to the touch pattern data to reproduce the touch pattern.
US09949887B2
A method for guiding the blind includes: determining a target direction; and controlling a mechanical device to shift its center of gravity toward the target direction according to the target direction; wherein the mechanical device comprises a balance weight, a connecting rod, and a rotating axis, the connecting rod is connected to the rotating axis, and the balance weight is located on the connecting rod.
US09949875B1
A novel retinal and optic nerve autologous bone-marrow derived stem cell surgery method is provided. The method generally includes the separation of stem cells from the bone-marrow of a patient, and the reintroduction of the cells to treat various optic nerve and retinal conditions of the eye. Novel needle embodiments which can be used during the stem cell surgery are also described.
US09949873B2
A device and method for reducing heat loss in at least one region of a subject's body is described. The device includes a mask component, a heat releasing reservoir, and a conduit connecting the mask component to the heat releasing reservoir and creating an airflow path therethrough, wherein the heat releasing reservoir includes at least one air permeable region that is impermeable to condensed water. Heat loss is reduced by the subject positioning the mask over the mouth and/or nose, positioning the heat releasing reservoir over the region of the subject's body, and passing warmed air exhaled by the subject into the mask through the conduit and into the heat releasing reservoir, such that the warmed air passes through the heat releasing reservoir while retaining condensed water within the heat releasing reservoir, thereby increasing the temperature of the air surrounding the at least one region of the subject's body.
US09949872B2
An eye and eyelid cover includes a pair of spaced viewing windows between which, in use, a reservoir of hot water is contained, and a compartment within which a phase change material is contained, the phase change material being molten at the initial temperature of the hot water and solidifying during cooling of the hot water while a treatment procedure is being carried out.
US09949863B2
An undergarment including a main body having a back panel and a pair of front panels extending from opposite sides of the back panel with the front panels interconnectable to one another such that the main body defines a continuous structure. A pair of shoulder straps extend from an upper edge of the main body with each shoulder strap including a rear strap portion and a front strap portion which are interconnectable to one another such that the shoulder straps define an arm hole on each side of the undergarment. Each armhole has a lowermost point along the main body. An underbust band extends along a lower edge of the main body. Each strap front portion has a length from a free end thereof to the lowermost point which is approximately equal to a total height defined by a height of the main body at the lowermost point plus a height of the underbust band.
US09949861B2
A system for supporting and manipulating a leg of a patient including a base configured to be releasably secured to the ground, a first guide rail coupled to the base, wherein the first guide rail has a longitudinal axis, a boot coupled to the first guide rail, wherein the boot is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a foot of the patient, and a drape hanger assembly coupled to the base, wherein the drape hanger assembly includes a pair of drape hangers oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first elongate guide rail.
US09949858B2
Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.
US09949857B2
A device for adjusting the knee joint. The invention is configured to be a standalone device used by individuals on any flat surface. No power is required, pressure is applied manually. The invention is made to be easily adjustable, configurable, assembled, and transportable.
US09949848B2
A transdermal intraosseous device for coupling a bone stump to an external prosthetic device includes a bone fixator, an external connector and a plurality of modular interface components. The bone fixator includes a proximal portion configured for anchoring into the bone stump of the patient and a distal portion including a base collar configured for subcutaneous implantation. The external connector has a distal portion for coupling to the external prosthetic device and a proximal portion for coupling to the distal portion of the bone fixator. Each interface component can be removably coupled to the base collar and has different size and shape to provide a surgeon-selected transition between the prosthetic device and the patient's skin.
US09949843B2
Assemblies of one or more implant structures make possible the achievement of diverse interventions involving the fusion and/or stabilization of the SI-joint and/or lumbar and sacral vertebra in a non-invasive manner, with minimal incision, and without the necessitating the removing the intervertebral disc. The representative lumbar spine interventions, which can be performed on adults or children, include, but are not limited to, SI-joint fusion or fixation; lumbar interbody fusion; translaminar lumbar fusion; lumbar facet fusion; trans-iliac lumbar fusion; and the stabilization of a spondylolisthesis.
US09949839B2
In some embodiments, a surgical method includes creating an incision in a patient, exposing a multi-component prosthesis implanted in a patient, disassembling at least one component of the multi-component prosthesis, and coupling a first revision implant component to a first component of the multi-component prosthesis. The revision implant component has a body including at least one of a projection or an opening that is complementary to a feature of the first component of the multi-component prosthesis for coupling the revision implant component to the first component of the multi-component prosthesis.
US09949837B2
A method for removing a stem portion of an orthopedic implant from a bone comprises exposing an implanted orthopedic implant having a body portion, a stem portion interconnected to the body and a porous metal section forming an interconnection between the body and the stem portion. A cutting tool is mounted on a holder connected to an exposed surface of the orthopedic implant. The porous section is aligned with the cutting tool mounted on the holder. The entire porous section is cut by moving the cutting tool therethrough in a direction transverse to the stem portion axis. The implant body portion is then removed and then the stem portion is removed from the bone. The cutting tool may be a saw or chisel which may be mounted on a guide fixed to the body portion.
US09949835B2
A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including implanting a joint implant into the sacroiliac joint such that the joint implant passes through a posterior-inferior access region, the joint implant having an implanted position in the sacroiliac joint such that a portion of the joint implant is positioned within a caudal portion of an articular plane of the sacroiliac joint.
US09949832B2
Bone implant compositions are provided that include a body made of cortical bone extending along an axis between a first end and a second end. The body includes an outer surface configured to engage host bone of a patient and at least one recess extending transverse to the axis into the outer surface of the body configured for disposal of an insert. At least one insert made of demineralized bone is disposed in the at least one recess.
US09949825B2
A prosthetic heart valve for replacing a native valve includes a stent extending between a proximal end and a distal end and including a plurality of struts forming cells, the stent having a collapsed condition and an expanded condition. At least one runner is coupled a cell, the at least one runner being configured to transition from a first configuration to a second configuration when the stent moves from the collapsed condition to the expanded condition, the at least one runner projecting radially outwardly from the cell in the second configuration. A valve assembly is disposed within the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets, a cuff at least partially disposed on a luminal surface of the stent, and a covering material disposed on an abluminal surface of the stent and covering the at least one runner in the second configuration.
US09949824B2
A device useful for implantation at a native heart valve can include an anchor element having a tubular configuration defining a longitudinal direction and a circumference, a heart valve prosthesis disposed within the anchor element, and a plurality of elongate members positioned at equidistant angular intervals about the circumference of the anchor element. The device can be configured to be transitioned from a radially collapsed delivery configuration to a radially expanded implantation configuration, and the plurality of elongate members can have a length extending in the longitudinal direction of the tubular member in the expanded implantation configuration.
US09949810B2
A safe method for bleaching teeth applies a thin film of a first bleaching composition having a high concentration of a bleaching agent to teeth to be bleached immediately followed by applying a second bleaching composition having a low concentration of a bleaching agent to teeth to be bleached.
US09949806B2
Orthodontic bracket assemblies with torque-adjusting drums. The drum defines at least a majority of the archwire slot of the corresponding bracket assembly, and the drum may be selectively rotated about its longitudinal axis to adjust the prescriptive force that is applied to a patient's tooth during orthodontic use of the bracket assembly. The bracket assembly includes a positioning assembly that selectively retains the drum in a selected orientation relative to the base of the bracket assembly, thereby defining a prescription to be imparted by the bracket assembly to a patient's tooth. In some embodiments, the bracket assembly includes a biasing mechanism that selectively urges the positioning assembly to a position in which the drum is, or is not, retained in a selected position. In some embodiments, the bracket includes a release mechanism that selectively disengages the positioning assembly to permit adjustment of the drum.
US09949805B1
An orthodontic bracket attachment system featuring brackets for orthodontic braces. The system features a wing located on a bracket facial side. The system features an adhesive indention located on a bracket lingual side. The orthodontic bracket is designed to be affixed to a surface of a tooth. Adhesive is applied to the bracket lingual side flowing into the adhesive indention. The bracket is affixed to the surface of the tooth via the adhesive.
US09949795B2
Disclosed herein is a fortified plastic connector mount having a plastic generally conical nose with a top and bottom, the bottom formed as part of or affixed to the flat top of a body and the top of the nose having a square channel guide with corners. The channel is formed axial and centered in the nose and of a size to accept a tool or shaft. At 90 degree orientation from each other are four pairs of force buttressing ribs “FBR” wherein the FBR have a bottom affixed at said flat top, and the FBR has a support edge affixed to an annular outer wall of the nose. The four pairs of FBR each pair being positioned along one of the four sides of the square channel. In some instances, each FBR further comprises an interior edge and an outer edge and each outer edge is aligned with a corner.
US09949785B2
A surgical instrument system includes an end effector, a generator, and a controller. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and at least one electrode surface. The generator provides power to the end effector. The end effector applies ultrasonic energy to tissue via the blade or RF energy to tissue via the at least one electrode surface. The controller is configured to select between one or both of ultrasonic energy or RF energy, and thereby control the generator to provide the selected one or both of ultrasonic energy or RF energy at the end effector, based on a sensed operating condition of the end effector. The controller may select between ultrasonic energy and RF energy based on whether a clamp arm is in an open position relative to the blade, based on which button is being activated, and based on whether tissue is sensed at the end effector.
US09949784B2
A medical system for delivering treatment or therapy to a patient has a kill switch for interrupting the delivery. The kill switch, which can disrupt the delivery directly or can cause an error message to be generated that disrupts the delivery, can be activated by the operator or remotely. In an ablation catheter system, a kill switch mechanism immediately and abruptly terminates delivery of ablation treatment or therapy.
US09949782B2
The method disclosed herein permits the operator of an electrosurgical device to move a safety switch-off threshold for a contact resistance at a neutral electrode from a first value to a second and slightly higher value. This way, for patients with a relatively high resistance yielding a somewhat elevated contact resistance despite correct attachment of the neutral electrode, uninterrupted operation of the device is achievable.
US09949771B2
In one aspect of the disclosure, an intramedullary (IM) apparatus for treating a fractured bone of an animal includes an IM nail elongated along a longitudinal axis and having at least three locking holes equally distantly defined thereon along the longitudinal axis, and a positional reference member having a longitudinal vernier scale thereon. The IM nail is configured to be inserted to a medullary cavity of a bone fragment, such that the IM nail is fixable to the bone fragment by a locking member correspondingly inserted into one of the locking holes through the bone fragment. The positional reference member is configured to be detachably mounted to the IM nail by two positioning members inserted into two of the locking holes such that the longitudinal vernier scale is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the IM nail, and each of the locking holes is locatable by the longitudinal vernier scale.
US09949758B2
A medical device, comprising: a medical strut; a preloader configured to store energy, wherein the medical strut is configured to transform the energy stored in the preloader to a first force applicable to a bodily tissue; an actuator configured to apply a second force to adjust the length of the medical strut, thereby facilitating the transforming the stored energy to the first force; and a controller configured to control the actuator.
US09949750B2
Medical devices and methods for using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a tubular member having a lumen defined therein and a proximal end. A shaft may extend through the lumen. The shaft may have a distal end and a proximal end. An end effector may be attached to the distal end of the shaft. A handle may be coupled to the proximal end of the tubular member. The handle may include a base, a first hub member attached to the base, a second hub member coupled to the first hub member, and a cap attached to the second hub member.
US09949745B2
Devices, systems, and methods are generally provided for guiding surgical devices into a desired location and orientation in a bone. In general, the devices can include an elongate guide, a sleeve having an inner lumen therethrough for seating the guide, and a locking mechanism configured to lock a position of the guide with respect to the sleeve. The guide can have a distal, bone-engaging portion that can be laterally offset from an intermediate portion of the guide by a predetermined distance and that can extend distally beyond the sleeve to contact a bony structure. The guide can thus orient and stabilize the sleeve at the predetermined distance from the bony structure to provide for the delivery of one or more surgical devices through the sleeve and into the bone at a desired location and orientation, without requiring a surgeon to actually view the surgical site.
US09949741B2
A hemostatic device includes a flexible band adapted to be wrapped around a patient's limb at a site on the limb where bleeding is to be stopped, a portion for securing the band in a wrapped state to the limb, a curved plate which is made of a material more rigid than the band and at least a portion of which is curved toward the inner peripheral side thereof, a main balloon which is provided on the inner peripheral side of the curved plate and which inflates when a fluid is introduced therein, and a pressing member which is provided between the curved plate and the main balloon so that at least a portion thereof overlaps with the balloon and which is adapted for pressing against the balloon. The device provides an excellent hemostatic effect and prevents numbness and poor circulation in areas peripheral to the site of attachment.
US09949739B2
A grip assembly for an embolic delivery device is described, where said grip assembly includes an integral wiping system utilizing one or more wipers. The grip assembly is constructed and arranged to allow an embolic delivery device to be inserted into the grip quickly and easily, without shifting undue attention away from the patient to the device. The wiper or wipers prevent any fluids or debris that may be present on a proximal end of the embolic delivery device from entering the interior of the grip assembly, thereby preserving a clean environment for making solid electrical connections between contacts in the grip assembly and corresponding contacts on the embolic delivery device.
US09949737B2
A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly, a surgical loading unit, and an adapter assembly coupled therebetween. The adapter assembly includes a housing, an elongated body, a switch assembly, and a switch actuator. The elongated body extends distally from the housing and is configured to be coupled to the surgical loading unit. The switch assembly is disposed within the housing and configured to communicate that the surgical loading unit is coupled to the elongated body. The switch assembly includes a substrate, a switch mounted on the substrate, and at least one wire coupled to the substrate. The switch actuator is movably disposed within the housing and configured to actuate the switch upon engagement of the surgical loading unit with the elongated body.
US09949730B2
Embodiments of a circumferential retractor having an attached supporting, manipulating or positioning tool are described. The retractor optionally includes a sealing member associated with an external member of the retractor and an external support structure that may be used with the retractor and positioning tool as needed.
US09949726B2
A method for conserving battery power in a biopsy apparatus having a battery, a motion detector, a timer circuit, a battery dwell circuit, and a biopsy driver assembly configured to mount a biopsy probe assembly, the biopsy driver assembly comprising an electrical assembly including at least one electrical drive configured for drivably engaging the biopsy probe assembly, the method including conserving the battery by turning off electrical power both to the timer circuit and to the electrical assembly after a predetermined time as determined by the timer circuit following a last detected physical movement of the biopsy driver assembly; and turning on electrical power from the battery to the timer circuit and to the electrical assembly when a physical movement of the biopsy driver assembly is detected.
US09949720B2
Systems and methods for assisting the placement of a catheter within the body of a patient through the use of an ultrasound imaging system are disclosed. In particular, the systems and methods described herein enable a clinician to determine, prior to insertion of the medical device, how much of the device will be disposed within the vessel, thus enabling the clinician to choose a catheter with suitable length. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging system for assisting with placement of the medical device comprises a console, a probe for producing an image of a target location, and a processor. The processor provides to a user proximity information relating to the anticipated proximity of the medical device to the target location prior to insertion of the medical device. A display is included for depicting the image, target location depth, and the proximity information of the medical device to the target location.
US09949718B2
Methods and systems for controlling communication of data in an ultrasound system are provided. One method includes receiving ultrasound data from a plurality of channels of an ultrasound probe in an ultrasound system and digitally demodulating the received ultrasound data such that a data transfer rate of the digitally demodulated ultrasound data is lower than a data transfer rate of the received ultrasound data before digital demodulation. The method further includes processing the digitally demodulated ultrasound data, wherein the processing is performed using a processor of the ultrasound system.
US09949717B2
An ultrasound detector adapted for ultrasound detection with medical applications includes an optical waveguide, and at least one Bragg grating, created with a predetermined refractive index modulation amplitude in the optical waveguide, wherein the at least one Bragg grating includes a localized defect in periodicity so that a localized-light resonance portion is formed around the defect, and the localized-light resonance portion has spectral properties capable of being modulated in response to an ultrasound oscillation, wherein the optical waveguide is a non-amplifying optical medium, and the refractive index modulation amplitude is selected such that the localized-light resonance portion is concentrated at the defect in periodicity and the ultrasound oscillation can be sensed by the at least one Bragg grating with an acoustic sensitivity most of which being obtained over the localized-light resonance portion.
US09949704B2
A system for patient imaging is provided. The system includes an imaging system and a parameter generator to determine parameters of at least a first phase of an injection procedure. The imaging system includes a scanner that has at least one x-ray tube. The parameter generator is programmed to determine at least one of the parameters on the basis of a voltage to be applied to the at least one x-ray tube during an imaging procedure. A method of controlling an injector system is also provided, and the method includes determining injection parameters, at least one of which is determined on the basis of a voltage to be applied to an x-ray tube during the imaging procedure, as well as controlling the injector system at least in part on the basis of the determined injection parameters.
US09949702B2
An X-ray grid structure is configured to be detachably attached to an X-ray detector and includes an X-ray grid configured to selectively transmit X-rays; and holders fixed along an outer edge of the X-ray grid, wherein at least one of the holders includes an elastic material and is configured to be bendable in a direction crossing an attachment direction, which is a direction of attaching the X-ray detector to the X-ray grid.
US09949696B2
Apparatus and methods for calculating cardiac output (CO) of a living subject using applanation tonometry measurements. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods build a nonlinear mathematical model to correlate physiologic source data vectors to target CO values. The source data vectors include one or more measurable or derivable parameters such as: systolic and diastolic pressure, pulse pressure, beat-to-beat interval, mean arterial pressure, maximal slope of the pressure rise during systole, the area under systolic part of the pulse pressure wave, gender (male or female), age, height and weight. The target CO values are acquired using various methods, across a plurality of individuals. Multidimensional nonlinear optimization is then used to find a mathematical model which transforms the source data to the target CO data. The model is then applied to an individual by acquiring physiologic data for the individual and applying the model to the collected data.
US09949694B2
A wearable heart rate monitoring device includes an optical sensor configured to translate test light reflected from a wearer of the wearable heart rate monitoring device into a machine-readable heart rate signal. The wearable heart rate monitoring device also includes a motion sensor configured to translate motion of the wearable heart rate monitoring device into a machine-readable motion signal. The wearable heart rate monitoring device also includes a heart rate reporting machine, configured to determine a type of activity currently being performed by the wearer of the wearable heart rate monitoring device based at least in part on the machine-readable motion signal, and output an estimated heart rate based on at least the machine-readable heart rate signal and the type of activity.
US09949678B2
Methods and systems for determining elapsed sensor life in medical systems, and more specifically continuous analyte monitoring systems.
US09949665B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring or verifying the position of a medical implant located in an anatomical body part(s) and/or structure(s) relative to the body part(s) and/or structure(s) or specific points, landmarks or planes of the same, wherein a device is provided which has an at least partially known or previously determined geometry or at least partially known dimensions and is connected to the medical implant; positional or landmark information regarding the anatomical body part(s) and/or structure(s) is acquired; the position of the medical implant is calculated using a navigation system and a reference structure which is or can be connected to the device; and the calculated position of the medical implant is related to or compared with the acquired positional or landmark information regarding the anatomical body part(s) and/or structure(s) in order to measure or verify the position of the medical implant within or relative to the anatomical body part(s) and/or structure(s).
US09949661B2
An EMG measuring system has a signal processing unit (8) and with at least one electrode (4) for measuring a potential difference in a muscle, a muscle fiber or in a skin area of a patient. At least one measured signal representing the potential difference is transmitted from the electrode (4) to the signal processing unit (8). Another signal, which is transmitted to the at least one external device (9), is generated in the signal processing unit (8) on the basis of this measured signal. A signal transmitted from the at least one external device (9) is processed by the signal processing unit (8) and at least one control signal is generated on the basis of this signal.
US09949659B2
A system and method for determining and controlling a cardiac condition of a subject are provided. In some aspects, the method includes acquiring ECG signals using one or more electrodes configured to sense a cardiac activity of a subject, and analyzing the ECG signals to delineate cardiac waveforms on a beat-to-beat basis. The method also includes identifying, in the delineated cardiac waveforms, characteristic points associated with different phases of cardiac activity, and for each delineated cardiac waveform, computing an ischemic index using the ECG signals corresponding to a ventricular depolarization period and a ventricular repolarization period, wherein the ventricular depolarization period and the ventricular repolarization period are defined by the identified characteristic points. The method further includes determining a cardiac condition of the subject using each computed ischemic index.
US09949657B2
A method for displaying electroanatomical information is provided. The method comprises identifying at least one multiple-activation area of a surface of a heart, at which multiple-activation area were recorded at least two different local activations during a single cardiac cycle of the heart. The multiple-activation area is displayed, on an electroanatomical map of the surface of the heart, in a manner that indicates a time difference between respective times of the two local activations. Other embodiments are also described.
US09949654B2
A method and system for detecting the onset of seizures comprising a measuring unit having one or more sensors for detecting the electromyographic signal of one or more muscles of the user. The sensors are connected to a pre-processing module comprising a high-pass filter which filters out noise and motion artefacts related to normal muscle activities. The pre-processing module is connected to a feature extraction module comprising a threshold detector which counts the number of crossings with a hysteresis within a predetermined time window. The feature extraction module is connected to a classification module which compares the extracted features to a first and second threshold and generates an event signal if the extracted features are above the first and second threshold.
US09949653B2
Disclosed herein is a framework for facilitating patient signal analysis based on vector analysis. In accordance with one aspect, a set of vectors is generated from a patient signal data waveform. The vectors may be directed from a common center to points of interest on the patient signal data waveform. The framework may further extract one or more vector parameters from the set of vectors, and determine one or more vector ratios based on the vector parameters to monitor changes in the patient signal data waveform.
US09949646B2
The present document describes a pressure guidewire comprising a shaft tube, a tip portion and a fiber optic pressure sensor. The shaft tube comprises a middle section and a sensor housing extending distally relative to the middle section, the sensor housing having a distal end. The tip portion extends distally relative to the shaft tube. The pressure sensor is embedded in the sensor housing. The sensor housing defines a cavity, inside the sensor housing, which is distal relative to the pressure sensor and delimited at a proximal end thereof by the pressure sensor.
US09949641B2
A wireless network having an architecture that resembles a peer-to-peer network has two types of nodes, a first sender type node and a second receiver/relay type node. The network may be used in a medical instrumentation environment whereby the first type node may be wireless devices that could monitor physical parameters of a patient such as for example wireless oximeters. The second type node are mobile wireless communicators that are adapted to receive the data from the wireless devices if they are within the transmission range of the wireless devices. After an aggregation process involving the received data, each of the node communicators broadcasts or disseminates its most up to date data onto the network. Any other relay communicator node in the network that is within the broadcast range of a broadcasting communicator node would receive the up to date data. This makes it possible for communicators that are out of the transmitting range of a wireless device to be apprized of the condition of the patient being monitored by the wireless device. Each communicator in the network is capable of receiving and displaying data from a plurality of wireless devices.
US09949635B2
An ophthalmic surgical apparatus includes an observation optical system, an illumination optical system, an interference optical system, and an image forming unit. The observation optical system is configured to observe an eye through an objective lens. The illumination optical system is configured to illuminate the eye through the objective lens. The interference optical system includes a reference optical path and a signal optical path which leads to the eye through the deflecting member located between the objective lens and the eye, and is configured to detect interference light based on light having passed through the signal optical path and returning from the eye and the reference light having passed through the reference optical path. The image forming unit forms an image of the eye based on a detection result obtained by the interference optical system.
US09949631B2
The teachings provided herein are directed to a methods and devices for treating a hemorrhoid in a subject in a manner that produces substantially less post-procedural pain in the subject, the method minimizing or avoiding a removing or a necrosis of a rectal tissue fold.
US09949629B2
An optical assembly is configured for use with an endotracheal tube insertion device and includes a flexible member with an elongated body having a substantially cylindrical shape, a distal end, and a proximal end. An endotracheal tube is carried by the flexible member, and an endotracheal tube retention tab extends outwardly from the flexible member and is configured to allow the endotracheal tube to be positioned and retained therein. The endotracheal tube retention tab has a substantially circular cross-sectional shape, defines a longitudinally extending channel, and includes an elongated slot formed therein. The elongated slot is configured to provide access to the channel and to facilitate removal of the endotracheal tube.
US09949619B2
An endoscope according to the invention includes a distal end member of an endoscope main body, a guide groove provided in the distal end member from a proximal end side toward a distal end side, first and second concave sections provided at a proximal end and a distal end in the guide groove, a cover attached to the distal end member, and a convex section provided in the cover, the convex section sliding in the guide groove to selectively engage with the first concave section and the second concave section. The convex section engages with the first concave section to fix the cover to the distal end member. The convex section is slid along the guide groove and engages with the second concave section to fix the cover to the distal end member in a state in which the cover deviates to the distal end side.
US09949613B2
A dishwasher for cleaning utensils comprising a tub, a spray system, and a rack having a wireframe body, a set of fixed tines disposed on the bottom, and a set of slidably adjustable tines arranged in pairs and adjustable relative to the fixed set of paired tines.
US09949608B2
An autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a chassis, a drive system disposed on the chassis and operable to enable movement of the cleaning apparatus, and a controller in communication with the drive system. The controller includes a processor operable to control the drive system to steer movement of the cleaning apparatus. The autonomous cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning head system disposed on the chassis and a sensor system in communication with the controller. The sensor system includes a debris sensor for generating a debris signal, a bump sensor for generating a bump signal, and an obstacle following sensor disposed on a side of the autonomous cleaning apparatus for generating an obstacle signal. The processor executes a prioritized arbitration scheme to identify and implement one or more dominant behavioral modes based upon at least one signal received from the sensor system.
US09949605B2
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance, the cleaner head including a main body having an air inlet and an air outlet, an agitator supported for rotation with respect to the main body about a rotational axis, and a collector for collecting strands of hair. The collector is supported by the main body and arranged such that strands of hair drawn through the air inlet wrap around at least part of the collector. The collector is movable with respect to the main body between a hair collecting position in which the agitator is rotatable with respect to the collector and a hair removal position.
US09949603B2
A nozzle for a vacuum cleaner and a vacuum cleaner are provided. The nozzle may include a main nozzle; at least one movable nozzle rotatably coupled to the main nozzle; and a rotary cleaner provided inside of the main nozzle and the movable nozzle that cleans a floor surface using a rotary motion. The rotary cleaner may include a main shaft rotatably provided inside of the main nozzle, and at least one auxiliary shaft provided inside of the movable nozzle and connected to the main shaft. The at least one auxiliary shaft may rotate using a rotational force transmitted from the main shaft.
US09949598B2
A combination bathtub/shower base facility including a bathtub unit, and a shower base, wherein the bathtub unit and the shower base are molded together as one unitary piece. The shower base is positioned downstream of any fluid overflowing from the tub. The facility also includes means for providing easy installation of the facility. The facility provides a shower, a bathtub, a relaxation room, a rainroom, a steam space, and a total immersion bath experience.
US09949596B2
A bathing assistance assembly includes a chair that may be removably positioned within a shower. The chair may support a user thereby facilitating the user to bathe. The chair includes a post and the post has an adjustable height. The post includes a plurality arms that are movably coupled to the post. A selected one of the arms engages the shower and the selected arm inhibits the chair from rotating about the post. A harness is removably coupled to the chair and the harness may be worn by the user thereby facilitating the user to be secured to the chair.
US09949594B2
The present invention is embodied in a grill configured for quick assembly, a method of partially pre-assembling the grill for shipping from the factory in a container, and a method of assembling the grill when removed from the shipping container. The grill comprises a firebox assembly for mounting on a cart assembly, the cart assembly having first and second support assemblies and at least one linking member interconnecting them. A hinge or pivot in the mid-portion of the linking member divides it into first and second linking member portions, and the opposite ends of the linking member portions are pivotally connected by hinges or the like to the first and second support assemblies. The linking member holds the first and second support assemblies together in a partially pre-assembled state, and the pivotal connections of the linking member portions allow the two assemblies to be folded for packaging in a shipping container. When removed from the container, the pivotal connections of the linking member portions allow the first and second support assemblies to be unfolded, with the linking member holding the two support assemblies in approximately the proper position with respect to each other and to the firebox assembly for assembly of the grill, thus allowing for easier and quicker grill assembly by one person. Alternatively, the linking member can itself be a support assembly with the first and second support assemblies pivotally attached to opposite ends of the linking member.
US09949589B2
A conical shaped juicer cover with two openings is placed over a juicer machine. The first opening is inserted around the juice machine's feeding chute, and the elastic nature of the first opening ensures a snug fit, while also covering any openings in the vicinity of the feeding chute. The second opening extends over the remainder of the juicer machine covering at least a portion of the juicer machine's base and at least the top portion of containers for collecting juice and pulp that are positioned under the juicer machine's pulp ejection spout and juicing spout. The juicer cover is composed of fabric capable of blocking and/or absorbing liquid, and preferably composed of stretch fabric.
US09949588B1
Mounting brackets, assemblies, kits, devices, systems and methods for mounting brackets to walls adjacent to shower tile and shower enclosures, with the brackets having rod support ends over the tile or shower enclosure, where the mounting brackets are used as a replacement for a shower curtain tension rod so that non-tension curtain rods can be used, where the brackets securely hold the rod in place without accidental slippage, and the brackets are mounted without causing damage to the shower wall tiles and shower wall enclosure. The bracket includes a base having opposing ends. A semi-circular projection for supporting a shower rod is disposed on one end. A pair of apertures are disposed on the other end. The base is securable to a wall via fasteners insertable through the apertures. The shower rod bracket provides a mounting point for a shower rod and eliminates the need to use a spring-tensioned rod.
US09949584B2
Trays for food are disclosed. A tray includes a plurality of receptacles, or compartments, for different courses of a meal (e.g., the entrée, a vegetable, a fruit, a starch, a dessert, a drink, etc.). Compartments for relatively unhealthful items may be configured to make the portion sizes of those items appear to be larger than they are, while compartments for healthful items may be configured to make the portion sizes of those items appear to be smaller than they are. The tray may also be configured to ensure that healthful items are positioned closest to an individual who is eating from the tray. Methods for presenting food to an individual are also disclosed.
US09949574B2
A gun holder is situated within a box spring beneath a mattress. The mattress itself has an opening therein matching the size of the opening into the gun holder and extending through the mattress. One can then lie on one's bed and near one's arm, reach downward into the box spring or other mattress support, and grab the gun without having to move the majority of one's body from the position in which one was sleeping on the bed.
US09949570B1
A bed warming system for heating the envelop formed between the surface of a bed sheet covering a bed mattress and a cover laying over the bed sheet. The bed warming system comprises a warm air generator having a cool air inlet, a warm air outlet, and an elongated conduit having a first end connected to the cool air inlet for directing cool air to the warm air generator and a second end for receiving cooling air, the elongated conduit is of sufficient length such that when the warm air generator is placed under a cover the second end of the elongated conduit is exposed and not under the cover.
US09949559B2
The present invention is a hand-held device for obliterating personal medical information printed on a prescription-labeled bottle. The innovative concept scarifies the label with an abrasive surface to render the printing unreadable.
US09949558B2
An accessory fastening device can include a first clamping member having a first clamping surface, a second clamping member having a second clamping surface that faces the first clamping surface, and a locking arm that is rotatable between an unlocked state and a locked state. Rotation of the locking arm to transition the locking arm from the unlocked state to the locked state causes the second clamping surface of the second clamping member to advance toward the first clamping surface of the first clamping member.
US09949556B2
According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a pack comprises an outer fabric shell having a top flap foldably coupled thereto; and a frame assembly, said frame assembly comprising a back wall barrier, a first sidewall cage frame hingedly coupled to said back wall barrier, a second sidewall cage frame hingedly coupled to said back wall barrier, and a plurality of support bars connecting the first sidewall cage frame with the second sidewall cage frame, wherein the outer fabric shell is configured to cover said frame assembly.
US09949549B2
A dispenser includes a depressible thermal tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The depressible thermal tip comprises a thermal applicator displaceable between open and closed positions. The thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing, or the thermal applicator may be depressibly coupled in a button depressibly coupled in a collar fixed to the housing.
US09949547B2
A cartridge assembly for modifying a surface. The cartridge assembly has a body and a base, the body defines a reservoir having a standpipe. The reservoir contains a treatment composition pressure element. Between the treatment composition pressure element and the standpipe is the head space, and within the head space there is a treatment composition dispersing device. The cartridge assembly can be used in a device for analyzing and treating tonal imperfections on human skin. The device, or apparatus has an applicator comprising a head and one or more nozzles, preferably the nozzles are arranged in an array and are associated with the cartridge assembly for dispensing a treatment composition therefrom.
US09949536B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for removably fastening a decoration to a garment (e.g., a scarf or hat) or other decorative material, such that the decoration is secured in a desired orientation. In one implementation, a decorative fastener includes a decoration and a receiver. The decoration has a decorative member and a pin. The decorative member has a surface displaying aesthetic content and a fastening surface. The pin has a securing portion extending from the fastening surface. The securing portion has one or more securing features. The receiver has at least one receiving feature protruding from a surface and forming a plurality of fastening paths. Each of the fastening paths is configured to receive the securing portion of the pin. An orientation of the surface of the decorative member displaying the aesthetic content is based on a selection of one of the plurality of fastening paths.
US09949535B2
A latch plate is selectively latched to, and selectively unlatched from, a buckle. An extender is moved by the latch plate to a retracted position when the latch plate is latched to the buckle and moves to an extended position when the latch plate is unlatched from the buckle.
US09949532B2
An article of footwear has an upper with multiple components. The upper includes a fastening system with a moveable assembly. The moveable assembly may include a flap portion and a throat portion. The moveable assembly is attached to the upper. The moveable assembly may be readily moved to facilitate entry of a foot into the article of footwear, or exit of a foot from the article of footwear.
US09949529B2
An article of footwear has a sole structure with frusto-conical structures. The sole structure includes a sole plate and outer sole assembly. The outer sole assembly is placed on the outer surface of the sole plate. The outer sole assembly provides frusto-conical structures that protrude towards the outer surface of the sole plate. The frusto-conical structures have recesses facing the ground surface.
US09949524B2
Footwear fabrication methods are disclosed, having reduced material consumption and/or waste requirements, compared to conventional methods, as well as the footwear articles made by such methods. The fabrication methods and articles are characterized by the selective use of a bonding agent, in the form of a powder or tackified (e.g., preheated) powder, to bond various material panels, such substrate, mesh, and/or skin panels in the formation of a composite panel (e.g., a bonded mesh composite panel), which may in turn be used to provide a footwear upper and ultimately an article of footwear. The bonding agent is particularly applicable to fabrication processes utilizing a combination of heat and pressure for bonding or fusing material panels, each having a suitable composition, size, shape, and thickness, into the particular configuration of the footwear upper.
US09949519B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for generating a customized garment design. The method, when executed by a processor, comprises first receiving user data, generating at least one user signal, identifying a preferred garment category by analyzing the user data, retrieving related third-party data and public data, and retrieving features for the identified garment category from a database. For features associated with cuts and fabrics, preferred cut values and preferred fabric values are identified based on previously received data, and corresponding value scores computed. For other features, preferred feature values are identified, and corresponding value scores computed. One or more feature sets are generated by selecting a preferred value for each feature, where an associated feature set score is computed based on the value scores and one or more score adjustments. A customized garment design is generated by selecting a feature set with a high feature set score.
US09949514B2
A quick release mechanism for an load carriage vest includes a shoulder connector for connecting two sections of the vest at a shoulder region of the vest, and a flank connector for connecting two sections of the vest at a flank region of the vest. Each of the connectors includes comprising interleaveable knuckles. A pair of flexibly connected locking pins is configured to be inserted through the knuckles of one of the connectors when the knuckles of that connector are interleaved so as to engage that connector. The flexibly connected locking pins are configured such that pulling on the pair of flexibly connected locking pins in a single motion removes the pins from the knuckles of the connectors to concurrently disengage the connectors.
US09949509B2
A sweatshirt having a smoking apparatus as part of the sweatshirt, allowing users to smoke out of the sweatshirt comprises a garment body having a neck opening and sleeves and an elongated cord for tightening the sweatshirt hood around the users head and neck. A hollow tube is positioned inside of the elongated cord. The elongated tube has a smoking apparatus secured thereto which may be a pipe, a vaporizer, an atomizer, a pre-filled electronic cigarette or other apparatus for smoking.
US09949507B2
There is provided a method of controlling aerosol production in an aerosol-generating device, the device including an aerosol-forming substrate, a heater including at least one heating element for heating the aerosol-forming substrate, and a power source for providing power to the heating element, the method including determining the temperature of the heating element; and adjusting the power to the heating element to maintain the temperature of the heating element within a desired temperature range, wherein the desired temperature range is dynamically calculated based on a measured flow rate of gas through or past the device. By controlling the temperature of the heating element, an aerosol with consistent and desirable properties can be produced.
US09949506B2
An electronic pipe includes a first pipe section having an electronic module and a first connector element that communicates with the electronic module. A second pipe section is structured to be removeably attachable to the first pipe section, the second pipe section including a combustible material reservoir having a passageway that communicates with a mouthpiece receiver, with an aperture located on a surface of the second pipe section, the aperture communicating with the combustible material reservoir so that a fluid exterior to the electronic pipe can pass into the aperture, through the combustible material reservoir and into the passageway that communicates with the mouthpiece receiver and a second connector element structured to removeably couple to the first connector element, with both connector elements structured to transmit an electric current from the battery to a heating element located within the combustible material reservoir.
US09949505B2
A smoking article includes a mouthpiece having an outer surface and a cooling agent inclusion complex disposed on the outer surface.
US09949503B2
A cigarette tobacco compacting mechanism for making cigarettes in two or more different lengths having a compacting chamber for receiving loose tobacco, a compacting member mounted for reciprocal motion in the compacting chamber to compact the loose tobacco, and one or more retractable sizing members each having a tab mounted for movement across the compacting chamber for shortening the effective width of the compacting chamber to enable the compacting chamber to accommodate hollow cigarette tubes of varying lengths.
US09949497B2
There is a process which can pasteurize in-shell chicken eggs to inactivate pathogens when present which includes all strains of salmonella and all strains of viruses that historically have been known to exist within chicken eggs and currently are known to be evolving into new and separate strains which may cause large quantities of human illnesses unless countermeasures are developed and employed. One such countermeasure is provided through pasteurization of the subject in-shell eggs through pasteurization involving concurrently a secured environment together with a protocol which enables total inactivation of the targeted pathogens whether bacterial or viral without risk of recontamination.
US09949492B2
An apparatus for making patties with a ground food product includes a housing including an inlet for receiving the ground food product. A mold plate is positioned at least partially within the housing and includes first and second mold cavities. The mold plate is rotatable about an axis to first and second mold positions. In the first mold position, the first mold cavity is positioned within the housing for receiving the ground food product and the second mold cavity is positioned outside the housing for removing a patty formed therein. In the second mold position, the second mold cavity is positioned within the housing for receiving the ground food product and the first mold cavity is positioned outside the housing for removing a patty formed therein.
US09949489B2
Compositions having at least one compound which inhibits the formation of Hemipteran stylet sheaths and/or degrades hemipteran style sheaths that have already been formed, and thus deters or blocks hemipteran insects from feeding on plants, especially agriculturally important plants and methods of use of such compositions are described. Such compositions can be applied onto plants by spraying, dripping, or other methods and/or can be applied to the soil for uptake by the roots. These compositions and methods prevent and/or reduce the transmission of vascular associated diseases (caused by hemipteran vector-borne pathogens) to plants.
US09949477B2
The present invention relates to compositions having durable antimicrobial activity. The compositions include a carbonate/bicarbonate salt of a quaternary ammonium cation, an organic acid, hydrogen peroxide and a polymer. The polymer is selected from cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin adduct, cationic amine polymer-epichlorohydrin resin, poly(methacrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium) chloride, poly(bis(2-chloroethyl)ether-alt-1,3-bis(dimethylamino)propyl)urea, poly(diallyldimethylammonium) chloride, poly(t-butyl acrylate co-ethyl acrylate co-methacrylic acid), polyethylene oxide, polyquaternium-16, polyquaternium-22, polyquaternium-67 and mixtures thereof.
US09949472B2
A trap for catching insects may include a back housing, a plurality of lights and a cover. The trap may be adapted for ease of servicing and jet cleaning via a plurality of shields. Each of the plurality of shields may sealably protect, from water ingress, the plurality of lights at a position where the plurality of lights connect to a plurality of electrical fittings.
US09949469B1
A line reel apparatus includes an apparatus housing having a fixed housing portion and a rotating housing portion adjacent to the fixed housing portion. A pin magnet is provided on the rotating housing portion. A drive mechanism drivingly engages the rotating housing portion for rotation. A catch pin housing is disposed for rotation in the rotating housing portion. A line annulus is formed between the catch pin housing and the rotating housing portion. A catch pin cavity is provided in the catch pin housing. The catch pin cavity is disposed in aligned or registering relationship to the pin magnet along a longitudinal axis of the rotating housing portion. A magnetic catch pin is disposed in the catch pin cavity and positional between a retracted position clearing the line annulus and an extended position spanning the line annulus upon alignment of the pin magnet with the catch pin cavity responsive to rotation of the rotating housing portion. A bias mechanism biases the catch pin in the retracted position in the catch pin cavity. A spool is provided in the rotating housing portion and a line is wound on the spool and extends through the line annulus from the rotating housing portion.
US09949459B2
An improved restraining device may include a retractable strap lead, a housing in which the retractable strap lead is at least partially housed, and a twister for changing the orientation of the retractable strap so that, in use, the orientation of the strap is changed as it is deployed from the housing.
US09949455B2
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1293” is described. The ‘H1293’ tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest, and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California, USA, and Italy.
US09949454B1
A hybrid begonia designated ‘1620-8T1’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’ to the plants of hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other begonia lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid begonia ‘1620-8T1’.
US09949453B1
A hybrid begonia designated ‘1630-13T1’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’ to the plants of hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’ and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, and to methods for producing other begonia lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the hybrid begonia ‘1630-13T1’.
US09949448B2
A modular in-line drip emitter may include a flow restrictor and a replaceable attachment. The flow restrictor may provide fluid communication between an inlet and a fluid outlet chamber. The flow restrictor may include rate limiting fluid path producing a predefined range of flow rate over a predefined pressure differential range between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The attachment may be sized and shaped to mount to the flow restrictor. In some embodiments the attachment includes an inlet opening oriented for receiving fluid from a conduit and a fluid outlet attachable to the fluid inlet of the flow restrictor. In some embodiments the attachment includes a sleeve fitting into a conduit with an annular outlet chamber attachable to the outlet chamber of the flow restrictor.
US09949446B2
A canopy treatment system to treat plants is disclosed. In one implementation according to examples of the present disclosure, a method comprises moving a canopy treatment system proximate to a plant to be treated, the canopy treatment system including a hot fluid generating system and a canopy, the canopy defining a treatment region and in fluid communication with the hot fluid generating system. The method further comprises lowering the canopy relative to the hot fluid generating system to position the canopy around the plant with the plant within the treatment region of the canopy; and heating the plant within the canopy.
US09949445B1
A plant trimming guide apparatus, including a plurality of guide blades made of a resilient material, and a flat collar having a length, a width, an attachment surface, and made of a resilient material. Each of the plurality of guide blades has a pivot end that is secured pivotably with a common securement pin, and an opposed based end, with the plurality of base ends attached to and extending from an attachment surface of the collar, in a series along the length between the first end and the second end of the collar. Securing the first and second ends of the collar into a formed ring with the attachment surface facing outwardly causes the guide blades to extend radially from the common pivot ends and bend semi-spherically to the base ends, forming a spherical trimming guide.
US09949444B2
A pre-vegetated vegetation element for greening artificial or natural surfaces is provided which retains sufficient strength over a prolonged period of time and which is bio-compostable at the end of the lifetime of the vegetation element includes a three-dimensional entangled mat of extruded filaments having an open space of at least 50%, a two-dimensional material layer, oriented plane parallel to the three-dimensional entangled mat of extruded filaments and connected to the three-dimensional entangled mat of extruded filaments, wherein the three-dimensional entangled mat of extruded filaments is filled with a substrate and a vegetation is grown on it to form a pre-vegetated vegetation mat, wherein the three-dimensional entangled mat of extruded filaments and the two-dimensional material layer include synthetic polymeric material selected such that the pre-vegetated vegetation element is bio-compostable according to EN 13432.
US09949443B2
A bale processor has a bale chamber mounted on a frame and a disintegrator shreds material from a bale and discharges shredded material laterally. A fan receives the shredded material through a fan inlet and blows the material out through a fan discharge. A conveyor receives the shredded material from the disintegrator along an inner side thereof. A side opening extends along an outer side of the conveyor and a side door is movable from a closed position, where the side opening is closed and the conveyor is enclosed and moves the shredded material along the conveyor and into the fan inlet, to an open position where the outer side of the conveyor is open and the conveyor moves the shredded material laterally out through the side opening. An auger conveyor mounted only on an end opposite the fan inlet leaves the fan inlet unobstructed, increasing capacity.
US09949440B2
An agricultural baler having a baling chamber, an intake duct leading into the baling chamber and a stuffer mechanism for transferring slice of crop in the intake duct into the baling chamber, wherein the baler comprises a wall segment positioned substantially in line with an inner wall surface of the baler, the wall segment being suspended from the inner wall surface via at least one load measurement sensor in such a manner that both a load perpendicular to, and a load parallel to the inner wall are derivable.
US09949428B2
An ammonia applicator system includes adjustable orifices with openings having variable sizes that can be changed remotely, without having to disassemble exit lines from a distribution manifold. In this way, the restriction of the exit lines and, thus, line flow rate can be adjusted remotely and/or automatically, even during ammonia application use. Each adjustable orifice may include a valve and an actuator that controls the valve for changing the size of the opening of the adjustable orifice. The actuator may be a rotary actuator, such as a stepper motor, and the valve may include an adjustment knob and a screw that can rotate to allow a needle to advance or regress through an opening of a valve body of the valve.
US09949427B2
A system for distributing a plurality of seeds includes a storage tank operable to store the plurality of seeds. A first meter is downstream of the storage tank. A second meter is downstream of the first meter and is operable to individually meter the plurality of seeds. An outlet conduit is located downstream of the second meter. The first meter is configured to adjust the flow of the plurality of seeds in response to a signal from a sensor located between the first meter and the outlet conduit.
US09955607B1
An electronic equipment rack is disclosed in which multiple electronic equipment components can be vertically mounted and vertically stacked within the rack. A component of electronic equipment, such as a standard rackable 1U-3U server chassis, having a configuration with its typical depth plane or dimension (z-axis) being both greater than or equal to its width plane or dimension (x-axis) and greater than its height plane or dimension (y-axis), is mounted in a vertical orientation on the rack, wherein the component is oriented and mounted on the rack such that the component's typical z-axis is substantially parallel to and in the same plane as the rack's x-axis and the component's typical x-axis is substantially parallel to and in the same plane as the rack's y-axis. Preferably, the component is further so oriented and mounted on the rack such that a user's desired surface (e.g., top or bottom) of the component's typical z-axis plane is readily accessible by the user.
US09955603B2
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members.
US09955592B2
Included are: a display that is configured to allow an image to be displayed on a display screen; a back chassis disposed on an opposite surface side to the display screen of the display; and a support body disposed on a peripheral side of the display and the back chassis. The support body includes a plate section, a first link section, and a second link section, the plate section being directed in a direction perpendicular to the display, the first link section being provided on one surface in a direction of thickness of the plate section, and the second link section being provided on the one surface in the direction of thickness of the plate section. A first member is attached to a periphery of the opposite surface to the display screen of the display, the first member being linked to the first link section, and a second member is attached to a periphery of the back chassis, the second member being linked to the second link section.
US09955586B2
A Ball Grid Array (BGA) formed on printed circuit board is provided. The BGA comprises a first solder ball module and a second solder ball module. The first solder ball module comprises a plurality of first solder balls, wherein one of the first solder balls is grounded for shielding two other first solder balls, and one of the first solder balls is floating. The second solder ball module comprises a plurality of second solder balls, wherein two of the second solder balls are grounded and one of the two grounded second solder balls penetrates the printed circuit board through a plated through hole formed on the printed circuit board for shielding two first solder balls among the first solder balls.
US09955566B2
Heating elements are mounted on a substrate. A heat sink is provided to be capable of releasing heat of the heating elements. Each radiating component is provided between a corresponding one of the heating elements and the heat sink, and is provided in a corresponding one of radiating regions. Each radiating region includes a corresponding one of mounting portions of the heating elements. A gap part is formed in an area surrounded by the radiating components each of which is provided at a corresponding one of the radiating regions. Each heating element is located in a corresponding one of the radiating regions. There is not any one of the radiating components disposed at the gap part.
US09955565B2
The invention provides methods and apparatus for extracting ions, and further for producing neutrons from the extracted ions. In an aspect, there is provided a method for extracting ions involving the following step: in a vacuum chamber applying voltages to a spark gap between two electrodes comprising coatings of a hydrocarbon, each voltage sufficient to trigger a spark discharge in the gap sufficient to dissociate the hydrocarbon and extract therefrom hydrogen ions, wherein the hydrocarbon is a nonvolatile liquid sufficiently non-viscous to flow and re-coat holes in the coatings between each spark discharge.
US09955563B2
An EUV light source serves for generating a usable output beam of EUV illumination light for a projection exposure apparatus for projection lithography. The light source has an EUV generation device which generates an EUV raw output beam. The latter is circularly polarized. For the purposes of setting the polarization of the usable output beam and in respect of the polarization direction, a polarization setting device has a linearly polarizing effect on the raw output beam. This results in an EUV light source, which provides an improved output beam for a resolution-optimized illumination.
US09955559B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for commissioning a light source in a lighting system including a plurality of light sources capable of emitting coded light. An autonomous vehicle with one or more light sensors and a location detector navigates throughout the lighting system. The light sensor detects an identifier encoded in a light source and the location detector determines the location of the autonomous vehicle. The location is associated with the encoded identifier, thereby commissioning the light source.
US09955550B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An electronic device and an operation method for setup of a lighting device are provided. The operation method includes transmitting a control signal corresponding to at least one lighting device, acquiring lighting output information of the at least one lighting device, and determining a group of the at least one lighting device based on the lighting output information and the control signal.
US09955549B2
An electrical system can include first and second electrical loads. The electrical system can also include a first power supply coupled to the first electrical load, where the first electrical load receives first power from the first power supply at a first time. The electrical system can further include a second power supply coupled to the second electrical load, where the second electrical load receives second power from the second power supply at the first time. The electrical system can also include a first switch disposed between and coupled to the first electrical load and the second power supply. The first switch, when in an open position at the first time, can prevent the second power from being received by the first electrical load. The first switch, when in a closed position at a second time, can allow the second power to be received by the first electrical load.
US09955543B2
A lamp control device may include: a lamp including an LED module having a plurality of LED channels; a converter configured to receive a voltage corresponding to a turn signal, convert the voltage into an output voltage and internal voltage, and supply the output voltage to the LED module; and a controller configured to start counting a preset delay time when the internal voltage is supplied from the converter, and control the plurality of LED channels to sequentially light up at intervals of the delay time.
US09955541B2
Methods and apparatus relating to the collection of data regarding a plurality of customers in a retail or entertainment environment. Data may be collected via at least one sensor coupled to at least one lighting fixture in the retail or entertainment environment. In one exemplary implementation, data may be collected by one or more lighting fixtures, and data may be communicated via light generated by any one or more fixtures without perceivably affecting a quality of light generated by the one or more fixtures. A map may be generated based on the collected data to display traffic patterns and/or dwell times of the plurality of customers in the retail or entertainment environment, and such a map may be displayed, for example, via a graphical user interface.
US09955540B1
An apparatus, method, and system for a low current led fixture internal auxiliary power supply capable of supplying a low DC voltage output on the order of 1-50 VDC from a voltage input ranging from 15 VDC to 1000 VDC.
US09955536B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for customizing microwave energy distribution within a chamber to accommodate various load characteristics. Aspects of the present invention customized configurations of ports, deflectors, waveguides, conducting rods, and slots to shape and distribute energy.
US09955535B2
A meal kit for microwave cooking of a multi-component food product is provided that includes at least two sealed packages of ingredients for the multi-component food product. One of the sealed packages of ingredients contains a liquid component of the multi-component food product. The meal kit also includes a cooking tray formed of a microwave-safe material having a bottom wall with an upstanding sidewall extending around the periphery thereof to define an interior of the cooking tray. Outer packaging is provided to contain the sealed packages of ingredients and the cooking tray.
US09955534B2
The present invention relates to microwave trays and microwave accessories for use in microwave ovens. A microwave tray includes an opening located near the center of the tray. The opening in the center of the tray provides access to a rotary coupling located on a bottom surface of a microwave oven. Various microwave accessories can be mounted on the tray using corresponding mating configurations included on the tray and the accessories. The microwave accessories are configured to perform dynamic functions (e.g., stirring, mixing, rotating and flipping) when the accessories are connected to the coupling and the microwave is powered on.
US09955532B2
To provide a fabric heater that can be stretchable in all direction and warms up quickly. The aforementioned problem is solved by means of a fabric heater (1) that comprises a piece of fabric (2) that is formed into one piece by twist-braiding the plurality of loop portions (5) with each other, the plurality of loops portions (5) being formed by conductive thread (4), and electrodes (30) that are comprised by electrode thread (31, 35) and by spacing from each other, and the conductive thread (4) has a core (10) formed by a fiber and a conductive layer (11) or a conductive foil (12) that covers the surface of the core (10) or; by means of fabric heater (1) which is formed by the conductive thread (4) comprises a bunch of lines (7) having at least one or more conductive lines (6a).
US09955529B2
An inductively powered cooking appliance and an associated wireless power supply for producing an electromagnetic field. The cooking appliance may include a secondary and a metal portion where the wireless power supply is capable of providing power to both. The cooking appliance may communicate with the wireless power supply to control the temperature of the metal portion and the amount of power transferred to the secondary. A smart handle connected to the secondary may be capable of performing various functions. The smart handle may also be capable of displaying and monitoring temperature.
US09955528B2
The invention comprises a method of forming a concrete structure or object. The method comprises detecting the temperature of a quantity of curing concrete and selectively adding heat to the curing concrete, so that the temperature of the curing concrete follows a predetermined temperature profile during at least a portion of the concrete curing process. Apparatus for performing the method is also disclosed.
US09955527B2
A recorder includes a wireless gateway unit built in the recorder, the wireless gateway unit being configured to wirelessly communicate with a field device, the wireless gateway unit converting between an internal communication protocol used for the internal communication of the recorder and a protocol used for the wireless communication. The recorder may further include a control unit that processes data from the field device. The wireless gateway unit is configured to internally communicate with the control unit. The wireless gateway unit collects the data from the field device to transmit to the control unit.
US09955520B2
The present invention relates to a method for configuring dual connectivity for a terminal by a base station in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same. The method for configuring the dual connectivity for the terminal by the base station in the wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: receiving a service request message from a terminal connected to a first base station; transmitting, to a second base station, a handover request message including a request for configuring dual connectivity with the terminal when the service request message includes a service that the first base station cannot support; and transmitting, to the terminal, a connectivity configuration message indicating connectivity between the terminal and the second base station on the basis of a handover response message received from the second base station in response to the handover request message.
US09955519B1
A communication system maintains a signal processing license within a memory of the communication system. The signal processing license allows the communication system to perform a license-enabled signal processing function on signals received from one or more devices external to the communication system while the signal processing license is maintained within the memory. As such, the communication system detects that an additional communication system is within a transfer range of the communication system, and, in response, performs a transfer operation in which the signal processing license is transferred from the communication system to the additional communication system such that the signal processing license is no longer maintained within the memory once the transfer operation is completely performed. Consequently, subsequent to the transfer operation, the additional communication system is enabled to perform the license-enabled signal processing function while the communication system is prevented from performing the license-enabled signal processing function.
US09955517B2
A method for establishing a wireless communication connection, including: obtaining direction information entered by a user; sending an ultrasonic signal in a direction indicated by the direction information, so that a target terminal device located within a transmission range of the ultrasonic signal receives the ultrasonic signal; receiving a target response signal returned by the target terminal device for the ultrasonic signal; and establishing a wireless communication connection to the target terminal device according to the target response signal.
US09955512B2
Provided is a method for transmitting a HARQ (hybrid automatic repeat request) ACK (acknowledgment)/NACK (not-acknowledgement) response from user equipment in which two serving cells are set. The method comprises the steps of: receiving a first transport block through a first serving cell which is set in a first transmission mode, in which up to two transport blocks are supported; determining an HARQ ACK/NACK response which includes a first response to the first transport block; and transmitting the HARQ ACK/NACK response, wherein the first response is the same as a response used when two transport blocks have been received through the first serving cell.
US09955508B2
A method and apparatus for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. In one embodiment, a user equipment (UE) determines a required amount of repetitions for uplink transmissions during a random access procedure, and performs repetitions for uplink transmissions based on the determined required amount of repetitions for uplink transmissions. The uplink transmissions may include transmission of preambles which are grouped. In another embodiment, a UE configures a communication windows for lost-cost machine-type communication (MTC) UE, and performs a random access procedure through the configured communication window.
US09955507B2
According to one embodiment, a method for maintaining a communication between a mobile terminal and a network in a mobile communication system includes: determining whether a state of the mobile terminal is in an unsynchronized state while maintaining a radio resource control (RRC) connected state with the network; performing a random access channel (RACH) procedure for a synchronized state if it is determined that the state of the mobile terminal is in the unsynchronized state while maintaining the RRC connected state with the network; and after performing the RACH procedure, transitioning from the synchronized state to the unsynchronized state with the network while maintaining the RRC connected state with the network when a timer expires.
US09955505B2
A method and apparatus are provided for conducting peer-to-peer communications while channel hopping among two or more wireless channels, at least one of which is a restricted channel. One type of restricted channel requires the use of DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) or a similar scheme for avoiding use of the channel during certain circumstances (e.g., for radar avoidance). Communicating peers may synchronize a channel-hopping sequence with TBTTs (Target Beacon Transmission Times) of the restricted channel(s), so that they switch to such a channel in time to capture a beacon and determine whether the channel is free. If the channel is free, or if no beacon is received, they may immediately begin or resume their communications. They may also quiesce just before another TBTT so as to capture that beacon. Thus, the peer-to-peer communications do not diminish a peer device's ability to receive and comply with channel switch announcements.
US09955503B2
Systems and methods for Carrier Sense Adaptive Transmission (CSAT) communication scheme identification and mitigation in unlicensed spectrum are disclosed. The identification may comprise, for example, identifying CSAT communication based on a presence of a first signal and an absence of a second signal of a Radio Access Technology (RAT) during a period of time. The mitigation may comprise, for example, limiting transmission of at least a first signal by the RAT on a resource for a period of time associated with an adaptable duty cycle used for the CSAT communication, and transmitting a second signal by the RAT on the resource during the period of time.
US09955500B2
Provided are a scheduling apparatus and method for a multicast broadcast service. Scheduling information is configured with at least one of information related to a location in which each multicast broadcast service, which is identified by a unique identifier within one scheduling period, starts and information related to a location in which each multicast broadcast service ends, and a scheduling block including the configured scheduling information is generated. There is an advantage that power management of user equipment is easy, and a time delay when initially entering the MBMS and a channel change time when selecting a different MBMS are reduced.
US09955470B2
Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving data using a persistent allocation scheme in order to effectively support a voice service between a base station and a mobile terminal in a packet based mobile communication system. When an error occurs in transmitting control information that indicates whether to use a radio resource using the persistent allocation scheme, the base station may retransmit the control information and thereby maintain a communication quality.
US09955469B2
Methods, devices and systems for jointly encoding allocation information of one or more wireless communication stations in a common portion of a physical layer header are disclosed. In some examples, a wireless device may: generate allocation information associated with one or more wireless communication stations; encode the allocation information into the common portion of the physical layer header; and transmit the physical layer header to the one or more wireless communication stations.
US09955468B2
A wireless communication system that includes a base station and one or more terminals carries out wireless data communication by use of a first frequency band. The wireless communication system includes a wireless access system that employs a CSMA/CA and/or TDMA/TDD system as the wireless access system of the wireless communication system and a control signal at the first frequency band is periodically broadcasts from the base station, where the control signal includes a control information configured to manage wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals. In addition to the first frequency band, one or more frequency bands different from the first frequency band for the wireless data transmission by the one or more terminals can be allocate by the base station, where the control signal at the first frequency band indicate the location of the one or more frequency bands which can be used.
US09955462B2
Various aspects described herein relate to communicating in a wireless network. A transmission time interval (TTI) for an uplink control channel transmission within a subframe is determined, wherein the TTI comprises of a number of symbols which are a subset of a plurality of symbols in the subframe. Uplink control data can be transmitted over the uplink control channel during the TTI.
US09955460B2
In one aspect of this disclosure, control information and data are carried in the same subframe in order to reduce control overhead. A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a first UE. The first UE determines a data block to be transmitted to a second UE. The first UE determines a first resource in a subframe for carrying the data block and determines a second resource in the subframe for carrying control information associated with transmitting the data block. The first UE transmits the data block and the control information to the second UE in a device-to-device communication channel on the determined first and second resources, respectively.
US09955459B2
This disclosure describes methods, apparatus, and systems related to an OFDMA uplink resource allocation framework. An access point may determine a first trigger frame including one or more resource block identifications (RBIDs) associated with one or more resource units on a communication channel. The access point may assign at least one of the one or more RBIDs to at least one device of one or more devices. The access point may cause to send the first trigger frame to the least one device The access point may identify a resource request frame including at least in part a resource request indication associated with the at least one of the one or more RBIDs The access point may assign one of the one or more resource units based at least in part on the resource request indication.
US09955453B2
Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), User Equipment (UE), and methods for paging are disclosed herein. The eNB may transmit a paging message that may include paging identifiers to indicate an intention of the eNB to send downlink data to the first group of UEs. The paging message may further include a bitmap of paging indicators to indicate whether the eNB intends to send downlink data to a second group of UEs. The paging message may include the bitmap when a length of the bitmap is less than a combined length of paging identifiers for a paging portion of second group of UEs to which the eNB intends to send downlink data.
US09955452B2
In an embodiment, if service on both first and second networks is available, an access terminal negotiates with an access network to establish a paging cycle for the first network (e.g., 1x EV-DO) and a first dynamic paging cycle for the second network (e.g., CDMA2000 1x). If service on the second network is maintained but service on the first network becomes unavailable, the access network negotiates a second dynamic paging cycle (e.g., more aggressive or shorter than the first dynamic paging cycle) for the second network. If the access terminal determines that service on the second network is maintained and service is again available on the first network, the access terminal re-negotiates the first dynamic paging cycle for the second network. Accordingly, paging cycles on the second network are dynamically adjusted based on a service availability status of the first network.
US09955422B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for power optimization. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, configuration information including an active time wherein the active time is less than an allowed clock drift of a clock at the user equipment; and receiving, at the user equipment, data sent in advance by an application server, wherein the advance comprises a time based on at least the allowed clock drift. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US09955417B2
Provided are a method for realizing the awakening of a small cell, an access network element device and a computer storage medium. The method comprises: an access network element device receiving information about one or more small cells that enter a sleep state which is reported by a user equipment, wherein the information about the small cell comprises at least one of the following information: current datarate information about the user equipment, cell type information, cell supporting mode information and cell broadcasting PLMN information; the access network element device determining a target small cell needs to be awakened in accordance with the information about the asleep small cell reported by the user equipment; and the access network element device notifying the access network element device corresponding to the target small cell to awaken the target small cell through a ground interface message.
US09955409B2
Provided is a method and apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication, and, particularly, a method and apparatus for device-to-device (D2D) communication for discovering an adjacent UE through a network in a wireless cellular communication system. Provided are a method for performing device-to-device communication by a UE, and an apparatus therefor, the method including: transmitting a discovery request for discovering an adjacent UE to a server; scanning a discovery channel during a scanning time according to the discovery request; and performing the device-to-device communication with a discovered adjacent UE when the adjacent UE is discovered as a result of the scanning, wherein the discovery request is used for the server to transmit an announcement request to the adjacent UE corresponding to the discovery request, and the announcement indication information includes information which allows the adjacent UE to broadcast a discovery signal through the discovery channel during the scanning time.
US09955398B2
In at least some embodiments, a method, apparatus, and system for performing communication using a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including a cellular RAT and a short-range RAT. A mobile device may be configured to receive information regarding traffic steering, i.e., cellular/short-range RAT handover, from nearby short-range access points and/or from a cellular base station. The mobile device may generate or determine mobility information of the mobile device, which indicates an amount of movement of the mobile device. The mobile device may determine whether the mobile device should transition between the cellular RAT and the short-range RAT based at least in part on the traffic-steering information and the mobility information. The mobile device may selectively transition between the cellular RAT and the short-range RAT based on the determination.
US09955381B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for steering traffic. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving, at a user equipment, a message provided by a base station serving a radio access network, wherein the message includes an indication representative of a preference by the radio access network for traffic associated with at least one of an application, a destination domain, a service, and a traffic type; and determining whether to steer, based on the preference, the traffic to at least one of the radio access network or a wireless local area network served by a wireless local area network access point. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US09955380B2
A method and system is provided for optimizing Radio resources during a VoLTE call when ROHC is enabled by indicating an IP-ID value using an identifier in an Initial and Refresh (IR) packet. During the VoLTE call, when value of a static IP-ID is zero, the ROHC compressor appends an identifier in the IR packet and enables the identifier for indicating the static IP-ID value to the ROHC decompressor. Further, the ROHC compressor sends the IR packet to the ROHC decompressor by enabling the identifier for indicating the static IP-ID value during the ROHC context. The ROHC decompressor receives the IR packet and determines the identifier in the IR packet. If the identifier is enabled in the IR packet then the ROHC decompressor sets the IP-ID value as zero during generation of decompressed IP header.
US09955374B2
Disclosed herein, among other things, is a method performed by a user equipment (UE) for providing to a network channel station information (CSI). The method comprises: receiving from the network two measurement power offsets, a first measurement power offset and a second measurement power offset; selecting one of said two measurement power offsets; computing CSI using the selected measurement power offset; and transmitting to the network the determined CSI.
US09955368B2
Systems and processes may be implemented to revalidate carryover functionalities of a telecommunication device operating system (OS) with respect to updated telecommunication network architectures. Legacy test protocols may be generated based on an initial validation of a functionality prior to releasing an OS. Subsequently, the legacy test protocols may be executed for revalidation of the functionality when later carried over into a later version of the OS. The legacy test protocols may also be executed in response to telecommunication network hardware updates to validate existing functionalities with respect to new hardware components or technology. The later version of the OS may be analyzed to identify carryover functionalities and the identified carryover functionalities may ranked according to importance of being revalidated.
US09955352B2
A method is provided for evaluating the usage of a mobile communications device that itself provides access to a resource. In the method, a detected usage of the mobile communications device is compared to a stored usage pattern of an authorized user. When a measure associated with the difference between the detected usage and the stored usage pattern exceeds a threshold, it is concluded that the mobile communications device is being used by an unauthorized user. In response to this conclusion, a restriction is placed on an ability of the mobile communications device to access the resource.
US09955349B1
The present disclosure relates to multifactor-based authentication systems. Multifactor authentication occurs during a communication session in response to detecting a trigger event, such as an anomalous condition. Historical metrics, such as performance metrics (e.g., rendering speeds), behavioral metrics (e.g., click-stream behavior), environmental metrics (e.g., noise), etc., can be used as a baseline to compare against metrics for a current communication session. An anomalous condition, such as a current session metric exceeding a threshold, can result in an authentication service transmitting a multifactor authentication request.
US09955346B2
A method for preserving privacy within a communication system, wherein a location-based service concerning an area of interest is provided for at least one user by a database server and wherein location information represented by coordinates of objects and/or users and/or areas and/or queries, made to the location-based service, is concealed, includes concealing the location information by transforming coordinates by first splitting the area of interest up in tiles for providing at least one tiling of the area of interest, and then permuting the tiles by a pseudo-random permutation process.
US09955342B2
An in-vehicle communication system includes a gateway that relays communication between an external apparatus and an in-vehicle LAN; and a communication permission determination unit that inhibits communication between the external apparatus and the in-vehicle LAN through the gateway if it is determined that a vehicle having the in-vehicle LAN mounted therein is in a parking state based on acquired predetermined vehicle information.
US09955327B2
A method for emergency call handling for a User Equipment (UE). A UE performs a first emergency call. The UE also transmits a first UE location report. Furthermore, the UE performs a second emergency call. The UE re-transmits the first UE location report when it is determined that a change in a UE location (since the transmission of said first UE location report) is below a threshold value. Alternatively, the UE re-transmits the first UE location report when it is determined that a time period set by a timer has not expired, wherein the time period set by this timer is set upon transmission of the first location report. Otherwise, the UE transmits a second UE location report.
US09955312B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for displaying a map. The method provides a first display area to display a map, and a second display area to overlap a portion of the first display area to display (i) a field to receive a search parameter and (ii) a set of predicted locations to view on the map. The second display area is moveable over the first display area in order to decrease its size to allow a larger portion of the map to be displayed in the first display area, or to increase its size to allow a larger number of predicted locations to be displayed in the second display area. In some embodiments, the second display area overlaps a bottom portion of the first display area. In some embodiments, the method is implemented by a map application that executes on a mobile device. The set of predicted locations displayed in the second display area in some embodiments include addresses harvested from applications executing on the mobile device. Examples of such applications include electronic mail applications, text messaging applications, the map application, ticket applications, restaurant reservation applications, social media applications, real estate applications, etc. The set of predicted locations includes in some embodiments addresses associated with previous destinations traveled to by the mobile device.
US09955302B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of estimating a location of a mobile device. For example, an apparatus may include a wireless communication unit to communicate a message between an access point and a mobile device, the message including a group identifier to indicate the access point belongs to a group of two or more access points having local coordinates measured with respect to a common origin point.
US09955301B2
An autonomous system with no Customer Network Investment is described, wherein the system is configurable to operate on in a band in addition to the LTE band. Such system allows the definition of hybrid operations to accommodate the positioning reference signals (PRS) of LTE and already existing reference signals. The system can operate with PRS, with other reference signals such as cell-specific reference signals (CRS), or with both signal types. As such, the system provides the advantage of allowing network operator(s) to dynamically choose between modes of operation depending on circumstances, such as network throughput and compatibility.
US09955299B2
A method is provided for estimating flows of persons that gathered at an Area of Interest for attending a public happening during a time interval on a day. The Area of Interest is defined by an Area of Interest center and an Area of Interest radius and is covered by a mobile telecommunication network having a plurality of communication stations (105a) each of which is adapted to manage communications of user equipment in one or more served areas in which the mobile telecommunication network is subdivided.
US09955293B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for device provisioning. The method may include receiving, by a computer, a selection instructions to detect wireless devices. The computer may include one or more processors, a radio transceiver, and a microphone. The method may also include identifying, by the radio transceiver, a plurality of wireless devices. Additionally, the method may include transmitting, by the radio transceiver to the wireless devices, respective requests for inaudible audio signal transmission. The method may also include receiving, by the microphone, a first inaudible audio signal from a first wireless device of the plurality of wireless devices. Further still, the method may include determining, based at least in part on the first inaudible audio signal, that the first wireless device is located in the same room as the user device.
US09955290B2
The embodiments set forth a technique for enabling a group of computing devices to delegate tasks in a manner that promotes energy savings. According to one embodiment, each computing device is configured to identify situations where the computing device has an energy advantage (e.g., when plugged-in) and should serve as a proxy computing device to other computing devices. Each computing device is also configured to identify situations where the computing device has an energy disadvantage (e.g., a low battery) and should seek out another computing device to act as a proxy computing device. In this manner, computing devices can delegate tasks between one another to reduce or eliminate the processing redundancies that otherwise occur when the computing devices work in isolation to maintain network connectivity and carry out tasks on their own.
US09955287B2
Information processing device (100) communicates with mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2). Mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) perform near field communication with each other. Information processing device (100) decides a condition based on a distance from a first location associated with user information about users who use mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) to their current location and notifies mobile terminals (200-1) to (200-2) whether or not other user identification information that satisfies the decided condition has been stored.
US09955281B1
Headphones include a memory that stores head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), a digital signal processor (DSP) that processes sound into binaural sound with a pair of the HRTFs, speakers that play the binaural sound to the user while the user wears the headphones, and head tracking that tracks head movements of the user. The headphones correct an error where the user hears the binaural sound.
US09955279B2
Systems and methods to calibrate listening devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method to calibrate earphones includes determining a Head Related Transfer Functions (HRTF) corresponding to different parts of a user's anatomy (e.g., one or both of a listener's pinnae). The resulting HRTFs are combined to form a composite HRTF. In some embodiments, a first and a second HRTF are respectively determined for a first and second part of the user's anatomy. A composite HRTF of the user is generated by combining portions of the first and second HRTFs.
US09955268B2
A micro-electrical-mechanical system (MEMS) microphone includes a MEMS structure, having a substrate, a diaphragm, and a backplate, wherein the substrate has a cavity and the backplate is between the cavity and the diaphragm. The backplate has multiple venting holes, which are connected to the cavity and allows the cavity to extend to the diaphragm. Further, an adhesive layer is disposed on the substrate, surrounding the cavity. A cover plate is adhered on the adhesive layer, wherein the cover plate has an acoustic hole, dislocated from the cavity without direct connection.
US09955266B2
The present application provides a loudspeaker diaphragm, comprising a first surface layer, a middle layer and a second surface layer, that are in a stacked structure. The loudspeaker diaphragm is characterized in that: at least one surface layer of the first surface layer and the second surface layer has a composite structure which is composed of a base layer and a reinforcing layer, and the other surface layer comprises a base layer; the base layer is a poly(ether-ether-ketone) layer, a polyarylester layer, a polyethylene terephthalate layer, a polyetherimide layer or a composite structure composed of any two of the above layers, and the reinforcing layer is a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer layer or a thermoplastic elastomer layer. The loudspeaker diaphragm can reduce diaphragm breakage after power test is performed on a loudspeaker product, improve substrate toughness and improve acoustical property of the loudspeaker.
US09955263B2
An apparatus for providing directional audio capture may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including assigning at least one beam direction, among a plurality of beam directions, in which to direct directionality of an output signal of one or more microphones. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to divide microphone signals of the microphones into selected frequency subbands wherein an analysis performed. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to select at least one set of microphones of the apparatus for selected frequency subbands. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to optimize the assigned at least one beam direction by adjusting a beamformer parameter(s) based on the selected set of microphones and at least one of the selected frequency subbands. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09955258B2
The present invention relates to a wireless device which is used for receiving and optimizing external music, and has two different embodiments, which mainly comprises a base and an optimizing module, wherein the optimizing module electrically connected to the base. In the first embodiment, the optimizing module further has a receiving unit for receiving external music. In the second embodiment, the receiving unit is built inside the base. External music transmit from an electronic device to the receiving unit and optimized by the optimizing module for hearing optimized music.
US09955255B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve an audio clocking device including high-frequency crystal oscillators capable of consistent low jitter and phase noise. The audio clocking device ensures that any low-jitter and low-noise signals are maintained as the signal propagates through circuitry of the audio clocking device.
US09955254B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method may include receiving a digital input signal at a first integrated circuit from a second integrated circuit, receiving a supply voltage at the first integrated circuit from the second integrated circuit, generating an analog output signal from the digital input signal, predicting a distortion of the analog output signal based on the digital input signal and the supply voltage, and controlling a gain applied to at least one of the digital input signal and the analog output signal based on the predicting.
US09955249B2
The subject technology can be embodied in an earpiece that includes a body, a retaining structure, and a movable joint structure. The body includes an acoustic passage for conducting sound waves. The retaining structure is configured to engage with external structural features to hold the body in position, and the movable joint structure is configured to couple the body to the retaining structure. The movable joint structure is also configured to allow angular motion of the body with respect to the retaining structure.
US09955243B2
Hybrid dilated Benes photonic switching architectures employ an arrangement of two-by-one (2×1) photonic and two-by-two (2×2) photonic elements to enjoy improved cross-talk performance while maintaining moderate cell counts. A jumpsuit switch optical network node architecture comprising multiple stages may operate more efficiently than single stage switching fabrics, by enabling manipulation of connectivity in some stages to achieve load balancing over other stages. Specifically, a first stage of switching fabrics connected to input ports of the optical node may be manipulated to load balance incoming signals over a second stage of switching fabrics coupled to output ports of the optical node. Additionally, a third stage of switching fabrics connected to add ports of the optical node may be manipulated to load balance added optical signals over the second stage of switching fabrics.
US09955242B1
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for providing near real time communication to a user based on analysis of various user and environmental telematic data. The system includes a user with a wearable human telematic sensor providing telematic data about the wearer. Also, the system and method includes at least one building/environment telematic sensor configured to provide telematic data about the building and/or surrounding environment. The various telematic data is communicated and processed to provide a notification back to the user such as a potential safety hazard. The safety hazard may be based upon sensed data specific to the user, specific to the user's environment, or combinations thereof.
US09955239B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses, methods and systems for a configurable and secure mobile tool for Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) metering systems, wherein the tool comprises a suite of mobile apps that run on a mobile device (e.g., tablet, smartphone) and have functionality to support the installation, maintenance, service, diagnostics and configuration of meters in AMI and AMR systems. The mobile app may remotely synchronize through a secure communication channel with a server in communication with a database that contains configuration settings and related data created by an administrator utilizing an administrator station. During synchronization, the mobile app functionality is configured and customized based on user group authorization profiles defined by an administrator, and data collected and generated by the mobile app that is stored on the mobile device is transferred to the database where it may be accessed by an administrator station.
US09955229B2
In one aspect, an example method for outputting an alert indicating a functional state of a back-up video-broadcast system involves: a computing device receiving a first video-stream that represents first video-content; the computing device generating a first signature based, at least in part, upon an extent of scene-change transitions included within the first video-content; the computing device receiving a second video-stream that represents second video-content; the computing device generating a second signature based, at least in part, upon an extent of scene-change transitions included within the second video-content; the computing device making a determination that the generated first-signature and the generated second-signature lack a threshold extent of similarity; and responsive to the determination that the generated first-signature and the generated second-signature lack the threshold extent of similarity, the computing device outputting an alert.
US09955225B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device that facilitates sharing, by a mobile phone user, content that the user has viewed on a television coupled to a media processor. A message is initiated via a messaging client of the mobile phone, and a video clip is obtained by the mobile phone from the media processor. Additional video content provided at the mobile phone is attached to the video clip. The format of the video clip is converted to enable presentation of the converted video clip at a recipient device; the converted video clip is transmitted to the recipient device via the messaging client. The media processor and the mobile phone form a natively integrated device, so that a video clip of the content can be produced and transmitted without installation of an application on the mobile phone.
US09955221B2
The present invention relates to a method of digital film distribution and watching based on an online eye screen. A film distributor distributes film data and film broadcasting rights to a user. The user watches a film based on the film data and the film broadcasting right from the film distributor through the online eye screen. The online eye screen is a wearable display device. The present invention allows film distributors to distribute films to individuals directly, and better control the number of users per distribution right granted, and decreases the cost of film distribution. The present invention decreases piracy and infringement of films because the invention increases the difficulty of unauthorized video recording. The present invention also improves the user's visual effect and viewing experience by filtering the scene outside. The present invention allows user to watch films anywhere and at any time.
US09955220B2
Provided is a media content receiving method of a media content receiving device. The method includes: receiving information on a content location information file; receiving the content location information file by using the information on the content location information file; measuring a current bandwidth; requesting a first media content through a first network on the basis of the current bandwidth and the content location information file; receiving the first media content through the first network; and consuming the first media content.
US09955195B2
Systems and methods for streaming and playing back video having a variety of resolutions, frame rates, and/or sample aspect ratios, where the video streams are encoded at one of a number of maximum bit rate levels, in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. One embodiment includes a processor, and storage containing data relating combinations of resolution and frame rates to maximum bitrates, where a plurality of resolution and frame rates that are related to the same maximum bitrate form a maximum bitrate level. In addition, an encoding application configures the processor to encode a video stream as a plurality of video streams having different resolutions and frame rates, where the target maximum bitrate used during the encoding is selected based upon the maximum bitrate levels of the resolution and frame rate combinations indicated within the data relating combinations of resolution and frame rates to maximum bitrates.
US09955193B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying transitions within media content items. In one implementation, a processing device process a first media content item, the first media content item being associated with a transition, to identify one or more characteristics associated with the transition. The processing device processes a second media content item to identify at least one of the one or more characteristics at a chronological interval of the second media content item. The processing device receives a sponsored content item. The processing device provides, during a presentation of the second media content item, the sponsored content item at the chronological interval.
US09955177B2
Methods of adaptive transform type based on transform unit (TU) size for enhancement layer (EL) coding and multiple motion candidates for EL coding based on corresponding base layer (BL) video data are provided. One method selects a transform type from multiple allowable transform types based on the TU size and applies the selected transform type to the transform units of the inter-layer prediction processed data. Another method derives multiple motion candidates for the EL video data coded in Merge mode or Inter mode based on motion information associated with the corresponding BL video data.
US09955176B2
Techniques related to intra video frame or image coding using wavelets and (Advanced Video Coding) AVC, modified AVC, VPx, modified VPx, or modified High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) are discussed. Such techniques may include wavelet decomposition of a frame or image to generate subbands and coding the subbands using compliant and/or modified coding techniques.
US09955175B2
An image coding method in which a chroma component and a luma component of an input image including one or more transform blocks are transformed to code the input image. The luma component has the same size as the current transform block. The chroma component is smaller than the current transform block. In the method, when the current transform block has a first minimum size, the chroma component is transformed on a basis of a block resulting from binding a plurality of the chroma blocks to has the same size as the luma block, and when the current transform block has a size other than the first minimum size, a CBF flag indicating whether or not coefficients of the chroma component include a non-zero coefficient is not coded.
US09955174B2
Systems and methods for improving efficiency in three-dimensional (3D) look-up table (LUT) coding and/or reducing table size of a 3D LUT may be provided. For example, octants associated with the 3D LUT may be provided for color space segmentation and coding may be performed on an octree associated with the octants where coding may include encoding nodes of the octree associated with the octants and corresponding vertices of the 3D LUT belonging to the nodes. Conversion parameters represented by the nodes are lossy coded with reduced precision. The 3D LUT may also be signaled (e.g., based on a sequence and/or picture level).
US09955172B2
A video data processing device includes: a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute: making, on the basis of first key frames obtained by encoding images in frames included in moving image data, difference frames in each of which a partial image different from an image in a frame corresponding to each first key frame is encoded; and generating, if the number of generated difference frames reaches a first number, in response to detection that a difference between a difference frame generated thereafter and a difference frame preceding in time to the difference frame generated thereafter is not larger than a given value, a second key frame distinguished from the first key frames and obtained by encoding an image in the frame.
US09955167B1
A video decoding method, includes: reconstructing a syntax corresponding to at least one of a first block, a second block and a third block, wherein the first block is generated by dividing a frame for decoding, the second block corresponds to a unit of a prediction and is generated by dividing the first block, and the third block corresponds to a unit of transformation and is generated by dividing the first block in a tree structure; and reconstructing a prediction block corresponding to at least one of the first block, the second block and the third block, wherein the second block includes a batch mode flag for indicating whether a batch mode is used.
US09955165B2
A method for decoding video includes receiving quantized coefficients representative of a block of video representative of a plurality of pixels. The quantized coefficients are dequantized based upon a function of a remainder. The dequantized coefficients are inverse transformed to determine a decoded residue.
US09955158B2
An encoding system for converting video data to a media stream based on a given intra-refresh rate includes an encoder for encoding the video data to frames based on the given intra-refresh rate, a decoder for reconstructing the encoded frames, and an evaluation unit for scoring macro blocks (MBs) of a current frame being decoded. A score of an intra-MB is defined as a predetermined value, and a score of an inter-MB is generated based on the scores of MBs of previous frames. A controller determines an actual refresh period based on a qualified frame identified based on the scores of the MBs of at least the current frame, and adjusts the given intra-refresh rate based on the actual refresh period.
US09955157B2
A video coder may determine a palette predictor list comprising one or more candidates. Each respective candidate in the palette predictor list specifies a value of a different respective reconstructed neighboring pixel from among one or more reconstructed neighboring pixels. Each of the one or more reconstructed neighboring pixels is in a line above or a column left of a current block of the video data. The video coder may include, in a palette for the current block, at least one candidate in the palette predictor list.
US09955152B2
An image coding method includes: obtaining a pixel signal of a current region to be processed; calculating offset information of the current region; applying offset to the current region using the offset information; outputting the offset information; outputting an offset signal resulting from the applying of offset; and controlling the applying of offset.
US09955148B2
The present invention relates to a method and system for reproducing and watching a video. More specifically, according to the present invention, when a plurality of three-dimensional videos are reproduced, a plurality of users can select different preferred videos to simultaneously watch the selected videos.
US09955145B2
A 3D projector system includes a locally modulated polarizer mounted in front of a projector. The polarizer is controllable to produce different polarization states for local regions of the projector images. Combinations of polarizer states and projector images can be used to produce left and right images which have reduced intensity differences between subsequent frames. This may reduce flickering and viewer eye fatigue. This may also reduce unwanted crosstalk between left and right eye viewpoints and increase image contrast and dynamic range.
US09955142B2
An on-line stereo camera calibration method employed by an electronic device with a stereo camera device includes: retrieving a feature point set, and utilizing a stereo camera calibration circuit on the electronic device to calculate a stereo camera parameter set based on the retrieved feature point set. In addition, an on-line stereo camera calibration device on an electronic device with a stereo camera device includes a stereo camera calibration circuit. The stereo camera calibration circuit includes an input interface and a stereo camera calibration unit. The input interface is used to retrieve a feature point set. The stereo camera calibration unit is used to calculate a stereo camera parameter set based on at least the retrieved feature point set.
US09955136B2
A distance measuring device reduces an amount of calculations required to generate a parallax image. The distance measuring device that generates the parallax image to measure a distance includes image sensors each capturing an image, an edge image extractor that extracts an edge image in accordance with the image, the edge image including pixel values each containing identification information used to identify an edge caused by a brightness variation from light to dark or an edge caused by a brightness variation from dark to light, a binarized edge image generator that generates a binarized edge image in accordance with the identification information of the edge image, a parallax image generator that generates the parallax image from the binarized edge image, and a distance image calculator that calculates a distance image from the parallax image.
US09955125B2
A bicycle video system for facilitating improved aerodynamic positioning of a bicyclist. The bicycle video system includes a video display. The video display is used by the bicyclist to view an area in front of the bicycle. The video display allows the bicyclist to ride while maintaining a lowered head position to see an area in front of the bicycle. The bicycle video system also includes a video camera. The video camera is in electrical communication with the video display. The video camera is positioned in a direction toward an area in front of the bicycle to capture images in front of the bicycle. The video camera may transmit a video signal representative of a real-time image of an area in front of the bicycle to the video display. The video display may continuously receive real-time images of an area in front of the bicycle.
US09955123B2
A machine-vision system for monitoring a quality metric for a product. The system includes a controller configured to receive a digital image from an image acquisition device. The controller is also configured to analyze the digital image using a first machine-vision algorithm to compute a measurement of the product. The system also includes a vision server connected to the controller, and configured to compute a quality metric and store the digital image and the measurement in a database storage. The system also includes a remote terminal connected to the vision server, and configured to display the digital image and the quality metric on the remote terminal.
US09955122B2
Mechanisms are provided for replacing default advertisement streams in a media stream with replacement advertisement streams. User profile information is obtained for a particular user and/or device. A default advertisement stream is identified and replaced with advertisement streams selected using the user profile information. Timestamp information and sequence number information is maintained to allow uninterrupted delivery of the modified media stream while customizing media streams for particular users.
US09955116B2
Eye tracking for the purpose of detecting attendee disengagement with respect to a presentation including a visual display communicated over a network. The eye tracking method includes: during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a set of control party(ies); during a play of the presentation, tracking eye positions of a set of non-control party(ies); determining a set of divergence value(s) corresponding to divergence between the eye position(s) of the control party(ies) and the non-control party(ies); and determining a disengagement value corresponding to relative disengagement of the non-control party(ies) based, at least in part on the set of divergence value(s).
US09955115B2
Embodiments are provided for facilitating a wide-view video conference through a UAV network. For facilitating the wide-view video conference, UAVs can be employed to capture and transmit video data at locations of parties involved in the wide-view video conference. One or more UAVs in the UAV network can be instructed to locate the party's location and zoom-in onto the party's location. In some examples, the UAV(s) can be equipped with a 360 degree video camera such that a wide-area covered by the 360 degree video can be captured. The video data can be transmitted to a video data processing center in real-time or substantially in real-time. The video data transmission by the given UAV to the video data processing center can be through a UAV network. The video stream can be output at a location of a given party in the video conference.
US09955114B1
A method for video-teleconferencing includes providing a plurality of seating units, each adapted to support a seated user thereon such that a head of the seated user is located at a first vertical height, and providing at least one seating unit of the plurality of seating units with a display support adapted to support a display in a forwardly-facing orientation with respect to the seating unit so that the display is viewable from a position located in front of the seating unit, the display support further adapted to support the display at a second vertical height that is substantially the same as the first vertical height for use in video-conferencing applications while located on the seating unit.
US09955113B2
An approach is provided for injecting program markers in live media steams is presented. A first marker is injected into a live media stream to designate a start of a live program. A second marker is injected a into the live media stream to designate an end of the live program. The live stream with the injected markers is transcoded the for transmission to a set-top box.
US09955110B2
Examples are disclosed for video analytics of captured video content. In some examples, information may be received from a host processing system for a camera to capture video content. The camera may be a surveillance camera or a camera located with a display device. Video analytics may be performed on the captured video and the captured video content may be encoded. Data associated with the video analytics may then be sent to the host processing system. In some examples, the data as well as encoded captured video content or streaming video may be sent via communication channels included in an interconnect. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09955103B2
Video receiving device, appended information display method, and appended information display system
Additional information related to video signals input from an outside is obtained and superimposed on the video signals. Hence, video reception device which is configured to transmit and receive data through communication network includes input unit, video extraction unit, control unit and additional information display control unit. The control unit performs control of requesting video recognition device to perform video recognition processing on a partial video extracted by the video extraction unit, and obtaining additional information based on a result of the video recognition processing from the video recognition device. The additional information display control unit performs control of detecting whether or not a screen layout of video signals has been changed, and superimposing the additional information on the video signals based on a detection result.
US09955102B2
A graphical user interface (GUI) for an audio video display device (AVDD) such as a TV includes content panels which can be selected for searching for additional information related to the content underlying the content panels. A history of previous searches is maintained in memory “stacked” notionally to the left or right of the current display so that a viewer can easily review previous search results using a simple scroll command.
US09955092B2
Disclosed is an image sensor in which a redundant member is appropriately provided, and an image capture apparatus using this image sensor. The image sensor has a memory that performs A/D conversion on a read pixel signal and holds this signal. The memory includes a first memory unit for holding a first pixel signal in pixel signals, and a second memory unit for holding a second pixel signal. Larger redundant storage capacity is provided in the first memory than in the second memory.
US09955074B2
Disclosed is a target tracking method for an intelligent tracking high speed dome, comprising: in the process of target tracking, when the position coordinates of a newly selected target in the acquired tracking image are received, matching the position coordinates of the newly selected target in the tracking image, using the target corresponding to the position coordinates of the newly selected target in the tracking image as a current target, and extracting the characteristics of the current target; tracking the current target according to the characteristics thereof, and updating in real time the position coordinates of the current target in the tracking image; converting the updated position coordinates of the current target into speed dome identifiable horizontal rotation value P, vertical rotation value T and magnification factor value Z; adjusting in real time the magnification factor of the speed dome, and controlling in real time the rotation of the speed dome.
US09955073B2
A system providing a graphical user interface incorporating fisheye image data captured by a first camera using a fisheye lens is provided. The system includes a buffer configured to receive the fisheye image data corresponding to a monitored area. A processor is in communication with the buffer. The fisheye image data is transformed into panoramic view data corresponding to a panoramic view of the monitored area using a panoramic transformation process. The fisheye image data is transformed into virtual view data corresponding to a partial view of the panoramic view using a virtual view transformation process different from the panoramic view transformation process. The panoramic view data and the virtual view data are encoded for display in the graphical user interface.
US09955057B2
Method and devices are disclosed for focusing on tilted image planes. For example, one imaging device includes an objective lens configured to focus a scene at an image plane, the scene having an object plane tilted relative to the objective lens plane and a sensor receive light from the objective lens, the sensor having a plurality of light sensing elements configured to generate image data based on the light received at the sensor. The imaging device also includes a processor and memory component configured to receive the image data, the image data indicative of a first image; receive a tilt parameter indicative of an orientation of a selected non-parallel image plane, and convert the image data to relative image data based on the tilt parameter, the relative image data indicative of a second image focused along the non-parallel image plane.
US09955045B2
A reading apparatus configured to read a plurality of colorimetric patches in different colors formed on a paper sheet and trigger patches formed so as to correspond to the colorimetric patches includes: a colorimeter configured to read the colorimetric patches; a trigger sensor configured to read the trigger patches; and a controller configured to control a reading region, wherein the controller has a colorimetry region determination mode in which the reading region is determined and a colorimetry adjustment mode in which the reading region is controlled, and in the colorimetry region determination mode, after the reading regions are set to states where the reading regions are gradually shifted in a reading direction, the reading results for the colorimetric patches are collected and thereafter, a region for which a state consistent with a characteristic of the colorimetric patch has been obtained as the reading result is determined as the reading region.
US09955040B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a deflection unit configured to deflect light beams emitted from light emitting points with a mirror face to form scanning lines in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in which a photosensitive drum is rotated; a correction unit configured to correct an optical face tangle error of the mirror based on a deviation amount from a distance between the deflection unit and the photosensitive member; a calculation unit configured to calculate a positional deviation amount of the emitting points in the first direction; a transformation unit configured to transform a pixel position of an input image based on the positional deviation amount so that an interval between the scanning lines is a predetermined interval; and a filtering unit configured to obtain a pixel value of an output image based on the transformed pixel position of the input image.
US09955027B2
When a plurality of services are enjoyed by a single terminal, a communication regulation caused by another service has influence on enjoyment of another service. A service provider and a mobile communication provider are affiliated with each other and newly provide an affiliated service in which a communication fee for a service use is borne by the service provider to a user. Conventional communication and affiliated service communication are performed on a single communication line of the user together, and communication control is performed in units of services such that a service quality of the affiliated service is maintained. It is implemented by affiliating a communication log and contract information between business operators and performing communication identification using user information at the time of a contract as a key.
US09955025B2
A method and apparatus for delivering IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having an aggregator element that aggregates a number of IMS services, and a presentation element that presents a web page with the aggregated IMS services. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09955022B2
Methods and apparatuses to selectively present and customize user prompts in establishing anonymized communication connections, based on available information about the parties to be connected and/or user preferences. For example, the information can be transmitted from a mobile device to a connection server for association with the communication reference of the mobile device in response to an input from the user of the mobile device. The association is configured to expire after a predetermined period of time. During the predetermined period of time, if a connection server receives a call from the mobile device, the information associated with the communication reference of the mobile device is used to customize the interactive voice response prompts for further connecting the call to a service provider.
US09955018B2
A system and method for creating teleconferences that leverage social networking websites and messaging thereof. The system includes a teleconferencing website hosted on a server for scheduling a teleconference in response to user input, and for generating a message for display on a social networking website. The message includes information about the teleconference and a link to one or more invitees to the teleconference. The system further includes an interactive voice response system for hosting the teleconference to connect at least some of the one or more invitees to the teleconference. The system further includes a client application running on a mobile device associated with each of the at least some of the one or more invitees. The client application receives a notification of the teleconference from the social networking website, and includes a control interface to enable an associated invitee to join the teleconference.
US09955014B2
A method and apparatus for delivering a message. A plurality of audio messages destined for a recipient is received from a corresponding plurality of senders. Each of the plurality of audio messages includes a corresponding first sender designated priority designated by the corresponding sender. Member configuration data that identifies a first recipient prioritization attribute is accessed. A prioritized list of the plurality of audio messages is generated based on both the corresponding first sender designated priority and the first recipient prioritization attribute associated with the each of the plurality of audio messages. A subset of the plurality of audio messages is provided to a client device associated with the recipient based on the prioritized list.
US09955012B2
A method for mapping ready agents to incoming transactions has steps for (a) placing incoming transactions in a first queue managed by software executing from a machine-readable medium on a computerized appliance; (b) issuing a determined number of invitations in a period of time to agents known to be available to consider an invitation to interact with an incoming transaction; (c) placing identification of ready agents, who have accepted an invitation to interact, in a second queue managed by the software; (d) mapping transactions from the first queue to agents from the second queue; (e) monitoring changes in state of both the first and the second queues in the time period; and (f) adjusting determined number of invitations in step (b) in a manner to drive a chosen system performance metric toward a desired target value.
US09955010B1
A method, a system, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for real time adjustment for better caller experience are provided. The method comprises obtaining caller experience of a call flow, notifying a service provider of the caller experience, receiving at least one corrective action from the service provider, and implementing the at least one corrective action for better caller experience.
US09955006B1
The mobile phone comprising a voice communication implementer, an audio playback implementer, and a mobile phone updating implementer which updates a mobile phone battery controller, a mobile phone camera unit controller, a mobile phone microphone controller, a mobile phone speaker controller, or a mobile phone vibrator controller.
US09954995B2
A mobile call device (10) for use in conjunction with a Personal Emergency Response System (PERS) includes a cellular radio (20) configured for voice communication (22) and data transmission (24) and a call button (12). The mobile call device is programmed to: send a machine-to-machine (M2M) message (52) from the cellular radio to a PERS call center (42) via a M2M server (40). The M2M message includes at least PERS subscriber or mobile call device identification information, and may further include current location information acquired by one or more locator services (28, 54) of the mobile call device. After sending the M2M message, the mobile call device is further programmed to receive and conduct a voice call (56) originating from the PERS call center. The mobile call device may be further programmed to initiate a voice call to a Public Safety Answering Point (70).
US09954994B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus including a communication interface, a memory, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a connection between the electronic device and at least one external device or a docking device, to recognize context information of the electronic device based on an application being executed in the electronic device or a file being accessed, and to control operations of the electronic device and the at least one external device or the docking device based on the context information and the at least one external device.
US09954985B2
A foldable mobile terminal, including: an upper shell (11) and a lower shell (21) that are hinged, and a flexible panel (30) disposed on inner surfaces of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21); at least one of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21) can be pivoted inwardly or outwardly to an adjustable angle with respect to an hinge axis; a region of the upper shell (11) closer to the hinge axis includes an upper cavity (111), and a region of the lower shell (21) closer to the hinge axis includes a lower cavity (211); a region of the flexible panel (30) closer to the hinge axis includes a bending portion (301) and the flexible panel (30) can be bent at the bending portion (301); upon at least one of the upper shell (11) and the lower shell (21) is pivoted inwardly with respect to the hinge axis, the bending portion (301) is received in the upper cavity (111) and the lower cavity (211), so as to maintain a relatively large bending radius, and prevent the flexible panel from being broken.
US09954977B2
The present invention provide a method for processing data packet and apparatus and the method includes: receiving or sending compression configuration information of an application layer packet; and performing compression processing or decompression processing on the application layer packet according to the compression configuration information. By using the foregoing method, compression and decompression processing of the application layer packet can be implemented, thereby reducing overheads of packet transmission and improving utilization of a network resource.
US09954969B2
A multimedia generating method for use in a target electronic device includes: communicating the target electronic device with a central relay server (CRS) via internet to conduct an identity authentication; receiving an activation command from the CRS via internet; after receiving the activation command, activating a websocket server module in the target electronic device to establish one or more network sockets between the target electronic device and other electronic devices, so that the target electronic device and other electronic devices communicate control parameters via the websocket server module; generating one or more corresponding images according to control parameters received from other electronic devices; and displaying the one or more images on a display of the target electronic device.
US09954964B2
Technologies are presented for providing a suggestion list presenting options for posting information related to viewed content on a communication network. In some examples, a user may desire to contribute to posted content by adding comments and other relevant information. A system may identify one or more key terms included in the viewed content, and may compare the key terms with content, such as files, emails, websites, images and media content, on computing devices and web browser histories associated with the user to identify information that may be related to the viewed content. If the system identifies information related to the key terms of the viewed content, the system may present the identified information associated with key terms to the user, and may enable selection from a posting suggestion list for automatically posting.
US09954954B2
Aspects of direct to systems and methods for making legacy devices Internet of Things (IoT) aware. In certain embodiments, the legacy device is connected to an IoT component, and a remote IoT device is provided to be communicatively connected to the IoT component over a network protocol. The IoT component includes a glue logic being specific to and electrically connected to the legacy device. In operation, the IoT component receives a first control signal from the remote IoT device over the network protocol, and generates a second control signal specific for the legacy device based on the first control signal. Thus, the IoT components may send the second control signal to the legacy device through the glue logic to control the legacy device, thus making the legacy device IoT aware.
US09954947B2
A storage system has a plurality of nodes which are grouped into a plurality of cluster systems each having multiple nodes, each cluster system being logically partitioned into a plurality of namespaces, each namespace including a collection of data objects, each cluster system having multiple tenants, each tenant being a grouping of namespaces, each cluster system having a plurality of capabilities, at least some of the capabilities being bound to the tenants. A node in the cluster system comprises: a memory, and a controller operable to bind each capability to one of a plurality of IP networks so that each capability is bound to only one of the IP networks and has a destination IP address of the IP network to which the capability is bound. It is permissible for one or more capabilities to be bound to the same IP network. Each IP network has one corresponding network interface.
US09954944B2
A data sharing method, client and system are described. The data sharing method includes logging in to a browser of a first client and a browser of at least one second client using a communication account. The data sharing method further includes acquiring, by the first client, shared data from the browser of the first client if receiving a data sharing instruction and selecting, by the first client, at least one sharing client from the at least one second client and acquiring an address identifier of each of the at least one sharing client, and sending, by the first client, the shared data to the at least one sharing client according to the address identifier of each of the at least one sharing client.
US09954941B2
Disclosed are a global server load balancer (GSLB) apparatus and a method for dynamically controlling cache time-to-live (TTL) in the GSLB apparatus. The GSLB apparatus which performs load balancing among a plurality of local servers includes a domain name system (DNS) query processor that receives a query message from a DNS server, a server selector that selects a local server among the plurality of local servers based on the received query message, a load calculator that collects state information of the GSLB apparatus, and calculates a load of the GSLB apparatus from the collected state information, and a TTL controller that updates a TTL of the GSLB apparatus based on the calculated load.
US09954938B2
A main computer runs a primary program performing an ongoing task, the primary program being optimized for performance on a desktop computer. A computerized device remote from the main computer runs an adjunct program which is a modified version of the primary program and is optimized for performance in a hands free mode. Communication mean provides communication between the main computer and computerized device, and the main computer and computerized device interact through the communication means so that each influences the operation of the other.
US09954936B2
Various embodiments migrate a legacy application to a multi-tenant computing environment. In one embodiment, at least one virtualized computing container is instantiated on a host system in a multi-tenant computing environment. An instance of the legacy application is executed within the virtualized computing container. The legacy application having been initially configured to run on premise and serve one tenant at a time. The virtualized computing container securely isolates the executing instance of the legacy application from other executing instances of the legacy application. At least one request received from a first client is sent to the instance of the legacy application executing within the virtualized computing container. The virtualized computing container is quiesced based on at least one quiescing criterion having been satisfied by the instance of the legacy application.
US09954935B2
A content management system enriches contact records obtained from a client device using user records stored on the content management system. The content management system receives contact records from a client device authorized on a user account of the content management system. The content management system compares contact records with user profiles stored on the content management system. The content management system matches contact records with user profiles of user accounts with which at least one sharing event occurred between the user account and the user account on which the client device is authorized. The content management system identifies a matching user profile corresponding to the contact record. The content management system determines modification information for modifying the contact record based upon the matching user profile.
US09954933B2
A schedule may be determined. The schedule may include a shutdown time and a startup time. At the shutdown time, user data for a first virtual desktop instance for a virtual desktop may be saved and the first virtual desktop instance may be shut down. At the startup time, a second virtual desktop instance for the virtual desktop may be started up with the saved user data. The shutdown and startup of a virtual desktop instance may be based on rules or logic for an individual or an organization.
US09954923B2
A technique for transmitting a video stream between a first electronic device and a second electronic device is provided. The first device receives an encoded video stream and determines whether an encoding format of the encoded video stream is a format decodable by a second electronic device. If the format is decodable, the encoded video stream is transmitted without a re-encoding operation to the second device. The video stream is displayed at the first device delayed by a determined delay time enabling the video stream to be displayed at the second device substantially synchronized with the display at the first device.
US09954911B2
The invention provides for a system and method for activity-entry reporting and activity-entry report generation by utilizing a drag and drop mechanism that allows users to merge submitted activities in order to generate new activities. These activities are contained within activity reports that can be modified and merged by other users in an effort to develop combined activity reports that maintain the traceability of the merged activities.
US09954910B1
Disclosed are various embodiments involving the use of peer-to-peer teams to accomplish a goal. The specification of a joint goal for a peer-to-peer team is facilitated in a given peer, where the peer-to-peer team includes multiple peers. Also, communication is facilitated between respective pairs of the peers via a peer-to-peer network. A team control packet is maintained in each peer to indicate a performance of each peer in the peer-to-peer team. Also, the implementation of a plurality of tasks associated with respective ones of the peers is tracked, where the tasks are implemented in concert to achieve the joint goal.
US09954903B2
Embodiments of the present technology relate to a system for providing intrusion detection for industrial control systems, comprising serial data links to communicate with serial-based networks, Ethernet interfaces to communicate with industrial and enterprise networks, a protocol recognition engine to break down an incoming data packet by protocol and integrate the data into an Ethernet framework, an industrial control system recognition application to detect intrusions, a traffic analytics application to analyze traffic activity for abnormal traffic activity, a logfile creation application to poll industrial equipment and create a logfile of equipment statuses, a long term system deviation analysis application to monitor raw data of the industrial equipment to create a profile of long term system activity, a rule set to allow data that matches the rule set and flag data that does not match the rule set, and an alerts engine to alert a system administrator of suspect activity.
US09954898B2
This disclosure makes public a data flow forwarding method and device, and in this method, a second health state is acquired based on the first health state of one or more pieces of identifying information of the received data flow, wherein the first health state and second health state are associated with the access rights of the user and/or user device that sent the data flow; it employs firewall policy property sets to determine whether or not to forward the data flow, wherein the firewall policy property sets comprise: the second health state. The technical schemes based on this disclosure improve the ability of a firewall to identify network attacks or abnormal activities and reduce administration costs.
US09954895B2
The present invention discloses a system and method for identifying a phishing website. The system comprises: a domain name acquisition unit, a domain name statistic unit and a website identification unit; the domain name acquisition unit being configured to collect all links found in a website to be identified so as to acquire the domain names corresponding to the links; the domain name statistic unit being configured to carry out a statistic on the number of times that the domain names occur in the website to be identified, and finding the domain name which has the most number of occurrences and mark it as a target domain name; and the website identification unit being configured to judge whether the website to be identified is a phishing website on the basis of the target domain name and the domain name of the website to be identified.
US09954891B2
Some embodiments provide techniques for mitigating against layer 7 distributed denial of service attacks. Some embodiments submit a computational intensive problem, also referred to as a bot detection problem, in response to a user request. Bots that lack sophistication needed to render websites or are configured to not respond to the server response will be unable to provide a solution to the problem and their requests will therefore be denied. If the requesting user is a bot and has the sophisticated to correctly solve the problem, the server will monitor the user request rate. For subsequent requests from that same user, the server can increase the difficulty of the problem when the request rate exceeds different thresholds. In so doing, the problem consumes greater resources of the user, slowing the rate at which the user can submit subsequent requests, and thereby preventing the user from overwhelming the server.
US09954887B2
A device may receive usage information, associated with a group of client networks, including particular usage information associated with a particular client network. The device may receive threat information, associated with the group of client networks, including particular threat information associated with the particular client network. The device may determine a baseline based on the usage information. The device may determine a normalization function, associated with the particular client network, based on the baseline and the particular usage information. The device may determine normalized threat information, associated with the particular client network, based on the normalization function and the particular threat information. The device may determine overall normalized threat information associated with the group of client networks. The device may compare the normalized threat information and the overall normalized threat information. The device may provide information associated with comparing the normalized threat information and the overall normalized threat information.
US09954882B2
Software that automatically detects anomalous attributes indicative of a potential intrusion in a computing system. The software performs the following operations: (i) determining a baseline pattern for one or more attributes of a computing system, based on a first set of statistical thresholds determined for received values of the one or more attributes, wherein the received values correspond to one or more time periods, and on a second set of statistical thresholds determined for a first subset of values of the received values of the one or more attributes, wherein each value of the first subset exceeds the first set of statistical thresholds; and (ii) in response to identifying, based on the determined baseline pattern, anomalous values in monitored additional values of the one or more attributes, sending an alert to a user of the computing system indicating that a potential intrusion in the computing system has occurred.
US09954876B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for detecting a tunnel routing loop attack on a computer network. A method of the presently claimed invention receives a packet of data over an automatic tunnel. When the received packet includes an Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet headers in the received packet may be extracted from the received packet. When an extracted header is a tunnel routing loop attack (TRLA) header, address information included in the TRLA header may be matched to a destination address that the IPv6 packet is about to be tunneled through. When the address information included in the TRLA header matches the destination address that the IPv6 packet is about to be tunneled through the IPv6 packet is dropped because the match indicates that that a loop is about to be formed.
US09954861B2
Novel tools and techniques might provide for implementing application, service, and/or content access control. Based at least in part on a consumer's choice of applications, services, content, and/or content providers—particular in exchange for a subsidy on content and/or network access fees provided to the consumer by chosen content providers—, a computing system may determine whether access to applications, services, and/or content not associated with the chosen content providers (“other content”) should be allowed or restricted. If restricted, the computing system might utilize various network access techniques and/or technologies to block the consumer's access to the other content, to allow access to the other content on a charge per access basis, or to allow access to the other content at reduced network access speeds. In some embodiments, an access provider (e.g., an Internet service provider, etc.) might perform both determination and implementation of content access and restriction.
US09954858B2
A fingerprint recognition-based control method may include acquiring sensor data with a fingerprint sensor. The sensor data may be acquired by the fingerprint sensor in response to a contact between a physical object and a sensing area of the fingerprint sensor. The method may further include receiving an input through a first input receiver from among one or more input receivers. The first input receiver may be located in a vicinity of the fingerprint sensor. The method may further include verifying the sensor data to be an input fingerprint; and sensing a motion of the physical object based on the acquired sensor data and the received input, in response to a positive result of the verifying.
US09954854B2
In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method for generating and verifying officially verifiable electronic representations may be disclosed. The method may comprise receiving, by a credential database, a request for a credential action. The credential database may be configured to store one or more credentials comprising a status indicator. The method may further comprise determining, by the credential database, a response to the credential action based on the one or more user credentials stored in the credential database and transmitting, by the credential database, the response to a client device.
US09954847B2
Systems and methods for integrative legacy context management are disclosed herein. An example computer hardware system may include at least one processing unit coupled to a memory, and the memory may be encoded with computer executable instructions that when executed cause the at least one processing unit to receive a set of credentials associated with a user from a user device, cross-reference the set of credentials with a first set of credentials of an agent associated with the user to determine whether the set of credentials is valid; and if the set of credentials is valid, provide a second set of credentials of the agent to the user device in response to a request for the second set of credentials from the user device.
US09954841B2
A method and system of administering a CAPTCHA challenge comprising: providing a CAPTCHA challenge to the client computer, the CAPTCHA challenge comprising an image and browser code for displaying the image, the image comprising a character string in which a first sub string smaller than said character string corresponds to a solution to the CAPTCHA challenge and a second substring smaller than said character string corresponds to extra characters not part of the solution, displaying the image on the client computer wherein only the first substring is visible in the browser, receiving a response from the client computer, comparing the response with the second substring, and determining, if the response includes the second substring, that the client computer used a CAPTCHA bot or relay.
US09954837B2
Embodiments herein provide, for example, method, comprising: requesting, by a first user on a first device, to open a channel of communication to a second user on a second device; confirming the first user's identity and the second user's identity through a second channel that is separate from the communication channel; and communicating through the communication channel after each user has validated the other party's identification through the second channel.
US09954833B2
Disclosed are examples of managing access sessions for a computing device. In some examples, a computing device obtains a key and timeout data from secured storage. The computing device determines whether an access session has expired based on the timeout data. Responsive to determining that the access session has expired, the computing device erases the key from the secured storage.
US09954831B2
Systems and methods are provided for managed file transfer. A managed file transfer server may receive a request from a sender to send a file (bulk data) to a recipient and may determine a location server that is closest to the location of the recipient. A server-to-server transfer can be automatically initiated to move the file to the location server that is closest to the location of the recipient.
US09954829B2
Techniques for detecting and dealing with a lost electronics device are disclosed. In one design, the device may autonomously determine whether it is lost. The device may destroy at least one component to render it inoperable and may perform other actions in response to determining that it is lost. In another design, the device may determine available battery power of the device upon determining that it is lost, select at least one action in a list of possible actions based on the available battery power, and perform the selected action(s). In yet another design, upon determining that it is lost, the device may prevent access to information on the device based on a secondary security key, which is not used for encrypting information during normal operation. In yet another design, the device may notify at least one contact and may perform at least one additional action upon determining that it is lost.
US09954827B2
In an example embodiment, invisible two factor authentication is performed by receiving, at a first machine, a registration request from a second machine, with the registration request encrypted using a common hash key. Then, in response to the receiving of the registration request, a server key is generated that is unique to the first machine and to the second machine. The registration request is responded to with the server key encrypted using the common hash key. Encrypted data is then received from the client machine, and this encrypted data is decrypted using the server key. In another example embodiment, in response to a determination that a data source has changed, incremental dynamic data processing is performed by identifying dynamic data relevant to records in the data source marked for distribution and, based on the existence of a state for each piece of dynamic data, marking the dynamic data for distribution.
US09954822B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for implementing a distributed firewall. In an embodiment, many different computer assets police incoming messages based on local policy data. This local policy data is synchronized with global policy data. The global policy data is generated by one or more separate analyzers. Each analyzer has access to message logs, or information derived therefrom, for groups of computer assets, and is thus able to generate policies based on intelligence from an entire group as opposed to an isolated asset. Among other effects, some of the approaches, techniques, and mechanisms may be effective even in computing environments with limited supervision over the attack surface, and/or computing environments in which assets may need to make independent decisions with respect to how incoming messages should be handled, on account of latency and/or unreliability in connections to other system components.
US09954819B2
This invention generally relates to a process and computer code for enabling users to create adapters that enable application automation processes that allow customers to define compliance boundaries using a rules-based compliance firewall for their service providers and allow service providers to perform automation on customer machines remotely while adhering to customer's compliance requirements.
US09954806B2
A compose form for drafting a message is presented inline within a window along with a message list. For example, instead of overlaying the message application's user interface (UI) with a new window for composing a message, the compose form is displayed within a portion of the window reserved for viewing content of messages. While composing the message using the compose form, the rest of the message application's UI remains visible and accessible to the user. For example, the user may navigate to another folder and/or move to another message/conversation by interacting with the tree view/message list view. A draft of the message being composed may be automatically saved when the user navigates away from the compose form (e.g. by selecting another conversation in the list view).
US09954805B2
A graymail detection and filtering system predicts whether a user will consider an email to be graymail using a classifier model based on features extracted from the email. The email is labelled as graymail or non-graymail based on the prediction. User actions are tracked on the email to determine whether the user actually considered the email to be graymail or non-graymail and the classifier model is trained using machine learning techniques to improve the prediction, without requiring explicit user feedback on whether the user considered the email to be graymail or non-graymail.
US09954803B1
The present disclosure relates to a method of augmenting a voice call with supplemental audio. In one example, the method comprises: receiving predetermined input on a first mobile device during a voice call established between the first mobile device and a second mobile device; determining an audio segment corresponding to the predetermined input; and sending the audio segment from the first mobile device to the second mobile device over a communications network during the voice call.
US09954794B2
A globalization management system for managing resources of multiple interrelated data sources corresponding to a plurality of sites through a communications network is provided. The system includes a plurality of target application interfaces respectively coupled to the interrelated data sources through the network. Each interface includes systems for converting a protocol of the respective data source to a predetermined protocol, and the predetermined protocol to the protocol of the respective data source. The system further includes a global management engine coupled to the plurality of target application interfaces. The engine includes a site-to-site relationship manager, a system for reading current content data from the interrelated data sources, a system for comparing the current content data with prior content data, and a project manager for transferring the data identified as a content change to at least one subscriber site.
US09954786B2
Data traffic switching among computing device in a SAN environment is disclosed herein. According to an aspect, a method may be implemented at an NPV device that is associated with multiple computing devices positioned behind the NPV device in a SAN. The method may also include receiving zoning information associated with the computing devices. The method may also include determining, based on the zoning information a map for switching data traffic among the computing devices. Further, the method may include switching the data traffic among the computing devices based on the determined map.
US09954780B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a call volume for an office that serves as a protecting site for another office in a packet network are disclosed. For example, the method collects one or more customer registration counts from one or more session border controllers located in a first office, determines if the one or more customer registration counts have reached or exceeded a threshold. The method directs all of said one or more session border controllers located in said first office to enact one or more throttling rules if the one or more customer registration counts have reached or exceeded the threshold.
US09954775B2
A software-defined network (SDN) system and method for implementing the same can construct a network having flexible network topology by abstracting switches and controllers, as well as a host connected to said switches, and controllers, thereby increasing scalability of a hierarchical SDN network. The SDN system includes a host part, an SDN switch part, and an SDN controller part.
US09954768B2
Reconnection of a client to a server in a transaction processing server cluster having a single address. A connection is established with a first server in the server cluster and units of work are requested at the first server. A failure of the connection to the first server is detected. A connection is established with a second server in the server cluster and units of work at the second server are requested. A reconnection request is received from the first server, in which the first server has unresolved units of work. The connection with the second server is terminated, including completing current units of work. The client is reconnected with the first server and the unresolved units of work with the first server are resynchronized.
US09954766B2
A centralized network control device for controlling a plurality of network devices in a centralized manner includes a processor configured to determine a load state of path calculation based on a predetermined threshold value when a path setting request is received, and perform, when a heavy load state of the path calculation is determined, setting control for a temporary path by using a path based on a path tree obtained by past path calculation execution.
US09954751B2
Functionality is described herein for measuring the performance of a network. The functionality operates by generating a probe packet and injecting the probe packet into the network. The probe packet is configured, using one or more layers of encapsulation, to target a particular network component of interest in the network, or to target a particular collection of network components in the network. A switch to which the probe packet is addressed operates by: (a) generating mirrored information that is associated with the probe packet; (b) decapsulating the probe packet (with respect to its outermost encapsulation) to produce a new probe packet; and (c) passing the new probe packet to a downstream network component, in accordance with a destination address associated with the new probe packet. The functionality uses the mirrored information that has been collected in the above manner to detect various anomalies in the network.
US09954748B2
In an analysis apparatus, when detecting each packet communicated via a network, an update unit updates statistical information that is stored in a continuous storage area of a storage unit and that indicates the communication state of the network for a first cycle. Then, a first processing unit reads the statistical information from the storage unit at every first cycle, and processes the statistical information and initializes the statistical information in the storage unit. A second processing unit reads partial statistical information that is part of the statistical information from the storage unit at every second cycle shorter than the first cycle, and processes the partial statistical information and initializes the partial statistical information in the storage unit.
US09954744B2
Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for estimation of application execution performance variations on a processor, without a priori knowledge of the application. A system may include network traffic data collection circuitry configured to sample a first network traffic statistic, from a network interface circuit associated with the processor, at a first sampling time interval during the application execution. The network traffic data collection circuitry may also be configured to sample a second network traffic statistic from the network interface circuit at a second sampling time interval during the application execution. The system may further include performance analysis circuitry configured to calculate a ratio of the first network traffic statistic to the second network traffic statistic and to estimate the application execution performance variation from the first sampling time interval to the second sampling time interval, wherein the estimation is proportional to the calculated ratio.
US09954743B2
In one implementation, an application-aware network control system determines that a network flow has been instantiated, derives network flow features associated with the network flow in response to determining the network flow has been instantiated, and provides the network flow features to an application identification module. In response to an application identification signal, the application-aware network control system ceases deriving the network flow features, and applies a flow action to the network flow based on an application identification report received from the application identification module.
US09954742B2
A method performed in a first network node, includes the first network node receiving, from a second network node, a request specifying a user account and a media content. The method further includes the first network node retrieving, from a database, a database object associated with the user account, the database object including a first parameter associated with a non-monetary balance. The method further includes the first network node retrieving, from the database, at least one predefined rule associated with the media content. The method further includes the first network node determining an advice of charge using the database object and the at least one predefined rule, the advice of charge specifying a deduction from the non-monetary balance for downloading the media content. The method also includes the first network node transmitting the advice of charge to the second network node.
US09954739B2
Interactions between media devices and content distribution systems are enhanced by analyzing and/or optimizing the selection of which sources the media devices access for which content. Content consumption metrics are tracked for a user and/or device, such as which content items or channels are watched, amounts of time the channels or items are watched, which content items a user has expressed an interest in, and so forth. Subscription and/or license information may also be tracked. Content availability information is collected across, potentially, multiple content distribution systems, including information indicating what subscriptions or licenses are needed to view specific channels, services, or items of content from specific content distribution systems. Based on the content consumptions metrics, subscription information, and content availability information, various actions may be taken, such as displaying a subscription utilization report, suggesting alternative content consumption strategies, and so forth.
US09954738B1
A system and method is provided where, in one aspect, the system and method provide access to one or more devices located on a server. Each device may be physically connected to a controller. The controller may include a plurality of agents each configured to provide access to a device at a unique ephemeral port. The controller may include a registry that stores mapping information between the agents and the ephemeral ports. Applications running on the controller or running on a client may access the registry for port information of a given agent or a given device via a predetermined port.
US09954737B2
Embodiments provide a policy formulating method. The method includes: receiving, by a policy server, User-Agent information sent by a gateway, where the User-Agent information carries type information of a terminal or type information of a browser used by a terminal; determining, by the policy server, a type of the terminal according to the User-Agent information; and formulating, by the policy server, a charging policy and/or a QoS quality of service policy according to the type of the terminal. Type information of a user terminal or type information a browser used by a terminal is reported to a policy server. The policy server is capable of correctly distinguishing a terminal type, for example a mobile phone or a PC is surfing the Internet, and then the policy server formulates a corresponding policy to implement Internet access charging and QoS guarantee.
US09954731B2
A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes sending a customized configuration file to the cable modem. The configuration file contains service provisioning information and further includes information indicative of a device-to-device communication configuration. A message is passed from the cable modem to the customer premise equipment device indicative of the device-to-device communication configuration. The customer premise equipment device is initialized for device-to-device communication with any other customer premise equipment devices in accordance with the device-to-device communication configuration indicated in the message, which relates to physical layer and data link layer communications among customer premise equipment devices. In this way, the customer premise equipment device knows how to communicate with other customer premise equipment devices, for example, at the same subscriber location.
US09954730B2
The present invention is applicable to and relates to the field of communications technologies, and provides a method for delivering a static route and an ultimate provider edge (UPE). The method includes: reading, by a UPE, a packet; and delivering a corresponding static route according to related information carried in the packet. The present invention avoids problems that when a site is deployed on a large-scale radio access network, a base station cannot operate normally and a data communications device repeatedly performs troubleshooting and debugging on site caused by differences between preliminary data planning and actual site deployment data. A static route is automatically delivered by processing a packet, thereby reducing manpower costs and avoiding occurrence of human errors.
US09954721B2
A telecommunications network arranged for controlling the flow of SNMP trap notifications from Subtended Network Elements and subtending Gateway Network Elements to a Management System, the network being provided with a Network Analyzer arranged for determining the number of Network Elements that are subtended by each Gateway Network Element, and a Notification Threshold Manager arranged for calculating a Notification Throttling Threshold (an upper limit for the rate at which a Subtended Network Element may send SNMP trap notifications to the Management System in dependence upon the number of Network Elements that are subtended by the Gateway Network Element. The Notification Throttling Threshold is transmitted to the Gateway Network Element and Subtended Network Elements by the Management System. Also disclosed is a method for controlling the flow of SNMP trap notifications in the above-described network.
US09954713B2
Methods and OFDM receivers for decoding an OFDM signal include estimating a channel impulse response from a pilot-dense symbol of the OFDM signal for each of a plurality of potential FFT window positions; determining a noise floor of each of the channel impulse responses; selecting the potential window position corresponding to the channel impulse response with the lowest noise floor as an optimum FFT window position; and decoding symbols of the OFDM signal using the optimum FFT window position.
US09954710B2
A communication device for transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signals in a wireless communication system. The device includes a plurality of antenna elements that transmit the OFDM signals to a receiver over a plurality of transmission channels in the wireless communication system. The device also generates weight coefficients applied to each of the plurality of subcarrier signals, and controls an amplitude and/or phase of the plurality of subcarrier signals as a function of said weight coefficients.
US09954701B2
Disclosed herein are a Bluetooth signal receiving device and method for receiving a Bluetooth signal. The Bluetooth signal receiving device includes a discriminator circuit and a correlator circuit. The discriminator circuit generates a baseband signal by performing frequency shift demodulation on a received signal, and generates a frequency proportion signal having a value proportional to the frequency of the baseband signal. The correlator circuit detects a packet assigned to the Bluetooth signal receiving device by comparing the frequency proportion signal with an access address received from a link layer. The Bluetooth signal receiving device may detect a packet, assigned to the Bluetooth signal receiving device itself, by using access address information of a link layer.
US09954698B1
A data stream processing device including a first tapped delay line which outputs data values received via a first data input on N first taps, wherein N is two or more; a second tapped data delay line which outputs data values received via a second data input on N second taps; a first processing unit including N first delayed data inputs and which generates a first data output based on the N first delayed data inputs; a second processing unit including N second delayed data inputs and which generates a second data output based on the N second delayed data inputs; and control circuitry including a mode selection input, and which is coupled to in response to the mode selection input receiving a signal indicating a first mode, simultaneously couple each of the first taps to a respective one of the first delayed data inputs and couple each of the second taps to a respective one of the second delayed data inputs, and in response to the mode select input not receiving a signal indicating the first mode, simultaneously couple one of the first taps to one of the second delayed data inputs and couple one of the second taps to one of the first data inputs.
US09954696B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for encoding uplink control information, so as to optimize the performance of uplink control information transmission. The method includes: shifting a column vector of a predefined encoding matrix M to generate a new encoding matrix M′; and encoding uplink control information by using the new encoding matrix M′. The encoding matrix used for encoding the uplink control information is no longer a fixed predefined encoding matrix, but the new encoding matrix generated after shifting the column vectors of the predefined encoding matrix. Comparing with the method in prior art, the method in embodiments of the present invention can determine a corresponding encoding matrix according to the uplink control information, thereby optimizing the performance of the uplink control information transmission and then improving the efficiency of downlink transmission.
US09954693B2
There are provided a system and method of assessing latency of forwarding data packets in virtual environment. The method comprises: generating packet signatures SGD and SGA respectively for departing and arriving data packets; maintaining a first data structure comprising records related to departing packets associated with a first virtual function (VF), each record informative of SGD and registered departure time TD of a given departing packet; responsive to registering arriving time TA of a given monitored arriving packet SGA associated with a second VF, searching the first data structure for a record matching a matching condition SGD=SGA; modifying the matching record to become informative of latency ΔT=TA−TD and adding the modified record to a second data structure; and using data in the second data structure for assessing latency of forwarding packets from the ingress virtual port to the egress virtual port.
US09954688B1
Systems and methods that facilitate dynamic directory service object creation and certificate management are discussed. One such method can include discovering a device deployed on a network, creating and deploying a corresponding directory services object, automatically creating and deploying a certificate to the device and updating attributes associated with the device. The disclosed system and method reduce the time involved in deploying and configuring directory services and public key infrastructure (PKI), increase efficiency, improve network availability and lessen the chances for errors associated with manual configuration.
US09954686B2
A virtual private network (VPN) over a telecommunications network is created by sending a request from a first VPN device to a second VPN device for establishing a VPN between the first and second VPN devices. The request includes a first signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the first VPN device. A reply is received at the first VPN device from the second VPN device that includes a second signed certificate having a verified VPN parameter for the second VPN device. The VPN is established between the first and second VPN devices based on each verified VPN parameter for each of the first and second VPN devices.
US09954685B2
A first digital identification document is transmitted from an identification authority to a mobile device of an identified individual. This first digital identification document is digitally signed and includes a set of attributes about the identified individual. In the same manner, a second digital identification document is also transmitted to the identified individual's mobile device. The second digital identification document is also digitally signed but includes a different set of attributes about the identified individual. The identified individual is then confronted by a series of challengers, wherein each challenger requires a different amount of information about the identified individual. Based on the identity of each challenger, the identified individual selects an appropriate identification document and transmits it to the applicable challenger's device. The challenger is then able to confirm both the information he needs about the identified individual and the validity of the identification document that he receives.
US09954684B2
Among other things, at a central server, management of a document sharing process includes uploading from client devices through a communication network, storing at the server, and downloading to client devices through the communication network documents that are shared between users of the client devices. Encryption keys are used to protect features of the documents from unauthorized or unintended disclosure. Operations are performed on encryption keys or encrypted data as a result of which protection of features of the documents from unauthorized or unintended disclosure may be compromised. A determination is made whether performance of a given one of the operations on any of the encryption keys or encrypted data meets predefined conditions for approval by members of an approval group. Performance of the operation on the encryption key or encrypted data is controlled based on a result of the determination.
US09954681B2
A method of encrypting data on a memory device includes receiving a memory transaction request at an inline encryption engine coupled between a processing core and switch fabric in a system on a chip (SOC). The memory transaction request includes a context component and a data component. The context component is analyzed to determine whether the data component will be stored in an encrypted memory region. If the data component will be stored in an encrypted memory region, the data component is encrypted and communicated to a location in the encrypted memory region. The location is based at least on the context component.
US09954680B1
A master encryption key is split at a key splitting server such that three key shares are required to reconstruct it, and is then destroyed. The key shares are distributed such that an encrypted remote management server key share is stored at a remote management server, an encrypted managed device key share is stored at a managed device, and a key splitting server key share is stored on the key splitting server. Incoming communications to the key splitting server from managed devices are prevented, and outgoing communications from the key splitting server are only allowed to managed devices. The managed device obtains the master encryption key at startup by sending its managed device key share to the remote management server, which sends the managed device key share and the remote management server key share to the key splitting server. The key splitting server reconstructs the master encryption key, encrypts it using a public key of the managed device, and sends it to the managed device.
US09954679B2
Disclosed are methods and systems for authenticating a key exchange between a first peer device and a second peer device. In an aspect, the first peer device sends federated login credentials of a user and a first identifier to a first federated login provider, receives a first authentication response from the first federated login provider, receives a second authentication response from the second peer device, authenticates the second authentication response with a second federated login provider, sends the first authentication response to the second peer device, receives an acknowledgment from the second peer device indicating that the second peer device has authenticated the first authentication response with the federated login provider, sends an acknowledgment to the second peer device indicating that the first peer device has authenticated the second authentication response, and authenticates the key exchange based on the acknowledgment from the second peer device.
US09954668B2
Techniques for managing co-existence on a shared communication medium are disclosed. An activation command or a deactivation command configuring an access terminal for activated operation or deactivated operation over a communication medium, respectively, may be exchanged in accordance with a Time Division Multiplexed (TDM) communication pattern defining active periods and inactive periods of communication over the communication medium. An acknowledgment message may be sent by, or received from, the access terminal in response to the activation command or the deactivation command. Communication may be activated or deactivated over the communication medium in accordance with the TDM communication pattern in response to the acknowledgment message indicating a positive acknowledgment of the activation command or the deactivation command, respectively, and not activated or deactivated over the communication medium in accordance with the TDM communication pattern in response to the acknowledgment message not indicating a positive acknowledgment of the activation or deactivation command.
US09954667B2
For a base station or a User Equipment (UE) in communication with each other, the UE is configured by the base station for operation with an adapted Time Division Duplex (TDD) UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration. The base station configures a UE with resources for obtaining channel and interference measurements in two sets of Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs) and the UE obtains a Channel State Information (CSI) from the channel and interference measurements in the two sets of TTIs.
US09954659B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a frame transmission method and an apparatus for a wireless local area network, which relate to the field of communications technologies. In the present invention, in a WLAN frame transmission process, a frame sent by a wireless local area network WLAN device is received, and identification of frames of different standards is completed by detecting a format indication field included in the frame, so as to implement backward compatibility of the WLAN device, so that hybrid networking of WLAN devices of different standards can be supported, flexibility of network deployment is improved, and networking complexity is reduced.
US09954655B2
A system for streaming data packets, comprises a source device (2) having a radio transceiver (10), and a receiving device (4) having a radio transceiver (14). The source device (2) is configured to receive or generate a stream of data packets at a stream rate and to transmit, by radio, a succession of data frames, each data frame comprising a successive set of one or more data packets (22a) from the stream that have not previously been transmitted. The receiving device (4) is configured to receive a data frame and to determine whether the one or more data packets (22a) in the data frame have been correctly or incorrectly received and to transmit by radio an acknowledgement message (22c) indicating that one or more of the data packets (22a) has been correctly received and/or is configured to transmit by radio an acknowledgement message indicating that one or more of the data packets has been incorrectly received. The source device (2) is also configured such that, if the source device (2) determines that a data packet (22a) has not been correctly received by the receiving device, the source device retransmits the data packet (24b) in a subsequent data frame along with one or more data packets (24a) from the stream that have not previously been transmitted. The source device (2) is further configured such that, if the source device does not receive an acknowledgement message (24c) within an acknowledgement period after transmitting a data frame, the source device (2) retransmits the one or more data packets (26b) from the data frame in one or more subsequent data frames along with respective one or more data packets (26a) from the stream that have not previously been transmitted.
US09954651B2
Disclosed is a mobile communication system and a mobile communication method which enable high-quality transmission and reception of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) control information when a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus communicate using a broad frequency band formed by a plurality of component carriers. In a mobile communication system where a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus communicate using a plurality of downlink component carriers, the base station apparatus allocates a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource to the mobile station apparatus for the transmission of HARQ control information, and the mobile station apparatus uses the PUSCH resource to transmit HARQ control information to the base station apparatus.
US09954649B2
A system is enabled to perform error checking and other HARQ processes at a remote radio unit device in cloud RAN systems that have a large front haul latency. The remote radio unit device performs error checking on transmissions received from a mobile device and sends an acknowledgement (ACK) or negative acknowledgement (NACK) to the mobile device based on whether errors are found.
US09954648B2
The invention discloses a method for use in a cellular system with an RBS which controls traffic to and from a cell, with one User Equipment, UE, in the cell. The RBS and the UE receive and transmit information between each other, one of them being a sending party and the other one is a receiving party, and errors in messages which are received can be detected by the receiving party by a first error detection method and if errors are detected in received messages, the receiving party can request a retransmission from the transmitting party. The receiving party stores the order in which retransmissions are requested, so that erroneous retransmissions may be detected by the receiving party without the first error detection method.
US09954645B2
A method and apparatus for providing a secure transmission based on a polar code are provided. A device generates an output bit sequence by applying a polar code generator matrix to an input bit sequence and transmits the output bit sequence to a target receiver. The input bit sequence includes first information bits, second information bits and third information bits. The first information bits correspond to gray bit channels for the target receiver and bad bit channels for an eavesdropper. The third information bits correspond to good bit channels for the target receiver and gray bit channels for the eavesdropper.
US09954640B2
The present application discloses a method for enabling a terminal to report CQI (Channel Quality Indicator) in a wireless communications system. Specifically, the method includes the steps of: receiving the setup information concerning at least one CSI (Channel Status Information Process) through an upper layer; receiving CSI-RS (Channel Status Information-Reference Signal) contained in the setup information from a base station; calculating the CQI by using the CSI-RS under the assumption that the CRS (Cell specific RS) resource contained in a given resource for calculating the CQI is not mapped with data; and reporting the calculated CQI to the base station, wherein the setup information contains the information of the CRS resource.
US09954639B2
The present invention provides a method for controlling transmission of a signal between a transmitter and a receiver during a phase of change of a signal data rate. The method comprises, when the change is requested, informing the transmitter and receiver of a start of a transition phase. The transmitter retransmits the signal N times, with N≥1, in identical signal parts having a chosen length. The receiver stores the N retransmitted identical signal parts successively received to combine them together to produce a combined signal part, and to temporarily output these combined signal parts with an auxiliary data rate depending on N and on this signal part length. The transmitter and the receiver are informed of the end of the transition phase when the signal data rate change is finished.
US09954635B2
A protocol for optimizing the use of coded transmissions such as over wireless links. In this technique, interframes are split into segments selected to be an optimum size according to transmission characteristics of the radio channel. The inverse process is applied at the receiver. Using this scheme, segments containing erroneous data may be resent.
US09954626B2
A method of calibrating parameters for a polar transmitter (Polar TX) system includes receiving phase information derived from transmission information in a Polar TX for producing a radio frequency (RF) broadcast signal. An Inphase local oscillator (LO_I) signal and a quadrature phase local oscillator (LO_Q) signal are derived from a combination of a first signal and the phase information using a digital phase lock loop. A feedback receiver (FBR) receives the RF broadcast signal provided by the Polar TX. The LO_I signal and the LO_Q signal are mixed with the RF broadcast signal to obtain mixer output signals. RF path delay and IQ phase imbalance are concurrently determined as a function of the first signal and of the mixer output signals.
US09954621B2
The present document provides a method and device for compensating a phase deviation, which are applied to a data sequence between a first training sequence and a second training sequence which are received by a receiving end; The method includes: determining a first phase difference between a first training sequence and a standard training sequence used for reference, and a second phase difference between a second training sequence and the standard training sequence; determining a subdata sequence requiring a phase compensation in multiple subdata sequences forming the data sequence according to the first phase difference and the second phase difference; calculating a phase compensation value corresponding to the subdata sequence requiring the phase compensation by using the first phase difference and the second phase difference; and conducting the phase compensation on the subdata sequence requiring the phase compensation by using the phase compensation value corresponding to the subdata sequence.
US09954612B1
A method and system for establishing a free space optical link that includes creating a first link between a first vehicle and a second vehicle and pointing a laser from the first vehicle to the second vehicle. The method includes steering the laser in a spiral pattern and recording a time at the first vehicle of each incremental position of the laser in a spiral pattern. The method includes detecting the laser at the second vehicle, recording the time of detection at the second vehicle, and steering the laser to the positions that coincide with the detection times of the second vehicle to establish an optical link between the first and second vehicles. The first link may be a RF link. The free space optical link may be created with a conformal panel having an RF array, an optical detecting aperture, and an optical beam directing aperture.
US09954611B1
A method including determining, for each reachable source-destination (S-D) node pair, a maximal number of optical channel (OCh) paths available for source-destination node pair connections and determining, if a preselected latency threshold is specified, for all available OCh paths a maximal number of paths satisfying the preselected latency threshold. The available OCh paths are reported to a Multi-Domain Service coordinator (MDSC).
US09954608B2
A method and apparatus for performing path protection for rate-adaptive optics is provided. As part of the method, an aggregate input bit stream is received. The aggregate input bit stream is then transmitted using a rate-adaptive optical transceiver when transmitting on a first optical path. When the first optical path has a fault, the aggregate input bit stream is then transmitted on a second optical path using the rate-adaptive optical transceiver and a fixed-rate optical transceiver.
US09954606B2
The present invention relates to a structure of a full duplex radio (FDR) region in an FDR system. Further, the present invention provides a method and apparatuses for transmitting allocation information on a configured FDR region. In an embodiment of the present invention, a method of allocating an FDR region by a base station in a radio access system supporting an FDR scheme comprises the steps of: transmitting a control signal including FDR region allocation information to a terminal and performing FDR-based communication with the terminal through an FDR region indicated by the FDR region allocation information. At this time, the FDR region allocation information may contain one or more of first number information indicating a number of subcarriers included in the FDR region, position information indicating an allocation position of the FDR region, and second number information indicating a number of subcarriers included in a guard region used for reducing interference.
US09954605B2
A method of operating a relay device to receive data from one or more terminal devices and relay the data to a base station in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes receiving plural blocks of data from one or more terminal devices at different times. Each block of data is received in association with an indication of a time by which the block of data should be transmitted to the base station. The block of data are buffered at the relay node that determines earliest time by which one of the received blocks of data should be transmitted to the base station and transmits the plurality of blocks of data to the base station together in advance of this earliest time. The method reduces signalling overhead associated with transmissions from the relay device to the base station while helping to ensure data is not delayed at the relay node for longer than is acceptable for the data.
US09954598B2
Telecommunications service is provided to mobile equipment aboard an airborne aircraft. A master coordination node (MCN) coordinates communication from groups of subordinate nodes in the network such that each group communicates a different layer of data to the mobile communication equipment aboard the aircraft. Each group of subordinate nodes transmits beam steered, Doppler shift compensated downlink signals directed at the aircraft. Coordination controls the timing of transmissions from the subordinate nodes so as to have signals received by the mobile communication equipment from the groups of subordinate nodes keep within a required temporal delay of a cyclic prefix in the received signals; the Doppler shift pre-compensation performed by each subordinate node such that the mobile communication equipment aboard the aircraft experiences a nominal carrier frequency when receiving transmissions from each of the subordinate nodes; and ensuring mutual compatibility of the signals transmitted by each of the groups of subordinate nodes.
US09954594B2
A method of channel estimation enhancement is provided. In a wireless communications system, a transmitting device transmits a long preamble frame comprising a first training field, a signal field, and a second training field. The signal field has a beam-change indicator bit indicates whether there is beam change between the first training field and the second training field. A receiving device receives the long preamble frame, performs a first channel estimation based on the first training field, and performs a second channel estimation based on the second training field. If the beam-change indicator bit indicates negative beam change, then the receiving device performs channel estimation enhancement by combining the first channel estimation and the second channel estimation. As a result, channel estimation performance is improved.
US09954588B2
A transmission method simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at a common frequency performs precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changes the phase of at least one of the signals, thereby improving received data signal quality for a reception device.
US09954587B2
A technology for an enhanced node B (eNB) that is operable to perform beamforming using multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in a cellular network. One or more user equipment (UEs) can be configured to use a same or different multiple port (multi-port) channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) pattern. Feedback reports can be received from the one or more UEs associated with the multi-port CSI-RS pattern at the eNB. A UE-specific or more UEs at the eNB using the feedback report from the one or more UEs.
US09954584B2
A distributed antenna system includes a host unit configured to receive downlink wireless network information from a radio access network interface and at least one antenna unit communicatively coupled to the host unit by at least one digital communication link. Host unit is configured to convert downlink wireless network information received from radio access network interface from first protocol layer to second protocol layer. Second protocol layer uses relevant bits more efficiently than first protocol layer. Host unit is configured to communicate downlink wireless network information to at least one antenna unit across at least one digital communication link. At least one antenna unit is configured to convert downlink wireless network information communicated from host unit from second protocol layer to downlink radio frequency signals. At least one antenna unit is configured to communicate downlink radio frequency signals wirelessly using at least one antenna.
US09954583B2
A mobile terminal and a NFC antenna are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a terminal body, including a rear surface defined with a rear longitudinal centerline and a rear transverse centerline; near field communication antenna, disposed on the rear surface of the terminal body; wherein at least one of the rear longitudinal centerline and the rear transverse centerline pass through the near field communication antenna, and the near field communication antenna is disposed asymmetrically to the at least one of the rear longitudinal centerline and the rear transverse centerline. The mobile terminal according to the present disclosure shows a lower deviation of the resonance frequency when operating the P2P networking, and also shows high communication sensitivity, a high communication success rate, a strong communication capability, etc.
US09954569B2
A two-part mounting system for easier and more secure transport of a mobile phone or other hand-held electronic device comprising a handle and complementary receiving mount. More specifically, the handle is comprised of a base, a flexible strap, and an adhesive backer, and the complementary mount is dome-shaped and comprised of a rounded top, a slot for receiving the flexible strap, and a bottom for receiving the base. The handle and complementary mount physically interlock by virtue of the shape of the base and receiving mount and the tension of the flexible strap around the complementary mount. The two-part mounting system can then securely attach the electronic device to an additional fixed or mobile mount.
US09954568B1
The antenna enclosure includes a control bus that is capable of detecting the installation of a new antenna module. When a new antenna module is discovered by the control bus, a communication policy and a data set is determined for the new antenna module. The data set indicates an internal set of internal antenna modules previously detected in the antenna enclosure, an external set of external antenna modules previously detected in other antenna enclosures and geographic locations of the antenna enclosure and the other antenna enclosures. The antenna enclosure is configured to receive and process module-to-module communications from among antenna modules. Module-to-module communications are filtered based on the communication policy.
US09954565B2
A method and a first node (110) for managing processing of an audio stream as well as a method and a second node (120) for enabling management, by a first node (110), of processing of an audio stream and corresponding computer programs and computer program products are disclosed. The audio stream is receivable from the second node (120). The first node (110) sends (204, 205), to the second node (120), information relating to at least one preference concerning acoustic characteristics of the audio stream. The second node (120) processes (208) the audio stream in response to the information relating to the at least one preference concerning the acoustic characteristics. The second node (120) transmits (209) the audio stream to the first node (110).
US09954563B2
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a receiver comprises one or more first metamaterial circuit elements configured to receive a signal; one or more second metamaterial circuit elements configured to perform a hermetic transform on the signal to output a hermetic transform output; and one or more third metamaterial circuit elements configured to perform a summation on the hermetic transform output. Additionally, according to one or more exemplary embodiments, a transmitter comprises a metamaterial waveguide configured to guide a signal and allow the signal to exit the metamaterial waveguide; one or more first metamaterial circuit elements coupled to the metamaterial waveguide and configured to perform a hermetic transform on the signal; and one or more second metamaterial elements configured to transmit the signal.
US09954555B2
A system including a wireless device configured to apply selective error correction coding to data content to produce first data and second data, wherein the first and the second data being error correction coded differently; maintain the first data and the second data in a non-volatile memory of the wireless device; receive an electromagnetic signal for powering the wireless device; and transmit the first data and the second data over a short-range wireless link. The system further includes an apparatus configured to transmit an electromagnetic signal for powering the wireless device; receive first and second data over a short-range wireless link, wherein the first data and the second data being error correction coded differently; and apply selective error correction decoding to the first data and the second data to produce data content.
US09954539B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and circuit for clock phase generation are disclosed. The circuit includes an injection locked oscillator, a loop controller, and a phase interpolator. The injection locked oscillator includes an input for receiving an injected clock signal and an output for forwarding a set of fixed clock phases. The loop controller includes an input for receiving a phase separation error of the fixed clock phases and an output for forwarding a supply voltage derived from the phase separation error. The supply voltage matches the free running frequency of the injection locked oscillator to a frequency of the injected clock signal. The phase interpolator includes an input for receiving the set of fixed clock phases directly from the injection locked oscillator, an input for receiving the supply voltage from the loop controller, and an output for forwarding an arbitrary clock phase.
US09954536B2
One or more gray code counters, counter arrangements, and phase-locked loop (PLL) circuits are provided. A gray code counter comprises a set of cells, such as standard cells, that output a gray code signal. The gray code counter comprises a pre-ready cell that provides an early signal, generated based upon an early clock, to one or more cells to reduce delay. A counter arrangement comprises one or more counter groups configured to provide pixel count levels for pixels, such as pixels of an image sensor array. A counter group comprises a gray code counter configured to provide a gray code signal to latch counter arrangements of the counter group. A PPL circuit comprises a gray code counter configured to generate a gray code signal used by a digital filter to adjust an oscillator. The gray code signal provides n-bit early/late information to the digital filter for adjustment of the oscillator.
US09954528B2
An example semiconductor chip includes analog circuits, digital circuits, and a digital input port. The digital input port is to receive an input signal. The analog circuit is to receive the input signal from the digital input port and produce a digital signal based on the input signal.
US09954524B2
A capacitive sensor device for approach and/or contact detection can be coupled with an electric circuit (10) and has a sensor electronics (20) and a device for potential separation (30), which with the sensor electronics (20) is coupled and by which the capacitive sensor device can be coupled with the electric circuit (10). In a method for operating a capacitive sensor device which has a sensor electronics, the sensor electronics can be coupled with an electric circuit and the sensor electronics is coupled with the electric circuit in a separable way with respect to the potential.
US09954512B2
A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and an interdigital electrode is provided. A ratio between a thickness of the plate and a pitch of the interdigital electrode may be from about 0.5 to about 1.5. A radiation detector including a resonator and an absorber layer capable of absorbing at least one of infrared and terahertz radiation is provided. A resonator including a piezoelectric plate and a two-dimensional electrically conductive material is provided.
US09954508B2
A matching module includes an input terminal connected to an input node, a variable load capacitor, and a plurality of RF signal delivery branches. The input terminal is connected to receive RF signals from one or more RF generators. The load capacitor is connected between the input node and a reference ground potential. Each of the plurality of RF signal delivery branches has a respective ingress terminal connected to the input node and a respective egress terminal connected to a respective one of a plurality of output terminals. Each of the plurality of output terminals of the matching module is connected to deliver RF signals to a different one of a plurality of plasma processing stations/chambers. Each of the plurality of RF signal delivery branches includes a corresponding inductor and a corresponding variable tuning capacitor electrically connected in a serial manner between its ingress terminal and its egress terminal.
US09954505B2
Disclosed is an audio output control method and an electronic device supporting the same. The audio output control method includes determining an output of an audio processing unit decoding an audio source signal, and controlling generating of a reference signal to be supplied to an audio output unit in response to an output of the audio processing unit.
US09954477B2
An electrical switch, particularly for an electrical appliance having an electric motor. The switch has two electrical supply connections for the supply voltage, particularly for a rechargeable battery, and two electrical motor connections for the supply of voltage to the electric motor. Furthermore, the switch has a control electronics unit, such as a microprocessor, a microcontroller or the like, for executing control processes in the electrical appliance, wherein particularly the control electronics unit operates by means of a piece of software. The switch can also be connected with a data line for communication between the control electronics unit and an external device, wherein particularly one of the electrical motor connections is used as an interface for the data line. Furthermore, the invention relates to an appropriate method for communication by an electrical switch with an external device.
US09954473B2
The present invention relates to a motor driving apparatus and a home appliance including the same. A motor driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an inverter for converting a DC voltage of a DC-link capacitor into an AC voltage according to a switching operation and outputting the converted AC voltage to a motor; a DC-link resistor disposed between the DC-link capacitor and the inverter; and a controller for controlling the inverter based on a phase current sampled through the DC-link resistor, wherein the controller estimates a phase current based on the phase current sampled through the DC link resistor, in an interval in which phase current detection is not possible. Thereby, the phase current flowing through the motor may be accurately calculated using the DC link resistor.
US09954467B1
Provided is a motor control device controlling several motors independently. The motor control device includes a plurality of inverters supplying power to each of several motors, respectively, and a control CPU provided with a command generator generating a control command, a PI controller that generates a torque command and a speed command by performing a proportional integral operation using feedback information and the control command transmitted from the command generator, and a vector controller that generates a PWM control signal using the torque command and the speed command and supplies the generated PWM signal to the plurality of inverters, in which the command generator includes an input translator that converts the command input as a QMCL command into the control command.
US09954464B2
A switching apparatus includes an energy store and two measuring devices connected to the control apparatus, the energy store being connected in series between the supply connection and the power supply via the first measuring device, the control apparatus can ascertain if the supply voltage attached to the primary side of the power supply falls short of a first voltage threshold value and, via the second measuring device, if the supply voltage of the power supply attached to the secondary side of the power supply falls short of a second voltage threshold value, the control apparatus evaluates the time between falling short of the first voltage threshold value and falling short of the second voltage threshold value.
US09954460B2
A voltage control device includes an output module and a control module. The output module provides an output current at an output terminal thereof based on a control voltage. The control module includes a comparing circuit, a capacitor, a charging circuit and a discharging circuit. The comparing circuit compares a to-be-compared voltage, which is associated at least with a to-be-controlled voltage at the output terminal of the output module, with a predetermined reference voltage to generate a comparison signal. The capacitor provides the control voltage. The charging circuit is operable to charge the capacitor based on the comparison signal. The discharging circuit is operable to discharge the capacitor based on the comparison signal.
US09954458B2
A control device in a high voltage direct current (HVDC) system is provided. The control device includes a communication unit performing communication with a component in the HVDC system; and a control unit enabling the communication unit to receive, from the component, data on an available state of the component, calculating availability of the HVDC system defined as a ratio of an actual operation time of the HVDC system to an operable time of the HVDC system based on data on the available state of the component, and then performing control of the HVDC system based on the data on the available state of the component and the availability of the HVDC system.
US09954445B2
A control circuit controls a switch of a switching current converter receiving an input quantity, with a transformer having a primary winding and a sensor element generating a sensing signal correlated to a current in the primary winding. The control circuit has a comparator stage configured to compare a reference signal with a comparison signal correlated to the sensing signal and generate an opening signal for the switch. The comparator stage has a comparator element and a delay-compensation circuit. The delay-compensation circuit is configured to generate a compensation signal correlated to the input quantity and to a propagation delay with respect to the opening signal. The comparator element generates the opening signal with an advance correlated to the input quantity and to the propagation delay.
US09954425B2
A linear vibrating motor is provided in the present disclosure. The linear vibrating motor includes a shell, a vibrating module, a coil module and an elastic module. The shell provides a receiving cavity; the vibrating module is received in the receiving cavity for generating a linear vibration; the coil module is configured for driving the vibrating module to vibrate. The elastic module is configured for suspending the vibrating module in the receiving cavity, and includes a first elastic member, a second elastic member and a third elastic member connected between the vibrating module and the shell at a first connecting point, a second connecting point and a third connected point, the first connecting point, the second connecting point and the third connecting point are arranged in a non-linear manner.
US09954421B2
An electrical machine is particularly suited as an electric motor of a motor vehicle. The machine has a rotor mounted rotatably by way of a rotor shaft and a position emitter with a rotationally fixed sensor unit and with a sensor emitter fixed relative to the rotor shaft. The emitter is an injection molding with an emitter head receiving a magnet, in particular a magnetic dipole, and with a joint shank. Alternatively, it is provided, together with the magnet on the emitter head side, with an plastic over-molding forming the joint shank. The joint shank is joined to the rotor shaft on the face side of a shaft end by form fit, forming a press fit or an interference fit.
US09954420B2
A system and method for cooling electric machines using direct winding heat exchangers (DWHX) is disclosed. The system can comprise a plurality of DWHXs disposed in thermal communication with a plurality of copper windings in the stator of an electric machine for cooling the plurality of copper windings. The plurality of DWHXs can also be in fluid communication with one or more fluid manifolds for providing coolant to the plurality of DWHXs. The one or more manifolds can be in fluid communication with one or more heat reservoirs for rejecting the heat absorbed by the plurality of DWHXs. The heat reservoir can be an internal system radiator or an infinite reservoir such as a cooling pond. The method can comprise a design tool for optimizing a DWHX cooling system utilizing the internal system radiator or an infinite reservoir, among other things.
US09954416B2
An actuator, a stator, a motor, a rotational-to-linear motion conversion mechanism, and a linear actuator are provided. The motor, the actuator, and the linear actuator at least include a screw shaft and a nut. The screw shaft is a rod-like member, and at least a part of the surface of the screw shaft has a thread. The nut is screwed onto the thread on the screw shaft, and moves the screw shaft in a linear motion direction that is a direction in parallel with a rotational center. The stator, the motor, the actuator, and the linear actuator can at least convert a rotational motion into a linear motion.
US09954413B2
A power-supply-lead retaining part includes a pair of legs extending toward a bearing through hole, a pair of first locking portions provided on the pair of legs and locked to the edge portion of the bearing through hole, and a pair of second locking portions locked to the edge portion of the sensor substrate on both sides of a notch.
US09954409B2
A power supply is provided. The power supply device includes a power module and a capacitor. The power module includes inverting circuitry and is configured to deliver electrical power to an electric machine. The capacitor is disposed adjacent to the power module and is arranged to limit voltage variation at the inverting circuitry input due to ripple current. The inverting circuitry and the capacitor are surrounded by a monolithic non-metal casing that provides voltage isolation between the power module and the capacitor.
US09954408B2
A connection member for supplying a stator winding with a current is constituted by covering a bus bar with a insulating resin. The bus bar is formed in an arc-like shape in the thickness direction of a belt-shaped conductor. Additionally, a weld zone formed on the bus bar has a projection portion projecting in the width direction, a first bent portion bent outside the arc from the projection portion in the thickness direction, and a second bent portion with the tip end thereof folded back in the width direction to allow the tip end of the second bent portion to be welded to a terminal on the stator winding.
US09954400B2
A synchronous rectifier using only n-channel devices in which the low-side switches are effectively cross-coupled using low-side comparators and the high-side switches perform an accurate zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) comparison. The charging path of each bootstrap domain is completed through the low-side switches, which are each always on for every half-cycle independent of loading. This scheme gives rectifier efficiency gain because a) each bootstrap domain receives maximum charging time, and b) the charging occurs through a switch rather than a diode. Both these factors ensure the bootstrap domain is fully charged, thereby reducing conduction losses through the rectifier switches. Furthermore, settings may be adjusted by software to optimize the resistive and capacitive losses of the rectifier. Using data for die temperature and operating frequency, software can create a feedback loop, dynamically adjusting rectifier settings in order to achieve the best possible efficiency.
US09954395B2
A portable terminal is provided. The portable terminal includes a shielding member attached to an inner surface of an external part, a shielding wall formed on the shielding member, a first coil attached to a surface of the shielding member that faces the inner surface of the external part, and a second coil attached to the surface of the shielding member, with the second coil surrounds the first coil on a same plane and the shielding wall being disposed between the first and second coil.
