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US08789886B2	Child safety seat A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an anchor strap portion assembled with the seat shell, and a guide bracket adjustable relative to the seat shell. The anchor strap portion has a distal end connected with a fastener that is operable to attach the seat shell with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. The guide bracket is adjustable relative to the seat shell between a first position and a second position, wherein the anchor strap portion is routed along the guide bracket placed in the first position to have the distal end positioned at a rear of the seat shell, and the anchor strap portion is routed along the guide bracket placed in the second position to have the distal end positioned at a front of the seat shell.
US08789881B2	Swivelable arm rest for use in a vehicle An arm rest for arrangement at a seat or a seat bench in a vehicle, includes at least one bracket fastenable to the seat or the seat bench. A bearing shaft is swivelably mounted to the bracket in at least one swivel bearing. The bearing shaft is supported at the bracket so as to be displaceable along a trajectory between an upper functional position and a lower functional position. A support element is connected to the bearing shaft at least at one fastening point in a rotationally fixed manner. The support element can be swiveled between a swiveled-up rest position and a swiveled-down support position. A transmission mechanism is arranged between the support element and the bracket, wherein a swiveling movement of the support element is transmitted via the transmission mechanism to a displacing movement of the bearing shaft along the trajectory. Hereby, modularity of the arm rest is obtained, wherein the variation of the transmission mechanism permits the utilization of an identical support element for different support heights.
US08789870B1	Vehicle visor extension A vehicle visor extension that provides glare protection at sunset and sunrise by providing an auxiliary sun visor that has an upper portion which slidingly engages a cavity within an extant vehicle visor and that has a lower portion that selectively pivotally engages a bottom side of the upper portion, and that also is formed of glare reduction material.
US08789859B2	Electronic lock for a rollup door An electronic locking apparatus for a rollup door, including a striker plate and a locking apparatus having a housing; a U-shaped trigger latch pivotably mounted to the housing having a notch and a spring; and a release catch pivotably mounted to the housing, a tab which can engage the notch and a spring. A solenoid is associated with a piston, which is connected to the release catch and can cause the release catch to pivot positions. Also included is a control assembly including a processor, user interface and memory storage device. A user can enter access information into the user interface, which causes the processor to actuate the solenoid, which moves the piston and causes the release catch to pivot. The release catch tab engages or disengages from the trigger latch tab to pivot and release or retain the striker plate.
US08789852B2	Hose repair clamp A hose clamp for repairing high pressure hydraulic hoses comprises a first clamp portion mated to a second clamp portion around a hose. The first and second clamp portions each comprise a semi-cylindrical channel extending longitudinally along an inner surface of the clamp. The hose is received within the channel and a plurality of fasteners releasably affix the clamp portions together. A plurality of barbs extending circumferentially around the channel compress the hose to minimize leakage from the hose.
US08789830B2	Shuffling machine A card input device of a shuffling machine comprising a body comprising a pair of side walls and a receiving plate detachably mounted between the pair of side walls, a first roller assembly rotatably mounted between the pair of side walls comprising at least a first set of rollers exposed by a hole formed in the receiving plate, a second set of rollers, and a third set of rollers arranged over the second set of rollers, a filtering mechanism detachably mounted between the pair of side walls and arranged over the first set of rollers, a second roller assembly rotatably mounted between the pair of side walls and arranged adjacent to the first roller assembly comprising at least a fourth and a fifth sets of rollers, the second and third sets of rollers are arranged opposite to the first set of rollers with respect to the filtering mechanism.
US08789828B2	Banknote inclination correction device and ATM A banknote inclination correction device and an ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) including the banknote inclination correction device. The banknote inclination correction device includes: an inner channel board (008); an outer channel board (009); a banknote transfer channel formed between the inner channel board (008) and the outer channel board (009); a reference wall (008a) arranged on one side of the inner channel board (008) and the outer channel board (009); a transfer wheel (011) located at the inlet of the banknote transfer channel, and arranged on the inner channel board (008) or the outer channel board (009); multiple inclination correction wheel groups (014) configured on the inner channel board (008) or the outer channel board (009); and a transfer side wheel (019) located between the reference wall (008a) and the multiple inclination correction wheel groups (014), the transfer side wheel (019) is parallel to the reference wall. Each inclination correction wheel group (014) includes at least one inclination correction wheel, and the inclination correction wheel is inclined towards the reference wall (008a). The edge line speed of the transfer side wheel (019) is larger than that of the inclination correction wheel of the inclination correction wheel groups (014). The multiple inclination correction wheels of the transfer side wheel (019) improve the effect of inclination correction, so that the banknote can reach a corrected state at a time, and various types of banknotes can be transferred continuously and at high speed.
US08789826B2	Method for ex-situ lift-out specimen preparation A method for mounting a specimen on a specimen carrier for milling in an ex-situ lift-out (EXLO) milling process is described where “cross-section” specimens, plan view specimens, or bulk specimens may be lifted-out for analysis. The method comprising positioning the specimen on a recessed surface within a specimen carrier top surface so that a region to be milled is centered about a carrier opening formed through the specimen carrier. Peripheral edges of the specimen are then wedged against inwardly sloping side walls framing the recessed surface. Finally, the specimen is mounted to the specimen carrier so that a path of a milling beam intersects the region to be milled and carrier opening.
US08789816B2	Hand protection safety apparatus for use with sheaves and pulleys A safety apparatus has a sheave with a surface extending circumferentially therearound, a first housing interconnected to the sheave, a second housing interconnected to the sheave and pivotally connected to the first housing, and a line extending over the surface of the sheave and through, an inferior of each of the first housing and the second housing. Each of the first and second housings has a hole formed at an end opposite the sheave. The line has a first portion extending through the hole of the first housing and a second portion extending through the hole of the second housing. Bushings are respectively received within the holes of the housings.
US08789813B2	Lifting apparatus, especially cable traction mechanism, comprising connecting possibilities A lifting apparatus, especially a cable traction mechanism, comprising a base frame that has at least two base plates, further comprising at least two longitudinal beams that interconnect the base plates and are spaced apart from each other, and at least one attachable cross-member for cable reeving parts that is fastened to the base plates and extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal beams. Multiple mounting points, to which the attachable cross-member for cable reeving parts can be alternatively and detachably fastened, may be arranged on each of the base plates to promote modularity of the lifting apparatus.
US08789802B2	Tablet computing device system A protective case system for a tablet computing device is described herein. The protective case enables a person that does not want to or is physically unable to hold a tablet computing device to interact with an inserted tablet computing device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, description, and drawings that form this document.
US08789798B2	Slat configuration for fixed-wing aircraft A slat for fixed-wing aircraft that includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a chord, and an inboard edge that includes particular dimensions to affect airflow over the wing.
US08789797B2	Payload adapters including antenna assemblies, satellite assemblies and related systems and methods Payload adapters for launch vehicles include a ring structure having an opening formed therein and at least a portion of an antenna assembly coupled to a circular sidewall of the ring structure at least partially within the opening of the ring structure. Satellite assemblies may include a payload adapter comprising a ring structure having a circular opening formed therein and an antenna assembly including a parabolic reflective dish formed within the circular opening. Launch stack systems may include a primary payload and a secondary payload adapter including an antenna dish integrally formed with a ring structure of the secondary payload adapter. Methods of forming a satellite assembly include positioning at least a portion of the antenna assembly within an opening formed in a ring-shaped payload adapter for a launch vehicle and coupling the at least a portion of the antenna assembly to the ring-shaped payload adapter.
US08789795B2	Propulsion system and method using a combustion chamber discharging a concentrated mass A propulsion system and method are described configured to exert a force upon a vehicle. The system includes a concentrated mass which may be discharged from the vehicle by a propellant typically via an ejection tube. The system is optimized so that the discharged concentrated-mass imparts a large impulse upon the vehicle. The system and method may be used to alter the momentum of vehicles for propulsion, attitude correction, vehicle separation and the like.
US08789784B2	Mobile self-contained loading and crushing apparatus A mobile self-contained loading and crushing apparatus is described for processing concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like, which includes a crusher unit and a loading device affixed to a mobile carrier. The crusher unit has an inlet and an outlet. The loading device is capable of loading feed material into the inlet of the crusher unit. The crushing unit is capable of producing an output of crushed material, e.g., uniform crushed granular material with a diameter as small as one inch. The mobile self-contained crushing apparatus is useful for on-site or near-site recycling of concrete, rock, masonry waste and the like resulting from construction/demolition activities, and converts the solid crushable waste material into crushed product material that can be employed as a gravel base for streets and foundation structures, or as a recycled component for concrete.
US08789775B2	Method for refining aqueous suspended cellulose fibers and refiner fillings for carrying out said method A method for refining aqueous suspended cellulose fibers including the step of guiding the fibers in an aqueous suspension between refiner fillings. The refiner fillings are provided with refining strips and interposed grooves and are located either on a rotor or a stator. The refiner fillings are caused to be rotatably moved relative to each other and pressed against each other, thereby transmitting mechanical a refining action to the cellulose fibers. The refiner fillings include barriers in at least part of the grooves, the barriers closing the grooves at least partially.
US08789774B2	Method for producing water-absorbing polymer particles A process for producing water-absorbing polymer particles, wherein an aqueous polymer gel is applied by means of a swivel belt to the conveyor belt of a forced-air belt drier, and the swivel belt, proceeding from one end position, is accelerated through a first pivot angle to an angular speed v1, decelerated through a second pivot angle to an angular speed v2 and decelerated through a third pivot angle to the other end position.
US08789773B2	Recycling process for discarded roof shingles A process extracts and reclaims the components of an asphalt-based material having as constituents at least asphalt and one or more solid materials. A solvent for asphalt dissolves the asphalt constituent to form a slurry of asphalt-solvent liquid and the solid materials. The liquid and the solids in the slurry are then separated. The liquid is separated into solvent and asphalt. The solids, when of more than one type, are separated into at least one pure constituent solid. In a preferred embodiment, the process runs in a continuous mode with the various materials flowing as streams into spaces where steps of the process operate. The process can be used for both worn roofing shingles and for asphalt paving.
US08789765B2	Position control device, position control method, drive device and imaging device A position control device 1 and a position control method of the present invention are a technology used in a shape memory alloy actuator for moving a movable member using a shape memory alloy member. In controlling the position of the movable member, an instruction value indicating a position of the movable member as a control target is changed to reduce the temperature of a shape memory alloy member when an amount of power supplied to the shape memory alloy member is in excess of a predetermined first threshold value. A drive device and an imaging device C of the present invention include a shape memory alloy actuator and the position control device 1.
US08789763B2	RFID transponder The housing of an RFID transponder, which is attached to a slot antenna, is protected against mechanical stresses and/or reduced mechanical stresses that act on the housing at least to such an extent that damage to the housing and the components arranged therein is prevented. To this end the antenna includes a first antenna part and a second antenna part, which are separated from each other by a slot, at least in one region of the antenna. The housing is composed of a first housing part and a second housing part, wherein the second housing part is arranged over the second antenna part, at least in some regions. The housing is fixed to the first antenna part solely by the first housing part. The housing has at least one step on the outer side directed toward the antenna, such that the height of the second housing part is at least 0.5 mm less than the height of the first housing part.
US08789762B2	RFID antenna modules and methods of making A winding core (WC) having a tubular body portion (B) and two ends is mounted by one of its ends to a module tape (MT), a module antenna (MA) is wound around the winding core (WC), a chip (CM) is disposed on the module tape (MT) within the winding core (WC). Connections (wb) are made, and glob-top (GT) is applied over the chip (CM), substantially filling the interior area of the winding core (WC). The module antenna (MA), winding core (WC) and chip (CM) may subsequently be overmolded with a mold mass (MM). The winding core (WC) may have a flange (F) at one end. Using the module antenna (MA) itself as a dam for the glob-top is disclosed. Double-sided and single-sided module tapes (MT) having vias, openings, or vias and openings are disclosed.
US08789758B2	Picture taking reading apparatus An apparatus having an image sensor is provided. An image sensor of the apparatus can include a two dimensional image sensor. A lens assembly can be provided in combination with an image sensor. In one aspect, an apparatus can attempt to decode a decodable symbol representation. In one aspect an apparatus can output a frame of image data.
US08789756B2	Test element coding apparatuses, systems and methods Certain exemplary embodiments include a test element operable to receive a sample and to provide an indication of an analyte of the sample to a meter. In one form test element comprises a substrate and an optically readable pattern provided on the substrate which encodes information relating to the test element.
US08789741B2	Surgical instrument with trigger assembly for generating multiple actuation motions A surgical instrument that has an actuation system that is configured to generate at least two separate actuation motions. A clutch assembly is movable between an engaged position wherein the clutch assembly is in operable engagement with the actuation system and an unengaged position. In various forms, the surgical instrument includes a manually actuatable trigger assembly that interfaces with the clutch assembly and the actuation system such that a first stroke of the trigger assembly causes the actuation system to generate a first one of the actuation motions and moves the clutch assembly from the unengaged position to the engaged position whereupon a second stroke of the trigger assembly causes the actuation system to generate another one of the actuation motions.
US08789730B2	Backpack with collapsible stretcher and collapsible wheel assembly A backpack employs a collapsible stretcher and a collapsible wheel assembly. The backpack may be transformed from a compact mode suitable for portability of the backpack to an extended mode wherein the stretcher is extended. A pair of wheels are inflated so that the wheels at one end contact the terrain and at the other end the stretcher is engaged to the backpack to provide for an efficient transport of an injured individual placed in the stretcher.
US08789729B2	Pole-mounted garment hanger air dryer A garment hanger air dryer used to quickly and evenly dry simultaneously multiple garments. The dryer includes an upper garment support structure used to hang multiple wet garments. The support structure includes an upper shoulder component and a lower horizontal support rod suspended therefrom. Extending upward from the upper shoulder component is a hot air blower assembly used to deliver hot air into and around multiple garments hung from the upper shoulder component and support rod. In one embodiment, the support structure is selectively attached to the upper end of a height adjustable support pole. The blower assembly may include a hook that allows it to be hung from an upper hook or support bar. During operation, a garment is hung around the upper shoulder component and a pair of pants may be hung from the support rod. Hot air is forced downward and under the upper shoulder component and circulated.
US08789723B2	Multiple drink lid dispenser A traveler has a platform which moves vertically within a carriage. By depressing one of three keys, the platform is depressed against a spring to the depth of one, two or three lids to be dispensed from a stack. With the desired key depressed, the entire carriage moves downwardly within a housing which has cams mounted to its side walls which displace spring mounted side separators which extend inwardly to separate the remainder of the stack of lids from the selected lids. The extended separators urge the selected lids past protruding pagers which support the remainder stack and prevent it from being dispensed. Once past the pagers, the selected lids are presented for one-handed removal by a user at a housing outlet. Constant force springs mounted between the carriage and the housing return the carriage to its initial position once pressure on the selected key is released.
US08789705B2	Separating metallic and semiconductor SWNTs with varying dipole-inducing magnetic fields A process of sorting metallic single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) from semiconducting types by disposing the SWNTs in a dilute fluid, exposing the SWNTs to a dipole-inducing magnetic field which induces magnetic dipoles in the SWNTs so that a strength of a dipole depends on a conductivity of the SWNT containing the dipole, orienting the metallic SWNTs, and exposing the SWNTs to a magnetic field with a spatial gradient so that the oriented metallic SWNTs drift in the magnetic field gradient and thereby becomes spatially separated from the semiconducting SWNTs. An apparatus for the process of sorting SWNTs is disclosed.
US08789699B2	Container assembly A container assembly for the storage and transport of goods, the assembly including a first portion having an interior with a substantially flat interior bottom surface. The assembly further includes a second portion pivotally connected to the first portion. The first portion has an outer surface that includes a first stacking pattern and the second portion has an outer surface that includes a second stacking pattern which is different from the first stacking pattern and configured to engage the first stacking pattern enabling the container assembly to be bi-directionally stacked on another of the container assemblies.
US08789698B2	Package box of liquid crystal glass The present invention provides a package box of liquid crystal glass, which includes a box body, a plurality of mounting sections arranged in the box body, and cushioning devices mounted to the mounting sections. The cushioning devices each include a cushioning section, a retention section connected to the cushioning section, and a projection. The mounting sections each include a first receiving channel and a through hole respectively corresponding to the retention section and the projection of the respective cushioning device. The retention sections are respectively received in the first receiving channels and the projections are respectively fit into the through hole so as to fix the cushioning devices inside the box body. The package box uses cushioning devices that are mounted inside a box in a snap-fitting manner so that the operation of assembling and disassembling the cushioning devices is simple, making it easy to re-work.
US08789687B2	Belt tracking control A belt tracking control device for a conveyor device is provided, in particular for agricultural round balers, having at least one roller and at least one traction element which is guided over the roller and having at least one edge region which extends from the side edge of the traction element in the direction of the width thereof. At least one guide roller is provided through which the edge region can be deflected from the movement plane of the traction element.
US08789686B2	Motorized conveyor roller for conveyor systems for conveying containers, pallets and the like Disclosed is a motor-operated conveyer roller for conveyor systems, having a roller body, a drive device arranged inside an interior space of the roller body, and a coupling device designed to transmit a torque from the drive device to an inner peripheral surface of the interior space of the roller body, wherein said coupling device has a clamping bushing, a clamping ring which can move axially with respect to the clamping bushing, a fastener element for the purpose of holding a clamping ring in a tensioned position against the clamping bushing, and a thrust collar which is fixed between a contact surface of the clamping bushing and a contact surface of the clamping ring in the tensioned position, wherein the thrust collar is frictionally connected via its outer periphery to the inner peripheral surface of the interior space of the roller body in the tensioned position.
US08789684B2	Rotatable article support for a conveyor An article support is disclosed for movement by a conveyor along a conveying path that has treatment units and turning stations there along. The article support includes a carriage for engagement by a conveyor, and a holder for supporting an article that is rotatably mounted to the carriage. A turning gear is associated with the holder to enable rotation of a supported article about a vertical axis with respect to the carriage. Rotation is effected in response to the article support being moved past a turning station along a conveying path. Indexing arrangements are further operatively arranged between the turning gear and the carriage for indexing at least a first and a second position of incremental rotation. The indexing arrangements include first and second pairs of confronting magnetic elements. The magnetic elements are each positioned in accordance with the relevant first and second incremental rotational positions. The article support in particular is useful as a rotatable hanger assembly for food processing equipment, such as poultry and fowl processing lines.
US08789681B2	Conveyor for conveying printed products and system provided with such a conveyor An apparatus for conveying printed products, includes a first accumulating section and at least one second accumulating section to convey the printed products from at least one intake area to at least one discharge area. The apparatus includes a feeding device to supply the printed products to one of the first or second accumulating sections in the at least one intake area. The apparatus further includes a discharge device to remove the printed products from one of the first or second accumulating sections in the at least one discharge area.
US08789680B2	Device for pushing glass objects onto a conveyor belt A device for pushing glass objects onto a conveyor belt includes a pusher (5), which is supported on a crank arm (6) in such a way that it can be swiveled about an axis (7), which crank arm is in driving engagement with a first electric motor (1) by means of a shaft (12). A second electric motor (2) is in driving engagement with a sleeve (20) by means of a cantilever (18), in which sleeve the shaft (12) is mounted, wherein the shaft (12) can be swiveled about a central stationary axis (19). A third electric motor (3) is arranged to rotate the pusher about the axis (7).
US08789678B2	Multi-mode and multi-pitch conveyor system A conveyor system comprising: a track section comprising a control system; a drive system that is controlled by the control system; a plurality of moving elements that are driven by the drive system; a pallet support apparatus; a plurality of pallets that are configured to engage with the moving elements and move on the pallet support apparatus; and a plurality of workstations provided along the track section, each workstation at a predetermined pitch from each other workstation, wherein at least some of the pitches are different among workstations, wherein the control system, drive system and moving elements are configured such that each pallet of the plurality of pallets is independently advanced through the workstations based on the pitches of the workstations.
US08789676B2	Emergency release mechanism for an automatic transmission An emergency release mechanism for an automatic transmission includes a shift lever adapted to release a parking position when engaged in an operating position. The shift lever has a hooked or tooth-shaped end portion and is moved by a manually-operated tackle which has an end defined by a surface area of increased diameter to establish an undercut for engagement of the end portion of the shift lever during disengagement of the parking position.
US08789674B2	Torque transmission system, in particular for a vehicle A torque transmission system, particularly for a vehicle, includes a housing arrangement (26) with a hub region (36) which engages in a shaft opening (22) of the gearbox housing (16) and is rotatably supported so as to be substantially fluid-tight with respect to the gearbox housing (16) by means of a bearing/seal arrangement (42); at least one first fluid port (97) which opens toward an intermediate space region (98) formed between the housing arrangement (26) and the gearbox housing (16) is provided in the housing arrangement (26) in or in the vicinity of the hub region (36), and at least one second fluid port (104) which bypasses the bearing/seal arrangement (42) and opens toward the intermediate space region (98) is provided in the gearbox housing (16) and/or in the bearing/seal arrangement (42).
US08789670B2	Decoupler featuring helical wrap clutch spring and coil damper springs A decoupler having a hub, a drive member and an isolator. The drive member is disposed about the hub for rotation about a rotational axis and includes an inner clutch surface. The isolator couples the hub and the drive member and includes a carrier, a plurality of arcuate springs, and a wrap spring. The carrier is received between the hub and the drive member and includes a carrier member, which defines a pair of apertures, and a pair of reaction blocks that are mounted in the apertures. The arcuate springs are mounted in the carrier member and are disposed between the hub and an associated one of the reaction blocks. The wrap spring has an end and a plurality of helical coils that are engaged to the inner clutch surface of the drive member. The end has an end face that is abutted against one of the reaction blocks.
US08789669B2	Torque converter with improved torque converter clutch performance A torque converter, including: a cover; a first through bore for receiving a transmission input shaft; a clutch including a piston plate; a plurality of fasteners connected to the cover; and a plate connected to the cover. The plate includes a radially aligned wall including a plurality of openings in which the plurality of fasteners is disposed; a second through bore at least partially aligned, in an axial direction, with the first through bore; and a plurality fins extending from the radially aligned wall in the axial direction. Each fin includes a first end aligned with the first and second through bores in the axial direction. Each fin includes a second end disposed radially within the plurality of openings. A space, aligned with an axis of rotation for the torque converter and the second through bore, is formed between the respective first ends.
US08789659B2	System and method for operating a motor during normal and power failure conditions A system continuously drives a motor during normal and power failure operating conditions. A regenerative drive delivers power to the motor from a main power supply during the normal operating condition and from a backup power supply during the power failure operating condition. A controller operates the regenerative drive to provide available power on the regenerative drive to the backup power supply during the normal operating condition.
US08789657B2	Centrifugal lubricating apparatus The “Gheorghe Vasilescu” lubrication apparatus comprises a shaft having a passageway therein and a sump for storing a lubricant. The sump has a substantially cylindrical form and includes a bottom and side walls. The sump is also configured to rotate about a central axis of the shaft. The side walls are provided with multiple parallel lugs on an inner surface of the side walls. The apparatus further includes a lubricant pickup tube having one end connected to the passageway and another end having an intake orifice. The lubricant pickup tube is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft, and the intake orifice is substantially perpendicular to the central axis of the shaft. The passageway is configured to deliver the lubricant from the sump to an outer surface of the shaft.
US08789648B2	Belt type driveline and rack assist type electric power steering apparatus having the same Disclosed are a belt type driveline and a rack assist type electric power steering apparatus including the belt type driveline, which improve power transmission efficiency and increases durability by preventing spinning with no traction of a ball nut and a nut pulley due to a slip between the ball nut and the nut pulley in an operation of a belt by a motor, and provide a user with convenient steering by minimizing vibration and noise transferred through a rack bar, the ball nut, the nut pulley, etc., when the rack bar slides while the nut pulley and the ball nut rotate.
US08789647B2	Steer by wire apparatus A steer by wire apparatus performing steering operation by turning a wheel when a vehicle turns, may include a tie rod provided with one end pivotally connected to a knuckle of the wheel, a coupling unit rotatably mounted at a sub-frame of a vehicle body, connected to the other end of the tie rod, and converting rotation direction of torque from a first rotation direction to a second rotation direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first rotation direction so as to slidably move the tie rod from the coupling unit and control a steering angle of the wheel, and a motor unit fixed to the sub-frame and supplying the torque to the coupling unit according to a control signal of a vehicle ECU, the rotation direction of the torque being the same as the first rotation direction or being opposite to the first rotation direction.
US08789646B2	Steering apparatus of for a tractor The present invention relates to a steering apparatus for turning front wheels of a tractor. More particularly, the present invention provides a steering apparatus for tractors which includes a steering cylinder provided with left and right cylinder rods which are extended and retracted to the left and the right by steering force transmitted by hydraulic pressure when the driver manipulates the steering wheel, wherein swing links are respectively hinged to ends of the left and right cylinder rods, thus forming a first four-bar link structure, and second four-bar link structures are respectively formed on left and right ends of the first four-bar link structure so that the front wheels can be turned, whereby an angle range within which the front wheels can be turned can be increased.
US08789641B1	Suspension for a scooter A scooter is configured to rapidly dissipate impact loading permitting jumps and safe landings without damaging the scooter. The scooter includes a frame attached to a fork that is further attached to handle bars and a front wheel such that the handle bars can turn the front wheel allowing the scooter to turn. The frame is attached to a swing arm with a suspension system and a rotation bolt such that the suspension system causes the swing arm to rotate about the rotation bolt to rapidly dissipate impact loading. A rear wheel is mechanically coupled to the swing arm that cushions the jumps permits the safe landings without damaging the scooter.
US08789639B2	Electric three-wheel vehicle An electric motor and a differential mechanism are placed near a vehicle body left-right center line distributed between the left and right sides of the vehicle body. In addition, at least parts respectively of the electric motor and the differential mechanism are placed on the vehicle body left-right center line. A deceleration mechanism is placed away from the vehicle left-right center line on one of the left and right sides of the vehicle.
US08789632B2	Powered wheelchair with articulating drive wheels A seated vehicle comprises a frame, one or more first wheels at a first position relative to the frame, one or more second wheels at a second position relative to the frame, and a wheel-positioning system. The wheel-positioning system includes one or more arms pivotally coupled to the frame, and an adjustment mechanism operatively coupled to a first position of the one or more arms. The one or more first wheels are operatively coupled to a second position of the one or more arms. The adjustment mechanism moves the one or more arms between a first position and a second position so that the one or more first wheels are in a first position relative to the one or more second wheels when the one or more arms are in the first position and are in a second position relative to the one or more second wheels when the one or more arms are in the second position.
US08789627B1	Polycrystalline diamond cutter with improved abrasion and impact resistance and method of making the same Disclosed are a high impact/high abrasion cutter and a method for manufacture. The high impact/high abrasion cutter includes a plurality of preformed polycrystalline abrasive bodies sintered under high temperature/high pressure conditions to form an abrasive cutting table. The impact and abrasion resistance of a cutter can simultaneously be improved through forming a cutting table from larger preformed polycrystalline sintered particles formed from finer grain particles. Such a cutter can be manufactured through the steps of preforming the polycrystalline abrasive bodies, forming a mixture of said polycrystalline abrasive bodies and sintering said mixture under high temperature/high pressure conditions.
US08789626B2	Ultra hard/hard composite materials The invention provides for an ultra hard or hard composite material comprising a primary ultra hard or hard particulate material and at least one secondary ultra hard or hard particulate material dispersed in a matrix material. The primary ultra hard or hard particulate material has a thermal expansion coefficient lower than that of the matrix material and the at least one secondary ultra hard or hard particulate material has a thermal expansion coefficient greater than that of the matrix material.
US08789622B1	Continuous microwave particulate treatment system A continuous microwave particulate treatment system for treating fluid from a wellbore. The system uses a material handling controller, a vibrating sieve device or filtering device to separate particulate from drilling fluid, a cuttings discharge collection device for continuously moving the slurry to a cuttings processing station, a treatment system controller controlling the continuous cuttings processing station that uses a microwave generator creating microwaves that heat the slurry and a plurality of non-deforming microwave heatable polishing and grinding media in a vibrating trough. The system continuously creates water vapor with oil droplets and cleaned cuttings, and a vapor recovery system is used for removing the oil droplets from the water vapor having a vapor recovery system controller in communication with the material handling and treatment system controllers.
US08789620B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting or receiving information between downhole equipment and surface The invention provides a method of receiving and/or transmitting information in a well drilled in a geological formation between a first location and a second location, the well comprising a casing communicating with the geological formation. The method comprises placing a first transducer at a first location, placing a second transducer at a second location. Transmitting an electric signal between the first and second transducers.
US08789616B2	Apparatus and method for inhibiting propagation of a flame front Apparatus and a method are provided for inhibiting the propagation of a flame front that is ignited by a pumping mechanism which draws a waste stream from a process chamber. The apparatus comprises a foreline for conveying the waste stream which is drawn from the process chamber to the pumping mechanism. The foreline comprises an isolation valve for selectively isolating the pumping mechanism from the process chamber and a bypass positioned around the isolation valve. The apparatus further comprises a controller for actuating the isolation valve. The controller is configured to cause the isolation valve to be closed when the waste stream is initially drawn from the process chamber. During which time the waste stream is conveyed to the pumping mechanism via the bypass, the bypass comprises means for inhibiting propagation of a flame front therethrough. The controller is also configured to cause the isolation valve to be opened once a pressure within a region upstream of the isolation valve has been reduced below a value at which propagation of a flame front within the waste stream can be sustained.
US08789615B2	Sprinkler assembly A sprinkler assembly includes a body, a support, which extends from the body, and a closure device that releasably closes the discharge opening of the body. The sprinkler assembly further includes a trigger that releasably holds the closure device at the discharge opening. The support is adapted to allow the fluid flowing from the discharge opening, when the closure device is released, to pass through the support substantially unimpeded by the support and, further, is adapted to reshape the flow of fluid as it flows through the support.
US08789613B2	Apparatus and methods for retrieving a well packer A method of releasing a well packer can include applying a predetermined tension in a tubular string connected to the packer, and then reducing the tension, thereby retracting inward at least one slip of the packer. A well packer can include a generally tubular mandrel, at least one slip configured for gripping a well surface, the slip being extendable outward by engagement with a support surface, and a gripping device which permits displacement of the mandrel relative to the support surface in one direction, and which prevents displacement of the mandrel relative to the support surface in an opposite direction. A method of manufacturing a gripping device can include deforming a sleeve, thereby changing a diameter of the sleeve, aligning teeth on the sleeve across at least one slot in the sleeve, and heat treating the sleeve while the sleeve remains deformed and the teeth remain aligned.
US08789610B2	Methods of casing a wellbore with corrodable boring shoes Earth-boring casing shoes include a crown configured for at least one of drilling and reaming a wellbore when the crown is attached to a section of casing and the casing is advanced into a wellbore. The crown includes a body comprising a corrodible composite material, and at least one cutting structure carried on the body. The casing shoes further include a connection structure configured for attachment to a section of casing. Methods are used to form such casing shoes, and such casing shoes are used to install casing within wellbores.
US08789609B2	Submersible hydraulic artificial lift systems and methods of operating same The present invention is directed to methods for extracting fluids from oil and gas wells. More specifically, it is directed toward methods and apparatuses to power and control down hole hydraulic devices using subterranean centrifugal pumps. This invention represents a vast improvement over current hydraulic artificial lift systems. This invention provides for safe, efficient, and increased fluid recovery of oil and gas reserves from subterranean reservoirs in all types of wells, including deviated and horizontal wells.
US08789605B2	Riser clamp A riser clamp (20) comprising a first jaw portion (211) and a second jaw portion (212) that can be opened and closed relative to each other. The jaw portions (211/212) each comprise a thermoplastic body (301/302) that can be, for example, injection molded pieces of polyethylene (e.g., HDPE). The jaw portions (211/212) can be connected by a hinge (39) that is integrally formed therewith. The clamp (20) can also include cradles (701/702) and caps (711/712) for holding auxiliary lines.
US08789597B2	Water self-shutoff tubular An apparatus for controlling water ingress into a pipe useful in the production of hydrocarbons from underground reservoirs comprises a multi-layer tubular, the multi-layered tubular comprising an outer pipe layer, an inner pipe layer longitudinally aligned within the outer pipe layer, and a hydrophilic composite material between the outer pipe layer and the inner pipe layer. The composite comprises a material selected from the group consisting of sand, silt and clay and mixtures thereof. The composite material is non chemically reactive and has absorption properties such that the material swells in the presence of water but is non-absorptive of hydrocarbons. Upon exposure to water, composite material creates an impervious shield covering at least a portion of the inner pipe layer.
US08789591B2	Method and apparatus to release energy in a well The present invention is directed towards methods and apparatus to release energy into wells using combustion of monopropellants. More specifically, this invention is directed to industrial methods to enhance the extraction of well fluids from wells by using the in-situ energy released from this inventions apparatus, methods, catalyst, and fluids blends for subterranean catalytic combustion of monopropellants.
US08789589B2	Coiled tubing orienter tool with differential lead screw drive A technique facilitates control over the orientation of a bottom hole assembly. The bottom hole assembly comprises an orienting tool having a dual-spline drive which, in turn, comprises a first lead screw portion and a second lead screw portion having threads of a first pitch and a second pitch, respectively. A motor is connected to the dual-spline drive to impart rotational motion with respect to the first threads having the first pitch. A difference in pitch between the first pitch and the second pitch enables the rotational motion imparted by the motor to be converted to a slower, higher torque, output via the second lead screw portion. As a result, the orienting tool is able to provide a selective, high torque, low-speed adjustment to the drilling orientation of the bottom hole assembly.
US08789588B2	Multi-position weight down locating tool A weight down system comprises a wellbore comprising a plurality of restrictions, and a weight down tool. The weight down tool comprises a central mandrel configured to be coupled to a wellbore tubular, an outwardly extending indicator disposed about the central mandrel, and a plurality of radially expandable weight down lugs configured to selectively transition between an expanded position and a retracted position. The indicator is configured to expand the weight down lugs into the expanded position in response to moving through one or more restrictions of the plurality of restrictions in an upwards direction, and the weight down lugs are configured to retract to the retracted position in response to the weight down lugs moving through one or more restrictions of the plurality of restrictions in an upwards direction.
US08789574B2	Hard and soft window cornice kit and return A cornice includes a substantially U-shaped return having a substantially horizontal base plate with a first end and a second end. A first substantially vertical plate has an upper end attached to the first end of the base plate. A second substantially vertical plate has an upper end attached to the second end of the base plate. A façade is removably coupled to the return via at least one fastening device. Each fastening device is configured to be repeatedly fastened and unfastened.
US08789572B2	Intermittent cutting transferring device In the cutting transferring device according to the present invention, the cut film sheet is configured to be sucked onto the outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll at a position where both side edge regions of the cut film sheet and a front end region thereof in a proceeding direction face an edge area 41B-1 in 41B of the second region while a remaining region of the cut film sheet faces a center area 41B-2 in 41B of the second region. And a suction holding force in the edge area 41B-1 is stronger than a suction holding force in the center area 41B-2.
US08789564B2	Asphalt loading arm This asphalt loading arm is for dispensing fluids from a storage tank to a receiving tank. The loading arm includes an overfill probe to prevent overfilling during transfer from one tank in loading lanes at asphalt terminals. The overfill probe is a rapid temperature response probe. The rapid response temperature probe that has a very fast response time. Placing a transmitter on the probe uniquely allows a PLC to collect data from the probe.
US08789560B2	Fluid valve fitting having an integrated fluid bypass valve A fluid valve fitting has an incoming conduit with an inlet, an outlet, and a coupling assembly for its outlet, and an outgoing conduit with an inlet, an outlet, and a coupling assembly for its inlet. The fitting also has a bypass conduit between the incoming and the outgoing conduits, an inflow valve in the incoming conduit, an outflow valve in the outgoing conduit, and a bypass valve in the bypass conduit. An actuator assembly is coupled to lock mechanisms of the coupling assemblies, the inflow valve, the outflow valve, and the bypass valve. Operation of the actuator assembly concurrently operates the lock mechanisms, the inflow valve, the outflow valve, and the bypass valve.
US08789559B2	Flow path switching valve A flow path switching valve includes a tube body including one or more inlets opened to communicate with a fluid supplying source and supplying fluid into an inside of the tube body, outlets opened at opposite sides to the respective inlets and selectively alternately discharging fluid from the inside of the tube body, drains opened at opposite ends and discharging operating fluid introduced through the outlet, and seat units respectively protrude on an inner circumference of the tube body between the inlet(s), outlets and drains. An operating rod, coaxially mounted in the tube body, includes spaced apart projection units and is connected to an operating unit at one end so as to reciprocate axially within the tube body responsive to the operating unit. Valve bodies are movably disposed on an outer circumference of the operating rod and are arranged between the respective projection units to face respective seat units.
US08789552B2	Anti-siphon device for a flush valve An anti-siphon device for a flush valve having an air-inlet sealing diaphragm, a diaphragm bracket with an air inlet, a flex sleeve, a venting bracket, and an offsetting spring. The deformation power of the air-inlet sealing diaphragm is comparatively small. When compared with existing anti-siphon reflux devices, this anti-siphon device has a very low current pressure loss and can prevent leaking. When the anti-siphon device is applied in heating and plumbing devices, such as a flush valve, the current pressure can be retained and thus satisfactory flush effect is achieved.
US08789545B2	Tire applicator for applying a tire solution to a vehicle passing through a vehicle washing system Described is a tire applicator for applying a tire solution to a vehicle passing through a vehicle washing system. The tire applicator includes a flexible member, such as flexible rods, with a fabric attached thereto. A solution dispenser is included to dispense a tire solution to the fabric. A rod positioning mechanism can be used to position the flexible rods and fabric into the path of the vehicle's tires. When a vehicle drives past the flexible rods, the rods are biased toward the vehicle's tires, thereby causing the tires to rub against the fabric and transfer the tire solution from the fabric to the vehicle's tires.
US08789534B2	Method and apparatus for warming medical solutions in a thermal treatment system employing a removable basin A drape device is provided for use with a thermal treatment system, where the thermal treatment system includes a receptacle dimensioned to receive a basin, a heater to heat items placed within the receptacle and a limit switch that is operable to identify when the basin or other item is placed within the receptacle and to further activate the heater upon identification by the limit switch of the basin or other item being placed within the receptacle. The drape device includes a drape that can be placed within the receptacle to provide a barrier between items placed on the drape and the receptacle. The drape device further includes engaging structure configured to engage the drape and one of the basin and the receptacle. In one embodiment, the engaging structure includes an actuation member that facilitates operation of the limit switch and activation of the heater without the use of the basin. In another embodiment, the engaging structure is securable to the basin to facilitate securing of the drape within the basin during use of the thermal treatment system.
US08789530B2	Closed loop respiratory support device with dynamic adaptability The disclosure provides an automatic system based on the dynamic adaptability strategy for controlling oxygen concentration in blood of patients with fluctuating oxygen needs. The system monitors patient's clinical measurement data and updates the system continuously, which provides changes in FiO2 and gas flow that are more patient specific and reduce the patient's unnecessary oxygen exposure.
US08789527B2	Pressure support system with automatic comfort feature modification A pressure support system that delivers a flow of gas to a patient's airway via a pressure generating system and a patient circuit. A controller receives a treatment set point from an input source and determines an adjusted treatment set point based on the treatment set point and a comfort feature function, which in one embodiment, is not based on a physiological condition of such a patient. In another embodiment, the controller provides a respiratory treatment therapy during a therapy session based on the treatment set point and the comfort feature, which is modified automatically during a therapy session without user intervention based on a comparison of the treatment set point to a treatment set point variable. The controller controls the operation of the pressure generating system based on the adjusted treatment set point or the combination of the treatment set point and the comfort feature.
US08789525B2	Tub for humidifier A humidifier includes a tub configured to hold a supply of water. The tub includes a tub lid and a tub base adapted to be coupled to the tub lid. The tub further includes a base plate formed of a heat conducting material and adapted to be coupled to the tub base and a seal positioned between the base plate and the tub base. The tub also includes a retaining mechanism with at least one projection that projects from the tub base and is configured to force the base plate against the seal so that the seal is secured against the tub base.
US08789524B2	Pulse width modulated medical gas concentration control A specified concentration of oxygen in a medical gas delivered to a patient by a gas delivery system can be achieved through the use of pulse width modulation control of the flows of one or more component medical gases. The flow of component medical gases can be controlled to improve the resolution and concentration range of medical gas delivered at low flow rates. A first flow of a first medical gas is provided and a second flow of a second medical gas is introduced to achieve a desired average medical gas concentration. When the second flow of the second medical gas is introduced, the first flow of the first medical gas is reduced to maintain a desired total medical gas flow rate.
US08789521B2	Saw for construction cutting work A saw (1) being portable and/or wheeled, such as a wall saw, floor saw or masonry saw, comprising a rotatable circular saw blade (3), a drive motor (5) with an motor output shaft (9) for rotating the saw blade (3), and a transmission (20) for interconnecting the motor output shaft (9) to the rotatable saw blade (3) in order to change an unsuitable high speed and low torque combination of the motor output shaft (9) into a more useable lower speed and higher torque combination at the rotatable tool (3), wherein the transmission (20) comprises two adjustable friction saw protective clutches in parallel, which can be set at a desired predetermined value, so as to limit the maximum size of the forces that the teeth and gears of the transmission (20) are exposed to. No over dimensioning is necessary, and the transmission (20) will make out fine in rough environments. The transmission may be of single-speed or two-speed type.
US08789520B2	Compound archery bow and firing system for the same A spring loaded crossbow and, more particularly, a crossbow having a firing system with a single spring assembly and a pair of cranks each having a first leg engageable against the single spring assembly and second legs to support rotatable archery cams.
US08789513B2	Fuel delivery system A fuel delivery system for a direct injection internal combustion engine having two fuel rails and a plurality of fuel injectors attached to and fluidly connected with each fuel rail. A first fuel pump has its output connected with the first fuel rail while a second fuel pump has its output connected with the second fuel rail. A crossover pipe fluidly connects the outlets of both the first and second pumps. Both the first pump and the second pump each have an intake stroke and a pumping stroke. Furthermore, the intake stroke of the first pump coincides with the pumping stroke of the second pump and vice versa.
US08789509B2	Piston for internal combustion engine and piston surface treatment method A piston for an internal combustion engine includes a piston base material and a film of lubrication coating composition. The coating composition has an inner coating layer formed on a surface of the piston base material and an outer coating layer formed on a surface of the inner coating layer. Each of the inner coating layer and the outer coating layer contains at least one of a polyamide-imide resin, a polyimide resin and an epoxy resin as a binder. The inner coating layer contains 0 to 50 wt % of at least one of graphite and molybdenum disulfide as a solid lubricant, whereas the outer coating layer contains 50 to 95 wt % of at least one of graphite and molybdenum disulfide as a solid lubricant.
US08789495B2	Method and apparatus for conserving deep-sea organisms The invention relates to a method for conserving at least one biological deep-sea organism (1) comprising the steps of collecting the biological organism (1) in a deep-sea trapping device (110); cooling the biological organism (1) with a cooling device (120), wherein the biological organism (1) is put in a frozen condition; and moving the frozen biological organism (1), preferably with the trapping device (110), to a normal-pressure environment. The invention further relates to a conservation apparatus (100) for conserving at least one biological deep-sea organism (1).
US08789491B2	Inkjet printing apparatus for applying uniform pressure on an applying roller A cap sheet metal (and pivot sheet metal) is configured to be able to move linearly with a cap arm (and an arm stay) via engagement between an engagement hole and a fitting shaft. Furthermore, the cap sheet metal (and the pivot sheet metal) can move pivotally with respect to the cap arm (and the arm stay) using the fitting shaft, which engages with the engagement hole, as a pivotal shaft. Thus, even if, for example, the direction of biasing toward the applying roller deviates or a positional relationship with the applying roller deviates slightly, the liquid holding member moves and pivots in the bias direction depending on the deviation. As a result, the contacting pressure of a contacting portion on the applying roller can be made uniform.
US08789489B2	Process for preparing, prior to filling, a wafer cornet, cornet thus obtained and installation for implementing the process Process for preparing a cornet consisting of a substantially conical wafer (22) prior to filing of said cornet with an ice-cream; in order to preserve the crunchy nature of the wafer, the inner wall of the cornet is sprayed with liquid chocolate (23); this chocolate solidifies rapidly in order to form a coating layer for separating the wafer and the ice-cream. The process is characterized in that the inside of the cornet is sprayed with an excess quantity of chocolate to guarantee that no coating-gap zone remains on the inner wall of the wafer, the excess liquid chocolate collecting, under gravity, at the bottom tip of the corner, prior to solidification of said excess, the excess is sucked out of the cornet, subsequent solidification of the coating layer thus making it possible to establish a continuous barrier over the inner wall or the wafer.
US08789482B2	Seeding machine with seed delivery system A seed delivery system for use in a seeding machine that removes seed from a seed meter by capturing seed therefrom. The delivery system moves seed down to a lower discharge point and accelerates seed horizontally rearward to a speed approximately equal to the forward travel speed of the machine such that the seed, when discharged has a low or zero horizontal velocity relative to the ground. The delivery system uses a brush belt to capture, move and accelerate the seed. By capturing the seed and moving it from the meter to the discharge, each seed is held in place relative to other seeds and the planter row unit. As a result, the seeds are isolated from row unit dynamics thereby maintaining seed spacing.
US08789476B1	Disposable food contact article with light reflective design A disposable food contact article includes a food-contact member having a food surface for contacting food. A peripheral border extends from the food surface, and the peripheral border includes a plurality of design elements which are more light-reflective than a remainder of the peripheral border.
US08789470B2	Segmenting slug A segmenting slug has a body having a generally dome-shaped forward portion, a generally cylindrical rearward portion, and an opening in the rear of the body forming an interior chamber. There are a plurality of generally radially extending notches in the dome-shaped forward portion of the slug, and a longitudinally extending groove in the wall of the interior chamber substantially aligned with each notch.
US08789469B1	Grenade pull pin assembly A grenade fuze assembly includes a fuze body, a striker lever pivotally mounted to the fuze body, and a pull pin assembly. The pull pin assembly includes a pull pin attached to a pull ring and a pull pin retainer fixed to the pull pin on a side of the striker lever opposite the pull ring. The pull pin retainer includes a through hole. The two legs of the pull pin are disposed in the through hole and deformed around the retainer to fix the retainer to the pull pin. The retainer includes a pair of nest areas on opposing sides of the retainer. The free end of each of the two pull pin legs is disposed in a respective nest area.
US08789466B2	Method for printing substrates In a method for printing substrates with a printing ink and/or a printing varnish at least comprising solvents and binders, at least one of the binders comprises a polyetheramine polyol.
US08789460B1	Divided unitary cake pan A divided cake pan and a method enable simultaneous baking, in a single unitary cake pan, of at least two varieties of cake in corresponding complementary cake segments for presenting a single predetermine cake configuration in the at least two varieties. A single batch of cake batter is divided into sub-batches, each having different ingredients, and the sub-batches are baked simultaneously in the unitary cake pan to establish the complementary cake segments with complementary faces. The complementary cake segments are removed from the cake pan, joined at complementary faces, and presented as a single integrated predetermined cake configuration including at least two varieties of cake. A preferred cake configuration is a simulated bundt cake configuration wherein the cake segments have a substantially arcuate configuration for presentation in a completed integrated ring-like configuration.
US08789447B2	Extension shaft for hold a tool for rotary driven motion A tool having a flexible extension shaft, a first end and, a second end and capable of being bent about its axis. The tool transfers rotary motion from a device to an implement. Both of the ends may be capable of independently being bent about the axis. The shaft may include a male member and a female member for a kit. Further, one end of the tool may include a rotatable member having a first and second implement.
US08789438B2	Space curve mesh driving pair and polyhedral space curve mesh transmission A space curve mesh driving pair and a polyhedral space curve mesh transmission are disclosed. Said space curve mesh driving pair consists of a driving wheel and a driven wheel. Axes of the driving wheel and the driven wheel are intersected at an angle of 0°˜180°, and power transmission is realized by continuous mesh between the driving tines and the driven tines; a number of driving tines are provided on said driving wheel, and a number of driven tines are provided on the driven wheel; the driving tines are uniformly arranged on an end face of a cylinder of the driving wheel, and the driven tines are uniformly arranged on the circumference of a cylindrical surface of the driven wheel. Said polyhedral space curve mesh transmission consists of an above-mentioned space curve mesh driving pair. Motion is input from an input end, and is passed through a number of pace curve mesh driving pairs to realize the speed change, then is output from one or more output ends. Wherein, the space curve mesh driving pair is the core of the transmission. The invention has the advantages of compact structure, small size, light weight, stable transmission and flexible operation, and can be widely used in micro-mechanism field.
US08789435B2	Cam self-adaptive automatic speed shift hub A cam self-adaptive automatic speed shift hub comprises a left hub frame (7), a right hub frame (18), a case body (4), a power input device, a drive shaft (1), a wheel (14) and a brake device (20). The hub further includes a low-gear drive shaft (12), a low-gear transmission mechanism positioned on the low-gear drive shaft (12), and a cone-disc clutch cam self-adaptive speed shift assembly positioned on the drive shaft (1), in which the low-gear drive shaft (12) positioned in the case body (4) is in rotation fit with the case body (4) and in parallel with the drive shaft (1). Such a cam self-adaptive automatic speed shift hub can allow the motor/engine output power and vehicle running condition always in an optimal matching state, to achieve balance control between the vehicle driving torque and the comprehensive driving resistance.
US08789427B2	Method and apparatus for testing load-bearing capacity In an embodiment, a hydraulic jack is provided having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion attached to a first section of a structure and the second portion attached to a second section of the structure. When a pressurized fluid is forced between the first portion and the second portion, a load is transferred to the first section and the second section by the pressure of the fluid on the first portion and the second portion. The first section and the second section are forced apart by the load, thus creating or enlarging at least one void in the structure. The pressurized fluid fills or partially fills one or more of the at least one void, thereby increasing the surface area effectively normal to the direction of the load in contact with the pressurized fluid.
US08789412B2	Transmission device for transmitting information about tire condition and tire condition monitoring system A tire condition monitoring system includes a transmission device, a receiving device, and a monitoring section. The transmitting device includes a sensor which detects, as tire information, a condition of gas in the tire cavity area surrounded with a tire and a rim, a transmitter which wirelessly transmits the tire information, and a housing having a wall surrounding the sensor and the transmitter and separating an inner space from the tire cavity area. The housing wall defines a communicating through hole which enables communication between the cavity area and inner space and a selectively non-communicating through hole having a member which is movable between blocking and unblocking positions to impede and enable communication, respectively, between the cavity area and inner space. The receiving device receives the tire information, and the monitoring section determines whether a tire anomaly exists based on the tire information and provides a result.
US08789403B2	Bodymaker A can bodymaker and a method of forming different sizes of drawn and wall ironed cans from the same bodymaker, in which the bodymaker includes a ram (4), a crank (22), first and second connecting rods (21, 23) and a swing lever (20) connecting the crankshaft (22) to the ram (4). Different locking positions (X, Z) are provided on the swing lever so that the first (primary) connecting rod is connected to alternative positions on the swing lever. The primary connecting rod (21) then rotates about an axis between the selected locking position and position (Y) of pivot pin 30 on the swing lever (20). The primary connecting rod drives the swing lever to rotate by a corresponding degree, and thereby converts the swing lever rotation into axial movement of the ram (4) so as to move the ram by a specific stroke length. By altering the locking pin (25) position and therefore the pivot point for the primary connecting rod, the stroke of the ram is changed.
US08789397B2	Additive storage tank for a washing machine A washing appliance, such as a consumer washing machine, has a casing and a tub disposed within the casing. The tub includes a basket configured for receipt of articles to be washed. A vertically oriented additive storage tank is disposed between the casing and the tub. The storage tank includes a first vertical storage component disposed at a first location between the casing and tub, and a second vertical storage component disposed at a second location between the casing and the tub spaced from the first location. The storage tank further includes a bottom transversely extending storage component that extends between the first and second vertical storage components below the tub.
US08789392B2	Apparatus for shaping glass and methods An apparatus for shaping a glass sheet includes an engagement member including a flexible bumper comprising a flexible material. The flexible bumper is configured to operate at the forming temperature to reduce an impact stress between the engagement member and the edge portion of the glass sheet. In another example, an apparatus for shaping a sheet of glass includes a push member configured to engage an end edge portion of the glass sheet to push the glass sheet to be transported over the support surface. The push member includes a push flange extending in a direction away from the support surface. The push flange includes a plurality of apertures configured to increase the resistance of conductive heat transfer between the end edge portion of the glass sheet and the push member. In a further example an engagement member can fabricated from a material having a coefficient of thermal conductivity that is less than a coefficient of thermal conductivity of the stainless steel. In further examples, methods include using the apparatus to shape a glass sheet.
US08789390B2	Near net fused silica articles and method of making A near-net or net shape fused silica glass article, such as a radome. The article is formed by depositing silica soot onto a mandrel having a shape that corresponds to the shape of the fused silica glass article. In some embodiments, the mandrel is inductively heated to a temperature that is sufficient to consolidate or sinter the silica soot upon deposition onto the mandrel to form fused silica glass. The fused silica glass article may have an outer layer that is under compression and/or multiple layers comprising various dopants that can alter or affect physical, mechanical, electrical, and/or optical properties.
US08789389B2	Intermediate heat exchanger An intermediate heat exchanger 10 includes a double tube 11 and a liquid reservoir 14. The double tube 11 has an outer tube 15 and an inner tube 16 disposed inside the outer tube 15 with a clearance formed therebetween. The clearance between the outer tube 15 and the inner tube serves as a high-temperature-side refrigerant passage 12, through which refrigerant of high pressure flowing out of a condenser flows, and the interior of the inner tube 16 serves as a low-temperature-side refrigerant passage 13, through which refrigerant of low pressure flowing out of an evaporator flows. The liquid reservoir 14, which communicates with the high-temperature-side refrigerant passage 12 of the double tube 11, stores the refrigerant of high pressure flowing out of the condenser before the pressure of the refrigerant is reduced by a pressure reducer, and separate liquid-phase refrigerant and gas-phase refrigerant. The outer tube 15 of the double tube 11 has a refrigerant inlet 17 and a refrigerant outlet 18 communicating with the high-temperature-side refrigerant passage 12. At an intermediate position between the refrigerant inlet 17 and the refrigerant outlet 18, refrigerant flows from the high-temperature-side refrigerant passage 12 of the double tube 11 into the liquid reservoir 14, and returns from the liquid reservoir 14 to the high-temperature-side refrigerant passage 12.
US08789387B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator, in which a main body includes a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber. A cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber is provided on an uppermost part of the main body, communicates with the freezing chamber, and houses a freezing chamber evaporator. A cold air generation chamber for the refrigerating chamber is provided separate from the cold air generation chamber for the freezing chamber and houses a refrigerating chamber evaporator.
US08789386B2	Refrigerating device with cooling of circulating air A refrigerating device is subdivided by a first partition into a storage zone and an air distribution zone. An air supply inlet and an air outlet open into the air distribution zone, and a plurality of holes are formed in the partition for letting air through from the air distribution zone into the storage zone and vice versa.
US08789381B2	Truck trailer refrigeration system The refrigeration unit of an electrically powered trailer refrigeration system includes an economized scroll compressor and an economizer circuit selectively operable to inject refrigeration vapor into an intermediate stage of the scroll compressor. An engine driven generator produces AC current to power the scroll compressor and other electric components of the system. During operation of the refrigeration system at high capacity demand, a controller will operate the refrigeration system in an economized mode if sufficient electric power is available from the generator and in the non-economized mode if insufficient power is available to sustain operation of the refrigeration system in the economized mode.
US08789376B2	Flade duct turbine cooling and power and thermal management An aircraft compound cooling system includes a power thermal management system for cooling one or more aircraft components, an air cycle system, a vapor cycle system, and a turbine cooling circuit for cooling bleed air and cooling turbine components in a high pressure turbine in the engine.An air to air FLADE duct heat exchanger is disposed in a FLADE duct of the engine and a valving apparatus is operable for selectively switching the FLADE duct heat exchanger between the turbine cooling circuit and the air cycle system. A vapor cycle system includes a vapor cycle system condenser that may be in heat transfer cooling relationship with the air cycle system. An air cycle system heat exchanger and an engine burn fuel to air heat exchanger in the vapor cycle system condenser may be used for cooling a working fluid in a refrigeration loop of the vapor cycle system.
US08789374B2	Gas turbine combustor with liner air admission holes associated with interpersed main and pilot swirler assemblies A combustor for a gas turbine engine having an annular combustion chamber includes a plurality of main fuel injection and air swirler assemblies and a plurality of pilot fuel injection and air swirler assemblies disposed in a circumferential ring extending about the circumferential expanse of a forward bulkhead. The plurality of pilot fuel injection and air swirler assemblies are interspersed amongst and disposed in the circumferential ring of main fuel injection and air swirler assemblies. Fuel being supplied to the combustor is selectively distributed between the plurality of main fuel injection and air swirler assemblies and the plurality of pilot fuel injection and air swirler assemblies in response to the level of power demand on the gas turbine engine.
US08789371B2	Power generation apparatus A power generation apparatus including a boiler feedwater pump turbine control system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a power generation apparatus is disclosed, including: a boiler feedwater pump turbine having a low pressure steam inlet and a high pressure steam inlet; a high pressure control valve for controlling admission of high pressure steam to the high pressure steam inlet; a low pressure control valve for controlling admission of low pressure steam to the low pressure steam inlet; and a control system operably coupled to the high pressure control valve and the low pressure control valve, the control system configured to close the low pressure control valve and prevent flow of the low pressure steam to the boiler feedwater pump turbine in response to a request for increased power output from a power grid.
US08789365B2	Energy conversion system with self-rectifying radial flow turbine and method An energy conversion system is provided including an annular member disposed around a shaft and at least partially defining a first radial flow passage that is fluidly coupled to a wave chamber and a second radial flow passage that is fluidly coupled to a port. A first plurality of nozzle vanes may extend at least partially through the first radial flow passage and may be configured to impart a first exit swirl angle in a fluid. A second plurality of nozzle vanes may extend at least partially through the second radial flow passage and may be configured to impart a second exit swirl angle in the fluid. A turbine wheel may be coupled to the shaft and disposed radially between the shaft and the annular member. The turbine wheel may define an axial flow passage fluidly coupled to the first and second radial flow passages and may include impulse blades.
US08789363B2	Emission abatement assembly having a mixing baffle and associated method An emission abatement assembly includes a fuel-fired burner having a combustion chamber and a particulate filter positioned downstream of the fuel-fired burner. A mixing baffle is positioned between the fuel-fired burner and the particulate filter.
US08789358B2	Selective catalytic reduction catalyst ammonia storage control systems and methods A control system for a vehicle includes a location identification module, an adjustment triggering module, and an adjustment module. The location identification module identifies a location where an engine of the vehicle is expected to be shut down and later re-started with at least one temperature within a predetermined range of an ambient temperature at the time of the re-start. The adjustment triggering module generates a triggering signal when a vehicle location provided by a global positioning system (GPS) is less than a predetermined distance from the identified location. The adjustment module selectively one of increases and decreases a rate at which a dosing agent is injected into an exhaust system, upstream of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst, when the triggering signal is generated.
US08789354B2	Gas turbine engine with separate core and propulsion unit A gas turbine engine includes a propulsion unit mounted to rotate about a first axis, and a core engine mounted to rotate about a second axis, and wherein the first and second axes are non-parallel. A gas turbine engine includes a propulsion unit driven by a free turbine which is adjacent to the propulsion unit and an associated fan, and having a gas generator core engine including a compressor, combustor and turbine section. A method is also disclosed.
US08789351B2	Flexible draper and cutter bar having shiftable crop divider with deflector A harvesting machine includes a harvesting header with a header frame, a cutterbar assembly attached to the header frame along the length thereof and configured to cut a crop, and a draper assembly positioned behind the cutterbar assembly and operable to receive severed crop material from the cutterbar assembly. The draper assembly includes a center draper that delivers crop material to a feeder house of the harvesting machine and oppositely spaced side drapers that deliver crop material to the center draper. The harvesting header is operable to flex and thereby follow an uneven terrain.
US08789349B1	Bitless Bridle with double cross under reinstraps A bitless bridle with double cross under reinstraps for riding, driving, and training horses and similar animals that achieves improved control, comfort, and communication with the animal. The bridle is composed of a solid crownpiece that bifurcates, after a brow band attachment, into a cheek strap and an elongated reinstrap. The cheek strap connects to two nosebands which have solid rings attached to each end. The elongated reinstraps cross under the horse's jaw and pass through the first set of rings then cross under the jaw a second time and pass through the second set of rings to continue back to the rider's hands. Pulling on a single reinstrap applies pressure to the horse's nose and poll causing it to turn in the direction pulled. Pulling on both reinstraps cinches the noseband in place, causing the horse to slow down or stop.
US08789347B2	Apparatus and method for capping and sealing pharmaceutical vials An apparatus and a method for capping and sealing a vial with a cap assembly including a deformable annular seal, e.g., a ferrule, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a base for holding the vial, a pressure applying platen, plural sealing rollers and associated electronic circuitry and motors. The platen is arranged to be moved relative to the base, whereupon it engages and applies a force to the cap assembly. The load cell measures the force applied and provides a signal indicative thereof to the electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry determines when a desired amount of force has been applied to control the operation of the rollers, whereupon the rollers apply a force to the annular seal to permanently crimp the annular seal on the vial.
US08789344B2	Capping device A capping device for capping vials borne by a respective conveyor (101), with caps (3) which include an inserting portion (31), shaped for insertion into a mouth of the vial (2) and a head portion (32), which remains externally on the vial (2) after capping. The capping device (1) includes a pick-up zone (12) configured for supporting and containing the caps (3) to be picked up by contacting only the head portion (32) thereof, a conveyor (11) for supplying caps (3) to the pick-up zone (12), configured to carry the caps (3) by contacting only a head portion (32) thereof; and a pick-up and inserting device (13) configured and activatable for picking up at least one cap (3) at a time from the pick-up zone (12), contacting only the head portion (31), and for holding the cap only by the head portion (302) while transporting the cap to a respective vial (2), and then inserting at least a part of the inserting portion (301) into the mouth of the vial (2).
US08789343B2	Glazing unit spacer technology The invention provides a spacer having an engineered wall with multiple corrugation fields including first and second corrugation fields having differently configured corrugations. Also provided are multi-pane glazing units that incorporate such a spacer.
US08789339B2	Method for making façades of buildings Described is a method for making façades of buildings, comprising the following operations: fixing on an external wall (6) of a building a plurality of support elements (2), each projecting from the wall (6) and equipped with an insulating sleeve (4); applying and bonding to the wall (6) a plurality of insulating panels (15) made of expanded polystyrene, letting terminal ends (14) of the support elements (2), each surrounded by the respective insulating sleeve (4), protrude beyond the insulating panels (15); putting on the insulating sleeves (4) a plurality of bearing panels (16) made of fibre cement; applying and bonding the bearing panels (16) on the insulating panels (15); constraining a plurality of discrete finishing elements (23), such as stone slabs or tiles, to the bearing panels (16).
US08789338B2	Methods and systems for sealing a wall Embodiments of the invention provide apparatus and methods for insulating a structure. A method for insulating a structure may include providing a frame that comprises a plurality of frame members coupled together. Sheathing panels may be coupled to the frame members such that adjacent sheathing panels abut and directly contact each other at an interface to form a wall having a front surface and a rear surface. A spray insulation material may be applied to the front surface of the wall such that the insulation material forms a substantially continuous insulation layer atop the front surface and such that the insulation material directly contacts the interface between adjacent sheathing panels to restrict passage of air between the adjacent panels to at or below 0.2 L/m2/s at a differential pressure across the wall of 75 Pa.
US08789336B2	Edge strip for mounting of a wall board A proposed edge strip is attached on a wall structure for mounting of a wall board against the wall structure, The edge strip is composed of an elongated element suitable for length adaption through cutting in a length dimension to an extension of the wall structure in a specific dimension, for example the height of the wall. The edge strip comprises a connection part arranged in a first side extending in the length dimension. The connection part has click-in means configured to receive a fastening means integrated into the connection means of the wall board and interconnect the wall board and the edge strip, such that the wall board becomes attached to the wall structure.
US08789332B1	Pattern randomization of a laminated roofing shingle A method of producing laminated roofing shingles is provided, wherein the shingles are of a dragon's tooth type, and shingles made in accordance with the method, and packages of such shingles.
US08789323B2	Method for attachment of an object to a thin-walled profile, such as a fibre glass reinforced profile made by pultrusion, and such a profile The invention relates to a method for attachment of an object to a thin-walled profile with a number of walls by means of one or more threaded fastening members. Each fastening member is driven into an open-ended space between two walls of the profile, where the opening faces an outer surface of the profile, and the space has a width corresponding substantially to the minor diameter of the thread. Fastening members can be screws or bolts, a retaining member can be applied to prevent the two walls from moving away from each other and a filler or glue may be provided in the space before the introduction of the fastening member. The profile can be made from a plastic matrix reinforced with fiber glass and made by pultrusion.
US08789318B1	Dome structure Described herein is a structure that comprises a plurality of spherical triangular units on a plurality of levels. The structure has a superior ability to survive disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes etc. It is cost-efficient, energy efficient, extremely durable and easily maintained. The plurality of spherical triangular units on one level of the plurality of levels are essentially identical to each other, and are essentially equally spaced radially relative to a center of the sphere; each of the plurality of spherical triangular units comprises three planar panels, each with an end surface comprising a minor arc of a great circle of the sphere; a spherical triangular unit on a level above the first level of the structure is configured to be joined with two neighboring spherical triangular units on the level below; the structure is substantially a dome.
US08789310B2	Compositions of fine fescue grasses for use as turf in airfield management Disclosed herein is a method for airfield management comprising the use of fine fescue grasses at airfield installations that results in environmental benefits to airports, including protection of human life and wildlife; reduced gas emissions from decreased mowing, decreased storm water runoff due to deeper and larger root systems of vegetative cover, increased soil stabilization, moderation of airport temperatures and heat effects to the atmosphere, and tremendous financial savings to the aviation industry and consequently to the public.
US08789308B2	Fishing lure A lipless fishing lure includes an inner, flexible fabric core, and a plurality of substantially rigid structural members. The plurality of substantially rigid structural members are adhered to the fabric core on opposite sides of the core. The rigid structural members are generally evenly spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction. The rigid structural members and the fabric core generally define the shape of a fish. The rigid structural members include a fish head. The fish head includes a front end with a relatively blunt transverse cross-sectional configuration.
US08789300B2	Attachable flame simulating apparatus An attachable flame simulating apparatus includes a coupling appendage, having a distal end and a proximal end, a housing adjacent the proximal end of the coupling appendage, the housing comprising one or more light sources, and a projection surface extending from the housing. Furthermore, the distal end of the coupling appendage is removably attachable to a vehicle.
US08789296B2	Self-adjusting studs Articles of footwear may include self-adjusting studs that adjust to various types of conditions, environmental changes, and applied forces. The self-adjusting studs may have a first portion and a second portion of different levels of compressibilities and/or retractabilities that compress and extend based on the type of surface on which the wearer is walking or running. This footwear with self-adjusting studs may easily transition between surfaces of varying hardness without causing damage to the surface, but also providing the wearer with the necessary amount of traction on each type of surface. Wearers will enjoy the benefit of being able to move on various surfaces without the need to change their footwear multiple times to accommodate the wearer's varying traction needs on different surfaces.
US08789290B2	Domestic appliance for the care of items of washing and method for removing lint A domestic appliance for the care of items of washing includes a process air supply through which a stream of air is able to be directed through a drum for holding the items of washing, a mesh filter for separating the lint out of the air stream, a facility for removing lint from the mesh filter, the facility being embodied for removal of lint which is collected outside the process air supply on the mesh filter, and a rinsing device with which the lint is able to be rinsed out of the mesh filter with rinsing fluid. A method for removal of lint from a mesh filter of the domestic appliance also is provided.
US08789276B2	Sanitary fixture The invention relates to a sanitary fitting having a housing element and a functional unit which comprises water-conducting components and is housed in the housing body of the sanitary fitting, wherein the housing element comprises at least two shell-shaped individual parts. The shell-shaped individual parts are produced from a metal alloy or a plastic in a diecasting process and are adhesively bonded to each other or connected to each other by means of material bonding to form a hollow element surrounding the functional unit by means of a joining process.
US08789275B2	Wind turbine blade and method of manufacturing wind turbine blade A wind turbine blade having a spar cap disposed between layers constituting an outer skin or disposed on an inner side of the outer skin and a method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade are provided, wherein in manufacture of the wind turbine blade, generation of manufacturing defects, such as misalignment and wrinkles in fabrics, can be suppressed and the time required for repairing the defects as well as for laminating the layers can be reduced. In the method of manufacturing the wind turbine blade having the spar cap as a main structural member of the blade disposed between the layers constituting the outer skin or disposed on the inner side of the outer skin, the spar cap is formed as a separate piece from the outer skin, and the spar cap, dry fiber fabrics for the layers constituting the outer skin, and a sandwich core member are collectively impregnated with resin under a vacuum process.
US08789271B2	Method for integrating an electronic component into a printed circuit board This publication discloses a circuit-board construction and a method for manufacturing an electronic module, in which method at least one component (6) is embedded inside an insulating-material layer (1) and contacts (14) are made to connect the component (6) electrically to the conductor structures (14, 19) contained in the electronic module. According to the invention, at least one thermal via (22), which boosts the conducting of heat away from the component (6) is manufactured in the insulating-material layer (1) in the vicinity of the component (6).
US08789270B2	System for manufacturing side panel of vehicle A system for manufacturing a side panel of a vehicle, the system including upper running rails and lower running rails to provide a movement path of a cart, the cart having a support frame, a transfer roller, and a friction bar provided at a bottom surface of the support frame, wherein the side panel may be mounted on the cart and the cart moves selectively along the upper running rails and the lower running rails, at least a friction drive unit and at least a friction wheel disposed along the upper and lower running rails wherein the at least a friction drive selectively rotates the at least a friction wheel to move the cart by selectively engaging at least one of the friction wheels with the friction bar of the cart, and an external unit supporting an edge portion of the side panel during key welding process.
US08789262B2	Method for making surface mount inductor A method for manufacturing an inductor includes a mold device having a mold cavity, disposing a coil member above the mold cavity of the mold device, filling metallic particles into the mold cavity of the mold device, forcing the coil member into the metallic particles to form a base member, applying two conductive coating members onto the base member and electrically connecting to the terminals of the coil member respectively, and attaching two conductive coverings onto the conductive coating members respectively and electrically connecting to the conductive coating members respectively for allowing the inductors to be quickly manufactured in a mass production.
US08789260B2	Method for manufacturing a rotor for a generator A method for manufacturing a rotor for a generator is provided. In accordance with this method, a metal plate is rolled to a circumferentially open circular cylinder having two free ends, the circumferentially open cylinder having an inner diameter smaller than a desired end inner diameter of the rotor. The two free ends of the rolled metal plate are then welded to form a closed cylinder. The closed cylinder is rolled to obtain the desired end diameter of the rotor.
US08789255B2	Machine for forming eyelets in apparel hangtags A machine and method for punching an aperture through a hangtag and securing a two-piece eyelet to the same is disclosed. The machine has a frame, a table, a platform, a plurality of hangtag holders, a loading station, a punching station, an eyeleting station, and an unloading station.
US08789250B2	Method of forming sheet metal casket shell A method of forming a portion of a sheet metal casket shell comprises supporting a piece of sheet metal on one side with a female die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions configured to pivot relative to the center die portion, supporting the piece of sheet metal on the opposite side with a male die having a center die portion and opposite end die portions, and pivoting the end die portions of the female die relative to the center die portion of the female die to cause the opposite ends of the piece of sheet metal to fold around the end die portions of the male die. The method can be repeated with a second piece of sheet metal thereby forming two shell halves which can be welded together to form the shell.
US08789247B2	Interlock tool, bag making use thereof and process for producing them A zipper in which a male member having a male interlocking section and a female member having a female interlocking section that fits with the male interlocking section are peelable and re-fittable is provided. The male member and the female member are formed by different resins, and at least the male interlocking section and the female interlocking section are peelably adhered or contacted with each other with substantially no gap.
US08789243B2	Disposable handle cover for a surgical lighthead The invention is a disposable cover handle cover for a surgical light head, and more particularly to a single-piece, integrally-formed disposable handle cover for a surgical light head and the like. The disposable cover includes a single-piece hollow member having a first open end adapted to receive the positioning handle of the surgical light head housing a camera and a second open end generally opposite the first end. The second end is closed off by a lens disposed within and integral with the hollow body.
US08789237B2	Air-blow work machine A blower tube (4) to be connected to a power blower has a tube main body (42) having a distal end portion (42a) diminished in diameter toward its distal end and an attachment (44) to be coupled to the distal end (42a) of the tube main body (42) and including a distal end portion (44a) gradually diminished in diameter toward its distal end. Both these distal end portions (42a, 44a) are each provided three projections at distant position to protrude radially inward toward an axial line of the blower tube (4). The first projections (46) on the tube main body (42) and the second projections (48) on the attachment are positioned offset in phase to align in an alternate order. The blower tube (4) having the projections (46, 48) at the distal end portion can reduce the noise caused by ejection of a high-speed airflow.
US08789216B2	Spa with waterfall A vessel for containing liquid includes a floor perimetrically surrounded by a plurality of upwardly projecting walls; at least one exit port incorporated into at least one of the walls proximate to an upper edge of the at least one wall; and a liquid circulation pump apparatus. The liquid circulation pump apparatus includes a first conduit in fluid communication with the vessel; a circulation pump positioned downstream from and in fluid communication with the first conduit; a supply conduit positioned downstream from and in fluid communication with the circulation pump; and a diverter valve positioned downstream of the circulation pump and upstream of the supply conduit. The circulation pump is adapted to pump liquid from the vessel through the first conduit and deliver liquid through the supply conduit to the exit port. The diverter valve is adapted to change a rate of flow of liquid supplied to the exit port.
US08789215B2	Flexible flange apparatus for connecting conduits and methods for connecting same The present disclosure generally relates to improved water closet flanges and methods for installing such water closet flanges. In one exemplary embodiment, an improved water closet flange apparatus includes an outer flange and a flexible conduit portion (i.e. sleeve) extending downwardly therefrom. The flexible sleeve has a sufficient degree of flexibility to accommodate connection between offset, misaligned, angled, or otherwise incongruous plumbing fixture discharges and waste drain pipe outlets. In one embodiment, the flexible sleeve includes at least one corrugated portion to aid the desired flexibility. An upper portion of the flexible sleeve may include an inwardly extending lip portion to accommodate the desired seal between the plumbing fixture discharge and the flange apparatus. Related methods for installing the disclosed flange apparatus between plumbing fixture discharges and waste drainpipes are also described.
US08793808B2	Dynamic media zones systems and methods Systems and methods are described for applying digital rights management techniques to manage zones in electronic content. In one embodiment, zones are defined in a piece of electronic content, and a license is associated with the electronic content that indicates how the zones are to be accessed or otherwise used. A digital rights management engine governs access to or other use of the zoned content in accordance with the license.
US08793807B2	Controlling access to and manipulation of a data object by different data object users A method, system, and computer program product for controlling access to and manipulation of a data object by different data object users. An example method includes determining a current user role of a current user requesting interaction with the data object. The method also includes determining a current lifecycle state of the data object. The method further includes restricting, by a computer processor, interaction with the data object by the current user based on at least the current user role of the current user and the current lifecycle state of the data object.
US08793805B1	Automatic application dependent anonymization Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the anonymization of unique entity information when transmitting data to services. A content server stores data in association with entity identifiers, each entity identifier represents an entity of the content server. The content server may send anonymized responses to requests for data from multiple services. The anonymized responses comprise the data requested in association with anonymous entity identifiers as opposed to the entity identifiers. Each anonymous identifier represents an entity associated with the data requested. The requesting services may each receive a different anonymous identifier representing a single entity.
US08793803B2	Termination of secure execution mode in a microprocessor providing for execution of secure code An apparatus including a microprocessor, a system memory, and a secure non-volatile memory. The microprocessor is mounted to a motherboard, and executes non-secure application programs and a secure application program. The system memory stores non-secure application programs, and is mounted to the motherboard and coupled to the microprocessor via a system bus. The microprocessor has secure execution mode logic that detects execution of a secure execution mode return event, and that terminates a secure execution mode within the microprocessor, where the secure execution mode exclusively supports execution of the secure application program. The secure non-volatile memory is coupled to the microprocessor via a private bus and stores the secure application program prior to termination of the secure execution mode, where transactions over the private bus between the microprocessor and the secure non-volatile memory are isolated from the system bus and corresponding system bus resources within the microprocessor.
US08793791B2	Methods for detecting and classifying signals transmitted over a radio frequency spectrum A method for classifying a signal is disclosed. The method can be used by a station or stations within a network to classify the signal as non-cooperative (NC) or a target signal. The method performs classification over channels within a frequency spectrum. The percentage of power above a first threshold is computed for a channel. Based on the percentage, a signal is classified as a narrowband signal. If the percentage indicates the absence of a narrowband signal, then a lower second threshold is applied to confirm the absence according to the percentage of power above the second threshold. The signal is classified as a narrowband signal or pre-classified as a wideband signal based on the percentage. Pre-classified wideband signals are classified as a wideband NC signal or target signal using spectrum masks.
US08793784B2	Secure method for controlling the opening of lock devices by means of a communicating object such as a mobile phone The method includes the steps of: a) generating by an application software (SWA) a message forming a key (DKE) comprising an encrypted data field containing a time-stamping or sequencing time marker; b) transferring the message to a portable communication device (CD), held by a user; c) transmitting the message, by short-range transmission, from the communication device to a reading interface (ERED) coupled to a lock device (LOCK); d) analyzing the message by decrypting the data field and checking the consistency of the time marker with an inner clock of the interface or with a sequence number memorized in the interface; and e) in case of compliant message, sending from the interface to the lock device a digital accreditation (OPEN) stored in memory in the interface and to operate the lock device unlocking upon recognizing the compliance of said digital accreditation.
US08793780B2	Mitigation of application-level distributed denial-of-service attacks A system and method, implementable using an authenticating device, are provided for authenticating requesting devices such as mobile devices and other communication devices over a network. At least one group shared secret is provisioned on a plurality of requesting devices, which are further provided with other authentication credentials such as a shared secret for full authentication by the authenticating device. When authentication is sought, the requesting device transmits a pre-authentication request comprising one of the group shared secrets to the authenticating device, which verifies that group shared secret. The group shared secrets may be stored in volatile memory at the authenticating device. If the group shared secret is verified, the authenticating device will authenticate that same device in response to a subsequent authentication request.
US08793778B2	System for providing trusted user access of computer systems Enables trusted user access of computer systems for example that verifies trusted users and may allow trusted users to bypass challenge-response tests, while limiting access by automated processes and unwanted human challenge-response test solvers. Embodiments may implement an account that may be utilized across websites to enable a valid or trusted user to bypass challenge-response tests. Embodiments of the invention cost time, or cost a nominal fee, or require use of something that may be validated as owned by a user such as a physical address or cell phone, or trusted referral or social graph or any combination thereof, but cost large amounts time or money for spammers using cheap third world labor, thus making it expensive to invoke attacks on sites protected by embodiments of the invention.
US08793777B2	Verification and authentication systems and methods Embodiments of the present invention provide verification and/or authentication service engines that provide a customizable solution that can be “dialed” based on the risk level assigned to individual or grouped applications. The systems can also incorporate internal and external sources of data used to verify information provided by the user. It is dynamic and can pull information from a myriad of sources during the verification process, enabling credit reporting agencies (e.g., Equifax and others), FSPs, and other service providers to facilitate real-time approval and access to products and services.
US08793756B2	Secure processing of secure information in a non-secure environment A secured process sourcing and work management system for processing secure information in a non-secure environment is disclosed. The system permits a user, referred to herein as a customer or requester, to submit a project, involving a human intelligence task (“HIT”), referred to as a task or task specification, to be performed with respect to secure, confidential or sensitive information, referred to herein as secure information, and have that project completed in a non-secure environment without compromising the security, confidentiality or sensitivity of the secure information. The system may be incorporated into the requestor's workflow, receiving projects therefrom and providing the results thereto. Further, a system is disclosed for implementing a processing workflow for such tasks, the system permitting, based on projects submitted by requestors, the “posting” or distribution of jobs, and subsequent management thereof, to be performed by a workforce operating in or via a non-secure-environment, while protecting the underlying security, confidentiality or sensitivity of the overall project.
US08793750B2	Methods and systems for fast channel change between logical channels within a transport multiplex A system, method and computer program product are provided for fast channel change between logical channels within a transport multiplex. By reducing the amount of time it takes to acquire and display a tuned channel, fast channel change can improve a viewer's experience. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a fast channel change system can simultaneously decode channel data for each channel in a transport multiplex, reconstruct all access units for each channel and send them out on their respective channel stream in the order that each access unit completes to a streamer, store and maintain a minimum amount of channel data in a buffer in each streamer, and output channel data from a streamer corresponding to a tuned channel to a media player. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention data can be input to a de-multiplexer and divided into separate video and audio streams prior to being input to the media player. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be utilized in various video applications, such as, for example, Sirius Satellite Radio's Backseat TV™ service.
US08793748B2	Method and system for controlling communication between a user device and a content delivery network A system and method for communicating between a content delivery network and a user device includes the user device generating a first request for a content file at a user device and communicating the request to the content delivery network. The content delivery network authenticates the first request, generates a redirection response and communicates the redirection response to the user device. The user device authenticates the redirection response, generates a second request for a content file in response to the redirection request and communicates the second request from the user device. The content delivery network communicates the content file from the content delivery network in response to the second request.
US08793742B2	Systems and methods for capturing and storing an advertisement-related video clip In one embodiment, the present invention is a t-commerce platform, which is linked to the content from a video signal that the user is currently watching. At some point during the broadcast of the content, a close-up of the product is shown. Simultaneous with this, a VBI-based trigger is added to the video signal of the broadcast. This trigger causes the television, a set-top box, or a similar device to capture in a memory, a “freeze-frame” of the image being shown. This action is transparent to the user while the video being displayed on the television is continuing normally. If the user chooses to perform an interactive “buy” transaction the saved image data is used as part of the interactive screen display.
US08793734B2	Method and apparatus for providing filtering interface for recording and/or searching for broadcast content A method and an apparatus for providing a filtering interface that records and searches for broadcasting content is provided. A method for providing a filtering interface that records and searches for broadcasting content according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention includes analyzing user preferences for each property of the broadcasting content according to play history information of the recorded broadcasting content, generating a properties list by clustering the properties based on the user preferences, receiving a predetermined property from the properties list, extracting broadcasting content that correspond to the received properties from currently-aired or soon-to-be-aired broadcasting content, and providing a list of the extracted content.
US08793732B2	Universal programming system and method for electronic programming guide A content listing may provide a listing of content items a variety of ways including using 3-D images, alphanumeric text, and video data. Viewers and/or programmers may be allowed to select between varying display environment. In addition, non-content listing objects, such as interaction objects, may be conflated with the presentation of the display environment and with the content listing information.
US08793731B2	Enhanced content search A method and system including a controller with an internet interface of providing enhanced content is provided. The controller receives an electronic program guide data and retrieves at least one characteristic identifying a program currently being displayed on a primary display device within the electronic program guide. At least one external content source is searched using the internet interface for information related to the program based on the at least one characteristic and the information related to the program obtained during the search is stored into a memory. The information stored in the memory and related to the first program is displayed by a user interface display processor on a second display.
US08793730B2	Entertainment companion content application for interacting with television content Methods and system for providing companion content at a secondary device for a content being rendered on a main device includes establishing a connection between the secondary device and a device that interfaces with the main device so as to enable the secondary device to access and control the content being rendered on the main device. The method further includes detecting data associated with the content being rendered on the main device through the connection, wherein the data includes metadata associated with the content rendered on the main device. The metadata is communicated to a remote application over the internet. The remote application is configured to analyze the metadata to produce communication content that relates to the content rendered on the main device. Companion content for the content being rendered on the main device is obtained from the remote application and rendered on the secondary device while the content is rendering on the main device. The analysis of the metadata detects changes in the content being rendered on the main device which results changes in the obtained companion content that is rendered on the secondary device.
US08793721B1	System and method for providing multiple rating versions in media programming Multiple rating versions of content are provided and selectable by a viewer. A user can select one of the rating versions of the content for viewing. The user selection is dynamic such that the user can change the rating version selected while watching the content. Substitution instructions and substitution segments are downloaded and stored in a substitution cache. When a substitution descriptor is encountered in the content, a processor obtains at least one substitution instruction that corresponds to a substitution instruction identification code stored in the substitution descriptor. The processor executes the instruction to effect the rating change.
US08793711B2	Tray locking device for optical disc drive A tray locking device adapted to an optical disc drive for locking and releasing a tray is provided. The optical disc drive has an optical head connected to a lead screw and driven to move by the lead screw. The tray locking device includes a pushing member driven to move by the lead screw, a latching hook for locking and releasing a protruding pin, and a transmission assembly configured between the pushing member and the latching hook. The transmission assembly includes a first rod and a second rod movably configured in the tray. The first rod has a first driving portion, and the second rod has a second driving portion. When the transmission assembly is located at an initial position, the first driving portion is located on a moving path of the pushing member, while the second driving portion is not located on the moving path of the pushing member.
US08793706B2	Metadata-based eventing supporting operations on data Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing metadata-based eventing supporting operations on data. Application data such as classes and events can be stored in a table and can be associated with and/or described by application metadata. The application metadata also can specify one or more event handlers that reference one or more methods on a class. The event handlers can be invoked via various delegates linked to the one or more application metadata tables. When a create, update, or delete operation on the application data is received, the application metadata can be queried to determine if the application metadata describes event handlers associated with the application data. If event handlers associated with the application data exist, the event handlers can be invoked.
US08793703B2	Mobile terminal, method and program for providing a virtual setup screen A setup screen not interrupting a management system is displayed in a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal capable of being set up without interrupting a self-management function by detecting a call of a setup screen in a mobile terminal having the self-management function and displaying a virtual setup screen in which setup items interrupting the self-management function are excluded instead of the setup screen, a terminal setup method thereof, and a mobile terminal program thereof are provided.
US08793701B2	Method and system for data reporting and analysis Described are methods and systems related to data report and analysis. A first business intelligence (BI) block is imported to a host analytics user interface (UI). The first BI block includes synchronizable dimensions to synchronize values of the first BI block with other BI blocks, and propagatable dimensions to propagate values of the first BI block to other BI blocks. A host data context of the host analytics UI is updated by propagating the propagatable dimensions of the first BI block. A second BI block is imported to the host analytics UI. The second BI block includes at least one synchronizable dimension in common with at least one propagatable dimension of the first BI block. The synchronizable dimensions of the second BI block are synchronized to the updated host data context. The first BI block and the synchronized second BI block are rendered on the host analytics UI.
US08793696B2	Dynamic scheduling for frames representing views of a geographic information environment An exemplary method for scheduling jobs in frames representing views of a geographic information environment is disclosed. An exemplary method includes determining a remaining frame period in a frame representing a view of a geographic information environment. The exemplary method also includes identifying a dynamic job in a scheduling queue. The dynamic job has a non-preemptive section that is between a start of the job and a preemption point of the job. The exemplary method further includes determining an estimated execution time for executing the job. When the estimated execution time is not greater than the remaining frame period, the exemplary method includes executing the non-preemptive section of the job in the frame. When the estimated execution time is greater than the remaining frame period, the exemplary method includes postponing the execution of the job in the frame.
US08793695B2	Information processing device and information processing method A system-level management unit generates a system processing and makes a processing request to a task allocation unit of a user-level management unit. The task allocation unit schedules the system processing according to a procedure of an introduced user-level scheduling. A processing unit assigned to execute the system processing sends a notification of acceptability of the system processing to a main processing unit, by halts an application task in appropriate timing or when the processing of the current task is completed. When the notification is received within the time limit for execution, the system-level management unit has the processing unit start the system processing.
US08793691B2	Managing and forwarding tasks to handler for processing using a message queue In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for transporting a task to a handler, utilizing a queue. These mechanisms and methods for transporting a task to a handler, utilizing a queue can enable improved task management, increased efficiency, dynamic task processing, etc.
US08793689B2	Redundant multithreading processor A redundant multithreading processor is presented. In one embodiment, the processor performs execution of a thread and its duplicate thread in parallel and determines, when in a redundant multithreading mode, whether or not to synchronize an operation of the thread and an operation of the duplicate thread.
US08793688B1	Systems and methods for double hulled virtualization operations A method for storing and processing data includes providing an operating system (OS) virtualization running on a processor and having a plurality of containers. Each container may prevent privilege escalation by a user to an administrator of a global zone running the OS virtualization. The method may also include providing a hardware virtual machine (HVM) for the user, the HVM encapsulated in one of the containers. A system for storing and processing data is provided that includes an operating system (OS) virtualization stored in a memory and running on a processor. The OS virtualization has a plurality of containers, and each container prevents privilege escalation by a user to an administrator of a global zone running the OS virtualization. The HVM may be encapsulated in one of the containers. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program recorded thereon is provided.
US08793677B2	Electronic apparatus, software update method, and storage medium An electronic apparatus has a normal mode and an energy saving mode for reducing power consumption, and includes a main control unit, a sub control unit, a main storage unit, and a sub storage unit. The sub control unit includes a processing unit performing a part of an update process by storing software update data in the sub storage unit when a software update request is received during the energy saving mode. The main control unit includes a processing unit performing a rest of the update process by moving or copying the software update data from the sub storage unit to the main storage unit and by updating software stored in the main storage unit with the software update data after the electronic apparatus returns from the energy saving mode to the normal mode.
US08793676B2	Version-resilient loader for custom code runtimes A method and system for dynamically identifying and loading a version of a runtime for custom code of a host application without modifying the host application is provided. A loading system dynamically identifies the version of the runtime during execution of the host application. The loading system is also dynamically linked into the host application so that its algorithm for identifying the version of the runtime can be modified without modifying the host application. When requested by the host application to load custom code, the loading system identifies a version of the runtime to load, loads the identified version of the runtime, and then requests a load component of the loaded version of the runtime to load the custom code.
US08793659B2	Phase-based testing of operating systems A method and system for phase-based testing of an operating system. The method may include detecting a failure when running a test of an operating system, identifying a phase in which the failure has occurred, and reporting the failure to a user, indicating the identified phase in which the failure has occurred.
US08793656B2	Method and apparatus for regression testing selection for a framework-based application A selection method and related application is provided for a framework-based application having programming applications with both language program files and configuration files. In one embodiment, the method comprises abstracting a frame configuration model instance by analyzing configuration files prior to any modifications made to the program. The frame configuration model instance denoting individual configuration nodes in the framework model and further defining relationship between one or more code units in the configuration nodes and program code units in the application. Then one or more control test cases are constructed by profiling select test cases of the application, wherein the control flow consists of code units traversed during test case execution and control flow of said code units. Subsequently, an extended control flow is obtained by correlating configuration nodes in the framework configuration model instance with the code units in said control flow.
US08793655B2	Delta compression using multiple pointers Encoding a new version of a data module includes constructing a delta data module having data for providing the new version of the data module. The delta data module may indicate an encoding for copying data at an offset from one of a number of pointers into different versions of the data module. Decoding a delta data module to provide a new version of a data module includes copying, to the new version of the data module, data relative to a target pointer when an encoding in the delta data module indicates a matching pattern relative to the target pointer, and copying, to the new version of the data module, data relative to at least one other pointer when an encoding in the delta data module indicates a matching pattern relative to the at least one other pointer.
US08793651B2	Remote card content management using synchronous server-side scripting Remote card content management using synchronous server-side scripting is provided. A method includes parsing a script configured to perform a card content management operation as a sequence of operations for a secure element based on receiving a request from a mobile device located remotely from a computer processor. The method also includes creating an execution context for the script to identify the sequence of operations in the script as non-flushing and flushing nodes. A flushing node is identified as an operation that sends a response to the request and expects a subsequent request from the mobile device for the secure element. The method further includes pausing execution of the script upon sending the response at the flushing node.
US08793649B2	XML application framework The present invention relates to an XML application framework (XAF). XAF applications are data driven such that all operations with the computer system are data focused. In addition, the components used in the XAF application are instantiated and connected according to how the data is displayed and what type of data is used. Applications within XAF comprise a user interface (UI) connector, an action module, and a data connector. UI connectors receive UI events and connect the UI event to an action module. The action module generates a standard format action from the UI event and sends it to the data connector. The data connector translates the standard format action into a data-specific action that changes data in a data store. A data connector then sends a standard format data representation corresponding to the changed data back to the UI connector to provide the changed data to the UI.
US08793645B2	Replacement of data element in a graph The generation and/or use of a hierarchical structure of model elements such as those that might be portions of a computer program. If it is determined that if a particular one of the model elements should be changed from one model element type to another model element type, that change is automatically made. The determination of whether the change should be made may be based on monitoring of actual behavior of the software program. The determination might alternatively be made based on expressed gestures of an author using an authoring program that visualizes the hierarchical structure of model elements.
US08793643B2	Wiring-design support device, recording medium for wiring-design support program, and method for wiring-design support A wiring-design support device supports wiring design of a printed circuit board. The processor executes a process that includes holding, in the memory, wiring information including information relating to a plurality of signal wires to be wired in parallel between two components on the printed circuit board, generating a wiring route illustrating a wiring area where the plurality of signal wires are wired between the two components and displaying the wiring route on a display unit based on the wiring information held in the holding. And the processor generates, upon or after the wiring route generated, a detailed wiring where each of the plurality of signal wires is wired along the wiring route based on the wiring route and a wiring rule included in the wiring information, and displaying the detailed wiring on the display unit along with the wiring route.
US08793637B2	Method and system for design and modeling of vertical interconnects for 3DI applications A system and method for design and modeling of vertical interconnects for 3DI applications. A design and modeling methodology of vertical interconnects for 3DI applications includes models that represent the frequency dependent behavior of vertical interconnects by means of multi-segment RLC scalable filter networks. The networks allow for accuracy versus computation efficiency tradeoffs, while maintaining correct asymptotic behavior at both high and low frequency limits. In the framework of the model it is shown that a major effect is pronounced frequency dependent silicon substrate induced dispersion and loss effects, which is considered in through silicon via (TSV) parallel Y-element parameters, including capacitance and conductance.
US08793635B1	Techniques for generating microcontroller configuration information A method and apparatus for configuring a microcontroller. An XML description of the microcontroller's hardware resources may be accessed. A user may select from available hardware resources and pre-defined user modules to select a configuration. Configuration information, which may include register bit patterns and microprocessor instructions, may be automatically generated. Additionally, application programming interface calls and structure, as well as interrupt vector tables may be automatically generated.
US08793634B2	LSI design method and LSI design device In an LSI design method of designing a clock tree that supplies a clock signal to a plurality of leaves from a clock supply point, when a high level clock tree is constituted by H-tree and a low level clock tree is formed by CTS, the number of stages of a high level clock tree is optimized without giving any constraint on the placement of a low level clock tree. The leaves are divided into a plurality of groups to form a low level local tree. A clock-supplied region including all leaves to be supplied with a clock is uniformly divided and for each divided region, a skew when a clock signal is supplied from an end of an H-tree to start points of a plurality of local trees included in that region is estimated. The clock-supplied region is more finely equally-divided to increase the number of stages of H-tree.
US08793628B1	Method and apparatus of maintaining coherency in the memory subsystem of an electronic system modeled in dual abstractions The present patent document relates to a method and apparatus for maintaining coherency in a memory subsystem of an electronic system modeled in dual abstractions. The portions of the memory subsystem shared between the first abstraction and the second abstraction are shadowed in both abstractions, allowing either abstraction to coherently access memory written by the other. The memory subsystem can also reside solely in a first abstraction, where the second abstraction will synchronize to the first abstraction to access the memory subsystem. Flags associated with memory pages of the memory subsystem are set to indicate which abstraction has most recently updated the memory page. Prior to accessing a memory page, the system will check the flags, copying the contents of the memory in the other abstraction as needed to maintain coherency. The abstractions can operate either synchronously or asynchronously.
US08793611B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for manipulating selectable user interface objects A multifunction device displays a plurality of selectable user interface objects. Each respective selectable user interface object has a respective activation region. The device detects a first input; and, in response to detecting the first input, the device selects the first selectable user interface object and the device additionally: deactivates the activation region of the first selectable user interface object, or reduces the activation region of the first selectable user interface object to a smaller area than the default activation region. The device also enlarges an activation region of a selectable user interface object that is adjacent to the first selectable user interface object such that the enlarged activation region of the adjacent selectable user interface object occupies at least a portion of an area previously occupied by the default activation region of the first selectable user interface object.
US08793610B2	System and method for web-based mapping on touch-screen computing device A displayed map is overlaid with a map-based graphical user interface that provides a polygon layer and a point layer which work in tandem to simultaneously display both aggregated and disaggregated data across the displayed map. A selection of one of the regions of the polygon layer is received at the touch display from the user, and a request is submitted to a remote service administering the dataset for items in the dataset that reside in the selected region. The items in the dataset that reside in the selected region are received from the remote service, and the received items are rendered as points in the point layer, where the rendered points are bounded by the selected region.
US08793599B1	Hybrid processing interface A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The computing device also includes a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform a method that includes defining a first portion of a display as a workspace for presenting graphical elements that represent processing operations that define properties of an object. The method also includes defining a second portion of the display, different from the first portion, for presenting a graphical stack that uses the properties from the processing operations to define layers associated with the object. The method also includes simultaneously presenting the first and the second portion on the display.
US08793594B2	Graphical user interface for managing discussion topics One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing discussion topics between two users. The technique involves generating a first graphical user interface (GUI) that displays a listing of one or more users with whom a first user is associated, receiving from a first user a selection of a second user from the listing of one or more users, generating a second GUI that displays a listing of topics that corresponds to both the first user and the second user, receiving from the first user data associated with a first topic to be discussed with the second user, and adding the first topic to the listing of topics.
US08793582B2	Personalized timeline presentation Described herein are techniques and mechanisms for personalized timeline presentation. According to various embodiments, information characterizing a plurality of pause events associated with playback of a video content item for a content management account may be presented on a display screen at a computing device. The user account may be associated with a plurality of profiles. Each of the pause events may identify a time at which playback of the video content item was paused. The time may be measured relative to the playback length of the video content item. Each of the pause events may be associated with a respective one of the plurality of profiles. A selection of one of the pause events for initiating playback of the video content item may be received at the computing device. Playback of the video content item on the display screen in accordance with the selected pause event may be initiated.
US08793564B2	Embedded system with web-based user interface, firmware structure thereof and method for providing information thereof Embedded system with web-based user interface, firmware structure thereof, and method for providing information thereof are provided. The firmware of the embedded system includes an execution part and a presentation part, which are separated, wherein the execution part includes a web service program and a program interface while the presentation part includes a web page which includes a request for dynamic content associated with the program interface so as to obtain corresponding dynamic content. When the system takes the presentation part as the static content of its web-based user interface, the web service program, in response to a static content request, reads the web page from the non-volatile memory and outputs it to a device, and in response to the dynamic content request, invokes the program interface to obtain the corresponding dynamic content and output it to the device.
US08793562B2	Apparatus and method for decoding in mobile communication system An apparatus and method for reducing power consumption of a receiver by performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) according to a detected decoding error are provided. The apparatus includes a decoding reliability metric generator for setting a decoding result as a decoding reliability metric, which is a reference value for determining a code block having a decoding error, based on a decoding result, a decoding reliability metric buffer for storing the decoding reliability metric set by the decoding reliability metric generator and a code block controller for, when the decoding error occurs, identifying code blocks having the decoding error by checking the decoding reliability metric and for controlling to decode the identified code blocks.
US08793553B2	CRC counter normalization The ability to accurately and efficiently calculate and report communication errors is becoming more important than ever in today's communications environment. More specifically calculating and reporting CRC anomalies in a consistent manner across a plurality of communications connections in a network is crucial to accurate error reporting. Through a normalization technique applied to a CRC computation period (e.g., the PERp value), accurate error identification and reporting for each individual connection can be achieved.
US08793551B2	Serial concatenation of trellis coded modulation and an inner non-binary LDPC code A concatenated coded modulation communication system and method combines Trellis Coded Modulation with non-Gray code constellation mapping, interleaving, and non-binary Low Density Parity Check coded channel modulation with Gray code constellation mapping to improve error performance.
US08793536B2	Test and measurement instrument with auto-sync for bit-error detection Embodiments of the invention include methods, apparatuses, and systems for automatically identifying a synchronization sub-pattern associated with a test pattern. A test and measurement instrument is triggered in response to a first instance of a trigger pattern in a data stream. A trigger-to-trigger counter begins counting at the time of the first trigger event. The test and measurement instrument is again triggered in response to a second instance of the trigger pattern in the data stream. The count is ended at this time. The count is then compared to a predefined length of the test pattern, and if equal, it is automatically determined that the trigger pattern is the unique synchronization sub-pattern associated with the test pattern.
US08793535B2	Optimizing system usage when running quality tests in a virtual machine environment In one embodiment, a digital asset testing system 200 may test a digital asset 202 before posting at a digital distribution store. A communication interface 180 may receive a digital asset 202. A processor 120 may execute testing of the digital asset 202 on a testing virtual machine 212 of a virtual machine set. The processor 120 may execute testing of the digital asset 202 simultaneous with testing executed on each virtual machine 212 of the virtual machine set. The processor 120 may delay testing of the digital asset 202 on the testing virtual machine 212 if a testing virtual machine configuration 214 is stale.
US08793532B1	Hard-disk drive work load profiling and capturing systems and methods The application discloses systems that can include a monitoring module that is operative to provide an event indicator of an event occurring on a hard-disk drive. The systems can include a recording module that is operative to create an event record based on a logging instruction to log the event indicator. The systems can include an event linkage module that is operative to link the event record to a hard-disk drive activity indicator. The systems can include an error log formatting module that is operative to format the event record and a hard-disk drive activity indicator into a hard-disk drive error log. The systems can include a configuration module to set configuration flags and/or values. The error log can be stored on various areas of the hard-disk drive. The application also discloses related methods.
US08793530B2	Controlling a solid state disk (SSD) device A mechanism is provided for controlling a solid state disk. A failure detector detects a failure in the solid state disk. Responsive to failure detector detecting a failure, a status degrader sets a degraded status indicator for the solid state disk. Responsive to the degraded status indicator, a degraded status controller maintains the solid state disk in operation in a degraded operation mode.
US08793524B2	Method and apparatus for synchronising the local time of a plurality of instruments A method of determining the downstream propagation time of signals from a USB Host Controller across one or more USB cables and one or more USB Hubs to a SuperSpeed USB device, including locking a clock of the SuperSpeed USB device to information that includes a first timestamp, transmitting a plurality of signals to the USB Host Controller, each of the signals containing a second timestamp indicative of a local time of the SuperSpeed USB device when the respective signal was generated by the SuperSpeed device; the USB Host Controller creating a third timestamp indicative of a time of reception from the SuperSpeed USB device; determining a time period from one or more respective time differences between corresponding second and third timestamps, the time period being indicative of a sum of a downstream propagation time and an upstream propagation time; and determining the downstream propagation time from the time period.
US08793514B2	Server systems having segregated power circuits for high availability applications According to one embodiment, a server system includes a motherboard partition that includes a motherboard and at least one processor coupled to the motherboard, with each processor being coupled to a memory. The server system also includes a storage partition that includes the memory, and a power circuit being capable of supplying current to the motherboard partition and the storage partition independently, the power circuit including at least two redundant power supplies in parallel in the power circuit, with each redundant power supply being capable of providing an amount of current necessary to operate the server system, and the motherboard partition is adapted to run a server OS. In another embodiment, an active cluster system may include two server systems, with the motherboard partition from each server system being capable of communicating with the other server system's storage partition even if power is removed from the other system's motherboard partition.
US08793509B1	Web authorization with reduced user interaction The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving, from a web browser, a request for a token that authorizes a third party server to access a user's data stored by a content provider server. The token specifies a first scope of authorization that indicates a portion of the user's data that the third party server is permitted to access. The method also includes determining if the first scope is substantially the same as or a subset of a second scope of a previously issued token and transmitting the token in response to the received request if the first scope is determined to be substantially the same as or a subset of the second scope.
US08793507B2	Information processing apparatus, file encryption determination method and authority determination method An information processing apparatus includes an application operation file information holding unit 101 that holds application operation file information that is information related to a file operated by an application since activation of the application and includes information indicating whether the application has opened one or more encrypted files, and an encryption determination unit 102 that determines, with respect to an arbitrary file closed by an arbitrary application, whether the file is subjected to be encrypted based on the held application operation file information with regard to the application that has performed the closing operation of the file.
US08793504B2	Validating a system with multiple subsystems using trusted platform modules and virtual platform modules Software validation is provided for a breakout system having multiple subsystems at the edge of a mobile data network. The software validation utilizes one or more trusted platform modules (TPM) to secure multiple subsystems including virtual machines in the breakout system. Hash values for the software in the various subsystems are placed in Platform Configuration Registers (PCRs) of the TPM. The TPM cryptographically signs quotes, which are a collection of hash values from the PCRs. The breakout system produces an extensible markup language (XML) file with the signed quotes related to the subsystems and sends them to a network management system for verification. The network management system validates the software configured on the breakout system using a public key to access the quotes and compares the values to known good values stored in an inventory record associated with the specific breakout system being validated.
US08793501B2	Mobile communication terminal having password notify function and method for notifying password in mobile communication terminal A mobile communication terminal having a password notification function and a method for notifying a user of a password in the mobile communication terminal that allow the transmission of a stored password or a newly generated random password to a previously selected medium by entering a secondary password when an input password is not identical to the stored password. The method includes checking whether a password notification function is set; requesting input of a stored password, receiving an input password, and checking whether the input password is identical to the stored password. If the input password is not identical to the stored password, the method further includes requesting input of a stored secondary password, checking whether an input secondary password is identical to the stored secondary password, and sending a password if the input secondary password is identical to the stored secondary password.
US08793500B2	Hybrid signature scheme A signature scheme is provided in which a message is divided in to a first portion which is hidden and is recovered during verification, and a second portion which is visible and is required as input to the verification algorithm. A first signature component is generated by encrypting the first portion alone. An intermediate component is formed by combining the first component and the visible portion and cryptographically hashing them. A second signature component is then formed using the intermediate component and the signature comprises the first and second components with the visible portion. A verification of the signature combines a first component derived only from the hidden portion of the message with the visible portion and produces a hash of the combination.
US08793497B2	Puzzle-based authentication between a token and verifiers A puzzle-based protocol is provided that allows a token and verifier to agree on a secure symmetric key for authentication between the token and verifier. A token stores a secret key and one or more puzzle-generating algorithms. The verifier independently obtains a plurality of puzzles associated with the token, pseudorandomly selects at least one of the puzzles, and solves it to obtain a puzzle secret and a puzzle identifier. The verifier generates a verifier key based on the puzzle secret. The verifier sends the puzzle identifier and an encoded version of the verifier key to the token. The token regenerates the puzzle secret using its puzzle-generating algorithms and the puzzle identifier. The token sends an encoded response to the verifier indicating that it knows the verifier key. The token and verifier may use the verifier key as a symmetric key for subsequent authentications.
US08793496B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for secure optimistic mechanisms for constrained devices Embodiments of the invention may provide for systems and methods for secure authentication. The systems and methods may include receiving, by a constrained device, a random string transmitted from a server; determining, by the constrained device, a responsive output by evaluating a first deterministic function based upon the received random string, a locally generated string and a first private key stored on the constrained device; and transmitting at least one portion of the responsive output and the locally generated string from the constrained device to a server. The systems and methods may also include determining, by the server, a validation output by evaluating a second deterministic function based upon the random string, the locally generated string, and a second private key of a plurality of private keys stored on the server; and authenticating the constrained device based upon the server matching the transmitted at least one portion of the responsive output to at least a portion of the validation output.
US08793491B2	Electronic data communication system There is described a key server which is connected to a local area network, and an encryption authority transfers private keys for clients of the local area network to the key server. In an embodiment, the key server encrypts outgoing emails using public keys for the recipients and decrypts internal emails using private keys for the recipients. In another embodiment, the clients of the local area network download their respective private keys from the key server so that encryption operations may be performed by client software.
US08793468B2	Translation map simplification A method for translation map simplification may include determining a translation map based on a predetermined criterion in response to receiving input data. The method may also include determining if the translation map extends another map or a referenced map and determining if the translation map includes at least one map fragment. The referenced map is loaded in response to a determination that the translation map includes an extension of the referenced map. The map fragment is loaded in response to a determination that the translation map comprises the map fragment. A new map is compiled based on at least the translation map, the referenced map and the at least one map fragment, in response to the translation map not including a new map reference or a modification to the translation map. The input data is processed based on the new map to produce translated data specific to the new map.
US08793467B2	Variable length encoding in a storage system A system and method for maintaining a mapping table in a data storage subsystem. A data storage subsystem supports multiple mapping tables including a plurality of entries. Each of the entries comprise a tuple including a key. A data storage controller is configured to encode each tuple in the mapping table using a variable length encoding. Additionally, the mapping table may be organized as a plurality of time ordered levels, with each level including one or more mapping table entries. Further, a particular encoding of a plurality of encodings for a given tuple may be selected based at least in part on a size of the given tuple as unencoded, a size of the given tuple as encoded, and a time to encode the given tuple.
US08793456B2	Automated migration to a new target volume via merged bitmaps to maintain consistency Aspects of the present invention relate to data migration and/or disaster recovery. One embodiment enables merging of bitmaps to allow for automation of the process of switching to a different target volume on the same storage subsystem without major interruption of data recovery capability and limited interruption of host I/O to the source volumes during the migration. In one approach, the migration of data onto a new target volume within the same storage subsystem as the original target volume is automated, without requiring the user to manually create or remove any new copy relationships.
US08793442B2	Forward progress mechanism for stores in the presence of load contention in a system favoring loads A multiprocessor data processing system includes a plurality of cache memories including a cache memory. In response to the cache memory detecting a storage-modifying operation specifying a same target address as that of a first read-type operation being processed by the cache memory, the cache memory provides a retry response to the storage-modifying operation. In response to completion of the read-type operation, the cache memory enters a referee mode. While in the referee mode, the cache memory temporarily dynamically increases priority of any storage-modifying operation targeting the target address in relation to any second read-type operation targeting the target address.
US08793441B2	System, method and computer program product for managing data using a write-back cache unit A method for managing data, the method includes: providing a write-back cache unit coupled to at least one storage unit; receiving a request to write a new data version to a certain cache data allocation unit; determining, in response to a data storage policy, whether to overwrite a cached data version being cached in the certain cache data allocation unit or to perform a destage of the cached data version to a first storage unit before writing the new data version to the certain cache allocation unit; receiving a request to read a data version that corresponds to a certain point in time and scanning a first data structure representative of write operations and a second data structure representative of revert operations to determine a location of the requested data version.
US08793438B2	Atomic compare and write memory A microcontroller system may include a microcontroller having a processor and a first memory, a memory bus and a second memory in communication with the microcontroller via the memory bus. The first memory may include instructions for accessing a first data set from a contiguous memory block in the second memory. The first data set may include a first word having a first value and a plurality of first other words. The first memory may include instructions for receiving a write instruction including a second data set to be written to the contiguous memory block. The first memory may include instructions for determining whether the first value equals the second value. If so, the first memory may include instructions for writing the second data set to the contiguous memory block and updating the first value.
US08793427B2	Remote memory for virtual machines Remote memory can be used for a number idle pages located on a virtual machine. A number of idle pages can be sent to the remote memory according to a placement policy, where the placement policy can include a number of weighting factors. A hypervisor on a computing device can record a local size and a remote page fault frequency of the number of virtual machines. The hypervisor can scan local memory to determine the number of idle pages and a number of idle virtual machines. The number of idle pages, including a page map and a remote address destination for each idle page, can be sent to the remote memory by the hypervisor. The number of virtual machines can be analyzed to determine a per-virtual machine local memory allocation.
US08793425B2	USB device and detection method thereof A USB device and a detection method therefor. It can be detected whether the USB device is a master device or a slave device without the use of an ID pin, thereby saving the pin resources of the USB device. The USB device comprises: a series branch formed by a first pull-up resistor (R1) and a first switch (S1) and having one end connected to VCC and the other end connected to a D+ or D− data line; a series branch formed by a second pull-up resistor (R2) and a second switch (S2) and having one end connected to the VCC and the other end connected to the D+ data line; a series branch formed by a third pull-up resistor (R3) and a third switch (S3) and having one end connected to VCC and the other end connected to the D− data line; a series branch formed by a fourth pull-up resistor (R4) and a fourth switch (S4) and having one end being grounded and the other end connected to the D+ data line; and a series branch formed by a fifth pull-up resistor (R5) and a fifth switch (S5) and having one end being grounded and the other end connected to the D− data line. The USB device belongs to the field of communication devices.
US08793415B2	Device control apparatus, device control method and program for initiating control of an operation of an external device There is provided a device control apparatus, a device control method and a program capable of easily initiating control of an operation of an external device through an application according to a status of the external device and a usage status of the application. An application for controlling an operation of an AV amplifier is acquired from an application server, a status of the AV amplifier and a usage status of the application are determined upon startup of the application, a screen according to the result of the determination is displayed in order to arrange an operation environment of the application and then a manipulation screen for controlling the operation of the AV amplifier through the application is displayed, and the operation of the AV amplifier is controlled according to a user manipulation performed through the manipulation screen.
US08793414B2	Status information saving among multiple computers Provided are techniques for status information saving among multiple computers. In one embodiment, a selected computer is operated using a plurality of input/output devices over switched input/output signal paths passing through a KVM (keyboard video mouse) switch positioned between the selected computer and the plurality of input/output devices. Status data is carried over signal paths passing through the KVM switch wherein the status data represents status information for a plurality of computers connected to the KVM switch. The status data passing through the KVM switch is stored in a memory coupled to the KVM switch. Other embodiments are described and claimed. Other embodiments are contemplated, depending upon the particular application.
US08793411B1	Bridge circuit reorder buffer for transaction modification and translation Embodiments of a bridge circuit and system are disclosed that may allow for converting transactions from one communication protocol to another. The bridge circuit may be coupled to a first bus employing a first communication protocol, and a second bus employing a second communication protocol. The bridge circuit may be configured to receive transactions over the first bus and store parameters associated with the received transactions. The bridge circuit may be further configured to modify the received transaction, convert the modified transaction to the second communication protocol, and transmit the converted transaction over the second bus.
US08793409B2	Computer system A first electronic device has a first side provided with first and second contacts. The first contact is connected to a direct current power source and the second contact is grounded. A second electronic device has a decision circuit and a second side removably connected to the first side. The second side includes third and fourth contacts. When the first and second electronic devices are connected in a first configuration, the decision circuit outputs a first signal according to the first configuration, whereas when the electronic devices are connected in a second configuration opposite to the first configuration, the decision circuit outputs a second signal according to the second configuration.
US08793407B2	Display apparatus using external device connection unit and method of determining format of input image thereof A display apparatus connected to an external device through a connection unit and a method of determining the format of an input image uses a connection unit to be connected to an external device and determines the format of a video signal input through the connection unit. Accordingly, it is possible to realize a slim display apparatus.
US08793403B2	Server system and management method thereof for transferring remote packet to host A server system and a management method thereof are provided. A main server is used to manage a plurality of hosts in the server system. The main server detects a device controller of each of the hosts for obtaining location information of each device controller. One Internet Protocol (IP) address is configured to each location information. A virtual network interface card (NIC) is established according to the IP address, and a remote package is received through the virtual NIC for transmitting package to the device controller corresponding to the virtual NIC.
US08793380B2	Cloud service control and management architecture expanded to interface the network stratum Disclosed is a method comprising: transmitting, by a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, a resource query to a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, wherein the resource query comprises a source address, a destination address list, and a network resource requirement. Also disclosed is a method comprising: receiving, by a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, a resource query from a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, wherein the resource query comprises source address, a destination address list, and a network resource requirement. Also disclosed is a method comprising: receiving, by a network control gateway (NCG) positioned in a network stratum, a resource reservation request from a cloud service control gateway (CSCG) positioned in an application stratum, wherein the resource reservation request comprises a destination address list and a first network resource requirement.
US08793378B2	Identifying services and associated capabilities in a networked computing environment In general, embodiments of the present invention classify cloud computing environments based on the abstraction layers that the cloud computing environments span and by combining the re-usable capabilities/logical components from these layers. In a typical embodiment, input (e.g., a set of requirements, a set of preferences, a set of costs parameters, and/or a request for feedback) pertaining to a set of services available in the networked computing environment is received from a requester via a network node. Based on the input, a set of capabilities and a corresponding set of logical components of the networked computing environment are identified. Thereafter, a set of providers capable of providing at least one of the set of services is identified and ranked. The set of logical components is then configured to provide the set of services according to the input, and made available to the requester.
US08793371B1	Common configuration warehouse for a storage system Configuration information from multiple sources about hardware and software of a storage system are collected and stored in a configuration database having an extensible framework. Common application program interfaces (API) are provided for storage utility applications to access the configuration database. A backup and restore engine collects and stores the configuration information at periodic intervals or on demand, maintains prior versions of the stored information in an archive, and restores the storage system with a selected version. A distributor engine applies format conversion and filtering to produce diagnostic bundles of configuration information for multiple utility applications. A graphical user interface provides an administrator with a set of tools for operating the backup and restore and distributor engines and for viewing, dumping, comparing, and validating the contents of selected versions in order to diagnose and solve configuration problems.
US08793370B1	Communication assets survey and mapping tool A Communication Assets Survey and Mapping Tool can include a CAS data collection sub-module, a CASM database server, a CAM display sub-module, a CAM data sub-module and a MAP generator sub-module. The CAS data collection sub-module is capable of collecting communication asset data. The CASM database server is capable of receiving and storing communication asset data from said CAS data collection sub-module. The CAM display module is capable of transmitting data and interoperability communication gaps in a display format. The CAM data sub-module is capable of providing an interface between the CAM display sub-module and the CASM database server for the storage and retrieval of information regarding data sharing. The MAP generator sub-module is capable of generating a customized map image that can be displayed using the CAM display sub-module.
US08793368B2	Method and system for enterprise-wide migration Disclosed are a method, system and computer program for collecting inventory data about a group of machines at an office. This method comprises the steps of running an inventory tool on each of the machines, and the tool presenting dialog displays on each of the machines, filling in or changing data in the dialogs presented by the tool, and submitting the collected information to a server. Also disclosed are a method, system and computer program for customizing an inventory data collection tool for a plurality of logical groups of users. Each of the logical groups of users is provided with a copy of the inventory data collection tool and with a first copy of a common control file. Each of the groups of users uses the first copy of the common control file to customize the tool for the group of users.
US08793365B2	Environmental and computing cost reduction with improved reliability in workload assignment to distributed computing nodes A system and method of allocating a job submission for a computational task to a set of distributed server farms each having at least one processing entity comprising; receiving a workload request from at least one processing entity for submission to at least one of the set of distributed server farms; using at least one or more conditions associated with the computational task for accepting or rejecting at least one of the server farms to which the job submission is to be allocated; determining a server farm that can optimize the one or more conditions; and dispatching the job submission to the server farm which optimizes the at least one of the one or more conditions associated with the computational task and used for selecting the at least one of the server farms.
US08793360B1	Systems and methods for testing denial of service attacks A system (130) for monitoring a denial of service attack upon a target network resource includes a memory (210) and a processor (205). The memory (210) stores instructions. The processor (205) executes the instructions in the memory (210) to receive one of a plurality of denial of service attack profiles, each profile identifying the target network resource and to execute a denial of service attack against the target network resource in accordance with the received profile. The processor (205) further executes the instructions in the memory (210) to scan one or more ports of the target network resource to determine an effect of the executed denial of service attack.
US08793357B2	System and method for persisting mobile agents within a mobile region of interest Mobile agents can be deployed to mobile devices within specific regions of interest to achieve specific goals in respect of events occurring in the region of interest. In order to ensure that the agent can persist within the region of interest until the agent goals are achieved, the agent is configured to locate other devices within the region of interest and to propagate itself, by moving or copying itself, to those other devices. The region of interest may be a mobile and/or dynamic region of interest defined by, for example, a proximity to one or more mobile wireless access points or by an overlapping peer-to-peer communication range of a plurality of mobile devices that are configured to support the agent.
US08793344B2	System and method for generating a response plan for a hypothetical event A cluster management system can facilitate determining a response to a hypothetical event by a computer cluster. During operation, the system can receive a request for a policy outcome from a user, such that the request can indicate a hypothetical event within a computer cluster. Next, the system determines a cluster state that includes state information from a plurality of server nodes in the cluster. The system then generates a response plan to the hypothetical event based on the cluster state, without executing the response plan in the cluster. The response plan indicates actions that are to be performed by server nodes in the cluster in response to the hypothetical event. The system then provides the response plan to the user.
US08793342B2	Interpreting web application content In one embodiment, first content that is common to, or included within, each of a plurality of web applications is identified. The first content is interpreted, without presenting the interpreted first content until after receipt of an instruction to present one of the web applications. An instruction to present a selected one of the web applications is received. Second content of the selected web application is interpreted, the second content comprising content of the selected web application other than the first content. The interpreted first and second content are presented via a presentation device.
US08793337B2	System and method for providing one or more updated files for a generated user personalized software application In an aspect, a system, non-transitory machine readable medium and method for updating at least a portion of a previously transmitted personalized software application is disclosed. A request is received from a user's client device to obtain one or more updated files associated with a previously transmitted personalized software application which includes a customized executable file having core library file(s) and configuration file(s). The user and client device profile information is retrieved from a user database to identify the core library and the one or more configuration files that were included in the previously transmitted executable file. A file database is accessed and at least one updated file is selected corresponding to a previous version file included in the previously transmitted executable file. The updated file(s) is sent to the client device which is then implemented by the client device to operate the updated version of the software application.
US08793310B2	Method and apparatus for updating user interface A method and apparatus is provided for updating a User Interface (UI) by a Remote UI (RUI) client in an RUI system providing a UI to a user in a remote location. The RUI client receives a UI page from an RUI server, and renders the received UI page. Upon detecting a change in its capability, the RUI client stores a UI state of the UI page and requests the RUI server to update the UI page according to the changed capability. The RUI client receives a UI page updated according to the changed capability, from the RUI server, reflects the stored UI state in the updated UI page, and renders the UI state-reflected updated UI page.
US08793307B2	Content associative caching method for web applications A cache logically disposed in a communication path between a client and a server receives a request for a content item and, in response thereto, requests from the server header information concerning the content item and an initial portion of data that makes up the content item. The cache then computes a first hashing value from the header information and a second hashing value from the initial portion of data. A content identifier is created by combining the first hashing value and the second hashing value. Using the content identifier, the cache determines whether a copy of the content item is stored by the cache; and, if so provides same to the client. Otherwise, the cache requests the content item from the server and, upon receipt thereof, provides it to the client.
US08793302B2	Secure implementation of network-based sensors Sensing apparatus includes a network camera, which is configured to capture images of a scene and to output a sequence of data packets containing digitized video data responsively to the images. A one-way link is coupled to the network camera so as to transmit the data packets from the network camera to a packet communication network.
US08793298B2	Reconfigurable digital signal filter processor A reconfigurable digital signal filter processing unit for use in a communication device is provided. The reconfigurable filters processor can implement different filter topologies to adapt to a range or wireless technology characteristics. The reconfigurable filter processor comprises a plurality of filter blocks whose inputs can be selected based on the desired configuration of the filter. Each filter block applies a transfer function to a received signal to achieve a desired filtering function.
US08793297B2	Phase interpolator, semiconductor device and testing method thereof Two selected testing selectors output testing input signals of reverse phases from each other according to the first control signal. Two selectors corresponding to the two testing selectors output the testing input signals output from the two testing selectors according to the second control signal. Two mixers corresponding to the two selectors output an output signal in which weighting is added to the testing input signals output from the two selectors are compounded. A detection circuit outputs an error signal when the output signal output from the two mixers is larger than a threshold value.
US08793286B2	Hierarchical multi-tenancy management of system resources in resource groups Exemplary method, system, and computer program embodiments for establishing hierarchical user management authority for storage resources organized into a plurality of resource groups in a computing storage environment are provided. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of storage resources is associated with a resource group object having a resource group attribute associating the resource group object with one of the plurality of resource groups. The resource group label attribute is assigned to the resource group object. An additional attribute of the resource group object, that specifies a plurality of management policies for the resource group object and the plurality of storage resources associated with the resource group object, is defined. One of plurality of available users of the plurality of storage resources is associated with a user resource scope attribute. A schema is defined for comparing of a plurality of values of the user resource scope attribute with the resource group label attribute.
US08793281B2	System and method for mutating polymorphic object components Embodiments of the present invention provide for techniques for enabling mutation of an instantiated object between multiple underlying object types at run time. The object may alter its behavior from one object type to another at anytime without requiring a new object to be instantiated. The object's behavior may be implemented by other objects which are retrieved at run time, thus disconnecting the direct link between the object's behavior and the object.
US08793265B2	Method and system for selecting personalized search engines for accessing information A method and system for selecting personalized search engines for accessing information is provided. Each personalized search engine represents one or more base search engines. Characteristic information, representing searching capabilities of each of the multiple personalized search engines is obtained. A personalized search engine is selected among the multiple personalized search engines for executing a query based on said characteristic information and the query.
US08793260B2	Related pivoted search queries Systems and methods for responding to search queries with search results and related pivoted search queries is presented. Responsive to a search query, one or more entities related to the search query are identified as pivot entities. For each pivot entity a set of pivoted search queries is identified and included among the search results responsive to the search query.
US08793256B2	Method and apparatus for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media. One embodiment of a method for selecting related content for display in conjunction with a media, where the media includes a primary media and a secondary media that is time-synchronized with the primary media, includes retrieving one or more items of metadata associated with the media, selecting at least one item of related content based on the metadata, and displaying the related content substantially simultaneously with display of the media.
US08793253B2	Unified semantic ranking of compositions of ontological subjects The present invention discloses methods, systems, and tools for unified semantic ranking of compositions of ontological subjects. The method breaks a composition into a plurality of partitions as well as its constituent ontological subjects of different orders and builds a participation matrix indicating the participation of ontological subjects of the composition in other ontological subjects, i.e. the partitions, of the composition. Using the participation information of the ontological subjects into each other a similarity matrix is built from which the semantic importance ranks of the partitions of the composition are calculated. The method, systematically, enables the calculation of the semantic ranks of the ontological subjects of different orders of the composition. Various systems for implementing the method and numerous applications and services are disclosed.
US08793242B2	Deriving document similarity indices Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for deriving and updating document similarity indices for a plurality of documents. The number of maintained similarities can be controlled to conserve CPU and storage resources.
US08793222B1	Systems and methods for indexing backup content A computer-implemented method for indexing backup content may include identifying a backup of live data. The computer-implemented method may also include identifying a content index that indexes at least a part of the live data. The computer-implemented method may further include identifying a set of files in the backup that correspond to a set of files indexed by the content index. The computer-implemented method may additionally include indexing the content of the set of files in the backup based on the index information of the set of files indexed by the content index. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08793221B2	Systems and methods for performing data replication Performing data management operations on replicated data in a computer network. Log entries are generated for data management operations of an application executing on a source system. Consistency point entries are used to indicate a time of a known good, or recoverable, state of the application. A destination system is configured to process a copy of the log and consistency point entries to replicate data in a replication volume, the replicated data being a copy of the application data on the source system. When the replicated data represents a known good state of the application, as determined by the consistency point entries, the destination system(s) may perform a storage operation (e.g., snapshot, backup) to copy the replicated data and to logically associate the copied data with a time information (e.g., time stamp) indicative of the source system time when the application was in the known good state.
US08793215B2	Systems and methods for publishing datasets Systems and methods for publishing datasets are provided herein. According to some embodiments, methods for publishing datasets may include receiving a request to publish a dataset to at least one of an internal environment located within a secured zone and an external environment located outside the secured zone, the request comprising at least one selection criteria, selecting the dataset based upon the at least one selection criteria, the dataset being selected from an index of collected datasets, and responsive to the request, publishing the dataset to at least one of the internal environment and the external environment.
US08793208B2	Identifying common data objects representing solutions to a problem in different disciplines The disclosure relates to identifying a solution to a problem wherein the problem and solution are in different disciplines. An exemplary embodiment concerns a system for identifying a solution comprising a bridging component for generating a bridged ontology from data elements of prime and secondary ontologies if the number the data elements common to the ontologies meets a threshold value. The system may comprise an inference engine for identifying, from the bridged ontology, data elements related to the problem and the solution. The inference engine may further determine relationships between the data elements associated with the problem and those associated with a solution to confirm the correctness of a solution. The problem and solution may be represented as RDF data objects.
US08793204B2	Classification device and classification method Provided is a classification device capable of classifying time series data of location information into groups in which continuity of time is secured. The classification device (100) includes a data storage unit (110) that stores time-of-day information and location information corresponding to the time-of-day information, a sorting unit (120) that sorts the location information in order of time using the time-of-day information, a hidden Markov model storage unit (130) storing therein a left-to-right hidden Markov model containing a plurality of states and in which a parameter is undetermined, a Markov model output unit (140) that determines the parameter by inputting the location information sorted in order of time into the hidden Markov model, and a classification unit (150) that classifies each location information in one of the plurality of states by inputting the location information sorted in order of time into the hidden Markov model containing the determined parameter.
US08793201B1	System and method for seeding rule-based machine learning models Embodiments of a system and method for seeding rule-based machine learning models include generating a set of seed rules including one or more rules resulting from one or more previously performed machine learning operations and one or more randomly or pseudo-randomly generated rules. Embodiments may include performing one or more machine learning operations on the set of seed rules to generate a new set of rules for determining whether a pair of information items have a specific relationship. Generating the new set of rules from the seed rules may be faster than generating a set of rules from random data. Embodiments may also include applying the new set of rules to one or more pairs of information items to identify at least one pair of information items as having the specific relationship. For instance, the rules may be applied to identify pairs of information items that are duplicate pairs.
US08793199B2	Extraction of information from clinical reports A phrase matching system is described. The system includes a training engine and a matching engine. The training engine is configured to: learn terms and term variants from a training corpus, wherein the terms and the term variants correspond to a specialized dictionary related to the training corpus; and generate a list of negative indicators found in the training corpus. The matching engine is configured to: perform a partial match of the terms and the term variants in a set of electronic documents to create initial match results; and perform a negation test using the negative indicators and a positive terms test using the terms and the term variants on the initial match results to remove matches from the initial match results that fail either the negation test or the positive terms test, resulting in final match results.
US08793198B1	Autonomous semantic software agents and design method therefor, and online simulation apparatus using an inference engine A semantic software agent and methods for designing and implementing the software agent and multi-agent systems, where the semantic software agent includes an interface adapter configured to receive instances of data collected and queries from an external source; a semantic repository configured to receive the instances and queries from the interface adapter; and an inference engine configured to receive the instance data from the semantic repository and to generate semantic inferences on the instances based on an ontology and semantic rules. An online simulation apparatus is also provided to generate actions and events for a simulation environment in real-time.
US08793186B2	Account permanence A system and method for using derived account identifiers. The derived account identifiers are associated with a single permanent account identifier. Each derived account identifier is associated with a communication channel or portable consumer device.
US08793179B1	Systems and methods for managing a storage location associated with an exchange-traded fund of a physical commodity A system and computer-implemented method for managing storage locations storing a physical commodity or physical commodities. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the method includes receiving data associated with the physical commodity such that the data includes an order of a specific number of lots of the physical commodity. The method also includes tracking one or more lots of the physical commodity stored in the storage location based on the specific number of the lots. The method further includes transforming the order into fractional shares based on the tracked one or more lots of the physical commodity and a geographic premium associated with the storage location.
US08793177B1	System and method for pre-marshalling messages in an electronic trading environment System and methods for pre-marshalling messages in an electronic trading environment are provided. Specifically, pre-marshalling messages allows for client and network devices to create messages in response to a defined first condition. Pre-marshalling messages allows a trading system to do more processing up front before the message is needed and when a second condition is satisfied. Thus, when the message is needed no further or very little processing must be performed to generate and send the message. The client and/or network device may allocate a separate, unused, or under-utilized processing thread to the task of creating pre-marshalled messages. Pre-marshalled messages may be stored in memory at the network device until it is determined that the second condition has been satisfied. Once a pre-marshalled message is sent, the unused pre-marshalled messages that were stored in memory may be deleted or may be overwritten with newly pre-marshalled messages.
US08793176B2	Systems and methods for providing a customizable spreadsheet application interface for an electronic trading system Systems and methods for providing a customizable spreadsheet application interface for an electronic trading system or market data source. A customizable spreadsheet application using the application interface according to the invention may be executed or stored either at the client or at a server. In either case, a user is preferably provided with an spreadsheet interface that allows the user to implement a real time electronic trading model. The trading model may preferably be used to trade in the electronic trading system without additional user intervention.
US08793172B1	System and method for an automated sales system with remote negotiation and post-sale verification The present invention provides a system and method to process items for sale or bid, to transmit electronic negotiations between prospective buyer and seller, and to verify the condition of the item before delivery to the buyer. The invention facilitates autonomous and remote negotiation between sellers and prospective buyers while protecting buyers from fraud and item misrepresentation. With the present invention, items can be sold individually and are not treated as standardized items that are interchangeable with similar commodity goods. The present invention also provides a waitlisting function. In addition, the functionality of traditional auction systems may be integrated with the novel features of the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention provides a system and method for conducting a reverse auction by allowing prospective buyers to list desired items.
US08793168B2	E-commerce sales and use exchange system and method The invention provides a system and method for calculating, collecting and/or disbursing one or more third party payments owed to one or more third parties resulting from one or more electronic transactions occurring over a wide area network (WAN) between a customer and a merchant. The transaction concern one or more services and/or products provided by the merchant. The system and method require that the calculation of the amount owed to the third party occur at a WAN node that is different than and at a different locale than that of the merchant. By so doing, the merchant is not required to purchase and install equipment and/or software of the third party to which a payment is due. The present system includes a merchant node, third party payment processing node, financial network, and third party payment receiving node. A consumer conducts a transaction at a merchant node. As a result of the transaction, a third party may or may not be due a payment. The third party payment processing node determines whether such payment is due, calculates the amount of the third party payment, and/or authorizes payment of the third party payment. The financial network, which includes at least the merchant's acquirer bank, the customer's credit card issuing bank and the credit car association, then handles payment of the amount(s) due to the third party, the amount(s) due to the merchant and the amount(s) owed by the customer. The system of the invention can be a fee for service type of system wherein those (the merchant or the third party) that employ the system and/or method pay a fee, for example per transaction or per amounts collected and disbursed, to the provider of the claimed system.
US08793160B2	System and method for processing transactions A remote station for tracking promotion of at least one group of products each of which bears a code that uniquely identifies each product in the group, wherein the remote station may be communicatively coupled to at least one user station is disclosed. The station includes a database resident at the remote station, wherein the database stores ones of the uniquely identifying codes that have been previously received from one or more user stations, and a database server, coupled to the database, that compares each new candidate code received from a given user station against the previously received codes stored in the database. The database server credits an account of a user associated with the given user station with a non-zero promotional credit only if such new candidate code received from the given user station was not previously stored in the database. The database server stores such new candidate code in the database as a previously received code if such new candidate code was not previously stored in the database.
US08793158B2	Method and system of inspecting advertisement through keyword comparison A method and system of inspecting advertising contents of a keyword advertisement is provided. The method includes: crawling a Universal Resource Locator (URL) registered by an advertiser and extracting a URL keyword related to an advertisement site of the advertiser; extracting a target keyword from a plurality of advertisement information being registered in relation to the URL; and determining further inspection-required advertisement information through keyword comparison between the extracted URL keyword and the target keyword, the further inspection-required advertisement information having low relevance to the advertisement site.
US08793153B2	System and method for determining trailing data adjustment factors Timely projections of product sales for a reporting time period are obtained by combining actual sales data received from reporting stores and estimated sales data for non-reporting stores. The projections are adjusted to account for trailing data, which may be reported after the end of the subject time period.
US08793149B2	Meta data model for managing work products and deliverables A method and program product for managing work products by utilizing a data model that provides traceability between business requirements and implemented services. The data model includes functional requirement, process element, business service, service design and service component asset types, and the relationships between the asset types. The asset types and the relationships provide a tracing between the functional requirement and the implemented service. In one embodiment, the tracing includes generating a series of displays in response to hyperlink selections. The series of displays include details of related instances of the functional requirement, process element, business service, service design, and service component asset types.
US08793145B2	Clinical trials management system and method Protocol meta-models are made available to a protocol designer. Each protocol meta-model includes a list of preliminary patient eligibility attributes appropriate for a particular disease category. The protocol designer chooses the appropriate meta-model, and encodes the clinical trial protocol, including eligibility and patient workflow, within the selected meta-model. The resulting protocol database is stored together with databases of other protocols in a library of protocol databases. Once a patient is enrolled into a study, the protocol database indicates to a clinician what tasks are to be performed at each patient visit. These tasks can include both patient management tasks and data management tasks.
US08793144B2	Treatment effect prediction system, a treatment effect prediction method, and a computer program product thereof A treatment effect prediction system, comprising: a processor; and a memory, under control of the processor, including instructions enabling the processor to carry out operations comprising: determining a patient pathological condition information, which represents a feature of pathological condition of a patient, based on diagnostic data of the patient; accessing a database of stored pathological condition information and corresponding treatment effects occurring when predetermined treatment is provided; and retrieving, from the database, a specific treatment effect corresponding to the one of the stored pathological condition information that is similar to the patient pathological condition information, is disclosed. A treatment effect prediction method and a computer program product thereof are also disclosed.
US08793143B2	Report check apparatus and computer program product A report check apparatus includes an input unit which inputs data of a diagnostic reading report as a check target, a check unit which checks whether the input diagnostic reading report contains a semantic error related to diagnostic reading, and a display unit which displays a check result by the check unit.
US08793141B2	Assistance related to health In one aspect, a method related to health-related data management. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.
US08793129B2	Image display device for identifying keywords from a voice of a viewer and displaying image and keyword It is an object of the present invention to make an act of viewing an image interactive and further enriched. A microphone 18 inputs a voice signal of a voice uttered by a viewer who is viewing a display image displayed on a display portion 17, and causes the voice signal to be stored in a buffer 19. A voice recognition portion 20 identifies at least one word from the voice uttered by the viewer based on the voice signal, and acquires them as a keyword. A counter 21 calculates the number of incidences of the keyword. A display driver 16 causes information including a keyword having a number of incidences that exceeds a threshold value or information derived from the keyword to be displayed together with the display image displayed on the display portion 17.
US08793125B2	Method and device for decorrelation and upmixing of audio channels A device (1) for converting a first number (M) of input audio channels into a second, larger number (N) of output audio channels comprises: decorrelation units (3) for decomposing the input audio channels into a set of decorrelated auxiliary channels, at least one upmix unit (4) for combining the decorrelated auxiliary channels into the output audio channels, and at least one pre-processing unit (2) for pre-processing the input audio channels and feeding the pre-processed input audio channels to the decorrelation units (3). The pre-processing unit (2) and the upmix unit (4) are preferably controlled by audio parameters.
US08793121B2	Information processing apparatus, natural language analysis method, program and recording medium An apparatus and method for calculating a score of matching a sentence with a query pattern having a dependency structure. The apparatus includes: an input unit acquiring an analysis target sentence, a query pattern and an index value indexing how a linguistic unit in the sentence tends to modify another; and a score calculation unit calculating a matching score indexing the degree of matching of the sentence with the query pattern. The matching score is represented by a function having an index value with which a dependency relation included in the query pattern is associated. The score is calculated by attempting association between a substructure of the query pattern and a range in the sentence and by performing recursive calculation in the substructure and the range while storing partial calculation result of the function in a memory area for reuse.
US08793113B2	Method and apparatus for near well structural modeling based on borehole dips A method for structure modeling of a formation penetrated by multiple wells includes obtaining borehole dips from borehole measurements; filtering the borehole dips based on a dip sequence analysis; computing structural dips based on the filtered dips; computing structural delineation by using the structural dips; projecting the structural dips to horizon point sets based on the structural delineation; and generating stratigraphic surfaces by mapping the projected horizon point sets. A system for structure modeling of a formation penetrated by multiple wells includes a processor and a memory that store a program having instructions for: obtaining borehole dips from borehole measurements; filtering the borehole dips based on a dip sequence analysis; computing structural dips based on the filtered dips; computing structural delineation by using the structural dips; projecting the structural dips to horizon point sets based on the structural delineation; and generating stratigraphic surfaces by mapping the projected horizon point sets.
US08793100B2	Sensor for the detection of the position of a mechanical force-transmitting device A device for the wire-free determination of a position of a mechanical force-transmitting device, having at least one storage device for storing electrical energy, at least one sensor element which detects the position and is monitored by at least one sensor electronic unit, including at least one radio transmitter, and at least one photovoltaic energy supply device supplying the storage device with electrical energy.
US08793095B2	Functional fabric-based test controller for functional and structural test and debug A Test Access Mechanism (TAM) architecture for facilitating testing of IP blocks integrated on a System on a Chip (SoC). The TAM architecture includes a Test Controller and one or more Test Wrappers that are integrated on the SoC proximate to IP blocks. Test data and commands corresponding to input from an external tester are packaged by the Test Controller and sent to the Test Wrappers via an interconnect fabric. The Test Wrappers employ interface with one or more test ports to provide test data, control, and/or stimulus signals to the IP block to facilitate circuit-level testing of the IP block. Test results for the circuit-level tests are returned to the Test Controller via the fabric. Test Wrappers may be configured to pass through interconnect signals, enabling functional testing of IP blocks to be facilitated via test packages and test results transmitted between the Test Controller and the IP blocks via the fabric. The TAM may be implemented in a fabric-to-fabric bridge, enabling testing of IP blocks connected to fabrics on both sides of the bridge.
US08793088B1	Method and system for early prediction of performance of HID lamps A method and system of classifying predicted performance of HID lamps or light sources. A characteristic of each lamp or light source is measured after a relatively short time of operation of the lamp or light source. The measurement is placed into one of a plurality of classifications based on its relative value to other similar measurements. Each class is correlated to long term predicted performance of the lamp or light source.
US08793085B2	Circuits and methods for automatically adjusting a magnetic field sensor in accordance with a speed of rotation sensed by the magnetic field sensor A magnetic field sensor and a method used therein provide a measured signal representative of an angular speed of rotation of a target object. The magnetic field sensor, in accordance with the measured speed of rotation, can automatically change various characteristics of the magnetic field sensor.
US08793053B2	Vehicle periphery monitoring device In order to provide a vehicle periphery monitoring device in which excessive information is not displayed on a display device and the driver may intuitively have a sense of distance between their vehicle and an obstacle, the vehicle periphery monitoring device includes an image acquisition unit for obtaining a surrounding image of a vehicle captured by a photographing device mounted on the vehicle, an obstacle detection unit for detecting an obstacle present around the vehicle and its position, a traveling state detection unit for detecting a traveling state of the vehicle, a predicted path line generation unit for generating a predicted path line based on the traveling state of the vehicle detected at the traveling state detection unit, a highlighted display determination unit for determining highlighted display of a partial area including the obstacle of a predicted path area when the obstacle is present within the predicted path area defined by the predicted path line, and a display control unit for superimposing the predicted path line and the highlighted display on the surrounding image and displaying the superimposed image on a monitor device mounted in the interior of the vehicle.
US08793047B2	System and method for vehicle spinout detection A method for vehicle spinout detection is described. The method includes monitoring a set of conditions. If the conditions meet a set of criteria, the method calculates a lateral factor, employing one or more past values of the lateral factor. The lateral factor indicates the vehicle's lateral velocity. Then, a spinout factor is computed based on the calculated lateral factor. The spinout factor indicates the difference between the direction of vehicle travel and the direction the vehicle is heading. If the spinout factor is above a predefined threshold value, the method generates a warning signal. A system for vehicle spinout detection is also described.
US08793036B2	Trackless transit system with adaptive vehicles Technologies are described herein for providing a trackless transit system and controlling adaptive trackless vehicles within that system. Aspects include an autonomous vehicle transit system for controlling vehicle movement of trackless vehicles in the transit system. The system includes a command, control and orchestration system (CCOS) and vehicle controllers. Each vehicle controller is associated with a trackless vehicle and communicates a current location to the CCOS, receives a navigation command, and controls the trackless vehicle according to the navigation command. Further, the CCOS provides navigation commands to the vehicle controllers to control movements of the trackless vehicles within the transit system according to vehicle position information received from the vehicle controllers. According to embodiments, a trackless vehicle may be switched between a driver controlled mode in which the vehicle is controlled by a driver and a system controlled mode in which the vehicle is controlled by the CCOS.
US08793031B2	Data selection and sharing between a vehicle and a user device Embodiments enhance the functionality of a vehicle, a user device, or both by the selection and sharing of data. Upon detection of each other, the vehicle device and the user device obtain and share data. The data may be associated with the user, the user computing device, and/or the vehicle and may be stored in cloud-based services. Functionality of the vehicle and/or user device is customized to the user based on the shared data. For example, the user device may provide assisted global positioning system (GPS) data to the vehicle to reduce a time-to-fix (TTF) when determining a location of the vehicle. In other examples, settings of the vehicle are personalized to the user, and location-relevant content is downloaded to the user device.
US08793022B2	Automated air source and VAV box association A system and method including the ability of a building automation system controller to automatically determine which VAV boxes are physically associated with which air sources in a building or facility with multiple air sources by coordinating the individual or simultaneous manipulation of the fan speed of the air sources or the VAV damper positions, while obtaining data from networked sensors that measure VAV box airflow or duct pressure or the environmental conditions of a space being supplied with air from one or more VAV boxes.
US08793019B2	Control device for legged mobile robot In a legged mobile robot 1 having legs 2, a first landing permissible region and a second landing permissible region for a desired landing position of a distal end portion (a foot 22) of a free leg are determined, and the desired landing position of the free leg foot is determined in a region where the first and second landing permissible regions overlap each other, to thereby generate a desired gait of the robot. The first landing permissible region is determined so as to satisfy a geometric leg motion requisite condition. The second landing permissible region is determined such that a motion continuity requisite condition and a floor reaction force element permissible range requisite condition that are related to a prescribed floor reaction force element as a constituent element of the floor reaction force can be satisfied.
US08793014B2	Pneumatic transport delivery control The presented inventions seek to create a verifiable and closed loop chain-of-custody for a specific transaction in a pneumatic tube transport system while allowing a sender and recipient to perform asynchronous activity. That is, one aspect the presented inventions allows a sender to securely send a carrier to a desired recipient while allowing the desired recipient to receive the secured carrier at a convenient time and/or location without tying up system resources. Another aspect improves the physical barriers between high value payloads and the unintended recipients. This is done in part by introducing randomness into the carrier delivery process such that no member of the general public or facility staff knows the location and/or delivery time of a secured carrier without having access to specific database records indicating the current location and/or delivery status of the secured carrier.
US08793012B2	Container scanning system and method A system and method of scanning a number of objects such as crates or intermodal containers in a storage area having a plurality of movable racks, each rack occupying at least one level and capable of carrying at least one object. The racks are capable of being moved to establish successive vacant multi-level aisles among the racks. At least one scanner is movable substantially vertically within the successive vacant aisles to scan successive objects substantially adjacent to each vacant aisle to detect at least one pre-determined characteristic.
US08793000B2	Idle mode receive antenna diversity system Electronic devices may be provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry coupled to multiple antennas. An electronic device may alternate between a sleep mode and a wake mode. During wake mode, the electronic device may monitor a paging channel in a wireless network for incoming paging signals. The device may use either a single antenna mode or a multiple antenna mode such as a dual antenna mode in monitoring the paging channel. In the single antenna mode, a single active antenna is used to receive paging signals. In the dual antenna mode two antennas are simultaneously used to receive paging signals. The device may choose which antenna mode to use based on signal quality measurements and history information on successfully received paging signals.
US08792998B2	Devices, systems and methods for efficient identification of improved CRT parameters Methods, systems and devices efficiently identify cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacing parameter set(s) that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to an initial CRT pacing parameter set, wherein each CRT pacing parameter set includes at least two CRT pacing parameters. User input(s) are accepted that specify a maximum amount of time and/or parameter sets that can be used to perform testing, and specify relative importance of parameters within the sets. Based on the accepted user input(s), there is a determination of how many different variations of each of the CRT pacing parameters can be tested, and based on this determination different CRT pacing parameter sets are selected and tested to obtain a hemodynamic response measure corresponding to each of the different sets tested. Additionally, one or more of the tested CRT pacing parameter sets, if any, that provide improved hemodynamic response relative to the initial CRT pacing parameter set is/are identified.
US08792992B2	Low-power system and methods for neuromodulation An apparatus comprises an electrostimulation energy storage capacitor, a circuit path communicatively coupled to the electrostimulation energy storage capacitor and configured to provide quasi-constant current neural stimulation through a load from the electrostimulation energy storage capacitor, a current measuring circuit communicatively coupled to the circuit path and configured to obtain a measure of quasi-constant current delivered to the load, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the current measuring circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to initiate adjustment of the voltage level of the storage capacitor for a subsequent delivery of quasi-constant current according to a comparison of the measured load current to a specified load current value.
US08792989B2	System and method for facial nerve stimulation A method for stimulating facial nerves in a subject with synkinetic reinnervated muscles includes providing an electrode, having a plurality of contacts, in a parotic region of the subject's face, stimulating each of the contacts separately, identifying one or more contacts from the plurality of contacts that cause one or more nerve branches to activate a desired facial muscle, and selecting the identified contacts to stimulate the one or more nerve branches. The system includes an electrode having a plurality of contacts for placement in a parotic region of the subject's face and a processor in communication with the electrode. The processor has program code for stimulating each of the contacts separately, for identifying one or more contacts from the plurality of contacts that cause one or more nerve branches to activate a desired facial muscle, and for selecting the identified contacts to stimulate the one or more nerve branches.
US08792987B2	Satellite therapy delivery system for brain neuromodulation Deep brain electrodes are remotely sensed and activated by means of a remote active implantable medical device (AIMD). In a preferred form, a pulse generator is implanted in the pectoral region and includes a hermetic seal through which protrudes a conductive leadwire which provides an external antenna for transmission and reception of radio frequency (RF) pulses. One or more deep brain electrode modules are constructed and placed which can transmit and receive RF energy from the pulse generator. An RF telemetry link is established between the implanted pulse generator and the deep brain electrode assemblies. The satellite modules are configured for generating pacing pulses for a variety of disease conditions, including epileptic seizures, Turrets Syndrome, Parkinson's Tremor, and a variety of other neurological or brain disorders.
US08792979B2	Method and apparatus for preventing cardiac arrhythmias with endovascular stimulation Certain cardiac arrhythmias can be prevented by appropriate electrical stimulation of autonomic nerves innervating the heart. An implantable cardiac rhythm management device is configured to deliver such stimulation when an autonomic imbalance is predicted to be present via an endovascular electrode. Autonomic imbalance may be predicted to be present based upon circadian rhythms, detected heart rates, or detected heart rate variability.
US08792977B2	Quantitative motor function evaluation system The system of the present invention includes (a) means for displaying image information including a target image and a cursor image for tracking the target image; (b) means used when the subject moves the cursor image; (c) means for detecting the state of tracking the target image by the cursor image; (d) means for detecting the muscle active state of the subject using the means (b); (e) means for analyzing the tracking state detected by the means (c) and the muscle active state detected by the means (d); and (f) means for evaluating the motor function of the subject by using results of analysis obtained by the means (e) as indexes.
US08792970B2	System and method for analyzing an impedance course A system which generates a warning signal in the event of looming pulmonary edema and/or looming decompensation. The system has an impedance detection unit for determining impedance values, which represent a transthoracic impedance course, and an impedance analysis unit (78), which is connected to the impedance detection unit. The impedance analysis unit (78) is implemented to determine the degree of modulation for a particular impedance course detected by the impedance detection unit.
US08792969B2	Respiratory function estimation from a 2D monocular video What is disclosed is a system and method for processing a video acquired using a 2D monocular video camera system to assess respiratory function of a subject of interest. In various embodiments hereof, respiration-related video signals are obtained from a temporal sequence of 3D surface maps that have been reconstructed based on an amount of distortion detected in a pattern placed over the subject's thoracic region (chest area) during video acquisition relative to known spatial characteristics of an undistorted reference pattern. Volume data and frequency information are obtained from the processed video signals to estimate chest volume and respiration rate. Other respiratory function estimations of the subject in the video can also be derived. The obtained estimations are communicated to a medical professional for assessment. The teachings hereof find their uses in settings where it is desirable to assess patient respiratory function in a non-contact, remote sensing environment.
US08792964B2	Method and apparatus for conducting an interventional procedure involving heart valves using a robot-based X-ray device In a method and an apparatus for conducting minimally-invasive procedures involving heart valves at least one multi-access articulated x-ray imaging robot is employed that allows a radiation detector carried by the robot to be moved in arbitrary paths, such as in circle, an ellipse, or along a spiral, around a patient in order to generate multiple projection exposures of the relevant region of the patient during the procedure. An image processor reconstructs a 3D image from the projection exposures substantially in real time during the procedure, and the 3D image is displayed to operating personnel during the procedure.
US08792955B2	Transcutaneous analyte sensor The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US08792951B1	Bone oxygenation measurement A bone oximeter probe includes an elongated member and a sensor head at an end of the elongated member to make measurements for a bone. The measurements can indicate the viability or nonviability of the bone. In an implementation, the probe is advanced through an incision in soft tissue, towards the underlying bone, and positioned so that the sensor head faces the bone to be measured. Optical signals are sent from the sensor head and into the bone. The bone reflects some of the optical signals which are then detected so that measurements for the bone can be made. Some of these measurements include an oxygen saturation level value, and a total hemoglobin concentration value of the bone.
US08792939B2	Non-wireless bidirectional communication between a mobile device and associated secure element using an audio port In some embodiments, a system includes a mobile communication device and a secure element physically coupled to the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device includes a first wireless transceiver, first processor, first memory, first speaker, first microphone, first Audio To Digital conversion (ADC), and audio port. The secure element includes a second wireless transceiver, second processor, second memory, second Audio To Digital conversion (ADC), second Digital To Audio conversion (DAC), and cable with 3.55 mm plug that is inserted into the audio port of the mobile communication device. The mobile communication device is configured to transmit data non-wirelessly via the cable to the secure element using an analog signal. The secure element is configured to transmit data non-wirelessly via the cable inserted into the audio port of the the mobile communication device using an analog signal.
US08792937B2	Computing device with configurable antenna A computing device with a configurable antenna. The antenna is configured through a switching circuit operating under software control. Operating characteristics of the antenna are configured based on connections between conducting segments established by the switching circuit, allowing the nominal frequency, bandwidth or other characteristics of the antenna to be configured. Because the switching is software controlled, the configurable antenna may be integrated with a software defined radio. The radio and antenna can be reconfigured to support communication according to different wireless technologies at different times or to interleave packets according to different wireless technologies to support concurrent sessions using different wireless technologies.
US08792928B2	Radio communication system, radio base station, and mobile station control method A radio base station includes: a table storage unit storing a table in which an E-TFCI indicating a transport format combination indicator of the physical data channel to be transmitted by a mobile station is associated with βed that is used to determine a SG and is an offset value of transmission power of the physical data channel to be transmitted by the mobile station; a parameter selector selecting the βed associated with the E-TFCI from the table; and a communication controller determining a SG based on the βed thus selected and an E-TFCI associated with the selected βed, and controlling transmission power of the mobile station by using the SG thus determined.
US08792923B2	Radio base station, radio communication terminal, radio communication system, radio communication method and communication management method, using allocation of shared frequency In a radio communication system that conducts a communication between a radio base station and a radio communication terminal, the radio base station and the radio communication terminal conduct communication though traffic in a shared frequency utilizing white space in addition to a dedicated frequency allocated to the radio communication system. The traffic through which the communication is established between the radio base station and the radio communication terminal includes first traffic whose bandwidth is guaranteed and second traffic whose bandwidth is not guaranteed. Radio resources of the dedicated frequency are allocated to the first traffic and radio resources of the shared frequency are allocated to the second traffic.
US08792909B1	Systems and methods for statistically associating mobile devices to households Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for associating a mobile device to a household. In various embodiments, a plurality of latitude-longitude pairs is received for a mobile device during a time period. The latitude-longitude pairs are organized into a plurality of clusters corresponding to geographic regions visited by the mobile device during the time period. For each cluster, a score is calculated that represents a likelihood that a user of the mobile device resides in a household within the cluster. The cluster with the highest score is identified as being the location of the user's household. The computation is preferably conducted recursively over time periods. The mobile device is then associated with the user's household.
US08792908B2	Method and apparatus for determining position of a wireless device A method and apparatus for determining the location of a device capable of receiving/transmitting wireless signals from/to reference stations is provided, for example providing wireless signals in the form of range information to the device; determining a region or area surrounding each reference station, wherein regions intersect to form intersecting spaces; defining the intersecting spaces to delineate a device location search space and determining device locations within the search space; determining combinations of said device locations, and using a distribution analysis test to examine a skewness value of each combination; detecting and selecting the combinations of device positions that result in a minimum skewness value or simply a combination that provides skewness value less than a pre-defined minimum threshold value; and utilizing the detected and selected combinations to determine a refined final position of the device.
US08792901B2	System and method for assessing radio sensing data A system for generating spectrum environment data receives spectrum sensing data from a wireless electronic device. The sensing data includes, for each of plural channels, a sensing measurement value expressed with a sensing resolution bandwidth and indicative of perceived signal strength. The system normalizes the received sensing measurement values so that each value has a predetermined analysis resolution bandwidth. The system also calibrates the normalized sensing measurement values to adjust for differences between perceived signal strength and predicted signal strength for at least one reference channel on which a protected transmitter with known operational characteristics transmits.
US08792896B2	Beamforming for increasing cell edge capacity in a heterogeneous network Methods of communicating with a selected user equipment terminal (UE) in a first cell served by a base station and a remote radio head include forming a list of non-targeted UEs including other UEs in the first cell and cell edge UEs in a neighboring cell that borders the first cell that are located near a border of the first cell and the neighboring cell, generating a list of candidate precoding matrices that can be used to communicate with the selected UE from the base station and/or from the remote radio head, generating a list of available precoding matrices by discarding from the list of candidate precoding matrices those precoding matrices that may cause interference to at least one non-targeted UE, selecting a precoding matrix from the list of available precoding matrices, and communicating with the selected UE using the selected precoding matrix.
US08792895B2	Processing method and system for multi-carrier handover The present invention discloses processing methods and processing systems for multi-carrier handover, wherein one of the processing methods comprises: a source base station, determining, according to a obtained supported-carrier-aggregation relationship among cells in an adjacent base station, a target Primary Cell (Pcell) and target Secondary Cell (Scell) (s), and notifying a target base station to which the target Pcell and the target Scell (s) belong; the target base station configuring the target Pcell, the target Scell (s) and a corresponding handover command, and sending the handover command to the source base station; and the source base station forwarding the handover command to a user equipment which, according to the handover command, accomplishes a handover process. The present invention achieves the handover in the multi-carrier system.
US08792888B2	Dual network mobile device radio resource management A single chip mobile wireless device capable of receiving and transmitting over one wireless network at a time maintains registration on two wireless communication networks that each use different communication protocols in parallel. Periodically, the mobile wireless device tunes one or more receivers from a first wireless network to a second wireless network in order to listen for paging messages addressed to the mobile wireless device from the second wireless network. The first wireless network suspends allocation of radio resources to the mobile wireless device based on receipt of a suspension message from the mobile wireless device, or based on knowledge of a paging cycle for mobile wireless device in the second wireless network, or based on detection of an out of synchronization condition with the mobile wireless device.
US08792886B2	Femto node power adjustment using requests for registration Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting a transmission power at a femto node are described herein. According to the systems, devices, and methods herein, a measurement of a signal transmitted from a transmitting node may be communicated to the femto node, for example from a user equipment or a neighboring femto node, for use in adjusting the power. The transmitting node may comprise the femto node, a macro node, or a neighboring femto node. In addition, statistics regarding such measurements may be communicated to the femto node for use in adjusting the power. The femto node may also adjust the power based on unsuccessful registration attempts or interference communications received at the femto node.
US08792881B2	Method and apparatus for determining cell for executing comp in multi-cell environment The present invention provides a method which determines an adjacent cell to carry out a coordinate multipoint transmission (CoMP) operation instead of performing the CoMP operation for all adjacent cells, in cases where precoding matrix indexes (PMI) of adjacent cells are limited to prevent interferences by adjacent cells in a multi-cell environment, thereby effectively reducing inter-cell interferences without causing an overhead.
US08792869B2	Method and apparatus for using proximity sensing for augmented reality gaming Apparatuses for wireless communication is disclosed that includes a receiver configured to receive ranging information from at least one of one or more sensors arranged with an object and one or more sensors remote from the object; and a processing system configured to track the object with respect to the one or more sensors remote from the object based on the ranging information. A method for wireless communication is disclosed that includes receiving ranging information from at least one of one or more sensors arranged with an object and one or more sensors remote from the object; and tracking the object with respect to the one or more sensors remote from the object based on the ranging information.
US08792867B1	System and method for responding to service requests and facilitating communication between relevant parties Various systems, methods, and computer program products for responding to service requests and facilitating communication between relevant parties are provided. The system may receive a request from a user, obtain a user location, identify a service provider such as an emergency response center based on the location, facilitate coordination of response efforts, and provide a page that is shared between various parties such as the user, contacts of the user, an operator, and a responder. The various parties may provide to the system inputs such as video to capture what is currently happening. The page may be updated with the inputs, include a status of the service request such as whether responders have been dispatched, and include a current location of the responders and other users. Using the page, various parties may obtain real-time situational awareness of an event that culminated in the service request and communicate with other users.
US08792862B1	Providing enhanced security for wireless telecommunications devices A method and system for use in providing enhanced security for wireless telecommunications devices is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the method and system comprises providing a first sensor, included in a wireless telecommunications device, for helping derive a first set of physical context data associated with the wireless telecommunications device; providing a second sensor, included in an authentication device, for helping derive a second set of physical context data associated with the wireless telecommunications device; and using the first and second set of physical context data to help determine whether the wireless telecommunications device has been moved in a gesture that is consistent with a use of the wireless telecommunications device for a specific purpose.
US08792854B2	Methods and systems for location-based management of wireless devices Method and apparatus are for monitoring the location of a wireless device and taking supervisory action in response to that location. Location information obtained from a user's wireless device, or otherwise concerning the present location of the user, is monitored and compared with one or more locations previously approved for that user. An exception is noted if the user reaches a non-approved location, or fails to timely arrive at an approved destination. In response to an exception, supervisory action is taken which may include contacting the wireless device, partially or completely disabling further service of that device, or contacting another person.
US08792852B2	Method for informing multiple mobile terminals of an emergency event A method, devices, a system, and computer programs for informing multiple mobile terminals (UE10-90) of an emergency event are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S300) emergency information associated with the emergency event, establishing (S400) an emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer for a delivery of an emergency service associated with the received emergency information, the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer being associated with an emergency priority indicator indicating a higher priority for the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer compared to further communication being not associated with the emergency priority indicator, and delivering (S600) the emergency service via the emergency multimedia capable distribution bearer to the multiple mobile terminals (UE10-90).
US08792834B2	Communication scheme for channel quality information The invention relates to a method for transmitting and a method for reconstructing channel quality information in a communication system. Further, the invention also provides a transmitter and receiver performing these methods, respectively. The invention suggests a scheme for communicating channel quality measures that on the one hand allows for an accurate reconstruction of the channel quality measures at the receiver and on the other hand requires an acceptable transmission overhead. This is achieved by partitioning channel quality measures into at least two partitions and to compress the values partition-wise, for example, by means of a discrete cosine transform and the transmission of only a subset of the resulting coefficients.
US08792820B2	Satellite transceiver A transceiver receives linearly polarized signals from two geostationary satellites. The transceiver includes a first and second waveguide to form two receiving beam patterns with a maximum gain in angular directions different from each other. At one end of each waveguide, two receiving elements orthogonal to each other are provided. Four converting units convert, using a common local oscillator, the carrier frequency of the four signal components received from the two pairs of receiving elements into an intermediate frequency. A combining unit linearly combines the converted signal components, based on weights representing phase shifting and/or amplification of signal components. A weight input unit receives the weights to be used in the combining unit.
US08792818B1	Audio book editing method and apparatus providing the integration of images into the text A method and apparatus for recording and editing audio books which indexes the text and audio recording to one another. This allows for ease in locating a portion of the audio recording corresponding to a portion of text. The audio portion can then be edited. Images can be integrated into the text. These images can be included in the completed file for multimedia presentation. The indexing can also be used for ease in placing various takes in the correct sequential order in the master recording. The original audio recording is maintained unchanged while, changes from editing are contained in a separate file. The method and apparatus can also be used to generate compressed audio and text files for ease of forwarding via e-mail.
US08792807B2	Developing cartridge and image forming device with pressing member A developing cartridge that maintains a pressing condition to press a developer carrier against the image carrier is described. The developing cartridge may include a coil spring that presses the developer carrier against the image carrier. The coil spring may include a handle that transmits a pressing force to the coil spring via the contacting member. By doing so, every time the developing cartridge is replaced, a new coil spring and handle can be provided for the color laser printer with the developing cartridge attached. Therefore, a constant pressure by the coil spring can be continuously maintained. Thus, a preferable pressure condition of the developer carrier against the image carrier can be continuously maintained.
US08792793B2	Replacement consumable unit management apparatus and image forming apparatus A replacement consumable unit management apparatus is provided with: a receiver which receives consumable unit replacement information indicating that one consumable unit of one color or more than one consumable unit of different colors has been replaced with a new one, from one or more than one image forming apparatus which the replacement consumable unit management apparatus can access via a communication circuit; a consumable unit manager which manages the remaining amount information or the life information of the one or more than one consumable unit, and stock information indicating the states of the stocks of replacement consumable units for the one or more than one consumable unit; a determiner which, if the receiver receives the consumable unit replacement information while a consumable unit which cannot be replaced with a new one because of no stock and a consumable unit whose remaining amount information or life information is smaller than a first predetermined value are both used at the same place as the new consumable unit most recently loaded, makes a first determination that a first replacement consumable unit of the same color as the consumable unit which cannot be replaced with a new one because of no stock and a second consumable unit of the same color as the consumable unit whose remaining amount information or life information is smaller than the first predetermined value should be delivered together; and a transmitter which outputs a delivery instruction as determined by the determiner.
US08792792B2	Light source, optical signal generator, and electrical signal generator [PROBLEM] Providing an optical source that outputs optical frequency modulated light having a constant output optical intensity.[MEANS FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM] Provided is a light source apparatus that outputs an optical signal having an optical frequency corresponding to a frequency control signal, the light source apparatus including a laser light source section that outputs laser light having an optical frequency corresponding to the frequency control signal; and an optical intensity adjusting section that compensates for intensity change of the laser light to output laser light in which the intensity change caused by a change in the optical frequency is restricted. The optical intensity adjusting section includes an optical amplification section that adjusts an amplification factor of the laser light from the laser light source section, based on the frequency control signal, to restrict the intensity change of laser light corresponding to the frequency control signal, and outputs the resulting laser light.
US08792787B1	Optoelectronic packet switch/routers A packet switch/router including a first stage switch fabric receiving an electrical signal, a mid-stage buffer receiving and storing the electrical signal from the first stage switch fabric, and a second stage switch fabric receiving the electrical signal from the mid-stage buffer. Each switch fabric includes N layers of N×N arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs), and each AWG has ingress ports and egress ports. A wavelength tunable device, such as a tunable laser, communicates with a source ingress port of an AWG and converts the received electrical signal to an optical signal having a wavelength selected for routing a packet from the source ingress port to a target egress port of the arrayed waveguide grating. A photoreceiver, such as a burst-mode photoreceiver, receives the propagated optical signal from the target egress port and converts the optical signal to the electrical signal.
US08792784B2	Terrestrial optical fiber communication with added capacity An optical communication system comprising an optical fiber connected to a first signal regeneration node located at a first end of the optical fiber and a second signal regeneration node located at a second end of the optical fiber; intermediary nodes located between the first and second signal regeneration nodes, wherein one or more pairs of adjacent intermediary nodes each define a span distance along the optical fiber; and one or more Raman amplifiers located within each span distance along the optical fiber, wherein at least one of the one or more Raman amplifiers comprises a case that encases one or more lasers and a temperature controller comprising a temperature sensor to monitor a temperature of the one or more lasers; and a temperature regulator to control a temperature of the one or more lasers.
US08792779B2	Method of selecting content reproducing apparatus and content reproducing apparatus selector Provided are a method of selecting the most suitable content reproducing apparatus on the basis of minimum resource information required to reproduce content and capability information of the content reproducing apparatus, and a content reproducing apparatus selector using the method. The method includes: receiving a content file, which includes minimum resource (MR) metadata including the minimum resource information required to reproduce content, from a content providing server or a content providing medium; receiving device level (DL) metadata per device from a plurality of content reproducing apparatuses, wherein the DL metadata includes capability information of the content reproducing apparatus; determining whether at least one of the content reproducing apparatuses described by the DL metadata can reproduce the content described by the MR metadata; and selectively renewing the MR metadata on the basis of a result of the determining.
US08792775B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program An information processing device includes: a processor determining whether a basic stream that can be reproduced singly and an extended stream used for reproduction with the basic stream forming a video stream of contents to be copied are interleaved with respect to each data in a predetermined unit and recorded in a first recording medium based on control information recorded in the first recording medium; and a recording controller, in the case of a determination that the basic and extended streams are interleaved with respect to each data in the predetermined unit and recorded, designating a first file among the first file that manages the basic stream and allowing copying of the basic stream to a second recording medium, and designating a second file that manages the extended stream and allowing copying of the extended stream to the second recording medium.
US08792767B2	Distribution device A distribution device which has a cover-like housing upper part and a housing lower part is disclosed. The housing lower part has a holding means for the cover-like housing upper part, with the result that the housing upper part can be held by the holding means of the housing lower part as the housing upper part is removed from the housing lower part. The housing upper part does not fall and be subject to damage when the housing upper part is removed or released from the housing lower part.
US08792765B2	Optical fiber cable connection having resiliently deformable gripping section An optical fiber cable connector including a first member and a second member. The first member has a channel for an optical fiber of an optical fiber cable, and an outer surface configured to have a strength member of the cable located thereon. The second member is configured to slide on top of the first member. The second member includes a barrel section configured to be compressed onto the first member and a gripping section made of a resiliently deformable material which is sized and shaped to pull the strength member along the outer surface of the first member as the second member is slid on top of the first member.
US08792764B1	Optical fiber cleaver An optical fiber cleaver (12) is disclosed having a first pivot arm (16) for securing a terminal end of an optical fiber (22), a second pivot arm (18) with a cutting tool (82) for scoring an outer surface of the optical fiber (22), and a flexible arm (24) extending outward from underneath the cutting tool (82). A V-shaped locating groove (28) extends in the flexible arm (24). A stress-relief recess (36) is located on the surface (26) of the flexible arm (24) in a location at which the cutting tool (82) scores the optical fiber (22). An arcuately-shaped recess (92) is formed into a lower surface (96) of the flexible arm (24) beneath the stress-relief recess (36) to focus the bend in the optical fiber (22) where the fiber (22) is scored and the cleave is to occur. A flexible arm stop (90) is provided to control the minimum radius of the bend in the flexible arm (24) and the minimum radius of bend induced in the optical fiber (22) at the cleave.
US08792763B2	Bend resistant multimode optical fiber Bend resistant multimode optical fibers are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a first region having index delta percent Δ2, a depressed-index annular portion having Δ3, and a third annular region surrounding the depressed annular region comprising refractive index delta percent Δ4; wherein Δ1MAX>Δ4>Δ2>Δ3, wherein the difference between Δ4 and Δ2 is greater than or equal to 0.03%.
US08792761B2	Optical fiber with single coating An optical fiber includes a glass core and a protective coating consisting of a single coating layer disposed to surround the glass core, wherein the single coating layer is formed from a cured polymeric material obtained by curing a radiation curable composition including: (i) a radiation curable urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, preferably including a backbone derived from polyoxytetramethylene glycol, (ii) at least one monofunctional reactive monomer, (iii) at least one multifunctional reactive monomer, and (iv) an adhesion promoter.
US08792757B2	Double clad fiber coupler and device There is described a double-clad fiber coupler (DCFC) composed of two double-clad fibers that have been fused together and tapered. The DCFC allows the propagation of light in the fundamental mode in its single-mode core with very little loss. Back reflected light may be collected two ways: by the core of the double-clad fiber and by the inner cladding of the double-clad fiber.
US08792756B2	Optical semiconductor device An optical semiconductor device includes an optical semiconductor element and an optical waveguide butt-joined to the optical semiconductor element. The optical semiconductor element has a mesa structure including an active layer and a burying layer coating side faces of the active layer. The optical waveguide has a mesa structure including an optical waveguide layer having a layer structure different from the active layer, and a burying layer coating side faces of the optical waveguide layer. Mesa width of the optical waveguide is narrower than mesa width of the optical semiconductor element.
US08792741B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding image by using large transformation unit Disclosed are an image encoding method and apparatus for encoding an image by grouping a plurality of adjacent prediction units into a transformation unit and transforming the plurality of adjacent prediction into a frequency domain, and an image decoding method and apparatus for decoding an image encoded by using the image encoding method and apparatus.
US08792726B2	Geometric feature extracting device, geometric feature extracting method, storage medium, three-dimensional measurement apparatus, and object recognition apparatus A geometric feature extracting device comprising: first input means for inputting a three-dimensional shape model of a measurement object; generation means for generating two-dimensional parameter planes corresponding to curved surface patches that configure the three-dimensional shape model; first calculation means for calculating normal directions to points on the curved surface patches; holding means for holding the parameter planes and the normal directions in association with each other; second input means for inputting an observation direction used to observe the measurement object from an observation position; selection means for selecting regions in each of which the normal direction and the observation direction satisfy a predetermined angle condition from the parameter planes; and second calculation means for calculating geometric features on three-dimensional shape model corresponding to regions selected by the selection means as geometric features that configure geometric feature regions on the three-dimensional shape model, which are observable from the observation position.
US08792725B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus and storage medium An information processing apparatus comprising a setting unit configured to set a plurality of local regions on an image; an extraction unit configured to extract feature amounts from the respective local regions; a calculation unit configured to calculate dissimilarities between the local regions based on probability densities for the respective feature amounts; and an integration unit configured to integrate the plurality of local regions as region groups based on the dissimilarities.
US08792723B2	Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium An image processing apparatus includes: a noise position information obtaining unit that obtains noise position information regarding positions of noise in an image read by a reading unit that optically reads a surface of a medium, an image generating unit that generates a noise eliminated image that is obtained by eliminating a noise from the image, a pattern information obtaining unit that obtains pattern information indicating a pattern appearing on the surface of the medium from the noise eliminated image, and a pattern information registering unit that registers the pattern information obtained from areas set on the basis of the noise position information in the noise eliminated image.
US08792721B2	Image recognition of content Techniques are described to employ image recognition techniques to content. In an implementation, one or more images are identified in content using a signature derived from the one or more images. Metadata associated with the content is then supplemented based on the identified one or more images.
US08792719B2	Image processing device determining attributes of regions An image processing device includes a processor; and a memory storing computer readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the image processing device to perform: preparing image data representing an image; identifying a first region in the image and a second region disposed inside of the first region; determining an attribute of the first region to be one of a plurality of attributes; and determining, when the attribute of the first region is determined to be the first type attribute, an attribute of the second region by using the attribute of the first region. The plurality of attributes includes a first type attribute indicating one of photo and drawing.
US08792709B2	Transprojection of geometry data Systems and methods for transprojection of geometry data acquired by a coordinate measuring machine (CMM). The CMM acquires geometry data corresponding to 3D coordinate measurements collected by a measuring probe that are transformed into scaled 2D data that is transprojected upon various digital object image views captured by a camera. The transprojection process can utilize stored image and coordinate information or perform live transprojection viewing capabilities in both still image and video modes.
US08792707B2	Phase analysis measurement apparatus and method A non-contact method and apparatus for inspecting an object via phase analysis. A projector projects an optical pattern onto the surface of an object to be inspected. At least first and second images of the surface on which the optical pattern is projected are then obtained. The phase of the optical pattern at the surface is changed between the first and second image by moving the projector relative to the object.
US08792705B2	System and method for automated defect detection utilizing prior data A system and method for performing automated defect detection by utilizing data from prior inspections is disclosed. The system and method may include providing a image capture device for capturing and transmitting at least one current image of an object and providing a database for storing at least one prior image from prior inspections. The system and method may further include registering the at least one current image with the at least one prior image, comparing the registered at least one current image with the at least one prior image to determine a transformation therebetween and updating the database with the at least one current image.
US08792701B2	Method for estimating haeomodynamic parameters by joint estimation of the parameters of a global perfusion model The invention relates to a method for estimating haemodynamic perfusion parameters of an elementary volume—termed a voxel—of an organ, from perfusion signals by jointly estimating the parameters of an optionally limited comprehensive perfusion model. The invention moreover relates to a processing unit of a perfusion imaging analysis system, adapted for carrying out such a method and for delivering the estimated parameters according to an appropriate format to a human-machine interface able to represent said estimated parameters for a user.
US08792699B2	Motion tracking for clinical parameter derivation and adaptive flow acquisition in magnetic resonance imaging A method for clinical parameter derivation and adaptive flow acquisition within a sequence of magnetic resonance images includes commencing an acquisition of a sequence of images. One or more landmarks are automatically detected from within one or more images of the sequence of images. The detected one or more landmarks are propagated across subsequent images of the sequence of images. A plane is fitted to the propagation of landmarks. The positions of landmarks or alternatively the position of the fitted plane within the sequence of images is used for derivation of clinical parameters such as tissue velocities and/or performing adaptive flow acquisitions to measure blood flow properties.
US08792688B2	Methods, systems and devices for three dimensional input and control methods and systems based thereon A Robotic control system has a wand, which emits multiple narrow beams of light, which fall on a light sensor array, or with a camera, a surface, defining the wand's changing position and attitude which a computer uses to direct relative motion of robotic tools or remote processes, such as those that are controlled by a mouse, but in three dimensions and motion compensation means and means for reducing latency.
US08792678B2	Environment recognition device and environment recognition method There are provided an environment recognition device and an environment recognition method. The environment recognition device obtains a luminance of each of a plurality of blocks formed by dividing a detection area; derives an edge direction based on a direction in which an edge of the luminance of each block extends; associates the blocks with each other based on the edge direction so as to generate an edge trajectory; groups a region enclosed by the plurality of edge trajectories as a target object; and determines the target object as a specific object.
US08792668B2	Headphone with a headband A headphone with a headband is provided where the headband is adapted to ensure contact between an earpad and the head or ear of the user, and with: a speaker unit; an outer frame comprising a proximal perimeter with two first pivotal hinge points at diametrically opposed positions with respect to the speaker; a middle frame, having a proximal and a distal perimeter, hinged for pivotal movement with respect to the outer frame about a first axis defined by a line through the two first hinge points, and where the middle frame comprises second pivotal hinge points at diametrically opposed positions with respect to the speaker; and an inner frame having a proximal and a distal perimeter hinged for pivotal movement with respect to the middle frame, about a second axis defined by a line through the two second hinge points.
US08792664B2	Headworn sound processor case A case for encasing a hearing device to allow the wearer to continue wearing the device while engaging in activities such as swimming. In certain embodiments, the case comprises a protective portion for providing mechanical protection to the device and a flexible portion for housing a coil associated with the hearing device. In specific embodiments, the case also includes one or more acoustic ports.
US08792659B2	Asymmetric adjustment A method of adjusting a signal processing parameter for a first hearing aid and a second hearing aid forming parts of a binaural hearing aid system to be worn by a user is provided. The binaural hearing aid system comprises a user specific model representing a desired asymmetry between a first ear and a second ear of the user. The method includes detecting a request for processing a parameter change at the first hearing aid, adjusting the signal processing parameter in the first hearing aid, and adjusting a processing parameter for the second hearing aid based on the request for processing parameter change and the user specific model.
US08792655B2	Apparatus for detecting the approach distance of a human body and performing different actions according to the detecting results An apparatus for detecting the approach distance of a human body and performing different actions according to the detecting results comprises: an infrared sensing circuit for sensing the human body's movement; a short-distance infrared signal level detector, used for detecting the amplitude level of signals and comparing them with a preset reference level; a long-distance infrared signal level detector, used for detecting the amplitude level of signals and comparing them with another preset reference level; and a long-distance indication-signal time delayer, used for delaying the output of the signals from the long-distance-signal level detector. During the delayed period, a soft pre-recorded speech is sent off to greet customers and introduce merchandize when the short-distance-signal level detector detects a “short-distance” signal with larger amplitude, whereas a louder pre-recorded speech is sent off to draw the attention of customers when no “short-distance” signal is detected by the short-distance-signal level detector.
US08792652B2	Noise suppressing device, noise suppressing method, and recording medium A noise suppressing device includes a plurality of sound input units inputting sounds from a given sound source and converting the sounds to sound signals on a time axis, a transfer characteristic obtaining unit performing frequency transform of the sound signals after dividing the sound signals into frames and calculating respective transfer characteristics of the sounds for each given frequency band, a storage unit storing the calculated transfer characteristics of the sounds, a frequency obtaining unit obtaining a frequency for updating the transfer characteristics stored in the storage unit for the frequency band, an updating unit updating the transfer characteristics every given number of frames corresponding to the obtained frequency based on the transfer characteristics for each frequency band, a generating unit generating suppression information for suppressing the noise component based on the updated transfer characteristics, and a suppression unit suppressing the noise component based on the suppression information.
US08792647B2	Circuit device for providing a three-dimensional sound system A circuit device for a three-dimensional sound system is disclosed. The device circuit contains a plurality of resistors, capacitors and transistors. The circuit is an analog circuit creating an actual three-dimensional sound system where the listener can perceive sound coming from different spatial directions. The circuit device accomplishes this by sensing the amplitude and phase difference between the sound signals.
US08792645B2	Authentication and data security for wireless networks A method and apparatus of providing a security system. The method includes the steps of a registering sensor having a secret key and an IEEE or MAC address automatically forming a commissioning key, the registering sensor forming a registration request including the IEEE or MAC address and the commissioning key, a co-ordinator sensor receiving the wireless request for registration from the registering sensor, the co-ordinator sensor having a separate copy of the secret key, the co-ordinator sensor automatically authenticating the registering sensor via the received request for registration and the separate copy of the secret key and the registering sensor joining the co-ordinator sensor of the wireless network under the 6LoWPAN operating protocol.
US08792637B2	Downloading of data to secure devices An encryption key may be generated based on personalized unit data associated with a software download recipient, for example, a secure processor. In some aspects, the secure processor may generate a decryption key based on its personalized unit data, and a software download may be performed between the software provider and the secure processor using the generated encryption keys. The secure processor may then decrypt and load the software for execution. The encryption and decryption key generation may also be based on a sequence number or other data indicating one or more previous software downloads at the secure processor. Using the sequence number or other data, sequences of multiple encryption and/or decryption keys may be generated to support multiple software downloads to a secure processor.
US08792629B1	Performing automated event services to registered end users Operations included may provide receiving event registration messages from at least a portion of end users to register the end users for an event and storing the event registration messages in a registration list file. Establishing a connection for each of the portion of the plurality of end users via an interactive voice response (IVR) application may also occur. The IVR application is then dropped and the connection is maintained via a port on a network element to transfer the event data from the network element to the portion of the registered end users.
US08792626B2	Transmission of utility data Certain embodiments are directed at methods and systems for transmitting utility usage data using a public switched telephone network (“PSTN”). The methods and systems may include collecting utility usage data pertaining to a customer premises with a utility meter at the customer premises. The utility usage data may be transmitted automatically from the utility meter to an access point of a public broadband network. The utility usage data may be received at the access point. A digital subscriber line (“DSL”) modem in communication with the access point may modulate the utility usage data at the access point. The utility usage data may be transmitted securely through the public switched telephone network to an Internet point of presence. The utility usage data may be received at the Internet point of presence. The utility usage data may be transmitted from the Internet point of presence to a utility provider via the Internet.
US08792624B2	Local preservation of an agent message An agent of a contact center records an agent message. The recorded agent message is received at the contact center. The recorded agent message is stored. An agent actively using one of a first communication device or a second communication device is detected. In response to detecting that the agent is actively using the first or the second communication device, the recorded agent message is sent to the one of the first or the second communication devices that the agent is actively using. The system and method also has a peer-to-peer configuration for recording and sending agent messages.
US08792621B2	Identification and determination of non-preemptable calls An active call between two parties can be marked as a non-preemptable call if one of the two parties is an authorized agency that desires to prevent premature termination of the call by a third party. The authorized agency sends a signal to a main switch to indicate that non-preemptable call status is desired. The newly established call status is then propagated to other nodes in the system to prevent premature call termination. Non-preemptable status can also be granted to some calls based on the destination of the called number, such as in 911 calls.
US08792615B2	Method for identifying possible changes in the range of a planned irradiation field before the patient is irradiated with charged particles A method serves as a supplemental safety mechanism before the irradiation of a patient with charged particles. By this method, differences which occur from day to day in the density composition within the patient are found, and the influence on the range of the planned irradiation field is determined. For this purpose, two high-resolution x-ray detectors are required, which form an angle of 60-120° to each other.
US08792609B2	Shift register A shift register is discussed in which a pull-up switching device is turned off positively in a period in which no scan pulse is forwarded for securing drive stability and prevents a picture quality from becoming poor. The shift register in one embodiment includes stages having any one of first and second start pulses, and any one of first to fourth clock pulses to forward a scan pulse in succession, wherein the first and second start pulses are in gate high voltage states for two horizontal periods, with the second start pulse forwarded with a delay of one horizontal period than the first start pulse. The first to fourth clock pulses are in gate high voltages for two horizontal periods, with one horizontal period delay to one another.
US08792608B2	BWR jet pump inlet-mixer main wedge with inserts Disclosed are various wedges that may be used in a restrainer bracket of a jet pump assembly. The jet pump assembly may include a restrainer bracket having an upper bracket and a lower bracket connected to an inlet mixer. A wedge may be provided between the upper bracket and the lower bracket and a wedge rod may pass through a slotted hole of the wedge. Ends of the wedge rod may be attached to the upper and lower brackets. The restrainer bracket may further include a yolk-like member which surrounds the inlet mixer and is connected to a riser pipe. The wedge may include an inclined surface which is configured to engage with a restrainer bracket pad of the yolk-like member. The wedges may further include inner curved surfaces which contact the wedge rod and the inner curved surfaces may be part of an insert that may be inserted in the wedge.
US08792607B2	Fuel rod assembly and method for mitigating the radiation-enhanced corrosion of a zirconium-based component There is provided a fuel rod assembly comprising a first component of a zirconium-based material. The first component is in contact with or is located adjacent to a second component of a material different from the zirconium-based material, e.g. a nickel-based or iron-based alloy. A coating is disposed on an outer surface of the first component, which is effective to reduce an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component relative to an electrochemical corrosion potential difference between the first component and the second component without the coating.
US08792602B2	Mixed signal stochastic belief propagation A processor implements a network of functional nodes and communication paths between the nodes. The processor includes a plurality of circuit implementations of the functional nodes of the processor; and a plurality of signal paths implementing the communication paths linking the circuit implementations of the nodes. At least some of the signal paths are configured to pass signal values represented according to temporal patterns of signal levels on the signal paths. The processor also includes a plurality of circuit components for conversion between a signal value represented as a signal level (e.g., voltage or current level) and a signal value represented as a temporal pattern.
US08792598B1	Coexistence of multiple communication technologies on a single device A method of mitigating interference from a transmitter of a communication device at a receiver of the same communication device, where the communication device operates according to at least a first and a second communication protocol, includes generating, in the transmitter, a transmit signal conforming to the second communication protocol, generating an interference estimate signal from the transmit signal using an adaptive filter, and receiving a receive signal at the receiver. The receive signal includes a desired component conforming to the first communication protocol and an interference component corresponding to the transmit signal. The method also includes processing the receive signal using the interference estimate signal to remove at least a portion of the interference component from the receive signal.
US08792597B2	Reducing electromagnetic interference in a receive signal with an analog correction signal Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for reducing electromagnetic interference in a receive signal are disclosed. One method includes receiving a receive signal. An analog cancellation signal is generated. The analog cancellation signal is summed with a receive signal, thereby mitigating electromagnetic interference in the receive signal. One apparatus includes a transceiver that includes a receive analog to digital converter (ADC) sampling a receive signal. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) processing circuitry generates an analog cancellation signal. The analog cancellation signal is summed with a receive signal, thereby mitigating electromagnetic interference in the receive signal.
US08792592B2	Feed-forward carrier recovery system and method A method of feedforward phase recovery on a data stream is described. Phase estimation base points are calculated, at a phase detector, for each block of the received data stream. A current phase, at a phase interpolator, between two phase estimation base points. Data stream delays within the phase detector are matched with delays within the phase interpolator.
US08792585B2	Rank estimation device, receiver, communication system, rank estimation method, and program recording medium A rank estimation device in which a load on a rank estimation process can be reduced is provided.The rank estimation device of the exemplary embodiment is characterized by comprising a SNR estimation section which calculates a communication quality value, a channel variation estimation section which calculates a variation value that varies at a receiver, and a simplified rank estimation section which estimates a transmission rank based on the communication quality value calculated by the SNR estimation section and the variation value calculated by the channel variation estimation section.
US08792584B2	Method for transmitting sounding reference signal sequence using plural antennas Disclosed is a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from a mobile terminal that includes plural antennas. Different plural sounding reference signal sequences that have mutual orthogonality are mapped to each antenna, and then transmitted. Or, the same sounding reference signal sequence is mapped to the plural antennas after precoding or cyclic delay diversity processing, and then transmitted.
US08792583B2	Linearization in the presence of phase variations In one embodiment, a non-linear power amplifier generates an amplified output signal based on a pre-distorted signal generated by a digital pre-distorter based on an input signal. A feedback path generates a feedback waveform based on the amplified output signal. The feedback waveform is aligned in time with the input signal at the waveform level to identify a corresponding reference waveform. The feedback waveform and the corresponding reference waveform are both divided into a plurality of sub-waveforms. Each feedback sub-waveform is independently aligned in phase with its corresponding reference sub-waveform. The resulting plurality of phase-aligned feedback sub-waveforms are then combined to form a hybrid-aligned waveform that is compared to the reference waveform to adaptively update the digital pre-distorter.
US08792576B2	Radio signal processing method and radio communication apparatus Disclosed is a radio communication apparatus for transmitting signals in the form of the MIMO comprises a reception signal processing unit for performing processing of signals received from a plurality of antennas, a transmission signal processing unit for performing processing of signals to be transmitted from the plurality of antennas, a control unit for controlling the whole of apparatus and a memory for storing a transmission/reception signal processing program and transmission/reception signal processing information. The reception signal processing unit corresponds to a plurality of kinds of reception signal processing schemes, and the control unit allots, in accordance with conditions of a radio communication apparatus opposing through propagation paths and with processing conditions in reception signal processing, one of the plurality of reception signal processing schemes as a reception signal processing method adapted to process signals received from the opposing radio communication apparatus.
US08792569B2	Power distribution system utilizing digital communications to determine the configuration thereof Three-phase electrical power is used to distribute electrical power to electronic devices in a cluster. A power distribution system includes circuit breaker panels and power distribution units for providing electrical power to the electronic devices. The electrical connections within the power distribution system form a digital communication network that communicates identification codes for the purpose of identifying each electrical connection in the power distribution system. A cluster management entity may then collect the identification codes associated with each electrical connection in order to detect the actual configuration of the power distribution system. By further knowing the load of each electronic device and their association with entities of the power distribution system, the cluster management entity may determine the load on each phase and take steps to balance the load.
US08792558B2	Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding motion vector Provided are methods and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a motion vector. The method of encoding the motion vector includes: selecting, as a mode of encoding information about a motion vector predictor of the current block, a first mode in which information indicating the motion vector predictor from among at least one motion vector predictor is encoded or a second mode in which information indicating generation of the motion vector predictor based on blocks or pixels included in a previously encoded area adjacent to the current block is encoded; determining the motion vector predictor of the current block according to the selected mode and encoding the information about the motion vector predictor of the current block; and encoding a difference vector between the motion vector of the current block and the motion vector predictor of the current block.
US08792557B2	Method for coding a picture sequence, corresponding method for reconstruction and stream of coded data representative of said sequence A method for reconstruction of a picture sequence coded in accordance with a coding method specifying a set of coding tools and/or their associated coding parameters is disclosed. The pictures being divided into coding entities. The method for reconstruction according to the invention comprises the following steps for each coding entity coded in INTER mode: determining for the coding entity at least one reference picture, and reconstructing the coding entity from the at least one reference picture with coding tools configured by coding parameters associated with the coding tools. Advantageously, the coding tools and/or the associated coding parameters depend on the reference picture.
US08792554B2	Inter-layer prediction method for video signal A method for performing inter-layer prediction when encoding/decoding a video signal, includes confirming, by a decoding apparatus, whether or not only one macroblock of a field macroblock pair of a base layer is coded in intra mode, the field macroblock pair is two vertically adjacent field macroblocks. The method further includes predicting motion information of a current macroblock pair in an enhanced layer using motion information of an inter-mode macroblock in the field macroblock pair if the confirming confirms that only one of the macroblocks in the field macroblock pair is coded in the intra mode. A frame macroblock pair is constructed from the field macroblock pair if at least one of the macroblocks the field macroblock pair is coded in the intra mode, and texture prediction information of the current macroblock pair is obtained using texture information of the constructed frame macroblock pair.
US08792548B2	Method of transmitting a pre-coded video signal over a communication network A video signal pre-coded using hierarchical coding is transmitted over a communication network, the signal being constituted by data distributed into several hierarchical levels. More specifically, a bandwidth of the communication network is periodically estimated over evaluation periods. A set of hierarchical levels is selected for a current evaluation period, where a transmission rate of the data of the selected hierarchical levels is compatible with the bandwidth estimated for a current evaluation period. A change tendency of the bandwidth is estimated for a following evaluation period. Additional data of the video signal to transmit is then determined depending on the estimated change tendency of the bandwidth, and the data of the selected hierarchical levels and the determined additional data is transmitted during the current evaluation period.
US08792547B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video based on scanning order of hierarchical data units, and method and apparatus for decoding video based on scanning order of hierarchical data units A video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus based on a scanning order of hierarchical data units are provided. The decoding method includes: receiving and parsing a bitstream of an encoded video; extracting from the bitstream information about a size of a maximum coding unit for decoding a picture of the encoded video, and encoding information about a coded depth and an encoding mode for coding units of the picture, wherein the size of the maximum coding unit is a maximum size of a coding unit which is a data unit for decoding the picture; and determining a hierarchical structure of the maximum coding unit and the coding units into which the picture is divided according to depths, and decoding the picture based on the coding units, by using the information about the size of the maximum coding unit and the encoding information about the coded depth and the encoded mode.
US08792544B2	Equalization device and equalizing method thereof An equalization device is arranged for equalizing a received signal, wherein the received signal may include a primary signal and at least one interference signal. The equalization device may include a transformation module, a serial-to-parallel converter, and an equalization module, wherein the transformation module may include a predictive decision feed-back equalizer, a first feed-back filter and an adder. The transformation module is arranged for generating a transformation signal according to the primary signal and the at least one interference signal of the received signal, wherein the transformation signal includes a transformed primary signal and at least one transformed interference signal. The serial-to-parallel converter is arranged for respectively converting the transformed primary signal and the transformed interference signal into a plurality of transformation signal sequences. The equalization module is arranged for respectively equalizing the plurality of transformation signal sequences so as to generate a plurality of equalized sequences.
US08792535B2	Semiconductor device, receiver, transmitter, transceiver and communication system A semiconductor device includes: a clock and data recovery unit to which a receive signal is inputted and which extracts, based on an operation clock signal, a clock signal and a data signal from the receive signal; a frequency error adjusting unit which generates a frequency error signal indicating a frequency error between the clock signal extracted from the receive signal and the operation clock signal; a frequency error signal storage unit which stores the frequency error signal; an operation clock generation unit which controls, based on the frequency error signal, a frequency of the operation clock signal; and an SSCG unit which, based on the value of the frequency error signal stored in the frequency error signal storage unit, varies the operation clock signal generated by the operation clock generation unit by spreading the spectrum of the operation clock signal.
US08792531B2	Optical beam steering for tunable laser applications A transmitter is disclosed including a laser array comprising a plurality of lasers spatially offset from one another and each having a laser output having a unique wavelength. A first prism is positioned to impart a first angular shift to the laser outputs to produce and a second prism is positioned to impart a second angular shift opposite the first angular shift on the outputs. An index modulating element is coupled to one of the first and second prisms and a controller is electrically coupled to the index modulating element to control an angle of light output form the second prism. An optical spectrum reshaper may be positioned between the second prism and the lens and have at least one transmission edge aligned with the wavelength at least one of the lasers.
US08792528B2	Semiconductor microtube lasers Disclosed are semiconductor microtube lasers including a semiconductor multilayer heterostructure. The multilayer heterostructure includes a substantially cylindrical optically active structure capable of light emission when under the influence of an applied electromagnetic field and a substantially cylindrical distributed feedback grating structure configured to provide optical feedback for a selected wavelength of light from the optically active region and to produce lasing action from the microtube when under the influence of an applied electromagnetic field.
US08792516B2	Modular high-capacity switch A modular optical switch includes a set of optical switch modules connected in a mesh, a master controller for the whole optical node and a switch-module controller for each of the optical switch modules. The optical switch modules receive optical signals from, and transmit optical signals to, edge nodes based on connection requests received from the edge nodes. The master controller acts to select a path, using a simple or compound time-slot matching process, through the mesh of switch modules for each optical signal related to a connection request. Advantageously, the optical switch modules are fast switching, enabling the use of time-sharing schemes such as TDM, and the modular optical core node is made practical by efficient path selection at the master controller. A hybrid modular switch may include both optical and electronic switch modules, a master controller, and a switch-module controller for each of the switch modules.
US08792515B2	Sub-channel and power allocation method and apparatus for multicast transmission using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access scheme A method and apparatus are described including allocating one of a plurality of sub-channels to one of a plurality of multicast group clients for a multicast session and performing bit-loading for the allocated sub-channel, wherein said performing act further includes finding one of the plurality of multicast group clients having a lowest received bit rate, finding one of the plurality of sub-channels needing a lowest power to transmit one more bit to the one of the plurality of multicast group clients having the lowest received bit rate, comparing the needed power to a residual power, adding one more transmission bit to the sub-channel if the needed power is not greater than the residual power and updating a multicast rate, the residual power and the power need to transmit one more bit if the needed power is not greater than the residual power.
US08792506B2	Inter-domain routing in an n-ary-tree and source-routing based communication framework Systems and techniques for processing and forwarding packets are described. Specifically, some embodiments can include a receiving mechanism, a determining mechanism, a generating mechanism, and a sending mechanism. The receiving mechanism can be configured to receive a first packet that is to be routed from a first node in a first Autonomous System (AS) to a second node in a second AS. The determining mechanism can be configured to determine a set of bits that encodes a route in an n-ary tree that includes the first node and a root node in the first AS. The generating mechanism can be configured to generate, based on the first packet, a second packet that includes the set of bits and an identifier associated with the second AS. The sending mechanism can be configured to send the second packet.
US08792504B1	Methods and apparatus to configure network nodes supporting virtual connections A computer system includes functionality enabling a provider edge router to determine whether network data such as VRF information is properly associated with a corresponding virtual private network. A first node through which the network data is transmitted generates a signature value uniquely associated with the virtual private network. The first node forwards the signature value along with the network data to a second node of the physical network. The second node, in turn, verifies that the network data (such as VRF information) is properly associated with the second node (and virtual network) based on its own generation of a signature value, which is compared with the signature value received from the first node.
US08792503B2	Path selection method, information processor, network system, and path selection program A path selection method, an information processor, a network system, and a path selection program are provided which rapidly determine a path that has no loop when determining the path by using a control server to probabilistically select a pass node. A network having a plurality of paths from a source to a destination is controlled. A node forming the path is selected on the basis of a node-to-node transfer probability, and in the case where the selected node is a node that has already been passed through on the path, the transfer probability is reset such that the selection of the node is suppressed.
US08792502B2	Duplicate MAC address detection Various systems and methods for detecting media access control (MAC) address conflicts are described herein. An indication to create a virtual machine on the host device is received at a host device of a plurality of host devices. A MAC address to assign to the virtual machine is identified, and a message is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of host devices, with the message including the identified MAC address. The MAC address is assigned to the virtual machine in the absence of a response from the at least one of the plurality of host devices indicating a potential conflict with the MAC address.
US08792484B2	Device for receiving of high-definition video signal with low-latency transmission over an asynchronous packet network A device based on the proposed solution allows high-definition video transmissions with low latency over an asynchronous packet computer network such as Ethernet. The transmitter and receiver comprise a video input or output module, an FPGA board, and an optical transceiver for transmission and reception of a signal over the Ethernet network. The principle of the new device is that the receiver comprises one or more tunable oscillators connected to the FPGA board comprising a module for packet reception, and one or more sets of modules for video data processing.
US08792483B2	Method and device for rejecting redundantly retransmitted SIP messages A method for rejecting received SIP messages which are redundantly retransmitted used in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) application architecture. In one embodiment, the method comprises: forwarding all the messages transmitted from a SIP application server to a SIP terminal, and dropping all the received SIP messages redundantly retransmitted from the SIP terminal to the SIP application server according to the transmission direction of said SIP messages; and correspondingly replying to the dropped SIP messages according to the message type thereof. The present invention also provides a corresponding retransmission rejection device and a network device comprising the same, and further provides a method and device for rapidly rejecting redundantly retransmitted SIP messages in the case where the memory space is limited. The present invention can be applied to a network device such as a SIP stateless proxy at a front end of a SIP application server cluster.
US08792481B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for providing inter-carrier IP-based connections using a common telephone number mapping architecture A system includes a network entry point configured to receive and process internet protocol (IP) based connection requests originating from outside the communications network, and a telephone number mapping (ENUM) database configured to store a uniform resource identifier (URI) of the network entry point and to respond to a request for routing information for a subscriber terminal within the communications network received from a remote entity outside the communications network by providing a naming authority pointer resource (NAPTR) record including the URI of the network entry point to the remote entity in response to the request for routing information.
US08792475B1	Method and system for providing pass through web configuration on an internet protocol (IP) telephone Method and system for providing pass through web configuration on an IP telephone comprising the steps of establishing a data communication path in a data network, detecting a configuration parameter in the data communication path, extracting and also additionally, storing the detected configuration parameter, and performing a configuration procedure of an IP telephone associated with the configuration parameter operatively coupled to the data network is disclosed. The configuration parameter may include an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a key value pair associated with an IP address, or a valid communication address.
US08792472B2	Method and system for robust MAC signaling A method for indicating and interpreting robust MAC signaling, the indicating method having the steps of: checking whether a MAC-PDU contains control information; and if yes, providing an indication to use a robust configuration for a HARQ feedback transmission, and the interpreting method having the steps of: receiving a MAC-PDU; checking whether an indication for robust HARQ feedback transmission is provided; and if yes, utilizing robust HARQ feedback transmission.
US08792464B2	Communication network for detecting uncooperative communications device and related methods A communication network may be uncooperative with an uncooperative communications device. The communication network includes mobile wireless communications devices including a collection device and forward devices. Each forward device is configured to detect a received signal characteristic associated with the uncooperative communications device, and transmit the received signal characteristic to the collection device. The collection device is configured to selectively schedule reception of the received signal characteristic based upon a timing of communications among the forward devices, and determine a parameter associated with the uncooperative communications device based upon the received signal characteristic.
US08792460B2	Radio terminal and transmission rate prediction method In a radio communication system employing HARQ scheme wherein the maximum number of slots is changed, a radio terminal (1) which calculates a predictive transmission rate being the predictive value of a downlink transmission rate at a future time after the receiving time of a downlink radio signal is provided with a storage unit (15A) which stores in association with a DRC a corrected transmission rate obtained by causing a defined transmission rate being a downlink transmission rate in the case of using all the maximum number of slots to reflect the probability of succeeding in decoding data using only some of the slots, and a calculation unit (142) which predicts the reception quality at the future time on the basis of the reception quality before the receiving time, obtains from the storage unit (15A) the corrected transmission rate associated with the DRC corresponding to the predicted reception quality, and calculates the predictive transmission rate from the obtained corrected transmission rate.
US08792445B2	Downlink control signalling for downlink MIMO A method of downlink control signalling for downlink multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) operation between a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and User Equipment (UE) includes the following steps. Maintaining one or more mapping tables at a network location accessible by the UE, the mapping tables including first UE signalling data. Transmitting a message index to the UE to enable relevant first UE signalling data to be read by the UE. Transmitting second UE signalling data to the UE. At the UE, using the first and second UE signalling data to derive UE control data.
US08792443B2	Method and apparatus for service capability modification A method includes determining, at a receiving station, a modified capability for maintaining reception of a service while supporting a broadcast service. The modified capability is a modification of a capability associated with the service. The method further includes communicating an indication of the modified capability to a transmitting station.
US08792436B2	Method and apparatus for receiving and transmitting signals in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for receiving and transmitting signals in a wireless communication system are provided. The method of receiving signals includes configuring a system mode and receiving the signals according to the system mode, wherein the system mode is either a first system mode or a second system mode, when the system mode is the first system mode, the signals are transmitted through a maximum of N transmit antennas, and when the system mode is the second system mode, the signals are transmitted through a maximum of M (N
US08792432B2	Prioritizing RACH message contents A network/base station broadcasts an indication to direct a user equipment how to prioritize information for inclusion in an uplink message to be sent on a random access channel RACH. By example one value of the indication directs a user equipment UE to prioritize inter-frequency over intra-frequency neighbor cell measurements for inclusion in the uplink message; and another value (or absence) of the indication directs a UE to prioritize intra-frequency over inter-frequency neighbor cell measurements for inclusion in the uplink message. A UE receiving the broadcast indication constructs the uplink message which includes information that is prioritized in accordance with the indication so as not to exceed a maximum message size. There are also embodiments with second and/or further/third indications in the broadcast system information for more efficiently utilizing the available space in the RACH message, which by example is an RRC Connection Request message in which UE capability information may be prioritized higher or lower than the measurement information.
US08792431B2	Wireless communication apparatus and method for wireless communication A wireless communication apparatus includes: a first signal communicating unit that receives a first signal of a first wireless communication system or transmits, based on allocation information of a wireless communication resource which information is transmitted in a predetermined cycle, the first signal of the first wireless communication system; a second signal communicating unit that receives or transmits a second signal of a second wireless communication system different from the first wireless communication system; and a controller that restricts the first signal communicating unit to transmit the first signal of the first wireless communication system using a wireless communication resource allocated by the allocation information while the second signal communicating unit transmits or receives the second signal.
US08792429B2	Direct connection with side channel control A wireless computer that pairs with a remote audio-video presentation device, such as a television. As a result of the pairing, a communication channel is established for the computer to transmit audio-video content for presentation through that device. Additionally, as part of the pairing, the computer and remote device select a side channel for communication of user commands. The wireless computer may display a user interface through which a user may input commands that control the manner in which the remote audio-video device presents the content. As a result, a user may use the wireless computer as a remote control for the audio-video device, controlling both the content presented and the manner in which it is presented. The side channel may use different frequencies than the channel used to communicate audio-video content, and may use very low power at frequencies in the digital TV spectrum.
US08792422B2	Transferring method, relay station and base station for uplink feedback information in relay link The present invention provides a method for transmitting relay link uplink feedback information, a relay station and a base station, and the method comprises: determining timing relationship for transmitting the uplink feedback information according to relay subframe configuration (S202); a relay station determining an uplink relay subframe for transmitting the uplink feedback information according to the timing relationship (S204), and transmitting the uplink feedback information via the uplink relay subframe (S206). The present invention ensures the reliability of downlink communication between the base station and the relay station, and the transmission of this feedback information would not cause effect on user equipment.
US08792417B2	Method and apparatus for providing voice call in mobile communication system and system thereof A system is provided that provides a voice call service over a Circuit Switching (CS) domain to a User Equipment (UE) that was receiving a service in a Packet Switching (PS) domain. A Mobile Management Entity (MME) sends a paging message to the UE to provide a service in the CS domain. The MME sends a suspend request message requesting suspension of the service being provided to the UE in the PS domain, upon receiving a report message indicating that the UE has switched to the CS domain. A gateway suspends the service in the PS domain upon receiving the suspend request message from the MME.
US08792400B2	Wireless communication apparatus, a method of wireless communication, and a program for wireless communication In wireless communication with another communication apparatus in a predetermined wireless network, overhead information defined in a media access control layer is divided into a header of information necessary for the common access control and a header of information necessary for each payload. Address information is added to the header of information necessary for the common access control to transmit the generated header attached to the transmission data. For example, in a case of forming a physical burst in which a plurality of data payloads are combined into one, a frame structure is provided without useless repetition of address information.
US08792399B2	Phase-rotated reference signals for multiple antennas Systems, methods, and apparatuses for phase-rotated reference signals are provided. In accordance with one implementation, phase-rotated reference signals are transmitted from multiple transmit antennas on the same reference signal (RS) resource elements. The receiver may determine channel coefficients for links corresponding to the multiple antennas, based on the received signals at the RS resource elements. Time-domain filtering or frequency-domain orthogonal codes may be used to determine the channel coefficients for links corresponding to the multiple antennas. The phase-rotation information may be broadcasted in a system information block (SIB) message or signaled in a radio resource control (RRC) message.
US08792389B2	Rapid deployment devices in wireless self-organizing networks and methods for same The present invention provides rapid deployment devices in wireless self-organizing networks. The device in accordance with the present invention may include a control unit having a rapid deployment information segment module and a wireless communication unit electrically coupled to the control unit. The control unit of the present invention may broadcast a neighbor beacon to at least one neighbor. In accordance with the present invention, the rapid deployment information segment module may expand the neighbor beacon to include a rapid deployment information segment so as to transmit rapid deployment information. In accordance with the present invention, the rapid deployment information may include a cost sequence to a reference node.
US08792384B2	System and method for intelligently maintaining connectivity in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a communication pathway between a first network node and a second network node coupled to a network; forming an adjacency to a new network node coupled to the network, where a designated intermediate system (DIS) election operation is executed after the adjacency is formed in order to determine that the new network node is a newly identified DIS for the network; and communicating a message advertising connectivity to both a previously identified DIS and the newly identified DIS, where the message is communicated during a specified time interval.
US08792376B2	Secondary carrier activation/deactivation method and apparatus for mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation A secondary carrier activation/deactivation method for activating/deactivating secondary carriers in addition to a primary carrier is provided for a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation. The method includes identifying, when a secondary carrier control message is received from a base station, carriers to be activated are deactivated, determining, when the message includes a secondary carrier activation command, whether a first time point has arrived, and executing, when the first time point arrives, predetermined first operations. The present invention is advantageous to avoid malfunctions in communication system supporting carrier aggregation by defining UE operations to be taken in SCell activation and deactivation.
US08792369B2	Method for setting a mobile node specific cyclic prefix in a mobile communication The invention concerns a method and an apparatus implementing the method. In the method is determined in a mobile node whether the mobile node supports mobile node specific cyclic prefixes. The mobile node transmits to a base station node an indication whether the mobile node supports mobile node specific cyclic prefixes. The base station node measures a delay spread of a radio resource transmitted by the mobile node. The mobile node receives an indication of an uplink direction cyclic prefix length from the base station node. The mobile node forms a cyclic prefix of the uplink direction cyclic prefix length selected from a useful symbol, adds the cyclic prefix in front of the useful symbol and transmits a signal comprising the cyclic prefix and the useful symbol to the base station.
US08792364B2	Configuration of access points in a telecommunications network A GSM or UMTS mobile telecommunications network is provided including a radio access network comprising macro base stations with additional access points. The access points are connected to a network core via a hub and a concentrator and may appear to a mobile terminal as a conventional base station that communicates with the mobile terminal using GSM or UMTS protocols and does not require modification to a standard GSM or UMTS mobile terminal. The access points are associated as a cluster. A procedure includes performing initial configuration of the access points such that one or more of the access points operates in a transmit mode while the other access points operate in a receive mode only. The strength of the received signal is processed by a processor associated with the concentrator which calculates and provides parameters to each of the access points to provide optimum radio coverage within premises.
US08792362B2	Loop detection method and network device applying the same A network device including an address move detection unit, a loop detection packet generation unit, a packet parser unit and a loop determination unit coupled to the packet parser unit is provided. The address move detection unit detects whether an address field of a first packet received by the network device is moved. The loop detection packet generation unit generates a loop detection packet if the address move detection unit detects that the address field is moved. The packet parser unit parses a second packet received by the network device to extract an information. Based on the information, the loop determination unit determines whether the second packet matches the loop detection packet so as to determine whether there is any loop existing in the network device.
US08792356B2	Determining telecommunication subscriber metrics Information associated with a communication is gathered at a switching point during the routing process to determine subscriber metric information associated with an active service identifier. The information relates to the originator of the communication and the target. The information is compared to a provider database to determine a carrier originally associated with the active service identifier. The information is then compared to a porting database to determine if the active service identifier was ported, and if so, to which carrier the active service identifier was ported. A determination can then be made regarding which carrier is associated with the active service identifier. Various systems and methods may be used to determine a number of subscribers, a number of new subscribers, and a number of disconnected subscribers for a given carrier in a given market.
US08792355B2	Adjustment of radio resource control state timers in a radio access network Systems and methods are provided for adjusting Radio Resource Control (RRC) timers in a Radio Access Network (RAN). The system manages radio communications between a mobile device and a base station, and further transitions the mobile device between Radio Resource Control (RRC) states based upon application-layer data traffic for the mobile device and a timer value. Additionally, the system determines an overhead load based on network-layer signaling events associated with at least one RRC transition for the mobile device, and determines a bearer load based on the application-layer data traffic for the mobile device. Based upon the overhead load and the bearer load, the system adjusts the timer value.
US08792352B2	Methods and devices for backward congestion notification The present invention provides improved methods and devices for managing network congestion. Preferred implementations of the invention allow congestion to be pushed from congestion points in the core of a network to reaction points, which may be edge devices, host devices or components thereof. Preferably, rate limiters shape individual flows of the reaction points that are causing congestion. Parameters of these rate limiters are preferably tuned based on feedback from congestion points, e.g., in the form of backward congestion notification (“BCN”) messages. In some implementations, such BCN messages include congestion change information and at least one instantaneous measure of congestion. The instantaneous measure(s) of congestion may be relative to a threshold of a particular queue and/or relative to a threshold of a buffer that includes a plurality of queues.
US08792351B1	Method and system for network communication A method and system for network communication is provided. The method for network communication comprises setting a data size for a network connection, wherein the data size represents an amount of network data a network adapter can send to a host system for the network connection before the network adapter waits for an application to accept any data that has been sent to the host system; monitoring the amount of network data that is received by a host system driver; monitoring the amount of network data that is sent by the network adapter; and suspending transfer of network data to the host system, if the amount of network data sent by the network adapter is similar to the set data size.
US08792344B2	Method and system for managing signalling in a telecommunication network A signaling management method for managing signaling in a telecommunications network, in which, in normal operation, access equipment (21) of said network specifies a registration refresh period P to a terminal (10, 11). According to the invention, after said access equipment (21) has detected a fault affecting the network core (22) and then the access equipment (21) has received a registration refresh request from said terminal (10, 11), the access equipment (21): determines the duration R that remains for the registration in the network core (22) for the terminal (10, 11), and also determines the actual refresh period Q as implemented by the terminal (10, 11) in response to the access equipment (21) specifying thereto a refresh period equal to P; and in the event that R≧Q, the access equipment (21) sends registration confirmation to the terminal (10, 11) without relaying said request to the network core (22).
US08792335B2	Method for sharing protection of mesh network protection field and system thereof A method and system for sharing protection of a mesh network protection domain are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: presetting a protection ring in the mesh network protection domain, a path of the protection ring running through source and destination nodes of a plurality of services in the mesh network protection domain, and only reserving protection resources on the path of the protection ring; determining protection methods used respectively by a plurality of services said above and configuring a corresponding protection group; setting protection paths of all protection groups on the protection ring, and sharing the protection resources of the protection ring.
US08792330B2	Hierarchical virtual private LAN service hub connectivity failure recovery Techniques for recovering from hierarchical virtual private LAN service (HVPLS) hub connectivity failure are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, a provider edge network element reuses an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure recovery mechanism in an MTU to protect against a failure of HVPLS hub connectivity. The PE network element monitors hub facing connectivity elements and declares a hub connectivity failure upon a certain amount of those hub facing connectivity elements failing, and fabricates a failure of its spoke facing connectivity elements causing the MTU to detect an HVPLS spoke connectivity failure and switch to a secondary HVPLS spoke connection. Other methods and apparatuses are described.
US08792329B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing diameter answer message-based network management at a diameter signaling router (DSR) Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing Diameter answer message-based network management at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) are disclosed. According to one method, a Diameter answer message that includes error indicator information is received from a first Diameter node at a DSR. The error indicator information included in the Diameter answer message is examined, at the DSR, and information based on the error indicator information is used to update status information for routes maintained by the DSR to the first Diameter node.
US08792328B2	Radio-link reliability using multi-carrier capability in wireless broadband systems Embodiments of a system and methods for improving radio link reliability using multi-carrier capability in wireless systems are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08792327B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a control format indicator channel for a relay backhaul link in a wireless communication system is configured such that a base station generates a relay physical control format indicator channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PCFICH”) containing information on a relay physical downlink control channel (hereinafter, referred to as “R-PDCCH”) region, and transmits the R-PCFICH through a first OFDM symbol of the R-PDCCH region.
US08792323B2	Method and apparatus for wireless communication with low-overhead mobility management A method and apparatus for supporting handover of mobile communications is provided. A router performs routing services in a service area. The router maintains a location table configured to store current router addresses of mobile nodes that have the router as a home router. The router receives data intended for mobile nodes that are listed in the location table and are in the routers service area. The router receives a user datagram protocol (UDP) message from a mobile node when it leaves the service area. The UDP message includes an IP address of a new router in the mobile node's new service area. The router updates the location table with the new IP address and transmits data intended for the mobile node to the new router until the data is redirected at the source.
US08792321B2	Optical disc with pre-recorded and recordable regions and method of forming the disc An optical disc having a region with pre-recorded data and a recordable region, a method of fabricating the disc, a stamper for forming a disc master, and a recording device for use with the disc are disclosed. Data recorded in the recordable region may be used for activation of the disc, providing unique identification or enhancing program content on the disc.
US08792317B2	Optical storage device with direct read after write A system and method for providing direct read after write functionality in an optical data storage device include an optical head having a first coherent light source modulated at higher power during writing of data to the optical medium and a second coherent light source operating in a continuous wave mode at lower power while the first coherent light source is writing data. Optic components combine light from the first and second light sources and focus light from the first coherent light source to a first spot of a selected track on the optical medium and focus light from the second coherent light source to a second spot on the selected track downstream from the first spot relative to movement direction of the optical medium to read and verify the data directly after writing during the write process rather than in a separate verification process.
US08792314B2	Optical disc and optical disc device In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method.
US08792309B2	Alarm method and device The present invention discloses an alarm method and device, and belongs to the electronic product field. The method includes: playing a first-time alarm clock ring when an alarm clock is triggered for a first time; and playing a delay alarm clock ring when the alarm clock is triggered again after a period of delay time. The device includes: a first play module and a second play module. According to the present invention, when the alarm clock rings, even if a user is in a doze state, the user is still able to determine whether the current ring is the first-time ring or the delay ring according to the different rings of the alarm clock, and then knows whether it is time to get up, thereby ensuring that the user is able to get up at the right time, and improving the user experience.
US08792298B2	Interconnecting tow members of a marine seismic system A marine seismic system having a tow vessel; a first tow member connected to the tow vessel; a second tow member connected to the tow vessel; a first distance member having a first end connected to the first tow member and a second end connected to the second tow member; and a first attachment device connecting the first end to the first tow member, the first attachment member operational between an engaged position securing the first end of the distance member in a fixed position relative to the first tow member and a disengaged position permitting the first attachment device to move along a portion of the first tow member.
US08792292B2	Providing row redundancy to solve vertical twin bit failures A circuit includes a failure address register configured to store a first row address, a row address modifier coupled to the failure address register, wherein the row address modifier is configured to modify the first row address received from the failure address register to generate a second row address. A first comparator is configured to receive and compare the first row address and a third row address. A second comparator is configured to receive and compare the second row address and the third row address. The first and the second row addresses are failed row addresses in a memory.
US08792288B1	Nonvolatile logic array with built-in test drivers A system on chip (SoC) provides a nonvolatile memory array that is configured as n rows by m columns of bit cells. Each of the bit cells is configured to store a bit of data. There are m bit lines each coupled to a corresponding one of the m columns of bit cells. There are m write drivers each coupled to a corresponding one of the m bit lines, wherein the m drivers each comprise a write one circuit and a write zero circuit. The m drivers are operable to write all ones into a row of bit cells in response to a first control signal coupled to the write one circuits and to write all zeros into a row of bit cells in response to a second control signal coupled to the write zero circuits.
US08792281B2	Read threshold estimation in analog memory cells using simultaneous multi-voltage sense A method includes dividing a group of analog memory cells into multiple subsets. The memory cells in the group are sensed simultaneously by performing a single sense operation, while applying to the subsets of the memory cells respective different sets of read thresholds, so as to produce respective readout results. An optimal set of the read thresholds is estimated by processing the multiple readout results obtained from the respective subsets using the different sets of the read thresholds.
US08792279B2	Architectures for data analytics using computational NAND memory A data analytic system allows for analytic operations be moved from a server on to a solid state drive (SSD) type analytic system, where a CAM NAND structure can be used in the analytic operations. The server can run a software using database language can issue command to the analytic system. On the data analytic system (that can interface with common, existing database language), the software commands are translated into firmware language and broken down into multiple small tasks. The small tasks are executed on the SSD flash controllers or on NAND flash according to the task specifications. The mid-product from the NAND flash or the SSD controllers can be merged within each SSD blade and also further merged on the top server level.
US08792274B1	Multi-level memory cell read, program, and erase techniques A system is provided and includes an array of cells, a first module, and a third module. The first module reads a state of a cell in the array to detect first bits stored in the cell. The third module, subsequent to the first module reading the state, performs a first operation on a first bit of the first bits and performs the first operation on a first of multiple signal inputs. The signal inputs indicate second bits of data to be stored in the cell. The third module performs a second operation on a second bit of the first bits and performs the second operation on a second one of the signal inputs. The first module, based on results of the first and second operations, performs a first erase operation or a first program operation on the cell to match the state of the cell to the second bits.
US08792267B1	Memory having sense amplifier for output tracking by controlled feedback latch In described embodiments, a memory circuit includes a static random access memory (SRAM) including N banks of memory cells, rows of M sense amplifiers, a controlled feedback latch storing a previous state of input data in a read cycle, a pull down select block coupled to the controlled feedback latch and the dummy sense amplifier, a dummy output latch coupled to the pull-down select block to store the read data, and a SRAM reset generation circuit coupled to the sense amplifier control circuits and the controlled feedback latch. The dummy output latch is a latch that is the same as a sense amplifier latch used in the local input/output circuit, thereby, no margin is involved between a reset of the sense amplifiers and the read data latched at the dummy output latch in the read cycle.
US08792263B2	Apparatuses and methods including memory with top and bottom data lines Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods having a first set of data lines, a second set of data lines, and memory cells located in different levels of the apparatus. In at least one of such embodiments, the memory cells can be arranged in memory cell strings between the first and second set of data lines. Other embodiments including additional apparatuses and methods are described.
US08792251B2	Electronic device with locking assembly An electronic device includes an enclosure and a locking assembly. The locking assembly includes a fixing sleeve including a fixing end hermetically fixed to the enclosure, and an opening end away from the enclosure, and a locking bracket. The locking bracket is attached to the fixing sleeve and defines a through hole defining a passing portion and at least one locking portion communicating with each other. The electronic device is position to a fastener by the fastener passing through the passing portion and being positioned in the locking portion of the through hole.
US08792244B2	Power converter permitted to be reduced in size and manufactured at decreased cost A power converter equipped with a semiconductor stack made up of semiconductor modules, bus bars coupled to power terminals of the semiconductor modules, a capacitor, and an input terminal table. The capacitor is disposed in alignment with a first direction in which the semiconductor modules are stacked. The capacitor has a first end and a second end opposed to the first end in a second direction in which the power terminals extend from the semiconductor modules. The first end faces in the second direction. The input terminal table is located near the second end of the capacitor. This structure permits the power converter to be reduced in size and produced at a decreased cost.
US08792240B2	Heat dissipation device and radio frequency module with the same A heat dissipation device and a radio frequency module with the same are provided. The heat dissipation device includes a substrate (1). The substrate (1) having a surface where a heat absorbing surface (5) is formed. There are multiple hollow conduits inside the substrate (1) to act as evaporating conduits (6). The heat dissipation device further comprises condensing conduits (7) intercommunicated with the evaporating conduits (6). The evaporating conduits (6) and the condensing conduits (7) form sealed conduits. The sealed conduits are filled with liquid which vaporizes upon heating. At least the evaporating conduits (6) are set in the substrate (1).
US08792238B2	Heat-dissipating module having loop-type vapor chamber A heat-dissipating module having a loop-type vapor chamber includes a heat-dissipating body, a loop-type vapor chamber, and a heat-conducting medium. The loop-type vapor chamber is completely covered by the heat-dissipating body. The loop-type vapor chamber includes a loop body, a wick structure and a supporting structure. The loop body includes a bottom plate and a cover plate. A vacuum chamber is formed between the bottom plate and the cover plate. The wick structure is arranged on inner surfaces of the cover plate and the bottom plate. The supporting structure abuts the wick structure toward the cover plate and the bottom plate. The loop-type vapor chamber is tightly connected to the heat-dissipating body via the heat-conducting medium.
US08792235B2	Electronic apparatus According to one embodiment, a heat radiation block is pressed in contact with a heat receiving plate of an apparatus body, a heat receiving block receives its reaction force via a heat pipe and thus moves. A drawer section and the heat radiation block are fixed and held in the apparatus body after the movement of the heat receiving block.
US08792221B2	Electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof An electrical protection circuitry for a docking station base of a hand held meter and method thereof are disclosed. In the event of a short circuit at a meter interface connector, the protection circuitry removes power at the meter interface connector. Similarly, in the event of an applied voltage outside a specified operating range of the base, the protection circuitry removes power to the meter interface connector. These conditions of the electrical system of the base are monitored regardless whether the meter or the meter's battery is electrically connected to the base. The protection circuitry also provides a visual indication in the event of either the over current and under/over voltage conditions. Additionally, the base is designed to prevent liquid from pooling inside a pocket used to cradle and hold the meter in the base through the use of a drain located at the lowest point in the pocket.
US08792216B2	Method and arrangement for capacitor bank protection A method for protecting against a failure within a multi-phase capacitor bank including a plurality of capacitor units each including a plurality of capacitor elements connected to each other, wherein capacitor units are connected to each other and the failure may involve two neighboring capacitor units. The method includes steps of measuring the current of each individual phase of the capacitor bank, calculating the magnitude of an unbalanced current based on the measured currents, measuring the voltage of each individual phase of the capacitor bank, calculating the magnitude of an unbalanced voltage based on the measured voltages, determining an operating point based on the calculated magnitudes of the unbalanced current and the unbalanced voltage, examining where the defined operating point is located in a specified operating region, and initializing a trip signal based on the location of the defined operating point in the specified operating region.
US08792212B1	Robust gimbal design for head gimbal assembly Disclosed is a flexure for a head/gimbal assembly suspension for a disk drive. The flexure comprises a metal base layer that includes two outrigger beams and a support island supported by a pair of beams extending from a flexure tongue. The flexure further comprises: a trace layer that is disposed over the base layer that includes a plurality of conductive traces, each conductive trace having a curved section that terminates in a trace termination pad; and a dielectric layer disposed between the trace and base layers including a portion underlying the trace termination pads and overlying the support island. The support island is supported by the pair of beams extending from the flexure tongue and is sized to fully support the trace termination pads of the conductive traces.
US08792207B1	Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording having a return path section A magnetic head includes a coil, a main pole, and a return path section. The return path section includes a coil surrounding portion located on the front side in the direction of travel of a recording medium relative to the main pole and provided for forming a coil receiving space, and a connecting portion connecting the main pole and the coil surrounding portion to each other. The connecting portion has a contact surface in contact with the main pole. The coil receiving space is a space defined by a first virtual plane intersecting the contact surface and parallel to a medium facing surface, a second virtual plane including the contact surface and perpendicular to the direction of travel of the recording medium, and the coil surrounding portion. The coil includes a portion received in the coil receiving space.
US08792206B2	Method and apparatus for controlled front shield thickness for perpendicular writer A method for forming a transducing head having a magnetic writer includes forming a pedestal adjacent to a writer pole and a gap layer, depositing a front shield on the pedestal, etching the front shield, and depositing a backfill layer upon the front shield after etching. The front shield has a controlled thickness upon etching.
US08792199B2	Method and apparatus for servo pattern writing Disclosed are servo pattern writing methods and apparatuses for performing the same. In one example, a method may include providing a plurality of disks having reference servo patterns written thereon; writing align patterns aligned with each other in a horizontal direction of the disk surface, on the plurality of disks, using a reference servo pattern of one of the plurality of disks; and writing a final servo pattern on each disk, using the align pattern written on each disk.
US08792194B2	Recording reproducing apparatus and magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording element records information by applying a recording magnetic field to a magnetic recording medium having an information recording area to form a plurality of recording columns extending in a first direction. Recording by the magnetic recording element is performed so that a first recording column and a second recording column formed before the first recording column partially overlap each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and that a recording start position of the first recording column is positioned upstream, relative to the recording direction, of a recording start position of the second recording column.
US08792191B2	Kinematic optic mount A two-axis, optical mount provides two flexural elements monolithically and homogeneously formed of a single material with, and interconnecting, three rigid segments. Between each pair of rigid segments, beginning with the first and second, a set of extensions is formed to have a cross section that permits simple, easy, independent adjustment therebetween. Likewise, a flexural element exists between the second and third rigid elements. Meanwhile, the rigid elements have section moduli sufficiently great as to be orders of magnitude larger than the flexural stiffness or section modulus of the flexural elements, thus providing flexures that operate in the elastic mode and introduce no joint type accuracy errors in adjustment.
US08792186B2	Imaging lens and imaging device An imaging lens includes a first lens; a second lens; and a third lens arranged from an object side to an image plane side. The first lens has an object-side surface having a positive curvature radius R1f and an image plane-side surface having a negative curvature radius R1r. The second lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface with negative curvature radii. The third lens has an object-side surface and an image plane-side surface with positive curvature radii and formed as aspheric surfaces having inflexion points. When the whole lens system has a focal length f, the first lens has a focal length f1, the second lens has a focal length f2, and the third lens has a focal length f3, the imaging lens satisfies the following conditional expressions: f1
US08792179B2	Laminated micromirror package A system and method of aligning a micromirror array to the micromirror package and the micromirror package to a display system. One embodiment provides a method of forming and utilizing a package that exposes regions of an alignment reference plane. The device within the package is mounted on the reference plane such that the exposed regions allow precise alignment with the device in a direction perpendicular to the reference plane. Alignment surfaces formed in a display system or other system contact the reference plane at the exposed regions to position the packaged device relative to other components of the system. One embodiment of the package 400 taught has laminated layers forming the package substrate 402 and providing a precision reference plane 416 relative to the position of the micromirror device 404. The package may be formed by laminating several layers of material in sheets to form several package substrates simultaneously. Voids formed in the layers 408 on one side of the reference plane provide access to the reference plane. A transparent cover or lid 412 is attached to the package substrate 402 sealing the micromirror 404 in the cavity 410. The preceding abstract is submitted with the understanding that it only will be used to assist in determining, from a cursory inspection, the nature and gist of the technical disclosure as described in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). In no case should this abstract be used for interpreting the scope of any patent claims.
US08792174B2	Array of microlenses with integrated illumination The invention relates to a microlens array with integrated illumination, an imaging system with such a microlens array, an image detection device and also a method for producing the microlens array.
US08792172B2	Light guide member A light guide member includes a first light guide film, a second light guide film, a diffuser film and an atomization film superposed together one by one. The first light guide film includes a plurality of first light guide dots and the second light guide film includes a plurality of second light guide dots staggered with the plurality of first light guide dots. The plurality of first light guide dots and the plurality of second light guide dots reflect the light towards any directions and then make the light uniformly and brightly emit out from the first light guide film and the second light guide film. The diffuser film controls the luminance and improves the uniformity of the light. The atomization film atomizes the light and solves the problem of visible dots.
US08792171B2	Phase grating with three-dimensional configuration A phase grating includes a substrate and a first dielectric layer. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a column and a plurality of rings. The top sides of the column and the top sides of the rings align with one another to form a flat plane. The column and the rings are concentric.
US08792169B2	Optical diffraction gratings and methods for manufacturing same Described herein are diffraction gratings and methods for the manufacture thereof. One method comprises applying a force to a substrate to strain the substrate, disposing a thin film on at least a portion of the substrate, and reducing the force applied to the substrate, thereby causing the thin film to buckle.
US08792168B2	Optical system including diffractive grating and optical apparatus The optical system includes plural lens groups, a negative lens included in one lens group among the plural lens groups and formed of a first medium, a diffractive grating formed on at least one lens surface of the negative lens and being in contact with a second medium different from the first medium, and a positive lens included in the one lens group and formed of a third medium different from the first medium and the second medium. The first medium satisfies ndA≧1.7 and 40≦νdA≦55 where ndA represents a refractive index of the first medium for a d-line, and νdA represents an Abbe number of the first medium for the d-line. The third medium satisfies ndC≦1.55 and νdC≧60 where ndC represents a refractive index of the third medium for the d-line, and νdC represents an Abbe number of the third medium for the d-line.
US08792166B2	Image blur correction apparatus and image pickup unit having image blur correction apparatus An image blur correction apparatus includes a base, a movable holding member, a support mechanism that supports the movable holding member to be movable within a plane vertical to an optical axis of a lens, a driving means for driving the movable holding member, a position detecting unit, and a returning unit for returning the movable holding member to a pause position, wherein the driving unit includes coils fixed to the base and drive magnets fixed to the movable holding member, the returning unit includes return magnets fixed to the base to face the drive magnets, the position detecting means includes magnetic sensors fixed to the base, and the support mechanism includes at least three concave portions provided on the base, at least three spheres rollably arranged in the concave portions, and at least three abutment surfaces provided on the movable holding member to abut on the spheres.
US08792163B2	Low order adaptive optics by translating secondary mirror of off-aperture telescope In one or more embodiments, a beam control apparatus and method for correcting aberrations include an off-aperture telescope configured to receive a beam of electromagnetic energy, wherein the telescope includes a first optical element and a second optical element. The second optical element is configured to be translated in three orthogonal axes, and a wavefront error sensor is configured to detect aberrations in the beam and to provide a wavefront error signal in response thereto. A processor is configured to provide a correction signal in response to the wavefront error signal, and an actuator is coupled to the second optical element and configured, in response to the wavefront error signal, to selectively translate the second optical element in one or more of three substantially orthogonal directions corresponding to the three orthogonal axes.
US08792162B2	Microscope with illumination switching for capturing sample images during detector integration time A microscope including an illumination device for a light sheet having an approximately planar extension along an illumination axis of an illumination beam path with a transverse axis to the illumination axis. Light emitted from the sample region on axis of detection the illumination axis and the axis of detection as well as the transverse axis and the axis of detection being oriented relative at an non-zero angle. The illumination device includes structure deflecting light to different beam path and thus produces an additional sheet of light, together illuminating the sample region on common illumination axis, and with switches between beam paths. Detection device has a detection lens system for light from by the sample region. The switches include a rapidly switching element with a time <10 ms, a predetermined integration of the surface detector synchronized so the sample region is illuminated twice during integration.
US08792158B2	2 micron femtosecond fiber laser Methods and systems for generating femtosecond fiber laser pulses are disclose, including generating a signal laser pulse from a seed laser oscillator; using a first amplifier stage comprising an input and an output, wherein the signal laser pulse is coupled into the input of the first stage amplifier and the output of the first amplifier stage emits an amplified and stretched signal laser pulse; using an amplifier chain comprising an input and an output, wherein the amplified and stretched signal laser pulse from the output of the first amplifier stage is coupled into the input of the amplifier chain and the output of the amplifier chain emits a further amplified, stretched signal laser pulse. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08792153B2	Micromechanical component, intermediate product produced by a manufacturing method, and manufacturing method for a micromechanical component A micromechanical component having a displaceable part connected to a residual substrate by at least one spring, and including first and second subunits, between which an insulating intermediate layer and at least one semiconductor boundary layer is formed; an inner region of the first subunit, which inner region is aligned with the second subunit, being patterned out of a substrate using at least one cavity etched in a first etching direction; an outer region of the first subunit of the displaceable part, which outer region faces away from the second subunit, being patterned out of the substrate using at least one hollowed-out section etched in a second etching direction; the second subunit being patterned out of a semiconductor layer deposited onto the insulating intermediate layer and/or on the at least one semiconductor boundary layer using at least one continuous separating trench. Also described is a related manufacturing method.
US08792148B2	Inspection method and inspection apparatus for an image reading apparatus An inspection method for an image reading apparatus where image information of an original is imaged on light receiving element lines arranged in a main scanning direction to read the information on different colors. The method includes: acquiring a first color misregistration from image information based on a first striped pattern located at a position optically equivalent to a surface of the original with respect to the light receiving element lines, the first pattern having white and black lines aligned, and having longitudinal directions of the white and black lines aligned in a sub-scanning direction; acquiring a second color misregistration from image information based on a second striped pattern having white and black lines aligned, and having longitudinal directions of the white and black lines aligned at an angle from the main scanning direction; and calculating a color misregistration in the sub-scanning direction based on the measured color misregistrations.
US08792145B2	Image reading apparatus with cleaning member on one reading unit higher in cleaning ability than cleaning member on the other reading unit An image reading apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying documents one by one, a first reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a first transparent member provided at a first reading position on a conveying path in the conveying unit, a first cleaning unit for cleaning the first transparent member provided at the first reading position, a second reading unit for optically reading the conveyed document through a second transparent member provided at a second reading position on the conveying path in the conveying unit and on a downstream side of the first reading position, and a second cleaning unit for cleaning the second transparent member provided at the second reading position. The second cleaning unit is higher in cleaning ability than the first cleaning unit.
US08792142B2	Methods and systems for creating structural documents having contact information for utilizing product information A method may include determining a shape of a structural document, determining a plurality of dimensions of the structural document, receiving information associated with one or more content items, receiving contact information to include on the structural document, receiving an indication of a location on the structural document where the contact information is to be displayed, and causing a graphical representation of the structural document to be displayed at a computing device. A shape and dimensions of the graphical representation may correspond to the determined shape and dimensions, the contact information may be displayed on the graphical representation at the location, and the graphical representation may include at least a portion of the received content items. The method may include receiving an indication that a user is finished creating the structural document, generating a print document including an encoded data mark, and providing the print document to print-related devices.
US08792136B2	Processing condition selecting apparatus, processing condition selecting method, and storage medium A processing condition selecting apparatus, a processing condition selecting method, and a storage medium storing a program therein serve to evaluate the production aptitude of a print under a signal processing condition, based on image forming information with respect to the print and prescribed evaluation criteria, to thereby generate a display image visually representing the production aptitude of the print that has been evaluated.
US08792117B2	Information processing device, information processing system, information processing method and computer readable medium storing program An information processing device includes a communication unit that communicates with a designated information processing device, and a controller that, when the communication unit attempts communication with the designated information processing device and the attempt fails, controls the communication unit so as to attempt communication with the designated information processing device by using identifying (ID) information on a transmission source used when a communication attempt with the designated information processing device has succeeded.
US08792115B2	System and control method for securing information between image processing device and image forming device A system includes an image processing device configured to output image data to an image forming device and the image forming device is configured to form an image based on the image data output from the image processing device, wherein information including a type of security is communicated between the image forming device and the image processing device.
US08792113B2	Printing device and method for controlling printing device The advantage of the invention is to prevent the efficiency of printing from being deteriorated due to execution of an authentication process during a print process by arranging an authentication process not to be conducted during a print process. The multi-purpose device is connected to the authentication switch through the LAN. The authentication switch conducts an authentication process of a device connected to the LAN, and disconnects a connection between the device and the network in a case where the device cannot be authenticated. The multi-purpose device has the authentication requesting section that requests the authentication process with respect to the authentication switch; and the printing mechanism that prints print data. In a case where the printing mechanism conducts the print process, the authentication requesting section requests the authentication process before the printing mechanism starts the print process.
US08792112B2	Printing apparatus and error processing method thereof When a simple error for which power off is unnecessary for the error resolution is generated, a movement process is executed without waiting to receive the button operation of the user, when conditions including a paper jam possibility condition are satisfied in a case where a motor error in which the CR motor is generated, a movement process is executed after waiting to receive the button operation of the user, and when the conditions including the paper jam possibility condition are not satisfied even when a motor error is generated, an error display process for a fatal error is performed. In this manner, when the process for a simple error with respect to the generated motor error is executed, the user may perform, for example, removal of the paper that is the cause of the paper jam or the like before the movement process is executed by the button operation.
US08792104B2	Use of an optical device for interferometric analysis of the surface condition of an object The instant disclosure describes an optical device for the interferometric analysis of the surface condition of an object, including: a light source; an optical fiber capable of receiving the incident light wave and transmitting said wave to the object; a detector capable of detecting a combination between a light wave reflected by the optical fiber and a light wave returned by the object; and in which the optical fiber has a free end in the shape of a cone, with a vertex angle of between 15 and 25 degrees, the tip of the cone having dimensions of less than 50×50 nm, and the tip of the cone being placed, while in use, at a distance of between 5 and 50 μm from the surface of the object.
US08792101B2	Optical module and spectroscopic analyzer A colorimetric sensor includes an etalon including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a fixed mirror formed on a surface of the first substrate facing the second substrate, and a movable mirror formed on the second substrate so as to face the fixed mirror with a prescribed gap therebetween, a light receiving element that receives a test subject light having passed through the etalon, and a holding member holding the etalon. The etalon includes a light interference area facing the first and second substrates in a plan view as seen in a thickness direction of the substrate, and a protruding area protruding from the light interference area. The holding member holds the etalon at one end side of the protruding area opposite to the light interference area.
US08792100B2	System and method for optical measurement of a target The invention relates to a system and a method for optical measurement of a target, wherein the target is illuminated, either actively illuminated, reflecting ambient light, or self illuminating, and a measurement light beam received from the target or through it is detected. The prior art optical measurement systems generally include mechanical filter wheels and photomultiplier tubes, which cause the equipment to be expensive, large-sized and often not sufficiently accurate and stable. The objective of the invention is achieved with a solution, in which the illuminating light beam and/or measurement light beam is led through a Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers, and the Fabry-Perot interferometer or a set of two or more Fabry-Perot Interferometers is controlled into different modes during the measurement of a single target. The invention can be applied in optical measurements where, for example, reflectance, absorption of fluorescence of the target is measured.
US08792099B1	Method and apparatus for phase detection in a beam steering laser array A method and apparatus for measurement of individual phases of beams from a beam steering laser array relative to a reference laser beam. The disclosed method and apparatus is based on the use of a partially reflecting ellipsoidal reflector or dual paraboloidal reflector having two focal areas to make an image of the laser array located in one of the focal areas appear at the other focal area. Illumination of this image with a phase modulated beam from a reference laser coherent with the laser array allows the application of dithering techniques to measure individual phases of beams from array. Any laser beam in the array or a separate laser coherent with the laser array can be used as a reference beam. In addition, the partially reflecting ellipsoidal reflector or dual paraboloidal reflector can provide protection for the beam steering laser array from environmental impacts or damage.
US08792090B2	Document of value, method of manufacture and method of detecting soil or wear A method of manufacturing a soil or wear test feature on a document of value is provided. The method comprises designating an area of the document of value for soil or wear testing and measuring an optical characteristic which is affected by the presence of soil or wear of the designated area on the document of value, or of the same area on an identical document of value. The measured optical characteristic is encoded to generate corresponding optical characteristic data and the encoded optical characteristic data is associated with the document of value by means of a machine readable element provided on the document of value. Also provided is a method of detecting soiling or wear of a document of value, comprising measuring an optical characteristic which is affected by the presence of soil or wear of a designated area on the document of value; reading data from a machine readable element provided on the document of value to retrieve encoded optical characteristic data generated from previous measurement of the optical characteristic of the designated area, or of the same area on an identical document of value; and comparing the measured optical characteristic with the encoded optical characteristic to identify any difference therebetween, a difference being indicative of soiling or wear of the document of value.
US08792083B2	Seed light generation device, light source device, adjustment method thereof, light irradiation device, exposure device, and device manufacturing method A light source device including a seed light generation device, a light amplification unit which optically amplifies seed light generated by the seed light generation device, and a wavelength conversion unit which converts the wavelength of the light optically amplified by the light amplification unit. The seed light generation device includes a pulsed light generation unit which generates pulsed light having a single wavelength, a pulse modulation unit which selectively passes and extracts a part of the pulsed light, and a timing adjustment unit which relatively adjusts the extracting timing of the pulsed light by the pulse modulation unit during the generation period of the pulsed light by the pulse generation unit, according to an operation.
US08792078B2	Method and pellicle mounting apparatus for reducing pellicle induced distortion An apparatus for mounting a pellicle onto a mask is provided. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a base provided with a track; a dummy plate holder coupled to the base, the dummy plate holder for receiving a dummy plate having an elevated portion on one side thereof; a mask holder for receiving a mask, the mask holder slidably coupled to the base; a pellicle holder for receiving a pellicle frame, the pellicle holder slidably coupled to the base; and drive means being adapted to drive the pellicle holder along the track towards the dummy plate holder, wherein during operation when the pellicle frame is mounted onto the mask causing the mask to contact the dummy plate, the mounting pressure in the mask is distributed by way of the elevated portion in the dummy plate, thus reducing distortion in the mask.
US08792076B2	Customized electronic displays and methods of customizing the physical size and/or shape thereof Electronic displays are physically reshaped and/or resized to meet custom specifications for special applications such as avionics, where Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) are not typically used. Customization includes cutting the physical display to specified dimensions to fit into a target opening, and resealing the display to preserve proper cell spacing and assure basic functionality. The sealing process may include improving the original seal, and/or providing additional seals.
US08792059B2	Control device for audio-visual display A control device signals user inputs to an audio-video display. The control device may be configured as a pillow speaker and include a speaker for reproducing audio from the audio-video display. The control device is coupled to the audio-video display by wiring. Shared signals in the wiring are used to provide power to operate the control device and are used to signal the user inputs to the audio-video display. A touch panel is used to sense user inputs. The touch panel may be transparent with an underlay containing indicia of user-selectable commands located below the touch panel. The arrangement and selection of commands available to the user may be modified by changing the underlay.
US08792056B2	Electronic apparatus and display control method An electronic apparatus includes terminals, each being based on a specific standard and being used for communicating with an external device. The electronic apparatus includes a transmission module, an acquisition module and a display control module. The transmission module simultaneously transmits a power-on signal to external devices connected to the terminals, upon turn on of the electronic apparatus. The acquisition module acquires a physical address from one or more first external devices of the plurality of external devices by switching video input among one or more first terminals of terminals. The one or more first external devices are turned on and the one or more first terminals being connected to the one or more first external devices. The display control module displays device information of the one or more first external devices and terminal numbers of the one or more first terminals. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US08792053B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus includes: a normal interpolated image generation unit to generate an image that is interpolated between a plurality of original images reproduced along time series, the image being a normal interpolated image, based on each of the plurality of original images; a high-frequency area extraction unit to extract a high-frequency area having a spatial frequency higher than a predetermined value in each of the plurality of original images; a high-frequency area interpolated image generation unit to generate an image that is interpolated between the plurality of original images, the image being a high-frequency area interpolated image, based on a change in position of the high-frequency area along with an elapse of time on the time series and on each of the plurality of original images; and a combination unit to execute combining processing to combine the normal interpolated image and the high-frequency area interpolated image.
US08792047B2	Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, first and third lens units having a positive refractive power, a second lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a rear lens group. The first lens unit is closer to the object side at a telephoto end than at a wide angle end. The second lens unit is closer to the image side at the telephoto end than at the wide angle end. A distance between the second lens unit and the third lens unit at the telephoto end, focal lengths at the wide angle end and the telephoto end, respectively, a focal length of the second lens unit, and an amount of movement of the second lens unit in an optical axis direction during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end are appropriately set.
US08792041B2	Control switch for a portable digital video camera An integrated hands-free, point of view, action-sports, digital video camera (or camcorder) (10) includes: a rotary horizon adjustment controller (14) for adjusting the orientation of a horizontal image plane (16) recorded by an image sensor with respect to the orientation of a camera housing (22); a laser alignment system with laser sources (48) capable of projecting light to define a horizontal projection axis (52) that is coordinated with orientation of the horizontal image plane (16); a manually operable switch (80), which covers a microphone (90) whenever the switch (80) is in the OFF position, for controlling video data capture; and a “quick-release” mounting system (120) that retains a desired orientation of the camera (10).
US08792039B2	Obstacle detection display device An obstacle detection display device, for enabling to display the information of a result of image recognition at high accuracy, at high speed and without position error of shift, even for an image photographed by a wide-angle camera, is constructed with: an image pickup means; an image correcting means for executing geometrical correction upon a video signal outputted from the image pickup means through image processing, and thereby outputting it; an image recognizing means for detecting object information by executing image processing on the video signal outputted from the image correcting means; a display information producing means for determining display information and display position in the video signal, to be presented to a user, being superimposed on the video signal, which is outputted by the image pickup means, upon basis of the object information detected by the image recognizing means, and thereby outputting them; and a display information superimposing means for superimposing the display information outputted by the display information producing means upon the video signal outputted from the image pickup means, upon basis of the display information outputted by the display information producing means. The display information producing means executes correction calculation upon the display position, by taking an error of positions on the video signal, between the video signal outputted by the image correcting means and the video signal outputted from the image pickup means, into the consideration thereof, when determining the display position of the display information to be superimposed on the video signal outputted by the image pickup means.
US08792037B2	Solid-state imaging device and method of driving the same where three levels of potentials including a negative potential are applied in the transfer gate A row scanning unit is configured to change a potential of a transfer signal from a second potential V2 to a third potential V3 prior to driving of a transfer operation for causing a transfer of signal charges from a photodiode to a floating diffusion, by supplying a transfer pulse having a first potential V1. The first potential V1 is a positive potential for turning a transfer transistor into ON state, the second potential V2 is a potential for causing pinning of holes under a gate of the transfer transistor and turning the transfer transistor into OFF state, and the third potential V3 is a potential for not causing the pinning of the holes under the gate of the transfer transistor and turning the transfer transistor into OFF state, the third potential being lower than the first potential and higher than the second potential.
US08792032B2	Dynamic range enhancement A method of increasing dynamic range of pixels in an imaging sensor is disclosed. In one aspect, two image captures are performed, one at a first short integration time and one at a second optimum integration time. An electrical value obtained from a pixel or group of pixels at the first short integration time is used to predict the second integration time using a comparison with a set of reference values. The reference values relate to a saturation electrical value for each pixel or group of pixels to predict the second integration time. The first short integration time is determined as a fractional multiple of the saturation electrical value. The second integration times are such that there is no saturation of the pixel or group of pixels. Adjustments can be made to the reference values to allow for offset immunity and variability in light levels during the second integration time.
US08792022B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup system, and method of controlling them In an image pickup apparatus, a calculation unit calculates an amount of noise and an amount of afterimage that can be included in an electric signal or image data in an image pickup operation, based on output characteristic information indicating a manner in which the amount of noise and the amount of after image change as a function of an elapsed time since a voltage is applied to a detection unit, a temperature of the detection unit detected by a temperature detection unit, the voltage supplied to the conversion elements from a power supply unit, and an image pickup operation start time indicating a time elapsed since the supplying of the voltage to the detection unit is started until the image pickup operation is started to output the electric signal corresponding to an electric charge generated by the conversion element in the detection unit.
US08792021B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method for the same An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor having an effective pixel area composed of effective pixels that photoelectrically convert an object image and a reference pixel area composed of reference pixels that output pixel signals to be a reference; a first calculation unit that calculates a standard deviation of the pixel signals output from the reference pixel area; a second calculation unit that calculates an integrated value of the pixel signals output from the reference pixel area; a third calculation unit that calculates a correction value for correcting pixel signals output from the effective pixel area, with use of the integrated value; a correction unit that corrects the pixel signals output from the effective pixel area, based on the correction value; and a determination unit that determines whether correction is to be performed by the correction unit, according to the standard deviation.
US08792018B2	Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer-readable recording medium An image capturing apparatus includes: an optical system that includes a lens group including at least one lens, an optical axis of the optical system being able to be displaced; an image capturing unit that receives light collected by the optical system and generates electronic image data; a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the image data; and a display control unit that changes a display appearance of additional information, which is added to the image, according to a positional relationship between the optical axis and a light receiving surface of the image capturing unit.
US08792002B2	System for extending a field-of-view of an image acquisition device Systems for extending a field-of-view of an image acquisition device are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a rotatable image-directing device, an actuator, and a controller. The rotatable image-directing device directs optical images along an optical image path. The actuator controls a position of the rotatable image-directing device, and the controller generates signals for synchronizing the rotatable image-directing device and the image acquisition device. The signals illustratively include a first signal that is transmitted to the actuator, and a second signal that is transmitted to the image acquisition device.
US08791991B2	Image display device and driving method thereof The present application relates to method of driving an image display device comprising inserting a black data frame displaying black data between neighboring data frames alternately displaying left-eye data and right-eye data; comparing an nth frame corresponding to a current frame and an (n−2)th frame corresponding to a previous frame with each other when the data frames are input, reading a compensation value according to the comparison result from a lookup table and modulating input data of the nth frame using the read compensation value to output a modulated data; and bypassing data corresponding to the black data without modulating the data when the black data is input to output a bypass data, the application also relates to said image display device.
US08791987B2	Portable electronic device with 3D image capture capability and image difference control method thereof A portable electronic device with 3D image capture capability and an image difference control method thereof are disclosed. The portable electronic device comprises a first and a second image capture module, a subject distance estimator and an image difference control mechanism. The first and second image capture modules are operative to capture a first image and a second image, respectively, to form a 3D image. Before image capturing, the subject distance estimator estimates a subject distance indicating how far a subject to be captured is, and the image difference control mechanism adjusts a distance between the first and second image capture modules based on the subject distance by moving at least one of the first and second image capture modules. In this manner, the image difference between the first and second images is properly controlled to perfectly form the 3D image.
US08791986B2	Display apparatus and control method thereof Disclosed are a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus may include a signal receiving unit which receives a three-dimensional (3D) image signal, the 3D image signal including a left eye image and a right eye image; a converter which converts a format of the 3D image signal into a second transmission format if the format of the 3D image signal is of a first transmission format; a 3D processor which processes the converted 3D image signal for 3D display; and a display unit which performs the 3D display with regard to the processed 3D image signal. With this configuration, it is possible to convert a 3D image signal of a new standard into a format which can be processed by a system which processes a 3D image signal according to a previously existing standard.
US08791980B2	Controlling CPU usage to balance fast and slow devices A system for enabling communication between devices is described. The system includes the following: a media processing information receiver configured for receiving, at a first device, media processing information associated with a second device, wherein at least one of the first and second device is a mobile device; a comparer configured for comparing the media processing information to a processing time of the at least one media processing component of the first device; a target adjustment level determiner configured for determining a target adjustment level, wherein arriving at the target adjustment level enables the first and second device to achieve a matching media processing quality level; and a media processing component adjuster coupled with the computer and configured for adjusting the at least one media processing component of the first device to meet the target adjustment level.
US08791978B2	Scalable video encoding in a multi-view camera system The present invention employs scalable video coding (SVC) in a multi-view camera system, which is particularly suited for video conferencing. Multiple cameras are oriented to capture video content of different image areas and generate corresponding original video streams that provide video content of the image areas. An active one of the image areas may be identified at any time by analyzing the audio content originating from the different image areas and selecting the image area that is associated with the most dominant speech activity.
US08791974B2	Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical scanning apparatus, including: a light source including a plurality of light emitting parts; a deflector including a deflecting surface; a first optical system configured to cause the plurality of light beams to enter the deflecting surface at an oblique angle; and a second optical system configured to focus the light beams on a surface to be scanned, in which: the light emitting parts are arranged away from each other; the second optical system includes an optical element including at least one optical surface having a non-arc shape, so that a wave optics interval between scanning lines based on barycentric positions of spot images on the surface to be scanned is aligned along the main scanning direction; the non-arc shape of the at least one optical surface of the optical element within the sub-scanning section is defined by a predetermined condition.
US08791966B2	Display device and electric apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device in which the color purity of red display can be improved and also to provide an electric apparatus using the same. A controller (19) of the display device is provided with an illumination control part (22) that turns on a light-emitting diode (first light source) (9C) to emit a cyan light during the former half of one frame time period and turns on a light-emitting diode (second light source) (9M) to emit a magenta light during the latter half of the one frame time period. In addition, a video signal converting part (21b) is provided to a panel control part (display control part) 21. The video signal converting part 21b converts an inputted video signal to video signals for the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period, on the basis of the inputted video signal and the colors of the lights in the former half and the latter half of the one frame time period. The present invention is applicable to, for example, a television receiver having a transmission type liquid crystal display device.
US08791965B2	Conversion circuit, display drive circuit, electro-optical device and electronic equipment A display drive circuit that performs digital driving for displaying an image of each one frame based on luminance data of a plurality of subframes is disclosed. The display drive circuit includes a conversion section that converts the luminance data having a plurality of bits indicating a luminance level of each of the plurality of subframes into data indicating the luminance level for pixels in a number greater than the number of the plurality of subframes, and a storage section that stores the data converted by the conversion section.
US08791957B2	Medical image display device and method of medical image display In a medical image display device for displaying a hollow organ of an examinee as a panoramic image, an operator is enabled to easily determine whether display of an observation site on the panoramic image is correct or not. The medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the false image probability in association with the panoramic image. Furthermore, the medical image display device having panoramic image creating means configured to create a panoramic image of a hollow organ of an examinee and display means configured to display the panoramic image includes false image probability calculating means configured to calculate a false image probability of a position in the panoramic image in accordance with the position concerned, and control means configured to display the panoramic image on the basis of the false image probability.
US08791956B2	Navigation device and map scroll processing method A navigation device that obtains the current position based on information from a satellite, and guides a travel path from the current position to the destination on a map image includes: a display unit that displays the map image; a touch sensor unit that is arranged on the front surface of the display unit; an icon generation unit that generates a smooth scroll operation icon which is available for continuous performs smooth scroll processing for the map image and displays the smooth scroll operation icon on the map image; and a scroll control unit that executes the smooth scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated, and executes a predetermined scroll processing when the touch sensor unit detects that a region other than the smooth scroll operation icon is touched to be operated on the screen of the display unit.
US08791951B2	Image synthesis apparatus and method supporting measured materials properties An image synthesis apparatus supporting measured materials properties includes an input unit for receiving from a user selected information on material information processing, sampling and rendering; a material information processing unit for converting measured material data into raw material data, performing material model fitting on the raw material data to generate material information and performing material mixing on the material information to generate mixed material information, wherein the model fitting and the material mixing is performed according to the selected information; and a sampling unit for sampling the raw material data to generate sampling information. The apparatus further includes a materials properties rendering unit for rendering scene information contained in the selected information, the mixed material information and the sampling information to generate surface material information; and an output unit for visualizing the material information and the surface material information.
US08791944B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof The present invention relates to a mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to display content on a screen and a controller controlling operations related to the content. The touchscreen receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one first part of the content according to a first touch scheme and receives a touch input comprising a touch of at least one second part of the content according to a second touch scheme. If the touch according to the second touch scheme is altered, the controller controls an operation of the content according to the altered touch of the second touch scheme.
US08791935B2	DC-DC converter, organic electroluminescent display device including the same, and method of driving the organic electroluminescent display device A direct current (DC)-DC converter for preventing ignition and destruction of an organic electroluminescent display device by not driving the current when a parameter of the organic electroluminescent display device is abnormal, an organic electroluminescent display device including the DC-DC converter, and a method of driving the organic electroluminescent display device.
US08791930B2	Device and method for improving contrast ratio of display panel and image display system A contrast ratio improving device includes a controller and a photo detector. A contrast ratio improving method for use with a display panel includes the following steps. Firstly, multiple voltage values are applied to the display panel. Then, the brightness values corresponding to the voltage values applied to the display panel are detected. Afterwards, a voltage value corresponding to a specified value of the brightness values is selected as a peak voltage of the display panel. An image display system is also provided. The image display system includes a display panel and a memory. The memory stores a peak voltage obtained by the contrast ratio improving method.
US08791927B2	Stylus having magnifying lens A stylus for a portable electronic device includes a main body, a nib, and a lens. The main body defines a chamber in an end, the nib and the lens are connected to the other end of the main body. A space if formed between the nib and the lens. An extending direction of the nib intersects with an extending direction of the lens to form an angle, and the angle is in a range from 0°-90°.
US08791924B2	Distance measuring device, 3D image-sensing device, and optical touch system A distance-measuring device includes a light-emitting/sensing controlling circuit, a light-emitting component, a light-sensing group, a background-calculating circuit, a frequency-adjusting circuit, and a distance-calculating circuit. The light-emitting component emits a detecting light to a measured object. The light-emitting/sensing controlling circuit controls the light-sensing group receiving and accumulating the energy of a reflective light generated by the measured object reflecting the detecting light, so that the distance-calculating circuit can calculate a measured distance between the measured object and the distance-measuring device according the accumulated energy of the light-sensing group. In addition, the distance-measuring device calculates the energy accumulated by the light-sensing group sensing the background light per unit time, by means of the background-calculating circuit. In this way, the effect of the background light is reduced so that the distance-measuring device can more correctly calculate the measured distance.
US08791921B2	Multi-touch input discrimination Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described.
US08791919B2	Autostereoscopic display device having touch sensing mechanism and driving method thereof An autostereoscopic display device having touch sensing mechanism includes a display panel for illustrating images, a touch sensing panel for detecting touch events, a 2D/3D switching panel disposed between the display panel and the touch sensing panel, and a control unit. The 2D/3D switching panel has a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a counter substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the counter substrate. The control unit is employed to provide a first control signal and a second control signal furnished to the first electrode and the second electrode respectively. The first control signal is switched between a first high voltage and a first low voltage in a gradual-shift manner. The second control signal is switched between a second high voltage and a second low voltage in a gradual-shift or rapid-shift manner.
US08791916B2	Display panel with touch detection function, method of driving the same, driving circuit, and electronic unit There are provide a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes.
US08791913B2	Adaptive gesture recognition system and method for unstable work environments Methods and apparatus for correcting gesture-based input commands supplied by a user to a gesture-based touch screen display include using one or more sensors to detect that at least one of the touch screen display or the user is being subjected to an instability. Corrections to gesture-based input commands supplied to the touch screen display by the user are at least selectively supplied, in a processor, based upon the detected instability.
US08791908B2	Touch panel and electronic device including the same A touch panel and an electronic device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-rheological fluid, a sensor, and a controller. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap and includes a touch surface. The electro-rheological fluid is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sensor senses an input on the touch surface and determines an input location at which the input occurs, and the controller varies a viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid in a location corresponding to a peripheral region of the input location.
US08791902B2	Haptic device with controlled traction forces A haptic device includes a substrate that is subjected to lateral motion such as lateral oscillation with one or more degrees of freedom together with modulation of a friction reducing oscillation in a manner that can create a shear force on the user's finger or on an object on the device.
US08791901B2	Object tracking with projected reference patterns Systems and methods for tracking an object's position and orientation within a room using patterns projected onto an interior surface of the room, such as the ceiling. Systems include at least one optical position sensitive device embedded in the object to detect relative changes in the projected pattern as the object's position and/or orientation is changed. In particular systems, the pattern includes a plurality of beacons projected by one or more steerable lasers. Projected beacons may be steered automatically to accommodate a variety of room topologies. Additional optical position sensitive devices may be disposed in known physical positions relative to the projected pattern to view either or both the projected pattern and the object. A subset of object positional data may be derived from a video camera viewing the object while another subset of object positional data is derived from the projected pattern.
US08791900B2	Computing device notes Computing device note techniques are described. In implementations, an input is recognized as selecting at least one object displayed in a user interface by a display device of a computing device. Responsive to the recognition, an indication is displayed on the display device that is selectable. Responsive to selection of the indication, a portion is displayed by the computing device that is configured to accept one or more inputs as a note to be associated with the at least one object.
US08791891B2	Electrowetting system and method for operating The present invention relates to an electrowetting system comprising an electrowetting element, a driver stage for applying a voltage to the element, and a switch connecting the electrowetting element to an output of the driver stage. The element comprises a first fluid and a second, immiscible fluid. The instantaneous position of the fluids is dependent on the voltage applied to the element, the voltage being set when the switch is closed. The voltage on the element is substantially maintained during a holding state longer than 70 ms when the switch is open.
US08791889B2	Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor configured to control a connection between a first power source and the organic light emitting diode, a second transistor configured to control a connection between a reference power source and the gate electrode of the first transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, and a fifth transistor connected such that, when the third transistor, the fourth transistor, and the fifth transistor are all turned on, a data line is coupled to an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode; and a storage capacitor having a first electrode coupled to the gate electrode of the first transistor and having a second electrode coupled to a common node between the third and fifth transistors, wherein the fourth transistor is configured to drop a voltage of a data signal on the data line by a threshold voltage of the fourth transistor.
US08791884B2	Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same There is provided a method of driving an organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness. The method includes storing a brightness characteristic corresponding to emission time of an organic light emitting diode (OLED), adding first data supplied in units of frames by pixels to generate accumulated data, extracting accumulated data of a pixel to which currently supplied first data is to be supplied and calculating maximum brightness corresponding to emission time of the extracted accumulated data, calculating maximum brightness corresponding to emission time of largest accumulated data among the accumulated data, controlling a bit value of the first data using maximum brightness of a pixel to which the first data is to be supplied and maximum brightness of the largest accumulated data to generate second data, and controlling a voltage value of a first power source supplied to the pixels in response to the maximum brightness of the largest accumulated data.
US08791875B2	Method and apparatus for avoiding pattern blockage due to scatter A method and apparatus is provided for avoiding pattern blockage due to scatter from an object in which an artificial surface directs the energy from the antenna prior to arriving at a blocking structure such that either the wave fronts of the energy are linear when they arrive at the blocking structure or the phase of the energy incident on the object is adjusted such that the energy reflected from the object is in phase with energy directly from the antenna radiating elsewhere in the far field pattern, or both.

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